Warrants Filed In Cutting Case In Middletown
Elbert Walton 40 is charged in warrants filed by his estranged wife Shirley Walton 30 and her guardian Gail Robins 17 with cutting using a pocket knife. Shirley Walton is hospitalized in Middletown in fair condition with multiple lacerations. Walton held in Middletown jail as police investigate motive.
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Elbert Walton
Shirley Walton
Flemming Road
Middletown Hospital
Walton
Middletown
Miss Robbins
Tytus Avenue
Verity Parkway
Auto Tags Tinted Up Agin Law in Middletown
Middletown Police Chief James Howerton warns motorists to remove colored plastic coverings from license tags. Officers will arrest drivers with obscured tags and confiscate coverings as evidence. Those arrested must post a $50 bond to be released.
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Middletown
James Howerton
Howerton
Four Drivers Arrested in City Traffic Crackdown
Police nabbed four violators last night on the crackdown along Tytus Avenue Verity Park Way Central Avenue and Hickland Street. Two faced anti noise ordinance charges, one was cited for speeding, and another for driving with no license.
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Tytus Avenue
Verity Parkway
Central Avenue
Hickland Street
Reiff Auctions Surplus Items in Butler County
Arthur Reiff, Butler County Commissioners president, auctioned surplus items in three county sales but no bid was received for the 10 foot by 30 foot concrete block silo at the County Home. Main floor courthouse items ranged from a dictionary rack to a clothes rack with office equipment selling for 50 cents to 13 dollars, totaling 54.25 dollars. Scrap sold for 20.50 per ton. Reiff quipped that no one needs a silo in summer as much as in fall.
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Hamilton
Arthur Reiff
Butler County Commissioners
Princeton Road
Reiff
Man Bound To Jury On Robbery Charge
A 29 year old man is bound over to the Butler County grand jury on unarmed robbery and assault and battery charges. Jerry McFarland of the Chase Hotel faces 5,000 dollar bonds after allegedly robbing Roy Stone of 40 dollars near a restaurant at 1718 Central Ave. Stone says McFarland struck him from behind, causing a fall, and took his wallet and papers.
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Butler County Grand Jury
Jerry McFarland
Chase Hotel
J. T. Lamb
McFarland
Roy Stone
1718
Central Ave
Stone
Middletown Nominated for National Planning Award
The Ohio Valley Chapter of the American Institute of Planners nominated Middletown for a national planning award in the under-50 000 population class while Dayton received an award nomination during a two day conference in Dayton in the 50 000 to 500 000 category. Final winners will be chosen at the institute's October convention in St. Louis.
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Middletown
Ohio Valley
American Institute of Planners
Dayton
Institute
St. Louis
Deaths and Funerals Emma Hansell
Mrs Emma Augusta Hansell died at 6 20 p m yesterday at her home 4008 S Dixie Hwy Franklin She had been ill 390 months She was born in Spring Hills Ohio Her husband Harry died in 1956 The only survivor is a son Foster with whom she lived Services will be held at 10 am Monday at McCoy Lefler Funeral Home Burial will be in Woodside Cemetery Calling hours are tomorrow 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p m at the funeral home Arrangements are incomplete at Joseph R Baker Sons Funeral Home
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Emma Augusta Hansell
S. Dixie
Hwy
Franklin
Hansell
Spring Hills
Ohio
Harry
Foster
McCoy -Leffler
Charles Locke
Woodside
Ceme
Tery
Death of Jacob M. Root Noted in Trenton Home
Jacob M. Root of 618 Oxford State Road was found dead in his bed at 9 am today. He had suffered failing health for about three years. Root worked 47 years as a brakeman for the New York Central Railroad before retiring in 1941 and later served as custodian for the Nazarene Church in Trenton. He was born in Middletown and survived by his wife Mabel.
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Jacob M. Root
Orford State Road
Mr. Root
New York Central Railroad
Nazarene Church
Trenton
Middletown
Mabel
Grass Fires and Aid Report from Middletown Firemen
Middletown firemen battled two grass fires and responded to two false alarms yesterday and today. A 3 12 p.m. grass fire on city property in the 1200 block of Sycamore Street was likely cigarette sparked. An 11 05 a.m. grass fire behind A J Ober 4900 Brookhaven Drive was also cigarette caused. False alarms occurred at 6 47 p.m. on Jewell Avenue and 2 19 p.m. on Calumet Avenue. At 7 01 this morning they aided Ester Botos 72 of 4112 Tytus Ave after a reported fainting spell. she declined hospital transport.
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Middletown
Sycamore Stree
A. J. Ober
Brookhaven Drive
Jewell Avenue
Calumet Ave
Fremen
Ester Botos
Tytus Ave
Mary Francis 77 funeral set at Angles by Funeral Home
Services for Mrs. Mary Francis of 618 Park Ave are at 2 pm Monday at Angles by Funeral Home with Rev G W Tann officiating. Burial will be at Woodhill. Friends may call at the residence tomorrow after 10 am. Mrs. Francis died Thursday at Middletown Hospital.
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Franklin
Mary Francis
Park Ave
Anglesby
G. W. Tann
Woodhill
Francis
Middletown Hospital
Funeral services for Harriet Prichard Mason
Mrs Harriet Prichard Mason 54 of Bethany died Thursday at Middletown Hospital. Services set for 11 am Monday at Bethany Methodist Church with burial at Rest Haven Cemetery Cincinnati. Friends may call at Gallimore Funeral Home tomorrow after 3 pm and at the church Monday after 10 am. She is survived by husband Glenn and two children Susan and Glenn Jr both at home.
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MASON
Harriet Prichard
Bethany
Bethany Methodist Church
Rest Haven Cemetery
Cincinnati
Gallimore
Prichard
Middletown Hospital
Glenn
Susan
Glenn Jr
Franklin man Lester E Simms dies after long illness
Lester E Simms 73 of 6590 Faversham Road Miamisburg died yesterday at St Elizabeth Hospital Dayton after a two week stay He owned Simms Grove Trailer Park near Chautauqua from 1950 to 1959 and also drove a Carlisle School bus Surviving are his wife Nina a son John of Chicago a daughter Elva Judy Dayton two sisters Hazel Diehl Trotwood Irma Wysong Dayton five grandchildren and two great grandchildren Services will be at 2 pm Tuesday Anglesby Funeral Home Elder Ralph Daly officiating Burial Mt Pleasant Cemetery Pennsylvania not mentioned in text
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Franklin
Lester E. Simms
Faversham Road
Miamisburg
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Dayton
Simms
Simms Grove
Chautauqua
Carlisle School
Nina
John
Chicago
Elva Judy
Hazel Diehl
Trotwood
Irma Wysong
Anglesby Funeral Home
Ralph Daly
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
Peasttown
Hamilton Deaths Richard Sherlock 4
Richard Sherlock four, of 1856 Hancock Avenue, dies. Requiem High Mass set for 9 a.m. Monday at St Mary’s Church.
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Richard Sherlock
Hancock Ave
St. Mary's Church
Judy Hall to be commissioned as mission worker in California
Judy Hall 21 daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur Hall of 104 Burton Road will be commissioned Sunday as an American Baptist Convention home missionary in the Sacramento California area. The ceremony at First Baptist Church begins 8:30 am with Dr Ed Rapp of Valley Forge Pa and Rev G Walter Weber assisting. Hall is a Middletown High School 1961 and William Jewell College 1965 graduate working with Young Life in Kansas City and participated in a 1962 Mexico youth mission.
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Judy Hall
Arthur Hall
Burton Road
American Baptist Convention
Baptist Christian
Sacramento
Calif
First Baptist Church
Ed Rapp
Valley Forge
The
American Baptist Home Mis
First Baptist
Mexico
Rapp
Ralph D. Knight
Middletown
United Christian Centers of
Miss Hall
Mr. Knight
Ralph C. Knight
Four Injured in Middletown Crashes with Two Children Involved
Three drivers cited after 11 accidents in Middletown yesterday caused $1,050 in damage. Kim Lawson, 5, and Wanda Barrett, 18, treated at Middletown Hospital for injuries from crashes at Cherry Street and LaFayette Avenue and Baltimore Street crossings. Police cited drivers for failing to yield or sight issues. two more injured in a two car collision at Enoch Drive and Wildwood Road.
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Middletown
Middletown Hospital
Kim Lawson
Rita Lawson
N. Sutphin St
Wanda Barrett
Crawford St
Lawson
Cherry Street
LaFayette Avenue
Chalmer Elam
Broad St
Cherry
Elam
Miss Barrett
Charles R. Gerard
Hamilton Middletown Road
First Avenue
Baltimore St
Three Cincinnati youths injured in Dickey Road crash
Three Cincinnati youths were hurt when a 1965 convertible ran off Dickey Road near Kalbfleisch Road, overturned twice, and stopped 240 feet from the road. Dennis Roberts 19 Thomas Reiff 20 and Thomas Stoll 20 were taken to Middletown Hospital with head hip and shoulder injuries.
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Cincinnati
Dickey Road
Kalbfleisch Road
Middletown
Sheriffs
Wer
Dennis Roberts
Thomas, Reif
Thomas Stoll
Roberts
Stoll
Reiff
Two youths questioned in Middletown break-in series
Middletown police hold Larry Dale Carr 18 and Herschel Gay 20 as suspects in 11 break-ins. Detectives plan to file charges in Middletown court first, then County Area 2 in Fairfield and Hamilton city court. Carr a signed statement implicates Gay in the activities.
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Middletown
Ed Rice
Butler County Sheriff's Office
Larry Dale Carr
Todhunter Road
Herschel Gay
S. Main St
Cliff Dye
Det
Rice
Hamilton
Fairfield
Hamilton City
Youth Injured In One Car Crash Near Franklin
Marvin Hensley an 18 year old resident of 715 East Second Street Franklin was admitted to Middletown Hospital after a one car accident on Middletown Pike southwest of Franklin State patrolmen said Hensley pulled from a private driveway at 245 am then lost control as he accelerated striking a guard rail causing moderate damage He was transported by Tri County ambulance and admitted for treatment of severe facial lacerations.
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Marvin Hensley
Second St
Franklin
Middletown Hospital
Middletown Pike
Hensley
Tri-County
Girl Injured in Franklin Two-Car Crash
A 13-year-old girl received treatment at Middletown Hospital for a neck injury after a two car collision on Reily Boulevard near S Fourth Street. Patricia Golden, passenger in Frank Golden’s car of 4217 Routt Lane, was struck as it was rear ended by John Peters of 524 S River St. Franklin.
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Franklin
Middletown Hospital
Patricia Golden
Frank Golden
Routt Lane
Reily Boulevard
S. Fourth Street
John Peters
S. River St
Judge Grants Delayed Penalty in Speeding Case
Lebanon Warren Court Judge Paul H. Herdman suspended William N. Smiths license for excessive speeding but allowed driving to work and one other day. Smith may operate on July 1 a non working day when he is to be married.
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Lebanon
Warren County
Paul H. Herdman
Boy Burned Seriously In Gasoline Fire
A 15 year old youth, Herman Newton of 46 Seven Mile Ave New Miami, suffered second and third degree burns over about two thirds of his body when gasoline saturated clothing ignited yesterday while he worked on a car at 3800 Canal Road. He was taken to Mercy Hospital by Lt. James Powell and his condition was listed as fair this morning. Police indicated the ignition may have been caused by static friction.
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Hamilton
Herman Newton
Seven Mile Ave
New Miami
Mercy Hospital
James Powell
Sheriff's Office
Newton
Canal Road
Powell
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Stevens Avenue
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New London
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Manchester Ave
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First Ave
Butler County
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Paul Deger
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N Verity
Alsat
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Herbert
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Japan
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Susuki
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Mayfield School
Frank E. Sowards
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Baltimore
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Mary Arnett
Scott St
Florence Allen
Raymond Drive
Enoch Drive
Wildwood Road
Carol Owens
Manchester Road
Sylvia Gardner
Aberdeen Drive
Wilma J. Thomas
Brelsford Ave
Medical Arts Building
Thomas C. Barker
Highland St
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Curtis St
Earl Brown
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West Chester
Old US
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Mentz Road
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Deep South Quartet
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