Armed robbers strike farm home near Monroe
At about 9 10 pm Thursday two armed men in masks bound and robbed three people at a farm home on Rt 63 Yankee Road one mile west of Monroe. They stole 300 in twenties and hundreds from Moore and 611 from Smith. The victims were Henry D Moore Sr Addie Moore and Hugh Smith. The attackers fled in a car after warning there were three more men. The Rev Henry O D Moore Jr pastor in Columbus had called earlier and the family misread the caller as their son.
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Henry D Moore Sr
Addie
Hugh Smith
Rt. 63
Yankee Road
Monroe
Man Missing After Boating Accident Near State Dam
Middletown police scoured the Great Miami River near the old state dam for Randolph Ash 36 of 801 Charles Street presumed drowned after a motorboat overturned Wednesday afternoon. Four officers including three off duty worked the river banks as searches continued today amid high water.
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Middletown
Great
Miami River
Old State Dam
Randolph Ash
Charles St
State Highway Department
Boat goes over dam at Hamilton during high water
A motor boat swept over a Hamilton dam on the Greater Miami River nearly drowning three men. Owner John Neubrander, 24, and companions Robert Holaday, 30, and Paul Buttery, 28, escaped as currents hurled the craft over the dam. Neubrander was taken to Mercy Hospital for observation, while Holaday and Buttery were rescued or remained stranded until aid arrived. River conditions remain perilous with drag operations postponed until waters recede.
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Hamilton
Miami
John Neubrander
Hamilton - Mason Rd
National Lead Co
Fernald
Robert Holaday
Maple Ave
Sons’ Silver Rail
Paul Buttery
Handock Ave
Duke's Bar
Neubrander
Sheriff's Deputies
Hamilton Dam
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Holaday
Car crashes through four rural mailboxes on Rt 4
A car driven by 31 year old Johnson Barnard of Franklin ran off Rt 4 at 2:45 a.m. knocking down four mailboxes owned by William Hollenbaugh Harry Bowlus John R Bowlus and Edith Gephart and damaging two lawns. Deputies reported no injuries.
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Rt. 4
Peasttown
Johnson Barnard
N. Main St
Franklin
William Hollenbaugh
Harry Bowlus
John R. Bowlus
Edith Gephart
Crowley to Stand Trial for Manslaughter in Tokyo
Joseph P. Crowley former Yale football star will face manslaughter charges in a Tokyo court over the May 8 fatal beating of T A D Jones Jr 45 a New Haven Conn businessman and brother-in-law. Jones belonged to a family formerly from Middletown Ohio.
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Tokyo
Joseph P. Crowley
Yale
New Haven
Conn
T.A.D. Jones Jr
Tokyo District Court
Jones
Middletown
Ohio
Butler Soldier Convicted of Black Market Stealing in Japan
Camp Zama Japan AP report says seven soldiers were tried for stealing goods from the Army Quartermaster Depot near Tokyo and selling them on the black market. Jack D O Leary 30 of 1115 Tiffin Ave Butler Ohio received six months confinement at hard labor and 30 dollars monthly forfeiture for six months after a general court martial.
Parole Granted for 88 Inmates Across Ohio Prisons
The Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission granted parole Thursday to 58 inmates, set to begin Aug. 1, at London prison farm and Marion Correctional Institution. Among them are three inmates at London and one at Marion serving manslaughter sentences.
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Columbus, Ohio
London Prison Farm
Marion Correctional Institution
Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission
London
Marion
Heart Cure Claim Prompts Inquiry in Chapel Hill
North Carolina Heart Association reports a county chairman received an anonymous letter claiming a home remedy called the Heart Cure treats heart ailments and possibly cancer. The note describes mixing hair from a person with heart trouble and sheep wool in water to create a remedy said to stop pain instantly. The letter says the cure is potent for cancer as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapel Hill
N. C
North Carolina Heart Assn
Low Bidder Named For Army Reserve Training Center
Huntington West Virginia AP report says W H Heiby Co of Marietta Ohio submitted the apparent low bid of 143 375 dollars to construct an Army Reserve training center at Marietta. Army engineers estimated the project at 147 067 dollars.
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Huntington
W.va
W. H. Heiby Co
Marietta
Ohio
Army Engineers
Mother Drowns While Swimming Near Beach City Dam
In Dover Ohio police report Connie Pershing 16 mother of a four month old son drowned Thursday while swimming near Beach City Dam.
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Dover
Ohio
Connie Pershing
Dundee
Beach City Dam
Champion of Liberty Honors Liberator Stamp Issued
The eight cent stamp honoring Simon Bolivar, liberator of South America, goes on sale in Washington on July 24 as part of the champion of liberty series. A four cent Bolivar stamp will also be issued concurrently.
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Liberator
Washington
Simon Bolivar
South America
Missile Site Talk Set By Oxford Club
Oxford Kiwanis will host a briefing on a proposed Nike L missile base along U S 127 between Oxford and College Corner. Brg. Gen. Charlies Dunn or Col. Andrew Samuels will fly in to speak, with the base planned for late summer as land deals await.
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Oxford
U.S. Army
U. S. 127
College Corner
Kiwanis Club
Charlies Dunn
Ft. Meade
Andrew Samuels
Kiwanis
Miami University
Cincinnai
New Jersey
Hamilton woman bound to grand jury on narcotics charges
Marie Hall 42 of 629 Wittman St is bound to the grand jury on two narcotics charges after a preliminary hearing. She pleaded guilty to possessing a hypodermic needle and syringe and unlawful procurement of narcotic drugs. Police say she bought narcotics at two drug stores using false names and addresses and was found with narcotics and two needles when arrested Tuesday night.
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Hamilton
Marie Hall
Wittman St
Frank Wessel
Rainfall Triggers Miami River Rise After Night Showers
Last night's rain measured 88 of an inch and raised the Miami River again. More storms and snow showers could push levels higher tonight while Saturday is forecast to be cloudy with no rain. Yesterday's high reached 74 degrees at 4 p.m., with a 61 degree low at 5:30 a.m. Today's low was 64 with highs in the 70s expected.
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Box 21
Iriver
Roy McGill
Julius’ Icewell
Cruse
Blackmore
Miami Conservancy Dams
Ash
Miami
Chrysler Buys 200 Acre Site Near Findlay Ohio
Chrysler Corp announced the purchase of a 200acre site southwest of Findlay along U.S. 25 as part of a long range planning program. The release did not specify the intended use of the land.
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Chrysler Bays Land Findlay
Ohio
Here
U.S. 25
Chrysler Corp
Auto Company
6 Month Tax Take Sets New Record in Hamilton Area
Hamilton area real estate taxes and special assessments for the first half of 1957 hit a record 5 211 196. County Treasurer John W Wendel announced the haul was 118 319 above accountability. General taxes totaled 4 985 555 with assessments at 5 092 877 on the period compared to 4 376 750 a year earlier. Middletown Lemon and Madison townships averaged about 51 000 above accountability.
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Hamilton
Butler County
John W. Wendel
Wendel
Middletown - Area
Middletown
Lemon and
Madison Townships
Carl Wedekind
Fairfield City
Townships
Man Injured In Car Crash At Engles Corner
One person was slightly injured in a two car collision at Engle's Corner south of Middletown at 3 50 p m yesterday State patrolmen said Harold Maple 36 of Hamilton complained of back pains and was treated by his family doctor Officers charged the other driver Ernest Curtis 16 of 202 Fulton St with an assured clear distance violation after patrolmen said the Curtis car rear ended the stopped Maple car
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Engle’s
I Corner
Middletown
Harold Maple
Wayne-Trace Rd
Hamilton
Ernest Curtis
Curtis
Maple
Butler Road Bid Rejected in Ohio Highway Awards
Ohio Department of Highways announced bids opened June 10 for 12 road projects totaling over 3.5 million dollars. Eleven contracts were awarded to low bidders covering 38 miles in 11 counties with 15 new bridges. the Rt 128 relocation in Hamilton was not awarded. Foley Construction Co. of Cincinnati had the low bid at 998,218, about 50,000 above the estimate.
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Oho Department of Highways
Ohio
Rt. 128
Hamilton
Foley Construction Co
Cincinnati
Butler County
P. F E. Masheter
Masheter
Bond Hunter Recovers Missing Savings Bonds
ALBUQUERQUE N M R N VanderWart of Albuquerque reported months ago that 5000 dollars in savings bonds were missing from his home. He later remembered hiding them in the back seat of a car he once owned. The car passed through two owners to a third who allowed a search, and VanderWart recovered the bonds.
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Albuquerque.n.m
R.N. VanderWart
Albuquerque
VanderVart
Buddhists Train To Save Christians
In Toronto Donald Wade theology professor at Knox College says Buddhists in Asia run a 2000 person missionary training school to reform Christians. He told a Presbyterian meeting that missionaries must save the world from failures of Christianity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Save Christians Toronto
Donald Wade
Knox College
Asia
Wade
Presbyterian
Youth Killed By Car In Cincinnati Traffic Incident
Timothy Pflutner age 9 of Anderson Township died of a skull fracture after being struck by a car Thursday in Cincinnati. Police and investigators are handling the crash as a fatal traffic incident with ongoing inquiries.
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Cincinnati
Timothy Pflutner
Anderson Inc
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Battery
Merscy Hospital
Joseph Blackmore
Dayton
Edwin Smith
Smith
Ppeasttown
McKinley Ash
Kyle Station Road
William Ash
Crowley
Heart Cure
MOM
Bobbley Twins
Nancy Drew
Cerry Ames
Tom Swift JR
Hardy Boys
N. Main
Ankee
Floren Willoughby
Champion OF Liberty
United States
Oxford Club
Butler Road
Bond Hunter
Sam Bartel
Cale Eh
Buster Brown
Roblee
Pedwins
Central Ave
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