Ohio bill grants lease purchase power to county boards
A new Ohio General Assembly bill allows county commissioners including Butler County to enter lease-purchase agreements for county real estate for up to 25 years. The measure, awaiting governor approval after passing both houses, broadens powers to lease to private investors for courthouse and jail construction, potentially avoiding voter bond issues.
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Ohio General Assembly
Butler County
Robert L. Marrs
Ohio House
Senate
William O'Neill
Boards of
Marrs
Trumbull
Warren
Ohio
Ohio Senate
Girl Taking Auto Course Has Accident
A 17-year-old Middletown girl taking driving lessons lost control of a car on 2nd Avenue and West Alley at 1 p.m. yesterday when cigarette ashes fell on her arm. The car jumped a curb and hit a utility pole causing $500 damage with no injuries.
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Middletown
Aramburu Ends Argentine State of Siege
President Pedro Aramburu announced the provisional government ended the state of siege in Argentina and freed the first of about 170 political prisoners. The measure restored full constitutional rights for the first time in almost six years. Electric cabs were introduced in New York in 1897.
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Buenos Aires
Pedro Aramburu
Argentina
City considers raising funds as deadline nears
Middletown city commissioners meet at 2 00 p m to decide on financing the general fund. A 1% mill levy could raise about 225000, while an income tax plan lacks revenue estimates. A special election would cost about 10000 and could occur around Oct 1, with regular ballots on Nov 5. The city may run out of black until Nov 15.
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Middletown
Butler County
Pilot To Cornfield Forces Farm Loss Payment
Farmer Walter Brown on Carlisle Chautauqua Road accepted 10 to cover corn damage after a Piper Cub forced landed in his south end field yesterday. The pilot, who cited motor issues, fled toward Middletown after the exchange. Brown noted the field’s history as a forced landing site.
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Walter Brown
Brown
Carlisle-Chautauqua Road
Middletown
Reds Dominate All Star Ballot In Cincinnati Surge
Cincinnati area fans sent a flood of votes for Reds players in the NL All-Star poll delaying the nationwide balance. Don Hoak and Johnny Temple paced local tallies with Ed Bailey Roy McMillan and Frank Robinson also strong contenders as Stan Musial led last season's nationwide results.
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Ford Frick
New York City
Times-Star
Don Hoak
Redley
Johnny Temple
Roy McMillan
Ed Bailey
Frank Robinson
Tragedy in Gypsum: Wife and Two Daughters Found Dead
In Port Clinton Ohio the bodies of Margaret Gebhardt 31 and her two daughters Donna Marie 10 and Barbara Jean 4 were found in their car in the family garage. Coroner C R Wood ruled double homicide and death by own hand from carbon monoxide poisoning. An unsigned suicide note was found. The husband Jessie Gebhardt discovered them at dawn after they failed to appear indoors. The family lived in a Gypsum company house and the mother had been ill under a doctor’s care.
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Ohio
Margaret Gebhardt
Gypsum
Ottawa County
C. R. Wood
Donna Marie
Barbara Jean
Jessie Gebhardt
Myron Het
Rick
Mrs. Gebhardt
Hetrick
Woman Reports Rape At Germantown Dam In Middletown
A 19 year old Middletown woman told police she was raped by an unknown assailant at Germantown Dam after meeting two men at a cafe. The man she knew forced relations, struck her eye, tore buttons, and she lost her shoes before being released home. The other assailant claimed he did not know the attacker who was described as a young white man.
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Middletown
Germantown Dam
North Canton Man Elected By Jaycees
Clarence L. Blasier of North Canton Ohio was elected one of 10 vice presidents of the U S Junior Chamber of Commerce at the national convention in Milwaukee. E J Platt of Canton Ohio was named one of 10 national directors to receive the Clint Dunagan Memorial Award and Sidney Ohio was among four small towns honored for community betterment projects.
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Milwaukee
Clarence L. Blasier
North Canton
Ohio
U. S
Servicemen to Take Part in Atomic Test Drills
Pic. Joe E. Young son of Grant and Mrs. Young of Franklin will join the first extensive troop exercise in atomic test series at Camp Desert Rock near the Nevada test site. The Marines use the tests to train protection measures and study effects of explosions on clothing and equipment. A le Richard L. Cottle, of the 610th Headquarters Division, has served in Japan for a year and will report for duty at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona.
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Harriet St. Franklin
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Former Red officer addresses Hi Y and Tri Hi Y Congress
Dr. Nicholas Goncharoff, a native Russian and former Soviet Army tank commander, speaks to about nine hundred high school students at Miami University on youth in a revolutionary world. He argues revolutions target minds and souls and urges a dynamic Christian response. Delegates include Jack Wiley and David Darner.
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Goncharoff
Asia
Africa
Middle East
United States
Miami University
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YMCA
David Darner
Tom Kerr
Presbyterians Seek Funds for $10,000 Challenge Gift
Westminster Foundation officials in Oxford urged a last minute drive to raise $25,000 by Monday to qualify for a $10,000 challenge gift from the National Board of Christian Education. The building fund stood at just over $22,000 as congregations in the area were urged to donate or pledge. The funds would add to foundation quarters to aid Presbyterian students at Miami University and Western College for Women.
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Westminster Foundation
National Board of Christian Education
Dale Robb
Miami University
Western College For Women
College PR Men Elect Omahaw William Wilcox VP
William Wilcox of Ohio State University was named vice president for publications and association services of the American College Public Relations Assn at the annual convention here Thursday.
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William Wilcox
Ohio State University
American College Public Relations Assn
Bingo Law Up For Test In VFW Case
Medina County prosecutors ask for a double barrell injunction against the VFW post at Wadsworth to end a long running bingo operation. A raid halted a Tuesday night game with over 200 players, seeking to padlock the basement room outside city limits and ban bingo anywhere. Post Commander Kin dig says proceeds support worthwhile causes and calls the move a decisive ruling on charitable bingo legality. No hearing date set before Judge Kellogg.
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Medina
Ohio
Medina County
H. Dennis Dannley
Common Pleas Court
V.F.W. Post
Wadsworth
Post
Darnley
Walter E. Kindig
Common Pleas
W. E. Kellogg
Mound Builders OK $37,176 Budget Approval
The Mound Builders Area Council executive board approved a 37,176.82 budget with a new district executive for the Ft. Ancient District and a full time office worker. A camp maintenance budget of 3,275 was also approved. The council urged meeting its National Jamboree quota of 37 for July in Valley Forge.
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Mound Builders Area Council
Ft. Ancient
Ray Young
W. T. Adams
Valley Forge
Ike critiques postal pay raise as inflationary impact
President Eisenhower condemned the proposed 546 dollar yearly raise for 500 000 postal workers as a sweep of inflation. House Post Office Committee advanced the measure, discussed by Rep. Taber and 33 Republican House members at a White House breakfast. Vice President Nixon noted talks on education aid, the gas bill and civil rights.
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Eisenhower
House Post Office Committee
Rep
Taber
R-Ny
White House
Nixon
Tractor Trailer Driver Arrested After Sideswipe Crash
Harvey Vickers 45 Covington Kentucky was arrested in Cincinnati on a charge of reckless and drunken driving after his tractor trailer with seven race horses sideswiped three cars in Newport Kentucky across the Ohio River. The horses escaped injury and were en route to River Downs Race Track.
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Harvey Vickers
Covington
Newport
Ohio River
Vickers
River Downs
Here
Wilmington College Secures $260,000 Housing Loan
The Community Facilities Administration approved a $260,000 loan to Wilmington College in Wilmington, Ohio. The funds will finance housing for eight faculty members and complete the interior of a four story dormitory.
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Washington
Communnity Facilities Administration
Wilmington College
Wilmington
Ohio
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