County Eyes New Crossing Flasher Push After Devastating Crash
Butler County officials press anew for warning signals at the Williamsdale crossing on the Hamilton Trenton Road after yesterday’s fatal train collision. Coroner notes it could take decades to obtain flashers as in the Bobmeyer Road case where nine died in 1936. PUCO review promised. Victims include Claude Raleigh 38 of 1063 Shaker Rd James Nease 30 of 245 S Chestnut Jerry Stidham 30 formerly of Coal Grove Kentucky.
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Butler County
Williamsdale
Hamilton-Trenton
Franklin
Bobmeyer Road
Garret Boone
State Public Utilities Commission
Columbus
PUCO
Jackson Bosch
Pennsylvania
Claude Raleigh
Shaker Rd
James Nease
S. Chestnut
Boone
Hamilton
County Headed For Grim Mark
The county may see a record year in traffic deaths with 25 killed so far this year, surpassing prior peaks. Obituaries note multiple local residents including Mrs. Leona Collier, Mrs. Oma Blackwell Jones, Miss Opal Brogan, and others linked to Franklin, Tazewell, and nearby towns. Services are planned across several churches and cities, with burial at Woodhill Cemetery and notices from Eaton Funeral Home.
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Leona Collier
Wilson Dr
Oma Blackwell Jones
Opal Borgan
Wilson Drive
Jones
Mrs. Collier
Miss Brogan
Brogan
Franklin
James Nease
Collier
Tazewell
Tenn
Raleigh
Stidham
Wolf Coal
Mr. Nease
First Baptist Church
H. S. Gessner
Robert Brown
Woodhill Cemetery
Eaton Funeral Home
Nease
Oxford - Miami Paper Co
West Carrollton
Mack
Roscoe
Edward
Ray
Alex
Dan
Charles
Everett
Miamisburg
Susie Nease
Martha Davis
Oma Platt
Middletown
Newport
Angie Holmes
Cranes Run Road
The
Damage Report of Car Truck Collision in Middletown
A Middletonian, Edward Carey, 18, suffered a cut and fractured nose from a car-truck crash at Lawn Avenue and Finley Street. Damage totaled about 3,735 with a 1956 Back auto described as a total loss and 35 dollars fence damage. Other mishaps included minor damages on S Sutphin Street Central Avenue and Broad Street 1st Avenue.
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Middletonian
Lawn Avenue
Finley Street
Middletown Hospital
Edward Carey
Seneca Sr
Carey
David Mack
Waneta St
Samuel Dunn Jr
Middletown Rt. 1
Back
McGraw Construction Co
Lawn Ave
Nell Blair Blackford
Elmer Morningstar
Miamisburg
Margaret Kimball
Central Ave
P. W. Moore
Oberon Dr
S. Sutphin Street
Central Avenue
Ronald Cox
West Middletown Rt. 1
Goodloe Butler Jr
Plum St
S. Broad Street
1St Avenue
Fox Given 10 Years Probation
Russell Thomas Fox of 3013 Ottawa Street received ten years probation on two grand larceny charges for stealing brass parts from Shuttle Bros. storage yard on Clark Street. Judge Fred B. Cramer ordered $3,600 restitution to Shartles. Fox arrested Feb. 12 after a six month search. authorities recovered $3,000 to $4,000 worth of machinery from Franklin Iron and Paper Stock Co. in Dayton. Police suspected another man’s involvement. no further arrests. Harry West of 210 Curtis Street received five years probation and $15 weekly support for two children for failure to provide.
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Russell Thomas Fox
Ottawa St
Shuttle Bros
Clark Street
Common Pleas
Fred B. Cramer
Fox
Middletown
Franklin Iron & Paper Stock Co
Dayton
Shartles
Youth Captured In Robbery Try
Hamilton police captured 23 year old Harvin L. Hardin at Perrazzo's service station after an accomplice fled through a window during a burglary. Hardin, of 1379 Pascal Ave, was charged with breaking and entering. officers recovered a revolver and 50 silver dollars taken from the station.
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Hamilton
Dillard Jones
Harvin L. Hardin
Pascal Ave
Jones
John Mullins
Perrazzo
Pleasant Ave
City To Hear Bids On Sewer
City commissioners will hear bids on construction of the Bulls Run relief sewer at 2 p.m. Thursday. City Manager Charles W. Thompson said bids opened Tuesday were numerous and could not be tabulated in time for the meeting.
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Bulls Run
City Commission
Charles W. Thompson
Thompson
Paramount shows Uranium Boom and Jubal this weekend
Paramount presents Uranium Boom at 1 50, 5 00 and 8 10 p m and Jubal at 2 50, 6 00 and 9 10 p m at the Friday and Saturday shows Ghost Town plays at Strand with Rock Around the Clock showtimes 1 15, 4 20, 7 20 and 10 10 p m Colonial offers 23 Paces to Baker Street at 1 15, 3 20, 5 25, 7 40 and 9 45 p m Dixie Cruise In lists Revolt of Mamie Stover at 8 30 and 12 20 p m and Little Boy Lost at 10 40 p m.
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Paramount
Jubal
Baker Street
Dixie Cruise
Mamie Stover
Little Boy
Couple Files $75,000 Suit In Car Crash
Grover L. Travillian and his wife seek a total $75,000 in a civil action over injuries from a February accident on West Rt. 129 near Gilmore Road. Travillian asks $50,000 for permanent leg injuries while his wife seeks $25,000 for head and right arm injuries caused when Arlie Root allegedly crossed the center line and hit their car.
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Hamilton
Grover L. Travillian
Wayne-Milford Rd
Travillian
Rt. 129
Gilmore Road
Arlie Root
Hamilton-Scipio Rd
Franklin Girl Struck By Car
A Franklin girl, 16 year old Diana Shoupe of 154 N River St, Franklin, was struck on a noon incident near Coles Road yesterday. She suffered a fractured left leg and was listed in good condition at Middletown Hospital. The car was driven north by Elmer Leedy, 20, of Dayton, who swerved to avoid her after she ran from behind a stopped bus. Leedy failed to avoid the collision and knocked down a mailbox in the attempt.
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Franklin
Coles Road
Middletown Hospital
Diana Shoupe
Marion Shoupe
River St
Elmer Leedy
Dayton
Leedy
Recessed NLRB Hearing On Aeronca Union Election Resumes
Public hearings on the UAW-CIO petition for a new employee representation election at Aeronca Manufacturing Corp Middletown plants resumed after a recess ordered by NLRB trial examiner Herbert Silberman. Testimony and witness lists continued as both sides prepared further evidence in the 1200-employee bargaining unit dispute.
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United Auto Workers
Middletown
Aeronca Manufacturing Corp
Herbert Silberman
Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Silberman
Uaw-Cio
Aeronca Independent
George Botts
Aeronca
Lowell Goerlich
UAW
Independent Union
Levey & Levey
Uaw-Cno
U. S. Air Force
Uawcio
AIU
Miamisburg
Triv
Robbed Of Cash Watch, River Downs Employee Says
Pink Peters of 930 Chase Avenue told police he was robbed of 144 dollars and a 78 dollar watch by two men he met in the Rustic Inn cafe. He said the men threatened to kill Kim unless he handed over the money and watch, then fled after driving him toward River Downs near Cincinnati.
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Hamilton
River Downs
Rustic Inn
Pink Peters
Chase Ave
Cincinnati
Peters
Kim
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Jerry Stidham
Harriet St
Coal Grove
Breathitt County
County
Grim Mark
Bosch
John Brogan
William
Joseph
Walter
Pauline Fisher
Evelyn Jones
Brenda Brogan
Frankin
United States
New Orleans
Irving
Fast End Central Ave
Buster Brown
Buster
Sam Bartel
Harry West
Curtis St
Cmte Laas
Amt
Ruud Alcoa
Allo OM
Acd
Wim
Pri
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Eee
Emen Ne Fae Rood
RUAD
America
ALCOA
Alominum Co
Amertos
Manchester
Aeronca Union
NLRB
Riggs
Riggs Funeral Home
North Broad
Ness
Studebaker
Packard
Barton Sales and Service
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