Middletown Workhouse Plan Draws Cincinnati Chief's Fire
Cincinnati workhouse head George Studt disputes quotes about Middletown seeking its own facility. Officials Rossi Lamb and Denham defend a rehabilitative plan mirroring Cincinnati, praising Studt while denying criticism and aiming to avoid high prisoner-care costs.
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Louis A. Rossi
George Studt
Cincinnati
Studt
Rossi
Middletown
House
George E. Studt
William W. Denham
J. T. Lamb
Denham
Lamb
Fire Truck Township Rules Keep North Middletown Equipment
Ohio Attorney General William Saxbe ruled that Lemon Township will retain the fire equipment of the former North Middletown Volunteer Fire Department after annexation by the city. Tilmon Ellison, Director of Law, filed suit to determine disposal of tangible property and argued that funds and indebtedness are shared upon annexation, but fire apparatus cannot be divided.
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Ohio Attorney General
Lemon Township
North Middletown
William Saxbe
Tilmon Ellison
Ellison
North
Middletown
T A Law
Toledo Man Shoots Cop and Two Others
Arnold Washington a 45 year old construction worker shot two Toledo patrolmen an elderly landlady and her teenage niece during a disturbance call. The officers were injured and hospitalized as Washington wounded himself and others before officers gained control.
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Toledo
Sohio Reports 1956 Net Up 16 Percent
Standard Oil Co of Ohio announced a 16 percent rise in net income for 1956 to 26,591,560 from 23,008,465 in 1955. The gain equaled 5.35 per share versus 4.61. The company also noted record profits and new highs in sales production and capital expenditures.
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Cleveland
Standard Oil Co
Ohio
Community religious and social events listed
The LaMond Club plans a chitterling and fish supper at 6 30 p m today at 1106 Young St hosted by Mrs Odetta Pendergrass The Spiritual Chorus of Dayton performs at 3 30 p m Sunday at Friendship Baptist Church Rev Frank Rawls will preach The Rev W M Jones of the Free Pentecostal Church of Hamilton is guest tonight at the Holy Tabernacle of the Universe 1200 Garfield St service starts 7 30 p m Sunday guest Rev Joseph Pate of New Era Baptist Church will speak at 3 30 p m Mrs Willie Kilgore leads both services
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LaMond Club
Odetta Pendergrass
Young St
Spiritual Chorus of
Dayton
Friendship Baptist Church
Frank Rawls
W. M. Jones
Free Pentecostal Church of Hamilton
Holy Tabernacle of the Universe
Garfield St
the Tabernacle
Joseph Pate
New Era Baptist Church
Willie Kilgore
Man Slays Wife and Child Then Kills Self in Memphis
Memphis police said 40 year old William Davis of Nashville shot his estranged wife aged 35 and their two year old daughter Sandra to death before fatally wounding himself. The bodies lay in a house where they had been living since the divorce suit was filed. Davis apparently traveled from Nashville to seek reconciliation and the pistol lay nearby.
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Memphis
Tenn
W. W. Wilkinson
Nashville, Tenn
William Davis
Sandra
Davis
Wilkinson
Nashville
Police Briefs Report Stolen 1949 Car In Hamilton
A 1949 model car owned by Carl Ralston of Hamilton was stolen from S Broad Street at 10 30 p m yesterday. Lois Farmer of Tren ton reported the theft of her purse with papers and $2. George Bauer of West Middletown Rt 1 reported a set of keys stolen from his car in Eagle Alley. Stanley Smith said an outside mirror was broken from his car in front of 220 Garfield St and three antennas were broken from other cars there.
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Carl Ralston
Hamilton
S. Broad Street
Lois Farmer
State St
Trenton
George Bauer
West Middletown
Stanley Smith
Garfield St
Columbus Votes on Daylight Saving Time in Charter Change
Columbus city council plans a Monday vote on a bill to make Daylight Savings Time permanent in the city charter. If approved, it goes to the May 7 primary ballot and, if voters favor it, clocks run ahead one hour at 2 a.m. May 12.
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Columbus
Ohio
Blue and Gold Cub Award Dinner Honors 16 Cubs
More than 150 attendees including cubs and parents watched Mayfield Cub Pack 15 award Bobcat and wolf badges to named youths and arrow points to several den members. Den mothers received certificates of appreciation as District Executive George Bundick spoke and Roy Fitzgerald performed a magic skit.
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Mayfield
Ronnie Birch
Russell Amburgey
Johnny Kahne
Charles Kahne
Billy Nisewonder
David Carter
George Sowards
Don Schouse
Billy Katz
Dick Shockey
Ralph Wright
Larry Lawson
Gary Tolliver
Tom Ryan
Ken Profitt
Donald Butts
Two Middletown Girls Hit by Auto Near Garf ield Calumet
Two Middletown schoolgirls were struck by a slow moving auto at Garfield Street and Calumet Avenue at 7 50 am. Ruthie Spencer 17 sustained a possible head injury and Wanda Hall 16 suffered right knee abrasions and contusions. Charles A King 31 was charged with failure to yield. A police cruiser also exchanged minor damage in the incident.
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Middletown
Garfield Street
Calumet Avenue
Ruthie Spencer
Sim Spencer
Sycamore Sr
Middletown Hospital
Wanda Hall
Lee Hall
York Ave
Polier
Charles A. King
Donald Wallace Jr
Hamilton
DWI Admits Lenient Judge’s Handling of Case
In Chicago Traffic Court Judge Henry C. Ferguson accepts Steve Weininger's blunt admission of drunkenness. The 28 year old sire mechanic avoids two additional charges with a $50 fine for DWI instead of the usual $100 and the driver is cleared of driving the wrong way in a one way street and disorderly conduct.
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Chicago
Henry C. ‘Ferguson
Steve Weininger
Ferguson
Charles F. Russ Jr
Weining
Montana Senate-Approved Pine Tree Bill Killed in House
In Helena the Montana House rejected a Senate-passed measure to designate the pine as the official state tree. Lawmakers said the pine has been the official state tree since 1949, rendering the bill unnecessary.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
Morris Named To Committee On Accounting Standards 1957
Auburn R. Morris, executive vice president of the Middletown Federal Building and Loan Association, was named to the 1957 committee on accounting standardization and techniques of the United States Savings and Loan League. Roy M. Marr of Memphis, president of the league, announced the appointment. The committee standardizes accounting, auditing and record keeping for savings associations and reports developments to member associations to improve service.
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Auburn R. Morris
Middletown Federal Building & Loan Assn
United States Savings and Loan League
Roy M. Marr
Memphis
Driver Cited After Three Car Franklin Accident
In Franklin, Virgil Lamb, 33, of 529 S Rivers St, was cited for improper operation after a three car crash at E 2nd and Main. Lamb, northbound from an alley, failed to yield to Thomas Jones, 56, of Germantown, causing Jones’ car to hit a dairy truck driven by William Gay, 28, of 1008 FE 2nd St. Damages totaled 75 to the truck, 275 to Jones, and 75 to Lamb.
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Franklin
E. 2Nd
Main Streets
Virgil Lamb
S. Rivers St
Lamb
Canal
2Nd Street
Thomas Jones
Germantown
Jones
William Gay
2Nd St
Jones Lear
Missionary Verney Unruh to Speak at Trenton Church
The Rev. Verney Unruh on home leave from Japan duties will be guest speaker at the Mennonite Church in Trenton for both morning and evening services this Sunday.
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Verney Unruh
Japan
Mennonite
Trenton
Robbers Loot Antwerp Postoffice For 2.64 Million Belgians
Gunmen robbed the Antwerp central postoffice Thursday night taking 2,640,000 Belgian francs about 52,000 dollars as postal workers sorted mail in the next room. Police searched for the attackers who fled the scene.
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Antwerpt
Belgium
Antwerp Central
Man Shot in Leg in Woodsdale Fight
Doyl Kirklin, 41, of Hamilton, was treated at Mercy Hospital for a gunshot wound in the leg. Deputies say the wound occurred during a fight at 4170 Canal Road, Woodsdale, as they investigate the incident.
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Hamilton
Doyl Kirklin
Mercy Hospital
Sheriff's Deputies
Kirklin
Canal Rd
Woodsdale
Local Nurse Ruth Seitter Seeks Butler County Health Board
Middletown area nurse Ruth Seitter of Middletown-Eaton Road will run in the Butler County Health Board opening. Announcement by Mrs Donald W Richter of the Middletown AAUW notes the race is for the seat held by Shafer Schenck, with no clear plan for re election.
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Ruth Seitter
Middletown-Eaton Road
Butler County Board of Health
Donald W. Richter
Middletown
The
American Assn. of
University Women
Board of Health
Butler County
Seitter
Richiter
Shafer
Traffic Deaths Down 3 Percent in January
The National Safety Council reports January traffic deaths reached 2,860, down 3 percent from January 1956. It marks only the second monthly decline in two years, the first being last October with fewer deaths than the prior October.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Wendling Named New Comptroller of Liquor Dept
Gets Liquor Post in Columbus Ohio Robert E Wendling of Lakewood a certified public accountant is the new comptroller of the Department of Liquor Control His appointment was announced Thursday by Director Robert B Krupansky.
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Columbus
Ohio
Robert E. Wendling
Lakewood
Department of Liquor Control
Robert B. Krupansky
Bosch withdraws from Hamilton city manager race
Bosch former Butler County prosecutor withdraws his name from consideration for Hamilton city manager. In a letter to Mayor Beckett he says lack of council cooperation and opposition from some members led to his decision. The field narrows to four candidates: Persson Wilson Hardy and Brate with Wilson Hardy and Brate having formal applications.
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Hamilton
Jackson Bosch
Butler County
Edward Beckett
Bosch
Aftor ‘Ney
J Council
EB. Hjalmar Persson
Howard F
Hack) Wilson
Fred Hardy
Fester Brate
Wilson
Hardy
Brate
Persson
Big Crowd Rushes For New Plates In Ohio Sale
Deputy Registrar described a large crowd at the Middletown Auto License Bureau on Central Avenue as license plate sales began at 9 a.m. The line grew to 40 to 50 buyers by 11 a.m. with nine extra typists assisting two clerks. The tag sale runs until March 31.
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Ohio
Middletown
Central Ave
Baird
Dodo Habitat Said to Be Mauritius Island
The extinct dodo’s home is described as Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. The island is noted as British controlled while natives speak a French dialect.
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Mauritius
Indian Ocean
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Irvin Smith
Charles Diefenbach
Mattie Lewis
Maumee Valley Hospital
Janice Neekins
St. Vincent's Hospital
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Flower Hospital
Anthony Bosch
Smith
Diefenbach
Lewis
Sohio
Colored News
Levi T. Stubbs
Baker Funeral Home
Elza Abraham
William Pentacost
Andrew St
Maude Eckhart
Sbroad
Woodlawn Avenue
Baltimore Street
DWI
Lt. Judge
Morris
Health Board
N. Verity
Columbia
Manchester
McCall
Freeman
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