New Annexation Drive Reaches Toward Blue Ball
East Middletown Improvement Committee announces a plan to annex about 2500 acres east and southeast of Middletown including Blue Ball and Armco Steel lands. Area leaders Robert Kramer Albert Creek Baum Fred Mc Queen and William Kreager organize petition drive. public hearing on nearby North Middletown tract set for next month. The project seeks city water, utilities, fire police protection, zoning, planning and lower costs.
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Middletown
East Middletown
North Middletown
Manchester Road
Warren- Butler County
Blue Ball
Armco Steel Corp
Oxford State Road
Mayfield
Common Pleas Court
Clifton Farms
Bachmann's
Grand Central Center, Inc
Improvement Committee
Indicted After Middletown Narcotics Raid Sparks 38 Counts
Thirty eight indictments were returned by Butler County Grand Jury after a Middletown narcotics raid on February 11. Defendants Curtis Williams and James Skinner face possession and sale charges. Harold Walker and Charles Byrd charged with possession. The panel also charged multiple others with burglary larceny and related offenses as it met four days, with one case ignored.
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Hamilton
Middletown
Butler County
Grand Jury
Curtis
Big June” Williams
Ith Ave
James Z. Skinner
Dayton
Harold H. Walker
Charles Bryd
Williams
William
Willie F. Mansfield
Vernon Ray McIntosh
Kenneth Brisco
Woodford Brisco
Charles Edwards
William Haddis
James Phillips
Robert Rhodes
Ernest Martin
Madison Township
Robert Easterling
Lemon Township
Robert Rhodus
Maurice Henry
Shirley Johnson Murphy
Merle Alien
Kerry Hartbarger
Delmer Day Jr
Common Pleas
P. P. Boll
Driver Faces DWI Charge In Mishap
Lowell Smallwood 31 of Gratis will be arraigned today on charges of driving while under the influence and reckless driving after a three car mishap on 5 Main Street extension late Saturday. No one injured. Deputy sheriffs Schultheiss and Rogers arrested him, before Squire Lammie Bailey.
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Lowell Smallwood
Gratis
Main Street
Smallwood
Court of
Lemon Township
Lammie Bailey
Richard Schultheiss
Frank Rogers
End of Six Month Strike Reached Gro-Cord Rubber
In Lima Ohio a six month strike by Local 85 United Rubber Workers AFL-CIO against Gro-Cord Rubber Co ended when company and union signed a contract through December 1 1957.
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Lima
Ohio
United Rubber Workers
Afl-Cio
Gro-Cord Rubber Co
Not Too Old for Life Insurance Under 80
Offers a $1,000 life insurance policy for final expenses for those under 80. Apply by mail with Old American Ins. Co. in Kansas City. No obligation and no calls. Send a postcard or letter with age to 3 W. 9th Dept. 1334B Kansas City Mo.
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Kansas City
Ins. Co
W. 9Th
Dept
Fire Causes $2100 Damage to Liberty Fairfield Rd Home
A fire caused by a burning log in an open fireplace damaged three rooms of a six room frame house at 7110 Liberty Fairfield Rd east of Hamilton. Neighbors reported the blaze to Fairfield and Liberty Township firemen who checked the scene. Owner Edward Peters of 1301 Clearview Pl., Hamilton, estimated $1500 in building damage. no one was home.
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Hamilton
Liberty Fairfield Rd
Here
Fairfield
Liberty Township
J. W. Wrenn
Edward Peters
Clearview Pl
New County Treasurer Office Opens in City Building
The county treasurer office began operations in the City Building with a ceremony led by City Commission Chairman Francis Carmody and County Treasurer John W. Wendel. The ground floor space, remodeled and completed last week, doubles the former area and includes modern fixtures to speed tax collection. City officials attending included Commissioners C. B. Stiles, William W. Denham, Arthur Sanderson, and City Manager Charles W. Thompson.
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City Commission
Francis Carmody
John W. Wendel
Wendel
Carl Wedekind
Middletown
Wedekind
C. B. Stiles
William W. Denham
Arthur Sanderson
Charles W. Thompson
Huk Leader Is Captured
Philippine Army reports capture of Huk leader Paulino Viernes in Nueva Ecija near the site where Aura Quezon and 11 others were slain on a 6 day tour. The captured man is accused of leading the 1949 bush slaving incident.
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Manila
Huk
Aura Aragon Quezon
Manuel Quezon
Defense Department
Paulino Viernes
Nueva Ecija
Quezon
Plane Crashes Into Mt Fuji Snow Bank
A US Air Force C47 cargo plane crashed into the side of Mt. Fuji but its two pilots Maj. John Allen Fowle of Lake Worth Florida and Capt. Earl Preston Kelley of Clear Spring Maryland survived uninjured. The 20 foot deep snow cushion the impact and no other crew were aboard.
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Tokyo
Mt. Fuji
Air Force
John Allen Fowle
Lake Worth
Fla
Earl Preston Kelley
Clear Spring
February Accident Totals Show Mixed City Trends
Middletown Hospital reports 223 February accident patients down from January 258. Home accidents fell to 89 from 102, while school incidents rose from 11 to 15 and industry accidents increased from 42 to 54. Traffic accidents dropped by one from January’s 21.
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Middletown Hospital
Kefauver Set to Enter California Primary
Tennessee Senator Estes Kefauver will enter California’s June 5 presidential primary today. His backers say a second California victory could clinch the Democratic nomination and note a 136 name delegate slate filed for him.
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Sacramento
Tennessee
Sen Estes Kefauver
California
Kefauver
Movie Listings At Paramount Strand Colonial Dixie
The schedule lists films for Monday and Tuesday across Paramount Strand Colonial and Dixie venues. Titles include Naked Street Forever Darling Gun Point Six Bridges to Cross Naked Dawn The Spoilers When Gangland Strikes The Shriek The Americano Big Jim McLain with showtimes ranging from early afternoon to late evening.
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Paramount
Naked Street
Strand
Colonial
Dixie Cruise
Big Jim McLain
Chivalry Really Dead as Lebanon Man Robbed at Knife Point
Willus Brandenberg 27 of Lebanon reports a 3 a.m. encounter on Indiana 31 north of Scottsburg where four Louisville women offered a ride and robbed him of $6 at knife point. He chased to a road sign, notified police, and the suspects were arrested near Franklin. Charged in Johnson County Jail with vehicle taking are Anna L Harris Lottie M Clark Shirley A Sugg and Lila M Jones.
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Franklin
Ind
Lebanon
Willus Brandenberg
Brandenberg
Indiana 31
Columbus
Verne Purcell
Johnson County
Anna Lorraine Harris
Lottie Mae Clark
Shirley Ann Sugg
Lila Mae Jones
Eagles Honor 39 Members For Service
Thirty nine Eagles who were lodge members prior to 1916 were honored Sunday with billfold citations for long membership. Notables included Charles Rettig Carl Andres and Walter McCoy with others listed as recipients. Speakers included former Judge Alton B Combs Ralph Esterline and Milton Coon with Gus Miles as program chair.
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Charles Rettig
The
Aenue
Carl Andres
Walter McCoy
Louis Kunz
Rettig
Anders
McCoy
Kuntz
Frank Gradolph
Frank Knoor
Fred Ingle
William Hurt
John Halderman
John Fishbaugh
Frank Fabing
George Class
Robert Byrum
Harry Boswell
John L. Bolin
Fred Martin
George Miller
Ed Motter
Elmer Reed
Alton B Combs
Ralph Esterline
Milton Coon
Germantown
Gus Miles
Floyd Bishop
Ast Sanderson
Dave Sehiering
Elza Abraham
Cecil Butts
Vernon Lay
Servicemen News: Enlistees and Training Annealed at Fort Hood
Pvt Edward F Merchant 23 son of Frank Merchant Miami University 1955 graduate Alpha Phi Alpha serves with 4th Armored Division Fort Hood Texas training after Normandy Bastogne fame. Pvt Hugh L Reed 17 wife Faye parents James Reed West Middletown Rt 1 in advanced infantry training at Fort Hood. Robert J Meadows 19 wife Betty arrived in France serves with Seine Area Command Paris Detachment after Ft Lee. Field atom bomb casualty drill at Fort Sam Houston included Pvt Robert H Cooper 20 and Specialist 3 Donald E Jadwin.
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Edward F. Merchant
Frank Merchant
Walnut St
4Th Armored Division
Ft. Hood
Tex
Normandy
Bastogne
Merchant
66Th Field Artillery Battalion
Ft. Leonad Wood
Miami University
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
Robert J. Meadows
Betty
Well Rd
France
Seine
Meadows
Paris
Ft. Lee
Army
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Hugh L. Reed
Faye
James Reed
West Middletown Rt. 1
Reed
Ft. Sam Houston
Robert H. Cooper
Richard W. Cooper
Harlan Sr
Donald E. Jadwin
Olive Jones
Lebanon
Army Medical Service School
Cooper
Ft. Carson
Colo
Jadwin
Luther A. Jadwin
Stockport Rt. 2
Iran orders Russian attaché to leave within a week
Tehran has given Russia's assistant military attaché Maj. Ivanovich Kouznetsoff one week to exit Iran. He was arrested last week on espionage charges but released after officials found him to hold diplomatic credentials.
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Tehran
Iran
Russia
Maj. Ivanovich Kouznetsoff
Six Hurt Slightly in Two Middletown Traffic Mishaps
Ten city traffic incidents were reported since Saturday night with two motorists arrested. In the worst crash at Baltimore Street and Forest Avenue at 2:40 p.m. two people were treated, and damage totaled 3450 to the involved vehicles.
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Middletown Hospital
Baltimore Street
Forest Avenue
Mary Hangen
Brookville Rt
Ray Ernest
Deine Munn
Dayton
Frank Johnson
Sycamore St
Johnson
Munn
Civitans To View Air Race Slide Show Tomorrow
Colored slides of the cross country airplane race featuring Homer Leffier will be shown at the Civitan Club luncheon at the Manchester Hotel. Leffier, who took the pictures, will attend to present the exhibit. Sam Kitchen is the program chairman.
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Homer Leffier
Civitan Club
Manchester Hote
Leffier
Sam Kitchen
Navy enlistment for Walter L. Ohliger Jr from Lancaster area
Walter Leroy Ohliger Jr., son of Mr and Mrs Walter L Ohliger Sr of 303 McKinley St has been sworn into the U S Navy. He enlisted as a high school seaman recruit for general service ashore and afloat and begins nine weeks of basic training at Great Lakes Naval Center.
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Walter Leroy Ohliger Jr
Walter L. Ohliger Sr
McKinley St
U. S. Navy
Walter S. Farmer
Hamilton
Ohliger
Great Lakes Naval Center
Marriage Status Among U.S. Males Over 14 in 1900
The 1900 census shows 42.4 percent of males over age 14 never married, 52.8 percent married, with the remainder widowed or divorced.
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United State
Fire Damages at Mentz Addition Home Causes $7,000 Loss
Defective wiring in a bathroom heater started a $7,000 fire at Jess Gabbard Jr.’s home at 136 Olive Ave Mentz Addition. The blaze damaged the bathroom and a bedroom while most loss was to contents. The couple suffered minor cuts from broken glass and received medical treatment. Firemen contained the fire by 12:45 p.m. and nearby grass fires were put out with no damage.
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Jess Gabbard Jr
Olive Ave
Mentz Addition
Howard Harville
Gabbard
Movie Usher Attacked On Fire Escape Outside Theater
Jim Gray, 16, of 1109 First Ave, was slashed four inches in the chest by an assailant on a fire escape near the Paramount Theater. He identified two youths, one about 5 feet 8 inches, 140 pounds in a black leather jacket, as the attackers. no names given. He was treated and discharged from Middletown Hospital.
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Paramount Theater
Jim Gray
1St Ave
Middletown
Gray
Don Wallace
Jack Crocker
Crocker
Police Briefs From City Cafe Arrests For Disorderly Conduct
Police report arrests of Charles Goff 29 at 3105 Ogden Dr and Robert Horn 21 at 2102 Hill Ave for disorderly conduct at a Central Avenue cafe last night. State patrolmen arrested John Farmer 23 of 17 E 6th St Franklin on an Ohio Reck incident. Constance Lipscomb 819 Lincoln St reports her fur coat valued at 100 stolen from a Blythe Williams Post American Legion booth yesterday.
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Charles Goff
Ogden Dr
Robert Horn
Hill Ave
Central Avenue
John Farmer
6Th St
Franklin
Ohio
Constance Lipscomb
Lincoln St
Blythe-Williams Post
American Legion
Senior Trip Dispute Boils At West Elkton
WEST ELKTON parents clash with Superintendent Carl Frazier over the annual senior class trip. They claim students have the right to vote on transportation and chaperones. The 20 member class plans 17 travelers with funds raised by students, and concerns include the fate of the class fund if the trip is canceled.
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West Elkton
Carl Frazier
Washington
New York
Cail
Thieves Rob Minister’s Home in Weekend Burglary
Police say thieves broke into the Rev. Clifford Hutchinson's home at 4318 Grand Ave through a basement window and stole 55 dollars from drawers in two bedrooms. The minister, pastor of Grand Avenue Church of God, discovered the loss on returning home at 12 14 a m. Sgt. James Lowe investigated.
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Clifford Hutchinson
Grand Avenue
James Lowe
Paroled robber linked to 1948 restaurant theft
W N Pratt reports half a tank of gas stolen from his car on 1st Avenue. James Thienemann, 31, of 1505 Smith Ave, was arrested on a parole violation in the 1600 block of Central Avenue. He previously served time at Mansfield Reformatory for the armed robbery of a local restaurant in 1948.
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W. N. Pratt
Batavia Rt. 5
1St Avenue
James Thienemann
Smith Ave
Central Avenue
Mansfield Reformatory
Robbery at Mid Dletown Beer Distributors and Truck Stop
Police report a break in at Mid Dletown Beer Distributors 402 Clark St by front door glass. A man fled 2:50 am after officer John Lowe saw him leave. another suspect jumped rear window and fired at the officer. Capt Fitzgerald and officers investigated. A separate break-in at Bob's Truck Stop 3100 S Verity Parkway involved a window entry and small change from a soda machine.
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Middletown Beer Distributors
Clark St
John Lowe
Clark Street
Lowe
John Fitzgerald
Herbert Fawley
Paul Frisby
Bob's
S. Verity Parkway
Loren Guetin
Doctor C. T. Atkinson Condition Satisfactory
The condition of Dr. C. T. Atkinson of Park Drive was reported most satisfactory at Middletown Hospital. The veteran physician suffered a heart attack a week ago Sunday at his home. Doctors say he has made excellent progress but no discharge date is set.
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C. T. Atkinson
Park Drive
Middletown Hospital
Middletown
Tryouts Set by JAs for May Achievement Banquet
Junior Achievement directors announced tryouts for the annual achievement banquet to be held in May. Eligible participants may pick up forms and sign up at the JA office today.
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M. G. McCall
Glandular Inflammation Treated at Excelsior Institute
Older men from 1000 communities are treated non surgically at the Excelsior Institute in Excelsior Springs Missouri. A free book explains proven non surgical treatments for glandular inflammation and related troubles with no obligation to respond.
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Excelsior Institute
Excelsior Springs
Missouri
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Jewell
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Main St
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Charles St
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Earle Hotel
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Cincinnati
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Rotary Club
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