District Runoff Decides Western Ohio Debate Stakes
Fairmont defeated Middletown in a runoff at Capital University to win the Sweep trophy and qualify for the national tournament in San Diego. Middletown finished second overall. Columbus North and Wyoming placed third and fourth. 23 high schools and 209 contestants competed.
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Deyton Fairmont
Middletown High
Columbus
Ohio
Capital University
Middletown
Columbus North
Wyoming
Fairmont
Fairmonts
San Diego
Defbaters
Brian Lennie
Judy Geckeler
Marcia Aronoff
Drew Selvar
Chaminade
Newark
Marysville
Toledo Whitmer
Princeton
East
Marietta
Dayton Juilienne
Coast Guard Cutter General Greene Grounded On Cape Cod
In a fierce late winter blizzard, the Coast Guard cutter General Greene ran aground on Cape Cod sands while attempting to assist the tug M Moran which lost its rudder. The General Greene’s crew of 24 were brought ashore aboard an amphibious duck as salvage efforts await calmer seas.
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Sandwich
Mass
New England
Coast Guard
General Greene
Cape Cod
M. Moran
Provincetown
Greene
Still Cold With No Snow On Horizon For Middletown
Frigid conditions continue in the Middletown area with no snow expected today or Monday. Sunday's high is 28 after a low of 5 above, with Saturday morning at 6 above and a 22 high later that day. State Patrol notes dry main roads but spots are slick, and county roads remain ice packed.
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Middletown
Armco Steel
Fast Works
State Patrol
Loud Funeral Laws Transform Singapore Processions
In Singapore police ban loud funeral gongs and cymbals used by rival processions. Bereaved families must take the shortest cemetery route, submit a mourners list, and pay only at graveside to cut noise and curb clashes between secret societies.
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Singapore
Woman Collapses On Street Aided By Emergency Squad
Mrs. Florence Mae Root, 64, at Bundy Apartments, fainted on Letbee Street near Philadelphia Avenue. Emergency squad assisted at 10:52 am and she was taken by Wilson ambulance to Middletown Hospital. Her condition last night was listed as fairly good.
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Florence Mae Root
Bundy Apartments
Middletown Hospital
Letbee Street
Philadelphia Avenue
Wilson Ambulance
Requiem High Mass for Mrs. Katie Ritter
Mrs. Katie Ray Ritter formerly of Middletown died Saturday in Dayton Requiem High Mass will be sung 9 30 a m Tuesday at St Johns Burial in Woodside Cemetery Friends may call Schramm Funeral Home 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p m Monday The Married Ladies Sodality of St Johns will assemble at the funeral home 8 15 p m Monday for Rosary recitation
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St. John's
Katie Ray Ritter
Middletown
Dayton
Woodside Cemetery
Schramm
Eugene McGill 44 Lebanon Veteran Dies at Dayton VA
Eugene McGill 44 of 327 N Cherry St Lebanon died Saturday at the Brown Veterans Administration Hospital Dayton after a lengthy illness. A World War II veteran who served in Germany for four years he was a member of the AM Church. Survived by his mother Mrs Aliie McGill two brothers Homer of Washington DC and Robert of Lebanon seven sisters Mrs Rhoda Offord Mrs Irene Scott Mrs Ruth Jewett Mrs Anna Wilson Mrs Minel Scott Mrs Betty Jones and Mrs Margaret Scott all of Lebanon and Wilmington. Funeral 1 15 p.m. Tuesday at the VA Hospital chapel Dayton with burial in the veterans cemetery there.
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Lebanon
Eugene McGill
N. Cherry St
Brown Veterans Administration Hospital
Dayton
McGill
Germany
Aliie McGill
Homer
Washington, D.C
Robert
Rhoda Offord
Irene Scott
Ruth Jewett
Anna Wilson
Minel Scott
Betty Jones
Margaret Scott
Wilmington
Police Briefs Include Thefts And Drag Racing Charges
Thefts reported include fifteen sections of inch water pipe valued at 150 from S. E. Cox Plumbing and Heating Co. and a coat found later at a Central Avenue cafe. Gene Di Cristoloro 31 and a Dayton girl 11 faced drag racing charges on N Verity Park Way. Ramah Payne was charged with permitting an unlicensed minor to drive. Vandals smashed two windows at 313 Gideon Rd causing about 5 in damage.
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S. E. Cox, Plumbing’ & Heating Co
Wilbraham Rd
Trasher Hollow
Oxford State Rd
Central Avenue
Gene di Cristoloro
Charles Sr
Dayton
N. Verity Parkway
Ramah Payne
Forest Ave
Franklin
Gideon Rd
John Hartbarger
City accidents leave two cited. minor damage reported
No injuries reported in several Middletown incidents yesterday. William Coldiron, 31, pulled from a curb and collided with Stanko Stanroff’s car on Main Street, $200 damage. James Gaines, 19, cited for no license after left turn crash on 14th Avenue, $109 damage. James Wells backed into a parked car, $175 damage. Other collisions included Gullette and Swope in A&P lot, $100 damage, plus Carver and Gerber at Verity Parkway, $75 damage.
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Middletown Area
William Coldton
West Middletown
James Gaines
Baltimore St
14Th Avenue
S.verity Parkway
Lan Auto
Charles Bailey
Alameda
James Wells
Yankee Rd
Chester Linville
Trom
Baltimore Street
Yankee Road
John Gullette
Roughlie ‘Swope
Baltimore $T
A&p
Carl ‘Carver
Crawford St
Tew
Fred Gerber
Mary Sullivan
Clark St
Central Avenue
Grimes Street
Ship Blast U S Plot Fidel Says
Fidel Castro interrogated Don Chapman of North Bend Nebraska aboard a Cuban ship. Revolution charged the United States with arming the vessel and detaining Chapman for taking pictures en route from Antwerp. Chapman's brother Dick recalled a letter home saying he planned to work his way back.
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Don Chapman
North Bend
Neb l
Fidel Castro
U.S
Chapman
Revolution
Antwerp
Omaha
Wow-Tv
James McGaffin
Europe
iChapman
McGaffin
Jas
Refugees Given Free Vacation in Paris Khrushchev Visit
France airlifted about 800 political refugees to Corsica and other islands for nearly a month to ease tensions ahead of Khrushchev's Paris visit. Ten planes began the operation with 74 aboard in the first group. The cost and daily allowances are covered by the government and work is protected.
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Paris
France
Nikita Khrushchev
Europe
Corsica
Cincinnatians petition for Adlai Stevenson draft
A group named Southern Ohio Citizens for Stevenson held an organizing meeting to circulate petitions calling for a draft of Adlai E. Stevenson for the 1952 Republican presidential nomination. Dewey, professor of law at the University of Cincinnati and head of the group, said branches would be set up in nearby cities.
Senate breaks record with longest nonstop session
The Senate began last Monday and after a 15 minute early Wednesday recess continued for 82 hours and 3 minutes until a halt was called Saturday afternoon. Senator Herman Talmadge spoke for over an hour before yielding to Johnson for recess. About a dozen senators remained on the floor as civil rights debate entered its fourth week.
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Herman Talmadge
D-Ga
Johnson
Senate
Dayton Mayor William Patterson to Speak at Middletown Demo Club
Dayton Mayor William Patterson, a 3rd Ohio District congressional candidate, will address the Democrat Club of Middletown Thursday at 8 p.m. at W S. Broad St. The talk centers on Democratic politics and Patterson's campaign.
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William Patterson
Dayton
Democrat Club of
Middletown
Pilot Rides C119 Down 18 Americans Parachute
A C119 Flying Boxcar went down off a Naples coast after a fire in southern Italy. Eighteen American airmen parachuted to safety. all 19 aboard survived. Pilot Capt. John Nattarocchia sustained back injuries and faced about 45 days in hospital.
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Catanzaro
Italy
U.S. Navy
Naples
John Nattarocchia
Ocean
Nattarocchia
Fire damages home. man arrested after drunken incident
At 2:37 p.m. fire units fought a sofa blaze at 618 Catalpa Dr. blamed on a cigarette. The one story home owned by Goldie Centers of Chicago sustained 25 dollars in building damage and 75 dollars in contents. Centers, 53, was later arrested at 3 p.m. on Auburn Street on an intoxication charge after wandering knocking on doors.
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Catalpa Dr
Goldie Centers of
Chicago
Auburn Street
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Radio Lab
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Howard Frazier
Phonograph—Model
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Ahmadiyya Master
Nairobi
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Graham
Katie R. Ritter
VA Hospital
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Casto
Revolutionary Movement
Oba
Central Ave
Woodrow Wilson
Next of Kin
U.S. Air Force
322Nd Air Division
Evreux
Athens
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Tandy
U. S
Strand Bldg
The
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First National Bank
Second Avenue
Broad
Grane Avenue
Gideon Road
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