Indignant Dixie Heights Woman Camps in Courthouse Office
Mrs. Thomas Cooney of Dixie Heights camped in the county building inspector’s office, suitcase at her side, demanding action on a complaint about a neighbor’s permit. She says officials stall, cites potential property devaluation, and says she will stay until sheriff orders action or her demand is met.
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Thomas Cooney
Dixie Heights
Cooney
Randell Coning
Coning
Clinton
Adventists Plan Collection For Disaster Funds
Seventh Day Adventist Church will take a special offering Saturday to support denominational disaster and famine relief. Pastor John Davidson notes North American and overseas disasters strain the national budget, with over 250000 spent. The Dorcas society aims to prepare clothing for urgent needs nationwide or locally.
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Seventh Davy Adventist Church
John Davidson
North America
Dorcas Society
School Survey Group To Ask Local Opinion
A Middleton survey seeks local input on school matters. Richard D Williams says 2000 questionnaires will be mailed this week to residents of various areas and incomes to aid the committee studying teachers salaries and the Board of Education.
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Richard D Williams
Middletown
Williams
W. R. Fiesher
Ohio State University
Board of Education
Policeman's Ball Tickets On Sale At Manchester Hotel
Tickets for the annual Policeman's Ball in Middletown go on sale. Proceeds benefit Middletown Lodge 36 Fraternal Order of Police projects including football knothole baseball and charities. Karl Taylor and his orchestra provide music from 5 pm to 1 am.
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Middletown
At The Movies Weekly Showings Across Theaters
Paramount lists Naked Street Texas Lady Our Miss Brooks and more with multiple shows at 1 25 4 45 8 05 p m and 2 50 6 15 9 35 p m Wednesday. Strand features The Warriors and Stop Youre Killing Me while Colonial adds When Gangland Strikes and The Shrike. Dixie Cruise In runs Walking My Baby Back Home and The Informer.
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Paramount
Naked Street
Miss Brooks
the Warriors
Dixie Cruise
Baby
Dont Scratching Pimples With Petersons Ointment Ad
Don’t scratch or squeeze pimples you risk infection. Treat itching pimples eczema or irritations with Peterson’s Ointment offering fast relief. Makes skin look better and feel better at 50c in all druggists. One application delights or money back. Peterson’s Ointment soothes itchy feet and cracks between toes.
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Peterson
City panel to weigh parking lot lease and park expansion
The commission will review a 10 year lease with Mrs Lillian Sebald for land in the Verity Central parking area which will close N Canal Street to through traffic and provide 43 spaces. Officials also consider expanding Smith Farm with a pond stocked for fishing and a picnic area.
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Lillian Sebald
Verity Central
Canal Street
Smith Farm
Middletown Park Board
Plaster Rain Delivers Scare at Bar 28
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sharits of 1800 Woodlawn Ave entered Bar 28 on S Broad St. Between 8 and 12 feet of ceiling plaster fell, knocking Sharits unconscious while his wife was covered. They were treated at Middletown Hospital and released. Police responded at 7 40 p.m.
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Paul Sharits
Woodlawn Ave
Sharits
Margaret
S. Broad St
Middletown Hospital
McCoy-Leffler
Driver Cited After Wreck on Curtis Street
A two car collision in the 700 block of Curtis Street caused 300 dollars in damage and led to a citation for George Brewer 28 of West Middletown Rt. 2 for failure to yield. No injuries were reported. Betty Yenser said Brewer pulled from a private drive into her path. Brewer said he did not see the other car until impact.
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Curtis Street
George Brewer
West Middletown
Demonstration Shown To Holy Trinity PTA Members
The Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co. presented a dessert demonstration titled The Party Line to Holy Trinity PTA members at Ann Holiday House on Verity Parkway. Home economists Mrs. Jane Wahl and Mrs. George Yost led the session. For April the PTA plans an interior decorating talk. Sixth grade mothers under Mrs. Clarence Williams will host.
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Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Holy Trinity Pta
Ann Holiday House
Verity Parkway
Jane Wahl
George Yost
Cg&e
PTA
Clarence Williams
Fire Department Aids Elderly Woman Home Asthma Case
Emergency unit helps 80 year old Mrs. R. P. Hovermale at 1019 Centennial Ave. She is taken by McCoy Leffler ambulance to Middletown Hospital for treatment and discharge. Firemen received the call at 4 27 a.m.
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R. P. Hovermale
Centennial Ave
McCoy-Leffler
Middletown Hospital
Fire crew Responds to Gas Leak Off Central Avenue
Firemen from Company 1 rushed to a gas leak spill reported at 9 15 p m yesterday near a truck on the 1300 block of Central Avenue. They controlled the leak and ensured area safety.
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Company
Central Avenue
Civitan Club to Sponsor Local Bowling Team
Civitan club members decided to sponsor a bowling team for next fall during a luncheon at the Manchester Hotel. Homer Leffler gave a talk and slide show about his Transcontinental Air Race success from California to Philadelphia in a Stinson. Dr. C T Bartholomai, previously of the club, attended the meeting in Tucson Arizona.
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Civitan
Manchester Hotel
Homer Leffler
C. T. Bartholomai
Tucson
Ariz
Famed Airman's Son Visits Here
William Rickenbacker and Richard Titus of Smith Barney New York underwriting firm were guests yesterday of Aeronca Manufacturing Corp and Greene Ladd investment brokers. Rickenbacker, son of Capt Eddie Rickenbacker, said the visit was part of a study of aircraft manufacturers by Smith Barney.
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William Rickenbacker
Richard Titus
Smith Barney & Co
New York
Esterday
Aeronca Manufacturing Corp
Greene Ladd
Rickenbacker
Eddie Rickenbacker
Lawyers Fees Eat Up Estate in Hart Will Case
In eight years of litigation over William S Hart estate fees and costs total $378,000. Hart died in 1946 leaving a $1 million ranch in Newhall to Los Angeles County. County counsel says deductions bring ranch value to about $890,000. Hart Jr sued to invalidate the will. Superior Court ruled against him and an appeal is pending.
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Los Angeles
William S. Hart
Newhall
Harold W. Kennedy
William S. Hart Jr
Optimistic Club Meets at 8 30 P M at 1401 Young St
The Optimistic Club will meet at 8 30 p m today at 1401 Young Street with Mrs. Robert Green as hostess. The note adds a fact that insects breathe through tubes all over their bodies.
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Optimistic Club
Young St
Robert Green
Main-Columbia Corner Closed for Sewer Work
The intersection of N Main Street and Columbia Avenue was closed at 9 a.m. today for a week due to sewer construction. Traffic from Sorg Paper Co. plant will use the new levee road onto Central Avenue. Grand Avenue between Moore and Cleveland streets will be closed daily from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
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N. Maintreet
Columbia Avenue
C. A Boeke
Public Service
Boeke
Sorg Paper Co
Central Avenue
Grand Avenue
Moore
Cleveland Streets
Grand
Maple Park Play Planned For Friday
Eighth graders at Maple Park School present a three act comedy Here Comes Charlie at 7 30 p m Friday in the school auditorium. Major roles go to Judy Armitage Bob Koetiel Mar cia Young and Eddie Blevins with additional cast members listed.
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Maple Park
Charlie
Asmele Aleck
Ozarks
Larry Elliott
Judy Armitage
Bob Koetiel
Marcia Young
Eddie Blevins
Gretchen Reichelderfer
Karin Back
Penny Mull
Gary Warlaumont
Gary Streifthau
Motorist Hurt In Two Car Crash On Route 25
One person injured in a two car mishap on US 25 at Ohio 122 in Blue Ball yesterday evening. Dewey McCarty 44 Norwood was treated at Middletown Hospital for head and leg injuries and released. His north bound car struck Billy Wood 31 Dayton who was stopped, sending Wood into a guardpost. Damage described as heavy.
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US 25
Ohio
Biue Bal
Dewey McCarty
Norwood
Middletown
McCarty
Billy Wood
Dayton
Carmody to Head Democrat Club in Middletown
Clarence Carmody was elected head of the Middletown Democrats at last night’s meeting. New officers named include Eugene McGraw as vice president Mrs. Josh Carter recording secretary Mary Lord corresponding secretary and Don Gose treasurer. Plans for the May primary were discussed.
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Middletown
Clarence Carmody
Eugene McGraw
Josh Carter
Mary Lord
Don Gose
Police Briefs Report Arrests and Theft Incidents
Police early today arrested Mary Jane O Conner 24 for carrying a concealed weapon and intoxication on S Main Street. Several others including Don Williams 24 Germantown John Blaylock 24 West Middleton Rt 2 and William Taulbee 28 Middletown Trailer Court were arrested on assault and battery warrants yesterday. An officer recovered a stolen car linked to Lee Reynolds 529 Garfield St on W Central Avenue. Helen Fitch 1215 Yankee Rd reported two hubcaps and two fender skirts stolen from her car Monday night or yesterday.
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Mary Jane O'Conner
S. State St. Hamilton
S. Main Street
Don Williams
Germantown
John Blaylock
West Middletown
John Lowe
Lee Reynolds
Garfield St
W. Central Avenue
Helen Fitch
Yankee Rd
Who Says kids Have It Easy In School Now
A Middletown dad found a math test puzzle asking How much did Sam spend John bought a pencil for 2 cents and an apple for 3 cents The question puzzled Taft second graders and helped Don White of the Cincinnati Enquirer win APs $10 feature award for the month Dennis White student of Mrs Shaffer and three other second grade teachers administered the test.
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Middletown
John
Sam
Taft
Don White
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
White
Dennis
Virginia Shaffer
Rotary Hears Of Progress In Telephones
William J Larcey of Ohio Bell spoke at the Manchester Hotel noon meeting about telephone advances over the next decade. Middletown will have Garden prefix numbers with zone routing and a 513 area code for long distance calls. An automatic accounting system will track charges and route calls, with accounts on lead plates.
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Rotarians
William J Larcey
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Manchester Hotel
Larcey
Middletown
Ohio
Larcy
Telephone Company
Commercial Department
Cleveland
McKinley Pupils Stage Four Act Nathan Hale Play
McKinley Junior High Class 8B presents a four act dramatization of Nathan Hale tomorrow at 3 15 p m in McKinley auditorium. The show blends history and fiction tracing Hale s roles from colonial schoolmaster to spy and prisoner with Charles Adams as Hale and Lorna Eckhardt as Alice Adams.
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McKinley Junior High School
Nathan Hale
McKinley Auditorium
Charles Adams
Hale
Lorna Eckhardt
Alice Adams
Rodney Jones
Linda Konthier
Joan Rothwell
Richard Stickle
William Montgomery
Sue King
John Morton
Claude Baker
Ray Back
Robert Planck
Kenneth Short
William Styles
Mishaps At Work Hospitalized In Middletown
Two industrial mishaps sent James Burgess and James Wells to Middletown Hospital for emergency treatment yesterday. Burgess suffered partial amputation of a fingertip after catching it between a belt and sewing machine at Raymond Bay Co. Wells was treated for a small right foot laceration when a piece of steel fell on it at Butler Furnace Co. Both were released after treatment.
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James Burgess
Warren Rd
James Wells
Middletown
Wells
Butler Furnace Co
Burgess
Store Break-In Nets Blank For Intruders
A possible break-in at Ray's Market on 801 16th Ave. left intruders with nothing as police investigated. Manager Ray Wallace told Pt. Robert Sloan he arrived at 7 a.m. to find the front door open.
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16Th Ave
Ray Wallace
Robert Sloan
Baby Girl Spends Night Under Porch in Palm Springs
Virginia Gardner, 24, spent a chilly night wedged under a porch five blocks from home in Palm Springs. Rescue workers found her unharmed after an 18 hour search. she received bath, hot soup and milk at Desert Hospital for observation.
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Palm Springs
Calif
Virginia Gardner
Desert Hospital
Virginia
Jess Garnica
William Gardner
Invitations Issued For Bosses Night Dinner
Middletown Jaycees issued unusual invitations to industrial and civic leaders for their annual Bosses Night dinner on March 15. Co chairs De Witt Bord and George Elliott report final plans for the Manchester Hotel event.
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Middletown
Franklin Vote Results Stir with Manager Issue Debate
In Franklin a special election drew heavy discussion as the city manager issue won strong approval while the 114 mill tax levy failed by about five percent. Voters expressed opinions about past and present administrations and the political climate surrounding local government.
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Franklin
vot_efsere
Franklin election debate highlights levy vote and future plans
Discussion on a 1 mill city operating levy reveals mixed views with near split results and speculation a three mill levy would pass on November ballots. Council president John Hoffer argues for another November push while Mayo Black praises the civic leadership shift to a city manager system and thanks supporters.
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Franklin
John Hoffer
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