City Approves Bond Issuance for New Service Center
City Commission approved 300000 in bonds to finance a municipal service center on Smith Farm. Bids for the building and garage will be opened March 18. An emergency ordinance vacates Water Street and earmarks funds on the site. Plans call for a 18000 square foot center housing street, park, signals and sanitation divisions with a 200 foot long garage.
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Smith Farm
Charles W. Thompson
Water Street
Park Department
Signals and Alarms
Three Suspects Seized In Sylvan Tavern Robbery
Three armed men robbed Sylvan Tavern on U S 25 north of Franklin at 1 04 a m taking 68 31 in cash and bills. Montgomery County sheriff deputies said three suspects were being questioned in Dayton. One man was picked up at Miami Shores around 5 am and two others at 2 am. The suspects forced bartender Helen who to hand over a pistol and fled in a light blue 1951 model auto.
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Sylvan
U. S. 25
Franklin
Montgomery County
Dayton
Miami Shores
Helen
Injured Boy in Good Condition After Road Crossing
A 14 year old boy, Kenneth Abshear, stepson of Mr and Mrs Martin McClellan Lebanon Rt 3, was in good condition at Middletown Hospital after suffering a compound fracture of the right leg and multiple contusions when he walked into the path of a moving car on Ohio 48 three miles south of Lebanon. State patrolmen report he had just got off a school bus and waited for a southbound truck to pass before stepping into the northbound auto driven by Reuben E Bowling of South Lebanon. The incident occurred around 5 05 p.m.
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Middletown Hospital
Ohio 48
Lebanon
Kenneth Abshear
Martin McClellan
Lebanon Rt. 3
Reuben E. Bowling
South
Three City Traffic Accidents Reported by Police
Three local crashes were logged. At 5 10 p.m. on Baltimore Street and Calumet Avenue a station wagon driven by Ruth Marks and a car driven by Lee McCarty collided causing 800 dollars damage. At Crawford Street and 1st Avenue at 9 50 a.m. cars driven by Robert Wills and Margaret Waczula tallied 175 dollars damage. At 11 25 a.m. autos driven by Estelle Adkins and Joseph Duncan collided for 105 dollars damage.
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Robert Wills
Garden Ave
Margaret Waczula
Midway St
Baltimore Street
Calumet Avenue
Ruth Marks
Stanley St
Lee McCarty
Dayton
Crawford Street
1St Avenue
Estelle Adkins
Morrow Rt
Joseph Duncan
Manchester Ave
Grand Avenue
Frightened spring bok leaps to thirteen feet
A frightened spring bok, a timid creature, sometimes springs to heights near 13 feet when alarmed, surprising onlookers with its sudden vertical jump.
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Caie Ie
Middletown Planning Commission Calls Special Zoning Session
The Middletown Planning Commission schedules a special session tonight to study North Middletown zoning proposals. A C Neff notes the meeting is limited to last month’s hearing members and no new ceremonies or decisions will be discussed. The report mentions the peanut plant and its underground nuts.
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Middletown
Nurses Try Colored Sheets at Middletown Hospital
Nurses at Middletown Hospital test colored sheets on a patient to gauge reaction. The hospital staff awaited feedback from the first recipient as curiosity grew about how the different colors would be received, but no comment was recorded from the patient.
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Middletown Hospital
Break-In Ring Busted: Three Youths Confess
Three youths from Germantown and Dayton area admitted to nine burglaries in Dayton and three in the county over two months. Gene Benner 22 faces Dayton Municipal Court on burglary charges. two companions also face charges after a chase ending at N Verity Park Germantown Road.
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Dayton
Montgomery County
M County Sheriff's Deputies
Gene Benner
Best St
Tan
Germantowns
N. Verity Parkway
Germantown Road
Franklin
Benner
R. C. Beck
Industrial School
Lancaster
Tax claims to cost man 180 day term
Lawrence W. Snell Jr. 25 of 2801 Grand Ave was sentenced in U S District Court Cincinnati to six months in jail for false income tax refund claims while in the Army. About $1,000 in refunds involved, moved from Maryland where Snell was stationed. Snell received a 10 day stay to arrange personal affairs. He claimed he acted on advice from a fellow soldier attorney.
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Lawrence W.snell Jr
Grand Ave
U. S. District Court
Cincinnati
Snell
Maryland
Alfred Meitmus
Druffel
Fifth suspect named in 35 ham theft at Mayer packing
A fifth suspect, Jettie Bailey, 28, was arrested after a break in at Mayer packing house 1401 Walnut St. from which 35 hams 15 pounds each and an empty cash register were stolen. Four other suspects, Preston Barnes William Nixon Robert Sinclair and Oliver Bigsby, are held in jail after police say they tried to sell hams near S Monument and Chestnut streets in Hamilton.
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Mayer Packing House
Walnut St
Middletown Co
Jettie Bailey
Ath Ave
Ptl
Donald Wallace
Hamilton
Preston Barnes
William Nixon
Young St
Robert Sinclair
Oliver Bigsby
17Th Ave
S. Monument Avenue
Chestnut Street
New Miami
Sara
Sebald To Head New Civic Drive In Middletown
Middletown Civic Association launches a five week youth building fundraising program from April 10 to May 15. W W Sebald, Armco Steel Corp. vice chairman, to serve as general chairman, amid a membership dues increase and expanded facilities for 14 agencies the group serves.
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Middletown Civic Association
Richard L. Siegel
Civic Association
W. W. Sebald
Armco Steel Corp
Siegel
Aueree
Middletown
Bled
Mr. Sebald
Sebald
Armco
Middletown Optimists Launch Founders Observance in March
Optimists to join 1 300 Optimist International clubs in a month long Founders Observance during March. Middletown group hosts luncheon with Nicholas Nolan Dayton attorney and past president speaking on Optimist philosophy and organizational levels. The event aims to develop optimism and promote active interest in youth programs.
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Middletown Optimists
Optimist International
Middletown Group
Nicholas Nolan
Dayton
Nolan
Driver Fined and Jailed After Long Hearing
William Darnell, 49, of 2205 Oxford State Rd, was fined 200 dollars plus costs, sentenced to three days in jail and given a one year license suspension after a DUI incident. Police say the arrest followed a crash at Taylor Avenue and Yankee Road.
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Willam Darnell
Oxford State Rd
Redl
Taylor Avenue
Yankee Road
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Ohio General Assembly
Ohio
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Jewelry
Reeves
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Young
Rogers Int
Civic Drive
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Gardner Board & Carton Co
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Dohn’s
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MATS
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Taoel
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N. Broad
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