Underpass completion eyed for December first
City Manager Howard H. Kramer announced the Shafer-Neibar underpass could finish by December 1, earlier than the prior January estimate. McGraw Construction and New York Central officials reported satisfactory progress and timely steel deliveries, with abutments ready for installation and final work contingent on continued railroad cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard H. Kramer
Kramer
McGraw Construction Co
New York Central
Charles A. McGill
McGraw
New Park To Be Begun This Week In Oneida
The newly acquired Damon Park in Oneida will start grading and seeding this week. Sam McAdow, chairman of the Middletown Park Board, announced after a board meeting with the Park Development Commission and City Commission. The board recommended purchasing equipment including a tractor and a truck to maintain city parks. A city swimming meet sponsored by the Kiwanis Club was approved for July 31 at Yankee, Sunset and Douglas pools. The board also moved to prepare a job description for a recreational director to be submitted to City Manager Howard H. Kramer. A letter praising Gardner Park basketball facilities was read to the City Commission.
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Damon Park
Oneida
Sam McAdow
New Middletown Park Board
Park Development Commission
City Commission
Kiwanis Club
Yankee
Sunset
Douglas Pools
Kiwanis
Park Board
Howard H. Kramer
Hamiltonian Indicted For Tax Untaxed Whiskey Possession
Covington Buford Robertson of Hamilton was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury on a charge that he possessed untaxed whiskey. The case highlights federal tax violations and ongoing enforcement actions in the region.
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Covington
Buford Robertson
Hamilton
Backward Or Forward It’s Still Ten Dollars Fine
Franklin Municipal Court fined several defendants for traffic and conduct offenses. Zules Lewis, 24, of Germantown, was fined $10 for driving with insufficient lights. Alva Crockett, 34, Dayton, $25 for failure to register. Howard J. Taylor, 18, Middletown, $35 for operating an unsafe auto. Marcus Lakes, 31, Franklin, $10 for disorderly conduct. Bonds forfeited: Benjamin Roman, 29, Detroit, $50 reckless operation. Joseph Cattorini, 22, Oaklawn III, $25 yellow line violation. James Russell Evans, 27, Flemingsburg, Ky., $25 yellow line. John Dolibon, 28, Franklin, $15 disorderly conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alva Crockett
Dayton
Howard J. Taylor
Middletown
Marcus Lakes
Franklin
Benjamin Roman
Detroit
Joseph Cattorini
Oaklawn III
James Russell Evans
Flemingsburg
John Dolibon
Civil Defense Plan Drafted For Reich in West Germany
An official source said the West German Interior Ministry has drafted a detailed civil defense program for the nation’s first since World War II. It will be submitted soon to Parliament with a request for a special appropriation to cover its cost.
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Bonn
Germany
West German
Interior Ministry
Lukens to Leave for German Study Tour
Assistant Fire Chief Robert M. Lukens heads a eight member American delegation traveling to Western Germany for four weeks of study on civil defense firefighting. The program, funded by the German government, includes briefings in Washington and New York before flying to Frankfurt. Lukens will observe German firefighting methods and civil defense plans, including Germanys aerial ladder equipment and labor management relations. The trip runs from late March to mid April with a Bonn welcome and round table briefing.
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Robert M. Lukens
Germany
Gerald Horn
International Assn
Jess Borders
Lukens
U. S. State Department
Middletown
Wasington
D. C
State Department
New York
Idlewild
Frankfurt
The
Assn. of Ohio Fire Fighters
William Fishbaugh
Fishbaugh
City Division of Fire
Walter Halstein
Bundestag
Gertrude Thirty
Bonn
Europe
Abandoned Dayton Taxi Found With Paint Job
A West Side Taxi Co. of Dayton vehicle was recovered on Trone Road southwest of West Manchester. Deputies reported the taxi marked with fresh paint and a torn signal light found in the trunk. The car was not in running condition.
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EATON
West Side Taxi Co
Dayton
Trone Road
West Manchester
Joe Lee
Deadline March 24 for Butler County primary registration
Butler County residents must register by March 24 to be eligible in the primary. County Clerk Cor win Brosius says offices in Hamilton and Middletown will be open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. to assist. Saturday hours 8:30 a.m. to noon in Hamilton and 9 a.m. to noon in Middletown. Officials may extend to 9 p.m. on March 24.
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Butler County
Corwin Brosius
Board of Elections
Hamilton
Middletown
Federal Savings and onLn Ridg
Brosius
Bosius
Ohio
Draft Calls 10 For April 15
Ten men from the Middletown area will report for induction into the armed forces on April 15, state Selective Service headquarters announced. The April induction call covered 998 20 year olds in Ohio, vs 890 in March. Local counties called were Butler 20 Montgomery 43 Preble 5 and Warren 4. Ten registrants will be shipped to Cincinnati for induction this Thursday.
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Middletown
Armed Forces
State Selective Service
Ohio
Butler
Montgomery
Preble
Warren
Cincinnati
Engineer Sits In Jet For 56 Hours In Test
Dayton Ohio Charles A. Dempsey a 29 year old civilian engineer at Wright Air Development Center sat in a jet fighter cockpit for 56 hours last week. He wore a complete pilot outfit and listened to a loud noise simulating flight while researchers tested stress effects for equipment improvement and pilot comfort.
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Dayton
Ohio
Charles A. Dempsey
Wright Air Development Center
WADC
Dempsey
Middletown School Board Shifts Meeting Time
The Middletown school board moves its regular session from 7:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday to avoid conflicting with the Middletown Girl Scouts annual dad laughter banquet, as reported by Clerk Hugh Butler.
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Middletown
Hugh Butler
At The Movies Showings This Week
Paramount Tuesday and Wednesday schedule lists Go Man Go at 1 45 5 00 8 20 p m Long Long Trailer at 3 10 6 30 9 40 p m Strand Tuesday Francis Covers Big Town at 1 15 4 15 7 15 10 04 p m Gunsmoke at 2 45 5 45 8 45 p m Wednesday It Came from Outer Space at 1 15 4 10 7 05 10 00 p m Top Hat at 2 40 5 35 8 30 p m
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Francis
Five Middletonians Plead Guilty At Arraignment In Hamilton
Five Middletonians indicted by the grand jury pleaded guilty yesterday before Common Pleas Judge P. P. Boll in Hamilton. Eighteen others denied guilt while the nineteenth admitted the charges. Named guilty are Cecil Walters, Otis Coffey, Marion Tolson, Elza Shrout, Eugene Lawson, and Jack Ramsey of Hamilton for bigamy.
Girl Reported Missing From Queen Avenue Home
A 13 year old girl, Judy Steele, last seen yesterday morning at 8, is reported missing from 2210 Queen Ave. Police say she is 5 feet 5 inches tall, 100 pounds, with blonde hair and blue eyes. She wore a gold and black coat.
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Mae Million
Queen Ave
Judy Steele
Xenia Firm Submits Low Bid For Streets Project
K H Gregory, Xenia contractor, offers the lowest bid of 45785 for Aeronca and Shuttle streets and Stevens Avenue work including grading, storm and sanitary sewers, and water mains. A higher bid of 52921 would use concrete pipe. Seven bids were received. City Manager Kramer will present the lowest bid to the City Commission with a contract award recommendation.
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Aeronca
Stevens Avenue
K. H. Gregory
Xenia
Gregory
Walter Follmer
Hamilton
City Commission
Howard H. Kramer
New Bridge Planned On Yankee Road In Lemon Township
Butler County Commissioners completed purchase of a 5586 dollar one span steel bridge to be erected on Yankee Road over a Creek in Lemon Township. The bridge was bought from the Ohio Bridge Corp Cambridge. County engineer Jesse Pochard said construction will start within five or six weeks.
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Butler County
Yankee Road
Lemon Township
Ohio Bridge Corp
Cambridge
Jesse Pochard
Vandenberg Condition Deteriorates at Hospital
General Hoyt S. Vandenberg’s health has worsened, according to a Wal ter Reed Hospital spokesman. The update came early today as medical staff monitor the former Air Force chief.
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Washington
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Walter Reed Hospital
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