Middletown Optimist Contest to Feature Seven Speakers
Seven boys will take part in the Middletown Optimist Club annual oratorical contest at the First Presbyterian Church Thursday night. Each will speak four to five minutes on The Creative Force of Optimism. The winner advances to a zone contest next month.
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Middletown Optimist Club
First Presbyterian Church
Ray Minter
George Bundick
Maurice Stone
John Harbaugh
Fred Ross
Chris Voris
Roosevelt Junior High
Bruce Domineck
Clarence Page Jr
James Davenport
McKinley Junior High
Emmett Roth
Chrig Rothermel
Manchester Junior High
Keith Geckeler
Middletown High School
Tachometer Theft Reported From Auto
Matt Green of Second Street reported to police the theft of a tachometer from his car last night. The item was valued at 343 dollars.
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Franklin
Matt Green
F. Second Street
Slow license plate sales prompt rush to buy today
Bureau of Motor Vehicles spokesman at 1836 Central Ave says a sales slump means short lines and easy pickup. People with reserved numbers MA through MJ should collect now. Plate sales run 9 to 5:15 weekdays and 9 to noon Saturdays. 1962 tag deadline is March 31.
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Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Central Ave
Middletown records 500th accident of year in traffic clash
Police reported Middletown’s 500th accident of 1962 after a Fire Department unit responding to a false alarm at First Avenue and Baltimore Street collided with a 16 year old driver. Fire Chief called the milestone a disgrace for a city of this size and cited Douglas McLaughlin as charged with failure to yield to an emergency vehicle.
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Middletown
Joseph Blackmode
First Avenue
Baltimore Street
Douglas McLaughlin
Alameda
Plattoon
Ernest Gehm
Harrison St
Gehm
Baltimore
McLaughlin Boy
Manchester Avenue
Grimes Street
Harold D. Castellan
Valley Station
James Farries
Dayton
S. Verity Parkway
Suits Over Billboards Get Reply
In Wood County, Attorney General Mark McElroy moves to quash injunctions against billboard removals along interstate highways claiming no jurisdiction for the case. He says highway suits belong in Franklin County and notes motions likely in Miami, Montgomery and Auglaize counties with similar temporary injunctions.
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Bowling Green
Ohio
Mark McElroy
Tusday
Wood County Common Pleas Court
McElroy
Highway Department
Franklin County
Miami
Montgomery
Auglaize
CGE Dividend Declared for Cincinnati Gas & Electric
Cincinnati Gas and Electric Co announces a regular quarterly dividend of 37.5 cents per common share payable May 15 to holders of record as of April 13.
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Cincinnati ‘Ap
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Seminar Ils Told U S Must Win Race With Russia
Dr Roland Ely of Rutgers University told 200 at Middletown High School last night that the United States must win the long contest with Russia, stressing mutual understanding and the importance of the common market. He urged avoiding flapping when Latin America errs and noted Cuba as a thorn not a dagger. The two part seminar on Latin America was sponsored by the Cincinnati Council on World Affairs and Hamilton schools. Dr Ely, Rutgers professor, led the session with other officials, with the next meeting set for March 20 at Hamilton Taft High School.
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Mos
Russia
Roland Ely
Rutgers University
Middletown High School
Cuba
Elygrees
Sen
James Fullbright
Ely
Latin America
United States
Canada
Cincinnati Council On World ,Affairs
Hamilton
Hamilton Taft High School
Ray M. Taylor
Herrick Young
Western College For Women, Oxford
Aeronca Union and Company Announce Two Year Pact
The Aeronca Employees Union and Aeronca Manufacturing Corp sign a two year contract with an 8 cent overall wage increase and fringe benefits improvements. The deal retroactive to February 26 raises pay from 2.04 to 3.66 per hour, with enhanced vacation and security benefits and a new SPB fund for unemployment illness or death.
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Aeronca
Aeronca Manufacturing Corp
Ray Hermes
Middletown
Thornton Reed
AEU
Wrong Driver Cited in Rt 4 Accident Report
The Journal corrected an error naming Seldon Mullins as the cited driver. Marshal Eugene Schul of West Middletown was issued the failure to yield citation after Schul, traveling north on Rt 4 at Peasttown, turned into Mullins’s path. The collision occurred Monday at 1 25 p.m.
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Seldon Mullins
Oneka St
Wey
Marshal Eugene Schul
West Middletown
Schul
Rt. 4
Peasttown
Mullins
Area Man Dingman Killed in One Car Crash on Cox Road
Charles W Dingman Sr 40 of West Chester died in a single vehicle crash on Cox Road two miles north of No 42 Butler County. He was an NYC Railroad engineer en route home from Middletown. Death by multiple injuries. Funeral Friday at Schmidt Donahue Funeral Home Reading with burial in Union Township Cemetery.
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Hamilton
Charles W. Dingman Sr
West Chester
Cox Road
Butler County
Dingman
New York Central Railroad
Middletown
Garret J. Boone
NYC Railroad
Aileen
Charles Jr
George
Elwood
Harold
Delmar
Springdale
Clarence
Bethany
Mabel Winsted
Geraldine McKinney
Schmidt-Donahue
Reading
James Chain
City Commission Set to Act on Resolution and Street Extensions
City commissioners meet at 7 45 PM in the City Building to consider an emergency resolution authorizing improvements that extend Roosevelt Lopane Park Drive and Brentwood streets. Also on the agenda designates National Poison Prevention Week March 18 24 and March 18 as Red Cross Fund Day.
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Roosevelt and
Lopane Avenues
Park Drive
Brentwood Street
Clocks at Naval Observatory Show GMT Ahead of EST
All clocks at the Naval Observatory in Washington display Greenwich Mean Time, which is five hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time.
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Naval Observatory
Washington
Rabies Outbreak Triggers Quarantine Talk in Montgomery
Montgomery County considers a county wide pet quarantine after reports of rabies in wildlife. Preble County joins as rabies cases rise while officials urge vaccination and restraint in handling wildlife. A skunk found rabid, heads sent to Columbus for confirmation.
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Montgomery County
Preble
Buller
Warren
Peden
Pe ‘den
St Patrick’s Day Tickets On Sale At Manchester Inn
Tickets for the St Patrick’s Day celebration are available at the Manchester Motor Inn desk to serve those not reached by the committee. The $50 plate dinner and cocktail party begins at 6 30 p m with Harry Golden and Frank Parker on the program.
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Manchester Motor Inn
Manchester
Harry Golden
Frank Parker
Missing Lebanon Man Returns Home
A 35-year-old Lebanon man, missing since March 2, returned yesterday baffled by the fuss. Gillon Jackson told sheriffs deputies he left a note for his wife and traveled to Dayton and Louisville where he blacked out, waking in General Hospital. His wife had delayed reporting the letter.
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Lebanon
Jackson
Sheriff's Department
Dayton
Louisville
General Hospital
Evan Hamilton Receives Diamond Merit Award at NOMA
Evan Hamilton office manager at Armco’s general office is among the first to receive the Diamond Merit Award of the National Office Management Association. The honor was presented last night at the Manchester. He helped found the Butler County chapter of NOMA.
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Evan Hamilton
Armco
National Office Management Association
Manchester
Butler County
NOMA
Milk Jug Thieves Warned By Franklin Police Chief
Franklin Police Chief Frank Harbach urged residents to help curb milk jug thefts by warning that offenders face a fine up to 300 dollars and jail up to 90 days or both. He said many complaints cited missing porch jugs worth about 30 cents and advised residents to stop placing empties out the night before delivery.
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Franklin
Frank Harbach
Fire Department aids resident in breathing difficulty
Mrs Marcelena Weathers of 1016 Yankee Road suffered breathing trouble at home yesterday. Fire Department emergency squad aided her and Bailey's ambulance transported her to Middletown Hospital.
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Marcelena Weathers
Yankee Road
Fire Department
Middletown Hospital
Bailey
Warren Sheriff Appeals for Funds to Restore Patrol Budget
Warren County Sheriff Byron Kennard urged county commissioners to restore 4800 dollars cut from his road patrol budget after an auditor ruled transfers from road funds illegal since Warren does not levy road funds. Kennard had added three patrol officers and one deputy with pay raises amid school bus safety requests. Commissioner Cecil Linkong replied funds were exhausted and may be provided later.
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Ohio
Warren
Kennard
Chaenan Cecil Linkong
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Reed
Moore
Barnett
Cg&e
U.S
Ing
Tyraney
Old World
Aeronca Pact
Aerotea
Gus Mehl
Fred Wolfe
Troy Whitt
Max Soule
William Norvell
Woodrow Barnett
Jack Linzie
Paul Moore
Ken Noeller
Assembly
Merlin R. Oswalt
West Alexandria
Yest Road
Oswalt
Columbus
Preble County
Dr.Oswalt
Germantown
St. Pat’s
Homan
Shaddock
Wieners
Germantown RD
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