Parking Lot at North School Site Opens With 96 Spaces
City manager H. W. Starick said the off street lot at Main Street and Manchester Avenue, on the site of the old North School, may open in late May. The 96 space lot will be metered with two and three hour meters, operate 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily, feature a planting strip, perpendicular spaces, and be divided by sidewalks. Flood lighting is being planned with Cincinnati Gas and Electric engineers. Concrete work and meter installation will be done by Street Department crews. 25 one hour meters may be added downtown. The school building is expected to be removed by April 1, and jet construction will begin soon after.
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Main St
Manchester Ave
Old North School
H. W. Starick
Starick
Cleveland
Dayton
Parkers
Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company
Paola Prin
Printz
Middletown
Central
Garfield
Yankee Rd
Jefferson School
Lincoln School
Sherman
Booker T. Washington School
Young Opportunity School
Repairs to three city pools could cost up to 875000
City manager H. W. Starick and City Engineer R. A. Pochel with Commissioner Harold W. Goetz inspected Sunset Douglas and Yankee Rd pools to assess needed repairs. Estimates range from 50000 to 87500, with major work at Sunset replacing floor sections. Work to be funded by a 395000 bond and aimed for before pool opening after school closes in June.
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H. W. Starick
Starick
R. A. Pochel
Harold W. Goetz
Goetz
Park Board
Douglas
Yankee Rd
New Boy Scout Leader Named Region Four Executive
Robert L. Billington named executive for Region Four covering Ohio Kentucky and West Virginia by Arthur A. Schuck. Effective April 1 he leaves Minneapolis where he ran Scout operations for 10 years and previously served in San Angelo and Oklahoma City. During Minneapolis tenure the council built a 350000 dollar camp and bought a 50000 dollar office building. Billington a 25 year veteran leads Rotary and Kiwanis roles and has two daughters and twin sons. News reached Middletown via Paw Parker, Scout executive of Mound Builders Area Council.
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Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Arthur A. Schuck
Boy Scouts of America National Organization
E. L. Kohnie
Robert L. Billington
Minneapolis
Billington
San Angelo
Tex
Oklahoma City
Okla
Rotary
Kiwanis Clubs
Middletown
Paw Parker
Mound Builders Area Council
Spring Arrives Soon as Heather Notes Warmer Weather
Forecasters predict two days remain until spring with clouds and wind today. Temperatures reach a high near 55 degrees with nighttime lows around 45 as showers approach then clear by Wednesday in southern Ohio.
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Miami Valley
Ohio
Guards Fired At Research Lab In Chicago Suburb
Argonne National Laboratory in suburban Lemont, a site for secret atomic research, dismissed eight guards for failing to make assigned rounds and submitting fraudulent reports after a clock system change announced yesterday. Lester Furney, assistant to the director, identified the cause as misconduct and poor supervision.
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Chicago
Argonne National Laboratory
Lester Furney
Lemont
At The Movies Showings for Paramount Strand
Paramount at 135, 335, 535, 7 35 and 9 35 p m Tuesday and Wednesday present Steel Town Day The Earth Stood Still Anne Of The In dies Anne Of The In dies Day The Earth Stood Still Swamp Fire Caged Fury screenings with listed times and venues Strands show Anne Of The In dies and Day The Earth Stood Still while Paramount screens Steel Town and Day The Earth Stood Still Swamp Fire and Caged Fury with multiple nightly showings.
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Paramount
Steel Town
Two Middletown youths held after car theft incident
Two youths aged 14 and 16 were arrested early today by Deputy Emanuel Schultheiss and officers Don Wallace and Theodore Thompson after a stolen car was ditched on Briton Lane and Todhunter Road in Monroe. The vehicle, reported stolen from Paul Treadway of 229 Charles Street, was recovered and the youths were turned over to juvenile authorities.
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Middletown
Emanuel Schultheiss
Schultheiss
Monroe
Briton Lane
Todhunter Rd
Don Wallace
Theodore Thompson
Paul Treadway
Charles St
Douglas Campaign Begun By Writer
Fremont, O. biographer Harry Bernard said a Douglas for president committee will form in Chicago next month to draft Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas as the Democratic nominee. Bernard, writing a Hayes biography, argues Douglas is the only man to win the battle against communism.
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Fremont
O. W
Chicago
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Harry Bernard
Bernard
Rutherford B. Hayes
United States
Chicago Times
Douglas
Hedy Lamarr Granted Fourth Divorce
Hedy Lamarr was awarded a divorce from her fourth husband Ernest Ted Stauffer after testimony that he beat her. A chauffeur testified Stauffer struck Lamarr in Beverly Hills, knocking her against a door in a hotel. The couple married last June and separated in January.
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OS Angeles
Hedy Lamarr
Ernest
Ted) Stauffer
Mexico
Marvin Neal
Stauffer
Beverly Hills
Two Boy Scout Meetings Due in Griffith District
District Commissioners of Pok ey Griffith District Mount Builders Area Council of Boy Scouts announce two meetings. Earl Klein will preside at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Scout offices. G. J. Gray of Explorer Post 43 will demo and dismantle the snorker signaling device at 7 p.m. at Episcopal Church of the Ascension.
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Pokey
Griffith
Mount Builders
Council of Boy Scouts
Civic Association
Earl Klein
G. J. Gray
Explorer Post 43
Mason
Episcopal Church of the Asa
Tony
Gray
Boys Life
Minor Damage In Two Side Swipe Auto Incidents
A pair of minor accidents occurred near Main Street and Central Avenue with about 20 dollars damage to vehicles driven by William Hammond and Helen Propopoulos. A separate hit and run damaged Victor Simpson’s truck in a hospital parking lot for about 75 dollars. police traced the other car’s plate to Richard O’Neill of Miami City.
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Main St
William Hammond
Maple St
Helen Propopoulos
Arlington Ave
Central Ave
Scouter Is Treated after Tumble Injury
Lawrence Murphy a 13 year old son of C C Murphy of 707 Mary Etta Street was released after emergency treatment at Middletown Hospital Monday evening for a fractured left collar bone from a fall at a Scout troop meeting Robert Hill 46 of 301 Garfield Street was treated for scalp lacerations shortly before 6 p m Monday at the same hospital
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Lawrence Murphy
C. C. Murphy
Mary- Etta St
Middletown Hospital
Robert Hill
Garfield St
St Patrick's Day Crash Injures Chautauqua Driver
Ray mond O Day aged 51 of 132 Tenth Ave Chautauqua was seriously injured when his southbound car hit the left dual drive axle of a grapefruit truck on Route 25 near the Warren Montgomery County line. He suffered left rib fractures cuts to face and arms and possible internal injuries. He was reported in satisfactory condition at Middletown Hospital. The truck from Con ce 39 Lewistown carried crates of grapefruit. The crash required removal of O Day from wreckage and cargo transfer to two other trucks. Investigating officers were Louis Cornthwaite and John Cromwell. Investigation continues.
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St. Patrick's Day
Raymond O'Day
Tenth Ave
Chautauqua
Middletown Hospital
O'Day
Warren-Montgomery County
Fullerton
Flor
Florida
Bellefontaine
Franklin
Louis Cornthwaite
John Cromwell
O’day
St. Patrick’s Day
Bob Barnett
Marine Wounded In Korea First in Four Months
Pfe Robert W. Ramsey, 20, Middletown High School graduate, is the city's first Korean War casualty in four months. He suffered a hand wound from shell fragments on March 7 while serving in an anti tank platoon of the First Marine Division. Ramsey's parents Mr. and Mrs. James Ramsey of Central Avenue were informed by letter from the Marine Corps after a Defense Department telegram. He is recovering satisfactorily and does not expect the injury to be serious. Unofficial counts list 29 Middletonians wounded, nine killed, and eight missing or believed prisoners of war since the conflict began.
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Middletonian
Korea
Pfe
Robert W. Ramsey
James Ramsey
Middletown
First
Marine Division
Armco
Civic leaders urged study of Segoe plan to ease traffic
At a city meeting, Miller warned traffic could be horribly congested by 1975 if streets remain as is. Neff closed the session inviting civic and industrial leaders to review the Segoe plan at the City Building, noting the group had paid $16,000 for it and should make it pay.
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Miller
Neff
Orderly Or Topsy-Turvey In 1975 Industry And Education Group Sees City II
Middletown planners fear overcrowded schools and crowded streets by 1975 if Segoe firm master plan is not adopted. A.C. Neff Lloyd Miller and Warren Printz cited Houston as a caution and outlined future population estimates 50 000 within city limits 65 000 with fringe areas. Miller highlighted street bottlenecks and proposed a four lane thoroughfare with grade separations starting with the Shafer-Neibar underpass.
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Ken Yarber
Middletown
Legoe and Associates
A.C. Neff
Lloyd Miller
Warren Printz
Planning Commission
Industry Education Committee
Hotel Manchester
Wade Miller
Neff
Plan Board
Houston
Tex
Segoe
Miller
Shafer-Neibar
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Ing
Heather
McAlpin’s
Central & Clinton
Vance Bruissillo
Victor J. Simpson
Richard O'Neill
Miamisburg
Goy
Conce 39
Lewistown
Topsy-Turvey
McKinley Junior High
Marshall Road
Pershing Avenue
Amanda
Wilson
Fruehauf
Fruenaut
TODAT
Fruehauf Trailer Company
Cincinnati
E. W. Robertson
Spring Grove Avenue
Kirby
Erle Hanson
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