Two Dead In Auto Crashes Near Germantown
A two car crash on Ohio 4 near Germantown killed Barbara Ridinger 16 of Miamisburg and injured a five year old girl. Ridinger rode with Donald Warmouth 18 when their northbound car collided with William Riddlebarger’s northbound car. Riddlebarger’s daughter Bertha was hospitalized. State patrols investigated. In Hamilton, Florence Wiegand 48 died after her car plunged into the Ford Hydraulic Canal at Neal and Ford Boulevards. Her husband Charles 61 survived shock and is critical. Police found the vehicle about 25 feet underwater. recovery awaited. Funeral services for Mrs. Wiegand are pending.
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Ohio 4
Germantown
Barbara Ridinger
9Th St
Miamisburg
Miss Ridinger
Donald Warmouth
Warmouth
William Riddlebarger
Orie Ave
Dayton
Riddlebarger
Bertha
Miami Valley Hospital
Robert Ridinger
John Brough
Hamilton
Butler County
Neal
Ford Boulevards
Florence C. Wiegand
Webster Ave
Mercy Hospital
Charles
Garret J. Boone
Wiegand
Elmer Grable
Democratic Party
Grabel
Neal Boulevard
Ford Boulevard
John Reece
Easter Seal Drive Is Launched Today
The 1954 Easter Seal campaign opens in Butler County and nationwide, running through Easter Sunday April 18. Local leader Paul H. Kordenot says the society aims to expand services for crippled children with 76 percent of funds staying in the county to support medicines, care and training. The appeal, designed with blue white and yellow seals, is conducted by the National Society for Crippled Children and Adults across 48 states plus DC Alaska Puerto Rico and Hawaii.
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Patsy Dineen
Dan Dineen
Park Dr
Dave Regan
Journal
Butler County
Patsy
Butler County Society For Crippled Children
Hamilton
Hodge
Paul H. Kordenot
Pierce School
Kordenot
Kordenet
National Society For Crippled Children and Adults
States
District of Columbia
Alaska
Puerto Rico
Hawaii
Hamilton School Pays Pupils to Substitute Ruled Illegal
State Examiner Walter Cahill declared that school authorities cannot legally pay students who substitute for teachers. The issue arose after Roosevelt Junior High pupils were paid 80 cents an hour to cover classes when staff were ill, a practice deemed improper and reprobated by the board. Principal R. W. De Vore was reprimanded for the policy and its accounting as clerical expense.
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Hamilton
Walter Cahill
Hamilton School Board
Cahil
Roosevelt Junior High
R. W. de Vore
Roosevelt
Retired Scientist Puts Castle Roof Over Many Heads
DEVIZES England a retired scientist converted the L1th Century Devizes Castle into four self contained flats He renamed the castle adding a new roof blocking old stone stairs and filling the moat He plans to rent three units at 1120 a week promising no ghosts for timid tenants He will keep one flat for himself and occupy the rest
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Devizes
England
William Beresford-Medlene
London
Beresford Miechem
Servicemen News and Far East Cruise Highlights
Peggy Mattson well and Airman Kidwell reported to Parks AFB California for a Japan assignment of 18 months after basic training at Sampson AFB. Kidwell, grandson of Chandler Hawkins and Jerry Burnett families, previously at Keesler AFB. Seamen Hawkins Jr. and Burnett returned to San Diego aboard the Yorktown on March 3 after six months in Far East waters. Yorktown served as Task Force 177 flagship and the crew donated 25000 to Shriner's Crippled Children's Fund, the largest single-vessel Navy donation.
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Oe Ee Nee Hue
Peggy Mattson
Parks Afb
Calif
Japan
Kidwell
Sampson Afb
Geneva
N. Y
Keesler Air Force Base
Biloxi
Miss
William Clevenger
Ohio Avenue
Chandler Hawkins Jr
Seaman
Chandler Hawkins
Curtis St
Jerry Burnett
William E. Burnett
Wilbraham Rd
San Diego
Yorktown
Far East
Far Eastern
Paramount
Shriner's
Three Youths On Probation In Hamilton
Hamilton Special report: Three youths from Hamilton, Richard Turner 22 Fred Adams Jr 19 and Robert Helfrey 22, were placed on probation for five years by Common Pleas Judge P P Bell after being indicted for breaking and entering by the county grand jury. They pleaded innocent at arraignment but changed pleas. A fourth local, Robert Junior Settles 29, had his case referred to probation after changing to not guilty and seeking probation.
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Hamilton
Uer County
Common Pleas
P. P. Bell
Richard Turner
Fred Adams Jr
Robert Helfrey
Robert Junior Settles
Setles
KC Degree Rite Set For April 4
Plans for degree ceremonies in Hamilton on April 4 for new members were announced by Tom OFlinn, chairman of the membership committee, at the Knights of Columbus meeting last night. Arnold Beiser announced a bowling tournament in Columbus the weekend of April 4. Keiser and John Marco Jr. were named delegates to attend the K of C convention in Cincinnati May 23-24. The next council meeting is April 7 at 8 p.m.
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Hamilton
Tom O’flrnn
Knights of Ambus
Arnold Beiser
Council 1610
Columbus
Keiser
John Marco Jr
K of C
Cincinnati
Council
Ohio Turnpike Bridge Rises Above River in Tall Span
Washington reports businessmen intend to curb new spending but the Commerce Department predicts 1954 will rank as a major business expansion year. The Cuyahoga River bridge will be the turnpike’s highest and longest structure at 175 feet above the river and 2,682 feet long.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Ohio Turnpike
Cuyahoga River
City Commission notes in St Patrick mood and honors
The Middletown city commission closed a routine session with St Patrick's Day gestures, approving a sympathy resolution for the death of Earle R. Leidner and sending messages to Middletown and Fenwick high schools' basketball coaches. They also wished Hamilton High School success in the Class A tournament and urged keeping the championship in Butler County.
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City Commission
St. Patrick's Day
Earle R. Leidner
William Denham
Middletown
Fenwick
Hamilton
Butler County
State Considers 250000 Grant for Franklin School Bond Vote Looms
A Franklin vote on a 250000 bond to fund school expansion looms as a state education panel recommends a 250000 grant. Final plans depend on Franklin voters approving matching funds, with a July special election called by the school board to address overcrowding at Franklin High and nearby elementary schools.
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Franklin
State Department of Education
Ohio Board of Control
Franklin Board of Education
Clyde Hissong
Franklin School Board
Lima
Barry Levey Receives Bar Oath Today
Barry Levey aged 22 son of Mr and Mrs Elliott Levey 1 Euclid Street among new Ohio lawyers sworn in Columbus Chief Justice Charles Weyg administers oath Levey certified as having passed state bar exams He is a Middletown High School graduate studied at University of Michigan Northwestern and Ohio State received LLB from OSU Attended by parents and wife Sandra Leavitt Levey to join family law practice in First National Bank building.
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Barry Levey
Elliott Levey
Euclid St
Ohio
Columbus
Charles Weygandt
Ohio Supreme Court
Levey
Middletown High School
University of Michigan
Northwestern
Ohio State
OSU
Sandra Leavitt
Goshen
Ind
First National Bank
At The Movies Paramount And Strand Listings
Paramount shows Knights of the Round Table at 1 50 4 25 7 00 and 9 35 p m Thursday and Friday while Strand presents Veils of Bagdad at 1 15 4 45 and 8 20 p m Rom an Holiday at 2 45 6 15 and 9 40 p m Friday Abbott and Costello Meet Jekyll and Hyde at 1 15 4 10 7 20 and 10 20 p m and Law and Order at 2 50 5 50 and 9 00 p m.
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Paramount
Knights of the Round Table
Strand
Veils of Bagdad
Abbott and Costello
Jekyll and Hyde
Young Ohio Lawyers Session Sponsored by Bar Assn
Ohio lawyers are invited to a two day session in Columbus sponsored by the Ohio Bar Association. J Dean Strausbaugh chairs the junior bar committee. Henry S. Drinker of Philadelphia will be the featured speaker. Saturday sessions include Charles H. Keating Jr. of Cincinnati and Edward S. Noble of St. Marys discussing practice in large cities versus small communities.
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Ohio
The
Ohio Bar Assn
Columbus
J. Dean Strausbaugh
Association
Henry S. Drinker
Philadelphia
Charles H. Keating Jr
Cincinnati
Edward S. Noble
St. Mary's
Toll for cars on Ohio Turnpike set at about 1 cent per mile
The toll for passenger cars on the Ohio Turnpike will be about 1 percent of a cent per mile, indicating a small rate increase or adjustment as the highway authority considers pricing. The figure reflects the convention of per mile charges and targets revenue for maintenance and expansion.
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Goodyear Service Store
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Manchester
Central Ave
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George J. Kuehnle
Cg&e Northern District
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Cg&e
City Planning Commission
David Armbruster
Florist
Grand Avenue
Howard H. Kramer
Aeronca
Shuttle
Stevens Avenue
Ohio Director of Health
Howard Wikoff
Milton Road
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J. Forest Burns
Anthony Wayne
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