Freezing rain Causes Multi-Vehicle Accidents on Local Highways
A morning spree of freezing rain and slick roads led to nearly a dozen accidents reported to Post 9 of the state patrol and the county sheriff before 8 a.m. Cars collided on the Tylersville Road bridge over I 75 and on Ohio 4 near the Excello overpass. No injuries were reported, though a Dayton mother and her 16 month old daughter escaped unhurt when a southbound car spun into a guardrail and rolled down an embankment on Rt 4 at the Excello overpass.
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Tylersville Road
State Patrol
Ohio 4
Excello
Trenton Bridge
Sheriff's Office
Old U. S
Maud
Ross- Hanover Road
Hamilton
Old Oxford Road
Ohio 130
Boyle
Interstate 75
Vonort
Dayton
Rt. 4
Sandra Sue
Jard
Middletown
Centrol
Righ
Eriod
Bork
Red Cross Drive Reaches 30 Percent Of Goal In March
Red Cross division chairs report the 39 000 drive over a month long campaign with receipts to date at 11 86.01. Seven of eight divisions show gains while Clearcreek and Franklin townships hold at 445.48. Industrial 6674 27 percent. retail 993.32 19 percent. transportation 512 51 percent. Madison and Lemon 820.18 51 percent. non profit 311.03 22 percent. professional 876 67 percent. special gifts 1354 90 percent.
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Clearcreek
Franklin
Madison
Lemon
Plum Sues To Drop Endorsement
Cincinnati AP Milt Plum quarterback for the Cleveland Browns seeks a Common Pleas Court ruling to dismiss a 1957 endorsement agreement with Hutchinson Bros Leather Co claiming the contract had no time limit and was not valid.
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Cincinnati
Milt Plum
Cleveland Browns
Common Pleas Court
Plum
Hutchinson Bros. Leather Co
Franklin Court Riley Vs. Kelly Judge Swayed Not
Judge J T Ri presiding in Franklin court gave Kelly C Combs 30 a jail sentence of 10 days on revocation and driving case amid St Patrick Day observance. Other defendants paid fines for speeding assault and battery muffler violation left of center and related infractions with several bonds forfeited for stop sign running and signaling failures.
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Leonard Bruening
Dayton
Nathan Gardner
Cincinnati
Henry Collins
Skokinan
George Geddes
Joan Pahle
Harry Sprual
Edythe Levi
Mary Jane Shockey
Manchester Road
Harrold Smith
Earl Hanson
Sterling Drive
Shirley Kennedy
Loveland
John Swiney
Lookout
Stanley Dalton
Cedar St
Gloria Millar
S. Broad St
Middletown
Harlan Eckles
Franklin Wagers
WRONG IDENTIFICATION OF PREACHER ADDRESSED
The Rev. Charles Thomas will address the See Lit Club at New Hope Baptist Church at 3 30 p m Sunday. He is an evangelist preacher and not the assistant pastor of New Era Baptist Church as yesterday's story claimed.
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Charles Thomas
New Hope Baptist Church
New Era Baptist Church
Creator Caniff To Speak At Miami Journalism Clinic
Canyon's Creator Milton Caniff will headline the Miami Valley High School Journalism Clinic at Miami University. He will deliver a chalk talk and the main lecture at 2 p.m. in the University Center ballroom before 300 students. Caniff, famed for Steve Canyon and Terry and the Pirates, hails from Hillsboro and studied at Stivers and Ohio State.
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Oxford
Milton Caniff
Steve Canyon
Rembrandt
Miami Valley
Miami University
University Center
Caniff
Hillsboro
Dayton Stivers High School
Ohio State University
Columbus Dispatch
New York City
Terry and the Pirates
Terrry
King Features
Chicago ‘Sun-Times
Joh D. Millett
Miami
Marjorie Irwin
Vandalia-Butler High School
Association
Gilson Wright
Man Held To Jury In Rape Case Denial
Vernon Allen 21 of 1225 Prospect Ave was bound to the Butler County grand jury in Municipal Court yesterday on a charge of statutory rape of a 14 year old Mid dletown girl. Allen pleaded innocent and waived his preliminary hearing. Bond set at $5,000 by Judge J T Lamb. Allen arrested at home Thursday on a warrant signed by the girl’s mother. Jerry Spencer 18 of 314 Curtis St was fined $100 and costs on each charge of driving under suspension, giving false information to a police officer, and possessing a fictitious operator’s license. Spencer arrested early yesterday at Central Ave and Grimes St. license suspended by Butler County Juvenile Court for speeding. Officers said Spencer knowingly used a license issued to another person. David Pressley 21 of 1229 Garfield St sentenced to 30 days in county jail for petit larceny after stealing nose spray, cigarettes, forks and spoons worth $12.88 from Liberal Market. Two men found guilty of driving while intoxicated. Arnold R Mayne 44 of Columbus Station, Ohio fined $300 and costs, 10 days city jail and five year suspension of driving. Edward Combs 42 of 807 Aeronca St fined $200 and costs, three days in jail and one year suspension.
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Middletown
Vernon Allen
Prospect Ave
Butler County Grand Jury
Allen
J. T. Lamb
Jerry Spencer
Curtis St
Spencer
Central Avenue
Grimes Street
Butler County Juvenile Court
David Pressley
Garfield St
Arnold R. Mayne
Columbus Station
Ohio
Edward Combs
Aeronca
Fines For Two Drivers Following Roadway Incident
EF. don Hicks aged 30 of 132 Park St. fined 200 dollars plus costs for fleeing the scene at Rt 4 and Franklin Trenton Road, one year license suspension and failure to yield 25 dollars plus costs. Elmer Clemons, 51 of 2034 Howard Ave. cited for pulling from the curb when Readable portion ends here.
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Don Hicks
Park St
Rt. 4
Franklin - Trenton Road
Elmer Clemons
Howard Ave
Woman Injured In Crash Involving Multiple Vehicles
A Franklin woman, Vertie Hopkins, 59, suffered possible fractures and head injuries in a two car crash on S Verity Parkway with $1,200 damage. Her husband Mark, 40, had facial injuries. Hopkins was charged with assured clear distance violation.
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Franklin
S. Verity Parkway
Middletown Hospital
Vertie Hopkins
Decker Road
Mark
Hopkins
Clifford Atchley
Excello
Atchley
Olivier and Actress Wed As Expected
NEW YORK AP Newlyweds Sir Laurence Olivier 53 and British actress Joan Plowright 31 wed quietly in Wilton Connecticut Friday. They returned to Broadway that night for curtain calls in Becket and Taste of Honey. Their elopement followed divorces for adultery from prior spouses last December.
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New York
Laurence Olivier
Joan Plowright
Broadway
Connecticut
Wilton
Olivier
Vivien Leigh
Miss Plowright
Miss Leigh
Roger Leonard Gage
Speeding and muffler violation fines reported
The record lists offenses including speeding with a fine of $10 and costs, and a muffler violation with $25 and costs. Suspending actions noted for the case. Names Ted R. Williams of 2204 Dixie Highway and David H. Carpenter of 7128 Franklin, Trenton Road, Franklin appear in the docket.
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Ted R. Williams
Dixie Highway
David H. Carpenter
Franklin
Trenton Road
Civil War Surgery Ills Bared In Field Hospitals
A reflection on Civil War era surgery noting gross conditions in field hospitals. Surgeons operated in uniforms and often did not wash before or during procedures, wiping scalpels on sleeves or boots before the next operation, highlighting the era's hygiene challenges.
Deaths And Funerals Mrs Leona Lawson 76
Mrs Leona Lawson 76 died 11:15 p m yesterday at Middletown Hospital after a stroke she had been a patient 12 days. She lived with son Paul K Lawson at 2214 Linden Ave and was a longtime Middletown resident from Wellington Ky. Surviving: Paul two sisters Mrs John Moore Batavia Mrs Joseph Durbin Louisville three grandchildren. Services 2 p m Monday Riggs Funeral Home Rev Edwin Babbitt, burial Woodside Cemetery. Daughters of America to conduct service 7:30 p m tomorrow. Open hours at home tomorrow 2-5 and 7-9 p m.
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Leona Lawson
Middletown Hospital
Lawson
Paul K. Lawson
Linden Ave
Middletown
Wellington
The
Daughters of America
Death of Mrs Addie Buell in West Elkton area
Mrs Addie Buell 81 died at 120 am at her home near West Elkton. Lifelong area resident born in Hamilton. Survived by husband Charles six daughters Florence McShane Eaton Mary Knight Fort Myers Fla Laura Stewart Centerville Pearl Novotny Helen Pohlkotte Margaret Sizelove all Dayton three sons Samuel Louisville Charles W Fort Myers Clarence Brower Centerville sister Grace Schaefer Camden 20 grandchildren three great grandchildren Services 2 pm Tuesday Inman Funeral Home Somerville burial Fairmount Cemetery Friends may call 7 9 pm Monday at funeral home
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West Elkton
Addie Buell
Hamilton
Charles
Florence McShane
Eaton
Mary Knight
Fort Myers
Fila
Laura Stewart
Centerville
Pearl Novotny
Helen Pohlkotte
Margaret Sizelove
Dayton
Samuel
Louisville
Charles W
Clarence Brower
Grace Schaefer
Camden
MASON MOURNS Dannelly Mrs Durlin Donnelly 49
Mrs Durlin Donnelly Mason aged 49 of 7161 Tylersville Road Maud died at 5 15 p m yesterday at Middletown Hospital Arrangements are incomplete at Gallimore Funeral Home
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Mason
Durlin Donnelly
Tylersville Road
Maud
Middletown Hospital
Gallimore Funeral Home
Obituary Notices for Johnson Mergy Hamblin
Clarence N. Johnson aged 85 of 1145 Lawrence Ave. to be accorded 2 p m Monday services. Louis E. Mergy age 65 of 2636 Elmo Ave. Requiem High Mass at 10 30 a m Monday at St Anns Church. Mrs Mary Hamblin aged 69 of 26 p B St. services 2 p m Monday.
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Clarence N. Johnson
Lawrence Ave
Proeschel
Louis E. Mergy
Elmo Ave
St. Ann
Mary Hamblin
Webb
Indiana Republican Senator Arthur R. Robinson Dies at 80
Arthur R. Robinson, 80, a Republican senator from Indiana serving from 1925 to 1994, died Friday. The long-time lawmaker represented Indiana in state and national affairs for decades.
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New Haven
Watershed Plan Moves Toward Subdistrict Conservancy Court
Butler and Warren counties sign a petition to create a watershed sub-district under the Miami Conservancy District. If approved by the nine-judge conservancy court in Dayton, federal funds may enable flood protection for about 40 000 acres by channeling Dick's Creek and Little Muddy Creek and building storage basins.
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Stahl
Soil Conservation Districts
Conservancy Court
Conservancy District
Conservancy
Dragging Is Stalled Over Drowning Rescue
Hamilton sheriff halted dragging operations for James G. Combs 25 believed drowned during a rescue attempt. Weather must clear for river search to resume with a rescue squad, a Franklin skin diver on call. Arnold Parrett 22 released from Mercy Hospital after nearly drowning while saving three year old David Van Often as a boat capsized near Black Street dam.
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Hamilton
James G. Combs
James Hixon
Franklin
Arnold Parrett
Second St
Mercy Hospital
David van
Donald Cornette
Black Street Dam
Vogel dies at Mercy Hospital at 74
J Alfred Vogel age 74 of 552 Wasserman Road died at 2 a m yesterday at Mercy Hospital He was father of Mrs Catherine Dunphy of Middletown and is survived by other relatives Funeral arrangements are pending at the time of reporting
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Hamilton
J. Alfred Vogel
Wasserman Road
Catherine Dunphy
Middletown
Mercy Hospital
Thefts Reported In Brief At Local Scene
The report lists thefts including a welding outfit valued at 175 from a home under construction at 1600 N Breie Boulevard and hubcaps worth 40 taken from Clyde McGuire s car with no address provided.
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N. Breie Boulevard
Clyde McGuire
Injured Man in Train Collision Remains Hospitalized
George Adel Sperger, 38, of Washington Street, remained in fair condition at Mercy Hospital today after severe head injuries from a Thursday crash at the Laurel Avenue B&O crossing when his car was struck by a train.
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Hamilton
George Adelsperger
Washington St
Mercy Hospital
Laurel Avenue
Ohio bowler Joe Kearny ranks 10th in ABC tourney all events
Steubenville’s Joe Kearny stands 10th in regular all events at the American Bowling Congress championship with a 1,837 total posted last Saturday.
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Detroit
Joe Kearny
Steubenville
Ohio
Fire Blamed on Furnace at Armco East Works
A furnace caused about $1,000 damage to siding and wiring in Armco Steel Corp East Works Stapless Steel department. The one story production building contents were unaffected. No injuries. Firemen responded at 12 20 a m and were on scene until 1 50 a m.
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Stapless Steel
Armco Steel Corp
East Works
Man shoots self with empty gun during cleaning
Walter Gray, 4, of 109 Yankee Road, was injured when he accidentally shot his left leg with a .38 caliber pistol he believed unloaded. The slug pierced the leg between knee and hip. Schramm's ambulance transported him from home to Middletown Hospital where he was reported in good condition.
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Walter Gray
Yankee Road
Middletown Hospital
Gray
Schramm
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