Monroe Band Earns Three Superior Ratings In Contest
The Lemon Monroe Concert Band directed by Parl Morrow earned three superior ratings in the District 12 Ohio Music Educators Association contest at the University of Cincinnati. Selections included The Elmira Concert March by George J. Abbott and Prelude to Faust arranged for concert band, plus Themes from the French Ballet arranged by Clair W. Johnson. The band also sight-read a piece with two minutes to study and two minutes for discussion. Judges praised the performance calling it very good and very musical, noting the group as one of the top bands in the state. With 50 of 52 possible points, the band advances to next month’s state finals in Ashland, Ohio. JOHN STALLS.
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Lemon + Monroe
Parl] Morrow
Ohio Music Educators Assn
University of Cincinnati
Elmira
George J. Abbott
Faust
Gounod
Sym
Phonic Band
Clair W. Johnson
Lemon-Monroe
Monroe
Ance
Morrow
Ashland
Ohio
John Stalls
Shed Fire Spreads to Two Buildings near Benevolent Mission
A shed at the Benevolent Mission Church on Sycamore Street was set afire by juveniles. Flames spread to two nearby buildings and a rear porch. damage to the structures was estimated under 200. Firefighters contained the blaze by 4 15 p.m. with winds pushing heat and sparks. Grass fires around Middletown, blamed on trash burning and children at play, were also extinguished.
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Benevolent Mission
Sycamore St
Jess Borders
Dave Finkelman
Central
Middletown
Borders
Frank Cmehil
Vannest Ave
Jerome Schultz
Linden Ave
Edna Wells
Winona Dr
Golaman Park
Psychic stunt predicts headlines at Ohio University
Air Force Captain Robert D Falkner in Athens Ohio repeated a newspaper banner headline by predicting it for a charity variety show at Ohio University. The stunt tied to a real abduction and hostage case in South Charleston West Virginia, about a mother and three children rescued. Falkner has a history in magic tricks and claimed ESP during WWII. The box with the headline had been sealed since March 10 and opened for the reveal.
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Athens, Ohio
Ife
Air Force
Robert D. Falkner
Ohio University
Falkner
Charleston
W. Va
Long Beach
Calif
Austria
Bible Reading Marathon Extends 19 Hours in Derry
In Derry New Hampshire AP Twenty two youths ages 15 to 18 from the Youth Fellowship of the First Baptist Church completed a 19 hour 40 minute marathon reading of the New Testament. They began at 3 PM Friday taking turns reading an hour at a time through the night. The pulpit Bible used has 234 pages. Rev Albert D Bolster said the aim was to spark interest in Bible reading.
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Derry
Youth Fellowship of
The
First Baptist Church
Albert D. Bolster
Motorist Seaman Killed In Ashland County Crash
William Seaman aged 17 from Loudonville died when his automobile overturned on Ohio 9 a half mile north of Perrysville in Ashland County on Saturday.
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Ashland
Ohio
William Seaman
Loudonville
Perrysville
Ashland County
Grass Fire Reported Behind Arlington Drive
Franklin Special reports a grass fire blamed on children along Arlington Drive. Assistant Fire Chief Howard Harville says the blaze covered about 30 square feet, caused no damage, and was brought under control yesterday afternoon in back lots surrounding the area.
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Franklin
Arlington Drive
Howard Harville
Champs Repeat In Speech Meet At Ohio State
Louisville High School of Stark County the 1957 national debating champions won the 1959 Class A finals of the Ohio High School Speech League at Ohio State University. Shreve High School won the Class B title as 400 students from 100 high schools competed, with six individual events also decided. Claude Baker of Middletown High narrowly missed the final round in original oratory, though he has qualified for nationals by winning the Western Ohio District meet. Marcia Aronoff did not reach the third round in girls extemporaneous speaking. Florence Powell, MHS speech director, directed the or reading section of the finals.
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Columbus
Ohio
Louisville
Stark County
Shreve High School
Wayne County
Ohio State University
Claude Baker
Middletown High
Marcia Aronoff
Florence Powell
MHS
Nals
Reds Switch Top Bosses In Economics
MOSCOW AP A staunch advocate of more consumer luxuries becomes the Soviet Union's new top economic planner Deputy Premier Alexei Kosygin, taking over from Deputy Premier Joseph Kuzmin whose background is heavy industry and agriculture Kuzmin, 49, was close to Premier Nikita Khrushchev and may still hold a major post in the seven year plan as chairman of the Scientific Economic Council.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Dep
Alexei Kosygin
Joseph Kuzmin
Kuzmin
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Scientific-Economic Council
Pedestrian Hit By Car Said Unhurt
A pedestrian was struck on Verity Park Way at Central Avenue and refused medical help. Joseph Littl, 59, of 2215 Grand Ave, was involved. Blanche D. Wessel, 68, of Springfield, said she failed to see the pedestrian while yielding for a left turn. A minor no car collision occurred on Sutphin Street at Central Avenue between Michael Beacon and Ruth Dickerson. Damage was under 50 dollars.
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Verity Parkway
Central Avenue
Joseph Littl
Grand Ave
Blanche D. Wessel
Springfield
Sutphin Street
Michael Beacon
S. Sutphin St
Ruth Dickerson
Aberdeen Dr
Woman's parked car struck by unknown vehicle
A parked car in front of Gertrude Forrest at 13135 Woodlawn Ave was hit by an unknown car early Saturday morning. Police were notified. damage estimated at an unspecified amount.
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Gertrude Forrest
Woodlawn Ave
Police Briefs Detail Thefts And Vandalism At Local Addresses
Chester Stamper reported a slashed tire on a 1930 sedan valued at 50 dollars at 919 Malvern. An outside table and five chairs, valued at 50 dollars, were stolen from William Payne at 122 Young Street. Ellis Johnson, owner of Poor Boys Lunch at 1217 Michigan Avenue, said vandals broke in early Saturday, stealing over 200 cigarette packs, 10 from a jukebox, and 38 dollars from a refrigerator meter.
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Chester Stamper
Malvern St
William Payne
Young St
Ellis Johnson
Michigan Ave
Two Killed in Spectacular US 25 Crash in West Carrollton
In a dramatic 25 mph crash in West Carrollton a father and son died after a steel hauling trailer truck broadsided their car, pushing it into six parked vehicles by Woody’s Supermarket. Clarence Wallen 33 and Ernest Wallen 65 were killed. Kay Carter 10 was injured. Driver Edwin Mohan 32, from Butlerville Pennsylvania, cited. Police under investigation with roadway detours and two and a half hours of delays.
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West Carrollton
Miami Valley Hospital
Dayton
Clarence Wallen
Central Ave
Frenchburg
Ernest Wallen
Wallen
Kay Carter
Woiy
U.S. 25
Alexandersville
Bellbrook
Elmer Hammond
Woody's
Edwin Mohan
Butlerville
Armco
Middletown
Pittsburgh
Bellbrook Road
Car theft arrest tied to Franklin stolen vehicle
Carlisle special report says Richard Arbaugh, 23, of 115 BE 4th, was nabbed by Carlisle officers after being spotted driving a stolen car in Franklin. He led police on a chase along Jamaica Road, veered into a field near a washed‑out bridge on Ohio 4, and was captured around 8:30 p.m. before Franklin police confirmed the theft reported at 9:30 p.m. The car, owned by Earl Glenn Sanders of Morrow Route 2, had been brought to Franklin for repairs yesterday.
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Carlisle
Franklin
Richard Arbaugh
Carlisle Pth
John W. Enterman
Arbaugh
Jamaica Road
Chautauqua Road
Dayton
Ohio
Entermar
Lonnie Fryman
3Rd Street
Earl Glenn Sanders
Morrow Rt. 2
Marshal Wins Court Appeal
Marietta Ohio The Fourth District Court of Appeals upholds Earl W Walker as Belpre Village marshal Washington County After removal for gross neglect of duty the Common Pleas Court sustained the action The appellate court reverses and says charges were trivial and not sufficient for removal
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Marietta, Ohio
Fourth District Court of Appeals
Earl W. Walker
Belpre Village
Washington County
Walker
Washington County Common Pleas Court
Court Upholds Woman's Right To Lose Money
In Milwaukee a 96 year old milllionairess Flora Ellinger can keep running her tool and die firm despite losses. The court ruled it is her money being lost and denied a request to discontinue the business. Ellinger, in a wheelchair, owns 32 patents and maintains a shop as her link to the past.
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Milwaukee, Wis
Milwaukee
Flora Ellinger
Ellinger
Roy R. Stauff
Freighter Abandoned Off Brazil After Fire
A 5,002-ton Brazilian freighter Comandante Lyra caught fire and was abandoned off Porto Alegre. The 58 crew members were rescued by the German freighter Ing Bastian and brought to Florianopolis port.
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Porto Alegre
Brazil
Ingbastian
Florianopolis
House Stolen From Exhibition Site in Croydon
Croydon police seek a two bedroom prefabricated aluminum house stolen by four men from a housing development exhibit. The workers disassembled the unit and loaded it into a pig truck before driving off, abandoning the brick foundation.
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Croydon
England
Governor vetoes Solons' pay hike in austerity move
Nashville Tennessee AP Governor Buford Ellington vetoed a bill to raise legislators pay from 15 to 25 dollars a day. He also rejected a measure to boost his own salary from 12 000 to 18 000 dollars a year saying it did not fit his program of austerity.
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Nashville, Tenn
Buford Ellington
Ellington
Salmon and Shad Return to Their Birth Streams
A concise note observes that shad like salmon migrate back to the streams where they hatched to spawn. The behavior mirrors the salmon life cycle and underscores the instinctual river return.
William D Oglesby 81 Dies At Florida Home
William Dickey Oglesby 81 former owner of the old OK Paper Pail Co. and a longtime Middletown banker died Saturday in Coral Gables Florida after retirement in 1935. He moved to Florida with his wife Jeanne and leaves a son Robert D. Oglesby a brother Charles Oglesby two grandchildren and a great grandchild. Funeral services are set for 4 p.m. Monday at Phillick Funeral Home in Coral Gables with burial in Florida City.
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William Dickey Oglesby
Old
OK Paper Pail Co
Oglesby-Barnitz Bank & Trust Co
Coral Gables
Fla
Oglesby
Florida
Coral Way
Mr. Oglesby
Middletown
Main St
Chicago
Charles B
Alice Dickey Oglesby
Old Paper Pai Company
Richmond Street
General Chemical Division
Allied Chemical & Dye Corp
Old Germanica Building Assn
American Savings
Phillick Funeral Home
Ponce de Leon Blvd
Florida City
Sailor Dies In Accident Near Townsend Georgia
A Glynco Naval Air Station seaman Gerald L. Jolly, 19, of Coral Gables Florida was killed in a traffic mishap. Terry Koenig, 20, of Wapakoneta Ohio, was seriously injured and taken to Naval Hospital Jacksonville after their car left the road at high speed, struck a railroad track and overturned.
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State Patrol
Driver DWI Three Times Within Week
A plasterer in Willoughby, Ohio, was arrested for drunken driving Friday for the third time in a week. Thomas J. Byrne, 5, of Kirtland, received 18 demerits under state law. He faces a three year license ban, a $450 fine plus costs, and nine days in county jail.
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Willoughby
Ohio
Thomas J. Byrne
Kirtland
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Woodside Cemetery
the Chitae CL
William D. Oglesby
Sailor
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SUIS
U.S
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York Custom Cleaning
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West Centra
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Second Avenue
Stoad & Verity Piwy
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