Snowplows Down in city blast of spring in Middletown
A spring blizzard left Middletown snowplows down and salt stocks at about four loads on hand. Salt use for the season reached 94 carloads, the highest ever, as City Public Services Director C A Boeke noted the heavy winter and City Manager Howard Kramer warned to expect the worst. An $800 damage rear-end crash at Van Avenue and Charles Street involved three autos, with Napier and Taylor cited for double parking, and Martin damaged. Banks was cited for a yellow-light violation at Central Avenue and Verity Parkway after another two-car collision. Additional minor dings included a hit-and-run at Lincoln and 8th, and a light stand and parking-meter damage with drivers unidentified.
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Middletown
Boeke
Howard Kramer
van Avenue
Charles Street
Eugene Taylor
Columbia Ave
Henry Napier
Granada Ave
John Martin
Franklin St
Napier
Napier and Taylor Autos
Martin
Roy Banks
Garfield St
Central Avenue
Verity Parkway
Clay Tester
Clinton St
Banks
Doty Street
Broad Street
Fire Causes $5,000 Interior Blaze in Township
A defective chimney sparked a fire at a two story house at Elk Creek and Howe roads around midnight Saturday. The loss totaled about $85,000 with all furniture destroyed and most interior ruined. Bert Townsend owned the home. neighbors and fire crews from South Madison Township, Overpeck, and Jacksonburg fought the blaze after a neighbor spotted it.
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Elk Creek
Howe Roads
Keyser
Overpeck
Jacksonburg
Police Briefs Seize DWI Suspect and Arrests
Police last night arrested Albert Combs 37 of 1506 Columbia Ave on a DWI charge at Clinton Street and Central Avenue. Margaret Conlee and Janetta Downs, two girls missing since Friday, have returned home. Thomas Dietz 33 of 1227 Central Ave was arrested Saturday on intoxication assault and battery charges. Colonel Smith 34 of 900 W Central Ave was arrested on an assault and battery warrant. Grover Ashley 62 of Trenton Rt 1 was taken into custody Saturday night on DWI and carrying a concealed weapon with a blackjack.
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Albert Combs
Columbia Ave
Clinton Street
Central Avenue
Margaret Conlee
Janetta Downs
Thomas Dietz
Central Ave
Colonel Smith
Grover Ashley
Trenton Rt. 1
Yankee Road
Lafayette Avenue
Ashley
Police arrest Luther Stacey on theft by false pretenses charge
Police yesterday arrested Luther Stacey, 29, of 47% S Broad St on a warrant charging obtaining money under false pretenses. The complainant A B Albaugh alleged that on May 15, 1953 Stacey obtained $40 for a mortgaged television set.
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Luther Stacey
S. Broad St
A. B. Albaugh
Stacey
NAF Session In City Attracts 376 Foremen
Three hundred seventy six members of the Southwestern Ohio Council of the National Assn of Foremen attended the third annual meeting at the Manchester Hotel. Charles M. Hanna spoke on Conquest of Confusion, tracing social order from early America to present dangers. Robert Wall was elected treasurer for 1955. other officers named were F. X. Horstman, A. Walz, and William Tekulve. Five workshop sessions were led by George M. Hill on practical psychology for foremen. The council, representing about 2,000 members, is part of a national group of about 60,000.
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Southwestern Ohio
Hanna
America
Robert Wall
Armco Steel Corp
F. X. Horstman
Springfield
A. Walz
Dayton
160 To Receive Safety Diplomas At Council Dinner
About 10 training certificates and industrial safety awards will be presented Thursday at the Middletown Safety Council banquet for foremen and superintendents who attended the industrial foremen's training course at Aeronca in January and February. The event, at 6 15 p.m. in the Manchester Hotel ballroom, will feature remarks by William Oliver, chairman of the council's industrial division. Kenneth R. Miller of Cincinnati, president of the Institute of Applied Arts & Sciences, Ohio Mechanics Institute, will speak. Local firms with strong records in the 1954 safety contest will be honored by John Weber and James H. Finker.
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Middletown Safety Council
Aeronca
Manchester
William Oliver
Theft Report At Apartment On Sutphin Street
Detectives learned over the weekend that two pairs of curtains valued at 3 each a small end table worth 2 and some keys were taken from an apartment on S Sutphin Street. Robert Boyd who rents the unit told detectives the former tenants moved out March 2 and denied taking items except the key which they returned.
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S. Sutphin Street
Paul Fouts
Herbert Frazier
Robert Boyd
Sherman Ave
Meet Another Successful Middletown Journal Carrier
The Middletown Journal notes Steve Fishbaugh, son of Fire Chief William Fishbaugh, who began his paper route in January 1952 taking over from his brother Jack who started in July 1950. The route serves Nelbar, Jack son, Midway, Enoch, Tytus and Wildwood Rd. Steve, in his eleventh year of high school, hopes after service to join the Marines and later return to Middletown as a fireman, maybe eventually leading the department. The circulation staff celebrate the Fishbaugh brothers for their exemplary service and near flawless route record.
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Jack
Steve Fishbaugh
William Fishbaugh
Ellen Drive
Clarence
William
Steve
Middletown
Middletown Journal
Fishbaugh
Middletonians Win Posts At Ohio Society of Professional Engineers
Three Middletonians who won offices in the Ohio Society of Professional Engineers were installed Saturday during the 77th annual convention in Cincinnati. H Bruce Baty becomes secretary to the State organization, Dave Selvar is named trustee, and Elmer E Fischer wins the engineers in industry secretary post. Additional officers include C R Hines, Stephen W Kuyhner, Alfred H Samborn, Douglas Groth as vice presidents and Earl L Hinelein as treasurer. Over 20 Middletonians from the Miami Valley Chapter attended the three day convention at the Sheraton Gibson Hotel.
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Middletonians
Ohio Society of Professional Engineers
Cincinnati
H. Bruce Baty
Engineers In Industry Group
The
Ohio Society
Dave Selvar
Elmer E. Fischer
Engineers In Industry
C. R. Hines
Columbus
Stephen W. Kuyhner
Marion
Alfred H. Samborn
Toledo
Douglas Groth
Canton
Earl L. Hinelein
Akron
Miami Valley
Sheraton-Gibson Hotel
False Alarm Shooting Report at Lafayette Avenue
Police and fire crews rushed to 1100 block Lafayette Avenue yesterday after a call that a man would shoot a woman. Three officers and the fire department found it was a false alarm. the Edgar Warehouse at 1801 Central Ave triggered by a stuck relay.
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Lafayette Avenue
Fire’ Department
Edgar
Central Ave
OSU Professor Elected Science Teachers Head
Dr John S S Richardson of Ohio State University was elected to serve as president of the National Science Teachers Assn in 1956 57.
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Cincinnati
John S.S. Richardson
Ohio State University
National Science Teachers Assn
Injured Man Improves After Conveyor Accident
James Marcum eighteen year old? wait. Injured man James Marcum 30 from New Miami improved to satisfactory at Middletown Hospital after two fractures and cuts to his left foot from catching it on a conveyor edge at Armco East Works cold strip mill Saturday.
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James Marcum
New Miami
Armco East Works
Middletown Hospital
Furnace motor fire at home of Joe Ballard
A short circuit sparked a furnace motor fire at 1318 Elwood Street, causing minor damage and totaling $50. Firemen from Company 4 responded to the still alarm at 10 17 a.m.
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Joe Ballard
Elwood St
Company 4
Paramount and Strand Movie Listings for Monday and Tuesday
Paramount shows Battle Taxi at 1 45 5 00 and 8 20 p m Underwater at 3 00 6 20 and 9 15 p m Style Show at 8 15 p m Strand presents David and Bathsheba at 1 35 6 30 and 9 50 p m Golden Girl at 3 35 and 7 40 p m
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Paramount
David and Bathsheba
Auto Mishaps on Butler-Warren Highways Rise
Slippery Butler-Warren County roads caused 13 minor traffic crashes since Friday, state patrol Post 9 reports. The latest, at 12:05 a.m. yesterday on Jefferson Road near Middletown, involved Arnold Willoughby, 33, of Lebanon Rt. 1, in a culvert strike with heavy damage. Seven accidents were logged Saturday and five Friday, all described as fender benders.
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Butler-Warren County
Arnold Willoughby
Lebanon
Committee Post Goes To Morris
Auburn R Morris executive vice president of Middletown Federal Savings and Loan Assn was named to the Committee on Savings Assn Investments of the U S Savings and Loan League The league led by J Howard Edgerton announces the appointment The committee will study broadening investment powers for savings associations for possible recommendations
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Auburn R. Morris
Middletown Federal Savings and Loan Assn
Committee On Savings Assn
U. S. Savings and Loan League
J. Howard Edgerton
Los Angeles
Calif
Middletown men attend fourth annual QEA conference
Two Middletown school men were among 432 delegates at the fourth annual Conference on Instruction in Columbus. Thomas Webb represented the administration and Ralph A. Ringgenberg the Classroom Teachers Association. Sponsored by the Ohio Education Association, the event focused on building for tomorrow with 21 broad topics, including teacher pupil planning and reading techniques.
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Middletown
Columbus
Thomas Webb
Ralph A. Ringgenberg
Ohio State University
Votes differ on postal pay raise split among reps
Representatives Clarence Brown and Paul Schenck split on a 7.6 per cent postal pay raise vote. Schenck sided with the majority against the smaller increase, Brown with the minority. In a second vote both men backed the majority opposing a resolution disapproving sale of government built synthetic rubber plants.
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Clarence Brown
Paul Schenck
Schenck
Brown
Child Crash Victim in One Car Crash near Fremont Ohio
The state highway patrol reports 11 month old Victoria Millar of Berkley Michigan was the victim of a one car crash today on Ohio 53 north of Fremont.
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Fremont
Ohio
State Highway Patrol
Victoria Millar
Berkley, Mich
Ohio 53
Fire under Newport fireplace prompts blaze
Merrill Swain Jr. and his wife relaxed by their Newport fireplace when the floor beneath the unit caught fire. Firefighters arrived and extinguished the blaze. Swain sells fireplace equipment.
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Newport
Merrill Swain Jr
Swain
Scelba Ike Meet Today Over Disarmament Deadlock
Premier Mario Scelba of Italy meets President Eisenhower in Washington to urge a new approach to break the disarmament stalemate with Russia. He arrived from Canada and will discuss East-West relations before touring New York Philadelphia Chicago and Detroit late Wednesday.
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Washington
Mario Scelba
Italy
Eisenhower
Russia
Canada
White House
Scelba
United States
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Detroit
Time To End Segregation Is Now
William Walker editor of the Cleveland Call and Post urged immediate end to segregation in public schools at the NAACP annual dinner in Middletown. He criticized cautious wait-and-see attitudes and the maintenance of all Negro schools, noting Middletown has 1000 plus Negro students in integrated settings and Washington School remains in a Negro district. He warned separation is not equal and cited local district plans to shift facilities only after other classrooms exist.
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William ©. Walker
Cleveland
Walker
Wilberforce College
Ohio School
Middletown
Portsmouth
Dayton
Xenia
Hills
Booker T. Washington
Washington School
Suf
Woodlawn Moves To Keep Teachers
In Cincinnati suburb Woodlawn the school board raises teacher salaries to halt losses to wealthier districts. The new scale tops at 5,800 dollars for bachelor’s degree holders and 6,000 for those with master’s degrees, with beginning teachers earning up to 2,600 to 3,600 annually.
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Cincinnati
Woodlawn
Hamilton County
Building Group Considered by Middletown School Board
The Board of Education will discuss forming a citizens committee to study Middletown School District buildings including needs, counts, and locations. Superintendent J D Blackford says a secretary for the new assistant superintendent Howard R Cromwell will be recommended. He took 91,000 U.S. lives.
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Middletown
Board of Education
J. D. Blackford
Howard R. Cromwell
Blackford
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9Th Ave
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Tytus
Wildwood Rd
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Mr. Stalls
OSPE
Osu
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Savings & Loan
Dial
Morris
Ashland
Arlene Robinson
Thomas Lee Budesheim
Joseph M. Lobaugh
Armco Steel
W. W. Sebald
Lobaugh
Sebald
David Aronberg
Lily
Ruth
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Charles ST
Erle Hanson
NAACP
Armco Center
U.S
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Isabelle B. Thiel
C. H. Taylor
First National
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Park Place
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