Election Board to Question Workers on Ballot Counting
Butler County elections clerk Corwin Brosius announced surveys will be mailed to precinct workers to identify remedies for the long count after the 1952 general election. The board proposed three methods to improve efficiency including smaller precincts, special deputies, and keeping a six person receiving crew with added night deputies.
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Corwin Brosius
Butler County Board of Elections
Brosius
Board of Elections
Tecstes
City Utilities Director Post Draws 14 Applicants
The city received one more application for the director of public utilities post, bringing the total to 14. City manager H. W. Starick has spoken with six applicants and hopes to have a qualified on the job by May 15. W. H. Shawhan vacated the plot due to ill health. Assistant Police Chief Sam Moore and Sgt. Harold Gray are to receive permanent appointments tomorrow after probation. Patrolman James Prater resigned effective March 23 to return to private industry. Civil Commission has requested an eligible list.
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H. W. Starick
W. H. Shawhan
Sam Moore
Harold Gray
James Prater
Joe Blackmore
Annual Report Still In Demand
Middletown officials report continued demand for the 1952 annual report published February 22. City manager H W Starick said requests come from cities across the country while local residents commend the effort. Marwood F Rupp supervised compiling and newspaper-form setup of the report.
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Middletown
H.W. Starick
Marwood F. Rupp
Police Briefs Include Car Theft and Disorderly Conduct
Mrs Ka Knorr reported the theft of a 1946 Nash with a 1953 license plate from the rear of her home. James E Wells and Roy Gould were arrested for disorderly conduct near Central Ave and Clinton St. Otis Takakis reported two hubcaps valued at 30 dollars stolen from his Liberty Restaurant car. Ova Hattom reported two hubcaps worth 14 dollars stolen. Mike Peters, 7, was bitten on the leg by a dog yesterday.
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Ka Knorr
First Ave
James E. Wells
North
Clinton St
Roy Gould
Third St
Butler
Central Ave
Clinton
Otis Takakis
Te Liberty Restaurant
Ova Hattom
Mike Peters
Fleming Rd
Auto Tag Staff Braces For Late Rush Tonight
The State Motor Vehicle Bureau will stay open past 5 30 p m to handle last minute buyers as midnight deadline looms for 1953 auto license plates. Nine clerks manage lines while office staff report normal crowds for a final day. License sales in the MZ series are now underway.
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State Motor Vehicle Bureau
Licensing Bureau
Cancer Drive Aims To Raise Eight Thousand In City
The 1953 Middletown cancer fund drive starts tomorrow and runs through April to support the Cancer Information Center at Middletown Hospital and national cancer research. Groups will collect door to door and at events including a Phi Beta Psi fundraiser April 30 and Y Teens street solicitations April 18. The goal is about $8,000 with co chairs Robert Driscoll and John A. Owen. publicity by Jack Sheehan.
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Cancer Information Center
Middletown Hospital
Middletown
Escom Hospital
Phi Beta Psi Sorority
American Legion
Robert L. Miles
John A. Owen
Middletown Cancer Society
Robert Driscoll
Jack Sheehan
WPFB
Nine Apply For Job As Chief Of Civil Defense In County
Nine applications have been received for the Butler County Civilian Director post but appointment is delayed for further study. County officials discuss funding with $3,000 allocated and possible city contributions while villages report funds short. Col Sam Richmond urges countywide coordination, emphasizing divisions in personnel training operations engineering communications and health.
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Butler County
Gordon Augspurger
Butler County Commissioners
Augspurger
Hamilton
Middletown
Oxford
New Miami
Sam Richmond
Cincinnati
Ohio First District
Etown
Richmond
Reds Scare Visitors Bangkok China Records Suspensions
Chinese authorities mistreat Thailand Chinese travelers, triggering suspensions of two Bangkok Swatow steamship lines. Passengers arriving in Swatow were herded into guest camps and held for days while Communist officials questioned them about Thailand and their families. Some were awakened for further interrogation.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Swatow
Red
Immigration quotas for 1953 set at 154657
The 1953 quota plan authorizes 154657 entrance permits with over 35000 potential arrivals from Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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Great Britain
Northern Ireland
Three Injured In Two-Truck Highway Crash Near Miamisburg
A two-truck crash on U S 25 near Miamisburg at 8 a m sent three people to Miami Valley Hospital Dayton. Rob ert Adams Covington Ky driver of a semi trailer Ralph Zink Miamisburg driver of a parked state truck and John M Miller Dayton Route 6 state employee suffered injuries awaiting x ray results. The north bound semi trailer struck the parked dump truck three miles south of Miamisburg, flipping the tractor and demolishing the state truck as Patrolman Richard M Kinsley investigated with Patrolman William Garland Miller was helping Zink and the parked truck with ditching work.
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Miami Valley Hospital
Dayton
U. S. 25
Miamisburg
Robert Adams
Covington
Ralph Zink
John M. Miller
Richard M. Kinsley
William Garland
Miller
Zink
Real Estate Transfers Listings Include Numerous Lot Trades
A transcription lists transfers including Bruce Young to India Wells on lot 1886 and others with varied sums such as 7.70, 2.75, 8.80, and 13.20. Several deceased estates assign parcels to heirs and trustees with no tax noted, covering numerous lots in Homewood Oxford Madison and surrounding areas.
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Middletown
Jack Tirey
Lewis, Hamilton
Omar Tibbs
Norman Mack
Elaine Wilson
Buford Todd
Kenneth Hammonds
Daniel Mills
Homewood
Mark Sanders
Louis Knothe
Sanders View
John Montgomery
George Montgomery
Madison
H. J. Estherridge
H. J. Estheridge
Lemon
Fred Baker
Martin Oe
New Miami
Herman Sanders
March Weather Shifts To April Showers With Warmer Outlook
The region records a 2% inch March snowfall that snarled traffic and a forecast of April rains. The weatherman predicts a high around 52 today with cloudy, warmer conditions and showers. Tonight, expect a 40 degree low with further showers and possible thunderstorms. Wednesday remains mild with highs near the upper 50s.
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Mercury
Servicemen News Roundup From Fort Knox to Crete
Warrant Officer Winfred P. Daugherty reports to Fort Knox after 21 days with wife and daughter recuperating from Korea wounds. Private Herbert L. Taulbee begins basic training at Camp Chaffee Ark with 5th Armored Division, then reassign. Sergeant Philip P. Robison returns to the States from Korea after serving with the 25th Infantry Division and earns Combat Infantryman Badge. Charles G. Croucher serves aboard USS Rankin in Operation Rendezvous with NATO forces in the Mediterranean, leading to a Crete invasion scenario.
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Winfred P. Daughtery
76Th Field Artillery
Fort Knox
Nancye
Regina
West Middletown
Korea
Daugherty
Percy Jones Army Hospital
Battle Creek
Mich
Middletown
Herbert L. Taulbee
W. M. Shoemaker
McKinley St
46Th Armored Infantry Battalion
5Th Armored Division
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Taulbee
Philip P. Robison
Fred E. Robison
South Main St
Franklin
States
25Th Infantry Division
Republic of South Korea
Robison
14Th Infantry Regiment
United Nations
Tthe Army
Charles G. Croucher
Robert J. Croucher
Morrow Route 1
Rankin
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Mediterranean
England
France
Italy
Greece
Turkey
North
Africa
Crete
Real estate transfers and cancellations listing
Pk lots 135-67 with no tax cancellations. Lloyd Wallace and others transfer to Robert s et al in Dix Heights lot 367. Richard Roberts to Oxford National Bank in Oxford lot 796 for 5400 dollars. George Wren and others transfer to West Side Federal Savings and Loan in Sanders View lot 76 for 7500 dollars.
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Lloyd Wallace
Roberts
Dix Hgts
Richard Roberts
Oxford Nat Bnk
Oxford
George Wren
West Side Fed. S. and
Sanders View
Board of Education Eyes Finances After Pay Boost Talk
Board members met as a committee of the whole to review the school system finances amid teacher pay raise discussions. Superintendent Wade E. Miller said no decision on increases was made, with proposals from the teachers’ association and Miller’s alternative options noted. The next meeting is April 9, and a levy or deficit plan could shape future salary funding.
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Board of Education
R. H. Snyder
Wade E. Miller
Miller
The
Classroom Teachers Association
Ben Kitchen
Kitchen
Attic Blaze Causes $1025 Damage in Duplex Fire
Firefighters led by Assistant Chief Robert Lukens contained a blaze sparked by a defective chimney at 1718 Columbia Ave in a two story duplex. Attic damage estimated at 1025 with $1000 building loss and $25 interior water damage. Occupants Curtis Jones and Wiley Witherspoon.
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Columbia Ave
Ladder Company
Robert Lukens
Curtis Jones
Columbia
Wiley Witherspoon
Seven Bobcats Enter Cub Pack Seven at First Methodist
Seven new Bobcats joined Cub Scout Pack Seven at a meeting in the First Methodist Church. Twenty eight other Cubs advanced in rank. numerous boys including Jim Barker Mitch Enright and Denny Slade earned advancements while Den Mothers Katherine Swift and Dorothy Fiskus supervised. Charles Swift and Rodney Renner advanced to Webelos.
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First Methodist Church
Bobby Allen
Charles
Jimmy Polen
Ted Allyn Schwing
Richard Stevens
Michael Melampy
Billy Johnston
Jim Barker
Mitch Enright
Denny Slade
Glenn Beauley
Roy Ziggs
Tommy Flannigan
Gene Gocke
Dale Martin
Russell Wilde
Johnny Fisher
Teddy Brown
Billy Mason
Terry Sebald
Tim Goforth
Wayne Chamberlain
Billy McElfresh
John Conley
Dick Robbins
Paul Meeks
Marty Hinkle
Bruce Wise
Reggie Bealey
Dick Saylor
Don Byran
Gary Lehmkuhl
Drew Sullivan
Jim Brooks
Norman Trishu
Tommy Mulford
Tommy Pierson
Douglas Leppich
Tommy Howard
Martin Hinkle
Charles Swift
John Halder
Wildlife faces extinction risk in North America
Scientists warn that between fifty and sixty wildlife species are in danger of extinction across North America, highlighting urgent conservation needs and potential ecological impacts.
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North America
First Ave Widening Near Details And Schedule
City manager H. W. Starick outlined plans for widening First Ave from Garfield St to the Big Four tracks with work to occur this summer. A morning conference with a First Ave property owner addressed details while talks with the Baltimore and Ohio railroad aim to move the freight house. New York Central officials agreed to changes on the First Ave crossing to improve riding surface. The project will be bid after all property is acquired with six owners reportedly favorable. After traffic lights are installed the avenue will become one way. Wagner-Smith of Dayton won the traffic light contract but work starts only after materials arrive, possibly several months.
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First Ave
Garfield St
H. W. Starick
Starick
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
New York Central Railroad
Trcome
Manchester Ave
Wagner - Smith of
Dayton
Starick Sa
At The Movies Listings For Paramount And Strand
Paramount schedules Meet Me at the Fair at 1 15 4 15 7 15 and 10 15 p m Law less Breed at 2 50 5 50 and 8 50 p m Strand presents Havana Rose at 1 15 3 40 6 25 and 9 05 p m Cattle Town at 2 30 5 10 7 50 and 10 25 p m
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Havana
Phonogenic Describes Pleasing Broadcast Voice
A phonogenic is an adjective for a pleasing voice suited to broadcasting or recording, highlighting its clear, resonant quality and suitability for media work.
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