Two Men Die In Morrow Crash Near Lebanon
Two Lebanon men died in a late night auto crash on U S 22 about 24 miles southwest of Morrow. Eugene Boger 23 and Carl Cheeseman 94 were killed at the scene with skull fractures. Harley Combs 19 and Nancy Norman 7 were hospitalized in fair to good condition with injuries. State Patrol reports Boger’s northbound car lost control struck a guard rail and returned into Combs southbound car. Arrangements are incomplete at Johnson Funeral Home Lebanon.
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Lebanon
U.S. 22
Morrow
Eugene Boger
N. Water Jr
Carl Cheeseman
Avalon Heights
Clinton Memorial Hospital
Wilmington
Harley Combs
Nancy Norman
South Lebanon
Boger
Combs
Miss Norman
Warren County
Ironton
Johnson Funeral Home
Youth Leadership Winners to Receive Bonds From Elks
Four Middletown youths will receive savings bonds at the Elks Youth Day Program on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. in the Elks Temple. Ann Marie Heggs and John Dorenbuseh of Fenwick plus Jack Taylor and Marilyn Burdge of Middletown High School are leaders contest winners. Taylor won the district and state contests. Reverend Robert Mannin, acting Fenwick principal, will speak.
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Middletown
Elks
Lodge
Ann Marie Heggs
John Dorenbuseh
Fenwick
Jack Taylor
Marilyn Burdge
Middletown High School
Taylor
The
Elks Temple
Robert Mannin
No Final Decision on Fatal Accident
City police continue the investigation of a Tuesday night traffic accident at North Avenue and N Sutphin Street that killed 59 year old Marvin Stamper of 218 Franklin Street. Coroner Dr Garret Boone cited massive hemorrhages from multiple pelvic fractures as the cause with blood tests to determine possible drinking. results expected in two weeks. Darrell Poffenbarger, 16, of 1201 Arlington Avenue, driving the car, said he did not see the pedestrian until directly in front of the auto and swerved to avoid the collision. Witnesses reported the car moving about 25 to 30 mph. the youth was not held. This was Middletown's second fatality of 1956.
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Middletown
North Avenue
N. Sutphin Street
James Combs
Marvin H. Stamper
Franklin St
Garret J. Boone
Butler County
Stamper
Darrell Poffenbarger
Arlington Ave
Poffenbarger
NLRB Hearing Opens Over Coolidge Bargaining Rights
A National Labor Relations Board hearing began at 10 30 a m on a UAW petition to represent about 135 Coolidge Corp employees. The strike rights dispute centers on the Coolidge Employees Independent Union which has held bargaining for six years. The hearing moved from the City Building auditorium to the Civic Association library due to repairs.
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National Labor Relation Board
United Auto Workers Afl-Cio
Coolidge Corp
Orville E. Andrews
Cincinnati
NLRB
W. F. Cole
UAW
Coolidge
Sol Goodman
Cole
Ivory Howard
Emergency Run Aided Local Man With Chest Pains
The fire department emergency unit aided Percy Williams Sr. at his home on 910 6th Ave. He was taken to Middletown Hospital by Bailey's ambulance and was listed in fair condition today.
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Percy Williams Sr
6Th Ave
Middletown Hospital
Bailey
Williams
At The Movies Showings This Week Across Theaters
Paramount offers It's a Dog Life and Forbidden Planet with showings 1:35 5:00 8:20 p.m. For Strand Joe Macbeth and Night Mare Alley with 1:15 4:30 8:10 p.m. etc. Colonial screens Man in the Gray Flannel Suit and The Yearling with Three Musketeers times. Dixie Cruise In lists Street Corner at 8:30 and 11:10 p.m.
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Joe MacBeth
Dixie Cruise
Tent Precedent Keeps Gospel Services on Yankee Road
Rev. Louis Smith has led gospel services for 26 years in a tent at the Yankee Road Garfield Avenue intersection. City commissioners allowed continued services with conditions to work out arrangements with the property owner. Chairman Francis Carmody asked if it was “that tent again” and the answer was yes, preserving the longstanding precedent.
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Louis Smith
Yankee Road
Garfield Avenue
Mr. Smith
Workers Still Out At Bendix At Hamilton
Bendix Aviation Corp in Hamilton saw a wildcat strike with about 850 production and maintenance workers out. A few second shift workers returned last night but the majority remained off after union members rejected a new contract. the old agreement expired at midnight Tuesday.
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Hamilton
Bendix Aviation Corp
Doctor Named To Vacancy On Health Board
The Butler County Board of Health recommended Dr. Michael A. Matthews, a Trenton physician, as a fifth member to fill the vacancy from Dr. William Porter’s resignation. Matthews, not present at yesterday’s meeting, was invited to meet with the board next session after the county medical society had urged dissolving the current board for lacking a physician. Board members Arthur Graf Sr., Homer Andrews, Shafer Schenck and Paul Jefferies attended.
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Butler County Board of Health
Michael A. Matthews
Trenton
William Porter
Oxford
Matthews
Butler County Medical Society
County Board of Health
Arthur Graf Sr
Homer Andrews
Shafer Schenck
Paul Jefferies
Murley Named General Manager at Louisville Transit Co
Louisville Transit Co announces John T. Murley will be titled general manager to replace ambiguous assistant to the president role after a president vacancy since January 1955. Murley assumes duties immediately and will oversee daily operations and administration.
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Louisville, Ky
John T. Murley
Louisville Transit Co
Murley
No Annexation No Water City Commission Repeats
City commissioners reaffirmed their stance against annexation and water extension beyond Middletown city limits. They told developer James Profitt that planning rules and subdivision regulations apply within a three mile radius, and discussed potential annexation as a remedy for his 22 acre project north of Arcadia and Renee drives. The meeting also covered street ticket sales for St. Mary's Church, code adoption, police staffing, and various city approvals.
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Butler County
James Profitt
Franklin Rt. 1
Arcadia
Renee Drives
Profitt
City Commissioners
Francis Carmody
Middletown
Charles W. Thompson
St. Mary’s Church
Thompson
Thier
Walter H. Crane Co
Cleveland
MHS Girl Refuses National Merit Scholarship Award
Middletown High School senior Janet Martin was named a National Merit Scholarship winner among 500 high school seniors nationwide but declined the award worth 100 to 2000 dollars per year for four years to consider another offer. The scholarships are funded by Ford and Carnegie Foundations and 19 corporations from exams in October and January. Over 60,000 U S students competed in the upper five percent.
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Janet Martin
Middletown High School
Bruce Martin
Alameda CL
U. S
Make-Up Clinic Tomorrow for Local Preschoolers
Tomorrow is make-up day for children who missed prior preschool clinics in their neighborhoods. Garfield School hosts 9 to 11 a.m. for children entering kindergarten or first grade next fall with Dr Benjamin Sawyer, school nurses, and staff present to examine and register them. The clinic continues with a return visit to Amanda School next Thursday and Jefferson School is slated for Monday and Tuesday.
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Garfield School
Benjamin Sawyer
Amanda School
Jefferson School
Fish fry and church breakfast fundraiser announced
A fish fry will be held at 8 p.m. tomorrow at the home of Mrs. Christine Wright 1619 Garfield St. The event is open to the public. The Missionary Society of the Second Baptist Church will serve a breakfast at the church from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, per Mrs. Anna O Banks, president.
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Christine Wright
Garfield St
The
Missionary Society of the Second Baptist Church
Anna O. Banks
Major Crime Here Dips More Than National Average In FBI Report
FBI data for 1955 shows U S major crime totals down slightly from 1954, while Middletown's major crimes fall from 714 to 646. National rates still exceed 1947–54 averages as population grows faster than crime, with detailed figures on murders robberies burglaries larcenies and auto theft.
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FBI
Middletown
Joseph Blackmore
Franklin Wreck Damage at $250 in Minor Crash
A minor collision at the corner of E 2nd Street and S Main Street last night at 7 50 p m caused $250 damage to two cars. Drivers were William Bobo 31 London and Harold E Eversole 21 328 Deardoff RW Franklin. Bobo turned right onto 2nd Street and swung wide, striking Eversole’s left front. The Irrawady river in Burma is navigable for about 900 miles.
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Franklin
E. 2Nd Street
S. Main Street
William Bobo
London
Harold E. Eversole
Deardoff RW
Bobo
2Nd Street
Eversole Auto
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Morrow Crash
Paramount
Bendix
Bantron
Gillen - Crow
Shorts
LAD & Lassie Shop
Walter Pawelkaski
Lloyd Stricklin
Thomas Carlson
Smith Farm Park
Richard Yarger
Carmody
Shuttle
Aeronca
Stevens Avenue
Moran Paint Co
Dayton
MHS
Bill Knupp
Ray Houck
Lincoln Mercury CO
Bryan Philips
TYTUS
Philips
Colored News
United States
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Irrawady River
Burma
Palm Beach
Comen Av Ante Beach Company
Worthmores Clothes Shop
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