Trenton Shooting Victim Dies After Disturbance
In Trenton a man identified as Wilbur Highley, 33, was shot at close range and died en route to Middle town Hospital after a disturbance on Madison Avenue. Douglas V. Patton, 20, was questioned by deputies and police who arrested him at the scene with a shotgun. Witnesses described Highley’s altercation with cars and a torn fence, and Patton said he fired to wing the man. Highley, a former Mansfield Reformatory inmate and Miami Cement Products driver, is survived by his wife and several relatives. The body rests at Joseph R. Baker & Sons Funeral Home.
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Douglas V. Patton
3Rd St
Trenton
Wilbur Highley
Tytus Ave
Highley
Middletown Hospital
Garret J. Boone
Butler County
Frank South
Loren Gustin
Oscar Reed
Patton
Gustin
Madison Avenue
Donald E. Hil
Madison Ave
Boone
Wilbur
Hill
Bill Lindsay
Anthony Chaputa
Trash Drive Nears Finish in Local Cleanup Effort
Sixteen more truckloads bring the total to 156 in the current Junior Chamber Clean-Up Drive. Trucks collected in areas north of Central Avenue and west of Charles Street plus Lakeside and nearby neighborhoods. Final pickups set for Park Place to Eldorado with four trucks today and more sections tomorrow. Residents urged to place ashes leaves bottles cans rags scrap near the curb in suitable containers to stop scattering.
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Comec Eee
Central Avenue
Charles Street
Lakeside
Harlan Park
Auburn Dale
Columbia Avenue
Armco
Park Place
Alta Vista
Upper Arlington
Eldorado
Dick Short
Highlands
Euclid Heights
Valley View
Runnymeade
Short
Kiwanis Club Lunch Program At Manchester Hotel
A mulac program will be offered Thursday at the Kiwanis Club's weekly noon luncheon at the Manchester Hotel. John Taylor is in charge of the program.
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Kiwanis Club
Manchester
Ohn Taylor
Quiet on the Election Front in Middletown Primary
In Middletown and Butler County the lightest primary in history drew little campaigning. Officials expected no more than 7,500 votes by 6:30 p.m. from 16,346 city voters and 69,879 county voters. County Commissioner races and a few U.S. Senate supporters dominated quiet activity as tallying stretched into the night. The Journal planned minimal election night coverage with its switchboard open at 6 a.m. for results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Election Board
Harry Grevey
Butler County Board of Elections
Middletown
County Commission
U. S
George Bender
William Saxbe
Commission
Ben S. van Gorden
Elmer Schenck
M. David Urmston
George Class
Clarence Jasbring
van Gorden
Hamilton
Saxbe-Bender
Columbus
Journal
Three Auto Crashes Leave $500 In Damage In City
Police report three separate accidents yesterday causing $500 in damage. No injuries or arrests. A parked car owned by Russell S Jackson was hit at 6:30 p.m. on Broad Street, $150 damage to the parked vehicle. Vernon Oldfield, 37, failed to control a turn on Grand Avenue causing $150 damage to his car and a southbound car driven by Paul Russell, 22, sustained $150 damage. Sarah Goode, 48, struck James Ferguson at 6:15 p.m. totaling $50 in damage to both vehicles at 922 Sth Ave.
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Ussell S. Jackson
West Middletown
Vernon Oldfield
Grand Ave
Grand Avenue
Gideon Road
Paul Russell
Young St
Sarah Goode
6Th Ave
James L. Ferguson
Lowell St
Sth Ave
Man exposed himself to resident babysitter at door
A man claiming to have a package for a resident on Kenwood Drive exposed himself to a babysitter last night. The girl fled to call her mother as the man, with a handkerchief over his face, entered the room and committed an improper act before leaving after warning her not to scream.
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Kenwood Drive
Township Submits Counter-Proposals On School Transfer
The Lemon Township School Board and its superintendent met residents at Mayfield School to discuss Middletown’s 14 consolidation proposals and the township’s counter proposals delivered April 30. Four public meetings through Thursday will gauge support, with a signed petition likely decisive.
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Mayfield
Lemon Township School Board
Township
Middletown Board of Education
Middletown
Middletown Board
Joseph Heck
Lemon-Monroe
Maple Park
Amanda
Heck
Charles Reuthe
Wilbur Flory
Everett Switzer
Robert Matson
C. W. Young
Lemon Township Board Seeks Voter Decision On School District Transfer
The Lemon Township Board of Education calls special meetings in district schools to discuss transferring Lemon Township School District to Middletown City School District. Registered voters and interested parties can speak, with a final vote taken at each meeting on the transfer proposal.
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Lemon Township
At The Movies Paramount and Strand Listings
Paramount shows Casanova s Biz Night Tennessee Champ Mad Magician Drive a Crooked Road with all shows times. Strand presents Wild One Bait Battle Zone Island of Desire with schedules across Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Paramount
Casanova
Cab Passenger Strikes Driver Then Died In Wreck
A Franklin taxi driver, Jesse W. Lainhart, reported his passenger Robert Maloney, 37, became berserk and grappled for control on Ohio 73 near Middletown. The cab struck two utility poles and a tree, rolled, and Maloney was thrown from the vehicle and died en route to Middletown Hospital. The crash marked Butler County's eighth traffic fatality of 1954.
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Ohio 73
Middletown
Robert Maloney
Middletown Rt. 1
Maloney
Middletown Hospital
Butler County
Jesse W. Lainhart
N. Main St
Franklin
Radio Cab Co
PS. Kennedy
Lainhart
Franklin approves sewer and water lines for new annexes
Franklin council contracted for sewer and water lines in Barnes Ellison Sunnyfield and Highview subdivisions in the northeast. A $93,575 sewer line package from Walton and Voorhees Co. and a $17,850 water tower from Pittsburgh-Des Moines Co. were authorized. A $2,500 booster system was approved, with costs split between existing water funds and assessments on new annexees.
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Franklin
Barnes, Ellison
Sunnyfield
Highview
Safety Service
G. H. Gerke
Walton and Voorhees Co
Forest
Ohio
Pittsburgh-Des Moines Co
Intoxicated Driver Fined In Court Here
Clarence Griffin 26 of 1115 Shaker Rd Franklin was fined 200 dollars and costs and ordered to attend four traffic school sessions by Municipal Judge J T Lamb for driving while intoxicated. His license is suspended a year except for work. Archie Griffin 1500 Garfield St was fined 25 dollars and costs for intoxication and 50 dollars and costs for resisting arrest. He received 60 days in county jail but the term was suspended on good behavior. Andrew Winkfield 30 of 1304 Young St was fined 25 dollars and costs and given a 30 day county jail term for assault and battery, suspended on stay-away condition from the complainant. Willie E Thurmond 20 of 1702 Garfield St faces cutting with intent to wound. case continued to next Monday. A tavern fight on Grove St and Michigan Ave Sunday night involved a knife injury. Chester Byrd 33 of Trenton had a drunken driving charge dismissed.
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Clarence Griffin
Shaker Rd
Franklin
J. T. Lamb
Tytus Avenue
Enoch Drive
Griffin
Archie Griffin
Garfield St
Walnut St
Lamb
Andrew Winkfield
Young St
Willie E. Thurmond
Grove Street
Michigan Avenue
World War II veteran Maloney killed in Middletown crash
The car and a truck passed through the northbound lane near Maloney lay. Coroner Dr. Garrett Boone said exact cause could not be determined. Maloney suffered a fractured skull and multiple injuries. He had been visiting his sister Ada Meeks in Middletown for two months and listed Wilhurst, Kentucky, as home. Survived by parents, four sisters and two brothers. Services at Riggs funeral home incomplete.
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Mason Center
Grandview Ave
Franklin
Paul Wyrick
Reynolds Ave
Maloney
Garrett Boone
Ada Meeks
Middletown
Rt. 1
Wilhurst, Ky
W. C
Cincinnati
Amos
Wilhurst
Riggs
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Miami Cement Products Co
Seven Mile
Mary
Lafe Highley
Millard
Charles
George
Ethel Proctor
Bethel Lykins
Dorothy Waddel
Alma Roark
Susan Leonard
Betty Hill
Ae Margaret Keavis
Cropsey
Joseph R. Baker & Sons Funeral Home
Beatty
Iglehart St
Kiwanis
U. S. Senate
RCA
Broad ST
Lemon Board
Don Reichelderfer
Middletown City
Middletwn Board
McCoy-Leffler
ICO Lee Agency
Fidelity Orthopedic
V.A
Fifth & Main
Dayton
Chester Byrd
Design Neo
Rembrandt
Converse Monuments
Manchester Road
Armco Park
Tex Westinghouse Food
Melampy
Westinghouse Food File
Westinghouse
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