Islands Dress Up Downtown With Parking Islands
Waldner Construction Co builds three parking islands at Vail Avenue Canal Street and Central Avenue Canal Street to outline new angle parking and protect parked cars from collisions. The Central Canal island will feature greenery to brighten a busy corridor. Vail additions replace long used silver painted barrels.
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Waldner Construction Co
Vail Avenue
Canal Street
Vail
Clinton Street
Central Avenue
Central
Canal
Madison Prom Night Shines At Miami Heritage Room
Madison High School staged Moonlight and Roses at Miami University's Heritage Room Oxford. Seniors enjoyed a dinner and dance with The Kingsmen. Tom Combs and Barbara Hedger crowned King and Queen. Afterward, students returned to the Studio Theater for The Trouble With Angels, bowling at Sports Bowl, dancing to The Rogues, and Frisch's dining, with parents as chaperones.
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Madison High School
Miami University
Oxford
Madison
The
Kingsmen
Tom
Combs
Barbara Hedger
Studio
Frisch’s
DP&L Declares 31-Cent Dividend
Dayton Power and Light Co. board declares a quarterly 31 cent per share dividend, payable June 1 to stockholders of record May 16.
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Dayton, Ohio
Dayton Power and Light Co
Not Alarming Hepatitis Cases Reported in Laynecrest
Franklin reports six infectious hepatitis cases in Laynecrest across two families. Health officials urge calm as three cases involve one family. incubation is two to six weeks. Harvey says no water supply link and samples are taken. warnings focus on jaundice and dark urine as danger signs.
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Franklin
Laynecrest
Warren County
A. D. Harvey
Harvey
Ing
Hervey
Possession Of Obscene Literature Charged In Arrest
Local man Robert L. Pardue, 38, of 2900 N. Verity Parkway, was arrested at 11:50 a.m. and charged with possessing obscene material for exhibition. Bond set at $1,000 after a warrant described possession of lewd items. A related incident involved Harry Hartman, arrested at Frisch’s for intoxication, who implicated Pardue in a theft rumor linked to missing money and watches. Police later found magazines at Pardue’s apartment.
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Robert L. Pardue
N. Verity Parkway
Pardue
Harry Hartman
Germantown
Frisch's
Germantown Road
Hartman
Man Saved From Blaze At Ross Hanover Road Home
James W Pergram a 37 year old man was pulled from a burning house at 2906 Ross Hanover Road by two firemen after being overcome by smoke. He suffered first and second degree burns and was taken to Fort Hamilton Hospital. Fire Chief Thuriel Nogle said a bedroom fire destroyed the house contents. Pergram said he planned to leave at 4 30 a m with a relative and a friend who were asleep in a car nearby waiting for him.
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Hamilton
James W. Pergram
Fort Hamilton Hospital
Ross-Hanover Road
Millville
Thuriel Nogle
Pergram
James Bester
Kentucky
Fire damages Armco pipe plant exceed $100000
A major blaze at Armco Steel Corp. tar coating area south of Jeanette Avenue caused over 100000 in damage. Firefighters from Middletown LeSourdsville South Middletown and Mayfield battled flames until early morning with six weeks needed to repair. no injuries reported.
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Aiment
Pro- Armco Steel Corp
Rts. 4
Armco
McGraw Construction Co
Jeanette Avenue
Verity Parkway
Middletown
LeSourdsville
South Middletown
Mayfield
Althaneah Widdlatane Wie
Middletown Police to Host Open House Week Events
National Police Week runs May 15 to 21 with a Memorial Day on May 15. The department plans an open house on May 18 with tours of the City Building police section and displays of police work. Visitors can test their wits against criminals and view a training film with wax bullets. The Mechanical Policeman may be shown.
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National Police
Middletown
Police Department
Broken Fuel Line Sparks $400 Auto Fire
A broken fuel line caused a $400 car fire yesterday afternoon. The vehicle owned by Thornton Offord of 329 N Main St burned at the rear of his residence at 5 35 p m. Firemen also tackled a separate stove fire at 1822 Grand Ave caused by food on a stove with no damage.
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Middletown
Thornton Offord
Main St
Anna DeBard
Grand Ave
Verse Says The Race Is Not Always Won By Speed
Wry line notes that outcomes favor more than raw speed and strength and hints at luck or strategy shaping results beyond mere effort. The quip echoes old newspaper witticisms about fortune favoring the unexpected in competition.
Bankers Honor Weatherwax at 75th OBA Convention
Russell S Weatherwax president of the Barnitz Bank will be honored at the Ohio Bankers Association 75th anniversary convention at the Cincinnati Netherland Hilton Hotel Wednesday and Thursday. He receives a past president pin. he led the association in 1951-52. About 750 bankers and wives will attend with speakers including Richard P Raish John W Bricker D James Pritchard and Ira Hayes.
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Russell S. Weatherwax
Barnitz Bank
Ohio Bankers Association
Cincinnati Netherland-Hilton
Weatherwax
Richard P. Raish
OBA
Bellevue
John W. Bricker
Ohio
U. S
Four Hurt In Fight At Lake Hamilton
Four 18 year old Hamilton youths were treated for head and neck injuries at Mercy Hospital after a fight at Le Sourdsville Lake. Dave Strong said the fracas began when an unidentified person tried to snatch his hat. Injured were John Creech, Joe Gruber, James Kolida, and Strong, who drove the victims to hospital.
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Hamilton
Mercy Hospital
LeSourdsville Lake
Dave Strong
Gordon Ave
James Easter
John Creech
Nolth
Joe Gruber
Geneva
Ohio
Creech
James Kolida
Campbell Ave
Car Hits Girl and Driver Flees in Middletown
Middletown police search for a motorist who struck 7 year old Linda Marcum in front of her home and fled. Linda, of 206 Car Queen Ave, was listed in serious condition at Middletown Hospital with multiple injuries. The hit occurred at 3 30 p m after the child ran between two cars into the vehicle path.
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Middletown
Linda Marcum
Robert Stevens
Ts St
Queen Ave
Toleman Marcum
Middletown Hospital
Dayton Labor Trouble Hits Armco Project
Layoffs of several hundred workers at Armco Steel Project 600 in Dayton are described as temporary. Kais er Engineers director Al Gordon cites subcontractor contract disputes with Dayton crafts as the cause, with several unions yet to sign. Pickets may be urged on new construction as negotiations continue and a settlement appears possible.
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Dayton
Armco Steel Corp
al Gordon
Kaiser Engineers
Gordon
Armeco
Kaiser
Mother poses as teen for marriage license case
A Middletown woman, Ercell Hill, 35, admitted posing as the 16 year old’s mother to obtain a Butler County marriage license last year. Judge Fred B. Cramer placed her on one year probation after a guilty plea to false affidavit, the original false personation charge having been reduced. The license was issued April 4 1965 and the girl married four days later amid questions from the girl’s mother.
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Hamilton
Middletown
Butler County
Fred B. Cramer
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Ercell Hill
Hetzler Road
Harry Walsh
AMG Industries to Build Plant in Mount Vernon
AMG Industries will construct a new plant in Mount Vernon Ohio to employ about 50 workers initially. The facility scheduled for completion by July 1 will manufacture ring seals gasket seals and other parts for aircraft automotive and related industries.
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Mount Vernon, Ohio
AMG Industries
Owner Responsible If Cattle Wanders
Deputies remind farmers they are responsible for damage caused by loose cattle. They spent the morning rounding up stock. Steers owned by Ora Eads of Todhunter Road were found wandering along Oxford State Road. Other cattle at 9332 Cincinnati Columbus Road were herded into a field until owners could be found.
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Hamilton
Ora Eads
Todhunter Road
Oxford State Road
Cincinnati-Columbus Road
Rt. 42
Freezer Ransacked At Maud Home Of Wingate
Thieves cleaned out a freezer at Florence Wingate’s Maud residence on Cincinnati Dayton Road last night taking steaks roasts chicken pork fish vegetables pies cakes and two cases of canned dog food valued at 200.
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Hamilton
Florence Wingate
Cincinnati
Dayton Road
Maud
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