Lemon Township Moves To Circulate School Merger Petitions
Lemon Township plans to circulate two petitions for transferring the Lemon Local School District into Middletown. The move depends on the Butler County Board of Education approving the transfer with 55 percent signatures from last election voters. Two committees with 24 members will cover pro and con sides, meeting Monday to organize petitions.
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Lemon Township
Board of Education
Lemon Local
Middletown
Middletown Board
Butler County Board of
EJ Nti Nu
Joseph E. Heck
R. H. Snyder
Heck
Lemon Local Board of Education
Butler County Board of Education
Middletown City
Butler County Boards of Education
Monroe School
C. W. Young
Young
Jackson Bosch
Bosch
Steelworkers reject raiding pact with AFL
Pittsburgh report says the CIO United Steelworkers will not sign a proposed no raiding agreement with the AFL. The stance was disclosed by the Post-Gazette.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
AFL
Pittsburgh Post- Gazette
Rating Sheet Studied For School Post
A screening committee to aid in selecting a new Middletown superintendent met at Armco Research laboratories to adopt rating and interview sheets for about 60 applicants. Joseph Woodruff said screening will begin next week after the committee reviews roughly 100 applications remaining from the post left by the death of Earle R. Seidner. About 80 percent of the 65 applicants from the previous year were screened out.
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Middletown
Armco Research Laboratories
Joseph Woodruff
Board of Education
Assisting Citizens’ Committee
Woodruff
Earle R. Seidner
Mr. Seidner
Burglars Hit Tower Oil Station Blowing Open Machines
Thieves stole an undetermined amount of money from two vending machines outside the Tower Oil Station at Columbia Avenue and N Verity Parkway. A nickel peanut machine was also taken. Police reported the burglary discovered at 4 a m with details still under review.
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Tower Oil Station
Columbia Avenue
N. Verity Parkway
Landon Webb
Theodore Thompson
Burglar Walks Out While Sheriff Details Suspect Orders
In Nebraska City Sheriff Ken Wiles arrested Charles L. Straw, 22, Peru Nebraska, on burglary charges. Straw left the office to speak with a reporter about 16 alleged burglaries in Nebraska Kansas and Missouri as he wandered the town seeking a chaplain. He pleaded guilty to three burglary counts.
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Nebraska City
Neb
Ken Wiles
Charles L. Straw
Peru
Straw
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Rhee Says Korean Help Could Have Saved Dien Bien Phu
Seoul President Syngman Rhee claimed Dien Bien Phu might not have fallen if outside aid offered three months earlier had been accepted. He noted his offer to send one or two Republic of Korea divisions to support Indochina fighting, which the French did not accept.
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Seoul
Syngman Rhee
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Rhee
Boerner Fined on Assault Charge in Municipal Court
Boerner, 45, of 922 Garden St, was fined 25 dollars and costs and given a 30 day sentence in county jail on an assault and battery charge before Municipal Judge J T Lamb. The jail term was suspended if he stays out of trouble and avoids the complainant Fannie Boerner.
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Boerner
Garden St
J. T. Lamb
Fannie Boerner
Damage 1000 In Six City Auto Mishaps
Six city auto accidents yesterday caused $1,000 in damage and led to two motorists cited into court. No injuries were reported. Hazel Bowlin 46 Germantown Rt. 1 arrested for failure to yield after a two car crash at Tytus Avenue and Elwood Street.
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Hazel Bowlin
Germantown
New Committee Forms to Fight Subdivision Ordinance
A 12 member volunteer committee formed at the Middletown Hotel by unions retailers and realtors to urge the City Commission to appoint a citizens study panel on the subdivision regulating ordinance. Led by George H. Elliott the group plans to meet the City Commission next Wednesday.
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Middletown
George H. Elliott
Manchester Hotel
Middletown Real Estate Board
Gus Miles
Middletown Trades & Labor Council
Ben M. Kitchen
Real Estate Board
James A. Lewis
Paper Workers Union
CIO
Clinton D. Boyd Jr
David Smith
Moore Rd
Harry W. Lewis
Lewis Drug., Inc
F.S. Fitzgerald
Hatfield Coal Co
Arnold Skinner
Ova Sallie
Interstate Folding Box Co
AFL
Erle A. Hanson
Euclid St
Henry Teasley
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Barnett
Day
Elliott
Woman Injured as Auto Overturns on Tylersville Road
Hamilton special report says Mrs. Ethel Margerum 37 of 101 N Reading Rd Sharonville was injured when her car skidded on Tylersville Road and overturned in a ditch. She was taken to Mercy Hospital with a fractured left arm and head cuts after being thrown from the vehicle.
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Hamilton
Ethel Margerum
Reading Rd
Sharonville
Tylersville Road
Here
Margerum
Mercy Hospital
Mark Duerr
Public Outing At Lebanon Church Grounds
A St. Francis de Sales Church gathering in Lebanon will be held at the Lebanon fair grounds tomorrow starting at 2 PM. Free entertainment features Big Jim Stacey Zeke and Red Turner with carnations for all mothers.
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Lebanon
St. Francis de Sales Church of
Lebanon Fair Grounds
Big Jim Stacey
Zeke
Red Turner
Obituary Mary Jane Campbell Dies in Middletown
Mrs Mary Jane Campbell died at 12 25 p m Thursday at her residence 1407 Grove St She was a native of Anniston Alabama and had lived in Middletown for 40 years She was a member of Second Baptist Church Surviving are a niece La la Harris of Cleveland and a nephew Booker Campbell of Dayton The body lies in state at Second Baptist Church after 4 p m Monday with funeral services at 1 p m Tuesday Rev Rollen Hans officiating Burial is in Woodside Cemetery Arrangements by C W Dickens Funeral Home Dayton
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Mary Jane Campbell
Grove St
Anniston
Ala
Rollen Hans
Woodside Cemetery
C.W. Dickens Funeral Home
Dayton
Mrs Gladys Chilton of Germantown Dies at 43
Mrs Gladys Chilton 43 of Eby Road Germantown Rt 1 died at 10 45 am Friday at Middletown Hospital after two months illness She was a former employee of the Morase Box Company in Dayton and a lifelong Germantown resident Surviving husband Albert son Kenneth and daughter Mrs George Lowman Funeral 2 pm Monday John Arpp Funeral Home Rev Paul Berkenstock burial Germantown Cemetery Friends may call after noon Sunday
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Gladys Chiiton
Eby Road
Germantown
Rt. 1
Middletown Hospite
Chilton
Moraise Box Company
Dayton
German Township
Albert
Kenneth
George Lowman
John Arpp
Paul Berkenstock
Germantown Cemetery
Hamilton Deaths and Obituaries in St Peter and St Stephen
Phillip F. Carlson 46 of 422 Liberty Ave died in a train vehicle crash. Services 9 a.m. Monday at St Peter Church. Januarius Kannat 82 of Mercy Hospital died with services 9 a.m. Monday at St Stephen Church.
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Hamilton
Phillip F. Carlson
Liberty Ave
St. Peter Church
Januarius Kannat
Mercy Hospital
St. Stephen Church
Police Briefs Arrests for DUI and Car Access Theft
Police yesterday arrested Her shel Roe, 23, and Clayton Blanton, 25, on driving while intoxicated charges. Robert Himes reported a stolen fender skirt from his car parked at 1810 Tytus Ave.
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Hershel Roe
Woodlawn Ave
Clayton Blanton
6Th Ave
Robert Himes
West Middletown
William Dunn bit by dig on Garfield Street
William Dunn of 1112 Garfield Street reported to police that a dig bit him on the right leg.
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William Dunn
Garfield St
Theft Reported: Hubcaps Taken From Vehicle
Jerry Petrey of 702 15th Ave. reported two hubcaps missing from his car valued at 10 dollars.
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Jerry Petrey
15Th Ave
Bicycle stolen from Cleveland Street residence police report
Barry Lycock of 705 Cleveland Street reports his bicycle was stolen from that address. Police are investigating the theft and seeking information on the missing ride.
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Barry Lycock
Cleveland St
Tola
Car collision on N Main injures driver. hit-and-run
James Blevins Jr., 31, of 324 Yankee Rd, reported $5 damage to his car after a collision on N Main Street between Central and Manchester Aves at 12 42 pm. The other vehicle fled the scene, police were advised.
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James Blevins Jr
Yankee Rd
N. Main Street
Central
Manchester Avenues
Missing Boy Found Playing Near Home in Middletown
A four year old Middletown boy, Gary Houser, wandered from home on 513 Tytus Avenue. A neighbor found him playing near the Tytus Avenue Rond Street intersection about an hour later. Police and parents had searched the area before the boy was located safe.
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Middletown
Tytus Ave
Wilma Houser
Gary Houser
Rond Street
Tytus Avenue
LeSourdsville Lake Preview Opens With Dance Tonight
LeSourdsville Lake hosts a second preview at 6 pm with Karl Taylor and his orchestra for dancing in the Stardust Gardens. Park facilities stay open all day tomorrow with free season passes for gate admissions, though no dancing Sunday. Officials note many special days and attractions are being booked for the season.
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LeSourdsville Lake
Karl Taylor
Stardust
China Sinkiang Province Size Compared to Texas
The article notes Sinkiang province covering 706000 square miles, about three times the area of Texas, highlighting its vast expanse and geographic scale.
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China
Sinkiang Province
Texas
Two Die In Crash Near Hamilton
Two people died when a car driven by Harlan Wagers 40 crashed into a cement post at Route 4 and Headgates Road near Hamilton. An unidentified woman also died. Wagers suffered chest and neck injuries. The accident raised Butler County's 1954 traffic toll to 11 with four deaths in six days.
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Hamilton
Route 4
Headgates
Harlan Wagers
Lane St
Mercy Habnital
Garrett J. Boone
Wagers
Elmer Grabel
Butler County
Boone
Trustee Resigns Successor Named in Lebanon
Frank L. Harvey resigns as Tur tlecreek Township trustee after 20 years in poor health and moves to Spuinger Rest Home. Herschel Hollingshead named by Squire Clarence F. Banker to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term through 1958 and to assume duties immediately. Other trustees are Robert Roll and twice Stewart.
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Lebanon
Frank L. Harvey
Turtlecreek
Harvey
Supinger
Herschel Hollingshead
Standard Oil Co
Squire Clarence F. Banker
Hollingshead
Robert Roll
Twhce Stewart
Middleton Clean-Up Drive Closes After 211 Trash Loads
Middleton residents cleared 21 truckloads from homes yards and garages during a two week Clean-Up Drive which ended today. The Junior Chamber of Commerce organized city wide pickup with seven trucks on the last day and two trucks in the final period. Armco Steel Corp donated two trucks and city provided two more as the drive peaked. A final report will be issued early next week.
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Armco Steel Corp
Short
Two Held In Attack In Hamilton Case
Two men were booked after a nighttime attack on a Hamilton girl. George Kirby, 20, of 1361 John Sr., charged with rape. Arthur Bright, 20, of 915 Maple Ave., charged with assault with intent to commit rape.
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Hamilton
George Kirby
John Sr
Arthur Bright
Maple Ave
Movie Showings At The Paramount And Strand
Saturday at Paramount feature listings include The Mad Maiden Drive 4 Crooked Road Riders to the Stars and Three Loves with showings at 1 15 4 15 7 15 10 15 pm 2 45 5 45 8 45 pm and 1 15 4 45 8 15 pm Dragon's Gold Go May Go at Strand with 2 00 5 30 9 05 pm and 3 20 6 50 10 15 pm plus Sunday Kansas Pacific Calamity Jane with specific 1 15 4 20 7 25 10 20 pm and 2 30 5 35 6 40 pm show times
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Kansas
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