Middletown Retail Sales Jump in Early 1960
Middletown area retail sales of taxed nonauto goods rose about 10 percent in the first four months of 1960 versus 1959, with auto sales nearly unchanged. Taxed merchandise sold totaled 8.908 million versus 8.108 million last year, a 800 thousand rise. Auto, truck and used car activity remained steady or improved, while April showed the largest gain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Middletown Area
Chamber
Tme
Middletonian Arrested After Grand Ave Crash
A Middletonian was arrested after a Grand Avenue crash that damaged a truck and mailbox at 4714 Grand. Police reported the truck veered off the road, slid about 200 feet, and struck a garage and post, leaving the scene with damage estimated around 900 dollars.
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Middletonian
Grand Ave
Gallenstein Construction Co
Grand Avenue
Cincinna
Poice
Boone Waker
Grand Dallimore Street
Fairmount Ave
Middletown Avenue
J. T. Ray
Woodlawn
Whitaker
Lucille Gregory
Gregory
Franklin
Injury Case Under Probe Involving Woman Patient
A 24-year-old woman in Middletown Hospital with fractures to her right forearm and left leg was admitted after being found on Franklin-Treston Road claiming rape. State patrol brought her in at 2:50 am yesterday. Deputies say she was caught in a car door while attempting to leave, while another report notes an assault with intent to rape. The case is with Cutler County sheriff's office and under further investigation.
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Middletown
State Patrol
Franklin-Treston Road
Cutler County Sheriff's Office
Requiem High Mass for Mrs Rose E Ertle
Mrs Rose Elizabeth Ertle of 128 N Broad St dies at 91 after a three year illness. A high mass will be sung at St John from 10 a.m. Tuesday. Burial in Calvary Cemetery. Allar Rosary Sodality will meet at 8:15 p.m. tomorrow at Schramm Funeral Home for Rosary. Viewing at the funeral home tomorrow from 3-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m.
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Rose Elizabeth Ertle
Broad St
St John's Church
Calvary Cemetery
Ertle
Allar Rosary Sodality of
St. John’s
Schramm Funeral
Lemon Monroe Band Wins Superior Rating in District Contest
The Lemon Monroe seventh and eighth grade band earned a superior rating at the District 12 Ohio Music Educators Assn. contest held at Princeton High School yesterday. The 68 member group achieved its seventh straight year of superior ratings in competition with 13 other bands. The ensemble performed a tone poem a march and an overture with no other area bands matching its score.
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Lemon Monroe School
Ohio Music Educators Assn
Princeton High School
Powers Flight over Soviet Territory Aimed to Gather Espionage
Khrushchev detailed Powers’s alleged mission flying from Pakistan into Soviet airspace to Norway with a supposed mission to collect data on Soviet missiles and radar. He claimed the aircraft carried a demolition device and poison needle while Powers supposedly avoided capture, carrying rubles and foreign money, seven gold bracelets, a silenced pistol, and a film of Soviet targets.
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Khrushchev
Powers
Peshawar
Pakistan
U.S.S.R
Norway
Bodo
Murmansk
Archange
Mars
Hamiltonian Is Wounded After Cafe Break-In
In Cincinnati an early Saturday shooting left Carl Carpenter of Hamilton wounded in the right leg and side by a shotgun blast fired by James Cummins who lives next door to the cafe Cummins says he heard breaking in and fired as Carpenter fled. A Hamilton man was later arrested at his home.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton
Carl Carpenter
James Cummins
Cummins
Carpenter
Seven-Year-Old Boy Hurt In Waynesville Auto Crash
A seven year old boy was seriously injured when he ran into a southbound car on U.S. 42 in Waynesville. Raymond Toland, son of Mr and Mrs Forrest Toland, was listed in poor condition with a head injury after the accident near Old Mill Stream Park at about 6 30 p m. Cincinnati driver Mike C Polite said the child darted into the road while chasing a ball as he was returning to Cincinnati from a Cleveland funeral. The ambulance took Toland to Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton.
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Waynesville
U.S. 42
Miami Valley Hospital
Dayton
Stubbs Funeral Home
Raymond Toland
Forrest Toland
Mike C. Polite
Cincinnati
James Crane
Polite
Cleveland
Old Mill Stream Park
Raymond Names Treasurer Myron Kem to Raymond Bag Corp
Myron S. Kem is appointed treasurer of Raymond Bag Corp by president J. R. Clements, succeeding W. G. Shaw. Kem comes from Dayton Rubber Co where he was comptroller and assistant secretary and holds degrees from Ohio State University and Ashland College. He is a CPA and member of several institutes and active in YMCA Kiwanis.
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Myron S. Kem
Raymond Bag Corp
J. R. Clements
Kem
Raymond Bay
Dayton Rubber Co
Dayton
W. G. Shaw
Ashland College
Ohio State University
University of Chicago
Controllers Institute of America
Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Y.M.C.A
Kiwanis Club
Khrushchev and U2 Flight Questions Rise in State Debates
The piece notes Khrushchev implicated CIA head Allen Dulles in consultations with the U S government over the downing of a reconnaissance aircraft. State Department officials faced reporters with questions about Powers and the missing craft, while later statements suggested an espionage cover. Officials defended earlier weather mission explanations as good faith based on available information.
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Allen W. Dulles
State Department
Washingter
Khrushchev
U.S
Adana
Turkey
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
INASA
NASA
1556 China earthquake toll remains the deadliest on record
A historical disaster in 1556 China caused an estimated 830000 deaths making it the worst recorded death toll. The event's magnitude is noted in historical chronicles and remains a reference point for mega quakes in East Asia.
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China
Iecord
Mrs Phillips Improves After Fatal Route 25 Crash
Mrs Jessie Phillips of Sheldon Avenue shows some improvement after a serious auto crash that killed her husband Louis Phillips, owner of Filson's Store, on Route 25 near Miamisburg. Visitation is 9 to 10:30 a.m. today at J. R. Baker & Sons Funeral Home, with services at Beth Sholom Temple and burial in Columbus.
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Jessie Phillips
Sheldon Avenue
Miami Valley Hospital
Dayton
Louis Phillips
Filson's
J. R. Baker & Sons
Beth Sholom Temple
Grand Avenue
Columbus
Police Briefs Thefts Reported and Juvenile Case Summary
Thefts reported include two hubcaps from David Polfenbarger's car at 2211 Central Ave a gray metal mailbox a red tool box with carpenter tools from Win ford Phillips's car 1926 Winton St a bicycle from Joan McIntosh 2204 Baltimore St and Edward Mal ty 2003 Mami Ave. At Taft School officials report a 13 year old boy is taking money from other sixth graders juvenile authorities notified. James H. Skaggs 43 of 333 Oxford State Rd arrested at S Sutphin Street and Wayne Avenue on a charge of driving while intoxicated.
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David Polfenbarger
Central Ave
Winford Phillips
Winton St
Joan McIntosh
Baltimore St
Edward Malty
Mami Ave
Taft School
James H. Skaggs
Oxford State Rd
S. Sutphin Street
Wayne Avenue
Dayton man dies in two car crash near Arab Alabama
Herbert F. Sieber, 66, of Dayton Ohio, was killed Saturday in a head on two car collision two miles south of Arab Alabama. State patrolman C T Barnett said Sieber's car was struck when the other vehicle skidded after the brakes were applied.
Boy cited after breaking window and vandalizing garage
Ben Mason of 509 17th Ave reported that a 13 year old boy broke a garage window and smeared paint while trying to steal soda from a bicycle stored inside. Police learned the youth had attempted to access the garage and were advised to contact juvenile authorities.
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Ben Mason
17Th Ave
Mason
Two Twirlers Place Second in Dixie Baton Contest
Two baton twirlers of Shirley K. Sandusky placed second and third at the Dixie Baton contest held Saturday at New Lebanon High School. Vicki Fowler, 11, daughter of Irma Jean Fowler, placed second in the regular division and Jan Reffitt, 25, daughter of Cecil and Mrs. Raffitt, placed third in the beginners division which includes children up to seven years old.
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Shirley K. Sandusky
New Lebanon High School
Vicki Fowler
Irma Jean Fowler
Sherman Ave
Jan Reffitt
Cecil Raffitt
W. Lewis St
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Hamiltonian
Raymond
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Free World
Aimr
Converse
Monument Co
Manchester
Central Avenue
Strang
West Central
First National Bank
Second Avenue
Gideon Road
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