Porterfield to Speak in Middletown on Hospital Needs
Dr. Porterfield, head of Ohio Mental Hygiene and Correction, will speak tomorrow at a Middletown Legion dinner launching a $5,000 fund drive by the Butler County Mental Hygiene Assn. The event accompanies a second printing of a booklet outlining state hospital conditions, including overcrowding and fire hazards, tied to a $43,000 Lower Miami Valley Guidance Center budget with a $30,000 state match if met.
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John D. Porterfield
State Department of Mental Hygiene and Correction
Middletown
Ohio
Porterfield
Columbus
Chicago
Rush Medical College
University of Chicago
Johns Hopkins
U.S. Public Health Service
Ohio Department of Health
Department of Mental Hygiene and Correction
The
Legion E
Fenwick Prom Nears with Moonlight and Roses Theme
Fenwick High School juniors prepare for the annual Junior Prom at the Manchester Hotel featuring Deke Moffitt. Decorations head Louise Cassidy leads 600 pink roses. tickets handled by Dorenbusch, Schneider, Upton, Kraft, and Fink. publicity by Ann Marie Heggi. posters by Birsinger, Poplin, and Farkas. Gifts to be presented to a king, queen, and prince by Mr and Mrs Daly and others, with Miss Johnnie Broughton crowned Air Force Queen of 1955 attending.
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Fenwick High School
Deke Moffitt
Manchester
Louise Cassidy
John Dorenbusch
Gregory Schneider
Robert Upton
Sandra Kraft
Judy Fink
Ann Marie Heggi
Donna Birsinger
Jack Poplin
Richard Farkas
David Frey
Cere
Frank A. Daly
Monies
John Murray
Prince
Princ
Bernard Otten
Francess
Les Hornikel
George Lemme
Molly Sul
Cincinnati
Frank Razzano
Evan
Johnnie Broughton
Ton
Air Force
Fenwick’s
Bob Sears
Donna Buehle
Ann Marie Heggs
Phoebe Sullivan
Jim Lawler
Sally Mulligan
Gun-Wielder Charged With Murder Pleads Innocent
Rollie Eve, 37, pleaded innocent in Greenville to a second degree murder charge in the Saturday night shooting of Melvin E. Smelser, 28, a Middletown trucker. Bond set at 35000. grand jury session planned for May 25. Eve's wife Arlene, 35, recovering at Wayne Hospital. Smelser shot six times at 520 Gray Ave. funeral set for 10 am tomorrow at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home. Smelser died after arriving at Wayne hospital. Ruby Smelser denied divorce claims or four dependents.
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Rollie Eve
Greenville
Chage
Melvin E. Smelser
Middletown
Eve
Subler Transfer Co
Versailles
Darke County
Grand Jury
Wayne Hospital
Arlene
Smelser
Gray Ave
Wilson Motor Transit Co
Jacoby Ave
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
Woodside
Cemtery
Ruby
Debt dispute at party ends in killing arrest of Julian Hammer
Julian Hammer 26 son of New York millionaire Dr Armand Hammer faces arraignment on murder charges in Van Nuys California. Police say he shot Bruce Whitlock 28 during a reunion party argument over a $200 gambling debt dating back ten years when they were roommates in Huntington West Virginia. Hammer claims self defense saying Whitlock threatened him with a beer bottle and he reached for his revolver.
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van Nuys
Calif
New York
Julian Hammer
Armand Hammer
Bruce Whitlock
Hammer
Whitlock
Huntington
W. Va
Child Dies After Car Upset Near Russellville
A 2 year old, Karren Bell of Lexington Kentucky, died yesterday after a car driven by her father Gordon Bell skidded off U S 62 near Russellville Ohio and overturned. The state highway patrol said failure to negotiate a curve caused the crash.
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Georgetown
Ohio
Karren Bell
Lexington
State Highway Patrol
Gordon
U. S. 62
Russellville
Ohio Congressmen Vote 174 For Postal Pay Raise
Washington Ohio congressmen yesterday voted 174 in favor of a House Bill to raise postal workers pay by about 8.8 percent in a compromise measure. The roll listed supporters Ashley Feighan Hays Kirwan Polk and Vanik among Democrats. Republicans Ayers Baumhart Betts Frances Bolton Bow Brown Henderson Hess Jenkins Minshall and Schenck supported. Clevenger McGregor Schrer and Vorys opposed. McCulloch and Oliver Bolton absent or not voting.
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Washington
Ohio
Ashley
Feighan
Hays
Kirwan
Polk
Vanik
Ayers
Baumhart
Betts
Frances Bolton
Bow Brown
Henderson
Hess
Jenkins
Minshall
Schenck
Clevenger McGregor
Schrer
Vorys
McCulloch
Oliver Bolton
Women's Dorm To Be Built At OSU
OSU trustees approved contracts for an 11 story women's dormitory on the Columbus campus to be completed by November 15, 1956. It will be built east of the present dorms, house 350 residents, and cost 1,266,930 dollars. They also heard reports of 142,733 dollars in research awards at the university.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State University
OSU
Fires destroy three buildings near Germantown in half mile
Three fires within a half mile of Germantown last night burned out a summer home on Mudlick Road, a large tobacco shed on Astoria Road, and the Boy Scout cabin interior owned by the Germantown Rotary Club. Fire Chief Roy Rowe said investigation continues with no damage estimate yet.
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Germantown
Astoria Road
Mudlick
Harold Kercher
S. Main Street
Kerchers
Boy Scout Cabin
Kern Cottage
Mudlick Road
Germantown Man Draws Fine and Jail Time for Hit-Skip
FRANKLIN Special James Peck of Germantown was fined 100 dollars plus costs and sentenced to 30 days in jail with driving rights revoked for three years after fleeing the scene of an accident. He hit a parked car owned by Donald Lamb of Franklin Saturday night.
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Franklin
James Peck
Germantown
Peck
Donald Lamb
Satuday
J. T. Riley
Coleman Young
Young
Lawrence Hoke
Dayton
Albert Walters
Middletown
Rattlesnakes Shed Skins Gain New Rattle Each Time
A rattlesnake grows a new rattle when it sheds its skin, which can occur several times yearly. However the snake often sheds off older rattles, leaving fewer rattles on the tail.
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Ohio Hospitals
B. L. Dawson CO
Clark St
Fenwick Sniffing Roses
Echo Spring
Kentucky
Echo Spring Disthlaing CO
Louisville, KY
Lowe Brothers
Central Ave
Converse Monuments
Armco Park
Manchester Road
Mary Emley
Journal
J. L. Purdy
M.D
Extermitas
Termite Service
Richard Minge
Tyrus
Dial
Dohn
Canal St
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