Commission Okays Contract For Armco Fire Protection
City commissioners vote to authorize a contract with Armco Steel Corp for fire protection beyond city limits on S Verity Parkway. Armco would pay $500 per answered fire call, with debate over coordination with the South Middletown volunteer fire department and workers compensation implications for city responders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armco Steel Corp
S. Verity Parkway
City Division of Fire
Armco
South Middletown Fire Department
South Middletown
Wilbur Stoufe
Excello
Charles W. Thompson
Tilmon Ellison
Sroufe
Francis Carmody
Ellison
Warren Steel Co
South Middletown Group
Bees Still Buzzing Over Lafayette Avenue Hives
Beekeeper Bocio Elieff of 1701 Lafayette Ave reports growing hive counts while city officials defer action. He states bees belong to the insects, not the neighbors, as complaints of stings and damage persist. No commissioners move to relocate hives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ED Edmiston
Lafayette Avenue
Bocie Elieff
Lafayette Ave
Martin B
Miller
Elieff’s
Bocho’s
City Commission
Elieff
Vegas Singer Seeks Divorce After Nevada Engagement
Los Angeles reports Jana Mason, 24, a singer formerly in New York night clubs, flew from her Las Vegas engagement to obtain an interlocutory decree of divorce from husband A. David Victorson, 37, a Las Vegas club host, and returned after the decree was granted yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Jana Mason
Las Vegas
Nev
David Victorson
Miss Mason
Victorson
New York
Atomic Power Still Off In Near Future Says AEC
The Atomic Energy Commission said economically feasible power production from atomic reactors is still five to fifteen years away. The statement was made to the House Appropriations Committee by Louis H. Roddis, chief of the power reactor division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Atomic Energy Commission
House Appropriations Committee
Louis H. Roddis
Miami ROTC Officers Draw New Assignments
In Oxford, Capt. Richard B. Levin announced changes in the Miami University Naval ROTC unit. Maj. Robert Zeugner heads to duty with the Naval Retraining Command in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and Lt. Herman J. Estelman goes to Newport Rhode Island for temporary duty at the gunnery school before assignment to the U.S.S. Corry in Norfolk. Zeugner, an associate professor of naval science, has been at Miami since 1953, while Estelman, an assistant professor, has served on multiple ships and submarines and is a Naval Academy graduate.
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Oxford
Miami University
Richard B. Levin
Robert Zeugner
U.S. Marine Corps
Naval
Portsmouth
N. H
Navy
Herman J. Estelman
Newport
R. I
Levin
Zeugner
United States Naval Academy
Estelman
U.S.S. Corry
Norfolk
Maj
Coral Gables, Fla
Esteman
Detroit
Elks Plan Spring Dance At Elks Temple May Nineteenth
Elks committee chairmen and officers reviewed plans for coming activities with Paul Foehl at a special meeting last night. The semi formal spring dance will be held May 19 at the Elks Temple and a regular membership meeting is set for 8 p m today with attendees including Dan Alxford Charles Combs William Fisher Elmer Gruenloh Harold Hogg Leo Homan Cliff Kinsworthy Al Leak Brack Little Delbert Mann Leo Pohlable John Roche James Shaffer Ted Sickle Morris Small Vic Wells and Richard Wenzel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elks Committee
Paul Foehl
Lodge Ruler
Elks Temple
Dan Alxford
Charles Combs
William Fisher
Elmer Gruenloh
Harold Hogg
Leo Homan
Cliff Kinsworthy
al Leak
Brack Little
Delbert Mann
Leo Pohlable
John Roche
James Shaffer
Ted Sickle
Morris Small
Vic Wells
Richard Wenzel
At The Movies Showings This Thursday and Friday
The Paramount presents I'll Cry Tomorrow at 1 50 4 20 6 45 9 15 pm Thursday and Friday. Strand offers Champion at 1 30 4 50 8 10 pm with Home of the Brave at 3 15 6 35 9 55 pm Friday features Target Zero at 1 15 4 40 8 25 pm and Hell on Frisco Bay at 2 45 6 30 9 55 pm. Colonial shows Wetbacks at 1 15 4 04 7 00 10 00 pm and Bride of the Monster at 2 50 5 50 8 50 pm. Friday also offers The Wild Dakotas at 2 50 6 00 8 50 pm and Revolt of Mamie Stover at 1 15 4 00 7 05 10 15 pm. Dixie Cruise In presents Just For You at 8 05 pm and Egyptian at 10 20 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frisco Bay
Mamie Stover
Dixie Cruise
Fish Gigging Costs Two Men 400 Each
West Middletown men Elbert Smith and Melvin Bush were fined 200 plus costs each after arrest for gigging seven smallmouth bass and four rock bass in Seven Mile Creek near Collinsville. Judge Bolser ordered confiscation of gigs licenses and illegal fish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Middletown
Lewis Bolser
St. Clair Township
Elbert Smith
West Middletown Rt
Melvin Bush
Earl W. Wallace
Seven Mile Creek
Collinsville
Ohio
Willys Motor Agency Opens New Middletown Site
Jim Curry president announces Willys agency Jim Curry Motors will open tomorrow at 2006 Verity Park Way in a new showroom facing Verity Parkway. The firm, previously at 1711 Tytus Ave, occupies a building Curry owns.
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Middletown
Willys Sales
Willys Agency
Verity Parkway
Jim Curry
Curry
Jim Curry Motors
Tytus Ave
Man Hurts Foot In Jump Off Roof
Miles Debusk a 47 year old man from Miamisburg jumped from his barn roof while repairing it and broke his left heel. He told Middletown Hospital staff the jump was impromptu and he was treated in the emergency ward at 8 10 last night then returned for a follow up this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles Debusk
Miamisburg Rt. 3
Debusk
Middletown
Stolen 1950 Coupe Recovered Wrecked After Crash
A 1950 club coupe reported stolen from Chapple Buick used car lot at Columbia Avenue and Main Street was found wrecked on Astoria Road by Montgomery County sheriff's deputies. Witnesses saw two young boys flee after the Monday night crash. no arrests reported. The car was valued at 400 to 500 dollars and had a dealer license plate from Mid Town Motors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery County Sheriff's Deputies
Astoria
Chapple Buick
Columbia Avenue
Main Street
Mid-Town Motors
Chapple Concern
Two Middletown Men Bound For Grand Jury In Break In
James A. Short and Dale Hughes, both of Middletown, were bound to the Butler County Grand Jury under $1,500 bond each on breaking and entering charges after warrants by Tastee-Freeze Drive-In owner J. B. Mann. A 15-year-old Middletown boy faces a similar juvenile complaint. The trio allegedly broke into Ruoff's Grocery and Tastee-Freeze early Monday, stealing chips bananas cigarettes candy and $11. Short and the boy surrendered. Hughes was brought back from Lancaster Kentucky. Deputy sheriffs Loren Gustin and James Greenfield helped guard and arrest them. All three are jailed.
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Middletown
Butler County
Squire Lammie Bailey
James A. Short
Logan Ave
Dale Hughes
J. B. Mann
Manchester Rd
Loren Gustin
Ruoff
Greenwood
Jaycee Trash Drive Booms Across City
Jaycee sponsored Clean-up Paint up Pick-up drives collect 36 loads of scrap and trash yesterday as Earl Eads coordinates the effort. He notes Fleming Road as the heaviest traffic area and says the project should wrap up by tomorrow.
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Jaycees
Armco
Earl Eads
Jaycee
Fleming Road
Eads
Marshalls Named For Memorial Day Parade
Mrs Eva Schwall, oldest War Mothers member, and Charles Brown, oldest Spanish American War veteran, named honorary grand marshal and grand marshal of the 1956 Memorial Day parade. Announcement made at Memorial Day committee meeting. If rain, services move to Woodside Cemetery chapel. Committee to meet again next Wednesday at the Legion home.
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Eva Schwall
War Mothers
Charles Brown
Woodside Cemetery
Legion Home
Ten Scouters At Roundtable Meet At Church
Forty scouters attended last night's session of the Pokey Griffith District Roundtable. Commissioner Paul Doughman presided. Herb Daniels discussed the summer cub program while Jimm Fay and Chester Fulta led scout section on trail first aid kits and camp fire starters. Al Stoner outlined the explorers social program at Franklin Methodist Church.
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Pokey Griffith District
Paul Doughman
Herb Daniels
Jimm Fay
Chester Fulta
al Stoner
Franklin Methodist Church
Grass Thief Takes Wallet From Germantown Caller
Barbara Williams 18 of Germantown Rt 1 said she helped a friend move a lawnmower on S Broad Street when a thief stole her brown purse containing $10, her driver’s license and papers from the curb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Williams
Germantown Rt. 1
S. Broad St
Irish Roots Cited for Half of Continental Army
During the Revolutionary War, British Parliament heard claims that about half of the American continental army originated from Ireland, highlighting the strong Irish contribution to the war effort.
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U.S
Ireland
Ohio Selective Service June draft quota set at 12
Butler County must furnish 12 young men for Ohio's June induction call issued in Columbus. The statewide quota totals 657, down 107 from May and up 44 from June 1955. Young inductees must be 21 by June 1 unless volunteering or delinquent. Other area counties quotas: Hamilton 58, Montgomery 16, Preble 9, Warren 3.
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Butler County
Ohio
Columbus
Hamilton
Montgomery
Preble
Warren
Mediterranean Tides Rare, Nearly Absent
A brief note discusses the unusual calm of tides in the Mediterranean Sea, highlighting their near absence compared to other bodies of water. The anomaly raises questions about local ocean dynamics and historical records.
Unknown Person Strikes Man In Alley Injury
Guy Clark, 57, of 1320 Reynolds Ave., suffered a head wound after an unknown person struck him in an alley on Central Avenue at 2:30 a.m. He received four stitches at Middletown Hospital and was later dismissed with a return for x rays planned. Capt. John Fitzgerald reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Clark
Reynolds Ave
Middletown Hospital
Clark
John Fitzgerald
Central Avenue
Local Doctors Attend One Day Disaster Meeting
Three local physicians including Jack Harris Anthony Kokenakis and Walter Reese attend a one day meeting at Maumee Valley Hospital Toledo on medical disaster management. Army medical personnel from atomic and nuclear energy committees and Walter Reed Army Institute of Research will speak on mass casualty care and psychological effects. The doctors are members of the Committee on Trauma of the American College of Surgeons.
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Maumee Valley Hospital
Toledo
Jack Harris
Anthony Kokenakis
Walter Reese
Army Medical
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
American College of Surgeons
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H. W. Miller Co
Barney Messa
9Th Avenue District
Floyd G. Browne
W. L. Follmer
Michigan Avenue
Champion Heating Co
E. Central Ave
George H. Shartzer Co
Dayton
Shartzer
Miami Valley Wrecking Co
Shartzer’s
Canal Street
Central
Vail Avenues
Wides Pipe & Supply Co
Broad Street
Manchester Avenue
Broad
14Th Avenue
14Th
Department of Parks
Roger W. Pergram
Panama Ave
Willie Fields
Yankee Rd
Joseph B. Blackmore
Shafer Street
Manchester Ave
Paul Wilson
Wayne Carpenter
Middletown Chamber of Commerce
Central Ave
Frank Ludewig
Bocio
Vegas
Tivhirceal
Aaa
Cee
Pure Lest
B. L. Dawson and CO
Miami
Mothers Day
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Elks
Paramount
New Home
William Ray Dunaway
Hugh Dunaway
Carlisle
Carlisle School
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Sheffield St
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Stephen Curtis
Martin Curtis
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Grand Jury
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Rogers
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