Car Strikes 74YearOld Man Injuring Hip on Clark Street
A 74 year old Middletown man, John Hagan of 907 Elwood Street, was hit on Fleming Road near Clark Street at about 7 p.m. and suffered a fractured right hip. The driver, Carol Clemons of 417 Yankee Road, said sun glare prevented seeing the pedestrian. Hagan was taken to Middletown Hospital by Baker’s ambulance. The driver was not held.
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Middletown
Clark Street
Fleming Road
John Hagan
Elwood St
Middletown Hospital
Carol Clemons
Yankee Rd
Hagan
Baker's
Tytus Ave
Body Still Missing After Grand Lake Drowning
Robert Olinger 63 of Lower Carlisle Road drowned Thursday on a fishing trip at Grand Lake near Celina. Deputies said rough water may have shifted his body from a capsized boat area as rescuers faced heavy rain and rough seas. Two other Armco Steel workers were rescued. Olinger’s body to be returned to Anglesby Funeral Home in Franklin.
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Grand Lake
Celina
Robert Olinger
Carlisle Road
Mercer County
Sheriff's Office
Olinger
Bruce Barber
Armco Steel
Lawrence T. Wardlow
Middletown
Jack Hixson
Hamilton
Armeco
East Works
Brakes Fail Cause Collision In City Traffic
Police report a 16 year old, Robbie Brewer of Hetzler Road, ran a red light at Central Avenue and Sutphin Street, hitting the rear of Margaret Gordon’s car on 11 20 a.m. yesterday with $280 damage. Other crashes yesterday involved Charles Williams and Ruth Ann Nixon at 5 50 p.m. with $50 damage. Segasta Wilson at 5 45 p.m. with little or no damage. Bert Mapel and Flex Bartley at 9 45 a.m. with $150 damage. Wallace Mullins and Vivian Monroe at 1 20 p.m. with $40 damage. Williams cited for no operator's license.
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Steve Brewer
Germantown Rd
Nelbar Street
Tytus Avenue
Daniel Denisi
Jackson St
Brewer Auto
Robbie Brewer
Hetzler Road
Central Avenue
Sutphin Street
Margaret Gordon
McKinley St
Charles Williams
North Ave
Ruth Ann Nixon
Grand Ave
Verity Parkway
Williams
Segasta Wilson
Baltimore St
Bert Mapel
Pershing Ave
Flex Bartley
West Middletown Rt. 1
Wallace Mullins
Malvern St
Vivian Monroe
Roosevelt Ave
N. Broad Street
Long Missing Florida Pair Ruled Dead
Circuit Judge C E Chillingworth and his wife Marjorie were declared legally dead after disappearing from their ocean front West Palm Beach home on June 15 1955. The couple left estates to three daughters Marie Cooper George W Wright and Neva Chillingworth. They were last seen June 14 1955 and their home showed signs of forced entry and bloodstains.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
C. E. Chillingworts
Marjorie
Ocean Front
Florida
Chillingworth
Marie Cooper
George W. Wright
Neva Chillingworth
WestPalm Beach
Chillingworths
Palm Beach
James M. Owens
Frank Ebersole
Police Briefs Highlight Arrests for Intoxication and Resisting
Police arrested Clara Briscoe 40 at Clinton Street and Central Avenue for intoxication and resisting arrest after a struggle with Ptl. Delmas Birch. An unidentified woman fought officers as well. At Smith Pond concession stand $61 was reported stolen. Other arrests include Forrest McKinney 24 on an assault warrant David Brown 28 on disorderly conduct and Charles Feltner 30 on two counts. A boy set nylon webbing on a porch chair on Curtis Int causing about $10 damage.
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Clara Briscoe
Andrew Sr
Clinton Street
Central Avenue
Briscoe
Ptl
Delmas Birch
Forrest McKinney
Hanover
David Brown
Columbia Ave
Charles Feltner
Sherman Ave
Curtis Int
Farm Factory Closes A Week In Tax Protest Strike
Columbus manufacturer Leo Sokol of the Irrigation Pump Co announces a one week shutdown of his farm equipment factory to protest IRS tax collection. He notes penalties totaling 78.01 dollars plus 1.95 in interest for late wage tax withholdings, and says the move will cost the government about 15 dollars in withholding taxes per dollar penalized. The firm employs 70 and last year grossed about two million.
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Columbus
Neb
Leo Sokol
Sokol
Irrigation Pump Co
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Woman’s hip broken in fall at Franklin
Mrs. Daisy Gregg 78 of 728 Forrest Ave Franklin suffered a hip fracture after a sidewalk fall yesterday. She was taken to the hospital at 5 30 p m by Franklin ambulance crew for treatment.
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Franklin
Daisy Gregg
Forrest Ave
Middletown Hospital
World’s highest capital located in Bolivia’s La Paz
La Paz in Bolivia sits in a sheltered valley at an altitude of 11 900 feet making it the world’s highest capital. The city’s elevation shapes its climate and urban layout.
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la Paz
Bolivia
Butler County Court Notices Involving Oliver and Anglin Families
Glennis Oliver of 1213 Garfield St. sues Louis Carl Oliver of Middletown for cruelty. Ida Anglin of 1815 Clarendon Ave. sues Albert Anglin of 1309 Fairmont Ave. for neglect.
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Glennis Oliver
Garfield St
Louis Carl Oliver
Middletown
Ida Anglin
Clarendon Ave
Albert Anglin
Fairmont Ave
Multiple Custody Petitions Filed in Hamilton Court
Several Georgic petitions list individuals from Hamilton and nearby towns including Lena Bernard and Gertrude Nolan with minors Phyllis Ayers and Geri Carrier among respondents. Cases involve neglect and cruelties with adults and marriages named across addresses in N Y and Ohio.
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Lena Bernard
N. Main St
William Fairport
N. Y
Donna Lee King
Park St
Harold B. King
Jackson Lane
Gertrude Nolan
Minor
Hamilton
William Nolan
Phyllis Jean Ayers
Walter Frederick Ayers
Louise Adena Payne
Malvern St
George E. Payne
Middletown
Martha Davis
Walter C
At The Movies Sunday Lineup
Paramount shows Spirit of St Louis at 1 25 3 55 6 25 and 9 p.m Strand offers Shadow on the Window at 1 30 4 45 and 8 p m Battle Hymn at 2 55 6 10 and 9 30 p.m
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Paramount
Spirit of St. Louis
German Students Rally in Humboldt University Strike
East Berlin reports 122 third year veterinary students at Humboldt University refuse loyalty oaths, risking expulsion as protest against Communist leadership. Dean Gunter Schuetzler cited as target. students flee to West Berlin while underground sources echo broader anti regime action.
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Seymour
Berlin
East Germany
Veterinary College of
East Berlin
Humboldt University
Gunter Schuetzler
Schuetzler
West Berlin
Socialist Underground
Funeral services for Mrs Gertrude Graff to be held
Obituary note states Mrs Gertrude M Graff age 66 of 2211 Central Ave died Thursday. Funeral services set for 2 pm Monday at Wilson Memorial Home with burial in Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call today 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p m at the memorial home.
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Gertrude M. Graff
Central Ave
Wilson Memorial Home
Woodside Cemetery
Memorial Home
Widow of Middletown Newsman Dies in Vermont
Mrs Bertha Crawford Gordon a Middletown native and widow of Sloan Gordon died yesterday in Vermont. She returned to Middletown with her son Robert Gordon after his death and moved to Vermont about 15 years ago. Daughter of Tate James Crawford who once ran a Central Avenue shoe store. Body to return to Wilson Memorial Home for services this week. Burial in the Crawford plot Middletown Cemetery.
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Bertha Crawford Gordon
Middletown
Vermont
Gordon
Sloan Gordon
New York
Robert Gordon
Tate James Crawford
Central Avenue
Wilson Memorial Home
Crawford
Two Women Report Billfolds Taken
Theft of billfolds from two Middletown women reported to police yesterday. Mrs. Walter Hackney said a thief took her red billfold containing about 50 to 60 dollars from her pocketbook at G C Murphy Co. Mrs. Elaine Gordley said her billfold with 33 dollars and papers vanished after shopping at John Ross Store before Kroger's.
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Middletown
Walter Hackney
16Th Ave
G. C. Murphy Co
Elaine Gordley
Tytus Ave
John Ross
Kroger
Mrs Stephens Wins Central Store Mother’s Day Contest
Mrs Ethel Stephens of 409 West Silver Street Lebanon yesterday won the grand prize in a week long Mother's Day contest at the Central Store. She will receive a complete wardrobe.
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Ethel Stephens
Silver St
Lebanon
Central Store
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Claude Riley
Stadia St
Robert Parshall
Young St
Lillian Williams
Crawford Street
William
Waite St
Grace Johnson
Hunt
Body of Man
Sol Schneider
Bulova
Jewels Wabreskabilets Maling
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Dewey Roberts
Coun
Emma Hickman
Cincinnati
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Mrs. Hickman
Butler County Courts
Humboldt Univers
Sity
Free University
Hind
Gertrude Graff
Bertha C. Gordon
Westinghouse Automatic
Westinghouse
Melampy
Dodds Monuments
Verity Pkwy
Sith Ave
U. S
U.S
Gideon Rd
Second Ave
Broad and
Verity
U.S. Middletown
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