Mehl unchanged on ouster fight amid job rumors
Hamilton reports claimed Paul Mehl was being considered for a State Highway Department post, which he denied. Mehl, ousted April 1 as Butler County Home superintendent, insisted he seeks only his old job. A reinstatement hearing before the state civil service commission is set for Tuesday, with witnesses subpoenaed and the hearing still on unless charges are withdrawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
State Highway Department
Paul J. Mehl
Butler County
Mehl
Ice Commission
Butler County Commission
County Commission
Lemon Township
Division 8
Frank Schwab
Cruiser Involved in Collision While Responding to Bank Alarm
A police cruiser answering a burglar alarm at First National Bank on Park Place collided at 1st Avenue and Garfield Street at 2:05 p.m. The driver, Patrolman Herbert Fawley, and a southbound car driven by Pat O Flynn were involved. No injuries reported. damage $85. The alarm proved false after officers arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank
Park Place
Herbert Fawley
1St Ave
1St Avenue
Garfield Street
Pat O'Flynn
Iglehart St
O'Flynn
Optimists Learn Fire Department Operations Insight
Optimist club members heard Capt Ernie Gehm describe firefighter training in three years and the city’s demand for rapid response. He cited the 1871 Pishtego Wisconsin fire as the worst in US history with 1 152 deaths and 100 percent destruction of the town’s buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Ernie Gehm
Gehm
Pishtego
Wis
Chicago
Opti-Derby
Jim Eliopoulous
Derby
Joseph Blackmore
Earl Pressier
At The Movies Paramount And Strand Showings
Paramount shows Run for Cover Jungle Maneater Tonight s Night Sign of The Pagan with evening screenings Sunday. Strand screens Killer Ape Hell and High Water Three Hours to Kill Demetrius and Gladiators with varied Saturday and Sunday times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Demetrius and Glaidators
Inquest Sought Into Heir Warner Death Pasadena
Police report Thomas W. Warner Jr. 40, heir to Borg Warner fortune, died from an accidental fall at his mother's Pasadena estate but his fourth wife seeks an inquest to probe possible foul play. He was found with a broken neck at the foot of a 12 foot embankment after allegedly slipping from a hedge lined driveway. Witness Marietta Mordue 36 of South Pasadena said Warner had been drinking and stumbled once into the hedge but appeared to recover. His fourth wife Anita Lipton Warner had just returned from the Bahamas. estate value cited may exceed two million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Calif
Thomas W. Warner Jr
Warner
Borg Warner Co
Marietta Mordue
South Pasadena
Anita Lipton Warner
Bahamas
S. S. Hahn
Retired B. & O. Traffic Head Dies
Walter B. Calloway former head of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad passenger traffic department died aged 81. A Harrison Ohio native, his 50 year railroad career began in Cincinnati. He led B O passenger traffic 26 years retiring in 1943. Funeral services set for Monday with burial Tuesday in Harrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore, Md
Walter B. Calloway
Harrison
Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Calloway
Big Four
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Reds To Give Report On Radiation Sickness
United Nations reports two cases of acute radiation sickness in humans from Soviet atomic tests. The Soviet Union submitted a paper to be presented at the World Geneva conference, August 8 to 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reds
United Nations
N.Y
U.N
Soviet Union
World Geneva
Four Franklin accidents injure two. $1,300 in damages
Police report four accidents in Franklin yesterday left Juanita Cole 18 and her mother Mrs Ralph Cole 45 with injuries. The incidents include a collision on 6th Street in front of Franklin High School causing $400, $300, $150 and $50 damages to four parked cars and a further crash involving a police cruiser adding $205 in damage. A separate hit on South Main near 3rd Street damaged three vehicles totaling $205. A third wreck on North Main saw Ronald Baker struck back into a space, with $75 and $150 damage reported on the involved cars. Continuous injuries prompted hospital treatment and admission for the daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juanita Cole
Robinson-Bale Road
Ralph Cole
Middletown Hospital
Miss Cole
6Th Street
Franklin High School
Cole
Owen Phillips
E. 4Th St
Richard Rossman
Jackson St
Evert Preast
S Main St
Raymond Earl Cook
Elk Creek Home Road
Lelia Brewer
Coleman Road
Miamisburg
Cook
Brewer
S. Main Street
3Rd Street
Ronald Baker
Pine St
Middletown
David Stewart
Franklin Rt. 1
N. Main Street
Baker
Stewart Auto
Ex Attorney Crow Disbarred for Second Time
URBANA Ohio Former Urbana attorney Harvey Crow is disbarred for the second time after a three judge panel found him guilty on four charges. He had been previously disbarred in 1935 and reinstated in 1949 to avoid general practice. Crow appeals a venue denial claiming Champaign County lacks jurisdiction as he now resides in Cuyahoga County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urbana
Ohio
Harvey Crow
Crow
Stark County Common Pleas
Court of Appeals
Champaign County
Cuyahoga County
Thieves Take Watch and Cash From Pool Room
Sheriff deputies report a break in at the Pastime Pool Room on Yankee Road where a $60 watch and about $60 in nickels were stolen while proprietor George Simpson Jr. slept in a back room. Simpson said he woke yesterday morning to find the theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankee Rd
George Simpson Jr
Frank South
Loren Gustin
Simpson
Hoffer Sentenced To Life In Murder
Glen D. Hoffer, 24, was sentenced to life in the Ohio Penitentiary after his plea for a new trial on a first degree murder charge was overruled. He was convicted of shooting to death his mother in law, Mrs. Sheilsh Hamon, 38, and also pled guilty to shooting with intent to kill his father in law, Starling Hamon, receiving one to two years on that count.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Ohio
Glen D. Hoffer
Ohio Penitentiary
Tria
Hoffer
Common Pleas
City's Fire Ordinance Held Unconstitutional
Springfield Ohio judge Beery of Sidney Clark County Common Pleas ruled the city fire prevention ordinance unlawful delegation of legislative authority and issued a temporary injunction. City officials had ordered Marko Lumber and Supply Co. to halt Springfield yard operations citing fire hazard concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ohio
Huber A. Beery
Sidney
Clark County Common Pleas Court
Berry
Marko Lumber and Supply Co
Junk Yard Ad Sparks Zoning Case in Maryland
Anne Arundel County officials seek an immediate Court of Appeals ruling on whether Henry J. Lacque Jr. violated zoning laws after a Baltimore suburban paper ran a defiant junk yard advertisement. Lacque’s zoning conviction appeal has lingered with the court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Arundel County Board of Commissioners
Court of Appeals
Henry J. Lacque Jr
Lacque
Shake Out Of License For Omaha Driver
Clarence Brewster, 74, Omaha, faced a speeding charge before Traffic Judge James O'Brien. Brewster agreed to a reexamination for his driver's license, citing safety concerns after injuring his right arm in a fall six months earlier. Judge O'Brien ordered the test and noted Brewster’s use of his left hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Clarence Brewster
James O’brien
Brew
O’brien
Brewster
Two Miners Die In Locomotive Accident
Two Preston County miners Oscar Griffith and Lazious Kyle died when a 10 ton locomotive they operated fell 30 feet through a trestle. Griffith, 44, of Kingwood, and Kyle, 41, of Tunnelton, were both employed at the local mine office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingwood
W.va
Preston County
Oscar Griffith
Lazious Kyle
Tunnelton
Trial Dates For 9 Set At Hamilton
Hamilton court announces trial dates for defendants entering not guilty pleas in Common Pleas Judge P. P. Boli's court. Kelso Henry Nickell, 51, faces second degree manslaughter in the Feb. 22 traffic death of George Caywood. Other cases include Sidney Scaraton with 15 checks overdrawn, and multiple defendants scheduled May 16 to June 7 for crimes from cutting with intent to kill to grand larceny and armed robbery. Brown's case is pending until his Lima State Hospital return from examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Common Pleas
P. P. Boli
Jackson Bosch
Kelso Henry Nickell
Burton Rd
George E. Caywood
Girard Ave
Central Avenue
Verity Parkway
Sidney Scaraton
Middletown
Marbett Builders
Plymouth St
Cecil Butler
James Pittman
Donald Lorton
Wallace Treadway
Floyd Southworth
Charles Spencer
Willard Prince
Robert Wesley Brown
Union Township
Lima State Hospital
Infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Corrozza dies at Middletown Hospital
Obituary notes the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Corrozza of 1918 Delaware St died shortly after birth Thursday at Middletown Hospital. Services were held at 10 a.m. at Woodside Cemetery with Rev. Clifford Hutchinson officiating. Survived by parents a brother Gary and grandparents Earl Frasier Rose Johnson Middletown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Corrozza
Delaware St
Middletown Hospital
Woodside Cemetery
Clifford Hutchinson
Gary
Earl Frasier
Rose Johnson
Middletown
Bowman Graveside Services Set for Local Executive
Graveside services will be held at 8 a.m. Monday for Alfred C. Bowman 67 a native of Morrow who died Thursday at his Long Island City New York home. Services for the Borden Co executive will be at Morrow Cemetery. Surviving are his wife Adele a daughter Mrs Abel Smith Jr of New York City and a brother Victor of Morrow.
Mrs Laura W Young obituary from Lebanon notice
Laura Wade Young 68 died 8 p.m. yesterday at East Orchard Nursing Home Lebanon after long illness. Survived by three daughters Flake Strough Oregonia Rt. 1, Henry Walker of Lebanon and Jack Fisher of North Madison Ind., and a son Robert of Middletown. Services 2 p.m. Monday at Johnson Funeral Home with burial Bethany Cemetery. Ralph Knodel 58 319 Bank Ave. services 2 p.m. Monday Colligan Funeral Home. Mrs Pearl G Meyer 76 539 Park Ave wife of Otto Meyer deputy Butler County treasurer services private Klaus Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Laura Wade Young
East Orchard
Flake Strough
Oregonia Rt. 1
Henry Walker
Jack Fisher
North Madison
Ind
Robert
Middletown
Johnson Funeral Home
Bethany Cemetery
Ralph Knodel
Bank Ave
Colligan Funeral Home
Pearl G. Meyer
Park Ave
Otto Meyer
Butler County
Klaus Funeral Home
Piqua Man Killed In Route 36 Collision
Earl Kuhnele of Piqua died last night when his car collided with another on U S 36 two miles east of Piqua.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piqua
Ohio
Earl Kuhnele
U. S. 36
Rev Bobbitt elected Ohio church leader
Rev. Edwin Bobbitt pastor of the First Christian Church since May 1951 was elected president of the 1956 Ohio Disciples of Christ Convention. He attends the Cleveland convention and serves on the board of managers of the Ohio Disciples of Christ and has led the Middletown Ministerial Association. He is a member of the YMCA Board and the Middletown Council of Churches executive committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Ministerial Assn
YMCA
Middletown
Exams in July for AF and Annapolis candidates
Rep. Paul F. Schenck announced that exams for the new Air Force Academy and the Naval Academy will be held in July to guide candidate selection. He does not expect vacancies for the July 1956 term, and competition for the Air Force Academy is described as especially keen. Each Ohio member of Congress may nominate 10 candidates, with 12 to be chosen from the state. Applicants must be 17 to 22, with strong scholastic records and leadership, and must meet strict physical and mental standards. Write to Schenck at 1711 New House Office Building, Washington 25, D. C., before June 20 for more information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force Academy
U. S. Naval Academy
Paul F. Schenck
Congressman Schenck
Military Academy
Schenck
Congress
Ohio
New House
Washington
D. C
Weather shifts across Britain with sun, snow and frost
London workers enjoyed warm sunshine while Scotland endured seven inches of snow trapping cats in drifts. Down south frost damaged the new potato crop as the weatherman warned the weather would stay changeable.
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London
Britain
Scotland
Highlands
Channel Islands
Bomb threat sweep at Radio City Music Hall
A force of 50 firemen, policemen and detectives searched Radio City Music Hall after a telephone threat warned of a bomb. No device was found. A week earlier a small homemade bomb was found under a seat following a similar call, and police warned the explosive could have killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Radio City Music Hall
Three Drivers Cited After City Accidents
Three motorists were arrested after city auto mishaps yesterday with no injuries reported. Charles Warner 56 of 603 S Main St was cited for failure to yield after a two car crash at S Main St and 6th Ave. Emmitt Hogston 21 of West Middletown sustained minor vehicle damage. Franklin Miller 21 of 1527 Lawn St skidded on wet pavement and hit a stopped car driven by Robert Sandlin 20 at Central Ave and Sutphin St. Additional minor damage incidents were reported near Manchester Ave and Grimes St and at Michigan Ave and Grove St.
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Charles Warner
S. Main St
S. Main Street
6Th Avenue
Warner
Emmitt Hogston
West Middletown
Warner Auto
Hogston
Franklin Miller
Lawn St
Robert Sandlin
Hill Ave
Central Avenue
Sutphin Street
James Pate
8Th Ave
Charles Childs
Dayton
Michigan Avenue
Grove Street
Childs
Pate
Lewis Monce
August St
Thelma Deaton
Jewell St
Manchester Avenue
Grimes Street
Arthur Rose
Rose Fork
Rascal Williams
Plum Ave
Pearl Combs
Grand Ave
Woman Charged After Car Crash at Yankee Road Verity
Cora L. Weaver, 22, of 929 8th Ave, charged with no operator’s license after her car collided with Leslie Johnson’s stopped vehicle at Yankee Road and Verity Parkway at 7 p.m. Damage totaled $310 with $300 to Johnson’s car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora L. Weaver
8Th Ave
Leslie Johnson
Taylor Ave
Yankee Road
Verity Parkway
Man cited for red light crash at Central and Crawford
Police cited Vernon W. Oldfield age 38 of 4604 Grand Ave for a red light violation after his car ran a light at Central Avenue and Crawford Street and struck a turning auto driven by Robert Esselman, 21, of 117 Manhattan St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon W. Oldfield
Grand Ave
Central Avenue
Crawford Street
Robert Esselman
Manhattan St
Police Briefs Two DUIs and capias arrest reported
Two motorists were arrested last night on charges of driving while under the influence of alcohol. William Bowyer, 58, Hamilton, was picked up on Ohio 4 south of Middletown, and Granville Combs, 55, Howe Road, was arrested at S Main Street and 1st Avenue. Helen Cox, 47, 1215 Yankee Rd, was arrested today at home on a capias to answer an indictment on two counts of perjury in Clark County Common Pleas Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bowyer
Hamilton
Ohio
Middletown
Granville Combs
Howe Road
S. Main Street
1St Avenue
Helen Cox
Yankee Rd
Capias
Clark County Common Pleas Court
AWOL Suspect Detained Then Released to Fort Knox
David T. Spencer aged 19 of Highland Street was picked up yesterday at Central Avenue and Curtis Street on an AWOL charge. He was later released to military authorities from Fort Knox Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David T. Spencer
Highland St
Central Avenue
Curtis Street
Fort Knox
Theft at Murray Photo Shop and Streifthau's on Central Ave
A theft report cites a Polaroid camera valued at 101.25 dollars taken from Murray Photo Shop at 1346 Central Ave and a coffee maker stolen from Streifthau's at 1728 Central Ave. No arrests named. Police are investigating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray Photo Shop
Central Ave
Streifthau’s
Fire Wrecks Home Near Germantown on Eby Road
An unoccupied four room wooden dwelling on Eby Road two miles south of Germantown was leveled by fire early today. Owner Ben Tomlin, who lives nearby, said the house was insured but could not estimate the damages. A Kentucky family had planned to move in this weekend. Tomlin was trying to reach them. The blaze occurred about 3 30 a.m and, while in the same general area as three earlier fires this week, it was not in the same locality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germantown
Eby Road
Ben Tomlin
Tomlin
Roy Rowe
Rowe
Kentucky
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Paramount
West Middletown School
Highview and
Central
Dick Harmon
Patty Shumard
Manchester Hotel
Princess Janet Blashock
Prince Dan Fedders
Journal
Weith
Franklin
Froof
U.S
Wlice Mladaiat
Eo Igo
Annapolis, Md
Baltimore
Judge O'Brien
Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church
Peasttown
W. Dodds
Eldon A. Hutchison
Corrozza
Alfred C. Bowman
Laura W. Young
Rev
Bobbitt
Edwin Bobbitt
AF Academy
Annapolis
Beth
Radio City
South Middletown
Wilbur Sroufe
Harold Teaster
Universal Sewing Service
Ty’s
N. Sutphin ST
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