Youth Is Killed In Parkway Crash
An 18 year old Middletown youth Shannon Morrison died at Middletown Hospital after a car crash on S Verity Parkway. Sam Shepherd, 18, was listed in fairly good condition with multiple injuries. seven other teens were treated for shock and released. Police blamed driver George Freezer for losing control after passing another car, sending the car into a light standard and utility pole before crashing. Morrison, a Middletown native, is survived by his parents two sisters a half sister a brother and several relatives. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at the Grand Avenue Church of God with burial at Woodside Cemetery.
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Middletown
S. Verity Parkway
Shannon Morrison
Wayne Ave
Sam Shepherd
Tytus Ave
Robert Heller
Wilbraham Rd
Garry Wells
Feezer
Hanover Avenue
Parkway Mobil
Morrison
Reese Morrison
Virginia Deaton
Joyce Patrick
Nancy Weber
Indianapolis
Pinjamin
Columbus
Kenneth
Lawrence Morrison
Ida Morrison
Beckley
W. Va
Grand Avenue Church of God
Nimitz Undergoes Routine Checkup at Chelsea Naval Hospital
Chelsea Mass AP Fleet Admiral Chester W Nimitz 75 entered Chelsea Naval Hospital Friday for a routine checkup He commanded the Pacific fleet in World War II and is retired at his Wellfleet Cape Cod summer home
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Chelsea, Mass
Chester W. Nimitz
Chelsea Naval Hospital
Nimitz
Pacific Naval Forces
Wellfleet
Cape Cod
Police recover $35 from coin changer theft
Police early today nabbed a nine year old boy and recovered about $35 stolen from a coin changer at the U S Coin Operated Laundry at 1358 Vail Ave. An additional $30 was missing and the machine totaled at $235. Burglars also broke into Falls Cleaners at 301 N Clinton St last night and took $356.45 in cash from a filing cabinet through a window.
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U.S
Vail Ave
Falls Cleaners
Clinton St
Akron man admits car theft arrest here
DAVID MILLER of Akron was arrested by local police who said he admitted stealing a car. He was returned to Toledo by state patrol officers.
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David Miller
Akron
Toledo
Armco Drainage Sets New Safety Record Worldwide
ADEMP president W O Robertson announced Armco Drainage and Metal Products Inc achieved 76 straight safety days totaling 1 365 016 manhours with no lost time injuries across 55 plants and 124 crews in the U S and Canada The run ended May 4 when a Texas employee slipped from a ladder breaking a wrist The previous record was 41 days and 638 100 manhours set in March 1959
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Armco Drainage and Metal Products, Inc
United States
Canada
ADEMP
W. O Robertson
Armco
Robertson
Texas
Kills Wife and Shoots Self in Gallipolis Tragedy
In Gallipolis Ohio Ferrell Randolph 22 shot his wife Virginia 21 then shot himself. Police say he was found over his wife's body and remains in critical condition. Neighbors report divorce plans and a custody dispute over their one year old daughter.
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Gallipolis
Ohio
Ferrell Randolph
Virginia
Marshal Dillon Goes To Court
Los Angeles AP reports an alimony dispute between William Conrad and his wife. She seeks $2,000 monthly against the currently ordered $1,250. Conrad, a radio actor producer and director, asks to cut the payment to $750 monthly.
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Marshal Dillon
Los Angeles
Willam Conrad
Matt Dillon
Conrad
New City Manager Hired in Ironton After Wiseman's Death
Ironton Ohio AP reports Huxley Kennedy 42 was named city manager by the City Council on Thursday night. Kennedy has served as assistant city manager for about a month and was also city income tax collector. His promotion fills a vacancy created in March by the death of City Manager O M Wiseman.
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Ironton, Ohio
Huxley Kennedy
Irontons
Kennedy
O. M. Wiseman
Injuries Fatal After Head-On Collision Near Utica
Clara belle Klinger, 39, of Newark died Friday from injuries from a head-on crash on Ohio 13 one mile south of Utica. She had been taken to Newark City Hospital with chest injuries. Thelma Didenour, 38, of St. Louisville, was treated for a fractured right ankle at Mount Vernon.
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Newark, Ohio
Clarabelle Klinger
Newark
Ohio
Utica
Statt Highway Patrol
Newark City
Thelma Didenour
Rt. 1
St. Louisville
Mount Vernon
Youth Dies In Crash Near Sherwood Ohio
DEFIANCE Ohio AP report says Jay Roscoe Grant 19 of Ney died when his car left Ohio 18 five miles east of Sherwood. State Highway Patrol said the crash occurred early today.
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Defiance
Ohio
Jay Roscoe Grant
Rt. 1
Ney
Sherwood
State Highway Patrol
Bankruptcies Filed in Cincinnati Federal Court
Bankruptcies filed in U S District Court in Cincinnati include Herbert A Wallace of 6158 Moreland Dr Franklin a maintenance man with debts of 14145 and assets of 1100.
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U. S. District Court
Cincinnati
Herbert A. Wallace
Moreland
Franklin
Alienation suit filed in Hamilton court
Ralph E. Fall of Trenton filed a $150,000 alienation of affections suit in Hamilton common pleas court against John T. Stone Jr. of Hamilton. Fall, wife Norma, and four children are cited. wife left him April 15 after meeting Stone at Hamilton Business College on January 4. Falls owned land opened for annexation. married in 1938 in Covington, Kentucky.
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Trenton
Ralph E. Fall
Common Pleas Court
Hamilton
Fall
Elk Creek Rd
John T. Stone Jr
Franklin St
Norma
Hamilton Business College
Stone
County Commission
Trent
Falls
Covington
County Fraud Probe Study To Continue
HAMILTON The Butler County grand jury inquiry into alleged fraud in the Welfare Department will be continued at 9 30 a m Monday after recessing at 4 30 p m yesterday Robert L Marrs county prosecutor said supervisors and case workers in the department will be called to testify Monday We want to give the grand jury a complete picture of this matter yesterday s witnesses included Gordon Augspurger president of the County Commissioners Warren L Harding county welfare director and Herschel Seward an investigator in the Welfare Department
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Hamilton
Butler County Grand Jury
Robert L. Marrs
Grand Jury
Gordon Augspurger
Warren L. Harding
Herschel Seward
Fire injures man at 2000 Yankee Rd blaze
Smoke from a bed room fire blamed on a cigarette drove three occupants from rooms at 2000 Yankee Road. Lester Drake received oxygen and burns to the left arm and shoulder, with instructions to see a doctor. Cecil Renfro and Nick York escaped injured. Firemen found the men on the roof at 5 39 am. The mattress fire caused 100 dollars damage. the building was undamaged. Rebel Inn upstairs, owned by Fred Slezak.
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Yankee Rd
Lester Drake
Cecil Renfro
Nick York
Fred Slezak
Life sentence for man who killed wife in Akron
Theodore R. Cottrell, 51, a rubber worker, was found guilty of second degree murder for kicking his wife Garnet to death with steel-toed shoes on October 24. A nine jurors nine women panel deliberated about four hours before the verdict. The judge postponed sentencing until next week.
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Akron
Ohio
Theodore R. Cottrell
Cottrell
Garnet
Common Pleas Court
Frank Harvey
Youth Escapes Hurts In Trenton Accident
James Allen Schul 18 of 3890 Jacksonburg Road escaped injury when his west bound auto ran off a curve on Route 73 near Wehr Road west of Trenton at 2 30 this morning.
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James Allen Schul
Jacksonburg Rd
Wehr Rd
Trenton
Leaders Clubs Elect Boy and Girl YMCA Leaders
Club officers elected yesterday include boys Oxies Hensley as president George Manning as vice president Steve Cross as secretary Dick West as treasurer Phil Huber as chaplain and Jim Baker as sergeant at arms. Girls elected Lynn Teavell president Donna Cross vice president Barbara Leisler secretary Jean Nardin measurer Karen Tebell chaplain.
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Oxies Hensley
George Manning
Steve Cross
Dick West
Phil Huber
Jim Baker
Lynn Teavell
Donna Cross
Barbara Leisler
Jean Nardin
Karen Tewell
Wrenn Paper Co to Host First Family Open House
Wrenn Paper Co holds its first Family open house to celebrate safety, presenting service pins to five year and longer workers, honoring Orin Selby with 39 years and John Sexton with 35 years. The event includes tours, movies, a drawing for gift certificates, and a picnic supper for employees and families.
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Wrenn Paper Co
James Evans
Wrenn Paper
Orin Selby
John Sexton
Wrenn
Local Rural Residents Are Granted Citizenship
Ten people, including Theodore and Elizabeth Holstein, Miss Pei Ying Liu, and John Lucian Allen, became American citizens in Butler County Ohio. The ceremony in Hamilton's Common Pleas Court, led by Judge Fred B. Cramer, included a Chinese national and a German boy adopted in 1955. Judges and local officials urged civic involvement and defense of the United States while noting the privileges and responsibilities of citizenship.
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Hamilton
Theodore
Elizabeth Holstein
Middletown Rt. 1
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Fred B. Cramer
Western College
Butler County
Pei Ying Liu
John Lucian Allen
Germany
Cramer
Freak Accident Injures Workman at Used Car Lot
A 51-year-old Middletonian, George Whitaker of 1703 Texas Ave, was injured at the V and A Used Car Lot on 2500 N Veri Ty Parkway. While Whitaker worked to quit, Joseph McKinney, 21, backed a car thinking it had automatic transmission, pinning him between a fence and a bench. Whitaker sustained a fractured pelvis and leg cuts. car damage was about 150 dollars. He is in satisfactory condition at Middletown Hospital.
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V&a
N. Verity Pkvy
Whitaker
Two Bound Over For Jury Action
Two defendants faced grand jury action in Butler County. George David Cox, 20, of West Middletown, held on grand larceny with $2,500 bond, pleaded guilty to stealing tools worth $85 from Clarence Grunner. Cox also faced traffic charges and a failing-to-appear warrant. Lomen Bruce, 26, Hamilton, with $7,410 embezzlement claim, held on grand jury action under $1,000 bond, pleaded not guilty. Bruce allegedly embezzled cash while employed by Witzieb. John Moyer, 20, Germantown, reduced to petit larceny, received suspended 60-day terms conditioned on restitution and keeping out of Butler County. John Love, 22, of Yankee Road, menaced, got suspended 30 days, $50 fine, restitution within 90 days, and stay away from victims. Rader M. Brown, 56, charged with drunk driving, fined $300, 10 days jail, five-year license suspension. Brown arrested March 15 near Park Street and Second Avenue.
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Butler County
J. T. Lamb
George David Cox
Beck Rd
West Middletown
Clarence Grunner
Oxford-State Rdt
Grunner
Cox
Oxford-State Road
Lomen Bruce
Dayton St
Hamilton
John H. Witzleb
Butler County Distributors
Bruce
Wiczieb
Witzieb
John Moyer
Ebby Road
Germantown Rt. 1
Lamb
Moyer
Bu‘ier
Snedegar
Sohio
Rt. 4
Keister Road
Roy Paterson
John Love
Yankees Rd
Thomas Carroll
Yankee Rd
Love
Rader M. Brown
Crescent Blvd
Park Street
Second Avenue
Officers Elected By Underwriters Association
Kash Arnett of Commonwealth Life Insurance Co was elected president of the Middle town Life Underwriters Assn with Clayton HoLon as VP Ray Crayecraft as secretary and John Howare as treasurer New board members are Bob Detmer Prrry Grier Ed Jones Glen McGraw and John Penny The meeting at the Colony followed remarks on The Portrait of a Life Underwriter by Gerson Fabe assistant general agent for Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co Cincinnati yesterday noon
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Kash Arnett
Commonwealth Life Insurance Co
Middletown Life Underwriters Assn
Clayton HoLon
Ray Crayecraft
John Howare
Bob Detmer
Prrry Grier
Ed Jones
Glen McGraw
John Penny
Gerson Fabe
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co
Cincinnati
Colony
Youth Is Car Victim In Fremont Crash
Robert Metter, 18, of Fremont died and nine others were injured in a two car crash Friday night at the intersection of Ohio 19 and Sandusky Peel Road, three miles north of Fremont, state patrol reported.
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Fremont Ohio
Robert Metter
Fremont
State Highway Patrol
Ohio 19
Sandusky Peel
Here
Deaths And Funerals In Middletown Area
Infant Robert Christopher Childers, two weeks old, was found dead in bed with parents at 4596 Stubbs Rd. West Middletown. Coroner says probable suffocation. Surviving parents, sister Bever ily Ann, and grandparents. Funeral arrangements at Joseph R. Baker & Sons. burial Woodside Cemetery.
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Robert Christopher Childers
Robert C. Childers
Stubbs Rd
West Middletown
Beverily Ann
Garret Boone
Carl Childers
Middletown
Earl Lawson
Georgetown
Joseph R. Baker& Sons
A. M. Wilson
Woodside Cemetery
Tomrow
Local defendants face fines and jail terms in assault and intoxication cases
Arthur Anderson aged 39 of 710 18th Avenue was found guilty of assault and battery and intoxication. Mary Bowling aged 4 of 118 Webster Street was convicted of intoxication and disorderly conduct. Ulysses Fletcher aged 31 of 624 Moore Street received a suspended six month county jail term on an assault and battery charge filed by Jean Fetcher.
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Arthur Anderson
18Th Ave
Mary Bowling
Webster St
Ulysses Fletcher
Moore St
Jean Fetcher
Mrs. Mattie Plummer, 74, Dies at Franklin Home
Mrs. Mattie Plummer of Franklin, born in Lee County Kentucky, died at 7 a.m. at 473 Middletown Pike after years of illness. Widow of Robert C. Plummer, she leaves five daughters including Gladiola Frazee and Maggie Plummer, a son Robert Jr., two brothers, a sister, and nine grandchildren. Services are set for Tuesday at Eaton Funeral Home with Rev. H. S. Gesner officiating. burial in Woodhill Cemetery. Visitation Monday 4 to 9 p.m.
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Jesse Hughley Jr
New Era Baptist Church
Davis Jones
Soldiers Lot
Woodside Cemetery
Hunter Clark Vfw Post
Bailey Funeral Home
Middletown
Hughley
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington
Mattie Plummer Franklin
Mattie Plummer
Middletown Pike
Plummer
Lee County
Robert C
Gladiola Frazee
Maggie Plummer
Essie May Plummer
Lexie Treadway
Franklin
Naomi Williams
Lebanon Rt. 2
Robert Jr
Robert Thomas
Ravenna
Elma Thomas
Allen Park
Mich
Eva Treadway
Beattyville
Eaton Funeral Home
H. S. Gesener
Woodhill Cemetery
Break-Ins Solved by Arrest in Dayton Case
Dayton detectives report arrest of R. Jervis, 35, linked to seven daytime break ins at Gayle Buick Inc and Hilgeford Rowe Inc. He allegedly took cash totaling 398.79, jewelry, a diamond ring, wrist watch, power tools, and a camera. Jervis has prior prison history in four states.
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Gayle Buick Inc
N. Verity Powys
Hilgeford-Rowe Inc
Verity Powy
Dayton
R. Jervis
Jervis
DB Safe
Guyler
Hilgeford-Rowe
Indiana
Ohio
Missouri
New Mexico
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Country Kitchen Drive-In
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Frisch
Dodds Monuments
Verity
11Th Ave
Robert Kontnier Mer
Ad&mp
Ironton
Dale Carnegie
Paul Ottke
Pauline Kipus
Manchester Hotel
Prince
Princess
Bob Fay
Joyce Gaston
David Black
Domestic Relations Court
Henry Beziat
U.S. Naturalization and Immigration
Howard Specht
Miamisburg
Riggs
C. E.wintringham
Specht
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Middletonians
Central Ave
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