Driver Held For Manslaughter In Taylor Ave Crash
Curtis Howard, 201506 Oxford State Rd., faces a second degree manslaughter charge after Middletown youth Micn Hamlin, 20, of Franklin Rt. 2, died on Taylor Avenue. Howard previously faced a careless driving charge. he is to be arraigned in Municipal Court and has been released from hospital after minor injuries. Witnesses said he was traveling at high speed prior to the crash.
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Curtis Howard
Oxford State Rd
Taylor Avenue
Howard
James Combs
Middletown
Micn Hamlin
Franklin
Combs
Parking Lot Bids Opened for Manchester Vail Site
City Manager Jes W. Thompson reports eight bids were received for demolition or removal of buildings on four lots for the Manchester Vail parking project. Low bids total $57.50 against a $3,000 city estimate. bids tabulated for tomorrow's City Commission meeting, with contract to be signed next week and work to remove all structures within 60 days.
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Manchester Vail
Jes W.—Thompson
Thompson
City Commission
Coyle Lewis Lead GOP Groups In Butler County Meeting
Butler County Republican Organization elected officers for Central and Executive committees at the Manchester Hotel. Ohio attorney general William Saxbe spoke. Charles H Lewis Jr. was re named Central Committee chairman. New executive officers included Martin A. Coyle as chairman and Charles H Lewis Sr as first vice chairman, with several others promoted to vice chairmen and secretarial posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler County
Republican Organization
Manchester Hotel
William Saxbe
Ohio
Central Committee
Charles H. Lewis Jr
Hamilton
James R. Sexton
Middletown
William B. Lakeman
Corwin Brosius
Robert C. Hacker
Roger Turrell
Harold Agee
McKinley Powell
Don Grammell
Lewis
Hacker
Joseph Polley
Powell
Clarence Hoffman
Martin A. Coyle
Charles H. Lewis Sr
Edna Fath
Robert Hayden
Alvin D. Smith
Verlin Pulley
Oxford
Hayden
Smith and Pulley
Thomas W. Baird Sr
Charles H. Jones
Josephine Johnson
Ben §S. VanGorden
Richard B. Wilkerson
Crash Fatalities Raise Butler County Traffic Toll
John Jack of Franklin Township and Winifred Roberts of 1332 Garfield Street survived serious injuries from a Sunday two car crash on Ohio 4 near Middletown. The wreck killed six others including Daniel Clear and Kathryn Clear of West Carrollton and James Troutman of Hamilton. Officials said Monroe County handled the scene as Middletown fire crews denied a call for aid.
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Middletown Hospital
John Jack
Franklin Rt. 2
Ohio 4
Middletown
Jack
Winifred Roberts
Garfield St
Butler County
Daniel L. Clear
Kathryn
West Carrollton
Mary Elizabeth Jack
Franklin Rt
James Troutman
William E. Fanney
Hamilton
Middletown seeks host homes for Mexican student visitors
The Middletown experiment committee invites eleven Mexican students to stay a month starting June 25 as part of The Experiment In International Living. Host families gain cross cultural ties and a goodwill role as ambassadors while supporting international understanding. The 19 to 25 year old visitors, all English speakers from high‑character families, will stay in Middletown as 1958 hosts join 50 cities in the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
United States
Thomas FE. McGraw
Sorg
Chhairman
McGraw
Eisenhower
Sumer
Mexico
Swim Classes For Crippled Kids Offered
Free swimming classes at Sun Set Pool will be offered for crippled children by the Butler County Society for Crippled Children and Adults. Classes held each Tuesday and Thursday from 10 30 a m to noon with physician approval. Obvious photos not included.
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Sunset Pool
Butler County Society For Crippled Children
Easter Seal Society
Middletown
Lucille Maddox
Butler County Society For Crippled Children and Adults
Rentschler Building
Hamilton
Veterans' Home Costs On Rise
Washington reports GI home loan data for 1957 show averages rising across categories. The average paid for homes bought under the GI loan program was 13 800, up 895 from 12 905 in 1956. New GI houses averaged 14 335 versus 13 390 in 1956. Used homes averaged 12 100, up 130 from 1956.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Veteras
Sumner G. Whittier
Stephen Hopkins Rhode Island Governor and Declaration signer
Stephen Hopkins served as governor of Rhode Island ten times and was a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
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Stephen Hopkins
Rhode Island
Second Middletonian Arrested After Sycamore Street Disturbance
Audray Lige, 34, of 1428 Sycamore St was arrested on warrants for assault and battery and interfering with a police officer following a disturbance in the 1400 block of Sycamore Street Saturday night. Fred Hatcher, 32, of 1422 Sycamore St was arrested on disorderly conduct interfering with a police officer and resisting arrest after officers used force to subdue him.
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Middletonian
Sycamore Street
Audray Lige
Sycamore St
Fred Hatcher
Hatcher
Three youths steal purse from cental avenue walker
Police report says 104 year old Lucille Butler was walking in the 2400 block of Central Avenue when three boys grabbed her purse containing about 100 dollars and papers. They fled through the Lincoln School yard.
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Lucille Butler
Stanley St
Central Avenue
Lincoln School
Thieves Break In At City Grounds Change Machine
Thieves stole 3.50 in change from a soft drink machine at the City Disposal Grounds on S. Main St. The building was entered via garage doors. Officers arrested John Gross, 32, 1761 Central Ave., on a warrant for fleeing the scene of an accident.
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S. Main St
John Gross
Central Ave
Break-in at Mrs Eugene Robinson Home Probed
Police traced a basement window forced and a ransacked house at 1700 Garfield St linked to a break in. No items reported missing. Theft reports include bicycles from Linda Florence and Stephen Arnold, plus hubcaps from Wilmer Motors and Lincoln Mercury lots.
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Eugene Robinson
Garfield St
Linda Florence
Franklin St
Stephen Arnold
Fleming Rd
Sandra Neff
Church St
Wilmer Motors
Middlestown
Lincoln-Mercury Co
Students Share Prizes For Posters In 1958 Contest
Lat hany Foundation International Humane Poster Contest awards two second prizes and one fourth prize to Middletown students. Joe Day and Robert Liljestrand, Lincoln School, won second in Groups I and II respectively. Day received one dollar, Liljestrand five dollars. Carolyn Reynolds, McKinley Junior High, earned five dollars for Group III fourth prize.
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Lathany Foundation
Lincoln School
Christine Smith
Lynne Barton
Allene York
Jean Nardin
Sue Urmston
Marshall Cohen
Paulette Campbell
Anne Swisher
Bill Webster
Janet Robinston
Deborah Clark
Donna Ferlise
Carolyn Maurer
Joseph Slusher
Tommy Thurman
Lesley Finkelman
Georgia Man Dies In Morrow Crash
Edgar A. Poindexter 60 of Rossville Ga died in a three car crash two miles northeast of Morrow on U S 22. His car swerved into the southbound lane to avoid a stopped vehicle driven by Carolyn F Lewis no injuries reported to Lewis or the tractor trailer driver Donald Harshbarger. Poindexter died instantly. body to Vale Funeral Home in Morrow.
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Lebanon
Georgia
Warren County
Morrow
U. S
Edgar A. Poindexter
Rossville
Poindexter
Carolyn F. Lewis
Morrow Rt. 1
Rt. 22
Lewis
Donald Harshbarger
Harshbarger
The
Vale Funeral Home
Canoe Trip Explorers Plan Fundraisers and Leaders
Explorer Scouts registered for the Wisconsin canoe trip and their parents will meet tonight at 7:30 in the Girl Scout clubroom to discuss trip plans and fund raising including a car wash at Hunter's Service Station on Columbia Avenue and the old Chappel Buick lot. The August 3 to 15 trip includes a canoe excursion at Boulder Junction and a stop at the Big Stand Indian Reservation to view ceremonies.
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Wisconsin
Girl Scout
Hunter's
Columbia Avenue
Chappel Buick
Boulder Junction
Wis
Somerville Man Placed on Five-Year Probation
Robert Anderson of Somerville was placed on probation for five years in Common Pleas Court by Judge P. P. Boll. He was arrested last December in connection with a stolen automobile reported by William Needham of Middletown and indicted by the grand jury in January. Anderson pleaded guilty last January and has remained jailed since.
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Hamilton
Robert Anderson
Somerville
P. P. Boll
Anderson
William Needham
Middletown
William Powers
Powers
Victim Shot in Eye In Hospital
Lawrence Mayes of 3113 Omaha Street remains in Middletown Hospital in satisfactory condition after a BB gun shot to the left eye. He was admitted Saturday afternoon while riding in a pickup on Oxford State Road with two others. earlier reports of his release were incorrect and his eye prognosis is not yet certain.
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Lawrence Mayes
Omaha St. Ig
Middletown Hospital
Mayes
Oxford State Road
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Lt. Combs
Sanitone Service
Hero Aes
Charles
Coyle
Wilbur Srouse
South Middletown
Stoufe
Monroe Decas
Monroe
Oaluby- Bonitz Bank
North Middletown
Verity Parkway
Eldora Drive
Maple Park
Dixie Heights
Countryside
Spring Hill Park
Lee Land Heights
Halpin, Inc
Toledo
Weith
EE Rogers Jewelers
Bude
Rogers
United Cerebral Palsy Fund
Georgia Man
Eas
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
Biz Tycoons
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