Openings rise as Hire Now drive aims to boost jobs
The Hire Now campaign in Middletown Ohio shows 156 job openings in two weeks as employers seek skilled and experienced workers. P F Johnson of the local Ohio State Employment Service says evening hours 6 30 to 8 30 p m at 20 N Clinton St will continue if useful and could become permanent to aid job seekers and match demand.
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P. F. Johnson
Ohio State Employment Service Office
Johnson
N. Clinton St
Middletown
Model Plane Races Set At Smith Farm
Middletown Aero-Modelers open their flying season with a rat-racing event at Smith Farm. Fifteen planes compete in three races with no refuels, one stop, or two stops. Trophies await the top three on a point basis. Open to club members only.
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Smith Farm
Middletown Aero-Modelers Model Airplane Club
Grandmother Explorer Plans Spring Appalachian Trek Next
Columbus AP reports Emma Gatewood, 73, first woman to hike the 2,050 mile Appalachian Trail, says no long hikes this summer but will hike again next spring. Mother of 11 with 27 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren, she began hiking in 1955 and has twice completed the Georgia to Maine trail. She vows to hike until wheelchair bound.
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Columbus
Ohio
Emma Gnatewood
Gatewood
Georgia
Maine
Dr Compton Named To 3 Way Post At Wooster
Dr Arthur Holly Compton a former Washing ton University chancellor and professor joins a three way arrangement among Wooster University and California. He will lecture for seniors on Science and Human Responsibility and reside in St Louis next fall with winter at Berkeley and spring 1962 at Wooster. Compton is a native of Middletown and son of Elias Compton.
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Compton
St. Louis
University of California At Berkeley
Wooster
Elias Compton
College of Wooster
Otelia Compton
Shane Elected To Zone Post In Optimist District
Marvin Shane of Todhunter Road, past president of the Middletown Optimist Club, was elected lieutenant governor for Zone H at Optimist District 24 in Springfield. He defeated Everett Hoskins of Hamilton by a solid margin, succeeding P. H. Dudl. James Hussman of Dayton won the district governor post, TIM TRENT lost in the state oratorical contest, and Steve Walker of Columbus topped the zone winners.
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Marvin Shane
Todhunter Road
Middletown
Optimist Club
Optimist
Springfiel
Shane
P. H. Dudl
Hamilton
Cincinnati
Franklin
Everett Hoskins
James Hussman
Dayton
Tim Trent
Bonnie Trent
Nelson Road
Trent
Steve Walker
Columbus
Reds To Hike Consumer Goods Output
MOSCOW AP Premier Khrushchev said the Soviet Union will not prioritize heavy industry and will develop heavy and consumer goods production at the same rate. He spoke while attending a British Fair event and noted Russia needed to build a base with heavy industry before entering light industry.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Acting UN Chief Leaves Congo Secretly
Mekki Abbas, acting head of the U N operation in the Congo, left Leopoldville secretly at the end of a two month term. Abbas, a Sudanese economic expert, has stood in for India's Rajeshwar Dayal while Dayal was in New York. Dayal’s permanent replacement remains under consideration.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
Mekki Abbas
U.N
Congo
Abbas
India
Rajeshwar Dayal
New York
Dayal
United Nations
MD Chapter Sets Election at Hamilton YMCA
The Butler County Muscular Dystrophy Chapter will elect officers for the coming year at its annual meeting at 7 30 p m Tuesday at the Hamilton YMCA. Reports for the previous year will be presented by President Webster Newton of Middletown.
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Butler County
Hamilton Ymca
Webster Newton
Middletown
Dayton Man To Speak At NAACP Meeting Here
Charles J. Frances of Dayton will be principal speaker at the NAACP meeting today at 3 p.m. at Mt. Zion Baptists Church. The talk will cover national parks and forests and the availability of about 20 thousand summer jobs for vacationing students and college teachers.
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Dayton
Charles J. Frances
National Parks and Forests
United States
NAACP
Mt. Zion
Three Car Crashes Leave City With Property Loss
Three separate accidents yesterday caused heavy property damage and injuries to a Middletown man and his eight year old daughter. Jalk Hall 38 Amity Lane Midd sim Rt 3 and Paula were treated at Middletown Hospital for lacerations and abrasions and released. Hall suffered an insulin reaction leading to loss of control and a crash at 8 Main Street near First Avenue. A motorist ran a red signal on Broad Street near Manchester Avenue triggering a two car collision with James Evans 40 East Line Drive. Another crash at 24 N Broad Street involved Miles Reed and Mrs Lonna Fisher with unsafe lane changes and $115 in damages. Police cited Mrs Sloan 1206 Curtis Street for running a red light in the Broad Street incident.
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Middletown
First Avenue
Jalk Hall
Amity Lane
Midsim Rt. 3
Paula
Middletown Hospital
Hall
Kenneth Smith
S. Main
Broad Street
Manchester Avenue
Laverne Sloan
Curtis St
James
Evans
Eastline Drive
Stephen Neal
Crawford St
Linden Avenue
Louella Alexander
Beckman & Dickerson Distributing Co
Broad St
Miles Reed
Vanderveer St
Lonna Louise Fisher
Florence St
Firemen Bringing Opry Here
The Grand Ole Opry comes to Middletown on June 22 at the National Guard Armory. Audrey Williams and the Duke of Paducah are among the cast. Pete Corliss and Louis Knezich chair the event for the Middletown Welfare Firemen’s Fund. A local talent show precedes the two hour show. proceeds support Doty House Knotholders and civic groups.
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Grand Ole Opry
Middletown
Missionaries Win Permit for Quito TV Station
American Protestant missionaries in Quito have government approval to establish the city’s first television station. They have run the Voice of the Andes radio station in Ecuador’s capital for 26 years.
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Quito
Voice of the Andes
Obituary for Mrs Gladys Turner Himmelright at 63
Mrs Gladys Turner Himmelright 63 of 110 Kunz Ave was pronounced dead on arrival at Middletown Hospital at 9 30 a m Saturday after an apparent sleep related attack She native of Piqua survived by husband Bryan Himmelright a daughter Mrs Jean Dooley Cincinnati and two grandchildren Visitation at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home Monday 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p m Funeral Tuesday at 2 p m Rev H C Grunewald officiating Burial Woodside Cemetery
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Gladys Turner Himmelright
Kunz Ave
Middletown Hospital
Piqua
Bryan Himmelright
Jean Dooley
Cincinnati
McCoy- Leffler
Funeral Home
H. C. Grunewald
Woodside Cemetery
Madison High Mechanics Win Plymouth Trouble-Shooting Contest
Madison High School seniors Kent Selby and Wilbur Wetzel topped 20 teams from 19 area high schools in Cincinnati to win the Plymouth Trouble-Shooting Contest. They solved engine malfunctions in 39 minutes 20 seconds and earned mechanical testing equipment, with a trophy for their school. The pair advance to a state contest at the Ohio State Fair in Columbus on August 25, joining two other teams. Other regional schools placing were Lynchburg High, Hillsboro, and Middletown, Mason, Oxford Talawanda, Waynesville, and Little Miami.
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Madison High School
Ohio
Cincinnati
Kent Selby
Wilbur Wetzel
Plymouth
Central High
Col. Selby
Wetzel
Madison
Columbus
Lynchburg High School
Illsboro High School
Middletown
Mason
Oxford Talawanda
Waynesville
Little Miami
Area Residents Attend TB Parley In Cincinnati
Butler County TB group plans to attend the National Tuberculosis Association meeting in Cincinnati from today through Thursday. Attendees include Dr. G. E. Marr Dr. Henry Floyd Dr. Alexander Witkow and other county health leaders plus local nurses and hospital administrator David Disch. More than 1,500 tuberculosis leaders from across the country will participate in five days of medical nursing and lay meetings to discuss new strategies against tuberculosis.
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Butler County
National Tuberculosis Association
Cincinnati
Charles G. Greig
Butler County ‘Tuberculosis and Health Association
G. E. Marr
Henry Floyd
Alexander Witkow
Hamilton City
Lillian Kucharski
Marcella Coliopy
Helen McFarland
Helena Rawley
David Disch
Hughes Memorial Hospital
Joe H. Ayres
Oxford
Butler County TB Association
W. H. Spindler
Middletown
Battered Siding Leads to Arrest in Oxford Man Case
Charles Breckenridge of 1902 Minnesota St reports aluminum siding damaged by a thrown stone. Police arrest Jack R Meil of Oxford on failure to report an accident, releasing him on a $100 bond.
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Charles Breckenridge
Minnesota St
Jack R Meil
Oxford
Thefts Reported In Local Police Brief
The report lists hubcaps stolen from Alfred Cornett on Carlisle Road and Pearl Crane on Germantown Road along with a car from Betty Rose on Yankee Road. Larry Beckwith of Beckwith's Camera Shop at 1215 Central Ave reports a $60 camera stolen from the rear of the store.
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Alfred Cornett
Carlisle Road
Pearl Crane
Germantown Road
Betty Rose
Yankee Road
Larry Beckwith
Beckwith
Central Ave
Auto dealer office ransacked on Verity Parkway
Police reported that the Powers Auto Sales office at 515 N Verity Parkway Was ransacked yesterday. An entrance was gashed through a broken window pane but apparently nothing was taken.
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Powers Auto Sales
N. Verity Parkway
Bride and Groom Bike Off for Honeymoon in Italy
Milan Italy AP reports after a wedding banquet Pietro Ornaghi fifty and his bride Adele Serpellini seventy mounted bicycles and rode to a nearby village for their honeymoon.
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Milan
Italy
Pietro Ornaghi
Adele Serpellini
Presbyterian study faults U S morals at General Assembly
In Buffalo, AP reports the United States is described as suffering from a double minded religion that fails to practice what it preaches. The Presbyterian General Assembly unanimously received a report citing rising religious interest with falling moral health and a need for reform. Delegates also defeated efforts to gag church pronouncements on social issues amid a debate over safeguards versus church involvement in politics.
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Buffalo
N. Y
United States
United Presbyterian General Assembly
Henry P. van Dusen
New York
Union Theological Seminary
Brodie the Blunderer May Find Right Way Yet
London report describes Robert Wilson Brodie, 45, a bungling thief whose crimes included smashing a jeweler window, stealing a pearl necklace, and trying to exit a locked door during a break in. After a string of clerical missteps and a 12 year preventive detention, he is placed on long probation at Norman House for Homeless Offenders, a facility for special cases.
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London
Robert Wilson Brodie
Court of Criminal Appeal
Brodie
Susset
Norman House
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Baker's Ambulance
Knezich
Gall Garden
Union S
Finest Cleaners & Launderers
Park St
2Nd Avenue
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Grand Ave
Gideon Rd
Strand Theater
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Madison High Mechanics
TB Parley
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