Deaths Of 2 Middletown Children Ruled Accidental
Two Middletown youngsters died this weekend in incidents ruled accidental by coroner Dr. Garret Boone. Five year old Michal Payne likely ingested aspirin at home, while seven month old Dale Gibson suffocated with a blanket and crib prop, both cases linked to weakness from illness and intestinal disorder. Funeral arrangements listed for Payne, while Gibson services are pending.
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Middletown
Garret Boone
Butler County
Michal Payne
Aletha Sherman
Waite St
Middletown Hospital
Dale Gibson
Arnold Gibson
16Th Ave
Payne
Boone
Gibson
Charles M. Buchett
Mattie Skidmore
Gibsons
First Church of God
Crawford Street
R. C. Caudill
Woodside Cemetery
McCoy-Leffler
Rose Pennington
W. A. Payne
Michal
Ancient Arch of Constantine Placed in Splints for Traffic Damage
Rome moves to urgently restore the Arch of Constantine beside the Colosseum after traffic vibration loosened granite blocks. Workers install pipe scaffolding and bind blocks with brass bolts, cementing holes with period granite to preserve appearance. The arch commemorates Constantine's 312 A.D. Milvian Bridge victory.
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Rome
Constantine
Colosseum
Department of Arts and Monuments
Pantheon
Maxentius
Milvian Bridge
Hope Considers Five Year TV Contract Renewal
Bob Hope, ending a five year NBC deal tomorrow, says he is negotiating another pact. He hints at retirement but seeks better terms, proposing six shows per season though this season had ten. His final NBC show will feature Bing Crosby and Jane Russell.
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Hollywood
Bob Hope
NBC
Hope
Bing Crosby
Jane Russell
Samaritan Hurt as Knife Fight Breaks Up at 1300 Sycamore St
A Middleton man Willie Conyer 1505 Garfield St was cut on the left arm while trying to break up a knife fight between two people at 1300 Sycamore St rear. He was treated at Middletown Hospital and declined to prosecute. Bees regulate hive temperatures by wing movement year round.
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Sycamore St
Willie Conyer
Garfield St
Middletown Hospital
Conyer
Pogo Sticks Champ Leaves Title Behind
Dearborn ten year old Eddie Kozlowski, local pogo stick jumping champion, retires without defending his title after setting a local record by bouncing 4 013 times. He could not stop bouncing and suffered stomach upset, eating only ice cream for two days. His mother said he will focus on household chores.
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Dearborn, Mich
Eddie Kozlowski
Dearborn
Eddie
Nationalists Say Reds Adding Base Near Formosa
Taipei reports the Chinese Nationalist Taio news agency says a new huge air base is being built at Chanting 280 miles west of Formosa. Thirty thousand laborers work around the clock under Russian experts to ready the Chanting facility capable of handling every type of plane. Civilians within a mile of the base have been ordered to move.
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Taipei
Formosa
Taiao
Chanting
Tatao
All Teachers Invited To Safety Meeting
Middletown School District teachers are invited by Paul Wilson safety council director to the monthly School Division meeting at 4 pm Tuesday in the Civic Association library. Robert Truck will serve as chairman.
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Middletown
Paul Wilson
Safety Council
The
Library of the Civic Association
Robert Truck
Girl Scout Leaders to Report on Springfield Training
Neighborhood and district chairmen who attended the May 13 14 training in Springfield will report at a field committee meeting Tuesday morning at Camp Mildmoor lodge. Mrs Wade Ex is chairman of the committee.
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Springfield
Camp Middlemoor Lodge
Wade Ex
Mrs. Mullins Delayed Sentencing After Guilty Plea
Judge Fred B. Cramer gave Vera Mullins a week to begin restitution for embezzling 4206 from Middletown probate juvenile funds. Mullins, 42, was found guilty on eight counts after a dramatic April 4 trial that cleared Emmett S. Sherron. She faces upcoming court appearance due to medical care and lack of funds.
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Fred B. Cramer
Vera Mullins
Middletown
Mullins
Common Pleas Court
Probation Department
Emmett S. Sherron
Cramer
H. O. Finkelman
Finkelman
Forest Fires Ravage Canadian Provinces In Two Regions
Unchecked fires swept through Nova Scotia and Ontario causing extensive damage. More than 100 buildings burned in Nova Scotia while 15 000 acres of timber land were consumed in Ontario. Three thousand volunteers aided efforts around Liverpool and Bridgewater as winds drove the blaze. In northern Ontario 67 fires burned with two small communities at risk.
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Halifax
N.S
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Nova Scotian
Liverpool
Bridgewater
Weekend Bloody In Virginia 24 Die Violently
Twenty four persons died by violent means in Virginia over the weekend. A mobile crash near Fredericksburg killed three. another collision near Jetersville claimed three more. A fire near Charlottesville burned three children to death. A Marine pilot and two West Virginia businessmen died in separate plane crashes. Two fatal shootings occurred, one homicide and one suicide.
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Richmond
Virginia
Wendon
Fredericksburg
Jetersville
Charlottesville
West Virginia
Wallet theft near Verity Parkway leaves victim cut
W E Newcomb of 1305 Penfield Ave told police two young Black youths, 16 to 20, knocked him down at 2:30 a.m. near Verity Parkway and Curtis Street and stole his wallet containing 72 dollars. his nose was cut and officers Pelfrey and Birch searched the area without locating suspects.
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W. E. Newcomb
Penfield Ave
Verity Parkway
Curtis Street
Newcomb
Dan Pelfrey
Delmas Birch
Police Briefs Report Battery Theft and Missing Person
Robert Cisco reported a car battery theft from a vehicle he had borrowed at 2014 Howard Ave. Linville Jackson said a suit, brown shoes, and glasses were stolen from City Hotel. Robert Jones reported his wife Nellie, 27, missing from Middletown Trail er Park. she is 5 foot 5, 110 to 115 pounds, wearing a blue dress and black shoes, last seen at home. she is mother of five.
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Robert Cisco
Howard Ave
Linville Jackson
City Hotel
Robert Jones
Middletown Trailer Park
Nellie
Firemen Aid Woman At 6 02 Pm Call
The fire department’s emergency unit responded to a 6 02 p m call yesterday to assist Mary Stroud age 70 of 828 9th Ave at her home where she had fainted.
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Mary Stroud
9Th Ave
Weekend city crash toll rises to twenty-one
Twenty one traffic mishaps were reported over the weekend in Middletown with two Middleton residents and a Tennessee visitor injured. Police cited three drivers for failure to yield as the tally included two-car collisions on Tytus Avenue, Verity Parkway, Central Avenue and Highview Road, and S Main Street. Hospital treatment was listed for Cally Banks and Eulah Banks, while Clara Swanson and Lynn Swanson were also treated for injuries.
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Tennessee
Cally Banks
Malvern St
Eulah B. Banks
Tytus Avenue
Verity Parkway
Middletown Hospital
Betty Fischer
Windsor Rd
Chester Banks
Fischer
Clara Swanson
Livingston, Tenn
Rt. 2
Derald Hatton
Renee Dr
Central Avenue
Highview Road
Hatton
Lynn Swanson
Livingston Rt. 2
Sight Unseen Libyan King To Wed Again
Cairo reports Idriss I 66 will marry Alia Abdel Moneim Lamloun 38 daughter of a wealthy Egyptian landowner. The ceremony would add a second wife under Moslem law as the king seeks a son to succeed.
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Cairo
Egypt
Idriss I
Alia Abdel Moneim Lamloun
Moneim Lamloun
Fatima
Princess Margaret Visits German Troops Shortened by Typhoid Epidemic
Princess Margaret arrived in Bonn by plane to visit British forces in West Germany. She will stay one day due to a Ruhr typhoid outbreak, delivering colors to the Suffolk Regiment in Wuppertal before a planned Hussars stop. The epidemic had 20 cases and one reported death in the southern Ruhr.
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Bonn
Germany
Margaret
West Germany
Ruhr
Wahn
Wuppertal
Suffolk Regiment
3Rd
Hussars
Rubber Tires Improve Coal Mine Vehicle Performance
Solid rubber tires are increasingly used on mine vehicles as they prove more effective for certain tasks, enhancing durability and operation efficiency in coal mines.
Truck slides off Germantown Road into airport field
A panel truck traveling about 50 mph left Germantown Road near the Queen City Flying Service hangar. It crashed through the Municipal Airport fence and into a field at 11 40 p m Saturday injuring no one. Driver Charles Lutz 51 of Dayton reported about 300 damage to the truck.
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Germantown Road
Queen City Flying Service
Charles Lutz
Dayton
Multiple Minor City Vehicle Mishaps Reported
Several minor collisions caused damage under 250 dollars. Vehicles involved include drivers Dennis Parman and Gary Collinsworth in different at street intersections, Robert Wagner and an unknown car on Church Street, a parked car owned by Cletis Martin with an unidentified vehicle, and a parked car owned by Algan Thomas with another unknown car on Verity Parkway. Additional incidents include Kenneth Andrew and Howard Tindall with an unknown vehicle on Baltimore Street and 1st Avenue.
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Dennis Parman
Hamilton
Gary Collinsworth
Ottawa St
S. Verity Parkway
Lafayette Avenue
Robert Wagner
Linden Ave
Church St
Cletis Martin
Garfield St
Martin
Algan Thomas
Middletown
Look Out Camp Preparations By Scout Leaders
Mrs. Frank Hurd leads a group of volunteers in a scrub and clean up to prepare Camp Middlemoor for the summer influx of scouts. They will depart by car at 9 a.m. tomorrow to ready the site.
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Frank Hurd
Camp
Middlemoor
Hamilton Elected To NOMA Post In Toronto
Evan L. Hamilton Armco Steel office manager was elected national director of the National Office Management Association in Toronto at its annual meeting. A charter Butler County member since 1950, he also chairs standards and research on the national committee. The NOMA serves over 15 000 members in the United States and Canada.
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Evan L. Hamilton
Armco Steel Corp
Asia
Association
Toronto
Canada
Hamilton
Butler County
Armco
General Office
National Assn
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Indiana
Kentucky
Ohio
National Office Management Assn
United States
Two Youths Hurt In Weekend Auto Mishaps
Two youngsters suffered minor injuries in Sunday incidents. Billy Moe Williams 12 of College Corner Ind and Randy Layman 1 of Morrow were treated and released. Williams was hit by a car driven by Charles Lewis 22 of Franklin Rt. 2 while biking from a private driveway on Union Road. Layman rode in a car struck head on on Ohio 122 at Warren Road. he was not treated. Frederick Simpson 18 of Dayton was fined 25 dollars for reckless operation after his car left a curve and struck Marjorie Tolliver 32 of Morrow. Both cars were towed. Sr. Hamilton listed in fair condition with facial cuts from a two car collision at Ohio 747 and Kyle Station Road. David Bruce 21 of Mason Rd drove one car. Raymond Linkous 205 Pleasant Ave Lebanon drove the other. Bruce and Linkous had minor injuries.
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Middletown
Billy Moe Williams
College Corner
Ind
Union Road
Warren- Montgomery County
Charles Lewis
Franklin Rt. 2
Randy Layman
Morrow
Ohio
Warren Road
Frederick Simpson
Dayton
Marjorie Tolliver
Simpson
Squire Albert Bolling
Summer On Way Seeks Board Plans
Regular Board of Education meeting to night will focus on personnel and summer school issues. Superintendent J D Blackford said several appointments and resignations will be presented for approval. The board will also discuss the summer training program and the Monroe sewerage problem.
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Board of Education
J. D. Blackford
Board
Monroe
Service Man Donald Sponsel Leaves for San Antonio Training
Pvt. Donald V. Sponsel son of Mr and Mrs Eugene Sponsel of Middletown Rt 3 and his wife Ada Runnells left Friday for San Antonio Texas He entered service March 8 and trained at the Medical Training Service School at Ft Sam Houston He has returned there after a 10 day leave from his parents Lemon Monroe High School class of 1946 graduate former farmer prior to service
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Donald V. Sponsel
Eugene Sponsel
Middletown
Rt. 3
Ada Runnells
San Antonio
Tex
Sponsel
Medical Training Service School
Ft. Sam Houston
Lemon-Monroe High School
Gardner Board Promotes Two Engineers in Key Posts
Gardner Board & Carton Co. promotes Ralph Holt from maintenance engineer to assistant plant maintenance engineer. Holt joined in 1950, promoted to maintenance engineer in 1952, and served in World War II after attending university. Glenn Battaglia of Los Angeles is named chemical engineer. a MIT and Harvard MBA graduate, he previously served two years as an Air Force officer.
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Ralph Holt
Spencer Sa
Gardner Board & Carton Co
Holt
Gardner
U. S. Air Force
Glenn Battaglia
Los Angeles
Calif
Battagalia
Massachusetts Institute
Masonic Service Pins Are Readied
Middletown Chapter 87 Royal Arch Masons prepare 157 twenty five year pins and one fifty year pin to be awarded at a dinner Saturday night at 6:30 in the Masonic Temple on East Main Street. Grand officers and grand high priest are expected to attend.
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Middletown
Masonic Temple
E. Main Street
Louis Waldner Jr
Waldner
State Lodge
Wilson To Tell Civilian Civil Defense Pointers
Paul Wilson Middletown safety director will be on hand at tomorrow’s Civitan Club luncheon to give pointers on civil defense. Dr R R Hasemeier is program chairman for the meeting.
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Paul Wilson
Middletown
The
Civitan Club
R. R. Hasemeier
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