Middletown Heat Wave Claims First Prostration Victim
Weather forecast promises cooler weather tonight and Wednesday with a low near 60 and a high around 78. Rufus Mack 25, an Armco employee, suffered a heat stroke at Middletown Hospital after 4 PM, not at work, as temperatures reached hot levels and forecasts fluctuated between hot and cooler conditions.
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Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company
Rufus Mack
Garfield St
Middletown
Mack
Armco
Sanderson Files First For City Commission
Arthur Sanderson 918 Beech St. filed petitions with 843 names to become the first candidate for the city commission election. The 46 year old Armco worker and Middletown native previously ran in 1951 and serves as assistant traffic manager at Armco East Side. Other definite candidates include Lloyd Miller Britt Kendrick Reuben Doty and William Denham with Goetz undecided. Candidates have 60 days to file.
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Arthur Sanderson
Beech St
Board of Election Workers
Sanderson
Lloyd Miller
Harold Goetz
Armco
Middletown
Middletown High School
Armco East Side
Eagles and Elks Lodges
American Legion
Sanderson Lloyd Miller
Britt Kendrick
Reuben Doty
William Denham
Goetz
No Bids For East End Mail Contract Station
East End residents had petitioned for a new postal facility but the post office received no bids by the extended May 20 deadline. Hilbert H. Martin Middletown postmaster said the action from post office supervisors remains unclear. The proposal planned a contract station run by a private store operator, with no bids submitted. A classified station run by postal employees in a government leased building was the alternate option.
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St End
Hilbert H. Martin
Middletown
Martin
East End
Parcel Post Center
Charlies Street
Manchester
E. Bradley
Car Crash on Clinton Street Causes $155 in Damages
Police report an 11 p.m. collision at Clinton Street and Central Avenue. Rosamund Hime, 34, of 409 Baltimore Street, struck the rear of Charles Crouch Jr., 18, at the intersection as he paused to turn. Most damage fell to Hime’s car.
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Clinton Street
Central Avenue
Rosamund Hime
Baltimore St
Charles Crouch, Jr
Mlinois Ave
Crouch
At The Movies Showings This Week
Paramount presents Off Limits with showings Tuesday and Wednesday at 1 40 3 40 5 40 7 40 and 9 40 p.m. Strand screens Murders in Rue Morgue at 1 15 3 30 5 50 8 05 and 10 25 p.m. The Raven shows at 2 20 4 40 6 55 and 9 15 p.m.
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Rue Morgue
Clean Up By Jaycees Campaign Nets 176 Truckloads
The Junior Chamber of Commerce cleanup produced 176 truckloads of trash and 4 tons of scrap iron valued at 111.50 for Jaycee youth welfare projects such as Junior Achievement. Leaders called it a successful drive despite theft of nearly half the curbside scrap. Local groups supported the effort including the city, Armco Steel, paint dealers, Safety Council, Dr. L. C. Neer, Fire Chief William Fishbaugh, and Police Chief Joseph Blackmore.
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Jaycees
Armco Steel Corporation
Black Widow Spider Found In Yard Here
A deadly black widow appeared in a city yard when Mrs. Larry Beckwith found it in the front yard and placed it in a glass jar. Her husband, Larry Beckwith, captured the spider described as jet black about a half inch long with a red hourglass on the underside.
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Larry Beckwith
Carryer Rd
Auto-Hauler Hits Bridge But Driver Escapes
A southbound auto-hauler struck a bridge on Route 127 at Collinsville at 1 p.m. yesterday. The operator, George Brindley, 29, of Diamondale Michigan, sustained lacerations to the right ear and nose tip, treated at the scene. The tractor wheel fell off on a curve before the crash. four new autos remained intact, with no damage to the trailer or load.
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Collinsville
George Brindley
Diamondale
Mich
Route 1
Fenwick Welfare Plans Officer Installation
Fenwick Welfare will install its 1953 54 officers at its final school year meeting Wednesday at 6 30 p m in the school cafeteria. Richard Harmount president of the group announced a covered dish supper would precede the installation.
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Fenwick Welfare
Richard Harmount
Franklin Court handles heavy docket with multiple fines
Franklin Court faces a busy weekend as the Municipal Court docket lists numerous traffic and misdemeanor cases. Charles and Eugene Thomas, of Union Road Franklin, pay fines for breaking and entering and drunk and disorderly conduct, with Eugene facing an additional charge. Other defendants include Calvin Howard, Eugene Warren, Preston Lakes, Blaine Morse, Robert Griffin, J D Powell, Clifford L Penny, Everett Applegate, James Haught, Russell McElfresh, Edward Ledford, Richard Herald, Robert Pogue, Charles Otto Schneider, and James Worley, with fines ranging from five to two hundred dollars and various license suspensions or jail terms. State patrol and Franklin police arrests are noted.
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Franklin
J. T. Reily
Walter Stephens
Charles
Eugene Thomas
Union Road
Eugene
Warren County
Lebanon
Calvin Howard
Carlisle
Howard
Stephens
Eugene Warren
Plum St
Middletown
Hugh Rose
Preston Lakes
Blaine Morse
Batavia
Robert Griffin
James Haught
Russell McElfresh
Edward Ledford
Richard Herald
South Lebanon
Robert Pogue
Dayton
Charles Otto Schneider
James Worley
Qualifications for superintendent set by citizens committee
A citizens committee announced strict qualifications for candidates to replace Wade E. Miller, approved by the Board of Education. The guide limits age to 35-50 but allows exceptions for strong background. health, marriage, and leadership traits are stressed, with experience as educator and administrator essential. Applications will request personal interests and moral and leadership questions.
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Citizens’ Committee
Board of Education
Joseph Woodruff
Woodruff
Wade E. Miller
Miller
Nine Traffic Violators Fined in Area Courts
Nine motorists were fined a total of 145 with costs and two others forfeited bond as area court sessions heard the cases. State patrolmen made the arrests in multiple jurisdictions including Hamilton Oxford Lebannon and Miamisburg.
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Earl Maag
Morrow
Robert Elms
Cincinnati
Lorian Miller
Tex
Justice of the
Otto Granner
Millville
Charles Dudley
Hamilton
William Bommer
Hmilton
Jame Chasteen
Squire Lewis Bolser
New Miami
Richard Deas
Oxford
Alternate Moves Up As Winner Of Verity Fund Scholarship
Edwin Lee Saylor, Middletown High School senior, was awarded one of the George M. Verity Educational Opportunity Fund Scholarships by Armco Steel officials. Saylor becomes first alternate winner after John B. Winer relinquished his award to study at Harvard. Saylor earns an $850 scholarship to the University of Cincinnati College of Engineering and will work at Armco during cooperative study periods. The Verity Scholarships are funded annually by Armco executives in memory of Mr. Verity to aid children of Armco employees.
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Edwin Lee Saylor
Middletown
George M. Verity
Armco Steel Corporation
Saylor
C. E. Saylor
Crawford St
John B. Winer
Butler, Pa
Winer
Harvard University
Dan M. Hayes, Jr
Middletown High School
D. M. Hayes
The
Alameda
Armco
Verity
Armcu
Yellow line penalties and bond forfeitures listed
The report lists fines and bond forfeitures for multiple individuals across several towns. Burgen Plowman, Franklin, Johnny Turnhill, Dayton, and Perry Wilson, Middletown, were fined $20 plus costs for yellow line violations. Bond forfeitures include Robert Fitzwater, Hamilton, Joseph Okihood, Dayton, Roscoe Chambers, Flint Michigan, and Roy Anstach, West Carrollton. Other bonds involved Elmer Lykins, Franklin, $15 for running a stop sign, Raymond Lake, Farmersville, $30 for a yellow line violation, Walter Wherry, Covington Kentucky, $30 for speeding, Clarence Cook, Cincinnati, $25 for no flaps on a truck, and Rufus Capps, Franklin, $5 for running a stop sign.
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Burgen Plowman
Franklin
Wallace Cable
West Carrollton
Johnny Turnhill
Dayton
Perry Wilson
Middletown
Robert Fitzwater
Hamilton
Joseph Okihood
Roscoe Chambers
Flint
Mich
Roy Anstach
Elmer Lykins
Raymond Lake
Farmersville
Walter Wherry
Covington
Clarence Cook
Cincinnati
Rufus Capps
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Bill Weith
Inland Daily Press Association
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Hicle
Walter N. Ice I
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M. D. Worley
Raymond Bonner
Geauga Lake
William Fraser
Hobart Garrett
Sharonville
Rex Wearver
Miamisburg
James Bown
Squire J. E. Jackson
Frank Wheeler
Cleveland
Rex Weaver
Alvin Roberson
Lafayette
Verity Fund
Engineering College
University of Cincinnati
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Toowk
Studebakers
Studebaker
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