Graduation Week Activities Set Across Three Middletown High Schools
Baccalaureates and commencements begin this week as Middletown High, Lemon-Monroe, and Fenwick prepare services and speeches. Speakers include Dr. John W. Millett of Miami University and Dr. Floyd Faust of Columbus. Fenwick Mass and district honors ceremonies are planned with totals of 343, 171, and 60 graduates respectively.
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Middletown
Lemon- Monroe
Middletown High
Wade E. Miller
Herrick B. Young
Western College For Women
Lemon-Monroe
Harold H. Jung
Censis ‘Evangelical & Reformed Church
Dayton
Fenwick High
St. John’s Church
Lawrence Krusling
John Oberlander
St. John’s
Lemon-Monroe High
J.floyd Faust
Broad Street Christian Church
Columbus
Fenwick
Flash Fire at Armco Ashland Burns Two Men
A mistook gas jet for an air outlet caused a flash fire at Armco Steel in Ashland on Saturday injuring two workers, Paul Tufts and George Scott, both 36 to 40, and lightly burning a third employee. Turpin reports no plant damage.
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Ashland
Armco Steel Co
J. W. Turpin
Armco
Turpin
King’s Daughters Hospital
Paul Tufts
Rt. 2
George Scott
Armco Ashland
Thief Steals White Billfold at John Ross Store
Police report a theft at John Ross Store where Mary Ruble’s white billfold containing $67 and papers was taken from the cosmetics counter. Other incidents include a bumper guard and four hubcaps stolen from local cars, and property damage at Airport Inn and Neal Bowman’s home.
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John Ross
Mary Ruble
Taylor Ave
Robert Heizer
Franklin Rt. 1
S. Main St
Donald Davis
Oxford State Rd
Mercer retires after four decades at Orillia power
Orillia Ontario Harry Mercer began as temporary help in 1916 with the Water Light and Power Commission and has now retired after 40 years of service.
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Orillia, Ont
Orillia
156 Loads Carted Off In Clean-Up
Middletown ends week long cleanup sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce with 156 truckloads hauled away by city trucks. Street department head Robert Holida said crews finished yesterday after rounds started last Monday. No trouble this year and most debris went to the disposal grounds. Scrap iron and salvageable material were diverted to a special truck. No further collections will be made.
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Middletown
Union Chamber of Commerce
Robert Holida
Holida
Woman Found Dead in Lincoln Heights Likely Run Over
Mrs Fannie Brown about 50 was found dead Saturday along a street in Lincoln Heights. Her husband identified the body hours later. Police indicate she may have been struck by an automobile.
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Cincinnatio
Fannie Brown
Lincoln Heights
Trenton Pupils Top Essay Test in Conservation Contest
Three Trenton High School students lead the year’s Conversation Essay Contest with 100 entries from seven county schools. Winners Gary Flenner Shirley Ann Adams Janice White and David Swig earned air tours of Butler County farm conservation efforts and certificates of merit for their teachers and classes.
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Trenton
John Mehl Jr
Butler County ‘Soil Conservation District
Gary Flenner
Shirley Ann Adams
Janice White
Reily High
David Swig
Tren
Butler County
C. H. Williams
Obituary Wilbur Parshall 61 Armco employee WWI veteran
Wilbur Parshall, 61, Armco Steel Corp employee and World War I veteran, died at 5 a.m. yesterday at Brown YVA Hospital in Dayton. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 2 p.m. at McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home, with Rev. W. S. Comfort officiating. Burial will be in Woodside Cemetery with American Legion honors. Friends may call Monday from 2–5 and 7–9 p.m.
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Wilbur ‘Parshall
Armco Steel Corp
McCoy-Leffler
W. S. Comfort
Woodside Cemetery
Amercian Legion
Mr. Parshall
Brown Yva
Dayton
Germany
Denver's TV sets surge in tax rolls over five years
Denver city tax records reveal televisions became taxable after five years with 75 557 sets this year. Radios fell from 25 961 to 12 878 in the same period.
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Denver
Colo
Four Hurt in U S 25 Crash Near Franklin
Four people were injured in a car truck collision on U S 25 a mile south of Franklin at 2 20 p m yesterday. Fred Baker 24 of Hamilton in fair condition at Middletown Hospital had a head injury. Passengers Eli Campbell Henry Gabbard and Arnold Fugate were treated and released with back cuts chest injuries and facial cuts. Baker faced a reckless driving charge in Franklin Municipal Court.
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U.S. 25
Franklin
Middletown Hospital
Fred Baker
S. 18Th St
Hamilton
Baker
Eli Campbell
Sycamore St
Henry Gabbard
Goodwin
Arnold Fugate
Abney Lane
Robert Knight
Pleasant Hill
Ohio
Bakery
Franklin Municipal Court
Man Cited After Minor Crash Here
A Middletown man Charles Osborne age 25 was cited into Municipal Court after a minor two car crash at Yankee Road and Meadow Avenue at 5 p.m. Police charged him with an assured clear distance violation following a collision with Elmer McGee age 40 of Hamilton. Damage totaled 20 dollars. Other accidents included Roy Davidson and Wanda Propost at N Verity Parkway and Eldora Drive with 95 dollars damage and Oakey Milligan at Orchard Street and Grand Avenue with minor damage after a stop sign incident.
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Middletown
Yankee Road
Meadow Avenue
Charles Osborne
Baltimore St
Elmer McGee
Hamilton
Roy Davidson
Wanda Propost
3Rd St
Franklin
N. Verity Parkway
Eldora Drive
Oakey Milligan
Glenmore Dr
Orchard Street
Grand Avenue
Drowning Tragedy on Scioto River Claims Billy Oliver
In Columbus Ohio 13 year old Billy Oliver drowned after slipping from a slippery bank at Greenlawn Dam while fishing. His 11 year old brother Richard watched and told their father D W Oliver I would have jumped in to get him but I cant swim. Firemen searched the Scioto River area for the body as Billy vanished after multiple submersions.
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Columbus
Ohio
Billy
Richard Oliver
D. W. Oliver
Scioto River
Richard
Greenlawn Dam
Dad
Boy Dies After Being Struck By Car in Lebanon
An eight year old boy Clifford Ross stepson of H S Menholen Lebanon Rt 2 died after a car struck him along U S 42 near his home two miles north of Lebanon. He sustained a skull fracture and a compound fracture of the right arm. The driver Denver Barlow 42 of E Mulberry Street Lebanon was exonerated and not held.
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Clifford Ross
H. S. Menholen
Lebanon
Rt. 2
Middletown Hospital
Warren County Sheriff's
U. S. 42
Denver Barlow
E. Mulberry Street
Barlow
Lady Cop Holds Hot Bomb Fuse in Londonderry
A Sergeant Maud Musselwhite 30 a policewoman calmly held the burning fuse of a bomb while Constable Alec Forsythe cut it near the British submarine depot ship Slaker in Londonderry dockyard. The fuse was four inches long and another bomb exploded near the Londonderry power plant earlier. Police said both bombs were the work of the Irish Republican Army campaigning against British rule in Northern Ireland.
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Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Maud Musselwhite
Alec Forsythe
Slaker
Irish Republican Army
U S to Share Secrets on Nuclear Submarines
The United States plans to share classified and unclassified data on reactor powered submarines with Great Britain. Three U S experts will visit the British Isles next week to discuss nuclear propulsion and exchange information with British authorities.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Atomic Energy Commission
U.S
British Isles
AEC
Alimony Question Prompted Lawyer's Two-Word Answer
A man asks how to avoid alimony. the lawyer replies with two options. He can stay single or stay married, delivering a dry joke about marital status and financial obligations.
Screwball Weather Fault Of Big Air Dip
AP reports Weather Bureau scientist Jerome Namias links a giant roller coaster like air trough to the spring screwball weather across much of the nation. The deep trough caused floods in Texas and Oklahoma and spawned many tornadoes across 24 states while bringing rains that relieve drought in central and southern plains. He cautions drought may return later but notes a year of heavy rain signals possible drought break.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Jerome Namias
Texas
Oklahoma
United States
Mississippi
Namias
93 Killed In Algerian Fight Near Algiers
French headquarters said 86 nationalist rebels and seven French soldiers died in a battle near Tablat 30 miles southeast of Algiers. In a second engagement near Guellma French forces killed 36 rebels.
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Algiers
Tablat
Guelma
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Sam Blumberg
Neal Bowman
Krieger Rd
Miami University
Sigma Chi
Betty Sue Noffsinger
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Wilbur Parshall
EASY
Middletown Kitchen Shop Inc
Woodlawn
Warren County
Germantown
AP Science Reporter
U. S
U.s.ga
Grand Ave
Gideon Road
West Central Avenue
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Second Ave
Broad & Verity
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