Safety Building funds add plan for jail and police complex
City commissioners anticipate a June 1 pre application deadline for LEAA grant funds to plan a safety building housing the jail courts and police department. A $25,000 feasibility study by Prindle & Patrick would be pursued if the grant is approved, with city paying 25 percent of costs. The deal ties to 1974 capital projects including a 5 million safety building and city offices on a 14.6 acre site.
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Dale Hessel
Prindle & Patrick
Columbus
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
LEAA
James R. Howerton
Howerton
SEAA
Reinartz Boulevard
Verity Parkway
Manchester Avenue
Main Street
Helsel
Commission
Doty
Curtis St
National Institute of Mental Health
City Zoning Appeals Board
Middletown Band Leads Indy 500 Parade Despite Adversity
The 95 member Middletown High School Marching Band directed by Denver Noggle led the 500 parade in Indianapolis amid rain and wind. After a minor injury and a crash pause, they endured a three hour traffic wait and returned home weary but proud of their poise and performance.
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Middletown High School
Denver Noggle
Middletown Hospital
Indianapolis
Dick Monroe
Middletown
Roosters
Justice Seminar Locks 100 Citizens at Columbus Penitentiary
More than 100 Ohio participants will be confined for 48 hours at the Ohio State Penitentiary in Columbus as part of a four day criminal justice seminar sponsored by the Ohio Citizens' Council. Notable attendees include Dayton Police Chief Robert Igleburger and Montgomery County Prosecutor Lee Falke. Twenty five inmates and 25 women will be available for interviews. reporters are limited to non reporting access. Participants will be unreachable except in genuine emergencies.
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Ohio
Ohio State Penitentiary
Columbus
Ohio Citizens’ Council
OCC
National Council On Crime and Delinquency
Butler Countian
Pete Chappars
Journal Police
Dayton
Robert Igleburger
Montgomery County
Lee Falke
Thomas Heekin
Hamilton County
Leonard E. Ford
Card mailed in 1914 finally reaches Durant after 59 years
A Cincinnati postcard sent June 18 1914 by Dr. James Irvin to his wife arrived in Durant Iowa decades late. The postmaster said it was found due to insufficient postage a one cent stamp. The surface rate today is six cents.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Durant
Iowa
James Irvin
Germantown Man Held in Shooting After Party
A 20 year old Germantown man was jailed in Miamisburg on charges of shooting with intent to wound. Joseph Tirey is accused of shooting James Newell at Newell’s home during a Saturday party. Newell survived and was released from Kettering Memorial Hospital.
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Miamisburg
Germantown
Joseph Tirey
S. Maple St
James Newell
St. Second Street
Newell
Kettering Memorial Hospital
Montgomery
Middletown Student Receives Whitney M. Young Memorial Scholarship
Kenneth E. Gregory, a Middletown High School senior, won the third annual Whitney M. Young Jr. Memorial Scholarship from Armco Steel Corp. The award covers four years of full tuition and living costs to support a black student in the Middletown area. Gregory, National Honor Society member and former Middle football captain, plans to study mathematics or economics at Columbia University.
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Kenneth E. Gregory
Middletown High School
Whitney M. Young Jr
Armco Steel Corp
Mozelle Gregory
S. Main Street
William Gregory
Dayton
Wright- Patterson Air Force Base
Gregory
Ohio Department of Highways
Armco
Dr. Young
Columbia University
Samuel Holmes
Earle D. Mundell
Charles Rankin
David M. Rollins
Oliver D. Smith
Middletown NAACP launches Freedom Fund drive
The Middletown NAACP chapter begins a fund drive to aid legal rights cases via the Freedom Fund. Donations should be made to the Middletown NAACP and mailed to program chair Mrs. Otto Kash. Initial solicitations target members, followed by a public appeal.
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Middletown
The
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Freedom Fund
Mac Sangster
Otto Kash
Goldman Ave
Boy, 3, Struck by Car in Curtis Street Incident
A three year old boy was seriously injured after being hit by a car in the 100 block of Curtis Street yesterday afternoon. Eric Hogston of 3126 Yankee Road suffered massive head and body injuries and was moved from Middletown Hospital to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. Police said Edna Poling of Fairfield could not stop in time as three children ran in front of her vehicle.
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Children's Hospital
Cincinnati
Curtis Street
Eric Hogston
Yankee Road
Middletown Hospital
Edna Poling
Fairfield
Stalin Leads Allied Air Attacks on Axis in Europe
On May 1 1943 Premier Joseph Stalin directed Allied air strikes targeting key Axis centers in Italy and Germany as part of ongoing World War II operations.
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Joseph Stalin
Italy
Germany
Three Armco workers burned in Middletown casting accident
Three Armco Steel Corp. employes injured Saturday at Middletown Works while casting molten metal came into contact with cooling water. Edward Prescott 29 Charles Frasher 22 Buron Bennett 28 suffered burns. all in satisfactory condition at Middletown Hospital. Investigation ongoing.
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Armco Stell Corp
Middletown Works
Middletown Hospital
Edward Eugene Prescott
Aberdeen Drive
Trenton
Charles Frasher
Brentwood St
Buron Bennett
Alexandria Road
Slagger
Armco
Apparent City Fire Reports Include Several Medical Calls
Fire alarms and injuries reported across multiple addresses. Willie Wright, 68, suffered head and hip injuries from a ladder fall and was taken to Mid Dletown Hospital in good condition today. Rochelle Whitaker, 15, ill, treated and released. JoAnn Cleamons, 24, ill, admitted in fair condition. Kitchen range fire at 1507 Manchester Ave caused $400 damage. Square D plant fire alarm system malfunction reported.
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Meadow Ave
Willie Wright
Middletown
Lincoln St
Rochelle Whitaker
August Ave
JoAnn Cleamons
Manchester Ave
William Combs
S. University Blvd
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Crawford St
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