Health Chief Of Butler Fired In Surprise Move
Butler County Board of Health fired Dr. Alexander Witkow, ending its 50 50 salary share with Hamilton and terminating the cooperative agreement for a health commissioner. Three of five directors voted to dismiss, with two absent. The board will pay six months salary in advance totaling 4750 dollars. The action follows dissatisfaction with Witkow who had held county and Hamilton city posts since June 9 1958.
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Butler
Hamilton
Butler County Board of Health
Alexander Witkow
Butler County Health
City of
Witkow
Arthur Graf Sr
Col
Insville
Shafer Schenck
West Middletown
John J. Corso
Oxford
Stanley K. Norman
Fairfield
Martin A. Rush
Lemon Township
Board of Health
Mason Boy Run Over By Auto
A two year old Mason boy, Darry Staton, was run over by a car in the Pisgah Shopping Center parking lot. He was treated at Mercy Hospital for head and shoulder injuries and listed in satisfactory condition. Authorities believe the emergency brake was released accidentally and the child fell under the vehicle.
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Hamilton
Mason
Pisgah
Mercy Hospital
Darry Staton
Bradley Staton
Broadview Drive
Whiskey Load Spills On Cincinnati Bridge
A truck carrying 125 cases of whiskey from a Cincinnati warehouse overturned on a bridge over West York Creek spilling the liquor into the creek bed. The driver was identified as 43 year old George Simon of Blue Island It. Police reported the incident occurred Wednesday night.
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Cincinnati
West York Creek
George Simon
Blue Island
Board adjourns after resolution action. Norman seeks further meeting
Graf led a board vote seconded by Schenck to pass a resolution and adjourn. Dr Stanley K Norman arrived shortly after and said he would try to convene a meeting of the Butler county advisory health council for future action. Dr Witkow, contacted today, said he was flabbergasted by the board's action and had no further comment at this time.
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Graf
Schenck
Stanley K. Norman
Butler County Advisory Health Council
Witkow
Book Seller Faces Charge In Columbus Arraignment
A foreign operator of a North Side bookstore faces arraignment in Municipal Court on charges of failing to hold a city license for selling Communist made goods. Alakas sam Hasen Miqdadi 26 of Jordan was arrested with confiscated books printed in Russia Red China Cuba and other Communist countries. He also faced a vendor license charge. Miqdadi said he never paid income taxes and has not taken citizenship papers. He arrived in the United States in 1962. His store is near the Ohio State University campus.
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Columbus, Ohio
North Side
Alakassam Hasen Miqdadi
Jordan
Russia
Red China
Cuba
Miqdadi
United States
Ambulance Reminder Cuts Speed On Memorial Weekend
A Middletown Rescue Squad ambulance will be parked at multiple highway sites through Monday morning to slow area drivers. The unit, stationed on Interstate 75 south of Route 63 last night and then on Route 4, is part of a third year of the Memorial Day effort. Squad member Jack Oaks says motorists slow down after seeing a man in the ambulance.
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Middletown
Interstate 75
Rt. 63
Rt. 4 South
Jack Oaks
More Honors Slated For Dr Sabin
William Denham, Middletown city official, will present an official proclamation at a Sunday reception honoring Dr Albert Sabin for his polio vaccine work. Dr John D Millett of Miami University will speak at Temple Beth Sholom with B'nai B'rith leaders and local officials attending. The event is open to the public.
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William Denham
Middletown
Albert B. Sabin
Dr. Sabin
Denham
Sabin
B'nai B'rith
Hamilton
Temple Beth Sholom
Robert E. Westfall
Sion
Queen City Flying Service
Wedekind Aircraft, Inc
Albert Sabin
Lucy Mae Thomas
Douglas Park
Ohio
Girl 7 In Hospital After Mishap
Rebecca Gilbert seven was listed in satisfactory condition at Middletown Hospital after darting into a moving car near her home on Burton Road. The girl suffered facial elbow and knee abrasions with a forehead laceration bandaged by emergency responders.
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Rebecca Gilbert
Burton’ Road
Middletown
Earl Larsson
Burton Road
Death seat injuries dominate auto crashes
More than 80 percent of auto accident injuries occur to the person in the right passenger seat, described as the death seat, a position once considered safest but now linked to higher risk of injury.
Extension Of Jackson Lane Nixed By City Commission
City Commission rejected extending Jackson Lane from north of Sherman Avenue to Central Avenue. The motion, led by Commissioner Martin Miller, waived a public hearing and discontinued the plan, though land may be acquired from Armco Steel for a park or Wilson school expansion. Only Commissioner Donald Gose voted no. The vote drew applause from residents present.
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East End
Jackson Lane
Martin Miler
Sherman Avenue
Central Avenue
Commission
Armco Steel Corp
Wilson
Donald Gose
Robert Hayes
Calvin Lloyd
Miller
Highview Road
Four Rules for the Good Life Shared at Middletown High
Dr. L. Claire Warden of Columbus spoke at Middletown High School for 307 graduates about four tested rules for the good life. He stressed no shortcuts, that freedom comes through disciplined living, and that successes depend on facing failures. He urged reliance on God to achieve a meaningful life and individual accountability.
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L. Claire Warden
Columbus
Middletown High School
Wade E Miller
James ©. Finley
Board of Education
A. E. Roper
Howard Cromwell
Linda Havemann
Judy Wagoner
Benedic
Warden
Master of Men
Dragnet story of prison escapee captured in Warren County
Lebanon reports Norman Plummer, 27, captured at 3 am after wrecking a stolen car and being tracked by bloodhounds from multiple counties. John Richardson, 29, remains at large. Plummer held for London authorities. Also city commission actions, recreation proclamations, and a separate car theft case involving a 1957 model.
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Lebanon
London
Warren County
Norman Plummer
Warren
Hamilton
Montgomery Counties
Hamiton
Montgomery
Montgomery County
Plummer
Columbia Road
John Richardson
Secretary Getting Married in Help Wanted Box
A bustling Help Wanted note invites quick action by readers to place a fast ad. The message references a secretary wedding inquiry and urges dialing GA 20611 to initiate employment or personal notices promptly.
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Charlie Hurst
N. Main St
Ohio State University
Ronald E. Brewer
Baltimore St
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Inland Drive
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Catherine E. Yauch
Neibar St
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Waldner
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S. Verity Parkway
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N. Verity Parkway
Tytus Avenue
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MHS
Miller Gym
Weith
MHS Grads
Paul Sullivan
R. W. Galloway
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Thomas Chevrolet
Loveland
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