Water Pressure Dips as Vandals Hit 8 City Hydrants
Water pressure fell after eight Halloween pranks opened hydrants in the East End. About 20 000 gallons lost before midnight shutdown by Water Division workers. Hydrants on Johns Road Jackson Lane The Alameda Superior Avenue Win ton Street and Lewis Street. Police and fire crews responded to additional vandalism including damaged vehicles a missing chain saw and a small alley fire with no injuries.
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Dae Kothe
City Public Utilities
Kothe
Kensington
Clifton Farms
East End
Water Division
Johns Road
Jackson Lane
Alameda
Superior Avenue
Winton Street
Lewis Street
Blue Ball
Joseph Blackmore
Lafayette Avenue
Yankee Road
Lee Pohlable
Stanley St
St. Luke’s United Presbyterian Church
Cherry Street
1800 Turn Out For Hijinks Halloween Parade
About 1,800 people attended six city Halloween Mardis Gras parties coordinated by John Paschal of the Parks and Recreation Department. Readouts show 425 at Barnitz Park, 300 Gardner Park, 275 Sunset Park, 375 Goldman Park, 225 Shopping Plaza, and 200 at Manchester and Main, with adults and youths totaling 1,900 at supervised events and 530 youths winning silver dollars from merchants. Cooperation came from Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions, Civitan, Sertoma, Jaycees, Chamber of Commerce, and sponsors including Coca Cola, Frisch’s, American Legion, WPFB, and the Art Center.
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Departments of Parks and Recreation
John Paschal
Barnitz Park
Gardner Park
Sunset Park
Goldman Park
Manchester
Main
American Legion
Paschal
Rotary
Kiwanis
Lions
Civitan
Sertoma
Jaycees
Chamber of Commerce
Property Owners’ Insurance Writers
Coca- Cola Bottling Co
Frisch's
WPFB
Dave Arnett
Art Center
CANDIDATES ON STAGE TONIGHT AT ROOSEVELT JR HIGH
Local candidates and proposed tax levies will be reviewed tonight at 8 o'clock at Roosevelt Junior High School. The Know Your Candidates meeting is sponsored by the League of Women Voters. Clifford Roberts discusses the tuberculosis tax levy. Arthur Lennie explains the school operating tax levy renewal. Herman H. Lawrence covers four state constitutional amendments. Incumbents William Denham and Donald Gose will be introduced along with Henry Teasley for City Commission. James Finley, Mrs. Mary Litsch Jocinalis ens, Mrs. Betty Little and Mrs. Bess Hoover Smucker seek Board of Education seats.
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Roosevelt Junior High School
League of Women Voters
Clifford Roberts
Butler County Tuberculosis Association
Arthur Lennie
Board of Education
Herman H. Lawrence
Miami University Center
William Verty
William Denham
Donald Gose
Henry Teasley
James Finley
Mary Litsch
Jocinalisens
Betty Little
Bess Hoover Smucker
Manchester Club Meeting Discusses Festival Reports and Bake Sale
Manchester Junior High School Booster Club will meet tomorrow at 7 30 p m at the school. Committee reports from the October fall festival will be heard. Plans for the November 18 spaghetti supper and bake sale under chairmen Mr and Mrs George Pierce will be discussed.
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Manchester
George Pierce
Boy Hit By Car Hospitalized After Drive-In Incident
A five year old boy was admitted to Middletown Hospital after running into a car at McDonalds Drive In on N Verity Parkway. He suffered a painful head and a fractured right leg. Gwendolyn Matthews of Franklin drove north when the child crossed the driveway and ran into her auto. The incident occurred at 5 45 p m.
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Middletown Hospital
McDonald's
Richard Heiser
Linus Heiser
Elmo Place
Gwendolyn Matthews
Sixth St
Franklin
NLRB Hearing Concludes On Miami Cabinet Division Case
The National Labor Relations Board hearing into alleged unfair labor practices by the Miami Cabinet Division of Philip Carey Manufacturing Co. concluded late yesterday. Hearing officer Sidney Sherman, based in Washington, will refer the matter to Washington with a ruling expected in about 30 days.
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National Labor Relations Board
Miami
Philip Carey Manufacturing Co
United Auto Workers
Afl-Cio
NLRB
Sidney Sherman
Washington
Victim Improves After Pedestrian Hit On Vannest Avenue
Dana Wallace five year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Wallace of 4315 Vannest Ave was among six pedestrians struck by a car on Vannest Avenue Monday night. She sustained internal injuries and a head cut but improved to satisfactory condition at Middletown Hospital.
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Dana Wallace
Robert Wallace
Vannest Ave
Vannest Avenue
Middletown Hospital
Guiana
Achiever Stock Sale Set for Tomorrow at 4 PM
Tomorrow at 4 p.m. the Junior Achievers plan their annual stock sale in Green and Ladd offices. Fourteen companies send two reps each plus eight Achievers as floor staff to liquidate 20 shares per company to approved buyers. The event mirrors New York Stock Exchange routines with phone orders possible after 2 p.m. Chairman William Denham to open the sale.
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Green and Ladd
New York Stock Exchange
Robert Brown
Greene
Geveral
Middletown
William Denham
Brownie Troop 92 Inducts Eighteen New Members
Eighteen first and second grade Brownies were inducted into Troop 92 at Lincoln School during an investiture ceremony last night. New scouts include Debbie Carlton Elsie Click Vicki Cofer Chris Cole Geralyn Curtis Jill Francis Carol Humphreys Diane Humphreys Cathy Kerr Robin Dale King Sheila Lonicker Donna Marts Carol Neff Susie Neff Kathy Osborne Debbie Selby Polly Sexton and Yvette Stransky. Co leaders are Mrs James Sexton and Mrs Gerald Curtis with assistance from Mrs Dale Humphreys.
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Lincoln School
Debbie Carlton
Elsie Click
Vicki Cofer
Chris Cole
Geralyn Curtis
Jill Francis
Carol Humphreys
Diane Humphreys
Cathy Kerr
Robin Dale King
Sheila Lonicker
Donna Marts
Carol Neff
Susie Neff
Kathy Osborne
Debbie Selby
Polly Sexton
Yvette Stransky
James Sexton
Gerald Curtis
Dale Humphreys
Troop 55 Hosts Halloween Birthday Party for Marcia Root
Troop 55 celebrated Marcia Root's birthday with a Halloween themed party at her Woodburn Avenue home last night. Angela Koeppel won best costume while Sandy Franklin Shannon Herr Mary Ruth Gold and Ruth Svarda earned game prizes.
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Troop 55
Marcia Root
Woodburn Avenue
Angela Koeppel
Sandy Franklin
Shannon Herr
Mary Ruth Gold
Ruth Svarda
Porcupine Tracking Transmitter Planned by Foresters
Foresters plan to attach a small radio transmitter to a porcupine to map the animal’s range and understand how it causes damage to trees. The device will emit a “peep peep” signal enabling researchers to locate and study the porcupines more efficiently.
Miami Group Objects To Dropping Of Trains
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio hearings in the City Building auditorium examined the proposed discontinuance of two New York Central passenger trains serving Middletown and Miami University. H. H. Stephenson of Oxford testified about travel inconveniences for 7484 Miami University students and 300 Western College for Women, noting cross country travel and weekend/holiday schedules. NYC officials cited losses and declining ridership, while supporters cited special trains and bus connections for students. The hearing drew about 30 spectators as sworn testimony proceeded.
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Miami
New York Central
Middletown
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
PUCO
NYC
H. H. Stephenson
Oxford
Miami University
Stephenson
4. C. Russell
Cleveland
Russell
Julius MclIntosh
City Building
Ohio Department of Highways
Grand Avenue
Orchard Street
Brerel Boulevard
Identity Sought As Man Found In Abandoned Barn
Police seek to identify a man found incoherent in an abandoned barn near E State and Potter streets by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. He said several names, had wood alcohol poisoning, and carried no ID. In hospital in Middleton, he is called Mr X, about 58 to 60 years old, 5 feet 8 inches, 150 pounds, with a missing right eye, a left forearm tattoo of a woman, and a small mustache.
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Trenton
Baltimore & Ohio
E. State
Potter Streets
Middletown Hospital
Mr. x
Contracts Awarded By Franklin Board
Seven contracts totaling 896671 were signed by the Franklin school board to speed the triple building program. Marion Contracting of Dayton is general contractor for 596810, with Tibbets Plumbing and Heating of Dayton receiving two contracts, 100790 for plumbing and 95180 for heating. Kastle Electric of Dayton wins 70500, G. E. Maier of Cincinnati 31214 for kitchen equipment, Tiffin Scenic Studio 1096 for stage curtains, and Seating Engineering Co. of Mt. Amisburg 1081 for steel lockers.
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Franklin
Franklin School Board
Ohio Department of Education
Hampton Bennett
Marion Contracting Co
Dayton
Tibbets Plumbing and Heating Co
Mt. ‘Amisburg
Man dies removing truck motor in Ohio accident
Elgar Randleman 63 of Grafton Road was removing a motor from a truck when the vehicle slipped off a jack and brushed him to death in OberlN Ohio.
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Jack
Ohio
Elgar & Randleman
Grafton Road
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West Elkton
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ED Edmiston
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Franklin Board
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