Democrats Hold Butler Courthouse In County Election Victory
Butler County voters produced the biggest turnout in history as Democrats held key offices and gained StateSenate seat with Edward H. Dell defeating Thomas Talbot. In the General Assembly Republicans won one seat, while Sheriff Charles B. Walke beat Dan Mahoney by 1,196 votes. Final totals show Eisenhower and Lausch led statewide. county results include budget votes and commissioner races.
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Butler County
Eisenhower
General Assembly
James Sexton
Middletown
Martin A. Lingler
Hamilton
Dan Mooney
Charles B. Walke
Walke
Mahoney
Board of Elections
Dell
Brown County
Brown
City Budget Revamped For Police and Fire Reduction
City commissioners approved amending the annual budget to fund reduced police hours from 48 to 40 and firemen from 72 to 56 per week, with $83,750 additional needs and possible surplus sharing if available. The plan includes hiring extra personnel and advancing ordinances to implement the changes.
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Starick
New Penitentiary Discussion Slated In Ohio Budget Talks
Governor Lausche plans a cabinet conference in Columbus to discuss the penitentiary question as he instructs department heads to prepare budget requests for the 100th General Assembly. He did not confirm any new construction plans.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Mnssion
100Th General Assembly
Land reform extended to nomads in Sinkiang borders
Peiping radio reports China will extend land reform to four million people in Sinkiang this winter and next spring. The program targets nomad herdsmen and peasants while promising to respect customs and religious beliefs across the region with its diverse Muslim and Buddhist populations.
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San Francisco
China
Sinkiang
Russia
Colder Weather Forecast With Freezing Risk Tonight
Cloudy and colder weather is forecast for the region tonight and tomorrow. Temperatures may dip to freezing as northwest winds reach 25 to 35 mph. Yesterday ranged 46 to 70 degrees. today’s low was 37 at 7 am and 43 at 9:38 am. Snow is likely in the state’s north and east sections.
Lemon Township approves school levy while health measures fail
In Butler County Lemon Township backed the school levy with 3 017 yes to 1 289 no. Voters favored the defeated health levy 2 016 to 1 851 and a one mill operating levy failed 2 198 to 2 066 across 10 precincts.
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Butler County
Middletown
Lemon Township
Madison Township
Paul F. Schenck
Butler
Montgomery
Schenck
Demp
Carmody to Sign City Bonds Before Vacation
Francis Carmody chairman of the City Commission and Middletown GOP leader left for a Florida fishing trip yesterday. He must sign 1,457 city bond documents before departure, a task delayed until Friday, as commissioners approved a contract requiring his signature bringing the total to 1,458.
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Ike
Francis Carmody
City Commission
Middletown
GOP
Commission
Florida
Carmody
Hamilton High Dismisses 15 Football Players
Coach Chuck Thackara dismissed 15 Hamilton High football players for disciplinary reasons after a 12:30 a.m. bed check following a 7-0 loss to Warren. Eight seniors, six juniors, and one sophomore were affected. several were first stringers. Non seniors may return in spring, and basketball eligibility remains.
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Hamilton High
Chuck Thackara
Warren
Big Blue
Hamilton
Toledo Libbey
Thackara
Grass and Leaf Fires Sweep Middletown in Dry Weather
In Middletown, two grass fires and two leaf fires were battled as bone dry conditions returned after a brief shower. Fire units attended rubbish and leaf blazes at 1300 Elm Street and 705 Nineteenth Avenue, plus street fires on The Alameda and Sherman Street Sutphin. No injuries or financial losses were reported.
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Middletown
Elm St
Paul Back
Nineteenth Ave
Allen Phelps
Alameda
Sherman St
Sutphin
Eisenhower Sets New Record In Historic Vote Total
President elect Dwight D. Eisenhower drew 31,875,451 popular votes, the most ever for a candidate, with 10,842 precincts still to report. The national tally for Eisenhower and Stevenson reached 57,544,367, surpassing the 1940 record.
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Washington
Dwight D Eisenhower
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Alf M. Landon
Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Wendell L. Wille
Paramount Shows A Miracle Of Our Lady Fatima
At The Movies Paramount presents A Miracle Of Our Lady Fatima with showings at 1 20, 3 20, 5 25, 7 30 and 9 35 p m Thursday and Friday. Strand screens Target at 1 45, 4 15, 6 50 and 9 20 p m and Pecos River at 2 55, 5 25, 8 00 and 10 30 p m on the same days.
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Pecos
Unconcerned Over Quick Trip Into Storm Drain
In Los Angeles a 16 month old girl named Nancy disappeared feet first into a gutter storm drain. Her mother Lucy Bearer cried out and Vincent de Milita descended into the drain to reach her. Nancy returned to a ledge, bewildered but unharmed, after the rescuer alerted authorities. Police credited the mother's prompt observation with preventing a tragedy.
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Los Angeles
Lucy Bearer
Nancy
Vincent de Milita
de Milita
State Board Suspends Dealer's Beer Permit
The Liquor permit of Willard S. Hall's Jackson's Market on State Route 4 was suspended 15 days by the State Liquor Board for 3.2 beer and carry-out permit violations. Charges included sales of liquor and consumption on the premises.
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State Liquor Board
Willard S. Hall
Jackson's Market
Reverend Pitts Ends Long Delays to Anglican Ordination
Carustun Canada AP reports that for twenty years Rev. Douglas S. Pitts postponed ordination as an Anglican clergyman due to repeated obligations with Indian school work. He has now completed the required steps and will be ordained.
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Carustun
Canada
Douglas S. Pitts
Ground Sloth of Pleistocene Rivalled Rhinoceros Size
In Pleistocene times a ground sloth species as large as a rhinoceros roamed the Western Hemisphere. This giant sloth surpassed typical megafauna in mass and presence, indicating remarkable ecosystem roles across ancient Americas.
City Police and Fire Departments Adopt 40 Hour Week
Voters approved reduced hours for police and firemen effective January 1. H. W. Starick said the date was set after meetings with department personnel committees. Chief William Fishbaugh outlined a Fire Prevention Bureau plan to save manpower by assigning two regular firemen daily under a new captain. The number four fire station requires at least 22 more firefighters, with 10 budgeted to cover the transition. Police expect seven additional officers to maintain strength, as two patrolmen remain unfilled following resignations.
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James Combs
Traffic Bureau
William Fishbaugh
Mueller, Hair and Hetterich
Douglas Park
Starick
Broughton Construction Company
H. W. Starick
City Manner
Howard Gall
Cincinnati
Dayton
Fishbaugh
Stray Bullets Hit Two Youths in Trenton and Franklin
Two area youths were wounded by gunfire and treated at Middletown Hospital. Eugene Day, 16, was hit on his left shoulder while riding a bicycle near the Trenton dump when his brother allegedly fired at birds. Bertie Rook, 13, was treated for a left thigh flesh wound after a 20 gauge shotgun discharged while she and another girl played with the weapon.
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Eugene Day
East St
Trenton
James
Bertie Rook
Forrest Ave
Franklin
Dorothy Rook
Chambers Suffers Heart Attack
Whittaker Chambers is in serious condition at St. Agnes Hospital after a heart attack last Monday. Doctors say his condition will remain serious for some time. The 52 year old Chambers, who has a farm near Westminster Maryland, was a government star witness in sending Alger Hiss to prison.
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Baltimore
Whittaker Chambers
St. Agnes Hospital
Chambers
Westminster
Alger Hiss
Canton Votes To Use Daylight Time In 53
Canton voters approved daylight savings by a 7 000 majority in Tuesday's election. Canton will switch to Daylight Time next summer for the first time in two years, ending a period when the city remained on slow time.
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City Sanitary Service Company
Sam Redding
Lafayette Ave
Starick
Canton. O
Canton
Deaths: Max Adler and Bilert Frankau Pass Away
Max Adler 86 philanthropist and retired Sears executive died in Beverly Hills California. Bilert Frankau 68 British writer known for averaging a novel per year for four decades died in Hove England.
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Associated Press
Beverly Hills
Calif
Max Adler
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Fisin, IL
Hove
England
Bilert Frankau
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