Assailant Stairs Train Passenger Leaps To Death
A dining car confrontation on a moving train in Preble County ends when the assailant, named as General Smith 47 of Martin City Montana, stabs Loyal G Caster 57 and leaps from the vestibule. Caster is hospitalized in critical condition. The man dies after a search party finds him near the tracks.
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Hamilton
Joseph Peake
Preble County
General Smith
Martin City
Mont
Corbin
Dayton
Loyal G. Caster
Mercy Hospital
Calkins
Eaton
Camden
Caster
Madison
Wis
Veterans Administration Hospital
Cincinnati
Middletown Optimist Club Earns Honor Status in District
The Middletown Optimist Club joined 200 honor clubs of Optimist International after a joint dinner with the Evening Optimist Club at Colony Restaurant. Gov Tommie Tompkins, District 24, cited quota, attendance, new club growth, Junior Optimist sponsorship and contest entries as the criteria. The group also won district best club of the year and Tompkins noted 894,000 boys benefited from Optimist programs nationally last year.
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Middletown Optimist Club
International Organization
Optimists
Optimist
Colony
Tommie Tompkins
District 24
Middletown Group
Optimist International
Tompkins
Optimist Club
Middletown
United States
Man Arrested For Resisting Officer
Donald Johnson, 26, of 209 Baltimore Street was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest after a fight at Clinton Street and Reynolds Avenue. Patrolman Alfred Back said Johnson refused to move, pushed the officer, and insulted him. The officer used mace. Johnson was treated for a lacerated left ear at Middletown Hospital and released. He was arrested at 11:20 p.m.
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Donald Johnson
Baltimore St
Clinton Street
Reynolds Avenue
Alfred Back
Johnson
Middletown Hospital
Kilgore Doubling Services At Friendship Baptist Church
The Rev. William Kilgore and the Holiness Tabernacle congregation will conduct services at Friendship Baptist Church at 3 30 p m tomorrow.
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William Kilgore
Congregation of the Holiness Tabernacle of the Universe
Friendship Baptist Church
Three Fire Calls Split Middletown Crews
Three calls kept Middletown firemen busy as two minor incidents and an emergency run occurred. At 4 08 p m smoke gathered in a stationary car at 1611 Mc Curry Ave but no fire. A waste fire in a journal box near the New York Central yard may have been set by a prankster.
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Middletown
McCurry Ave
Rudolph Looney
New York Central
N. Verity Parkway
Company 1
Middletown LOOF Lodge Initiations Reported
Two members Ben Cole and Ralph Buckner received first and second degree initiations at the Middletown LOOF lodge meeting last night. Five candidates are slated for third degree initiation next week, with refreshments planned after the following week’s meeting.
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Middletown
Fireman in Jail After Wife's Death
Richard Holder Jr a 28 year old Bathmen fireman was charged with first degree murder in his wife Eloise JoAn Holder's death. He was suspended without pay from the Division of Fire by City Manager acting safety director Charles W Thompson. Holder is held without bond. Preliminary hearing set for 1 30 p m November 21 in Municipal Court. Police continue questioning and no plea entered. Eloise Holder was buried Thursday.
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Richard Holder Jr
Barnitt Sr
Holder
Charles W. Thompson
Thompson
Youth Held In College Sophs Death
A University of Maryland sophomore was stabbed to death during a struggle with a car thief. A 16-year-old youth was arrested and charged with murder. Edward Vincent Marcionette of Silver Spring admitted to authorities he killed Richard E. Gibson of Leetonia Ohio. He was captured in a Washington hotel about an hour after the stabbing near Langley Park Maryland. He reportedly was a fugitive from a Maryland training school.
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Washington
University of Maryland
Charles Burns
Edward Vincent Marcionette
Silver Spring
Richard E. Gibson
Leetonia
Ohio
Marcionette
Gibson
Langley Park
Maryland
Boy Breaks Arm In Tumble From 2nd Floor Window
A 12 year old boy was admitted to Middletown Hospital for observation after tumbling from the upper story window of a neighbor's home yesterday. Don Schaeffer 12 1610 Carolina St son of Mr and Mrs Donald Schaeffer suffered a possible fracture of the upper left arm. Another fall resulted in a lacerated left ear for a McGraw Construction Co employee. Several stitches were required to treat the wound received by Harlan Sorrell 54 1704 Philadelphia Ave after he fell from a ladder. Elmer Smith 27 1812 2 Elwood St also a construction company employee was examined at the emergency room for possible injuries to his toes suffered when a carton of glazed tile fell on his foot. Smith who was treated and released is an employee of the Knowlton Construction Co Day ton. Victoria Cunningham 7 daughter of Mr and Mrs Phillip Cunningham 525 Middletown Pike Franklin was released from the hospital after treatment to remove a needle lodged in her right foot.
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Carl Lanson
Delaware Ave
Middletown Hospital
Riggs
Don Schaeffer
Carolina St
Donald Schaeffer
McGraw Construction Co
Harlan Sorrell
Philadelphia Ave
Elmer Smith
Elwood St
Smith
Knowlton Construction Co
Dayton
Victoria Cungham
Phillip Cunningham
Middletown Pike, Franklin
Pekan Marten Described as Northern Forest Fur Bearer
Pekan is the Indian name for the marten a brown bushy tailed fur bearer that lives in trees of northern forests.
America Veterans Day address urges preparedness and unity
Henderson Estes former commander of American Legion Post 218 urged Americans to be prepared and to reflect on why wars occur during Veterans Day ceremonies at Woodside Cemetery. He criticized unpreparedness in past conflicts and warned against Russia, calling for a strong defense and swift action to “beat them to the punch.” A wreath dedication, color guard, firing squad, and service honors followed, with a luncheon featuring Mrs. Paul Hinkle urging Americans to defend democracy and the nation’s democratic virtues.
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Henderson Estes
American Legion Post 218
Woodside Cemetery
Estes
United States
America
Paul Hinkle
Columbus
Ohio
Legion Post
Robert Barnard
James F. McNary
Journal
Blevins
Pedestrian Struck By Car Fractures Both Ankles
A 66 year old man, John Neu, was struck on S Broad Street near Sebald Alley and suffered fractures to both ankles. He was hospitalized in fair condition and to undergo surgery. Police say driver Charles Henry Jr did not see the pedestrian. no charges filed. Minor city wrecks follow later with two cars colliding on S Main Street and additional fender benders on Broad Street and Franklin Street.
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S. Broad Street
Sebald Alley
Middletown Hospital
John Neu
Garfield Sr
Neu
Charles C. Henry Jr
Lowell St
Henry
Nell
William Miller Jr
McKinley, Sr
William Sears
14Th Ave
S. Main Street
Sears
Miller Auto
Miller
Kershaw Named UL Alum Of Year For 64 000 Win
The Rev. Alvin L. Kershaw of Oxford Ohio, an Episcopal minister with a passion for jazz, won 32 000 on a television quiz show and was named the University of Louisville alumnus of the year. He will be honored at the homecoming game next week.
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Louisville
Alvin L. Kershaw
Oxford
Ohio
University of Louisville
Perkins Family to Continue Prison Eye Glass Drive
Edler Bert Perkins and daughter Miss Eunice Perkins will conduct services at the Butler County jail in Hamilton at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow. The program began after the death of Mrs. Bertha Perkins and will continue the eye glasses collection for inmates, with donations accepted at the Perkins home, 701 18th Ave.
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Edler Bert Perkins
Eunice Perkins
Butler County
Hamilton
Bertha Perkins
Perkins
Police Briefs In City Police Arrest Warrant Fugitive
Officers yesterday arrested Bige Marshall 25 of 616 Waite St on a warrant charging fleeing the scene of an accident. A three year old daughter of Mrs Margaret Mullies of 16th Avenue was bitten on the face by a dog. Police checked a report of someone shooting in an alley near Central Avenue and Clinton Street last night but found no one.
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Bige Marshall
Waite St
Lafayette Avenue
Margaret Mullies
16Th Avenue
Central Avenue
Clinton Street
One Vote Confirms Devon Defeat of McKeever in East Liverpool
East Liverpool voters confirmed Democrat Arnold W. Devon won by a single vote over incumbent Republican Mayor E Allan McKeever. Devon received 3098 ballots in the official tally.
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East Liverpool
Ohio
Columbiana County Election Board
Arnold W. Devon
E. Allan McKeever
Devon
Movie Showings At Five Theatres This Saturday
Paramount screens Count Three and Pray Santa Fe Passage with showtimes. Strand presents Tall Man Riding Five Against the House. Colonial shows The Tall Men. Dixie Cruise-In offers Half a Hero and Three Young Texans with listed times.
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Dixie Cruise
Dr Mabel E Gardner Named Medical Woman of the Year
Dr Mabel E Gardner wins Medical Woman of the Year honor from the Southwestern Ohio Branch of the American Medical Women's Assn to be presented at a luncheon in Cincinnati on the final day of the 1955 Mid Year Board Meeting. She has held multiple leadership roles and received the Elizabeth Blackwell Award in 1954 for advancing medical student branches. She is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati Medical School and a specialist in obstetrics and gynecology.
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Mabel E. Gardner
Southwestern Ohio
American Medical Women’s Assn
Hotel Netherland Plaza
Cincinnati
Association
Gardner
Elizabeth Blackwell
Otterbein College
University of Cincinnati Medical School
American College of Surgeons
Middletown Hospital
Butler County Medical Assn
Board of Health
Library Fund
American Medical Women's Assn
Woman's Medical College
Philadelphia
University
Break Out Net Thieves Cash From Grove Street Cafe
An apparent break-out, not a break-in, netted thieves 94.54 from Johnson's Cafe on Grove Street and Michigan Avenue. Detectives Roy Croft and James Johnson, the proprietor, reported the crime after finding the owner allegedly locked inside the cafe and forcing their way out.
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Johnson's
Grove Street
Michigan Avenue
Roy Croft
James Johnson
Two MU Students Injured When Car Dives Into Ditch
Two Miami University students were treated and released at Miami University Hospital after a car driven by Anton Nosek 19 failed to negotiate a curve on Nichols Road near Oxford and wrecked into a ditch at 8 15 p m. Nosek and passenger Thomas Laughlin 19 suffered facial and bodily lacerations and abrasions.
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Miami University
Nichols Road
Oxford
Miami University Hospital
Anton Nosek
Ogden Hall
Thomas Laughlin
Nosek
Cincinnati Group Buys Times Square Hotel
A Cincinnati syndicate led by Albert Harris signs a purchase contract to acquire the Hotel Times Square at 43rd Street and Eighth Avenue in New York. The deal is estimated at several million dollars for the 16 story, 1000 room property.
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Cincinnati
Times Square
43Rd St
Eighth Ave
New York
Albert Harris
Dillon Falls man dies in one car crash near Zanesville
Zanesville Ohio Musk ingum County reports its 18th traffic fatality of 1955 as Richard B Lucas 20 of Dillon Falls dies after a one car crash on Ohio 146 three miles west of Zanesville.
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Zanesville
Ohio
Muskingum County
Richard B. Lucas
Dillon Falls
Ohio 146
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