City Garbage Truck Crushes Driver at 1 Euclid Street
A 37 year old city sanitation worker, Robert Prows, was crushed by a packer type garbage truck at 9 30 a m near the Elliott Levy home on private property. Police say the truck moved with the motor running pinning Prows against a brick wall as other workers loaded garbage. Prows, of 1108 Girard Ave, died at Middletown Hospital at 9 45 a m. He had worked for the sanitation department since 1955 and was a part time taxi driver on weekends. He served in the U S Army from 1944 to 1946. He is survived by his wife Goldie two children his mother seven sisters and several brothers. Arrangements are incomplete at Baker funeral home.
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Euclid St
Middletown
Robert Prows
Girard Ave
Prows
Elliott Levy
James Comb
Harry Richardson
Edward Lykins
Lawrence White
Delmas Birch
Garret Boone
Butler County
Somerset
U. S. Army
Goldie
Joseph R. Baker & Sons
Police Eve Angles In Gun Death
Funeral services planned for Mary Ellen Barger 20 of 334 S 2nd St after she was shot at East Avenue and Grand Boulevard by a young gunman. Police investigated angles and questioned over twenty people while seeking a 20–23 year old suspect about 6 feet tall with sandy hair in a dark jacket. car described as dark colored 1946 1947 or 1948 model. Survived by daughter Maryetta and large family.
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Hamilton
Angles
Mary Ellen
Webb Funeral
Barger
Fairfield High School
Maryetta
Family Swim Time Set at YMCA Saturday Evening
B P Allen physical director will lead a 7 p m family swim session at the YMCA. The monthly event is open to Y members and their families, Allen said.
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YMCA
B. P. Allen
Allen
At The Movies Show Schedules Across The City
Paramount shows Fin German Treasurer of Pancho Villa and Corpse Creek with times 1 30 3 00 4 45 6 20 8 00 9 35. Strand presents Captain Lightfoot One Desire Gunfighters with listed showings. Colonial features My Sister Eileen. Dixie Cruise In lists Street Corner showings.
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Fingerman
Pancho Villa
Captain Lightfoot
Corpers Creek
Eileen
Pay Talks Open For Middletown Teachers Association
The Middletown Classroom Teachers Association met to discuss pay scales merit pay extra curricular pay and daily breaks. No decisions were made pending a teachers pay survey in the district. A panel including Ben Kitchen and Joseph Woodruff reviewed issues while Clyde Yocom moderated. Delegates and alternates to the Ohio Education Association convention were named. The article notes a U.S. census statistic showing employed women in domestic service dropping from 2 million in 1940 to 1.45 million in 1950.
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Middletown
Ohio Education Assn
Clyde Yocom
Don Altstaetter
Commission May Consider Telephone Rate Changes
Middletown residents may see Bell Telephone rate reductions discussed at tonight's City Commission meeting. Acting city manager Charles Thompson notes the proposal lacks some city requests but action rests with the Commission. Also on the agenda are three emergency ordinances for Arlington Knolls improvements, Douglas Park assessment board, and a bond release, plus a second reading on water department charges.
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Middletown
Charles Thompson
Thompson
Bell Telephone Co
Runnymede
Valley View
Marshall Road
East Central Avenue
J. R. Miller
Telephone Company
Commission
Arlington Knolls
Douglas Park
Kanorad Heinkel
Aks
Firemen’s Relief and Pension Fund Board
Parks and Recreation Department
Reedy’s
Broad Street
Planning Board
Armco Steel Corporation
Uth
Pair Injured In Accidents Near Franklin
Two people were slightly hurt in Middletown area crashes reported by state patrol. Pete Hackney, 13, a passenger, suffered head lacerations and knee abrasions after the car he rode in overturned on Lower Springboro Road. The driver, William Frauenknecht, 19, was cited for driving left of center after the crash. Another collision near Franklin injured Raymond Zimmerman, 40, who received head wounds and was treated. James Benton, 25, backed from a driveway and was struck, causing the Zimmerman car to overturn.
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Middletown
Pete Hackney
Mike Humbert
Springboro Road
Springboro
Middletown Hospital
Hackney
William B. Frauenknecht
N. Sycamore St
Lebanon
Frauenknecht
Raymond Zimmerman
Germantown
Firemen Respond to Trash Blaze Behind Home and Nearby Call
City firefighters checked a trash fire at 1307 Baltimore Street yesterday with no damage. Company 3 ran at 11 58 am and later at 4 44 pm to 1409 Baltimore Street where no fire was found at Mable Ford’s home. A neighbor saw smoke from the kitchen door, later ruled a burning steel drum outside.
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Thomas Witaker
Baltimore St
Mable Ford
Steele Named Secretary of Alumni Association
Dr. W. R. Steele of 210 Schomer Building was elected secretary treasurer of the Ohio chapter of the alumni association of Illinois College of Optometry. He earned his optometry degree in 1942 and holds memberships in the American Optometric Association the Miami Valley Society of Optometry. He is active with the Masons Elks and Sertoma club locally.
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W. R. Steele
Schomer Bldg
Ohio
Alumni Association of Illinois College of Optometry
Steele
American Optometric Assn
Miami Valley Society of Optometry
Masons, Elks
Sertoma Club
Middletonians urged to make Safe-Driving Day real
William D. Long, chairman of the local Safe-Driving Day drive, warns Middletonians to avoid accidents tomorrow. He cites past traffic tolls and urges pedestrians and motorists to drive and walk defensively to keep the district accident-free. Last year’s observance reduced deaths and injuries nationwide.
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William D. Long
Long
Middletown
President’s Committee For Traffic Safety
Dystrophy Drive Falls Short of Goal in Middletown
Middletown Firemen's Muscular Dystrophy march aimed for 5000 dollars but raised 3079.86 during house-to-house canvassing and canister collections around town, according to Chairman Jack Moore.
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Middletown
Jack Moore
Police Briefs Arrests For DUI And Warrant Failure
Police report Jack Shillinglaw Jr. 30 of 72 Yankee Rd. was arrested on Crawford Street for driving while under the influence. Detectives yesterday arrested Charles Castleman 26 of Columbus at the Franklin County jail on a failure to provide warrant.
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Jack Shillinglaw, Jr
Yankee Rd
Crawford Street
Charles Castleman
Columbus
Franklin County
Bicycle Stolen From Fairfield Avenue Address
Richard Robbins reports his red and blue bicycle license 13779 stolen from 1511 Fairfield Ave yesterday morning.
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Richard Robbins
Fairfield Ave
Middletown Reports No Traffic Mishaps on Eve of S D Day
City officials note motorists in Middletown jumped the gun on the S D Day observance with no accidents reported yesterday. Traffic Bureau records show the last incident occurred at 9 p m Monday.
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Middletown
William Harrison to Lead 1956 Red Cross Campaign
William A. Harrison of the W T Harrison Insurance agency will chair the 1956 Middletown Red Cross fund drive, announced by James Gardner. Harrison, a Denison graduate and Middletown native, has extensive Red Cross volunteer service and holds roles in YMCA Civic Association Rotary Club and Junior Chamber of Commerce. The drive opens in March to mark the 75th anniversary of the American Red Cross.
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William A. Harrison
W.T. Harrison Insurance Agency
James Gardner
Middletown
Board of Control
Rotary Club
Junior Chamber of Commerce
W T. Harrison
Denison University
Short St
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OEA
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Leola Whitehead
Mildred Beacom
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Josephine Roush
Donna Smith
Gertrude Jennings
U. S
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
Franklin
Alumni Association
City
William Harrison
Red Cross
Harrison
W. T. Grant CO
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Legionnaires
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Smorgasboro
Second Avenue
Broad & Verity Parkway
U.S
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