Armco dedicates new slab and hot strip mills in Middletown
Event draws over 700 as Ohio Governor James A Rhodes hails Armco and local climate for business. Logan T Johnston notes total investment will reach 400 million by completion. Governor credits workers and region for securing largest industrial project in Ohio since 1803.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Phillip Shriver
Armco Steel Corp
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Armco
Logan T. Johnston
Burglars Take Items From Lula Mae Cotton Home
Police report shows burglars entered Lula Mae Cotton's home at 1011 14th Ave without forced entry and stole a pistol a watch a woman's coat and a pillowcase yesterday.
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Lula Mae Cotton
14Th Ave
Four Boys Arrested After Sunset Park Pool Trespass
Four youths aged 12 to 14 were arrested on trespassing charges after allegedly entering the Sunset Park pool area by climbing the fence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunset Park
Vandalism Hits Cars In Local Neighborhoods
Windows shattered in parked cars of Fred M. Pummill at 141 Orchard St and AE. Ross at 2004 Winona Drive by unknown means while a rock damaged a city owned car on Ellen Drive early yesterday.
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Fred M. Pummill
Orchard St
AE. Ross
Winona Drive
Ellen Drive
Robbery Report: Mirror and Hubcaps Stolen
August Fosse reports a remote control rear view mirror taken from his parked car yesterday. William Perkins reports four hubcaps valued at 40 dollars stolen from his auto at 6369 Germantown Road.
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August Fosse
Smith Ave
William Perkins
Germantown Road
Withey Re elected VP of Porcelain Enamel Institute
William H. Withey of 4405 Riverview Ave. has been reelected vice president of the Porcelain Enamel Institute. He serves as manager of marketing service at Armco Steel Corp. The institute, based in Washington D C, sets technical standards and promotes research and market development for porcelain enameling industry.
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William H. Withey
Riverview Ave
Porcelain Enamel Institute
Armco Steel Corp
Washington, D. C
Adventists Honor Middletown Educator Doty House Head
Hugh Butler, longtime Middletown educator and Doty House administrator, is named the Seventh-day Adventist Church yearly commendation award recipient. The 11:30 a.m. Saturday ceremony at 611 S Main St will be led by Rev. Frank W. Gifford who noted the award honors local service contributing to city pride. Butler arrived in 1919 and held multiple school roles including principal and acting superintendent before retiring in 1957.
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Hugh Butler
Middletown
Doty House
Seventh-day Adventist Church
S. Main St
Frank W. Gifford
Gifford
Butler
Ridgeway
Ohio
Ohio Wesleyan University
Ohio University
Ohio Northern
Miami University
Youngstown
Man Files For Claim Under Ohio Workmen’s Compensation
Benjamin Mason of 1209 Elm St. filed suit in Butler County Common Pleas Court seeking to participate in Ohio Workmen's Compensation benefits. He alleges his feet slipped at Armco Steel Corp on January 19, 1962, causing a fall that injured his back and head. an earlier claim was disallowed.
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Hamilton
Middletown
Armco Steel Corp
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Ohio
Benjamin Mason
Elm St
Court hearing continued in Millvale fire case at Heinold Junior High
In Cincinnati AP report, three Millvale juveniles facing charges for starting the Sept. 1 fire at Heinold Junior High School have their trials postponed for the fourth time to Friday afternoon. Judge Benjamin Schwartz cited an incomplete witness list. School damage estimated at $35,000.
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Cincinnati
Millvale
Heinold Junior High
Benjamin Schwartz
Man Questioned In Theft Of $75 At Swifty Station
A 22 year old man was held by police for questioning in the theft of more than 75 dollars from Swifty Station on S Verity Parkway yesterday. He was arrested on intoxication charges after police were called to a report of men pouring gas on the lot. He allegedly told a woman he would get the attendant drunk to steal the money.
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Swifty
S. Verity Parkway
Armco Open House At New Hot Strip Mill
Armco Steel officials anticipate a large turnout for an open house at the new hot strip mill complex in the Middletown area. Guided tours run 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. this weekend and next, with visitors urged to come this weekend. a Dayton and Cincinnati invite-only weekend follows. The gate is on Jefferson Road between Jackson Lane and Lamberton Street. Visitors are asked not to bring cameras. The mill's long building requires comfortable walking shoes.
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Armco Steel Corp
Middletown
Dayton
Cincinnati
Jefferson Road
Jackson Lane
Lamberton Street
Armco
Wife a Great Comfort in Distress Says Old Saying
A traditional adage notes wives provide comfort to husbands in distress while bachelors lack such support. The proverb underscores companionship as a stabilizing factor in tough times.
Nixon to Visit Middletown in Ohio Train Stop Tour
Nixon the Republican presidential candidate will include Middletown on a whistle stop tour of Ohio with tentative plans to stop Tuesday October 22 after a Cincinnati rally. He will then visit Dayton Springfield Columbus and Toledo. Humphrey may not attend.
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Richard M. Nixon
Hubert H. Humphrey
Nixon
Middletown
Ohio
Cincinnati
Dayton
Springfield
Columbus
Toledo
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Auto
Broad Street
Manchester Avenue
Barry Goldwater
Lyndon B. Johnson
Humphrey
Richard Koehler
Butler County
Democratic Party
Koehler
Clermont County
Edmund S. Muskie
Night for Begging Halloween Trick or Treat Set
The City Commission designates October 30 as Trick or Treat Night from 5 to 8 p.m. for children to visit neighbors’ doors. The event is described with various synonyms such as Beggars' Night and Hip Pie Hour.
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City Commission
Zoning Board Grants Variances For Apartments and Church
The Board of Zoning Appeals approved three variances including Bundy Apartments expansion on Central Avenue at Penn Central. John C Brown gained permission to add 17 apartments bringing total to 49 and to remodel the old Family Theater into a store room. The First United Presbyterian Church may substitute evergreen shrubbery for a masonry wall for its residential area parking lot. Pete Amatulli may change the use at 3406 Burbank St in a non conforming residential zone.
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Board of Zoning Appeals
Central Avenue
Penn Central Railroad
John C. Brown
Miller Road
Brown
First United Presbyterian Church
Pete Amatulli
Burbank St
No One Hurt In City Accidents
Two early morning crashes caused over 600 in damage. George McGlone collided with Elbert McCoy after a traffic light stop at Verity Parkway and Columbia Avenue. Wilford Caldwell veered off Jefferson Road into an Armco Steel fence. Both drivers cited for causing the damage.
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George McGlone
Minnesota St
Elbert E. McCoy
Tytus Ave
Verity Parkway
Columbia Avenue
McCoy
Alane
Wilford Caldwell
Oxford State Road
Jefferson Road
Armco Steel Corp
Caldwell
Girl Given Gun, She Tells Police
A Lebanon high school girl reported a man who handed her a .38 revolver on a downtown street. James F. Taulbee, 31, of Middletown, was arrested in Mason and charged with carrying a concealed weapon, later to face a contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile charge.
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Lebanon
Mason
James F. Taulbee
Lamberton St
Middletown
Taulbee
Warren County
Roy Wallace
U. S. 42
U.S. 42
Reading Road
City Extends Yard Waste and Refuse Collections
The extended curb side collections of yard clippings and refuse will continue until October 31. Ken Young, sanitation superintendent, stated the summer collection schedule, normally April 1 to September 30, has been extended. Residents should place yard waste in bundles or containers at the curb on garbage collection mornings.
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Ken Young
City Commission
Young
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William Verity
George Verity
Verity
Middletown Works
L. F. Reinartz
Donald Holstein
Armco Employes Independent Federation
Milton (Middie) Wells
Ralph
Harry Holiday
Guthrie
Armco Employes
Holstein, Wells
Geier
Withey
Isabella
Big Luke
Coats
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