School Group Revived To Push Levy Renewal
Reactivation of the Committee For Better Schools has been announced by Joseph Woodruff, Middletown Board of Education president. Leo Reinartz will chair. seven vice chairmen join, aiming to renew the 3.18 mill operating levy in November. The levy provides about 534000 annually, ~14 percent of the budget. without renewal, kindergarten, transportation, supplies, and building maintenance could face cuts.
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Committee For Better Schools
Joseph Woodruff
Middletown
Woman Hurt In Accident Near Lebanon
A Kentucky woman, Louise F. Scott, 24, of Louisville, was injured in a two car collision on U. S. 42 about 2:20 p.m. three miles north of Lebanon. She received back and leg injuries at Middletown Hospital and refused overnight observation. Police charged her with driving left of center.
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Kentucky
U. S. 42
Lebanon
Louise F. Scott
Louisville
Middletown Hospital
Scott Auto
Clayton Smith
Murder Charge in Ciney Stabbing Improves Cincinnati Case
Police filed a murder charge against Dorothy Harris 32 in the stabbing death of Thomas Moses in west Cincinnati. Investigators said Harris admitted an argument with Moses before he was fatally stabbed Friday night. Moses died early Saturday from multiple chest and side stab wounds.
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Cincinnati
West Cincinnati
Thomas Moses
Dorothy Harris
Moses
Boys Choir Trials Begin At YMCA Auditorium
The Middletown Junior Optimist Boys Choir starts its fourth year under Rev. Walter W. Davis at the First Methodist Church, open to fourth through ninth graders with unchanged voices. Tryouts run 6 30 to 7 30 p m tomorrow in the YMCA auditorium with Optimist Club members on hand to answer questions.
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Middletown
Junior Optimist
Walter W. Davis
First Methodist Church
Middletown Optimist Club
Junior Optimist Club
YMCA
Optimist Club
Grass Fire Ignited Near Rail Tracks Briefly Burned
Firemen were called at 12 26 p m yesterday to the 300 block of N Sutphin Street to check a grass fire alongside the New York Central Railroad tracks. The blaze caused no damage and may have been started by a cigarette or match. The eye is 16 times more sensitive than the car.
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N. Sutphin Street
New York Central
Cafe Warned of Robbery near German Town
Two men warned the Circle Inn bartender in Sunbury near German Town that the cafe would be robbed tonight. They left the cafe and nothing had occurred by 10 30 p m. The bartender alerted Montgomery County deputies who began an investigation.
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Circle Inn
Sunbury
Germantown
Montgomery County Sheriff's Deputies
Loss in Ciney fire damages Cincinnati City Hall
Cincinnati officials estimate 125000 in damage from a blaze that raged nearly two hours in the northwest section of the 64 year old City Hall. Iron beams buckled and a 40 by 20 foot roof hole opened as parts of the fourth floor dropped. cause believed overheated refrigerator motor. Plans for the Cincinnati Expressway were not delayed.
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Cincinnati
C. A. Harrell
Edwin Potts
Eadh
Potts
Ohio Highway Department
AWOL Airman Chased and Caught by Police
Police pursued AWOL airman Daniel L. Woodward 19, after he fled from the Woodward home on N Broad Street. An officer fired one shot into the air before Woodward was apprehended near 1916 Columbia Ave at about 6:18 p.m.
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Daniel L. Woodward
Columbia Ave
N. Broad Street
Paul Judd
Ralph Trimble
Woodward
Trimble
Two Cars Collide at Busy Intersection No Injuries
Damage totaled 575 dollars after a collision at N Sutphin Street and Manchester Avenue at 8 45 a m. Clyde Slankenship, 18, and Glenn Wilhoit, 34, were the drivers. The light was flashing caution for traffic in both directions. A nearby no parking sign at the southwest corner was damaged.
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N. Sutphin Street
Manchester Avenue
Clyde Slankenship
Franlin Rt. 1
Glenn Wilhoit
West Middletown
Pharmacy Dean Dies in Akron After Illness
Edward Spease, 74, dean of Western Reserve University's school of pharmacy from 1916 to 1940, died Saturday at City Hospital Akron after a four week illness.
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Akron
Ohio
Edward Spease
Western Roe
University
School of Pharmacy
City Hospital
Deaths And Funerals Of Kenneth Oswald Lebanon
Kenneth Oswald 45 longtime Valley Funeral Director died suddenly Saturday afternoon in Westerville Ohio as he prepared for a burial service. He was a Lebanon native and Cincinnati College of Embalming graduate, survived by wife Mary Lou three daughters a sister and two half siblings. funeral plans not yet set.
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Lebanon
Kenneth Oswald
Westerville
Ohio
Oswald
WU. B. Brubaker
Otterbein
Ernest R. Oswald
Lebanon Funeral Home
Lebanon High School
Cincinnati College of Embalming
Methodist Church
Mary Lou
Diane
Houston
Tex
Kay
Paula
Betty Johnson
John
Funeral services for Mrs Florence Woolums
Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Monday at Griesmer Grim Funeral Home Hamilton for Mrs Florence Woolums who died Friday at her son Fred Woolums home Trenton Rt 1. The Rev Charles March will officiate with burial in Greenwood Cemetery Hamilton. She was a Madison County Ky native who lived in Hamilton since 1915 and is survived by five sons Earl Edwin Frederick Roscoe and Russell Woolums all of Butler County three brothers Wiley Burns Roscoe Burns of Hamilton and Raisch Burns of New York City and 10 grandchildren. Friends may call at the funeral home Sunday afternoon and evening.
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Florence Woolums
Fred Woolums
Trenton
Rt. 1
Griesmer- Grim
Hamilton
Charles March
St. Petey Lutheran Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Woolums
Madison County
Earl
Edwin
Frederick
Roscoe
Russell Woolums
Butler County
Wiley Burns
Roscoe Burns
Raisch Burns
New York City
Obituary notices for two residents with funeral details
Frank A. Baum aged 84 of 314 Sherman Avenue is listed with Cahill Funeral Home handling arrangements. Mrs C F Angst aged 84 of 919 Greenwood Avenue has services at 1 30 p m Tuesday at Griesmer Grim Funeral Home.
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Frank A. Baum
Shernan
Cahill
WACs Earn High Excellent Rating After Figures and Fittings
Yokohama WAC unit praised for sharp appearance in an on site inspection by Lt Col Ward. Lt. Jeane Wolcott credited with guiding the 9 woman detachment to proper fit using counseling on bust and shoulder shaping. The commander called the overall look and discipline satisfactory.
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Yokahama
Japan
WAC
Wolcott
Frederick G. Ward
Harrington
Maine
Yokohama
Army Transportation Terminal
Franklin Man Escapes Jail
Eddie Joe Craft 21 of Franklin escaped Vandalia jail by jumping from an unbarred window at 11 am yesterday after the jailer briefly left to answer a call. He was arrested earlier that day at 4 30 am on investigation and has a Butler County record. he is on probation from Hamilton Common Pleas Court.
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Eddie Joe Craft
Franklin
Vandalia
Craft
Butler County
Common Pleas Court
Hamilton
Car overturns near Otterbein Home injures none
A car carrying Helen Bock 30 and her husband Emory 37 with children Karen 2 and Bruce 9 crashed off the right side of Ohio 741 near a sharp curve and overturned on its top at 4 20 p m yesterday. All four occupants escaped injury according to state patrol.
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Helen Bock
Otterbein
Ohio Bride 18 Charged With Aiding Escape
Franklin County deputies held an 11 year old bride after she admitted helping her husband Herbert Fisher 18 who escaped from a guarded Grant Hospital room. Fisher was recaptured shortly after leaving a downtown cafe.
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Columbus
Ohio
Franklin County Sheriff's Deputies
Grant Hospital
Herbert Fisher
Vernon Walker
Fisher
Madeine
Police Briefs Focus on Local Thefts and Arrests
Officers arrested Alonzo Caudill age 22 at 3210 Navaho Street on a embezzlement charge for two volt wattmeters valued at 65 dollars while employed by Sears Roebuck Co. John Duhamel age 20 at 2124 Fernwood Street was arrested on an assault and battery warrant. Irene Dennis of Trenton reported a missing billfold with 32 dollars. Theft reports include 30 dollars cash from Pearl Baker's purse at her Christel Avenue home, two fender skirts from Curtig Watts's car, a license plate 5065LS from Marie Downey's car, and two hubcaps from Mike Abell's car. Det Herbert Frazier recovered a stolen boat from Steve Bates at Middletown Canoe Club. found at West Middletown bridge.
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Navaho St
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Pearl Baker
Christel Ave
iCurtig Watts
Heinkel Rd
Marie Downey
Tytus Ave
Mike Abell
Fulton Ln
Herbert Frazier
Steve Bates
Middletown Canoe Club
West Middletown Bridge
BB gun shatters picture window on 2000 Tytus Ave
Officers responding to a yesterday call were told by Mrs. John Rosetfetter that vandals fired a BB gun at a picture window valued at 80 dollars. Police say the damage appears caused by a BB gun.
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Tytus Ave
John Rosetfetter
Police arrest Melvin Wage man on cadging charge
Police in Peoria Illinois arrested 43 year old Melvin Wage on a cadging charge.
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Melvin Wageman
Peoria, Ill
Rickenbacker foresees spaceflight boom in 50 years
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker predicts interplanetary travel will be common within five decades aboard atomic powered luxury ships carrying around 2,000 people. By 2007 some vessels will be semi self sustaining and flights will shrink to hours, with speeds up to 2,500 mph for passenger planes and 3,000 mph for ramjet military craft.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Eddie Rickenbacker
Rickenbacker
Eastern Air Lines
Pinellas
Florida
New York
Devastating Hoang-Ho Flood of 1887 Reaches Death Toll
The Hoang-Ho River flood of 1887 devastated northern China with widespread failure of dikes and cities inundated. Reports estimate up to seven million lives lost as villagers evacuated and relief efforts mobilized across multiple provinces.
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Hoang-Ho River
China
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Woodlawn
Valley Funeral
Rosemary Buhl
Urbana
Wacs
By Don Baldwin
Jeane Wolcot
Kent
Franklin Man
Lady Luck
Ohio 741
Ohio 63
Central Ave
Crawford St
Alonzo Caudill
John Duhamel
Fernwood St
Irene Dennis
Trenton Rt. 1
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Budget
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Second Ave
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Grand Ave
Gideon Road
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