Nixon to Stop in Middletown Oct 26 on Whistle Stop
Nixon will make a whistle-stop appearance in Middletown on Wednesday morning October 26 as part of his Ohio tour. The visit follows Sen John F Kennedy arrival in Manchester and places Middletown between the two presidential candidates within ten days. Local GOP officials announced Nixon’s route from Cincinnati to Columbus via the New York Central Railroad with a likely stop near North Avenue to minimize crossings.
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Richard M. Nixon
Middletown
John F. Kennedy
Manchester’ Hotel
Nixon
Butler County
Hamilton
John FR. Moser
Butler County Republican Executive Committee
GOP
Cincinnati
Columbus
New York Central Railroad
Ohio
Moser
Nyc
North Avenue
Caseworker Still Isn't Sure OF Job
Hamilton Herschel Benard a county welfare caseworker was bounced from his post when ordered reinstated by a state board. Warren Harding county fare director said Seward had been reinstated as a provisional appointee and a permanent list now exists. Grover Banks ranks third on the list, with Banks having priority for appointment. Commissioners took the recommendation under advisement pending rulings.
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Hamilton
Herschel Benard
County Welfare Department
State Board
Warren Harding
Grover Banks
Middleton
Seward Harding
Seward
Commission
Harding
Banks
White Expects Steel Upturn in 1960 Output
Cleveland AP The chairman of Republic Steel predicts a rise in steel production in the final quarter of 1960 to about 65 percent of capacity, with an estimated 24 million tons output. Full-year production expected at 105 million tons, about 71 percent of capacity, matching 1950 levels when 101 percent of capacity was used.
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Cleveland
Repubblic Steel Corp
Charles M. White
White
Jury Trials Set For Five Miami Cabinet Co. Employees
Five Miami Cabinet Co. employees face assault and battery charges with jury trials scheduled next week in Municipal Court. Trials begin daily at 10 a.m. for Neil Blankenship, David Back, Jimmie Combs, James Prater, and William Napier. Judge Lamb aims to clear uncontested matters before the trials.
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Miami Cabinet Co
Seach
Neil Blankenship
Garfield St
David Back
Waneta St
Jimmie Combs
Middletown Rt
James Prater
Seneca St
William Napier
N. Grimes St
Blankenship
Prater
Napier
Willie Ross
Eugene Angel
Combs
Roscoe Angel
Back
J. T. Lamb
Beaten and Robbed After Walk to Valen Building
Two 17 year old Dayton and Hamilton youths said three men attacked them near 1216 Central Ave behind the Valen Building. They were knocked down, one robber threatened with a knife and ordered the boys to lie still as assailants took watches, cash, a jacket, and trousers, then told them to wait ten minutes before fleeing.
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Dayton
Hamilton
Valen
Central Ave
Vandalism Sweep Hits City Ahead of Halloween
Police report a spike in vandalism with several incidents citywide. A car rear view mirror was broken at 213 N Clinton St and seven window panes shattered on Wildwood Rd. A vase broke on Morris Small’s porch at 1407 Wrenn St. Eggs were thrown at cars near 1242 Curtis St. washers at Quik Clean Laundry were filled with trash. Lights at 908 The Alameda were damaged and two rear view mirrors were stolen from a car parked behind the Elks Club.
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N. Clinton St
Wildwood Road
Morris Small
Wrenn St
Curtis St
Quik
Yankee Road
Smith Avenue
With. Com
Evelyn Rekers
Alameda
Ken Jeffries
Central Ave
Elks Club
Car Overturns in Rural Ohio. Man Escapes Serious Injury
A Morrow man, William Hopper, 24, escaped serious injury after losing control of his car on Ohio 122 three and a half miles east of Ohio 123. He was treated at Middletown Hospital for a left shoulder injury and later discharged. Deputies report he was alone at about 3:30 a.m. when the car veered into a ditch, crossed the road, rolled twice, and rested on its wheels.
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Morrow
Ohio 122
Ohio 123
William Hopper
Morrow Rt. 2
Middletown Hospital
Warren County Sheriff's Deputies
Hopper
Aeronca Union Re-Elects Friend as President
Arthur Friend was re-elected yesterday to his fourth consecutive term as president of the Aeronca Employes Union. His opponent was Ralph McDonald. Elected to serve with Friend were Woodrow Barnett vice president Mrs. Gus Mehl secretary Mrs. Warren Duke treasurer Norval Van Cleve chief representative second shift Barnard Argel chief representative Lonnie Watkins trustee About 600 votes were cast in the Middletown Division bargaining unit.
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Arthur Friend
Aeronca Employes Union
Ralph McDonald
Friend
Woodrow Barnett
Gus Mehl
Warren Duke
Norval van Cleve
Barnard Arge
Lonnie Watkins
Middletown
Aeronca
Rep McCormack seeks Zarba body return for burial
Representative John McCormack urged the State Department to obtain the body of Anthony Zarba formerly of Somerville Massachusetts so it can be returned to the United States for burial. Zarba was executed for revolutionary activities Thursday.
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Boston
John McCormack
D-Mass
State Department
Anthony Zarba
Somerville
Mass
United States
Zarba
Chamber Unit Backs 3.8 Mill School Levy
The Middletown Area Chamber of Commerce taxation committee unanimously recommended vigorous support for the 3.8 mill school levy. Chairman Leo Reinartz led the committee after reviewing financial data and consulting with school board members and officials. Previous backers include the Junior Chamber, League of Women Voters, Association of University Women, Lions Club, and Middletown Industrial Council.
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Levy
Middletown Area Chamber of Commerce
Leo Reinartz
Committee For
Reinartz
Junior Chamber of Commerce
League of Women Voters
Association of University Women, Lions Club
Middletown Industrial Council
For Women Only Buses Open in Sicilian City
In Catania Sicily city authorities introduced women only buses after complaints from female riders about male passengers. The move aims to provide safer and more comfortable urban transport for women in the city.
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Sicily
Catania, Sicily
Catania
Senate
Deaths And Funerals Carl Bowermaster Dies
Carl W Bowermaster 42 of Franklin died of an apparent heart attack at his home. A World War I veteran and former United Welding Co assembler, he was immediate past commander of American Legion Post 149. Survived by wife Margie a son Marvin two daughters Carol Kuhn Nina. his father Russell. two brothers Earl Donald. one grandchild. Services Monday 2 p.m. Anglesby Funeral Home. Burial Woodhill Cemetery. Friends may call Sunday 2-5 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral home with Rev H S Gessner officiating. Burial in Woodside Cemetery. Also announced a Dayton Good Samaritan Hospital death. Mrs Newlin died Thursday. Survived by sister Mildred Kidd and stepson Danny Lee Newlin.
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Franklin
Carl W. Bowermaster
Forest Ave
Bowermaster
United Welding Co
American Legion
Margie
Marvin
Carol Kuhn
Mil ‘Amisburg
Nina
Russell
Bradenton
Fla
Earl of Franklin
Donald
Hamilton
Anglesby Funeral Home
H. S. Gessner
Woodhill Cemetery
Haske
Jenkins
Woodside Cemetery
Newlin
Good Samaritan Hospital
Dayton
Mildred Kidd
Middletown
Danny Lee Newlin
Kerrick Rites Held for Middletown Resident
Herschel Ivan Kerrick 54 of 1201 First Ave. Middletown died at Middletown Hospital at 1 45 p m after a one day stay He was a Moose Lodge 530 bartender Eagles Lodge 528 and Orioles Nest 227 member Born in Waynesville he lived in Middletown two years previously of Dayton Survived by mother Serena Kerrick of Miamisburg brother Russell Dayton sister Ellen Daum Miamisburg Funeral at McCoy Leffler on Sutphin Street with Rev H C Grunewald officiating Burial in Fairfield Cemetery Fairborn Moose service at 7 30 p m and Eagles service at 8 p m tomorrow
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Herschel Ivan Kerrick
First Ave
Middletown Hospital
Moose Lodge
Eagles Lodge
Orioles Nest
Kerrick
Waynesville
Middletown
Dayton
Serena Kerrick
Miamisburg
Russell
Ellen Daum
McCoy - Leffler
Sutphin Street
H. C. Grunewald
Fairfield Cemetery
Fairborn
Eagles
Morner Rites Planned. Dayton Woman Dies at 65
Mrs Helen V Morner aged 65 died at 4 am at her home 226 Corona Drive Dayton She was born in Trenton and belonged to Trenton United Presbyterian Church She attended Miami University and Chi Omega Sorority Survived by husband Arnold two sons James Cincinnati and Dwight Dayton a daughter Mrs Clinton Coombs Jr of Dayton a brother Walter Grafft Hamilton a sister Mrs T B Pecht Mansfield and 10 grandchildren Arrangements incomplete at Meyer Boehmer Funeral Home 1733 Brown St Dayton
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Helen V. Grafft Morner
Corona Drive
Dayton
Morner
Trenton
Trenton United Presbyterian Church
Miami University
Chi Omega Sorority
Arnold L
Clinton Coombs Jr
James
Cincinnati
Dwight
Walter G. Grafft
Hamilton
T. B. Pecht
Mansfield
Meyer & Boehmer Funeral Home
Brown St
Middletown Native Gladys Newlin Funeral Services
Mrs. Gladys Newlin, 41, a Middletown native, will have services at 2 p.m. Monday at Joseph R. Baker & Sons Funeral.
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Gladys Newlin
Middletown
Joseph R. Baker & Sons
Camden Man 72 Dies After Heart Attack at Home
Thomas E Johnson 72 of 80 N Main St Camden died at Mercy Hospital Hamilton at 5 am after a heart attack at his home. He had been in failing health 10 months. A World War I veteran and retired painter, he lived in Camden since 1991. Survived by wife Coretta son Robert at home sister Lena Cooper two brothers Warren and Harley. Services 2:30 pm Monday at R C Nein & Sons Funeral Home with burial in Fairmount Cemetery. Friends may call tomorrow 2-4 and 7-9 pm.
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Camden
Thomas E. Johnson
N. Main St
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Mr. Johnson
Campbell County
Coretta
Robert J
Lena Cooper
Camden Rt
Warren
Harley
R. C. Nein & Sons
Fairmount Cemetery
Proffitt and Burke Families Recite Services Plans
Mrs. Fred T. Burke of 712 Dayton Street is to hold a service at 2 pm Monday conducted by Proeschel. Regina Ann Proffitt, 2, daughter of Mr and Mrs Tilford Proffitt of 1104 Long Street, Laurel County Kentucky, to have services tomorrow at Liberty Baptist Church.
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Fred T. Burke
Dayton St
Monnday ‘Proeschel
Regina Ann Proffitt
Tilford Proffitt
Long St
Liberty Baptist Church
Laurel County
Notable deaths of science and law figures across cities
Abram Joffe 80 Soviet scientist and Academy of Science member died Friday Tass announced. He once served as Roentgen’s assistant. Arnold W. Knauth 69 maritime and aviation law expert died Friday in Roosevelt Hospital of a coronary. He was senior admiralty counsel for the Department of Justice from 183 to 1947. Walter A. Kennedy 80 philanthropist and founder of Farmers and Bankers Life Insurance Co. of Wichita died Friday at home in Martinsville Indiana.
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London
Abram Joffe
Soviet Union
Academy of Science
Tass
Roentgen
New York
Arnold W. Knauth
Roosevelt Hospital
Department of Justice
Martinsville, Ind
Walter A. Kennedy
The
Farmers and Bankers Life Insurance Co
Wichita, Kan
Woman Stops Car to Save Goat in Highway
In Hutchinson Kansas Mrs James F Cashmas stopped to shoo a goat from the road on a Friday. The animal leaped into her car and stood in the middle of the highway. After a radio station aired the tale a farmer arrived and retrieved the goat.
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Hutchinson, Kan
James F. Cashmas
Fenwick High to Get Split Level Stone Brick School
Architects Gartner Burdick Bauer Nilsen of Cincinnati prepare sketches for Fenwick High School new building costing 650 700000 dollars. Project to house 500 students on 18 acre tract near Manchester Road Stevens Avenue and Sunset Street with gym cafeteria library chapel and labs. Occupancy planned for fall 1962 with bids expected by March and a staff of 16 teachers.
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Fenwick High School
Lawrence Krusling
St. Peter Claver Church
Gartner Burdick & Bauer - Nilsen
Cincinnati
Father Krusling
Cincinnati Archdiocese
Armco
Manchester Road
Stevens Avenue
Sunset Street
South School
South Main Street
Krussling
Sisters of the Order of St. Francis
Oldenburg
Ind
Sisters of Charity of
Mt St. Joseph
John A. Lawler
Aeronca Manufacturing Corp
John L. Oberlander
St. John’s Church
Fenwick High
Archbishop To Dedicate Mercy Wing at Mercy Hospital
The Most Rev Karl J Alter archbishop of Cincinnati will officiate at the dedication of a new 32 bed wing at Mercy Hospital in Hamilton at 4 p m next Thursday. Started in 1958 the four story wing cost 2.5 million dollars and increases capacity to nearly 400 beds. Facilities include dietary X rays surgical obstetrical departments and a cafeteria. Public tours are Oct 23 from 2 to 4 p m. Edward T Honnert & Sons were contractors Magnolo & Quick architects. Sister Mary Benignus R S M is hospital administrator.
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Hamilton
Karl J. Alter
Archibishop
Cincinnati
Mercy Hospital
Edward T. Honnert & Sons
Magnolo & Quick
Mary Benignus
Kilted Pipers To Lead GOP County Caravan
Middletown-Hamilton Young Republican Caravan launches today led by eight kilted Scottish pipers in Hamilton area. Butler County candidates ride a flat-bed followed by a truck with cider and donuts. Dick Knox chairs the caravan with Don Smith decorating and Frank Mencsik providing food. Margery Farkas oversees hostesses and Ernie Gottman schedules Middletown itinerary.
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Middletown - Hamilton
Young Republican
Hamilton
Middletown
Alan Cooper
Young Republican Club
Butler County
Dick Knox
Bby
Goldfine Ruling Due Monday
In Boston AP report the Department of Justice said a decision will be issued Monday on permitting industrialist Bernard Goldfine to receive psychiatric treatment in a private hospital. Goldfine has been found mentally incompetent to stand trial on federal income tax evasion charges.
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Boston
Department of Justice
Atorneys
Bernard Goldfine
Goldfine
Texas Gas Granted 3.0 Per Cent Hike
Texas Gas Transmission Corp Owensboro Ky won a rate rise of 5.5 percent totaling 5,410,948 dollars annually from the Power Commission. The firm had asked for about 7,263,400 dollars more per year from 61 wholesale customers in eight states including Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Gas
Washington
Texas Gas Transmission Corp
Owensboro
The
Power Commission
Inclding
Ohio
Y Drive Ends Short Of Quota
Middletown YMCA fell short of its 1960 membership goal with 1 902 received in the annual drive. Gener al Chairman Ken Klein, of the Gardner Division, announced the total value at $29 815, an average of $15 67 per membership, not counting the Century Club and a sustaining drive still underway. Youth memberships totaled 1 047, women 138, men 717. B P Allen noted the per member value rose and expected at least 100 more memberships soon, possibly pushing the total above 2 000 despite economic conditions.
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Middletown
B. P. Allen
Allen
Odd Adage Traces Wisdom Beyond Sixty Years
An elderly man reflects on aging with a wry twist, noting that after turning sixty he is more startled to be correct about something than he was at twenty when he realized he was mistaken about many things.
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Eddie
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