Flu Absences Fluctuate Across City Schools
Flu driven absences varied today with Roosevelt Junior High recording the highest rate at 414 per cent or 428 students out. McKinley Junior High dropped to 28 per cent while Garfield Monroe Elementary St Marys Edison and other campuses showed mid range absenteeism. Superintendent Cromwell noted patterns with peaks at certain points and linked higher rates to junior high associations while many teachers stayed absent but not due to flu.
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Roosevelt Junior High
McKinley Junior High
McKinley
Garfield
Monroe Elementary
St. Mary's
Lemon-Monroe High School
Taft
Edison
St John's
Wilson
Central
Oneida
Mayfield
Jefferson
Lincoln
Amanda
Maple Park
Sherman
Spring Hill
Hoard R. Cromwell
Fenwick High School
Law
Rence Krusling
Holy Trinity Parochial School
Als
Supt
Cromwell
Krusling
Fenwick
Burglar Loot Worth 1877 Dollars Stolen From Supply Co
Burglars broke into General Wholesale Supply Co at 1306 Woodlawn Ave Friday morning and stole items totaling about 1877.35 dollars. The cache included cash, cigars, watches, jewelry, ladies billfold sets, and a check, with entry via pried front door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Wholesale Supply Co
Woodlawn Ave
Youth Volunteers Plan UNICEF Drive October 30
Middletown Youth Council members will canvass the city on October 30 to raise funds for UNICEF. Miss Virginia Tyson heads the project and notes small donations go far, citing vaccines for tuberculosis and milk for children. Last year over 1,500,000 youths in about 7,500 communities raised 750,000 dollars for global children.
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Middletown
Youth Council
United Nations Children’s Fund
Unicef
Virginia Tyson
Boy Injures Nose In Fall At Home
Wiley Witherspoon, four, slated for surgery today for a possible broken nose after a fall while playing at home. He was admitted to Middletown Hospital yesterday afternoon. Richard Willis, 25, of 409 3rd St, Trenton, was treated in the emergency room yesterday for a finger cut from a barbed wire fence and released after five stitches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiley Witherspoon
Wiley Witherspoon Jr
Persining Ave
Middletown Hospital
Richard Willis
3Rd St
Trenton
Willis
Taft School Contract Up for Approval
The Taft School contract for a six room addition will be approved at a 7 30 p m board meeting at Middletown High School. Low bidders Marion Construction Co Dayton for general work Stoutenborough Electrical Co Middletown for electrical John Arpp Co Middletown for plumbing and heating. Architect Thomas McClorey will discuss wall and roofing materials for Wildwood School and the Jefferson School annex draft from Brandenburg Switzer. Official acceptance of bids for the sale of 3 5 million dollars in school bonds will also be handled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft School
Board of Education
Middletown High School
Marion Contraction Co
Dayton
Stoutenborough Electrical Co
Middletown
John Arpp
Wildwood
Jefferson School
Brandenburg & Switzer
Dayton Judge Calvin Crawford elected grand master of Ohio Royal and Select Masters
Judge Calvin Crawford of Dayton was elected grand master of the Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters of Ohio at the 128th annual assembly in Cleveland. He has served as officer and inspector in the Grand Council for 10 years and is a Past Master of Reese Council 9 in Dayton.
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Crawford
Middletown
Grand Council
Slow Truck Driver Freed After Slow Pace Stop
Anthony Bucemi was ticketed for driving too slowly on the Pasadena Freeway at 28 mph. A jury cleared him after he said he entered the freeway by mistake while shifting gears uphill at the time of the arrest. The truck carried guided missile components. Municipal Judge Mark Brandler commented on the slow pace in a remark about the ICBM program.
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Los Angeles
Anthony Bucemi
Pasadena
P.h. Bucemi
Bucemi
Mark Brandler
United States
Russia
China promotes first man carrying flying machine claim
China disputes Russia by asserting it built the first man carrying flying machine. Ancient records in 2258 B C mention a Chinese youth named Shun who flew a glider made from two large reed hats.
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China
B.C
Shun
First Fatal Ohio 4 Lane Crash Kills Dayton Man
The first fatal crash on the new Ohio 4 highway south of Middletown killed Dayton resident Jack Lee West 21 after his 1950 Jaguar struck a 1931 Model A Ford driven by Leo M. Smith 65. West died of a fractured neck at Middletown Hospital. Smith had scalp wounds but survived. The collision occurred at 8:40 p.m. 2.4 miles south of Middletown. West is survived by a son Gary and his parents. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Middletown
Dayton
Jack Lee West
Grand Ave
Leo. M. Smith
Sheldon Rd
Ford
Smith
LeSourdsville
West Auto
McCoy-Leffler
Butler County
West
McCoy-Le Ler
Wichita
Kan
Hamilton
Europe
Gary
Lloyd West
Athens
Richard
Vandalia
David
Jeanne Walton
Two Drivers Cited In City Mishaps
Two drivers face Municipal Court after collisions on Sea Ore Street and Michigan Avenue. John Johnson age 46 of Walnut Street charged with no operator license and failure to yield after hitting Don Hurston age 20 of Baltimore Street. Damage $600. Robert Blair age 18 of Dan KY cited for failure to yield after colliding with James Leach age 29 of Winona Drive. Damage $600.
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John Johnson
Walnut Su
Don Hurston
Baltimore St
Seaore Street
Michigan Avenue
Robert Blair
Dan, Ky
James Leach
Winonra Dr
Verity Parkway
Eldora Drive
O Neills to Attend Wisconsin State Game
Ohio's first family Gov and Mrs C William ONeill and children Peggy and Dubby will attend the Ohio State Wisconsin football game in Madison Wisconsin as guests of Wisconsin Governor Vernon Thomson next Saturday.
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Columbus
Ohio
Madison
Wis
C. William O'Neill
Peggy
Dubby
Wisconsin
Vernon W. Thomson
Soviet envoy in Ceylon orders air conditioned Buick
The Soviet ambassador to Ceylon V Yakolev ordered an air conditioned Buick mirroring the model used by his American counterpart Maxwell Gluck. Trial by jury was a major clause cited from Magna Charta signed by King John in 1215.
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Colombo
Ceylon
V. Yakolev
Maxwell Gluck
John
Two Dayton Men Injured in Rt 4 Crash Near Middletown
Two Dayton men were slightly injured when their car failed to negotiate a cross-over on Rt 4 south of Middletown and flipped onto a highway divider. Charley Simmons, 37, driver, was treated for knee and left hand injuries and released from Middletown Hospital. David Hardy, 35, suffered finger cuts and was also released. The 9 am crash occurred 4.4 miles from Rt 4 and involved a detour. Simmons was arrested for reckless operation.
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Dayton
Rt. 4
Middletown
Charley Simmons
Mddletown Hospital
David Hardy
Ohio
Simmons
Auto crash victims treated at Middletown Hospital
Edgar Crase, 23, of 3017 Seneca Street, was in fairly good condition at Middletown Hospital after receiving cuts in an accident on Route 4. Gerald Myers, 27, of Box 199, Gratis, was discharged after treatment for cuts to the eyebrow, right ear and cheek. The mishap occurred on Ohio 122 early yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Crase
Seneca St
Middletown Hospital
Rt. 4
Gerald Myers
Gratis
Ohio
Hodsons Hurt In Auto Crash In Georgia
A Middletown couple, Mrs. Rith Hodson aged 56 and Harvey Hodson aged 57, were injured in a Georgia accident while driving to Florida for a vacation. Mrs Hodson suffered a broken left hip and a compound fracture of the right arm, while Harvey Hodson sustained cuts and abrasions. They were treated at a Macon hospital after another car reportedly swung in front of them into a roadside pecan stand. The Hodsons had left Middletown on Friday.
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Middletown
Georgia
Macon
Rith Hodson
Aberdeen Dr
Harvey
Armco
Hudsons
Florida
Halloween Party At The Y For All Youth
The YMCA youth department sponsors a Halloween party for all boys and girls Saturday from 7 to 9 p m in the Y gymnasium. Jack Wiley and Mrs Pat Fridolph will lead activities with Y's Men assisting. Prizes for ugliest prettiest and most unusual costumes. Games and refreshments planned.
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YMCA
Jack Wiley
Pat Fridolph
Akron’s Veteran Attorney Clyde Beery Dies at 90
Clyde F Beery, a veteran Akron attorney aged 90, died Sunday. An 1893 Ohio University graduate, he practiced law for 60 years and was a member of the Akron bar for 59.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Ohio
Clyde F Beery
Ohio University
Judge Upholds Permanent Injunction In Bingo Case
Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Fred B Cramer issued a permanent injunction to block Middletown authorities from interfering with charity bingo. The order applies only to Middletown ordinances and state lottery bans for personal profit, not general gambling. The case notes clashes over public morals and suggests a broader bingo ban would require a city ordinance.
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Hamilton
Butler
County Common Pleas
Fred B Cramer
Middletown
Cramer
Tilmon Ellison
Eagles
Knights of Columbus
Ellison
Bingo
Columbus
Ohio
State Supreme Court
Ohio General Assembly
Three Youths Nabbed For Store Theft
Middleton authorities arrested two juveniles and an 18 year old for a break in at Chrome at 3209 S Main. Stanley Hall Jr. 18 3011 Omaha St faces burglary and larceny charges for stealing watches a portable TV two radios and $51.55. Loss estimated at 454.40. Break-in occurred Oct 13 by breaking a rear window. Four watches recovered two watches still in pawnshops. Hall has a juvenile record of break ins. One juvenile on probation. complaint planned against the other.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Hall Jr
Omaha St
Robert Yeggy
Jess Dennis
Butler County Sheriff's Department
Middletown
Dennis
Hall
Blonde Beauty Victim In Long Island Copter Crash
Mrs Myna Nichol of Levittown died after a helicopter struck a flagpole and crashed before thousands in Farmingdale New York She was to be crowned Mrs Long Island during Oil Progress Week Two others Richard Rushton of Little Neck and Jerry Nagler were seriously injured Pilot Rushton and Nagler were involved as the crowd awaited the coronation on the Oil Heat Institute grounds
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmingdale
N. Y
Long Island
Myna Nichol
Levittown
Copiague
Oil Heat Institute of
Richard Rushton
Little Neck
Jerry Nagler
Institute
Siamese Twins Do Well After Birth In Wellington
Siamese twin girls born in Wellington are reported doing well at St. Joseph's Hospital on glucose water. They weigh 7 pounds 3 ounces combined and are joined at the chest and abdomen. Their mother Lina Estrada, 38, of Donna, Texas, has eight other children. Doctors test if the twins can be safely separated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Tex
Guadalupe
Raquel Estrada
St. Joseph's Hospital
Lina Estrada
Donna
Franklin Street Hearing Tonight on street specs and city manager search
Franklin council holds a 7:30 public hearing to hear citizens objections to proposed standard street specifications. Members will nominate candidates for a citizen committee to assist in selecting a new city manager by year’s start. A report is due on annexation of the 99 acre Lar Fl subdivision off Deardoff Road.
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Franklin
Deardoff Road
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Edith Johnson
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Jewell Avenue
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N. Verity Pkwy
W. F. Guthman
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Blanch Weishaar
Monroe St
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Franklin Rt. 2
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Pr ‘Esti
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U.S. GA
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Second Avenue
Broad & Verity
Grand Avenue
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Cincinnati Law School
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