Taxpayer's Suit Threatened Over Jail Food Bills
Russell Red Isaacs a Butler County sheriff candidate said he asked County Prosecutor Robert Marrs to file a taxpayer suit to stop payment of jail food bills. He threatened yesterday to pursue legal action over county jail food expenses.
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Russell
Red) Isaacs
Robert Marrs
Hamilton
Red Isaacs
Butler County
Butter County
Isaacs
Robert L. Marrs
Marrs
Isaccs
James H. Rhodes
Laundromat Robbery Report and Prisoner Food Contract Debate
A break in at Duds and Suds laundromat on 1907 Yankee Road left three washing machines dismantled but investigators could not confirm any theft. Separately, county officials debated prisoner food billing, with Isaacs urging contract termination citing $3000 to $4000 monthly costs and questioning legality, while Commissioner Snyder and others defended current procedures and legal framing.
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Duds
Suds Laundromat
Yankee Road
Hamilton Man Dies In Crash
William DPD Smith Jr. 39, of 1935 Vanda Ave., died after his motorcycle sideswiped two cars on Erie Highway at Bonacker Ave. He died at Mercy Hospital five hours later from chest and head injuries. A hospital orderly, Smith worked at Longview State Hospital in Cincinnati. This marked Hamilton's third fatality of the year, boosting the county toll to 28 versus 2 a year ago.
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Hamilton
William Dpd Smith Jr
Vanda Ave
Erie Highway
Bonacker Ave
Smith
Mercy Hospital
Garrett Boone
Longview State Hospital
Cincinati
Butler
Franklinite Is Injured In Two Car Interstate Accident
A Franklin man, William Hoover, 43, is in good condition at Middletown Hospital after minor injuries from a two car crash on Interstate 75 near the Lower Springboro bridge. Edward A. Benson, 31, of Cincinnati, drove the other car and was uninjured. No citation issued.
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Franklin
Middletown
William Hoover
Sharts Road
Rt. 75
Lower
Springboro Bridge
Edward A. Benson
Cincinnati
18 Year Old Bound Over On Grand Larceny Charge
An 18 year old Middletown man Elmer Williams 503 Yankee Road was bound over to the grand jury under a $1000 bond after a preliminary hearing on grand larceny for stealing 94 dollars from Irene Spencer on August 22 Williams faces the charge and a court date was set In another case Bernie Collier 45 home at large was sentenced to two days in county jail for carrying a concealed weapon and drunkenness after being found with a hunting knife at the 90 Club on Central Avenue Robert C Ingram 31 1720 Columbia Ave drew a $200 fine plus costs for assault and battery with the court suspending the fine if he avoids his wife permanently Vivian Mitchell 39 829 10th Ave was fined 50 and costs for two counts of disorderly conduct Hazel Lowe 39 1500 Carolina Ave was fined 100 and costs with no reappearance prohibition Eleanor Mason 29 86 10th Ave was fined 50 and costs for disorderly conduct Pearl Moultry 24 918 Lincoln St was fined 50 and costs for disorderly conduct William Wright 35 311 Anh was fined 50 and costs for disorderly conduct with no reappearance conditions Ann Hunter 30 912 Lincoln St had one disorderly conduct charge dismissed.
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Middletown
Elmer Williams
Yankee Road
Irene Spencer
Pearl St
Bernie Collier
Collier
Robert C. Ingram
Columbia Ave
Ingram
Hazel Lowe
Carolina Ave
Eleanor Mason
10Th Ave
Pearl Moultry
Lincoln St
William Wright
Anh
Ave
Ann Hunter
Three Cited In Accidents
Police report four traffic accidents since yesterday morning with $300 in damages. Ellis Ballard 25 of Franklin was cited for backing when unsafe after backing into a car in city lot three at Verity Park Way and Vail Avenue. John Myers 72 Wilbraham Road suffered $150 damage. Victor Gilbert 34 3401 Mover Road was cited for assured clear distance after hitting a parked car on Crawford Street while pulling from the curb. Audna Bechman Botts 1911 Manchester Road was cited for hacking when unsafe after backing from a parking space on Balt more Street and hitting a car belonging to Billy Page 2005 Queen Ave.
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Ellis Ballard
Franklin
Verity Parkway
Vail Avenue
Ballard
John Myers
Willbraham Road
Victor Gilbert
Mover Road
Crawford Street
Jerry Carpenter
Crawford St
Audna Bechman Botts
Manchester Road
Baltmore Street
Billy Page
Queen Ave
Traffic accident report correction for Kenneth Wm Smith
An error in the Journal corrects the time of a Moorman Place crash involving 19 year old Kenneth Wm Smith. The accident occurred at 10 30 p m on August 20 rather than 4 30 a m on August 21.
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Kenneth Wm. Smith
Sutphin St
Moorman Place
Typhoon Wanda Lashes Hong Kong Amid Drought Hit
Typhoon Wanda struck Hong Kong with 142 mph winds flattening huts overturning cars uprooting trees and filling streets with debris The storm passed over the colony on the eve of its strongest hit in years as rainfall reached four inches in 12 hours worsening a multi year drought and causing structural damage and injuries across the city.
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Hong Kong
Wanda
Colony
Red China
Royal Observatory
Labor Day Holiday Press Day Notices and Closures
All city, county, and state offices close Monday for Labor Day. Municipal Court resumes Tuesday at 9 30 a m. The Middletown treasurer and state liquor stores shut for the holiday. The Journal to press at noon with early deadlines for news ads and obituaries.
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Middletown
Butler County
Hamilton
THE
Journal
Society News
Former Church Leader Grace Savers Dies in Middletown
Grace Ann Savers 2 died at 4 45 PM yesterday at Middletown Hospital after illness since July. A former secretary of the Middletown area Council of Churches and member of Prosser Chapter CES White Shrine of Jerusalem and the Order of Amaranth. Surviving husband William a daughter Vicki Lynne and her mother Mrs William Townsend. Services at 2 PM Tuesday at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home burial in Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call Monday 2-5 and 7-9 PM.
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Grace Ann Savers
North Ave
Middletown Hospital
Savers
Middletown
Mrs Mary Louise Beedle dies after stroke in Ohio
Mrs Mary Louise Beedle 57 of Lebanon Route 3 died yesterday at Deaconess Hospital Cincinnati after a Thursday stroke. She was a Warren County native and member of the Eastern Star Lodge Warren County Historical Society and Friends Church Waynesville. Survived by husband Wilbur. Services Monday at 1 p.m. at Oswald Memorial Home with Rev J T McHendr y officiating. Burial in Lebanon Cemetery. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Sunday.
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Lebanon
Mary Louise Beedle
Elizabeth Fuhrman Rites for Middletown Resident
Elizabeth Fuhrman 62 of 2020 Howard Ave died at 4 55 pm after three years of illness. Born in Wolfe County Kentucky she was a retired Aeronca Manufacturing Corp employee. Surviving are husband William three daughters Minnie Lawson Anna Phifer and Bishop Snapp two sons Alfred and Raymond Sorrell two sisters Eva Lawson and Rosa Gibbs eleven grandchildren. Services 10 am Tuesday at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with Rev William Celvert officiating. Burial Woodside Cemetery. Visitation Monday 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 pm.
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Elizabeth Fuhrman
Howard Ave
Middletown Hospital
Fuhrman
Wolfe County
Aeronca Manufacturing Corp
William
Minnie Lawson
Anna Phifer
Middletown
Bishop Snapp
Corydon
Alfred
Raymond ‘Sorrell
Eva Lawson
Charles A Gardner Dies of Heart Attack at 606 Stanley St
Charles A Gardner 70 died of a heart attack at 4:10 am at his home in Middletown after moving from Red Bank New Jersey. A World War I veteran and retired engineer, he is survived by his wife Thelma and sister Miss Dorothy Gardner of Wanamassa NJ. Arrangements are incomplete at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home.
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Charles Alfred Gardner
Stanley St
Gardner
Middletown
Red Bank
N. J
Thelma
Dorothy Gardner
Wanamassa
McCoy - Leffler
Ivory Hinton 69 Dies at Middletown Hospital
Ivory Hinton 69 of 1122 Garfield St died noon yesterday after a month illness. A retired barber last at Palm Grill Barber Shop he was a deacon at New Era Baptist Church born in Social Circle Georgia. Survived by wife Lillie and two brothers in Georgia. Services 2 p m Tuesday at New Era Baptist Church Rev Sterling Cousins officiating. Burial Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call Monday 6 to 9 p m at church. Arrangements Bailey Funeral Home.
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Garden Manor Rest Home
Middletown Hospital
Miss Quinn
Middletown
Holy Trinity School
Holy Trinity Church
Catholic Ladies of Columbia
Calvary Cemetery
Joseph R. Baker and Sons Funeral
Funeral
Ivory Hinton
Garfield St
Hinton
Palm Grill
New Era’ Baptist Church
Lillie
Georgia
New Era Baptist Church
Sterling Cousins
Woodside Cemetery
Bailey Funeral Home
A-3C William K. Dawson in Bamboo Harrie Apts
Incomplete arrangements noted for A-3C William K. Dawson located at 15-C Bamboo Harrie Apartments. No further details available.
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William K. Dawson
Bamboo
Harrie Apts
Portrait painter Frank Salis bury dies at 87
LONDON AP reports Frank D. Salisbury bury 87, famed portrait painter whose sitters included six American presidents and Winston Churchill. Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower Truman Roosevelt Hoover Coolidge Wilson are named among his subjects. Alfred Frederick Whiting Sr., 73, retiree oil executive and former Esso Standard Oil Co. comptroller, dies in Houston after moving from Boston.
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London
Frank D. Salisbury
Winston Churchill
Salisbury
Dwight D. Fisenhower
Harry S. Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
Woodrow Wilson
Houston, Tex
Alfred Frederick Whiting Sr
Esso Standard Oil Co
Boston
Houston
Stolen bike hideout found near Smith Park
Police uncovered a hiding place for stolen bicycles in a cornfield behind Smith Park after Garwood Wells reported his son’s bike missing. Officers verified three bikes from the park were concealed there, with local youths naming the group of boys involved. Portugal is the world's leading cork producer.
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Garwood Wells
Ellen Drive
Garwood
Cornfield
Portugal
Southern Demos May Stop Estes On Steel Inquiry
Senate Antitrust subcommittee moved to cite four major steel firms and nine executives for contempt over failure to provide detailed production cost data. Bethlehem Republic National Armco were named as targets after a $6 a ton price increase was rescinded. Full Judiciary Committee action pending, with Kefauver pressing for disclosure. Everett Dirksen questioned likelihood of committee backing.
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Demos
Estes On Steel
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Congress
Senate
Senate Antitrust Subcommittee
Judiciary Committee
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Bethlehem, Republic, National
Armco Steel
Sen
Kefauver
Everett M. Dirksen
R-Ill
Dirksen
Three Liquor Board Cases Closed After Deadlock
The Ohio State Liquor Board closed three cases pending against Middletown establishments after deadlocked board votes. Beckman & Dickerson Distributing Co faced wholesale beer sales to nonpermit holders July 5 to Sept 15 1961 and resale sales in the same period. Middletown Beer Distributors Inc Butler Beverage sold beer and malt liquor wholesale to nonpermit holders July 7 to Sept 18 1941 and resale. Human Beverages Inc Curtis Street and Woodlawn Avenue sold beer and malt liquor wholesale to nonpermit holders July 3 to Aug 27 1961 and resale sales in the same period. Hamilton Distributing Inc 825 B Street faced July 7 to Sept 12 1961 wholesale sales to nonpermit holders and resale.
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Ohio State Liquor Board
Middletown
Beckman & Dickerson Distributing Co
Crawford St
Middletown Beer Distributors, Inc
Butler Beverage
Clark St
Hamilton Distributing Inc
Workman Burns in Factory Flash Fire at Magnode
Jasper Walton, 37, of 6128 Liberty Fairfield Road, sustained second and third degree burns to his hands yesterday morning when a switch box pulled at Magnode Products on Lafay ette Avenue and Torrence Street shorted and flashed. Emergency squad gave oxygen for 10 minutes. Walton was treated for shock afterward.
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Jasper Walton
Liberty Fairfield Road
Magnode
Lafayette Avenue
Torrence Street
Senate panel delays contempt vote over steel case
The nine Democrats and six Republicans split on contempt citations with four Southern Democrats among the bolster. Kefauver urged Republicans and Southern Democrats to unite against contempt, or the issue would go to the full Senate. Dirksen defended the steel executives, calling their stance respectful amid confidential production cast figures.
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Senate
Kefauver
John A. Carroll
Colorado
Philip A. Mart
Michigan
Thomas J. Dodd
Connecticut
Edward V. Long
Missouri
Roman L. Hruska
Nebraska
Dirksen
Alexander Wiley
R-Wis
Confidential data pact in steel industry agreed
Kefauver said the information is confidential and costs of individual firms would not be disclosed. Eight steel companies agreed, under protest, to submit data. They are excused from doing so until the question of compliance by the remaining four is settled.
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Kefauver
Street Cave In Traps Dairy Truck on McGee Avenue
A cave in on the 2900 block of McGee Avenue swallowed a dairy truck at 7 13 p m knocking over several milk bottles but causing no other damage. Driver Bass Brandenburg 28 Wilbraham Road was pulled from the hole by a wrecker after police called it in. Cave in linked to nearby street construction.
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McGee Avenue
Bass Brandenburg
Wilbraham Road
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