Seven Days Left to Pay 1958 Taxes in Middletown Area
Deputy county treasurer Carl Wedekind warns seven days remain to avoid penalties on second half 1958 taxes. About 2 053 859.96 dollars are due from Middletown Madison and Lemon townships, with roughly a million still unpaid. Office hours are 8:30 to 4 on weekdays and 8:30 to noon Saturday, open all days except Labor Day.
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Carl Wedekind
Wedekind
Middletown
Madison
Lemon
Smell Mystery Stirs East End Residents After Monday Night
East End residents reported a distinctive odor on Monday night but city officials say they received no complaints. Investigators traced the source and concluded no inquiries were made by residents despite the unusual aroma.
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East End
Girl Injured In Rainy Block Grand Avenue Bike Crash
An eight year old girl, Beth Ann Boylan, was treated at Middletown Hospital after a bicycle struck by a car in the 4200 block of Grand Avenue during rain. The driver, Gabe Coon, 67, was cited for an assured clear distance violation. Police also reported a three-truck accident at Central Avenue and Arpo Alley with two drivers charged for traffic violations. Several minor accidents on rain slick streets were documented, with damages listed.
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Grand Avenue
Middletown Hospital
Beth Ann Boylan
William Boylan
Lylburn Rd
Gabe Coon
Michigan Ave
Grand Ave
Coon
Schramm
Arnold Hayes
S. River St
Franklin
David Snively
Betsy
Central Avenue
Arpo Alley
Hayes
Police Briefs: Arrests and Local Thefts Reported
Police early today arrested Coy Brown age 32 at Crawford Street and Linden Avenue on carrying a concealed weapon. Burglars broke into Murphy's Service Station on Clark Street and stole a gum ball machine with about $8 and cigarette machine with several packs. Charlie Scholl reported theft of about $28 from a glass jar in his car at Yankee Road Park.
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Coy Brown
Sherman Ave
Crawford Street
Linden Avenue
Murphy's
Clark St
Charlie Scholl
Burton Rd
Yankee Road Park
Troop Leader Course Set For Sept 8
The first fall leadership course for Girl Scout troop leaders opens September 8 at United Presbyterian Church in Trenton with sessions 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sept 8 10 15 17 22 and 24. Instructors are Mrs. Robert Kruse and Mrs. Betty Widman. Registration is at the Girl Scout Office in the Civic Association building. A troop camp training session follows Sept 15 16 and 17 with a planning session on the 15th at Civic Association from 9:30 to noon and campus time at Camp Stonybrook on the 16th and 17th.
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United Presbyterian Church
Trenton
Robert Kruse
Betty Widman
Girl Scout Office
Civic Association
Camp Stonybrook
Edythe Klumpp Sentencing Moves Toward Execution
Mrs Edythe Klumpp now awaits transfer from county jail to Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus ahead of possible transfer to Marysville Women’s Reformatory pending execution. Attorney William F Hopkins filed a Court of Appeals appeal challenging the first degree murder conviction for slaying Louise Bergen. Judge Frank M Gusweiler set the death date for December 15.
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Cincinnati
Edythe Klumpp
Dan Tehan
Louise Bergen
Frank M. Gusweiler
Camp Escapee Held For Jury
Robert Hacker, inmate of the Oxford Honor Camp, who escaped Saturday and was captured in Hamilton, is charged with armed robbery connected to the theft of an auto under threat. Held for grand jury by Judge Clem F. Imfeld Jr. No bond set as he is a state prisoner. The escapee stole the car to flee, and a Hamilton policeman overtook him later that day in a pursuit by car and on foot.
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Oxford
Robert Hacker
Hamilton
Hacker
Clem F. Imfeld Jr
Honor Camp
Yaqui River Rises For Flood Threat
Heavy rains pushed the Yaqui River to sharp rise threatening southwest Sonora as the Alvarado Obregon Dam overflows. Thousands fled their homes as river waters spread toward the Gulf of California along a 50 mile stretch through Sonora.
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Ciudad Obregon
Mexico
Sonora
Alvarado Obregon
Gulf of California
Rockefeller Wedding Rough on Rasmussen
In Sogne Norway Kristian Rasmussen, 61, a retired grocer, was sidelined by a heart flareup amid the excitement of his daughter’s wedding to Steven Rockefeller. Doctors say the condition is not serious but he must rest for a while.
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Sogne
Norway
Steven Rockefeller
Kristian Rasmussen
Civic Association names Miller Finley to lead member drive
Richard Miller of Ohio Bell and Jim Finley of Coca Cola Bottling Co are named general and co chairmen of the 1959 60 Civic Association non member canvass. The drive aims for 12 000 new members at 12 per year from Oct 8 to 24 with a 23 member campaign cabinet meeting Sept 10 at the Manchester Hotel.
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J. Richard Miller
Civic Association
Jim Finley
Journal Photo—Mills
R. Richard Miller
Middletown
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Donald Driscoll
Driscoll
Coca-Cola Bottling Co
Miller
Middletown Safety Council
Middletown Personnel Assn
Middletown Industrial Council
Rotary Club
Finley
Middletown Board of Education
Civic Association Campaign
Middletown High School Boosters Club
Lions Club
Manchester
Brown Must Serve Term
Air Force Sgt. John Brown of Marietta Ohio must serve a jail term and fine after Turkey’s Appeals Court upheld a lower court sentence for attempting to sell dollars on the black market. He received five months and 25 days in jail plus 833 lira. a prior six month term, three years banishment and related fines are being appealed. He may move within Eskisehir but cannot leave the area.
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Izmir
Turkey
Air Force
John Brown
Gibbon St
Marietta
Ohio
U.S
Brown
Eskisehir
Istanbul
Ankara
Stolen 1953 Chevrolet Found Abandoned After Fire
A 1953 model automobile owned by Yvonne Grace was reported stolen and later found wrecked in a ditch on Route 129 near Liberty Township School. Earlier a fire on Fair Avenue caused 35 in damage. deputies noted a theater break in at Valley View Drive In in New Miami with glass and projection room damage but no missing items.
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Hamilton
Yvonne Grace
Hamilton-Mason Rd
Butler County Sheriff's Department
Fair Avenue
Rt. 129
Liberty Township School
Valley ‘View Drive-In
New ‘Miami
Fire destroys Peter Stuyvesant mansion in Allamuchy
A Tuesday blaze gutted the 42 room Peter Stuyvesant era mansion near Allamuchy New Jersey. The house, once inhabited by descendants of the Dutch colonial governor of New York, suffered total loss.
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Allamuchy
Peter Stuyvesant
New York
Oglesby Barnitz Bank Raises Savings Interest to 3 Percent
The Oglesby Barnitz Bank and Trust Co. will pay 3 percent interest on all savings deposits starting Oct 1, replacing 2 percent. The rate is the highest allowed for FDIC insured savings and applies to deposits up to $10,000. President Russell S. Weatherwax cites community savings and loan funding as goals.
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Oglesby- Barnitz Bank & Trust Co
Russell S. Weatherwax
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Ogi “Barnitz
Weatherwax
O&b
Food Stolen From Dixie Cruise-In Concession Stand
Butler County sheriff's deputy Lt. James Davis reports missing food from the Dixie Cruise-In Theater concession on S Main Street last night. Items include wieners ham burger and fish valued at 29 dollars.
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Dixie Cruise-In
S. Main Street
Butler County
James Davis
National advertisers spend growth in newspapers since 1950
National advertisers have increased annual expenditure in newspapers by over 220 million since 1950, reflecting a steady postwar growth in ad spending across the industry.
Blocks For Plaza Center Ordered In Middletown
Materials for Central Plaza in Middletown are being gathered by the chamber of commerce to open the downtown mall on September 17. 3,800 colored patio blocks from Riverside Concrete Co. will outline the Broad Street Central Avenue intersection with a fountain and pool at the plaza’s core. The four week trial area will feature landscaped planters as merchants push the mall concept.
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Central Plaza
Middletown Area
Riverside Concrete Co
Stratemever
Middletown
C. H. Brewer
Brewer Nursery
Tom Car
Perk and Recreation
Art Diver
Middletown Lumber Co
Phil Gaunt
BrandJenburg & Switzer
Robert Glass
Middletown Ice & Coal Co
Dave Selvar
Edwin Sherman
Denny Lumber Co
No Fire Found After Fumigation at York Avenue Home
Neighbors called 911 at first smoke sighting on York Avenue. Fire companies and the emergency squad rushed to Danny Hammonds's home at 1711 York Ave. Firemen determined the odor and smoke were from burning sulphur candles used to fumigate the building. No fire.
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York Avenue
Danny Hammonds
York Ave
Hammonds
Sleeping 13-Year-Old Detained After Found in Car
Deputies nabbed a 13-year-old boy found asleep in a car parked in a field behind Denton's Service Station on Rt. 122 West Middletown. The auto belonged to the boy's aunt and he had $146 in his possession. The aunt said he implied he planned to go to California.
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Denton
Rt. 122
West Middletown
Sheriff's Deputies
California
City to consider three street name changes in East End
Middletown planning leaders propose renaming Blue Ball Pike north-south section to Breiel Boulevard and adjoining Warren Street area to Roosevelt Avenue. Grand Avenue corridor from Grand Avenue to Playfair Park will be named Grand Avenue with a segment awaiting a new name. Public hearing notice planned six weeks prior.
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City Commission
East End
Walter Newman
Middletown Planning Commissian
Hmuswvit
Planning Commission
Warren Street
Roosevelt Avenue
Grand Avenue
Cincinnati- Dayton
Playfair Park
Middletown Shopping Center
Marshal Road
Timon Ellison
N. Verity Parkway
Eldora Drive
C A. Boeke
Grove
Moore and
Stanley Streets
Michigan Avenue
Manchester Vail
Woman Receives 30 Day Jail Term For Eviction Site Resistance
Los Angeles judge sentences Aurora Vargas to 30 days in jail for resisting eviction at the Dodgers stadium site. Vargas, 38, also fined 500 dollars and placed on three years formal probation after conviction on three misdemeanor battery counts and a disturbing the peace charge. She was released on 1000 dollar bond pending appeal.
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LOS Angeles
Los Angeles Dodgers
Byron J. Walters
Aurora Vargas
Aid Program Eyed Seoul
A ten member Defense Department mission arrived from Japan for a three day inspection of the US military aid program in Korea. The visit aims to review aid delivery and coordination with South Korean authorities and allied forces.
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Seoul
Defense Department
Japan
Korea
Central Ave To Close For Sewer Work In Arlington
Central Avenue will close tomorrow between Santa Fe Road and Kensington Street for the Upper Arlington relief sewer project. The three block closure will last about three weeks as public works director C A Poeke directs traffic reroutes and the work proceeds.
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Central Avenue
Santa Fe Road
Kensington Street
Upper Arlington
C. A. Poeke
Public Service
Boke
Boeke
McKnight Drive
McGee Avenue
McGee
Kensington
Central
Cinderella Files Suits Over Arrest
Mrs. Jan Greenroos former television performer sues for 500000 claiming false arrest by WCPO-TV executive Mortimer Watters and Scripps-Howard Radio Inc. The arrest followed her firing as the Cinderella on a children’s program last Oct 28 and harmed her career.
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Cincinnati
Janet Greenroof
Mortimer C. Watters
Wcpo-Tv
Scripps - Howard Radio Inc
Greenroos
Lightning Strikes Havemann House on Curryer Road
Fire crews found no fire or damage after a lightning strike yesterday at the W. A. Havemann home 409 Curryer Rd. The bolt is believed to have entered via wiring and knocked out one light bulb, with five men reporting the incident at 7:15 p.m.
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W. A. Havemann
Curryer Rd
False alarm prompts fire crew at Crawford Street gate
Firefighters from Companies 2 and 3 the ladder company and emergency squad rushed to Armco Crawford Street gate at 8 20 a m after an electrical circuit being repaired triggered the alarm, authorities said.
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Ladder
Armco Crawford
Wells 6th To File Petitions For City Commission Race
The sixth candidate, Paul Wells assistant manager of Commonwealth Loan Co filed petitions with 1102 signatures. Sponsoring committee includes Doyal Wells and Mary Ann Ritter. Other filing candidates include Rev John W Sullivan Robert Hayes Orman Elam and Calvin Lloyd. Three seats are open in November with incumbent Martin B Miller among those running. Dillman and Rusk have yet to file.
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Board of Elections
Paul Wells
Commonwealth Loan Co
Doyal Wells
Mary Ann Ritter
Emma Sauter
Thomas H. Stubbs
Arnold F. Pergram
Roger Dillman
Ed Rusk
Dillman
Rusk
Martin B. Miller
John W. Sullivan
Robert Hayes
Orman Elam
Calvin Lloyd
Hearing Set On Union Complaint About Off-Duty Officer
C A Boeke acting city manager scheduled a Thursday meeting with Percy Craft of the carpenters union to hear a complaint that a police officer crossed the union picket lines at Middle town Lumber Co. Craft called it a breach of city obligations not to interfere in labor disputes. The officer’s identity and purpose for crossing were not disclosed. the officer was off duty and not in uniform. Chief Joseph Blackmore had no knowledge of any off duty officer being employed at the company.
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C. A. Boeke
Percy Craft
Carpenters Union
Middletown Lumber Co
Craft
Joseph Blackmore
Seven Bodies Recovered From Sevillian Coal Mine Blast
In Sevilla Spain seven bodies were recovered from a coal mine where 16 miners were believed dead after an explosion 1500 feet underground on Tuesday.
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Sevilla
Spain
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Woodlawn Ave
Jack McGee
Woodlawn Avenue
Milford Peyton
Elwood St
James Wolsefer Jr
Wilbraham Rd
Tytus Avenue
Catalpa Drive
John Birch
Springboro Rd
B. D. Morgan
Bellomonte St
Clinton Street
Carolyn Butts
Erie Ave
Louise Young
Red Bud Dr
Verity Parkway
Vail Avenue
Charles Hill
S. Dixie Hwy
Arthur Tyra
Cross Plains
Ind
Edythe
Yaqui
Rae
Fire Guts Mansion
Plaza Center
A.e.1.f
A.E
F. Hall
N. Broad St
H. A. Sebald
Heath
Dr. Sebald
Harry A. Moore
Health Board
Moore
Central Ave
Wells
Dobrozsi’s
Wieners «x
Bologna
Ins. Soc
Dobrozsi
Maxwell House
Boxen Oic
Borden’s
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