Accidents Injure 18 On Area Roads
Labor Day traffic swarms left 18 injured in Butler Warren area crashes. Early crash on Ohio 4 near Thomas Road left St Clair Leavell Je. in Middletown Hospital in critical condition with base skull fracture and multiple injuries. Passengers Leavell Margerum Cornele hospitalized. Margerum cited for reckless operation. Police seek driver from Excello two car crash that injured five. R e v Clarence Lane and others treated. Lane hospitalized with chest injury.
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Butler
Warren County
Ohio 4
Thomas Road
Middletown
St. Clair Leavell Je
14Th Ave
Leavell
John F. Marge
Cornele
Margerum
McCoy + Leffler
Middletonian slightly injured in three car crash downtown
A Middleton resident suffered minor injuries in a three car crash at Central Avenue and Canal Street at 2 35 a m. Allard Mercer 32 was taken to Middletown Hospital and charged with a license violation. The crash damaged two parked cars and a third vehicle with total damage about 475 dollars. Police also reported a fender bender on Main Street near Central Avenue and two minor incidents.
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Middletonian
Central Avenue
Canal Street
Middletown Hospital
Allard Mercer
Garfield Sr
Mercer
Lester Stimson
Columbia Ave
Mary Leak
Main St
Willam Conklin
Calumet Ave
Robert Clark
New York City
First Avenue
Camas Street
Indians Promised Own High School in Harnett County
A group of Cherokee Indians in Dunn North Carolina were promised a high school of their own in Harnett County. They agreed to stop pushing for their children to attend the all white Dunn High School and would send students to East Carolina Indian School in Sampson County until a local school is ready. The long bus ride of about 35 miles each way sparked protests and efforts to enter Dunn High School.
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Dunn, N.C
Harnett County
Dunn High
East Carolina
Police Briefs Highlight Local Injuries and Thefts
A man, James Johnson, 45, of S21 Ninth Ave, required ten stitches for a left arm laceration after a cutting last night at Middletown Hospital. Thefts reported include a purse with $20 from Liza Reed, a bicycle from Cliff Stearns, gasoline and auto parts from 1908 Meadow Ave, four hub cabs from Dave Weekley’s car, and an exhaust pipe from Eugene Pollard’s motorcycle. Kimball A. Lowery, 35, of 332 N Broad St, was arrested on a driving while intoxicated charge last night.
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James Johnson
S21
Ninth Ave
Middletown Hospital
Liza Reed
Lth Ave
Cliff Stearns
Baltimore St
Meadow Ave
Dave Weekley
Germantown Rt. 2
Eugene Pollard
Orchard St
Kimball A. Lowery
N. Broad St
DiSalle Proclaims Union Label Week and Pershing Day
Gov Michael V. DiSalle signed proclamations naming next week as Union Label Week and September 13 as Pershing Centennial Day In Columbus AFL-CIO officials attended the signing The latter marks the 100th anniversary of Gen John J Pershing birth in 1860s context not specified in text
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Columbus
Ohio
Michael V. DiSalle
Pershing
Afl-Cio
John J. Pershing
Three Station Wagons In Ohio 129 Crash Injures Six
Three station wagons collided on Ohio 129 near Hamilton about 8 45 p m injuring six people Glenn E Morgan 32 Hamilton drove the westbound wagon that sideswiped Charles Short Jr 37 Hamilton causing Morgan s car to hit a second eastbound wagon driven by William A Sackenheim 37 Hamilton Sackenheim s daughter Cons tance 10 was admitted to Mercy Hospital with a fractured right arm Treated and dismissed were Sackenheim with a lacerated left elbow and right knee William Sackenheim Jr 12 with an lacerated eyebrow Mrs Marie Morgan 26 with chin and tongue lacerations and her two children Patricia 8 and Debby 4 both bruised A Warren County crash at Ohio 123 and Oregonia Road near Lebanon sent Rev Charles Sempstott Lebanon Rt 2 to Middletown Hospital with a leg fracture and head cuts He was in good condition today Mrs Paul Westerfield Jr 26 of Lebanon with two children Mary Ellen 3 and Paul III 2 was rear ended by Sempstott s car and driven about 100 feet Both cars heavily damaged Mrs Westerfield and the children suffered head and neck injuries Sempstott was cited for following too closely.
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Excello
Bean Hollow
S.main Street
Clarence Lane
Moore St
Cincinnati
Lane
Eva
Wibur Doyle
Mae Doyle
Frederick Newland
Central Ave
Lether Auto
Cr Auto
Ohio 129
Princeton Road
Hamilton
Glenn E Morgan
Charles Short Jr
Morgan
William A. Sackenheim
Sackenheim
Constance
Mercy Hospital
William Sackenheim Jr
Marie Morgan
Patricia
Debby
Warren County
Ohio 123
Oregonia Road
Lebanon
Charles Sempstott
Lebanon Rt. 2
Middletown Hospital
Paul Westerfield Jr
Mary Ellen
Paul Ili
Rt. 123
Sempstott
Westerfield
Mattress fire at Franklin home blamed on children
Firefighters were dispatched to 807 Forest Ave yesterday for a mattress blaze in the basement of the Michael Wallace residence. The aged mattress, set for disposal, caused the alarm at 6:25 p.m. No injuries or damage were reported.
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Franklin
Forest Ave
Michael Wallace
Madison High School opening delayed in West Middletown
Construction delays at Madison High School push opening from next Wednesday to Monday September 12. Pease Town and West Middletown schools will start on schedule Wednesday.
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Madison High School
West Middletown
Darrell Root
Peasttown
Bandits Rob Store in Ohio Gunfire Follows Theft
Two men forced an assistant manager to open a supermarket safe in a Dayton area market, fleeing with about 2,009 to 3,000 as officer Alden Lewis fired at a red getaway car. A second employee was threatened, and a separate safe compartment held 5,000 to 6,000 unread.
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Dayton
Ohio
Kettering
Alden Lewis
James Sturn
Marlow
East Dorothy Street
Fawin Brunk
Firefighters Confiscate Fireworks After Woods Shooting Report
Police confiscated a large amount of firecrackers after a complaint of gunfire near the Middletown Shopping Center Pit. Two boys aged 10 and 15 admitted shooting them and were traced to a 15-year-old who bought the fireworks in Georgia.
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Middletown
Cecil Short
Mary Reed dies at 90 wife of retired Middletown chief
Mrs. Mary B. Reed 90 of 1027 Columbia Ave. Middletown died at Middletown Hospital where she had been a patient since Tuesday. Survived by Elmer F. Reed retired fire chief daughter Mildred Faries son Ralph and sister Frances Nicely. Services Tuesday 2 p m Riggs Funeral Home with burial in Woodside Cemetery. Daughters of America and War Mothers services listed.
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Mary B. Reed
Columbia Ave
Middletown Hospital
Calvary Methodist Church
Miami Council of Daughters of America
Middletown
American War Mothers
Julia T. Roth
Preble County
Elmer F
Mildred R. Faries
Ralph R
Frances Nicely
Wilmington
Riggs Funeral Home
Paul McCauley
Woodside Cemetery
Funera Home
Daughters of America
Bandit Steals $800 at Cheviot Loan Office
A young bandit entered Guardian Building and Loan Co in Cheviot Friday night, claimed to have a gun, handed a clerk a note demanding cash, and fled with $800 in a brown paper bag. Police described the suspect as youthfully dressed.
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Cincinnati
Guardian Building and Loan Co
Cheviot
Young Democrats Meet in Middletown Leadership Set at 8 PM
Greater Middletown Young Democrats Club will hold an organizational meeting at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Kennedy for President headquarters on S Main Street. Jan Fraley, a delegate to the Young Democrats convention in Toledo last year, and Miss Ann Marie Haggi, a recent graduate of Merian College in Indianapolis, will conduct the meeting until temporary officers are elected.
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Greater Middletown
Young Democrats Club
Emergency Squad Aids Two Middletown Women
The emergency squad responded to 1300 Garfield St. at 5:48 p m to aid Mae Mockabee 45 of 608 Wilson St convulsions she was transported to Middletown Hospital by Bailey's ambulance. Earlier firemen aided Clara Baker 38 of 1703 Meadow Ave who had trouble breathing but was not hospitalized.
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Middletown
Garfield St
Mae Mockabee
Wilson St
Middletown Hospital
Bailey
Death of Thomas Shotts Linked to Accidental Poisoning
Thomas E Shotts 39 of 2017 Winton St was found dead by his mother shortly after noon yesterday. Coroner says death at about 2 am yesterday caused by accidental paraldehyde poisoning from self medicating with unsupervised medicine. He had stomach ulcers worsened by paraldehyde. He served in World War II and later in the Air Force. Survived by mother sister and brother. Services set for 10 am Tuesday at Riggs Funeral Greenwood Cemetery Hamilton. Visitation Monday 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 pm.
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Thomas E. Shotts
Winton St
Mary Shotts
Garret Boone
Butler County
Shotts
Detroit
McKee Construction Co
Cleveland
Middletown
Calvary Methodist Church
Air Force
Eugene Payne
Harry
Mt. Vernon
Ohio
Riggs
Paul McCauley
Greenwood Cemetery
Hamilton
Services for Mrs Laura Tester at Baker & Sons Funeral Home
Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Joseph R. Baker & Sons for Mrs. Laura Tester 74 of 216 S Verity Parkway with Rev W Sullivan officiating. Burial will follow in Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call Monday 4 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home. Mrs Tester died yesterday at Franklin Manor Rest Home.
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Laura Tester
S. Verity
Joseph R. Baker & Sons
W. Sullivan
Woodside Cemetery
Friends
Tesier
Franklin Manor
Butler County Deaths Report From Hamilton
Joseph L. Smith aged 62 of 1214 Reservoir Street Hamilton arrangements incomplete Flisha L Browning aged 80 of 512 Highland Place Hamilton services 19 a m Monday Klaus William F E Kerns aged 76 of 610 Ross Ave Hamilton services 10 30 a m Tuesday Proesche He details reflect obituary notices with names ages and addresses and dates for services
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Butler County
Joseph L. Smith
Reservoir St
Hamilton
Flisha L. Browning
Highland P
Wiliam FE
Kerns
Ross Ave
Moren Among 38 in Ohio Buying Gambling Stamps
Ben F. Moren of 1744 Manton Ave Lancaster bought a federal gambling stamp amid raids at Gem Smokery and Clinton News Stand tied to Mc panel. Federal records show 38 buyers in 41 counties since July 1, with Dickinson of Hamilton also purchasing a stamp.
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Central Ave
Gem Smokery
Linton Street
Ben F. Moren
Manton
Voneinee
Federal
Cincinnati
Moren
Internal Revenue Department
James Dickinson
Columbia Road
Hamilton
Dickinson
Butler County
Dayton
Aunt Molly Jackson Pioneer of Coalfield Ballads
Mary Stamnes known as Aunt Molly Jackson, died this week at age nine. She sang over 100 labor songs now in the Library of Congress and inspired the hit Tolled “Pistol Packin’ Mama” after carrying a pistol for protection. She was the daughter of a Baptist minister from Kentucky. Dr. Dudley R. Hutcherson, 58, Mississippi English dean, died of a heart attack. Edward F. Voorde, 49, longtime South Bend mayor, killed in a Plymouth auto crash.
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Sacramento
Calif
Mary Stamnes
Molly Jackson
Kentucky Hills
Library of Congress
University
Miss
Dudley R. Hutcherson
University of Mississippi
Plymouth
Ind
Edward F. Voorde
South Bend
Indiana
Khrushchev Tours Finnish Turbine Plant
Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev visited Stromberg electric works near Helsinki, Finland, and received a subdued welcome. Only near the end did a small crowd of about a hundred gather to glimpse him as he departed, remaining mostly quiet during the tour.
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Helsinki
Finland
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Stromberg Electric Works
Khrushchev
Crash Kills Mother In Sherwood Intersection
A Fort Wayne woman Alma Straley, 31, died when her car collided with another at the U S 127 Ohio 18 intersection near Sherwood. Her three children were injured in the Friday crash in Defiance County.
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Defiance, Ohio
Fort Wayne, Ind
Alma Straley
U. S. 127
Ohio 18
Sherwood
Josephine Seeks Tubby Backed Run In Hasty Move
A terse quote indicates a plan to run a candidate nicknamed Tubby in a political race. The remark frames a strategy to place him in a key position, suggesting urgency and party backing. The source presents this as a decisive, informal directive amid ongoing campaign tensions.
Hightman Gets One To Seven Years For Abortion
Lebanon Common Pleas Judge Warren Young sentenced Lyle K. Hightman to from one to seven years on three charges of abortion after a guilty plea. The indictments stem from abortions on three minor girls. Hightman will begin serving Sept. 12. He was allowed a few days to dispose of livestock and settle farm affairs.
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Lebanon — Common Pleas
Warren Young
Lyle K. Hightman
Lebanon
Young
Hightman
May Grand Jury
Retired Kenyon VP Robert Brown Dies in Toronto
Robert Bowen Brown emeritus vice president of Kenyon College died Friday in Toronto after a heart attack. Brown, longtime dean of students and later VP, retired in 1958 after 17 years at Kenyon. He previously led food firms in Cincinnati and Chicago involved in mergers at the start of World War II. Burial is set for Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati on Tuesday.
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Mount Vernon
Ohio
Robert Bowen Brown
Kenyon College
Gambier
Toronto
Brown
Kenyon
Cincinnati
Chicago
Spring Grove
Soldier Dies Of Injuries In U S Army Exercise
A 16th American soldier died today from wounds from a howitzer shell that struck a supply tent during maneuvers 30 miles from the Czechoslovak border near Grafenwoerh Germany. One other man remained on the critical list as investigators cited an overcharged powder shell and possible misaiming.
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Grafenwoehr
Germany
Chorus to Present Musical Program at Friendship Baptist Church
The Greater Cincinnati Youth and Adult Chorus will present a musical program Sunday at 7 30 p m at Friendship Baptist Church located at 1319 Walnut Street.
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Greater Cincinnati
Friendship Baptist Church
Walnut St
Campbell named acting Division 4 engineer at Ravenna
Columbus AP reports Carl Campbell 52 of Cuyahoga Falls appointed acting Division 4 engineer at the State Highway Department Ravenna office. He replaces Paul Kostyshak 7 of Youngstown who has held the post since January 1959.
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Columbus, Ohio
Carl Campbell
Cuyahoga Falls
State Highway Department
Ravenna
Paul Kostyshak
Youngstown
Butcher Knife-Stick Duel Breaks Up in City Court
Police broke up a knife and stick confrontation between Waneta Thornton and Leroy Johnson near their homes on Sycamore Street and Garfield Street. Thornton faced assault threats, Johnson armed for defense, and both were cited with disorderly conduct. Additional local fines included Earl Frazier Jr for disorderly conduct and Howard Mansfield for speeding.
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J. T. Lambo
Waneta Thornton
Sycamore St
Leroy John
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