Butler-Warren Area Escapes Holiday Traffic Fatalities
The Butler Warren County area avoided holiday traffic deaths but logged 19 injuries in 34 mishaps reported by state patrol, sheriff, and city police. A three car crash on Ohio 4 and 63 hurt seven, with youths and adults treated at Middletown and Mercy Hospitals. A cow on U S 42 near Lebanon caused minor damage after a Cincinnati driver blinded by headlights struck it. Multiple minor fender benders occurred in Middletown and Franklin. one auto was hit while parked, and a tree strike in Franklin was reported with no fatalities.
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Middletown
Ohio
Butler-Warren Area
Butler-Warren County
Post 9
Butler County
Franklin and
Iia
Donald Pelfrey
East Ave
Antes
Pelfrey
Mel Dibbie
Snyder
N.Y
Rt. 63
Dibble
Butler County Juvenile Court
U. S. 42
Lebanon
William Cowan
Cincinnati
Henry Vanover
Vanderveer St
Central Avenue-Shafer Street
Vanover
A. Muthert
Hughes St
Louis A. de Saro
Dayton
Emma Wilmore
Tytus Ave
Doyle Barrett
Linwood St
Franklin
Clark St
Allen Longman
Germantown
S. Main Street
Butler County Sheriff's Deputies
China Says U S Forces Move in Formosa Buildup
Tokyo reports Peiping accuses the United States of deploying forces in Formosa as Geneva talks proceed. Two squadrons from Okinawa flew to Taiwan for 40 days of mobility training, with airfields being extended and fuel and munitions supplied.
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Tokyo
China
United States
Formosa
Geneva
U.S
Okinawa
Taiwan
Peiping
Runaway Car Injures Middletown Boy On Bicycle
An empty car rolling from a driveway at 2901 Oxford Ave struck 11 year old Danny Reffitt as he rode by on a bicycle. He received a cut shoulder and abrasions to the arm and back and was taken to Middletown Hospital for emergency treatment. A playmate on a bicycle escaped injury.
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Middletown
Middletown Hospital
Danny Reffitt
Cecil Reffitt
West Lewis Street
Oxford Ave
Woman Fires At Prowler At Main Street Home
A woman at 514 S Main St shot at a prowler who was peering in her window late Saturday. She reported the man ran south. Detectives checked the area but could not locate a suspect.
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S. Main St
Oscar Day
James Howerton
Landon Webb
Paul Judd
Delmas Birch
Police Briefs Arrests For Disorderly Conduct And Intoxication
Police report George Duncan, 40, 804 4th Ave., arrested yesterday in the 1200 block of Central Avenue on charges of intoxication and disorderly conduct. William Thompson, 18, 925 Garden Ave., and Paul Perkins, 18, 701 18th Ave., arrested yesterday on disorderly conduct charges.
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George Duncan
4Th Ave
Central Avenue
William Thompson
Garden Ave
Paul Perkins
18Th Ave
Forrest McKinney Arrested on Driving Under Suspension Charge
Forrest McKinney, 22, of 929th Ave, was arrested Saturday at Grove Street and Michigan Avenue on a charge of driving under suspension. He faces standard processing procedures and potential court action.
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Forrest McKinney
Grove Street
Michigan Avenue
Ohio Labor Day deaths rise to nineteen in statewide mishaps
An Associated Press tally shows 19 people killed in traffic crashes during the Labor Day weekend across Ohio from Friday 6 p.m. to Monday 7 a.m. The tally lists victims including Gilbert Maschino in Hamilton and Maybelle and Harold Bowman near West Alexandria, with drownings, electrocutions, and a light plane crash near Springfield among the fatal incidents.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Man and Wife Die in Fkmery Crash Near West Alexandria
A Lewisburg couple died in an auto accident on State Rt. 503 four miles north of West Alexandria at 3 a.m. Mrs. Mabelle Bowman 47 was taking her husband Harold Bowman 49 to a hospital when she lost control and the car skidded into a ditch catching fire. Their son Kenneth 17 escaped but suffered facial arm and leg burns. he was listed in fair condition at Good Samaritan Hospital Dayton. Coroner says both parents died of third degree burns. Bowman had a crushed skull. Cause of crash and fire undetermined. The gasoline tank remained intact as the car plunged eight feet into the ditch.
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Gilbert Maschino
Hamilton
Brian Congdon
Cincinnati
Avery
Congdon
Robert P. South
Matthew P. Andrews
Bellefontaine
Maybelle Bowman
Harold C
Good Samaritan Hospital
Dayton
Preble County
Richard Siehl
Bowman
Mabelle
Floyd Spitler
Graham Draws Crowds at Ocean Grove Camp Meeting
Evangelist Billy Graham attracted about 62 000 people across four weekend sessions at the 86th Ocean Grove Camp Meeting. He told a Sunday crowd of roughly 16 500 that social problems facing the American home threaten more than communism.
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Ocean Grove
N. J
Billy Graham
Baptist I
Shotgun Blast At Cop Home Investigated In Hamilton
Police investigate a shotgun blast at patrolman Virgil Mann's home on Brough Avenue. Virgil Mann and his wife were uninjured. visitor Peter di Nicola of Chester, Pa., suffered facial abrasion. A car passing by prior to the shot drew witnesses' attention as it slowed with lights out before speeding away.
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Hamilton
Virgil Mann
Brough
Betty
Peter di Nicola
Chester Pa
Manns
Mann
Mike Returns Home After City Police Help
A two year old boy crying through a quiet Sunday led Chester Irvin and his wife to police headquarters where officers and city staff identified him as Mike Collier. The child refused to talk beyond his name until a mother’s call matched his identity, and he was soon returned home by police.
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Chester Irvin
16Th Ave
Irvin
S. Verity Parkway
She Taft School
Joseph Albert
James Lowe
Mike
Lowe
Black Collier
Delaware St
Calm
Growth of supermarkets from 1930 to 1955
The industry expanded from a few shops in 1930 to more than 18 000 by 1955, reflecting rapid retail consolidation and consumer demand growth. The figure highlights dramatic expansion across the United States and across subsequent decades.
Merchants Plan Gay Nineties Dinner Ahead of Fall Sale
A dozen Gay Nineties hostesses will greet more than 500 Retail Merchants Assn. members at the Manchester Hotel on Sept. 13 for a dinner outlining the Old Fashioned Bargain Days three day sale. The event features German band music costumes and barbershop quartet tunes as plans unfold for the upcoming promotions. Pranks are expected and the program is billed as a lively Hellzapoppin style show.
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Manchester
P. T. Barnum
Goodrich CIO Sign Wage Pact
The RF Goodrich Co and the CIO United Rubber Workers announced a new wage agreement increasing wages by 12 cents an hour for 15 000 employees. Negotiations started August 23 under a wage reopening clause and the pact runs until April 1 1957. The plug wage scale set average hourly pay at about $2.15.
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New York
RF. Goodrich Co
CIO
United Rubber Workers
Man Grabs Woman Along 4th Avenue Saturday Night
A man grabbed a woman at 4th Avenue and Yankee Road Saturday night. The woman told police she declined to give her name to Patrolmen Landon Webb and Delmas Birch.
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4Th Avenue
Yankee Road
Landon Webb
Delmas Birch
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