Plane Lands Safely After Emergency Call
Firemen and police stood by as a Piper Apache piloted by George Wedekind Jr. circled the field for about 15 minutes near Lunken Airport Cincinnati before a safe landing. Wedekind cited a gear warning due to a faulty contact, with passenger Dale Cummins aboard. Emergency crews policed by. A kitchen fire at Nathaniel Passmore’s home and oven blaze at Mrs. Monticello’s residence were extinguished. A grass fire near Miami Avenue and Sutphin Street caused no damage. The emergency squad aided Raymond Sorrell at 1315 Reynolds Ave., EMS transported to Middletown Hospital.
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Hook Field
George Wedekind Sr
Germantown Rd
Wedekind
Lunken
Cincinnati
Dale Cummins
Middletown
Nathaniel Passmore
iCalumet Ave
D. H. Montbcello
Central Ave
Miami Avenue
N. Sutphin Street
Reynolds Ave
Raymond Sorrell
Elk Creek Rd
Sorrell
Middletown Hospital
McCoy-Leffler
Early News Deadlines for Labor Day Edition
The Journal will go to press early Monday for a half day Labor Day holiday. News deadlines are moved up with sports due by 8:30 am, society by 9:45 am, and other local news by 10:15 am. Monday’s edition will be in print before noon.
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The
Journal
Press
Society
Gun Victim in Critical Condition at City Hospital
Henry Fores age 30 of 1324 Baltimore Street remained in critical condition last night at Middletown Hospital after a shooting at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Hunter Clark Post 6405 on Garfield Street. Police report a .45 automatic bullet entered his throat and exited his neck. Two men, George Pendergras and William McCuller, aged 33 and 41, are being held in the city jail for investigation.
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Middletown Hospital
Henry Fores
Baltimore St
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Hunter Clark Post
Garfield St
Fores
George Pendergras
William MecCuller
Minnesota St
Scholarships For Teachers Available Here
Scholarships are offered for a Miami University Middletown course titled Workshop on Education in Family Finance No 623W. The program grants three hours of graduate credit. Center supervisor H H Lawrence invited eligible teachers to apply by calling GA 2 7432 or visiting his office at the high school. Registration for all Middletown center courses runs Tuesday and Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. with about 100 enrollees already.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami University Center
Middletown
H. H. Lawrence
Lawrence
Middletown Center
Lawrace
Police Step Up Drive To Cut Down Speeders
Middletown police will use radar more often four days a week to crack down on speeding on residential side streets and main roads. In two days 58 drivers were cited for speeding on Shafer Moore N Broad Stanley Ellen Drive Verity Parkway and E Central. Radar use will be unannounced and offenders face Municipal Court traffic sessions. School zones will see extra enforcement with 20 mph limits while residential streets stay 25 mph and main streets 35 mph.
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Middletown
Shafer
Moore
N. Broad
Stanley
Ellen Drive
Verity Parkway
E. Central Avenue
Combs
Shafer, Moore
Nelbar
Three Car Crash Near Dayton Fatality and Injuries
A three car crash on Airway Road near Wright Patterson Air Force Base killed a 70 year old Columbus woman Rachael Seall who was a passenger in Jasper L Search's car. Four others were injured two critically including Harold Sturgill and Lloyd Smith. Mary Noll of Fairborn drove into the wreckage but was not hurt.
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Dayton
Ohio
Here
Airway Road
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Rachael Seall
Columbus
Jasper L Search
Maggie Wallace
Search
Harold Sturgill
Sturgill
Lloyd Smith
Mary Noll
Fairborn
Famed Arctic Priest Dies at Arctic Parishes End
Father Tom Cunningham 53, parish priest of the Arctic, died of a heart attack in his cabin near Point Barrow Alaska. He spent 25 years serving the largest Roman Catholic parish in the United States spanning 150000 square miles of ice and tundra above the Arctic Circle. In 1958 he helped rescue two others from a breaking arctic ice island used for International Geophysical Year studies.
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Point Barrow
Alaska
Tom Cunningham
Arctic
United States
Arctic Circle
Father Cunningham
Alaskan Air Command
Fire Destroyed Three Businesses on Main Street in Norwalk
Fire Saturday night gutted three downtown Norwalk businesses on Main Street. Preliminary damage estimates ranged from 150000 to 200000 dollars.
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Norwalk
Ohio
Main Street
Man Hit By Car In Hospital Here
Rance Hunter aged 41 of 345 N Main St was admitted to Middletown Hospital after being struck by a car in the 300 block of N Wall Street. He sustained an injury to his left shoulder and complained of a painful left side. Police were told someone was trying to run him over. He was brought to the hospital at 4 25 p m.
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Rance Hunter
N. Main St
Middletown Hospital
N. Wall Street
Hunter
Democrats Call On Long To Quit
The Democratic State Central Committee voted 93 to 1 to force Gov Earl K Long to resign before qualifying for re election. Long approved the measure with only William J Erikson of Orleans Parish opposed. The resolution set a resignation deadline at 5 p m September 15.
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Baton. Rouge, la
Democratic State Central Committee
Earl K. Long
Long
William J. Erikson
Orleans Parish
Police Briefs Report Vandalism and Theft Incidents
Officers responding to a call in front of 812 Sth Ave heard Dick Routh claim vandals cut the top of his convertible with a knife. Thefts included 25 dollars from Linnie Rose’s purse on Cleveland Street and a tire and jack from Mrs. William Tokar’s car on Barnitz Street. A car stolen from William Gar Vin on Sutphin Street was recovered yesterday by Warren County sheriff's deputies.
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Sth Ave
Dick Routh
Linnie Rose
Cleveland St
William Tokar
Barnitz St
William Gar
S. Sutphin St
Warren County Sheriff's Deputies
Best Named Middle Band Camp Ends at Camp Campbell Gard
Middletown High School band wrapped up its annual camp at Camp Campbell Gard near Hamilton. Top campers were Mary Lou Robbins and Skeeter Thomas. Cabin 13 won top inspection honors for boys led by Steve Geckeler and Thomas with members Dale Martin Dick Wardlow Bill Johnson Rickey Sutton and Jim Sebright. Girls cabin 13 counsellor Nita Ellison led Mary Belle Robinson and members Katherine Haywood Barbara Merrick Carolyn Ellison Ruth Johnson Elaine Key Jeni Wren Ginny Yingst Martha Norton Marlee Jacques. Cabin 4 tied for housekeeping honors with counsellor Corky O'Friel and leader Wanda White and members Susie Davies Merrily Day Patty Burger Edna Jo Stamper Barbara Bunnell Dixie Sebald Mary McGraw Jennifer Thomas Karen Tewel.
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Middletown High School
Campbell Gard
Hamilton
Mary Lou Robbins
Skeeter Thomas
Don Francis
Steve Geckeler
Thomas
Dale Martin
Dick Wardlow
Bill Johnson
Rickey Sutton
Jim Sebright
Nita Ellison
Mary Belle Robinson
Katherine Haywood
Barbara Merrick
Carolyn Ellison
Ruth Johnson
Elaine Key
Jeni Wren
Ginny Yingst
Martha Norton
Marlee Jacques
Corky O'Friel
Wanda White
Susie Davies
Merrily Day
Patty Burger
Edna Jo Stamper
Barbara Bunnell
Dixie Sebald
Mary McGraw
Jennifer Thomas
Karen Tewel
Obituary Robert B. Benner 82 Middletown native dies at home
Robert B. Benner age 82 of 216 Baltimore Street died at 8 12 p m Saturday at his home after two years of failing health and a period of serious illness. A native of Miamisburg he lived in Middletown six years and worked for Mayer Meat Co and previously Renner Meat Co retiring in 1951. Survived only by his wife Jennie he was the last of 13 children and a 32nd degree Mason member of Jefferson Lodge 90 F and AM the Order of Eastern Star and First Methodist Church. Services set 10 a m Wednesday at Riggs Funeral Home with Dr C E Wintringham officiating burial Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call 2 5 and 7 9 p m Tuesday.
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Robert B. Benner
Baltimore St
Miamisburg
Benner
Middletown
Mayer Meat Co
Renner Meat Co
Jennie
Jefferson Lodge 90
F&am
Order of Eastern Star
Methodist Church
Riggs Funeral
C. E. Wintringham
Woodside Cemetery
Stores Open Tuesday Night Labor Day Policy
Middletown allows Labor Day shopping with stores opened Tuesday noon to 8 30 pm, reversing Monday night hours. Regular Monday night openings are shifted to Tuesday to maintain shopping access for Middletonians.
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Middletown
Missing Trooper Souden Shells Found in East Lansing
In East Lansing the discovery of three spent .38 cartridges from missing state trooper Albert Souden’s service revolver heightened fears he will not be found alive. The shells matched the trooper’s gun and were found near Souden’s abandoned patrol car. Knight, a 48 year old ex convict, later admitted being in the trooper’s car but denied knowledge of Souden’s fate.
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East Lansing
Mich
Albert Souden
Souden
State Police Crime Laboratory
Abvin Knight
Knight
Mitted
Tito Opens Zagreb Fair and Praises U S Exhibit
President Tito opened the International Fair of Zagreb the largest in Yugoslavia’s history with 29 countries and 5 673 exhibitors marking its 50th anniversary The president expressed a liking for the American exhibition amid high hopes for the fair’s role in the nation’s economy.
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Zagreb
Yugoslavia
Tito
Car Crash Damages Home On Grand Avenue
A car crashed into the rear of a house at 1822 Grand Ave causing about 350 dollars in damage. Faye Doughman 2032 Carolina St was cited for no operator license after the collision at 6 56 p m. Gerald McQueen 1502 Brentwood St was charged with permitting an unlicensed driver to operate. Also Thomas Maxwell 17 12 Kenwood Dr cited for failing to yield at a Stop sign after a separate collision at Arpo Lane and Vail Avenue. Damages in that incident were 125 dollars. A third accident on the Central Verity lot involved a parked car owned by Bernard Dawson and driven by Evelyn Howler with about 30 dollars damage.
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Grand Ave
Faye Doughman
Carolina St
Gerald McQueen
Brentwood St
Thomas Maxwell
Kenwood Dr
Cecil Short
Malvern St
Arpo Lane
Vail Avenue
Bernard Dawson
Lebanon Rt. 1
Evelyn Howler
Arnold Dr
Verity
Man Injured in 2 Car Crash Near Waynesville
A Warren County man, James Fields 29 of Waynesville Rt. 3, was slightly injured in a two car collision at the U.S. 42 and Waynesville Morrow Road intersection. Fields suffered a possible jaw injury and cuts to his right leg and was charged with failure to stop within the assured clear distance. The other vehicle was driven by Floyd Hester 42 of Vandalia Rt. 1 who stopped for a left turn and was rear ended. The accident occurred around 7 a.m. local time.
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Warren County
U.S. 42
Waynesville-Morrow
James Fields
Waynesville Rt. 3
Fields
Floyd Hester
Vandalia Rt. 1
Hester
Ohio Senators On Losing Side
In Washington Ohio's Democratic senators Lausche and Young backed an amendment to highway finance. The proposal by Len Albert Gore aimed to divert auto excise taxes and repeal the dividend income tax credit to fund a one cent gasoline tax increase. The measure failed 50 to 35 in the Senate.
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Washingon
Ohio
Lausche
Young
Len Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Senate
Benrus Head Dies in New York at 61
S Ralph Lazrus, 61, president of the Benrus Watch Co., died in Memorial Hospital Friday after a brief illness.
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New York
S. Ralph Lazrus
Benrus Watch Co
Memorial Hospital
Ohio State Fair Closes With Five-Year Low Paid Attendance
The 1959 Ohio State Fair ended after eight days with about 118000 in livestock prizes and 114000 in harness prizes while receipts reached only 243551 paid attendees, a five-year low. Rain dampened turnout but grandstand shows, including Roy Rogers, boosted revenue. officials blamed health certificate lapses on a cattle exhibitor for prize delays.
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Columbus
Ohio
Rowland Bishop
Rogers
Robert Dr.Geyer
Terhune
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Jenings Ry
James Combs
Crawford and
Logan
Pittsburgh
Ae Os Eeeee Company
U.S
Man
Waynesville
Post 9
U.S. 127
Butler County
Ohio Senators
Benrus Head
Lene
Ronald Musser
Huntsville
Musser
R. L. McMahon
Lima
H. C. Geyer
Animal Industries
Ohio Department of Agriculture
McMahon
Strand Theatre
Central Avenue
Strand
West Central
First National Bank
Second Avenue
Broad
Grand Avenue
Gideon Road
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