City Still Mops Up After Storm Relief Studied
Middletown crews cleaned sewers after Saturday’s storm that filled the system with gravel twigs and leaves Armco Drive area hit hardest by water due to full sewers City Manager Charles W Thompson said complete relief will wait for Lakeside sewer in about a year Temporary measures may reduce high waters Officials blamed Nelbar Street underpass flooding on an electrical failure which disabled two 750 gallons per minute pumps The storm dumped 1.6 inches of rain in 30 minutes from 2 50 p m to 3 20 p m Saturday Rain total was 2 3 inches through Sunday morning Franklin area saw 2 75 inches Official observer Morningstar said A barn burned on Frantine Trenton Road from lightning smoldering debris firemen fought the blaze No equipment loss reported
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Middletown
Charles W. Thompson
Thompson
Armco Drive
Nelbar Street
C. T. Morningstar
U. S. Weather Bureau
Franklin
Ted Burdge
Frantine Trenton Road
Advertising Begun For Rt. 4 Improvement Bids
Ohio Department of Highways starts bid advertising on a planned four lane upgrade from Hamilton to Middletown. Phase two for the three mile Rt 63 to Middletown line is set for approximately Nov 22. Project includes by passing Eagles Corner and re routing Rt 4 over Excello hill with new bridge work on Gregory Creek. South section length 7.95 miles. Bids opened in Columbus Sept. 27 at 10 a.m.
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Hamilton
Ohio Department of Highways
Rt. 63
Gregory Creek
LeSourdsville
Columbus
Polio Suspect Transferred After Preliminary Diagnosis
Thomas Andre 42, operator of Andre Auto Glass, was in s001 condition today at Mercy Hospital Hamilton after transfer from Middletown Hospital where preliminary tests suggested polio. Two definite city cases null. Mrs. L. W. Howe and Nathan Arnold reportedly non paralytic. Six Butler County cases recorded to date.
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Thomas Andre
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Hamilton Hospital
Middletown Hospital
Andre
Woodlawn Ave
Andre Auto Glass Co
L. W. Howe
Eaton Dr
Nathan Arnold
Dwight Arnold
Garfield St
Howe
Howe Motor Co
Middletown Health Department
Butler County
Jail Services Held by Powell Couple at Butler County Jail
The Rev and Mrs Arnold Powell led cheer up services yesterday at Butler County Jail in Hamilton replacing Mrs Bertha Perkins. Rev Bert Perkins and Mrs Perkins were away in Lancaster Kentucky to conduct services.
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Arnold Powell
Butler County
Hamilton
Bertha Perkins
Bert Perkins
Perkins
Lancaster
Theaters Schedule for Paramount Strand Colonial Dixie
Paramount shows Not as la Stranger at 1 15 3 50 6 25 9 00. Strand presents Land of the Pharaohs at 2 50 6 20 9 35 and Robber's Roost at 1 15 4 40 8 10. Colonial features Tanganyika at 1 54 5 13 8 32 Frances Joins the Wacs at 3 15 6 34 9 53 Hit the Deck at 2 35 6 15 9 35 Be deviled at 1 15 4 50 8 25. Dixie Cruise-In lists Cariboo Trail at 9 10 pm Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd at 7 30 10 30 pm.
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Tanganyika
Frances
Wacs
Cariboo
Abbott and Costello
Capt
Kidd
Middletown Barbershop Chorus Places Second in District
Middletown barbershop chorus directed by Charles Bud Apking won second place at a three state district songfest held in Parkersburg West Virginia. Buckeye Chapter Chorus of Columbus won first and will represent the district in the International Chorus Contest in Minneapolis next June. Dayton Suburban Chorus took third. The Middletown group has ranked highly in the district since 1951 with titles in 1951 1952 and 1953.
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Middletown
Charles
Bud) Apking
Parkersburg
W. Va
Buckeye Chapter Chorus
Columbus
Ohio
West Virginia
Western Pennsylvania
Minneapolis
Society For the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop
Dayton
Man in Critical Condition After Intersection Crash
Henry Coffey, 37, of 228 Ross Ave in Hamilton is in critical condition at Mercy Hospital with a skull fracture from a collision of a southbound car and a westbound truck at the Rt 503 and Rt 73 intersection north of Seven Mile. Also injured are Stella Coffey, 51, and Ol lie Moberly, 72, both listed in fair condition. Ralph Berlin, truck driver, was uninjured. A witness said Coffey did not stop at the scene of a fatal crash two weeks earlier.
Light Fixture Blamed For Armco Fire At East Side Works
Firemen linked a defective light fixture in the Masonry Department at Armco Steel Corp East Side works to a late night blaze. The two story brick building housed a locker and storage room where only minor damage occurred.
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East Side
Armco Steel Corp
Open House Planned For Amanda PTO Meeting
An open house for parents will follow Amanda PTO’s first regular meeting of the school year tomorrow at 7 30 p m. The event invites parents to visit the area and meet teachers per PTO president Mrs Margarita Ratliff.
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Amanda Pto
Marguerite Ratliff
PTO
Lily of the Valley Chapter 55 meeting set for 8 p.m
Colored News reports Lily of the Valley Chapter 55 of CBS Prince Hall Affiliate will meet at 8 p.m. today at the Trades and Labor Council 815 S Main St per Mrs Rowena Did lick worthy. Altrusa Club September meeting postponed to Oct 4 at 3 30 p.m. at Mrs Calvin Did lick home.
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Lily of the Valley
CBS
Prince Hall
The
Trades and Labor Council
S. Main St
Rowena Didlick
Ffd Altrusa Club
Calvin Didlick
12-Year-Old Boy Dies After Being Hit By Car
A Hamilton boy Thomas Janosik aged 12 was struck by a car Saturday while running into the street in front of 325 Sherman Ave. He died early today after being treated at Mercy Hospital. Companion David Reith, 14, was bruised. Driver Charlotte Traynor, 26, remained at fault later confirmed. Autopsy to occur. Funeral home Colligan handling the remains.
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Hamilton
Thomas Janosik
N. F St
David Reith
Sheman Ave
Sherman Ave
Janosik
Charlotte Traynor
Mercy Hospital
Butler County
Colligan Funeral Home
Car Slams Off Embankment Hurting Three In Family
Three Cincinnatians were treated at Mercy Hospital Hamilton after a car driven by Paul Harden struck their vehicle on Route 27 south of Millville and sent the Hafner family over an embankment. Harden was cited for driving on the wrong side of the road and suffered a minor knee wound.
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Hafner
Harden
Cars Crash In City. Several Drivers Cited
Police investigated Sunday collisions at Verity Parkway and 1st Avenue and at Alameda Circle. Thomas Daviiston 25 suffered 300 in damage. Mrs John Perkins 608 Alameda damaged as reported. Roy Crockett 44 swerved into Dynzel Hatfield 16 at Alameda Circle. Total damage about 525. Willard Watts 23 crashed at Grand Avenue and Highview Road. brake failure cited. damage 200.
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Verity Parkway
1St Avenue
Thomas C. Daviiston
Rufus St
John Perkins
Alameda
Roy J. Crockett
Christen Ave
Dynzel D. Hatfield
Hill Ave
Crockett
Hatfield Auto
Alameda Circle
Central Avenue
Willard Watts
Clardon Sr
Grand Avenue
Highview Road
Watts
Memphis Mayor Tobey Dies At 64 In Memphis Tennessee
Memphis Mayor Frank T. Tobey died at 64 before his reelection bid. He led a plan to halt the Dixon Yates power plant and promote a municipalGenerating plant rather than TVA power. Tobey suffered a heart attack last Wednesday, slipped into a coma Saturday, and did not regain consciousness. He began his city career in 1924 as chief of an engineering survey party.
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Memphis
Tenn
Frank T. Tobey
Dixon- Yates
Watkins Overton
Dixon-Yates
Tobey
TVA
Uranium Map Offered to Prospectors for 50 Cents
Secretary of the Interior McKay announced a government map showing areas richest in uranium ore is available to the public for 50 cents. The chart aims to guide would be prospectors in the atomic age.
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Washington
McKay
Rubel Official Dies at 49 in Cincinnati
Bert W. Rubel president of the Midwest Donut Co. and vice president of the Rubel Baking Co. died early today at Jewish Hospital in Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Bert W. Rubel
Midwest Donut Co
Rubel Baking Co
Jewish Hospital
Italians to Be Freed in Albania War Crime Pardon
London reports Albania will release 13 Italians held for crimes committed during the war and in the liberation period. The move comes from Communist Albania and aims to ease wartime tensions and healing.
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London
Albania
Record Car Sales in Butler County Reach New High
Joseph Kiep, clerk of agunt, reports Butler County August 1955 as a record month for new car sales and a strong year-to-date rise across cars trucks and used vehicles. January through August totals show 5 650 new cars, 496 new trucks, 15 230 used cars, and 1 049 used trucks.
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Butler County
Joseph Kiep
Agunt
Kiep
Fires Around Klamath Forest Largely Contained
In Yreka California two fires remained out of control in Klamath National Forest though the giant 87000 acre haystack fire was reported completely controlled. Firefighters shifted efforts to smaller blazes at Six Mile Ridge and Taylor Creek as new fires emerged elsewhere in California.
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Yreka Calif
Klamath National Forest
California
Klamath
Zich
Six- Mile Ridge
Taylor Creek
Ashland Armco Official Injured In Auto Crash
Clarence Roll 61 purchasing agent for Ashland Kentucky Armco plant injured on U S 22 west of Lancaster suffered a fractured leg and other injuries. His wife Mary unharmed. Roll treated at Good Samaritan Hospital Zanesville after visiting his ill brother Horace earlier.
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Lancaster
Ohio
Clarence Roll
Ashland
Armco Steel Corp
U.S. 22
Mary
Roll
Good Samaritan Hospital
Zanesville
Horace
Wage adjustments negotiated for Armco hourly workers
J E Windsor president of the Armco Employees Independent Federation announced that wage adjustments for about 6000 hourly workers at Armco Middletown and Hamilton were agreed upon and take effect September 11. The union says the increases vary by circumstances and are not a general raise with higher base rates and enhanced fringe benefits including pensions and production bonuses.
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Armco
Independent Federation
Middletown
Hamilton
J. E. Windsor
Independent Union
Windsor
AEIF
City to Open Remodeling Bids for City Building Office
Bids for remodeling Middletown City Building were to be opened at noon. The project removes two public restrooms in the basement to create an office for the deputy county tax office. Final cost will be known after bids and contractor are named.
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Middletown
Charles W. Thompson
Thompson
Whch
Deputy County
Boy Injured In Basement Fall In South Lebanon
Eleven year old Paul Gilbreth son of Mr and Mrs Carl Gilbreth South Lebanon was listed in fair condition today after a tumble into a basement Saturday He was admitted to Middletown Hospital Saturday evening with a basal skull fracture hospital officials said His earlier condition was serious
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Paul Gilbreth
Carl Gilbreth
Lebanon
Middletown Hospital
Middletown Park Board Meeting Canceled For Quorum
The Middletown Park Board canceled tonight’s session due to lack of quorum. Chairman S. J. McAdow said three of five members were absent because of illness and out-of-town commitments.
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Middletown
S. J. McAdow
Burns and injuries send three to hospital
John Hampton, 66, suffered facial burns from a boiler explosion at Harding Jones Paper Co. He also had a fractured right foot. Hattie Perkins, 49, had a fractured foot from a porch fall. Stephen Ellis, 5, injured chin after slipping on stairs. all treated and dismissed.
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Franklin
John Hampton
Buena Ave
Hampton
Harding-Jones Paper Co
Hattie Perkins
9Th Ave
Stephen Ellis
William Ellis
E. Bryant St. Franklin
New Quarters Little Change For 22 Year Old Inmate
Cloyd Pearson, 22, was released from the Dayton workhouse after serving his sentence and was taken into custody by Middletown police for failing to pay $179 in fines and costs. He received temporary quarters at Middletown jail until a reappearance before Municipal Judge J. T. Lamb.
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Franklin
Dayton
Cloyd Pearson
Lind St
James Howerton
Melvin Barker
Middletown
J. T. Lamb
Lamb
Tax Books Opened For Collection In Butler County
Butler County treasurer John W. Wendel announced tax books are open for real estate tax collection for the second half of 1954. Total collections to date reported at $3,678,964. Payments accepted at the county courthouse daily 8:30 to 4 and Saturdays 8:30 to noon. Middletown branch office in City Building offers similar hours. Deputy treasurer G N Ross will be in Oxford at Farmers State Bank weekdays 9 to 3 with evening hours 6:30 to 8:30.
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John W. Wendel
Butler County
Dur
Middletown Area
Middletown
G. N
Nick) Ross
Oxford
Farmers State Bank
Piketon Blaze Destroys Bryan Packing Plant
Firefighters could not determine the cause of a weekend blaze at the Bryan Packing Co. plant in Piketon Ohio. The two story building burned with an estimated 100000 loss covering meat, processing equipment and truck tires. Jeff Bryan of Portsmouth said some coverage was provided by insurance. Three fire companies fought the fire but could not save the structure.
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Piketon
Ohio
Bryan Packing Co
Jeff Bryan
Portsmouth
Bryan
Wayne Trace Road Closed For Repairs
Butler County engineer Jesse Pochard says Wayne Trace Road between Rt. 73 and Tolbert Road will close for about four weeks for replacement of a 40 foot steel bridge.
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Jesse Pochard
Butler County
Wayne- Trace Road
Rt. 73
Tolbert Road
Wayne Township
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Gram
Tom Andre
Jacone Glass Shop
Reynolds
Paramount
Dixie Cruise
Cs Cae
DIAL
Amanda
Colored News
Halsey
Central Ave
Brooksie Herring
Syamore St
Rt. 122
State Patrol
Miami Valley
Rubel
Maytag Sales & Service
Melampy’s
Butler
Ashland Armco
Lincoln-Mercury CO
Tytus Ave
Wayne-Trace Road
Pasterth
Ens Drug Counter
Federal Deposit Innsurance Corporation
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