Blaze destroys Butler Manufacturing plant in Bethany
A devastating fire at the Butler Manufacturing Co plant on U.S. 25 south of Bethany leveled the wooden mattress frame factory. Estimated losses reached 200000 with flames racing at 3 25 p m and crews from Monroe Liberty LeSourdsville and farmers fighting for hours. No injuries reported and the plant owner is J R Greno of Cincinnati with manager James W Stevenson of Maud.
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Butler Manufacturing Co
Bethany
U.S. 25
Frank Mays
Liberty Township
Earl Hieshue
Monroe Fire Department
Mason Civil Defense Uits
Monroe
Liberty Department
LeSourdsville
Butler County Grier
Maus
J.R. Greno
Cincinnati
James W. Stevenson
Maud
Trash Fire Damages Store Front and Contents
Sparks from burning trash behind Rose Furniture Co caused a fire at 36 S Main St. total losses about 550 dollars with 35 dollars to the building and 200 dollars in smoke and water damage to contents. Fire crews from multiple companies responded at 9 40 am and the blaze was put out quickly. The owner is Adis Realty Co Hamilton.
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Rose Furniture Co
S. Main St
Assid
Steve McCue
Ladder Company
McCuen
Adis Rea'ty Co
Hamilton
Four Hospital Workers Receive Certificates at Mercy Dinner
Four Middletown hospital employees were awarded certificates for completing a 32 hour supervisory training course at a Mercy Hospital dinner in Hamilton. Frank Lunsford presented awards to Mrs. Douglas Barrett Mrs. Earl Leidner Leroy Snyder and Herbert McBain. The ceremony marked the second in a series sponsored by the Butler County Hospital Council to broaden hospital staff knowledge. David Disch led the program at Hughes Memorial Hospital in Hamilton.
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Middletown Hospital
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Frank Lunsford
Columbus
Ohio State Employment Service
Douglas Barrett
Central Service Department
Earl Leidner
School of Nursing
Leroy Snyder
Herbert McBain
Otis Cooper
Butler County Hospital Council
David Disch
Hughes Memorial Hospital
Butler County Hospital Assn
Whisky Talk Proves False in Kountze Courthouse Cornerstone
In Kountze Texas the cornerstone of the Hardin County Courthouse opened revealing no whisky after a rumor had claimed a bottle was hidden there since 194. Residents shrugged and cited the town slogan The town with a sense of humor as proof of the prank.
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Kountze, Tex
Hardin County
Kountze
Middletown High pupils seek part time work
Miss Helen Hartman Middletown High School counselor opened applications this morning for part time jobs. She reports a larger than usual number with 40 applications in the first period. Students say they will do anything while she assesses suitable tasks. Last year pupils clerked in stores and babysat.
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Helen Hartman
Middletown High School
Miss Hartman
Amanda Y Program Opens at Amanda School
The YMCA extension program at Amanda School opens tomorrow with Les Theodore in charge. Girls ages 9 to 11 meet at 10 a.m. and ages 12 to 13 at 1 p.m. The boys program runs from 1 to 3 p.m.
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YMCA
Amanda School
Morrow
Les Theodore
Phonograph Fire Damages Highland Street Home
A fire believed caused by a record player at 11 30 am yesterday damaged a one story Highland Street residence owned by Paul Elliss. The bedroom suffered about 700 dollars in damage with smoke spreading to nearby rooms. The Mayfield Fire Department investigated and reported the blaze started when the record player ignited the bed linens.
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Highland Street
Mayfield Fire Department
Paul Elliss
Highland St
Rally Against Work Law Planned in Ohio
A festival and rally opposing a right to work law will take place Sept 20-21 at the Butler County Fair grounds in Hamilton. The event is sponsored by Butler County labor groups after 16 Middletown unions approved the program at United Auto Workers Local 776 headquarters. A similar Middletown rally is planned soon as organizers push for voter awareness and campaign opposition.
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Ohio
Butler County Fairgrounds
Hamilton
Middletown
United Auto Workers
Tytus 'Ave
Joseph Ponder
Communications Workers of America
United Organized Labor of Ohio
United Organized Labor Committee
Butler County
Freedom of Work Committee
Two Drivers Cited In City Traffic Accidents
Richard Thompson 19 of 2609 Milton Rd was cited for changing lanes after his car collided with Laura Dennis at Central Ave and Shafer St at 4 10 p m Damage about 165 Ruby Ross 1610 Sheridan Ave was cited for backing when unsafe after her car and Audrey Bagwell s Dayton auto collided at Vail Ave and Eagle Alley at 3 45 p m Damages totaled 50
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Richard Thompson
Laura Dennis
Carolina St
Central Avenue
Shafer Street
Pilice
Ruby Ross
Sheridan Ave
Audrey Bagwell
Dayton
Vail Avenue
Eagle Alley
Mother and Child Escape When Car Flips On Roadside
A Franklin mother Wilma Leturcez 26 of 1055 E 2nd St and a child passenger escaped injury when their car veered into an embankment on Rt 73 and flipped onto its top. State patrol noted the crash occurred outside city limits and could have been a Franklin police case if the car had not crossed to the left side.
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Franklin
Rt. 73
State Patrol
Wilma Leturcez
E. 2Nd St
Variety Best Friend Of Movies Boss Says
Harold H. Brown visiting Middletown head of two theater chains says the public seeks entertainment in motion pictures. He argues film quality is up with CinemaScope and new effects, but predicts continued variety including black and white and Technicolor, with better acting and fresher faces from studios and guilds. He notes audiences prefer freshness over stereotyping and discusses double features and Western trends.
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Harold H. Brown
Middletown
Brown
CinemaScope
Todd- American Opticsl
Todd AO
Cinemiracle
Elia Kazan
New York
Joanne Woodward
Paul Newman
James Dean
Westers
Nude woman walking in Scioto County mystery
Deputy Sheriff Carl Lindner found a nude woman along a rural Scioto County road who then walked away clothed only in wild grass. Mrs. Alice Benson 48 confessed she could not explain her predicament or clothing location and may face intoxication charges in Municipal Court once dressed for appearance.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
Carl Lindner
Scioto County
Alice Benson
Lindner
Brando Maid Drowns At Hollywood Home
In Hollywood AP report Marlon Brando's maid Mrs Hisaka Aizawa Milligan aged 31 drowned in Brando's swimming pool yesterday. Anna Kashfi Brando found the body at the pool's deep end while Brando was away. The maid was learning to swim and had been in the water briefly before the tragedy.
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Hollywood
Marlon Brando
Brando
Anna Kashfi
Hisaka Aizawa Milligan
Police Briefs Include Theft From Cars and Tree House Vandalism
Two hubcaps were stolen from cars owned by the mother of Mrs. Betty Hughes and by Clarence Fishbaugh and General at three addresses. Officers responded to a Riverview Drive call where Richard Gibson, 14, reported vandals tore down his tree house.
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Betty Hughes
Sherman Ave
Clarence Fishbaugh
1Th Ave
General
Young Sr
Riverview Dr
Richard Gibson
Convertible stolen from Middletown area recovered in Dayton
Police report a convertible owned by Marion Correa of 510 S Main St was recovered in Dayton. The car had been reported stolen Wednesday night from near Middletown Hospital.
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Marion Correa
S. Main St
Dayton
Middletown Hospital
Mental Health Talks Discussed in Butler County Meeting
Mrs. Martin A. Rush Jr. and Mrs. Mary Jane Samper spoke for the Butler County Mental Hygiene Assn workshop planning committee at Mrs. Tyson Beazley’s Hamilton home. Plans were announced for a lecture series starting Oct. 8 at the Miami University Center in Oxford with Rebecca Eikenberry of Omaha as luncheon speaker. The event will be open to the public and federated clubs.
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Martin A. Rush Jr
Mary Jane Samper
Middletown
Butler County Mental Hygiene Assn
Tyson Beazley
Hamilton
Rebecca Eikenberry
Omaha
Neb
Miami University Center
Oxford
Wagner’s Ring Cycle Comprises Four Linked Dramas
The Ring of the Nibelung by Richard Wagner is a quartet of connected music dramas. Recurring characters and musical motifs unify the set across the tetralogy.
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Wagner
Sixteen Autos Impounded In City Parking Drive
Police report sixteen cars impounded and between 150 and 175 people paying tickets since a drive began Tuesday to clear about 1,000 delinquent parking tickets. Lt. James Combs says 49 cars are in the current impounding list and 33 more on the list remain to be found.
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Son
James Combs
Traffic Bureau
Jave
Combs
Iup
Lt. Combs
Speeders Are Dime A Dozen Pace Tops Local Court Runs
Police report a surge in speeding. Fifty motorists were charged yesterday using the radar unit. Cars were clocked at 40 to 65 mph in 35 mph zones near Verity Parkway and Central Avenue during late morning to late afternoon. They face Municipal Court next Thursday.
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James Combs
Verity Parkway
Central Avenue
Navy Helps Supply Reds in Antarctic Reconnaissance
Rear Adm. George Dufek announced the U S Navy will aid a Russian aerial reconnaissance team at McMurdo Sound providing 1600 gallons of fuel. The Russians seek support to survey a route for the proposed transantarctic tractor train in the 1959 60 season.
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Auckland
New Zealand
U. S. Navy
Antarctic
George Dufek
McMurdo Sound
Ready Next Month Parking Lots Push Ahead
City Manager Charles W. Thompson reports construction of two downtown parking lots is proceeding for a next month opening. The Broad Verity site will provide 48 spaces after adjustments and the Manchester Vail lot 106 spaces. Bids for Manchester Vail close Sept 22 and concrete work continues. meters are on order and site grading and basement filling are underway.
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Charles W. Thompson
Thompson
Broad Verity
Manchester-Vail
Clinton Street
Manchester Vail
Thomspon
Morse Blasts War Threat Over Quemoy
Sen. Wayte Morse of Oregon accused Chiang Kai-shek of dragging the United States into a war with Red China over Quemoy. He told 400 at a Democratic rally that U.S. entanglement comes from Chiang's aims, not security threats, urging UN action on Formosa's future and warning of danger if Dulles missteps.
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Portland, Ore
Chiang Kai-shek
China
United States
Red China
Sen
Wayte Morse
D-Ore
Chiang
U.S
Morse
Democratic Party
Eisenhower
Formosa Strait
United Nations
Formosa
Ohio Crash Kills Driver and Passenger Near Wakeman
A head on collision on Ohio 20 killed Roger Leroy Lenager a 28 year old truck driver from Kendallville Indiana and Dorothy Stewart 62 a mother of four from Wakeman Ohio.
Suit Blames Cows For Loss In Hamilton Case
Laddie and Helen Tolley sue Clarence Meyers and Kenneth Latta in Common Pleas Court seeking $250 damages. They claim roaming cattle from the neighboring farm crossed a dilapidated fence into their alfalfa field, maiming a 10 acre patch and his cattle.
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Hamilton
Common Pleas
Laddie
Helen Tolley
Kirchling Rd
Clarence Meyers
Black Rd
Kenneth Latta
Kirthling Rd
Middleton man found not guilty in fatality case
A Butler County jury acquitted Curtis Howard, 20, of a second degree manslaughter charge related to a May crash that killed Sam Hamlin, 20. Hamlin was a passenger in Howard’s car when it struck a crane at a Middletown sewer project on Taylor Avenue. Howard was also injured.
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Hamilton
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Middletown
Curtis Howard
Oxford State Rd
Sam Hamlin
Franklin Rt. 2
Howard
Taylor Avenue
Hamlin
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