Ohio Bell Strike Skirts Creaking Services Amid Walkout
Middletown faces a third day of disruption as Ohio Bell employees walk out, though manager J R Miller vows most services will stay up. Union leader Joe Ponder defends the authorized strike while criticizing management for linking workers to violence in a racially charged incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
J. R. Miller
Ohio Bell
Communications Workers of America
Afl-Cio
Joe Ponder
CWA
Miller
Ponder
Portsmouth
Cleveland
Cincinnati Cyclist Killed After Crash on Rt 4 Fairfield
Cincinnati cyclist Simon Hamlin age 26 died six hours after his motorcycle collided with a car on Rt 4 in Fairfield City. The driver Charles E. Penter age 19 suffered minor injuries while Hamlin was taken to Mercy Hospital Hamilton. The crash happened around 1 30 a m when Penter turned onto the highway from Art's Restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Simon Hamlin
Hamlin
Mercy Hospital
Penter
Fairfield City
Butler County
Miller Still Said 'Fair' After Heart Attack at Stadium
Wade FE Miller 71 a retired Middletown school superintendent remained in fair condition at Middletown Hospital Friday night after a heart attack at the Middletown Fairmont football game at Barnitz Stadium. He directed Middletown schools from 1945 to 1953 and now works with his son Martin B. Miller in the Miller Insurance Agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade Fe, Miller
Middletown Hospital
Miller
Middletown-Fairmont
Barnitz Stadium
Middletown
Martin B. Miller
Miller Insurance Agency
Vandals Break Into West School Saturday Night
Franklin special report says vandals broke into West School Saturday night and damaged a glass pane in the front door. Mrs Mable Lyles, the principal, found the break in on Sunday morning. police report no other damage.
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Franklin
West School
Mable Lyles
Falls 50 Feet, Lives
Columbus police report Elmer Sherman of Gary Indiana survived a 50 foot fall from a via duct. He is in fair condition at a local hospital with back injuries and appears to have leap ed deliberately.
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Columbus
Ohio
Elmer Sherman
Gary
Ind
Sherman
Quake Shakes Tokyo and Nearby Areas
A light quake shook Tokyo and surrounding areas today with no damage reported. Barbary sheep newly imported from North Africa have been designated game animals in New Mexico's high plateau region.
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North
Africa
New Mexico
High Plateau
Rabbit Retinas Burned by A-Bomb Explosion Study
Studies of rabbits during the explosion of small atomic bombs showed that the retinas of their eyes were burned when they were forty two miles away.
Driver Cited In 2 Counts In Accident
Police arrested 40 year old Tyler Acker on charges of driving while license suspended and fleeing the scene after his car hit Otis Williams and then he fled the Verity Parkway Yankee Road area at 6 41 p m. Acker was found in a used car at Hanover Avenue and Verity Parkway. Sandra Williams sustained a forehead bump but no treatment was needed. Accident damage totaled 250 dollars. In a separate incident Carl Sorrell’s car crashed into a parked vehicle after another unknown car pulled out. The Wray vehicle was damaged. total damage 500 dollars.
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Middletonian
Verity Parkway
Yankee Road
Tyler Acker
N. Broad St
Hanover Avenue
S. Verity Parkway
Acker
Otis Williams
Pershing Ave
Williams
Armco
Sandra Kay Williams
Carl Sorrell
Reynolds Ave
S. Sutphin St
C. E. Wray
Four Injured In Tumbles In Middletown Hospital
Four people were treated at Middletown Hospital yesterday for injuries from falls. Kate Oglesby 18 Shafer Street broken right ankle and torn chest and shoulder ligaments Aristie Fugett 7 daughter of George Fugett 2406 Christel Avenue broken left forearm John Ross 12 son of Sadie Ross 810 16th Avenue fractured right forearm Jerry McIntosh 3 son of Jess McIntosh 2204 Baltimore Street lacerated forehead Also Has Kell Clay 27 Dickie Road West Middletown Rt. 1 lacerated left forearm on glass from a door Sixteen stitches were needed to repair the cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Hospital
Kate Oglesby
Shafer St
Aristie Fugett
George Fugett
Christel Ave
John Ross
Sadie Ross
16Th Ave
Jerry McIntosh
Jess McIntosh
Baltimore St
Servicemen News Roundup From Pacific Cruises To Training
Ola G. Webb and Thomas J. Harmon return to Long Beach after six months aboard USS Benner in the western and southern Pacific. Thomas Albert Harp arrives home from Norfolk Naval Hospital for a 17 day furlough before rejoining USS Wisconsin. Pfc. John A. Cope earns Soldier of the Month at Landshut Germany with the 11th Cavalry. Herman F. Walstrom named squad leader at Great Lakes recruit company. Sp 3c Donald L. Hart paratroop training with 503rd Infantry in Germany. James N. Sorrell completes infantry basic training at Fort Gordon Georgia.
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Ola G. Webb
William A. Webb
N. Main St
Franklin
Thomas J. Harmon
James W. Harmon
Garfield St
Long Beach
Calif
Benner
Pacific
Thomas Albert Harp
Calvin Harp
Ohio Avenue
Trenton
Norfolk Naval Hospital
Norfolk
Harp
Wisconsin
John A. Cope
Joyce
Carolina St
Landshut
Germany
Pvt. Cope
George Cope
11Th Armed Cavalry
Herman F. Walstrom
Jesse B. McGheetes Morrow
Donald L. Hart
Fof
Emmett Wilkertson
Young St
11Th Airborne Division
503Rd Infantry
Hart
Ft. Knox, Ky
Royal visit prep aids Elizabeth II in United States tour
Officials outline weeks of elaborate planning for Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip during a six day state visit starting Oct. 16. Stops include Canada Jamestown Williamsburg and Washington with public appearances, ticker tape parade in New York and UN speech.
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Washington
Elizabeth II
Prince Philip
United States
Elizabeth
Canada
Philip
Jamestown
New World
Eisenhower
White House
Williamsburg Inn
State Department
Secret Service
New York City
Lower Broadway
Jaycees Outline Award Program At District Meeting
Paul Deger and Knight Good man former chairmen of the Sebald Self-Reliance Awards outlined the program to representatives of 12 area Junior Chamber of Commerce clubs during a District 10 session hosted by the Yellow Springs Jaycees. James Townsley Middletown Jaycees president attended with state officials E. J. Platt Don Sutton and Clay Barfield also present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Deger
Knight Goodman
Sebald Self-Reliance
Four Men Charged With Trespassing At Armco Steel Property
Police brief reports four men Harold Gorke 36 Howard Musser 46 both of Chicago plus Joe Thomas 52 and Joe King 57 Cincinnati were to face trespassing charges at their Municipal Court arraignment. In other notes J W Willis 28 was arrested for carrying a concealed weapon and a 1957 model car stolen from Lexton Centers was recovered on Pearl Street.
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Harold Gorke
Howard Musser
Chicago
Joe Thomas
Joe King
Cincinnati
Armco Steel Corps
Lexton Centers
Ottawa St
Pearl Street
YMCA Campaign to Hear Dr Woellner in Cincinnati Session
YMCA workers will hear Dr. Fredric Philip Woellner tomorrow at the first report session of the Y membership campaign. The event begins at 6 15 p m at the First Presbyterian Church with E C Huselton presiding and 10 YMCA boosters on the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YMCA
Fredric Philip Woellner
First Presbyterian Church
Woellner
Cincinnati
University of California At
Los Angeles
Butler County court notices correct defendant address mix up
In a separate maintenance case the address for defendant Carl Wooldridge was printed incorrectly. Leona Wooldridge alleged neglect and cruelty and listed 1724 Fleming Rd but Wooldridge does not reside at 2404 Browning St.
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Carl Wooldridge
Leona Wooldridge
Fleming Rd
Browning St
Multiple Guardianship Petitions Filed Across Hamilton Area
A series of neglect and cruelty petitions list numerous individuals across Hamilton and surrounding towns. Plaintiffs include Donna Mae Riggs, Marjorie Miller, Mamie Finch, Azlee Baldridge, Eliza Horton, Harold Cable, Joyce Palmer, Ann Richardson, Beatrice Wells, Paul Giessler, Ernestine Mastandrea, Beulah Schaffeld, Alice Buchanan, Paulina Baker, Frank Reeves, Evelyn Whitaker, Rosie Rogers, Myrtle Lakes, Anna Buhi, Steve Brewer and others. Respondents include Donald Riggs, Oral Miller, Fred Finch, Rudolph Baldridge, Joe Horton, Louise Cable, Billy Palmer, Lowell Richardson, Paul Wells, Alice Giessler, Kenneth Mastandrea, Neil Schaffeld, Floyd Buchanan, Donald Baker, Catherine Reeves, Thomas Whitaker, William Rogers, Chester Lakes, James Buhi, and more. The petitions allege neglect and cruelty or wilful absence with various addresses cited throughout the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donna Mae Riggs
Sutphin
Donald iGene Riggs
Seneca i
Marjorie Louise Miller
Hickory St
Oral Miller
Peasttown Heights
Mamie Finch
Garfield St
Fred D. Finch
Cincinnati
Azlee Baldridge
Plum St
Rudolph Baldridge
Hamilton
Eliza Francis ‘Horton
Oxford State Rct
Joe Horiton
Middletown
Harold Cable
Louise M. Cable
Joyce Ann Palmer
Columbia Ave
Billy Lee Palmer
Beatrice Wells
Malvern St
Paul Wells
Paul Thomas Giessler
Broad St
Alice Jean Giessler
Ernestine Mastandrea
Kenneth J. Mastandrea
Beulah Schaffeld
Neil Schaffeld
Alice Buchanan
Catalpa Dr
Floyd Buchanan
West Middletown
Rt. 2
First Sunday Night Dance Party At Knights Of Columbus
About 100 Fenwick students attended the fall first Sunday Night Dance at the Knights of Columbus auditorium. The teen dance runs 7 to 10 p.m. Sundays when no high school activity is scheduled, sponsored by the Knights. Chaperones were Mr and Mrs Robert Hudson. Students danced to records and a snack bar was available.
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Fenwick
Knights of Columbus
Knights
Robert Hudson
Dynamite Blast Wrecks Beirut Newspaper Building
Dynamite sticks were thrown at a building housing the pre Western Daily Star in Beirut Lebanon last night blowing out nearly all the windows. The blast caused slight damage to adjacent buildings with no employees in the structure at the time.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Daily Star
Malden Court Notices Involving Local Neglect Allegations
A sequence of civil neglect actions appears listing parties such as Elmer Frary of Hamilton versus Arlene Frray of Woodsdale and Armeda Jeanne Cofer a minor at 132 Park Street against Alfred Bren gle Cofer Jr. of Middletown along with others including Dolores Ann Stewart and Nary Natali with addresses in Breeze Way Trailer Court Blue Ball Florida and a final pairing of Alice Gross at 718 Elwood Street against Samie Gross of Middletown.
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Town Rd
Bessie Brewer
Middletown
Elmer Frary
Hamilton
Arlene Frray
Woodsdale
Armeda Jeanne Cofer
Park St
Alfred Brengle Cofer Jr
Patricia Ann English
Forest Ave
Ernest Bud English
Young St
Dolores Ann Stewart
Breezeway
Joe Stewart
Blue Ball
Nary Natali
Charles Natali
Florida
Local Anger Over Family Neglect Accusation
Ethel D Gaston of Williamsdale is named in a neglect case against Irvin F Gaston of 1129 Thirkield Ave Franklin. Judge P P Boli presides.
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Ethel D. Gaston
Williamsdale
Irvin F. Gaston
Thirkield Ave
Franklin
P. P. Boli
Batys Win 4th Straight Air Club Treasure Hunt
Bruce Baty and family win their fourth consecutive Middletown Aviation Club Treasure Hunt title in a 229 mile 2 hour 35 minute flight. The Flying Batys and three year old Laurie Ann led in a Cessna 170 A beating 17 planes through five airports with an average stop speed of about 88 mph. Laurie Ann’s hours push near 300 as prize money and special awards go to top speed classes and youngest licensed pilot participant Lois Winglewich.
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Bruce Batys
Grand Ave
Flying Batys
Laurie Ann
Middletown Aviation Club
Batys
Charles Ruther
Harrison
Everett Johnson
Lois Winglewich
Middletown
Winglewich
Frank Vigor
Vigor
Bruce Baty
Baty
David Morgan
Hook Field
Brigham Airport
Portland
Ind
Ace
Anderson
Sky Harbor
Indianapolis
Miami University Field
Oxford
Grenade Found In Excavation At Highview Road Lot
A police officer responded to a report of a buried hand grenade found by a boy at a construction site on Highview Road. The grenade was tossed into the Miami River for safety, as it appeared inactive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lowe
Highview Road
Ptl
Lowe
Miami River
Ohioan James M. Elliott to lead Odd Fellows convention
James M. Elliott of Alliance Ohio will be installed Wednesday as sovereign grand master of the Sovereign Grand Lodge Independent Order of Odd Fellows during the six day convention in Miami Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
James M. Elliott
Alliance
Ohio
Sovereign Grand Lodge
Independent
Order of Odd Fellows
Pet Show Deadline Extended for Old Fashioned Days Parade
Deadline for Old Fashioned Days pet parade extended to September 19. Entry form appeared in Friday's Journal and a children's vet section will join Saturday morning parade. Prizes awarded across categories. For details contact Norvel Driver at Diver Coal and Feed Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norvel
Diver Coal & Feed Co
List Ave
Crash Near Poasttown Injures Four
Four people were injured in a two car collision just west of Poasttown early Sunday. Driver John Blevins 17 West Middletown and William Hurtt 30 Franklin collided on the Franklin Trenton Road. Hurtt needed twenty five stitches for arm and elbow cuts. His wife 27 suffered scrapes. Blevins had gum cuts and chest soreness. Passenger Omer Blevins 22 sustained a bruised knee. All injured were treated and released from Middletown Hospital. Details were unavailable.
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Poasttown
John Blevins
West Middletown
William Hurtt
4Th St
Franklin
Franklin - Trenton
Hurtt
Blevins
Omer Blevins
Middletown
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Dayton
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Central Ave
Tokyo
N. Main
James N. Sorrell
George L. Sorrell Sr
Yankee Ird
Rede Training Regiment
Ft. Gordon
Charles L. Hodson
Brooklyn Museum
John Cooney
Egypt
Health Department
Frances Lewine
United Nations Assembly
Britain
Wiley Buchanan
U.S
University of Maryland
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Jaycees Outline
J. W. Willis
Walnut St
9Th Avenue
Lincoln-Mercury Co
Tyrus
Butler County Courts
Ann L. Richardson
Lowell Richardson
Rogers
Bulova
Allowan Cao
Air Club
Pele
Dr. Scholl
Ole Ae Ei
Charles
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