Middletown Registration Lag Threatens 1956 Parity
Middletown election officials report 17,500 city voters registered through Friday plus Lemon and Madison Township adds about 7,750 for a total near 25,250. With three days left, Deputy Clerk Brack Little notes the target is 1,000 more registrations to reach parity but expects it to be unlikely.
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Middletown
Board of Elections
Brack Little
Republican Party
Lemon
Madison Township
Little
Census Bureau
Lebanon Obituaries Include Carder Sells and Others
Jeanette Pinky Carder 50 of Lebanon died Friday night in Orient Ohio. Survived by daughter Mary Ann Hillard father Charles Fraser two sisters and two grandchildren. Funeral Monday 3 PM Oswald Funeral Home Lebanon Cemetery visitation today 4 9 PM. Irene A Sells 73 died yesterday at Janet's Nursing Home after four years ill health. Survived by husband Charles four daughters and six grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Visitation Monday Schramm Funeral Home 2 5 and 7 9 PM Rosary 8 PM Requiem High Mass Tuesday 9 AM St Johns Church Woodside Cemetery. McCoy Leffler Funeral Home services Tuesday 2 PM Burial Woodside. Flowers omitted.
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Lebanon
Jeanette (Pinky) Carder
Orient
Ohio
Mary Ann Hillard
Charles Fraser
Maxine Lesan
Donald Runner
Dayton
Oswald
Irene A. Sells
S. Main St
Janet
Sells
DAV
Hot Spring
N. Mex
Richard Hill
Middletown
Charles
Ray Wills
Frances Letts
Ruth Coleman
Loretta Everett
Riddle, Ore
Charles Rettig
Fred Purtle
Council Grove
Kan
Esther Albright
Lawrence
Schramm Funeral
St. John's Church
Woodside Cemetery
Everett Keister dies at 77 in Pinellas Park Florida
Everett Keister a former police officer in this area died at his home Saturday morning at age 77 in Pinellas Park Florida He was wounded in 1937 when he surprised a hold up man at a grocery on Grames Street He is survived by his wife Harriett three sons Frederick James of Middletown and Dr Wilbur Keister of Rome Georgia two daughters Mrs Robert Carpenter and Mrs Robert Peters Sr both of Middletown two brothers Earle and Bernie both of Germantown four sisters Mrs Ralph Michael Mrs Mary Michael both of Germantown Mrs Perle Whitehead of Cincinnati and Mrs Floyd Gephart of Miamisburg and 15 grandchildren Services will be at 10 am Wednesday at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with the Rev
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Everett Keister
Pinellas Park
Fla
Keister
Grames Street
Harriett
Frederick
James
Middletown
Wilbur Keister
Rome
Robert Carpenter
Robert L. Peters Sr
Earle
Bernie
Germantown
Ralph Michael
Mary Michael
Perle Whitehead
Cincinnati
Floyd Gephart
Miamisburg
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
Obituary of Niven A Smucker 78 Middletown
Niven A Smucker 78 of 1310 Girard Ave Middletown died at Middletown Hospital at 3:45 p m after emergency admission. Born in Somerset Pa he retired from Armco Steel Corp with 49 years of service. He was a member of First Methodist Church. Survived by wife Bess Hoover Smucker daughter Jane Kunze and four grandchildren.
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Niven A. Smucker
Girard Ave
Middletown Hospital
Mr. Smegker
Somerset
Armco Steel Corp
First Methodist Church
Bess Hoover Smucker
Middletown
Jane Kunze
Mrs Alva Trimble Rites Set In Carlisle
Mrs Alva Grace Trimble 65 of 10549 Jamaica Road Carlisle died yesterday at St Elizabeth Hospital Dayton after a two week stay. She is survived by her husband Ova three sons Orville Coca Beach Fla Dencil Middletown and Davd in Germany a daughter Inez Haas Camden Rt 1 a brother Jasper Creech Kent Ky a sister Mrs Dora Sorrell Carlisle a half sister Mrs Liza Gross Claymont Calif eight grandchildren and 14. Funeral services 2 pm Tuesday at First Church of God Carlisle with Rev Arthur Miller and Rev Thomas Shockley officiating. Burial Fairview Cemetery Gratis. Friends may call at residence after noon Monday. Eaton Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Ad Agency Boss Quits Over Cigarette Advertising
NEW YORK AP Emer son Foote resigns as board chairman of McCann Erickson over beliefs on cigarette ads. He cites possible conflict of interest and wants to take public stand on smoking. Foote, 57, joined in 1951 and chaired the board for two years. He backs the surgeon general report linking smoking to lung cancer. He quit smoking five years ago after years of being a chain smoker.
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New York
Emerson Foote
Foote
McCann-Erickson, Inc
President's Commission On
American Cancer Association
Truck Driver Dies In Crash Near Hillsboro
A Columbus truck driver died when his truck missed a curve on rain slick U S 62 two miles south of Hillsboro Ohio and overturned. John Edward Young 45 of 3543 Kar Rd Columbus a driver for Johnson Trucking Co was pinned under the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene. The load of steel was strewn over a wide area according to Highland County sheriff deputies.
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Hillsboro
Ohio
Columbus
U. S
Here
John Edward Young
Kar Rd
Johnson Trucking Co
Highland County Sheriff's Deputies
Young
Dayton Woman Ruled Insane Briefly in Case
Dayton Housewife Betty Perry, 27, was ruled insane by Montgomery County Common Pleas Court Judge Robert McBride and ordered returned to Lima State Hospital. She was charged with smothering her four children to death last July 25, later citing financial problems and an impending divorce, and she reportedly attempted suicide.
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Dayton
Ohio
Montgomery County Common Pleas Court
Robert McBride
Betty Perry
Lima State
Peat Cutters Find 2000-Year-Old Bog Bodies in Denmark
Archaeologists uncover peat cutters in Danish bogs with two millennia preserved remains. Skin hair nails and muscle show time effects. One man likely hanged as a religious sacrifice wearing a leather cap belt and braided rope around his neck.
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Denmark
Airman Earns Cluster With Study Plan Honor
Chief Warrant Officer Paul A. Barnes received a cluster to his commendation medal in a ceremony at Eglin AFB Florida. Barnes wrote a combat controllers curriculum for aerial port school and has served in Japan and Texas with the 12th Air Force before joining TA WC Florida. He is the son of Mrs Bessie Barnes of 1604 Brentwood St.
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Paul A. Barnes
Eglin Air Force Base
Florida
Barnes
Japan
Texas
12Th Air Force
Air Force
Tactical Air Warfare Center
TAWC
Bessie Barnes
Brentwood St
Three Hurt Near Seven Mile in Auto Crash
A Lansing couple, Bobby Couch 21 and Esther Couch 19, were admitted to Mercy Hospital in Hamilton after a Tuesday morning crash on Route 127 north of Seven Mile. Miss Ann Lambert 19 of Hamilton Eaton Road also was hospitalized for knee abrasions and facial cuts. deputies said the cars nearly collided head on.
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Lansing
Mich
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Rt. 127
Seven Mile
Bobby Couch
Esther
Butler County Sheriff's Deputies
Couch
Ann Lambert
Hamilton- Eaton Road
Indian President Returns From Soviet Visit To London
President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan arrived in London after an official visit to the Soviet Union. He traveled with a delegation and met officials during the four nation tour, signaling continued diplomatic engagement.
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London
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
India
Soviet Union
Mid-Town Parking Lot Closes for Resurfacing
The Mid-Town Center parking facilities will close to the public starting Monday to speed resurfacing of the Broad Street area. The center, under repair for two months, adds new drains and regrades the area with future landscaping. Monthly parkers will use Main Street access after completion.
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Mid-Town Center
Broad Street
A. L. Yingst
Downtown Retail Division
Main Street
Yingst
Store Sued For 50000 Over Fall
A Middletown woman sues Kroger Co for 50000 claiming lifelong medical care due to a fall at the Kroger store on Main Street. Cora Robinson alleges she slipped on grapes near the produce section on Sept. 22, 1962, and the cart toppled onto her legs causing neck and back injuries and 11 days hospitalization with medical bills of 1653.
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Hamilton
Middletown
Kroger Co
Cincinnati
Cora Robinson
First Ave
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Kroger
S. Main St
Franklin fire crews respond to Turner Lane stove overheat
Franklin firefighters were summoned to the Richard Sowers residence at 914 Turner Lane at 12 12 p m yesterday after a stove overheated. No damage was reported.
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Franklin
Richard Sowers
Turner Lane
Ohio Bell and CWA Agree On Raise In Ohio
Ohio Bell Telephone Co and the Communication Workers of America reached a wage settlement averaging 15 cents an hour for 15 300 Ohio Bell employees retroactive to Sept 13 costing the utility 4 6 million dollars yearly The agreement follows two months of negotiations with another reopener set for next Sept 13 The pay boosts range from 7 to 22 cents with operators receiving up to 7 dollars a week more About 5 000 other Ohio Bell workers not union represented typically receive raises aligned with the contract pattern The settlement covers plant craftsmen and operators across six wage zones with top rates in Cleveland and includes an 8 50 weekly increase for some in a dozen cities including Fremont Lancaster Chillicothe Piqua Findlay Newark Coshocton Marion Massillon Bryan Defiance and Napoleon Operators in Cleveland will rise from 84 50 to 88 50 weekly en route to higher zone caps Plant craftsmen will see journeyman pay rise to 143 in Cleveland and 130 50 in Zone 6.
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Cleveland
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Communication Worker of America
Ohio Bell
Carlisle K. Milner
Martin J. Highes
Ohio
CWA
Michigan Bell
Cincinnati & Suburban Telegraph
Lone Lines Department
Phone
Western Electric
American Telephone & Tele
Hughes
Fremont
Lancaster
Chillicothe Piqua
Findlay
Newark
Coshocton
Marion
Massillon
Bryan
Defiance
Napoleon
Driver Gets 30 Days At Franklin
Dayton driver Ralph E. Gallaher drew 30 days in jail and a $100 fine with $50 suspended after pleading in municipal court to driving while under suspension. Five speeders paid a total of $105 in fines. other individuals faced varying fines and suspended amounts for offenses including dis orderly conduct failing to keep distance and driving on painted highway lines. Fines for bond forfeitures were issued to Earl Collins for fictitious plates Grant Young for drunken driving Nicola Nichols for expired license and Raymond Huber for driving on painted lines.
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Franklin
Dayton
J. T. Riley
Ralph E. Gallaher
Slav McGuire
Queen St
Robert Clark
Dayton-Oxford Road
Beverly Showlskis
Skokinan
Irwin Glenn
Springboro
James Marshall
Lebanon
Earl Collins
Spring Ave
Grant W. Young
Nicola Nicols
Ross St
Middletown
Raymond Huber
Cincinnati
Boy Blamed In Minor Fire At Garfield Street Home
A boy playing with matches caused a $25 fire at the Margaret Hollar and Gladys Southerland home on Garfield Street. Firemen report a purse ignition set a rug ablaze. Leslie Banks, 13, of 620 19th Ave., broke his leg playing football at Smith Park and was hospitalized at Middletown by Tri County ambulance.
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Margaret Hollar
Gladys Southerland
Garfield St
Smith Park
Leslie Banks
19Th Ave
Middletown Hospital
Tri-County Ambulance
Three Drivers Cited In City Auto Wrecks
Three drivers were cited for failing to keep an assured clear distance after separate city collisions causing a total of 690 dollars in damage. Rose Marie HelsingER of 807 Leora St Trenton collided with Nancy Pfeiffer of 105 Arcadia Drive at 25 S Main St at 9 20 a.m. Damage 150 dollars. William Wilmer Jr 40 of 2706 Flemming Road rammed Jack Lirey 38 of 3204 Beatrice Drive at Sutphin and Shafer at 1 40 p.m. Damage 215 dollars. Robert Bryant 18 of 3112 Ben Harrison St Excello collided with Loren Robinson 69 of 2120 Carolina St at western city limits on Central Avenue. Damage 325 dollars.
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Rose Marie Helsinger
Leora St
Trenton
Nancy Pfeiffer
Arcadia Drive
S. Main St
William Wilmer, Jr
Flemming Road
Jack Lirey
Beatrice Drive
Sutphin and
Shafer
Robert Bryant
Ben Harrison St
Excello
Loren Robinson
Carolina St
Central Avenue
Police Briefs Spell Out Local Incidents
A 38 year old Middletown woman was in serious condition at Middletown Hospital after drinking Draina. Police detectives are investigating. Charles Micley reported a $50 theft from his bedroom since Wednesday. Thieves broke into the Roger Davey residence garage and stole a go kart. The James Bare residence was ransacked by thieves. Clarence Houck reported a stolen auto battery worth $19 from his car.
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Middletown
Middletown Hospital
Charles Micley
Atco Ave
Roger Davey
Stanley St
James Bare
Wilshire Drive
Clarence Houck
Central Ave
Vandals Damage Boat and Flag Pole at Sears Warehouse
Vandals caused about $100 in damage to a boat and a flag pole at the Sears and Roebuck warehouse located at 4004 Tytus Avenue. Police are investigating the incident.
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Sears and Roebuck
Tytus Ave
Twirlers win two in Carlisle contest
Rhonda Sue Napier took first in advanced 8 year-olds and second in primary strutting while Donna Marie Armstrong won first in advanced 10-year-olds at a U S T A contest in Carlisle yesterday.
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Carlisle
Rhonda Sue Napier
Donna Marie Armstrong
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Clifford Stearns
Germantown Cemetery
McCoy- Leffler
Funeral
C. E. Wintringham
Dodds A
Zenith
Philco
Westinghouse
Zenth
Sylivanie
The
Philco TV
New Picture
RCA Victor
New Picture Tube
Alva Grace Trimble
Ad Agency
McCann Erickson
Larry Capone
Newport Beach
Calif
San Francisco
Howe Motor Company
Boy
Twirlers
Ls J
Union Sanitary
U.S
2Nd Avenue
West Central Avenue
Grand Ave
Gideon Rd
Strand Theater
Union Sanitary Sweepstakes
John Hoskins
Keith
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