Utility rate hike proposed for Middletown and nearby areas
Cincinnati Gas & Electric filed with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio for higher electric and gas rates affecting about 16 000 electric customers and 12 000 gas users in Middletown, Cincinnati, Amilton and Franklin. The proposal aims to cover rising coal, taxes, wages and rural gas costs, with specific residential electric increases and tiered gas rate changes described.
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Middletown
Cincinnati
Amilton
Franklin
Ccinnati Gas & Electric
Public Utilities Comission of
Ohio
Walter J. Beckford
Cg&e
Eckford
Federal Power Commission
Beckford
Driver Reading Book At 70 MPH On Expressway
Chicago. William J. Mortimer, Cook County highway superintendent, paced traffic on the Edens Expressway. His car traveled at 60 mph while 13 others passed, including a man driving 70 mph while reading a book. The book reader was not arrested as he was not speeding relative to others.
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Chicago
William J. Mortimer
Cook County
Edens
Mortimer
Committee To Check For Obscene Books
Canton officials form an advisory committee to review obscene literature with a 125 member panel to inspect pocket books comic magazines and girlie books and urge distributors not to release materials deemed obscene.
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Canton
Ohio
Hamilton Leads Y Campaign With 1077 Members
Middletown YMCA drive reports last night show Hamilton division at 1077 memberships, 70 percent of its goal, leading Middletown as the second report tallies raise the city total to 927 of 1500. Industrial and Armco sections push totals. prizes and top workers honored as campaigns run to Thursday.
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Middletown Ymca
Middletown Drive
Hamilton ‘‘Y
Hamilton
Middletown
YMCA
Armco East Side
Armco General
City
Industrial
Tony Kendall
John Weber
Glenn Kraft
James Finley
John Burdsall
Millard Sexton
Walter Stamp
James Feguson
Wilbur Fisher
Fred Winslow
Francis Blair
Armco
Bob Dennis
Walt Beatty
Dick Gray
Burdsall
High Point
Ohio State
William Storer
George Kuehnle, Jr
Middletown Educators Attend Ohio School Boards Meetings
Two Middletown Board of Education members will attend Southwestern Ohio School Boards Association committee sessions at Miami University. R. H. Snyder joins the budget committee and Jack D. Christy the membership and newsletter committee representing Butler County. Meetings run 9 30 a m in McGuffey Hall as preparation for the October 31 annual meeting.
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Middletown Board of Education
Southwestern Ohio School Boards Association
Miami University
Fred W. Heinhold
School Boards Group
R. H. Snyder
Middletown Board
Jack D. Christy
Christy
Butler County
Association
McGuffey Hall
Woman In Fildes Case Fined 250
Mrs. Ruth Rose Singleton 21 of 337 Pershing Ave. was fined 200 and given a 30 day suspended sentence in Cincinnati workhouse by Probate Juvenile Judge Harry F Walsh for contributing to the delinquency of a minor in connection with the sale of beer to Mary Ann Fields 17 who died from a skull fracture on Beissinger Road last Thanksgiving night. Sentence suspended on good behavior for one year. Attorney Mark Brown said he would confer with his client before any appeal. She was not present in juvenile court.
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Hamilton
Sepcail
Ruth Rose Singleton
Pershing Ave
Cincinnati
Harry F. Walsh
Mary Ann Fields
Beissinger Road
Walsh
Mark Brown
Singleton
20 Percent Freshman Increase Promised at OSU
Orientation week at Ohio State University opens with officials forecasting a 20 per cent rise in freshman enrollment. About 6 100 students will participate as 4 300 freshmen and 1 800 upperclassmen join events before the 81st year begins September 29. President Emward L. Bevis will address newcomers at a convocation in Ohio Stadium. Rushing activities for Greek organizations start this week.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State University
Emward L. Bevis
Ohio Stadium
Americans Urged To Give Clothing To East Germans
President Eisenhower urged Americans to donate winter clothing through private groups for East Germany in response to Chancellor Adenauer's appeal. The White House released letters showing Adenauer asking for warm clothes and Eisenhower pledging to promote contributions for clothing and related aid.
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Washington
Eisenhower
East Germany
White House
Adenauer
West Germany
United States
East Berlin
Germany
School Bus Crashes Into Ditch Killing Mother and Daughters
In Montour Iowa a school bus driven by 32 year old Robert H Russell veered into a ditch to avoid a car collision. The mother Mildred Louise Foreman 23 of Tama and her two young daughters Donna Louise 1 and Linda Diane 2 months died in the crash. Russell survived with no injuries.
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Montour
Iowa
Piqua
Ohio
Mildred Louise Foreman
Tama
Donna Louise
Linda Diane
Robert H. Russell
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D. W. Snider & Son
Insurance Agency
Pickwick
St. Main
Dial
DOXOL
Melampy
Cho
John
Peter
James
Perens
N. Broad
Corer
Ota
Highland St
Winslow
Residence East
Fildes
Echo Spring
Erry
Kentucky
Cade No
Echo Spring Distilling Company
Louisville, KY
Osu
Ditech
New York
The
Advertising Council
Letown
Taffetas
Rayon Crepes
DuPont
FLAN
Montly
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