Service Station Operator Slugged and Robbed
A 42 year old service station proprietor was attacked with a steel rod as he walked from Brown's Sohio Service Station at Jefferson Road and Highland Street to his home. The assailant robbed him of the day's cash, leaving him with a severe head wound and facial lacerations. Police recovered the weapon and are investigating the robbery and missing money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
He Brown
Brown
Sohio
Jefferson Rd
Highland St
Middletown Hospital
Loren Gustin
Gustin
Schultheiss
Gordon
Lemon Township
Otis Cole
Obituary of James Earach with funeral details
James Earach, 75, a retired rail roader and native of Italy, died at his home 323 North Broad St Thursday evening. Pallbearers George Anello Vito Casella Joseph Messia Tony Gervasio John Lombardo and John Rivers will serve at 9 a.m. Monday at St John’s Church. Interment will follow Requiem High Mass in Woodside Cemetery. Moose Lodge members will conduct memorial services at Riggs Funeral Home today. Friends may call at the funeral home from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Earach
St. John's Church
George Anello
Vito Casella
Joseph Messia
Tony Gervasio
John Lombardo
John Rivers
Mr. Earach
Italy
North Broad St
Woodside Cemetery
Moose Lodge
Riggs
Services set for Mrs. R. S. Shoemaker 69
Pailbearers for the Tuesday 2 p m service at Riggs Funeral Home include Frank Fanning Lois Dielenbach Fred Becker Edward Weyman George Fahren holg and William Gallaher all of town. Mrs Shoemaker a longtime figure in social and club activities died Friday at her home. Burial is in Woodhill Cemetery Franklin. Friends may call Monday 2 5 and 7 9 p m. Surviving: husband a retired Armco official a son Deonah North Carolina a daughter Barbara wife of Dr Allan Fanning three grandchildren and two brothers.
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R. S. Shoemaker
Alameda
Frank Fanning
Lois Dielenbach
Fred Becker
Edward Weyman
George Fahrenholg
William Gallaher
Shoemaker
Riggs Funeral
Isuis Walter
Furst
Chicago firm prints wood stain color folder of 60 chips
Martin Senour of Chicago publishes an eight page folder showing 60 stained wood chips to demonstrate stain color on interior woods versus exterior cedar. The color folder illustrates how the same stain looks on different woods and sells for $1.50 per copy due to high production costs.
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Chicago
Martin Senour
At The Movies Showtimes For Paramount Strand
Paramount shows Just For You at 4 15 3 15 5 20 7 25 and 9 30 p m Strand screens Lydia Bailey at 1 35 5 10 and 8 30 p m Luve of the Wilderness at 3 25 6 45 and 10 10 p m
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Paramount
Just
For
Strand
Lydia Bailey
Lavish 1947 Cadillac Completes 6000 Mile Nonstop Run
Louis Mattar, 41, a San Diego garage owner, along with Ernie Bashara of Anaheim and Joe Mitchell of San Diego, completed a 6000 mile nonstop trip from National City to Los Angeles and back in a $30,000 hot rod. The car carried a 230 gallon gas trailer and a water tank to run washing, shower, and engine needs. The lavish car features running water, a bathroom, bar, refrigerator, radio telephone, and other amenities including a 110 volt generator and public address system.
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Louis Mattar
San Diego
Ernie Bashara
Anaheim
Joe Mitchell
National City
Calif
Mattar
Family of seven seeks housing in Middletown area
A displaced DP family from Poland, a mother and father both 43 with five children aged 16, 14, and three younger kids, hopes for housing and work in Middletown. Frank Dobrozsi of the American Citizens' Club cites a processing mix up and seeks placement suggestions from local residents, contact 2-8093.
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Poland
Middletown
Frank Dobrozsi
American Citizens’ Club
Dobrozsi
John Olmsted
Cincinnati Citizenship Council
Olmsted
United States
Deep Sea Dive Called Off Near San Diego Attempt
Aboard the yacht Monsoon Otis Barton halted his dive at 1,453 feet when the benthoscope lost power. He reported lights and the oxygen sumply failed and will decide later whether to retry his record attempt. The site was 47 miles west of San Diego in waters about 6,372 feet deep.
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Otis Barton
Barton
San Diego
Hunt Fails To Turn Up Missing Boy
Franklin police and volunteers searched woods on Hathaway farm near the River southwest of Franklin for 16 year old Charles Webb missing since last Saturday. The mother fears a hunting accident and the thorough search yielded no clues about his disappearance. Charles is 5 feet 10 inches, 160 pounds, sandy hair, ruddy freckled complexion. He wore a brown jacket and black and white checkered shirt with overall trousers.
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Franklin
Franklin Police
Carl Morgan
Eagles’ Lodge
Hathaway
Franka
O. E. Chamberlain
Charles Webb
Phillip Schrader
Lower River Rd
Chief Chamberlain
Park Ave
State Patrol To Inspect 125 Butler County School Buses
The State Highway Patrol will inspect 125 Butler County public school buses over Monday and Tuesday October 7. Supervisor C H Williams said all safety features including lights brakes tires turn signals and first aid kits will be checked. If a driver isn’t present the person presenting the bus must provide the driver name chauffeur license driver certificate and first aid certificate.
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State Highway Patrol
Butler County
C. H. Williams
Butler County Superintendent of
Fairfield Township
Liberty
Union
All Lemon
Monroe
Somerville
Milford
Oxford
Reily
West Middletown
Trenton
Wayne
Kids Day Stamp Drive Opens Free Movie Entry
Middletown Kiwanis Club offered free admission to children showing sales tax stamps at the Paramount Theater box office for National Kids Day. James Tate, 10, turned in stamps totaling 30.27 dollars with stamps valued at three cents on the dollar, representing purchases near one thousand dollars. Proceeds from redeemed stamps fund the club's charity projects.
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Middletown
James Tate
Hughes St
Ohio
Jefferson School
Tate's
Kiwanis Club
Two Hurricanes Roar in Atlantic Far From Land
Two Atlantic hurricanes churn the waters hundreds of miles apart far from land on this September day in Miami. The evolving storms threaten no land and show intense activity as meteorologists monitor paths and pressures.
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Miami
Fla
Atlantic Ocean
Second Courteous Driver Honored In Middletown Safety Week
Patrolman Harold Gray cited Miss Dorothy Diver of 3102 Hampton Dr for courtesy at Baltimore St and Central Ave during peak traffic. Diver, a music and English teacher at Roosevelt Junior High, received Safety Week's second orchid from Armbruster Florists as part of the campaign by Middletown Safety Council and the police department.
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Harold Gray
Miletown
Gray
Dorothy Diver
Hampton Dr
Arthur Diver
Diver
Armbruster Florists
Middletown Safety Council
Police Department
Roosevelt Junior High School
Carlisle Boy Escapes Injury After Crosswalk Incident
Five Middletown area accidents reported on Saturday include a 10 year old Carlisle boy who ran into a slow moving car at Broad Street crosswalk near Central and Manchester Avenues. The boy was treated at Middletown Hospital.
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Middletown
Carlisle
Broad St
Central Ave
Manchester Ave
David Highlands
Box 18
Middletown Hospital
Robert E. Highley
Cental Ave
Two-Vehicle Crash On Yankee Road Injures Two
A collision on Yankee Rd at Verity Pkwy at 11 51 a m caused minor neck injuries to Ruby Keith 34 of Miltonville and passenger Mrs John Shafer. Damage listed at 25 to each of two cars. the westbound Keith car was struck in the rear by Vance Walton 67 of 1300 Sycamore St. Authorities set total damage at 100.
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John Rossi
Charles St
Garfield St
Grand Ave
Lilburn Jennings
Vaneta St
Jennings
Rossi
Highland St
Paul Swope
Goldman Ave
Brown Callinan
Franklin Route 2
Swope
Grand
Callinan
South Verity Pkwy
Paul Morgenson
Gordon Park
Excello
Girard Ave
Russell Adkins
Box 240
Trenton
Morgenson
Yankee Rd
Verity Pkwy
Ruby Keith
Miltonville
Vance Walton
Sycamore St
John Shafer
Keith
Maine’s Unique Border Pleasees One Neighbor State
Maine stands as the only U.S. state bounded by a single other state, sharing a border with New Hampshire along its 40 mile line while facing Atlantic Ocean coastlines on other sides. The arrangement highlights Maine’s distinctive geographic footprint in New England.
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Maine
Union
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Los Angeles
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Lad
Helns
F.H.A
Middletown Ice & Coal CO
Woodlawn Ave
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Meet MR. Callyhan
Jambolaya
Back Street
Puddin
Kay and Harmony
Music Store
Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
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