Methodist Program Neighborhood Clean-Up Shown As Special
More than 30 youths from the First United Methodist Church neighborhood program cleaned up Vanderveer and Park streets and Girard Avenue west of Verity Parkway. Norman Wacker led 56 participants in scrubbing lawns gutters and sidewalks filling about 50 plastic bags and large oil drums with trash. The program serves children of all backgrounds with weekday activities and a social lunch followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry
First United Methodist Church
Broad Street
Second Avenue
Vanderveer
Park Streets
Girard Avenue
Verity Parkway
Norman Wacker
Nobby
Wacker
Eugene Frazer
Carol Wilcox
Robert Duff
Bonnie Trent
Leah Duff
Audrey Wilcox
Elsie Burton
Mobile Home Burns in Village Trailer Park
A mobile home at LeSourdsville Village Trailer Park suffered a total loss of 11500 dollars due to a fire blamed on defective wiring. The fire started in the middle bedroom of Mrs. Tessie Bach's home at 29 Roulette Lane with six occupants present. no one was injured. Firefighters remained on scene until 10, local crews reported extensive smoke damage from an overloaded burner at Ada Lee Trailer Park. a separate furnace motor overheating caused a basement fire in Don Maloney’s Germantown Road residence.
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LeSourdsville Village
Tessie Bach
Roulette Lane
Chip Stan Lewis
LeSourdsville
Michael McWhorter
Ada Lee
Hamilton-Middletown Road
Hamilton
Don Maloney
Germantown Road
Registration Jumps as Voters Rush for May Primary
bumper to bumper traffic marked the last day of registration at the Board of Elections. 583 people registered yesterday including 393 from Middletown and 11 townships. Hamilton area officials reported an unofficial primary registration record of 85 501 with 1 327 new registrations near 9 p.m. This surge followed a Miami University student newspaper drive and bused registrations to Hamilton.
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Board of Elections
Kay Stegemiller
Middletown
Ohio
Ihe
Butler County
Board of Election Officials
Hamilton
Lemon
Madison
Edna Fath
Miami University
Western College
Oxford
Sec. of
Ted W. Brown
John R. Moser
Fairfield
Trenton
West Chester
Pisgah
Brown
Large garden snake mistaken for dead animal
Patrol officer Carl Creach responded to a Signal 53 call and found a 19 inch garden snake alive after someone mistook it for a dead animal. Creach noted it was large for the season and cited the common spring size difference.
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Ptl
Carl Creach
City Police Division
Creach
Two Guilty Pleas In Car Theft Case
Two Hamilton youths pleaded guilty in Butler County Common Pleas Court to automobile theft. Michael Campbell and Wayne Mullins, both 18, admitted stealing a 1963 car on February 9. Judge Marrs did not set a sentencing date.
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Hamilton
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Michael Leroy Campbell
Woodrow St
City View Heights
Wayne Mullins
Pater Ave
Robert L. Marrs
Fire Report from Local Post Office and Nearby Homes
Ambulance and emergency squads treated and released multiple patients after a fire yesterday. Robert Wells 53 of 919 Garden Ave ill transported to Middletown Hospital by ambulance at 11 55 am. Opal Barrett 45 of 2117 Grand Ave ill assisted at 12 24 pm. Darrell Griggs 25 of 207 Curtis Still 1230 Girard Ave ill transported by ambulance to hospital.
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U.S. Post Office
N. Verity Parkway
Robert Wells
Garden Ave
Middletown Hospital
Grand Ave
Opal Barrett
Girard Ave
Darrell Griggs
Curtis ‘Still
VFW Near Deal to Buy Roller Haven Rink
VFW Post 3809 expects to finalize purchase of the 12 800 square foot Roller Haven skating rink at 5025 Central Ave within the week. The sale will provide space for meetings and events while the rink remains open for about two more months.
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Central Ave
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
James Hamlin
The
Post
Carl Hovel
Vernon Adams
Hamlin
Cincinnati
Dayton Road
Record one day registration in Warren County hits 430
Warren County Board of Elections in Lebanon registered 430 people in a single day, a new record for the office. Officials said most registrants were 18 to 21 years old and total figures will be released later this month.
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Warren County Board of Elections Office
Lebanon
Dowtown smokestack pollution abatement pushed to fall
Air Pollution Control Officer James C. Hourihane reports Diamond National Corp and Sorg Paper Co plan abatement gear to nearly eliminate smoke and dirt in downtown by fall. Diamond installs an oil fired boiler replacing coal, at 250000 dollars with a two month debugging period. Sorg adds boiler filters in a four boiler system, costing over 500000 dollars, aiming for 99 percent reduction. Both meet new state regulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hourihane
Diamond National Corp
Sorg Paper Co
Diamond National
Old Town
Maine
Sorg
U.S
Diamond
Armco Faces Gas Pinch Amid Supply Crunch In Ohio
CG&E has offered Armco Steel a five year gas contract based on past usage with no guaranteed increase. Nationwide shortages force curbs on industrial and residential customers and could require Armco to switch fuels during peak production or renegotiate annually. Ohio providers ease new residential service freeze pending Public Utilities Commission review.
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Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Cg&e
Armco Steel Corp
Sorg Paper Co
Middletown
Logan-Long
Franklin
Armco
Ohio Gas
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc
Ohio Valley Gas Co
Commission J
Police Briefs Report Break-In Loss at Elm Street Home
Mrs. Anna Hooks of 1206 Elm Street reported a break-in at her residence with $150 in currency stolen by an unknown thief.
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Anna Hooks
Elm St
Bullets Fired Through Front Door Hit Wall Clock
Mrs. Frank Neal of 2208 Van Ave reports two bullets pierced her front door with one striking a wall clock. Police investigate the shooting and search for suspects in the neighborhood.
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Frank Neal
van Ave
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Methodist
Dorothy Damele
Journal
Sheckler
John Bach
Liberty Township
Madison Township
Norris Insurance
Verity Prwy
Howe Ock
Triple TV
Ben Ligon
Gulf Service
N. Main
Manchester
Young Voters Jam Boards
Miami
James C
Ted Brown
Sutphin
Woodlawn
Curt and
Vic Thomas Sohio
Atco Street
Corky
Roosevelt
Orchard Ben’s
Sohio—University
Norm Dietz
Sohio
Tytus & Verity
Norm Dietz Sohio
Central & First
Ashland Oil
Charles
North
Conley
Wildwood
Manchester Mobil
Manchester Wayside
G State St
Greater
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