Fire destroys home on Middletown Hamilton Road
About 25 firefighters from three departments fought a two and a half hour blaze at the Deloert Mann residence on Middletown Hamilton Road. Damage may exceed 12000 with heavy attic and roof destruction. Residents escaped safely while Johnny Clark was treated for smoke inhalation. The fire likely started in a recreation room, possibly due to defective wiring.
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Middletown-Hamilton Road
Deloert Mann
South Middletown
LeSourdsville
Monroe
Mann
le Sourdsville
Fie
Monroe Fire Department
Commissioners to decide on Central Avenue parking lot project
Tonight at 8 the commissioners may grant or deny a permit for an office building on the Central Avenue Verity Parkway lot shared with Citizens Savings & Loan Association. A public hearing heard both sides as the body also weighs an emergency ordinance to accept a water line easement from Harold Goetz Sr. for the unopened Sherman Avenue segment, with city cost waived and development costs shifted to Lot improvements funded by assessment.
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Central Avenue
Verity Parkway
Itizens Savings & Loan Assoation
Canal Street
Harold Goetz Sr
S. Main St
Sherman Avenue
Kensingston Street
Jackson Lane
Goetz
Five Apply For Fireman Jobs
John Shoup civil service secretary reports only five acceptable applications for two firefighter vacancies. All applications must be at the personnel office in City Buildings by next Monday. Civil service examination scheduled for April 15.
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John 7 Shoup
Civil Service Secretary
Shoup
Buldings
Indictment for First Degree Murder in Middletown Case
Hamilton county grand jury returns an indictment of first degree murder against Gerald Davis aged 36 of 508 Yankee Road Middletown. He is charged with the knife slaying of his estranged wife Oma Davis 40 of 146 Reynolds Ave on March 29.
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Hamilton
Butler County
Gerald Davis
Middletown
Davis
Yankee Road
Oma Davis
Reynolds Ave
Six Injured In City Accidents In Wrecks
A spate of crashes caused by a tractor trailer and cars on Vannest Avenue and nearby streets left six people injured yesterday. Police cited the truck driver for following too closely after a 3:30 a.m. crash, while other collisions and a separate one-car wreck near West Chester left several more hurt.
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Vannest Avenue
N. Verity Parkway
Ellwood Street
Betty Fouts
Tytus Ave
Middletown Hospital
Rodger Whisman
Marcella McMullen
Hamilton
Ti County Ambulance
Mas. Fouts Ve‘hice
Stephen McMullen
Elwood Street
Samuel Swaner
Vannest Ave
Keger Street
Stone Container Corp
Franklin
Swanner
Danny McWhiorter
Germantown Road
James Wroten Jr
Elwood St
Wilbraham Road
Eliiora Drive
Four West Chester Men Reported In Fair Condition
Four men from the West Chester area are reported in fair condition after an incident. Police say the event occurred late Friday night and involved multiple injuries. Investigators are reviewing witnesses and evidence.
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West Chester Area
Transit Firm Hit By Strike
Wilson's Motor Transit Co at 2500 S Main St faced a wildcat strike by Teamsters Local 957. President Harry B. Wilson Sr. called the walkout illegal and said the firm will take necessary action to end the unauthorized strike amid a dispute over motor equipment ownership and division status.
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Wilson's Motor Transit Co
S_ Main St
Teamsters Local
Harry B. Wilson Sr
Steel
Wilson
Jacket spark starts Middletown fire and grass blaze
A stray spark from burning trash in a jacket owned by John Slamka started a 310 fire in Middletown. Firemen reported no structural damage. The 400 block Grand Avenue grass fire was blamed on children playing with matches. TRICOUNTY ambulance transported three people with breathing troubles to Middletown Hospital.
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Middletown
John Slamka
McKinney St
Grand Avenue
Tricounty
Prudence
Highland St
Middletown Hospital
Mary Smith
Hill Ave
Tri-County
Yankee Road
Velma Herndon
Defense Team Here Tuesday
The North American Air Defense Command briefing team of three officers will speak at public meetings at Roosevelt Junior High School at 8 o clock tomorrow night on military defenses of the United States and Canada. They will speak at Leeman-Monroe High School at 9 20 tomorrow morning and at Middletown High at 1 30 pm. The Middletown Chapter of the Cincinnati Council on World Affairs sponsors the night meeting.
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North American Air Defense Command
Roosevelt Junior High School
United States
Canada
Leeman-Monroee High School
Middletown High
Middletown
Cincinnati Council On World Affairs
Scouts Claim Best Saver Around in Crosscut Contest
Boy Scout Troop 13 challenged rivals to a crosscut sawing contest at Middletown Shopping Plaza as part of Scout-O-Rama. Scoutmaster Jim M. Fay noted a 59 second best time until an unidentified local and Russ Efker paired to cut a 10 inch log in 32 seconds, with six other units joining for the championship.
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Boy Scout Troop 13
Middletown
National Guard
Jim M. Fay
Awards Tops At MU Clinic
Middletown High School journalism representatives Miss Lynne Withey and Clarence Page returned from the Miami University clinic with two trophies, the only school to win twice among 44. Withey won for best on the spot coverage of a speech by George Condon on humor in journalism. Page earned for his Cincinnati Enquirer feature pre submitted titled New Breed of Teen Creates Second Society.
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Middletown
Funeral services for Clare E Williams set for Wednesday
Marion Ohio AP reports Clare E Williams president and board chairman of General Telephone Co of Ohio died Sunday from cancer at age 38. Funeral services are scheduled for Wednesday.
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Marion
Ohio
Clare E. Williams
General Telephone Co. of
Principles and CORE Cite Fair Housing Debate in Middletown
CORE and the Middletown chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality praise fair housing principles while noting gaps between ideals and practice. They reference Oberlin’s recent constitutional ruling and urge a local ordinance to advance civil rights through peaceful, legal progress.
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Ciizens Council of Human Relations
Middletown
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Wes
Human Relations Council
Henry Teasley
Creekview Brownies Visit Mt Pleasant Home for the Aged
Twenty four Creekview School Brownie Troop 213 with mothers Mrs. Sue Harris and Mrs. Barbara Craycraft toured the Mt. Pleasant Home for the Aged in Monroe. They presented dining room tray favors and announced their participation in the Little Rascals show on WHIO TV at noon April 24.
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Creekview School
Sue Harris
Barbara Craycraft
Mt. Pleasant Home For
Monroe
Whio TV
Kenyon Students Protest Highway Plan in Gambier
About 100 Kenyon College students staged a one hour demonstration in Gambier Ohio to protest plans to cover an unused well for a highway project.
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Gambier, Ohio
Kenyon College
Police Briefs Teen Assault After Skateway Jump
James Hedger, 17, of 1805 Titus Ave, says two boys jumped him outside Skateway Roller Rink at 2514 N Verity Parkway early Sunday. He received hospital treatment for a bump on the head. A year-old man was in fair condition after a suicide attempt by drinking.
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Butler County
Mason
James B. Collins
Oak St
Mercy Hospital
Billy E. Tatum
Collins
Mason Bowling Alley
Tatum
Rt. 42
Butler- Warren County Line
Trenton Gir
Middletown Hospital
Sharon Prater
Woodsdale Road
Miss Prater
James Hedger
lTytus Ave
Skateway
N. Verity Parkway
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West Chester
James Willer
West Chester Road
Mike Abrams
Dimmick Road
Charles Henry
Willie Poynter
Tylersville
Willer
Cincinnati-Dayton
St. John Church
Kheads Furniture & Appliances
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The
Country
Dulcina
Flemming Road
Clarence Page
Lynn Withey
Weith
MU Clinic
MHS
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Page
Carl Kindell
Clevelander
Lowe F. Cox
Oberlin
Ohio Supreme Court
Kingsley Taft
Citizens Council On Human Relations
Mt. Pleasant
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