Guardsman body recovered after Xenia fire debris
Rescue teams recovered Staff Sgt. Walter A. Radenonuk 24 of Dayton from debris after a fire at a relief center in Xenia Ohio. Staff Sgt. Terry L. Regula 22 of Jackson Center remained missing and presumed dead as cleanup continued in the tornado ravaged downtown. Intense heat hampered body recovery while a federal disaster relief center opened and mail service was restored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Xenia
Ohio
Ohio Air National
Jackson Center
Regula
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
Obituaries: Middletown area mourns several deaths
Notices report deaths of John J. Burnett 59 of 4217 Roosevelt Blvd Milford Rex Dennis 54 of 3126 Andrew St Laura H. Steed 68 of 5114 Trenton-Franklin Rd Aaron Ray Bowling 6 weeks Franklin Flora E. Glenn 73 Franklin Ralph Smith Xenia and J Clarence Snook Lebanon. Services and burial details listed for Woodside Woodhill Lebanon Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Burnett
Roosevelt Blvd
Middletown Hospital
Mr. Burnett
Middletown
Armco Steel Corp
Ruby
Kenneth
Joseph
Paula Lawson
Harry
Robert
Donald
Chicago
Melva O'Neil
Wilson- Schramm Memorial
Robert Ward
Woodside Cemetery
Milford
Rex) Dennis
Andrew St
Joseph R. Baker and Sons
Steve Cable
Dennis
Laura H. Steed
Trenton-Franklin Road
Clyde
Lillian Duff
Troy
Beulah Howard
Wooten
Nellie Money
Dayton
Audrey Simonton
Dora Storms
Minnie Conley
Cleveland
McCoy- Leffler Funeral Home
Thomas Duff
Franklin
Flora E. Glenn
Turner Lane
Frank
Glenn
Vernon
Lawrence
Charles
Hamilton
Jessie
Butler
Ind
Geneva Arbill
Edith Gay
Marie Disher
Effie Scribner
John Rowland
Green Rowland
McKee
Roberts Drive Pentecostal Church
James Willis
Woodhill
Lebanon
J. Clarence Snook
N. Cherry Sr
Quaker Heights
Waynesville
Doris
Marian Snook
Everett Iorns
Harold S. Iorns
Oswald
Lebanon Cemetery
Tornado Toll Rises Across Ohio Amid Rescue Efforts
State local and federal teams coordinate aid as injured guardsmen Lt. Forzone of Fairborn and staff Sgt. William Wolfe of St. Paris are treated. Debris clearing and salvage work continue in sunny, brisk weather. Insurers estimate the damage at 55.6 million dollars, not including municipal or county facilities. Xenia reports 31 deaths with two unidentified, part of Ohio's 38 storm fatalities. Five deaths in Cincinnati, one in Adams County, and one at Wilberforce.
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Forzone
Fairborn
William Wolfe
St. Paris
Ohio
Xenia
Red Cross
Cincinnati
Adams County
Wilberforce
Donations Flood Jaycees Aid for Tornado Victims
The Trenton Jaycees report a torrent of donations of food and clothing for Xenia and Mason tornado victims. Bill Harrison says the drive, supported by the Butler County Citizens Band Radio Club, will keep volunteers busy for days.
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Trenton
Trenton Jaycees
Xenia
Mason
Bill Harrison
The
Jaycees
Butler County Citizens Band Radio Club
City suit hearing started over Middletown contractors
A Middletown civil suit seeks 55000 from contractors Raymond Carozza Arlie Lawson and former project director Donald L Smith for uncompleted work in the South Prospect Neighborhood Development Program. Judge Fred B Cramer heard the case Friday. no date set.
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Hamilton
Middletown
City
Common Pleas
Fred B. Cramer
South Prospect
Raymond Carozza
Charles Court
Franklin
R.&j. Contractors
Arlie Lawson
S. Broad Sr
Lawson & Universal Contractors
Donald L. Smith
Jefferson Road
Carrozza and
Lawson
Smith
Carrozza
Black Prom Committee Sets Meeting for Today at 3 PM
The prom committee invites interested parents to help plan the Black Prom and attend a 3 PM meeting at United Missionary Baptist Church. The event is May 24 at the Community Center with tickets 3 dollars per couple and 2 dollars for singles. Contact points include Marva Martin and others.
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United Missionary Baptist Church
Marva Martin
Anthony Lane
Ethel Russell
Cheryl Johnson
Lana Latimer
Sabrina Davis
Gail Carter
Percy Jackson
Laurie Reynolds
Executive to Speak at Monroe Citizen of the Year Dinner
Bill Hart vice president and general manager of WPFB WPBF Middletown will address the Monroe Citizen of the Year Award dinner at 7 p.m. May 3 in the Monroe Room Congress Inn. Nominating ballots and tickets costing 5.50 are on sale at the Monroe National Bank Monroe Branch Congress Inn and Monroe Pharmacy.
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Monroe
Bill Hart
Wpfb-Wpbf
Middletown
Monroe Room
Congress Inn
First National Bank
Monroe Pharmacy
Half Billion Insured Tornado Losses Reported
Federal officials said insured damage in six hardest hit states exceeds 500 million dollars from recent tornadoes. The figure excludes uninsured property loss and government damage. Between 6,000 and 7,000 families likely homeless. disaster budget set at 170 million for the year.
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Atlanta, Ga
Midwest
James T. Lynn
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Atlanta
Hartsfield International
Thomas Dunne
Federal Disaster Assistance Administration
Middletown parents charged in child abuse case
Police charged Velma Asbury and Wilmer Asbury, both 22 and 23, with child abuse after their 3 year old daughter Melinda was admitted to Middletown Hospital ICU with a possible skull fracture and extensive bruising. The couple posted $2,500 bond each. Two younger children were placed in minister care.
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Middletown
Melinda
Middletown Hospital
Velma Asbury
Wilmer Asbury
Lafayette Ave
West Virginia
Vacant House Bombed in Middletown Firebombing Spree
Firefighters quickly extinguished a minor blaze at a vacant two story house at 2406 Vermont St in Middletown the fifth firebombing in two months. A kerosene filled glass jar shards and two rocks were found inside the window suggesting arson. A resident reported flames around 9 p.m. Police and fire units responded with two pumpers and a ladder wagon. Previous attacks targeted Middletown school admin offices Armco Steel Metal Products Division A W root beer stand and Met Life offices.
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Middletown
Vermont St
David Brewer
Armco Steel Corp
Metal Products Division
A&w Root Beer
Main Street
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
First Ave
Hills Department Store Easter Egg Hunt Winners
Fifteen children won gift certificates ranging from 3 to 10 dollars at the Hills store Easter egg hunt held yesterday. Over 400 children searched for 90 dozen eggs in the parking lot with first prizes in three age groups: Deborah Ritter, Melinda Watkins, and Teresa Mullins.
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Hills Department Store
Deborah Ritter
Jefferson Road
Melinda Watkins
Shaker Road
Franklin
Teresa Mullins
Pleasant Valley Road
Camden
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Mike Wolf
Journal
John Sheckler
John Burnett
Milford Dennis
Laura Steed
Aaron Bowling
Aaron Ray Bowling
Phillip Bowling
Children’s Hospital
Phillip Jr
Helen Cooley
John Bowling
Flora Glenn
Eaton Funeral Home
Ralph Smith Xenia
Ralph Smith
Yesterday’s Journal
Ivy Covington
Boston
Mass
Dorothy Smith
New Rochelle
N.Y
Geneva Bradley
Los Angeles
Lucille Beard
Paul
Hillsboro
James
Cedarville
Clarence Snook
Your Heart Association
Oscar Koeppel
Butler Co
Heart Association
Westinghouse
Meatkeeper
Central Ave
Cali
Cuw
Paterson
Patterson
Congress
Jerry D. Mammond
Fiesta Way
Union Sanitary
Ralph Baldwin
Union Sami
Middletown’s Finest Cleaners
Park St
Ind Ave
Grand Ave
Gideon Rad
Trenton Shopping Center
Carliste Shopping Center
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