Middletown Area News Item From April 9
Local paper page 13 highlights community notices and brief items from Middletown area. No full events or names clearly readable in the fragment.
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1977
Page
13
Local paper page 13 highlights community notices and brief items from Middletown area. No full events or names clearly readable in the fragment.
Capt Robert Cole, longtime chief investigator and trusted aide to Sheriff Roy Wallace, was fired after testifying to a special grand jury probing Warren County operations. The inquiry followed Cincinnati Enquirer reporting on deputy cash incentives and related activities. Cole says the dismissal stems from his testimony and urged truthfulness before the panel. Wallace cited an unsatisfactory relationship and noted his resignation from Kings Island duties. Cole served eight years with the department, with multiple earlier terms. Wallace was elected to a third term last November.
A chancel drama If I Hold His Hands In Mine by Jeri Marsh will replace the 6 am sunrise service sermon at First Baptist Church 4500 Riverview Ave tomorrow. Directed by Michael Hensley the cast features Bill Borland Tim Barner David Teager Mike Hauck Linda Hill Anita Orem Linda Wilkinson Deidra Taylor Susan Brown with Doug Kruer Mitch Adams as extras Karen Hill as soloist and Philip Orem at the piano.
A would‑be burglar at Duff's Realty on 116 S Broad St was fired upon by Karl Schulteiss after being spotted at 11:30 p.m. He fled dropping a screwdriver and pry bar. Earlier a break‑in at Grace Pentecostal Assembly stole microphones and a snare drum worth 175 dollars.
A sequence of emergency calls report fires and injuries. Louis Cooper 29 treated and released after 1225 Jackson Lane blaze. Steven Tremel 55 admitted in serious condition after Central Avenue incident. Arthur Treacher's dumpster fire responded to at Breiel Boulevard. Various others include breathing difficulties, cuts, and a puncture wound with multiple hospitalizations.
The Division of Police will upgrade to a modern communications network with two state grants totaling 91,369 plus 4,809 local match under the Comprehensive Criminal Justice Plan of 1977. Funds cover base and satellite receivers, mobile four channel radios, jail monitoring, records computerization, and area mapping.
William Windom brings a Thurber inspired one man performance to Dave Finkelman Auditorium at Miami University Middletown Campus at 8 PM. Proceeds fund the Icom Sedam Memorial Writing Awards honoring English instructor Sedam who died last September. Windom, an Emmy winner for My World and Welcome To It, chats about Thurber and his stage comfort versus TV, recalling acting starts in the Army and fame challenges.
Steven Wells, 27, of 1605 Kenway Place, was eastbound at 2:30 a.m. when his Volkswagen Beetle ran onto the curb struck a No Parking sign and flipped onto its top. He suffered shoulder pains, was treated at a hospital and released. Wells faced a reckless operation charge.
Frankin J Dewey Scholl a Franklin native and former Middletown resident has been chosen juvenile and probate court judge of Walworth County Wisconsin southwest of Milwaukee He is the son of Mrs Ruth Scholl and the late Jacob Scholl Former Cincinnati Gas Electric Co employee Scholl has been an attorney in Whitewater a municipal justice and an assistant prosecuting attorney
The Liberty Equestrian Horse Club held its annual Easter egg hunt with prize winners Kelly Klaiber and Lisa Catanni. The next meeting is set for Tuesday April 12 at Debbie Rose residence 4138 Robinson Vail Road Franklin.
A resident says James Leis, 22, arrested Thursday night for burglary, does not live at 1322 Woodlawn Ave. The Journal notes the address provided by police appears incorrect.
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