Middletown Eyes Racial Reconciliation Initiative
Civic leaders met to form a steering committee led by Charles Beck Jr to pursue a community unity project. The Rev Charles H King Jr proposed coordinating police community relations and employment efforts while Wittenberg Theological Seminary staff and local officials would staff a central liaison office.
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Charles H. King Jr
Hamma Theological Seminary
Wittenberg College
Springfield
Vest
Middletown
Aun Viper
League of Women Voters
Frisch
Germantown
Council For Human Dignity
Kinglall
King
450 Pack 'Boro Hearing On 33-Mile Water Plan
About 450 residents filled Springboro Elementary School to probe a $2.275 million 33 mile water system serving Red Lion Five Points Lytle Ridgeville and Greentree Road-Only 141. Opponents urged commissioners to reconsider citing costs and alleged local benefits to NCR Armco and Ellis Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Thornton
Springboro
Springporo
Red Lion
Five Points
Lytle
Ridgeville
Greentree Road
Roy Boucher
Ryan
Clearcreek
Free overdue books at Middletown Library
Beginning today all overdue library books may be returned free of charge to the Middletown Public Library. Librarian Arthur M. Wolman urged patrons to return missing items during this housecleaning period to recover books that may be in homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Public Library
Arthur M. Wolman
Fires Reported as Two Ambulance Runs Noted
Fire crews logged two emergency calls this morning. At 6 48 a.m. Minnie Driscoll 85 fell at 808 Elwood Street and was taken to hospital by ambulance and dismissed. At 8 38 a.m. Rosie Ethel Allen 52 at 2213 Carolina Street was taken by ambulance and remains in serious condition at the hospital.
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Elwood Sir
Minnie Driscoll
Carolina
Rosie Ethel Allen
Three Miami University students charged with trespassing
Two women and one man from Middletown are to appear in Butler County Area Court 1 at Oxford Monday at 9 a.m. to answer trespassing charges after arrests in Rowan Hall, the Navy ROTC building. Bail money totals were collected by clerk Mrs. Josephine Walner from 163 people, with a Miami student paying the last $1,000 for 20 more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watson
NCR
Armco
Dayton
Boucher
Alyce Overbey
Harry Cornett
Middletown
Butler County Area
Oxford
Rowan Hall
Miami University Naval Rotc
Russell Maurice
Charles Maurice
Hill Ave
Armethia White
Yankee Road
Donna Ginn
Curtis St
Hamilton
Hamilton City
Fairfield
Harold Carpenter
Josephine Walner
Miami
Vandals Cause 1500 Damage at Local Home
Police investigated a house vandalism at 3915 Lewis Street owned by Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Reffitt. Drainage pipes were broken flooding the basement while the family was away. Neighbor William Anthony rented a pump to salvage contents.
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Cecil Reffitt
Lewis St
William Anthony
Miami University in Oxford Faces Half Full Class Day
About half the Miami University student body in Oxford remained off lectures amid a campus strike sparked by two student groups. Governor Rhodes weighs troop deployment as seven hundred Ohio National Guardsmen stay on alert near Nike Missile Base. President Shriver defends selective Black enrollment measures and calls for due process to reinstate suspended ROTC participants.
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Oxford
Miami University
Phillip R. Shriver
Dr. Shriver
Black Student Action Association
Miami
Larry Clark
BSSA
Ohio National
Sylvester del Corso
Qoadsmen
Nike Missile Base
Here
Shriver
University
Claily
Broken Hose Triggers Die Casting Plant Fire
Germantown fire crews battled a blaze at Atlas Die Casting Co last night caused by a broken pressure hose delivering lubricant to die maxing operations. The fire started about 10 40 p m in the die casting shop and was fueled by oil natural gas and electrical equipment. No injuries except a Germantown Rescue Squad member was hurt. damage estimates were not available as insurers and company officials reviewed the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germantown
Atlas Die Casting Co
Richard Zechar
Zechar
Ibl
Miamisburg
Slow Driving Sends Trucker To Court
A striking truck driver, Sherman Smallwood Jr., 32, of 1715 Oxford State Road, is to appear in municipal court on April 23 to answer a charge of driving too slowly. Police say he impeded traffic on Ohio 4 south of Middletown and made an improper left turn after being stopped by state patrolmen. he posted a $100 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman Smallwood Jr
Oxford State Road
Ohio 4
Middletown
Curious rally at Miami University prompts mixed campus reaction
Journal staff reports on second day of student protests at Miami University Oxford with bannered dorm windows, chants of Strike, tear gas, and arrests. Four Middletown students share views noting curiosity, safety concerns, and opinions on black professors and campus handling.
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Judy Coates
Oxford
Miami University
Sundial
South Campus
Middletown
Barbara Fruauff
Riverview Ave
NROTC
Beth Edgington
Stanley St
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Charles Beck Jr
Mr Kina
Areenner
Tiue
Coa
Ara
Wittenberg
Mr. King
Civi
Rudolph Pringle
Pringie
Pringle
Robert South
Armco Steel iCorp
Ellis C. Thompson
Nelson Watson
Jack Brewster
Brewster
Frederick Kiehl
Bond
Thornton
Memorial Homes
Shaddock’s Market
Central Avenue
Deckers
Deckers Sweet & Tender
Wieners
Withrow Court
Trucker
G. Randy Morningstar
Fairlane Place
Terry Mack
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Morningstar
the Alameda
Edgington
Mack
Fruauff
Consolidated, Inc
Park ST
Esther Price
N. Verity
Trenton
E. State
Franklin
RTE
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