Deaths and funeral notices update regional obituaries
Mrs. Lieudisa Hall 87 of 2204 Lamberton St died today at Middletown Hospital after two years illness. Funeral at McCoy Leffier Saturday with burial Woodside Cemetery. Mrs. Bessie Mae Wirtley 69 dead on arrival at Middletown Hospital. Services Saturday at McCoy Leffler with burial Hickory Flat Cemetery. Richard A. Wilder 31 of Lebanon died Tuesday at home after lengthy illness. Julia Diane Spencer infant died in Watertown Conn. Burial in Evergreen Cemetery Watertown with private services. Carbon monoxide poisoning ruled cause of death Nancy Louise Brown 35 Franklin. Carl Copp Sr. 85 Dayton noted in bowling circles. Doris Snyder 81 Hamilton area health obituary.
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Lieudisa Hall
Lamberton St
Middletotown Hospital
Hall
Irvine
Parkway Church of Christ
William S
Schoolar
Trenton
Bill
Middletown
Ralph
Franklin
Mira Wright
Hazel Shatto
Viva Byrd
Mabel Jackson
Shirley Sparks
Connersville
Ind
Viva McGee
Winchester
Elizabeth Caldwell
Gala Hanks
Peru
McCoy- Leffier
Woodside Cemetery
Bessie Mae Wirtley
Midway St
Middletown Hospital
Wirtley
Hamilton
Stanley E
Patricia Ann Howard
Carl Creach
Bertha Payne
Seven Mile
McCoy- Leffler
Ray Stormer
Hickory Flat Cemetery
Overpeck
Friends
Funeral
Lebanon
Richard A. Wilder
Glosser- Richardson Road
Wilder
Warren Wilder
William
Oswald
Ronald Foulk
Evergreen Cemetery
Watertown
Conn
Julia Diane Spencer
Joseph A
Linda Webb) Spencer
University of Connecticut Health Center
Farmington
Julia Diane
Waterbury
A. B
Jack) Spencer
Thomas Webb
March of Dimes
N. Main St
West Hartford
Hickcox-Mitchell Funeral Home
Nancy Louise Brown
Robinson Vail Road
Butler County
Garret Boone
Carl A. Copp Sr
Dayton
The
American Bowling Congress
Good Samaritan Hospital
Middletown seeks Sunday wine and high power beer vote
A local option election to allow Sunday off premise sale of wine and high power beer is sought in Middletown precincts 4AA 3AB and 3CB for November 7. Petition validity is under review by Butler County Elections officials led by Betty McGary. If approved voters would decide on sales from 1 p.m. to midnight.
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Butler County Board of Elections
Board of Elections
Robert Davidson
Davey
Germantown Road
Middletown
Townhouse
N. Verity Parkway
Midway Lincoln Mercury
Tytus Avenue
Jefferson School
Betty McGary
Ohio finds $4 million in workers' compensation fraud
An 18 month Highway Patrol probe in Ohio found workers' compensation fraud and overpayments costing the state more than $4 million. More than a dozen state employees are under investigation. The report covers claims before 1975 and cases dating up to 30 years old.
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Columbus
Ohio
Highway Patrol
Bureau of Workers’ Compensation
James A. Rhodes
Cleveland
Robert C. Daugherty
United Way collaborates on Butler County handicapped needs survey
In Hamilton and surrounding areas United Way coalitions join Middletown and Oxford groups to survey services for residents limited physically intellectually or emotionally. The study aims to map current resources identify gaps and plan expanded support led by Mary Jones of the Middletown Area United Way.
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Hamilton
United Way
Fairfield and Vicinity
Middletown Area
Oxford
Butler County
Mary Jones
Senators vote to boost subsidies for East Coast oil importers
Washington AP reports Senators John Glenn and Howard Metzenbaum of Ohio joined the majority to approve higher subsidies for East Coast oil importers, signaling bipartisan support in the Senate on the energy aid measure.
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Washington
John Glenn
Howard Metzenbaum
Ohio
Senate
Service Complaints for Missed Newspaper Notifications
If you fail to receive your newspaper call by 7 p.m. weekdays 6:45 p.m. Saturdays or 10:30 a.m. Sundays. Contact numbers Middletown Area 422-3611 Lebanon Area 932-5966 Germantown Area 855-1888 toll free.
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Middletown
Lebanon Area
Germantown
FiveYearOld Hamilton Girl Dies From Bicycle Crash
A five year old girl from Hamilton died at Mercy Hospital about 12:30 p.m. yesterday after being struck by a car while riding a bicycle. The accident occurred on July 16 and police say Garret J. Boone noted the death raises the 1978 traffic fatality toll to 32. Eric James, 823 Florence Drive, drove the car. no charges have been filed.
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Hamilton
Front St
Mercy Hospital
Butler County
Garret J. Boone
Eric James
Florence Drive
Car Crash on University Boulevard Injures Two Passengers
Two passengers were treated and released after a collision at University Boulevard and Manchester Avenue yesterday. Vicki Cavoll aged 17 of 702 Auburn Street and Mark S. Collier aged 22 of 307 Moore Street were in a car driven by Yvonne Allen, 18, of 2405 Sherman Avenue. Allen’s vehicle struck a truck driven by Cathy L. Phipps, 20, of 8599 Trenton Franklin Road, Franklin after the truck reportedly ran a red light while southbound on University. The crash occurred around 5 p.m. with the Allen car traveling westbound on Manchester.
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University Boulevard
Manchester Avenue
Middletown Hospital
Vicki Cavoll
Auburn St
Mark S. Collier
Moore St
Yvonne Allen
Sherman Ave
Allen
Cathy L. Phipps
Trenton- Franlin Road
Franklin
University
Manchester
Middletown Man Injured In Milford Motorcycle Crash
Middletown man A Leis 25 was injured yesterday when his motorcycle struck the rear of a car on Yankee Road at Waneta Avenue Milford. Leis was taken to Middletown Hospital for treatment and released. Kathleen Leis 26 of the same address drove the car and slowed to turn into a private drive. State troopers reported no charges.
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Middletown
Yankee Road
Waneta Avenue
Milford A. Leis
Sheridan Ave
Middltown Hospital
Kathleen Leis
Two area men spared jail in grand theft case
Gerald Wayne Russell 18 of Franklin and Lloyd Scott Phillabaum 24 of Carlisle pleaded guilty to grand theft after admitting they took 40 wallets three cigarette lighters and assorted lunch meat and cheese from Americana Amusement Park on August 5. Judge Robert L. Marrs imposed suspended six month terms two years probation and 150 fine for each.
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Hamilton
Gerald Wayne Russell
Franklin
Lloyd Scott Phillabaum
Carlisle
Americana
Butler County Common Pleas
Robert L. Marrs
Unsafe Seer Signs Go Up At Liberty Woods Homes
County officials post Do Not Enter Unsafe To Occupy signs on unoccupied Liberty Woods houses after developer failed to supply sewers or septic systems. Commission votes 2 to 1 to deny permits until sewer work is completed. several homes in the subdivision are noncompliant and some occupied. A transitional facility purchase of a Timberman Avenue home for $42,000 was approved.
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Hamilton
Liberty Woods
Liberty Township
Cale Logsdon
Jerry Margolis
Health Department
Doggone Guy
Commission
Donald Schirmer Logsdon
Building and Zoning Department
Timberman Avenue
Board of Mental Retardation
Injunction on Medicaid lifted by 6th Circuit
A federal appeals court in Cincinnati lifted a lower court injunction preventing Ohio from cutting optional Medicaid benefits. The 6th Circuit ruled that reductions based on state policy are governed by state law, noting notices and hearings to recipients had been lacking while mentioning programmatic changes since the 1975 filing.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Ohio Department of Public Welfare
6Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
State Welfare Department
Brown proposes recall for state regulatory agency members
Ohio representative Sherrod Brown pledges a constitutional amendment to recall members of state regulatory bodies such as the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. He argues regulators lack accountability, citing PUCO decisions and staff recommendations, and says recall procedures would be set by the legislature. Brown favors voter recall over appointed regulators.
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Columbus
Ohio
Sherrod Brown
Mansfield
Public Utilities Commission of
Brown
House Elections Committee
PACO
General Assembly
PUCO
Rhodes
C. Luther Heckman
William Newcomb
David Sweet
Cleveland State University
Horticulture Tour At Miami University Aug 17
A free public horticulture tour sponsored by the Butler County Horticulture Committee and Extension Service will visit the Miami University Research Academic Greenhouse and the formal gardens on the Oxford Campus. The program runs 6:30 to around 9 p.m. with parking at Cooke Field lot and information via Roger Koch at 867-5925.
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Oxford
Miami University
Butler County Horticulture Committee
Butler County Extension Service
Miami Oxford
Cooke Field
Ohio 73
Patterson Avenue
Roger Koch
Wallet stolen at Clock restaurant on Tytus Ave
The Clock restaurant owner says her wallet was taken when she opened the building about 8 this morning after leaving a kitchen door briefly open. A tape recorder valued at $200 was stolen from Doty House Treatment Center yesterday afternoon. Windows were broken at cars near Middletown Journal and Edson Motors. Redwood patio furniture worth $180 disappeared from a front porch on Elwood Street yesterday morning.
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Tytus Ave
Ann Slezak
Doty House Treatment Center
Middletown Journal
Edson Motors
N. Verity Parkway
Steve Wilch
Elwood St
Woman Injured in Dayton Area Car Collision
A 24 year old Germantown woman Crystal L Gebhart was injured in a two car collision on Ohio 4 near Frytown Road. She was listed in fair condition at St Elizabeth's Hospital. Edward S West of Dayton, 53, was treated and released. Police said the West vehicle crossed the centerline causing the crash which left both cars off the roadway. No charges filed as investigators continue.
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Dayton
Germantown
Ohio 4
Frytown Road
Crystal L Gebhart
Walnut St
St Elizabeth's Hospital
Edward S. West
Gebhart
West
Miss Gebhart
Fires and medical calls across city prompt hospital admits
A series of incidents from yesterday includes a 14 month old with insect bites at 2924 N Verity Parkway and a 61 year old Milton P. Davis sent to hospital for chest pains. Other calls report chest pains for multiple residents, a trash compactor fire at Ayr Way with no damage, an auto backfire causing minor damage, and no transport at 904 Catalpa Drive. Police and fire responses list names and ages with locations including Armco Hospital, D Street, and Carolina Street.
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N. Verity Parkway
Christopher Williams
Ayr-Way
S. University Blvd
D St
Milton P. Davis
Armco Hospital
Jackson Wright
Wellington
N. Breiel Blvd
Loren Crosthwaite
Camden
A.m
Carolina St
Elsiirch
Catalpa
Oberon Drive
Woman Fends Off Burglar On Harrison Street
Mrs Dessa Combs of 209 Harrison Street scared away a would be intruder yesterday morning after seeing a light turn on in her home. The burglar shattered a rear window and cut a telephone cord leaving blood traces at the scene. Police report additional break ins at Kaye gas station and Diver's Barn with thefts of cigarettes lighters tools and batteries and an attempt to open a safe.
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Harrison Street
Dessa Combs
Harrison St
North Avenue
Kaye
Charles Street
Manchester Avenue
Diver's
First Avenue
Harding House project near five-year mark in Franklin
LEBANON The Harding House project for 60 elderly housing units in Franklin is half completed after nearly five years in progress. Donald Dorsch, director of the Warren County Metropolitan Housing, says occupancy is expected in November. Applications are taken daily and income ceilings will be reviewed for all prospective residents.
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Lebanon
Harding
Franklin
Donald Dorsch
Warren County Metropolitan Housing Authority
Dorsch
Harding House
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Bessie Wirtley
Richard Wilder
Julia Spencer
Nancy Brown
Carl Copp
Mr. C
Othy Aspenleiter
Chautauqua
Frigidaire
General Motors
Copp
Dayton Boys Club
Dayton Metropolitan Housing Authority
Theth Bowling Association
Ohio State Bowling Association
Aspenfeller
Laura
First United Methodist Church of
Salem Avenue
Carrigan Funeral Home
N. Main Street
Woodland Cemetery
Boys Club
Senior Citizens Center
First United Methodist Church
Doris Snyder
Fernald
Christian and Mission Alliance Church
Harrison
Young Funeral Home
Ross
Beltone Hearing Aid Service
Rentschier Bidg
Miami
Boyd Hall
Jos. R. Baker Jr
Thomas E. Haines
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