Murder Suicide Ruling In Blue Ball Couple Death
The Warren County coroner ruled the Tuesday shooting deaths of Oscar Mills and his wife Jewell as murder death by own action. Mills, 58, is believed to have shot his wife, 55, at the Blue Ball Market before killing himself. The couple were found by their son at about 12:30 a.m. Wednesday. Funeral services are set for Saturday in Prestonburg, with burial in Ives. They are survived by three sons, two daughters, eleven grandchildren, and several siblings.
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Warren County
Ralph Young
Oscar Mills
Jewell
Dr. Young
Bobby Mills
Roosevelt Boulevard
Cincinnati Dayton Road
Floyd Funeral Chapel
Prestonburg
Davidson Memorial Gardens
Ives
Mills
Oscar E
Kansas City
Jimmy
East St. Louis
Robert
Marion
Deloris Simmons
Rockford, Ill
Billie Sue Castle
Columbus
Rufus
Eugene Reid
Springfield
Inez Music
Auxier, Ky
Darlene Lewis
Leesburg, Fla
Chuckle Directions Read as What You Did Wrong
A humorous line suggests that chuckle directions reveal mistakes. The quip frames guidance as a mirror for error. No named persons or organizations are cited. The tone is playful and reflective.
Jaycees Seek Community Help for Disaster Plan
Middletown Jaycees will mail about 150 letters next week to local businesses and others asking for cooperative participation in an Emergency Preparedness Program. Laurens Petersen leads the effort for the Middletown Red Cross chapter, stressing it is not a contract and participation is voluntary.
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Jaycee
Middletown Jaycees
Middletown Area
The
American Red Cross
Laurens Petersen
Ordinance Tightens Accident Reporting Law
A new ordinance becomes effective next week mandating reporting of any accident. It imposes stricter timelines and requires detail on parties involved and damages, with penalties for noncompliance.
Sisson To Speak To Sertoma Club
Vince Sisson will address the Sertoma Club on August 15 at the Manchester Motor Inn at 6 30 p.m. The talk highlights his Atlantic voyage as skipper of a 35 foot sloop with a three man crew and call for guests and wives to attend.
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Sertoma Club
Manchester Motor Inn
Vince Sisson
Sisson
Atlantic
Falmouth
England
Crops Forecast for Ohio By USDA
The USDA projects Ohio corn yield at 85 bushels per acre with total production of 253,755,000 bushels. Soybeans are placed at 29 bushels per acre for 83,897,000 bushels, winter wheat 43 and 45,150,000, oats 61 and 19,640,000, and sugar beets 19 tons per acre totaling 817,000 tons.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Ohio
Apartment Layout Looted at New Kimberly Townhouse Units
Police were told yesterday of multiple thefts from a new complex at 3608 Roosevelt Blvd. Arthur Kimberlin of Keays Real Estate reported a 12 inch statue of Don Quixote a white fur bedspread a floral quilt ashtrays candleholders and a cigarette lighter valued at 175 from Apartment D. Other incidents included trading stamps and quarters from a vending machine at Kinnamon's Service Station 1706 Woodlawn Ave worth 145 and a car thefts items from a city vehicle valued at 250.
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Roosevelt Blvd
Arthur Kimberlin
Keays Real Estate
Kimberly Townhouse
Don Quioxte
Kinnamon
Woodlawn Ave
Kenneth Meehan
Carl Dennin
Milton Moore
Manchester Ave
Stella Cox
Central Ave
Vicki Rister
Lamberton St
State Reg regulation requires mileage affidavits for car sales
A new Ohio rule mandates mileage affidavits from sellers for vehicles sold to dealers, effective Aug 15. Dealers must keep affidavits on file for three years and allow buyer inspection. The rule targets odometer accuracy and was criticized by the Ohio Automobile Dealers Association though praised by Gov. Gilligan as protecting major purchases.
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Corwin D. Talbert
Beck-Talbert Pontiac
Central Ave
Howe Motors
Curry Ford
John J. Gilligan
Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Columbus
Ohio
Minibike Stolen From Dewey Peters Home
Dewey Peters of 326 Oxford State Road reported a minibike valued at 163 dollars stolen from the rear of his home yesterday afternoon. A lawn ornament valued at 25 dollars was taken from in front of N. E. Nordoff at 6501 Germantown Road last night, according to officers.
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Dewey Peters
Oxford State Road
N. E. Nordoff
Germantown Road
Holy Trinity First Graders Face Possible School Merger
Reverend Albert Schetter states nine Holy Trinity pupils will attend either St. John's or St. Mary's this fall amid talks of a merger among Middletown parochial elementary schools. First graders may start at the new school year elsewhere to ease future changes. Holy Trinity tuition is about 100 dollars for the first child and 50 for each additional.
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Holy Trinity
Albert Schetter
Holy Trinity Church
Clark Street
Columbia Avenue
St. John’s
First Avenue
Baltimore Street
St. Mary's
Central Avenue
East End
Schetter
Middletown
Father Schetter
Church of the Holy Angels
Sidney
St. Mary’s
Ohio
Church of St. Theresa
Springfield
Concert With Local Bands Moves to Sunday at Smith Park
Smith Park will host a Sunday concert from 4 to 7 p.m. featuring the Family Reunion Band and Michael Lee's Fantasies under a city co sponsorship. Promoters Mike Wolf and Ron Moore plan their own security as six youths face drug or disorderly conduct charges per city reports.
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Smith Park
Michael Lee
Mike Wolf
Dale Helser
Ron Moore
Wolf
the Journal
Moore
Middletown Woman Named Defendant in $10,009 Suit
Benny Joe Barrett sues Edith Carol White in Butler County Common Pleas Court claiming neck and back injuries from a car crash on Main Street on August 26, 1971. Barrett cites White as driver of the other vehicle and lists addresses in Middletown.
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Hamilton
Middletown
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Benny Joe Barrett
Cereal Ave
Edith Carol White
Carolina St
Main Street
Railroad Gates Fail Triggers City Carjams and Delays
Patrolman Virgil Sorrell sustained a sore arm after directing hundreds of stalled cars when a Penn Central crossing arm failed to rise. He logged 14 miles on his motorcycle between North Avenue and Woodlawn Avenue as the Manchester Avenue crossing backed up. Penn Central said the fault was fixed late yesterday.
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Virgil Sorrell
Penn Central
North Avenue
Woodlawn Avenue
Local Man In Band Performs With The Truth
Bill Coleman 21 son of Roy and wife lives at 2216 Winton St joins The Truth, Mobile based folk rock evangelical group. He joined in June before a new record and tour. The group performs tonight at Far Hills Baptist Dayton and tomorrow at Miamisburg First Baptist. They travel to Indianapolis Boston Nashville Memphis and Texas and Mississippi after playing Kentucky Illinois Missouri and Georgia prior.
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Bill Coleman
Roy Coleman
Winton St
Mobile
Midwest
Coleman
Lemon-Monroe High School
Miami University
Far Hills Baptist Church
Dayton
Miamisburg First Baptist Church
Indianapolis
Boston
Nashville
Memphis
Texas
Mississippi
Kentucky
Illinois
Missouri
Georgia
Princeton Pike Church of God
Hamilton
Identity remains unknown in fatal I-75 hit-and-run
Highway patrols investigate a woman’s death on Interstate 75 north of Hamilton Mason Road. A missing person inquiry expands as fingerprints and photos are sent to authorities. A $5 bill and a key were found with the body and a baby picture nearby. The deceased is described as about 40 with brown hair, 5 feet 3 inches, 120 pounds, possibly red dyed hair. The driver is Richard L. Sipe, 43, of Dayton.
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Interstate 75
Hamilton-Mason Road
Post 9
Washington
Columbus
Garret J. Boone
Butler County
Richard L. Sipe
Dayton
Train Crash Kills Two Boys Near New Paris
Two boys, Jeff Bradley 10 and Philip Hampton 8, were killed when the car they rode was struck by a Penn Central freight train at a crossing on New Paris Eldorado Road northeast of New Paris. Driver James Fryman 19 of New Paris is in critical condition at Good Samaritan Hospital Dayton. Deputies say the 8:39 a.m. crash occurred with no crossing lights. the southbound car was pushed along the tracks after the impact. The engineer did not see the crossing in time. The train was traveling about 40 mph.
Fire runs and medical aid report at two city locations
A fire call at 1 17 p m yesterday near 1211 Prospect Ave proved false. A separate incident at 219 Park St involved Mrs Darlene Edwards 49 ill and transported to Middletown Hospital by ambulance where she was treated and released.
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Prospect Ave
Park St
Darlene Edwards
Middletown Hospital
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