River Street in Franklin to be repaired after flood damage
Officials expect three to four days to shore River Street after heavy rains undermined the southbound artery. A storm sewer outlet collapsed, gouging a 4 foot ravine and prompting Friday closures and a traffic jam as crews move to reopen the road within the week.
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Franklin
River Street
B. Madison Road
D. Morgan Co
Warren
Donnie Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Fourth Street
Second Degree Murder Charged in Husband Death
Anna Jean Compton, 19, was charged with second degree murder in the July 27 gunshot death of her husband Harold, 24, in their Little Miami Acres trailer in South Lebanon. The case stems from an autopsy report. she faces a Warren County Court preliminary hearing after being returned from Hillsboro. Harold Compton worked for Production Plating Co. of Lebanon.
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Anna Jean Compton
Harold
Compton
Little Miami Acres
Hillsboro
Warren County Court
Comptons
Production Plating Co
Lebanon
Fainting Incident At 417 Curtis Street
Mary Dean 18 of Cincinnati fainted at 417 Curtis Street with severe head pains as a possible medicine reaction and was taken to Middletown Hospital for treatment.
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Curtis St
Mary Dean
Cincinnati
Middletown Hospital
Credit Card Theft Basis Of Charges
Paul Bailey, 18, of 400 Oxford State Road, faces larceny by trick in Franklin Municipal Court for using a stolen credit card to buy a tire. He also faces a receiving stolen property charge in Middletown Municipal Court for possessing a credit card issued to Cecil W. Hale. Bailey and a 17 year old were arrested after attempting to buy tires at a Grand Avenue service station. attendant Frank Cassidy reported finding an additional tire in Bailey’s trunk.
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Oxford State Road
Paul Bailey
Franklin
Middletown
Cecil W. Hale
Bailey
Grand Avenue
Breiel Boulevard
Frank Cassidy
Jackson Lane
Cassidy
Elegant Birthday Observed for 100th Year Mrs Mary Jane South
Mrs Mary Jane South celebrated her 100th birthday Friday at Janes Nursing Home where she has lived since 1964. Relatives and Pennyroyal Baptist Church members attended with church ladies baking the cake and others supplying ice cream. Her sister Emma Strong and niece Jesse Thompson joined family. Odessa Johnson could not attend. Nursing home operator Janice Fuller noted Mrs South walks better, eats well, and has gained weight. Telegr ams and gifts of lotion jewelry powder cologne and dresses completed the celebration.
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Janes’ Nursing Home
Nursng
Pennyroyal Baptist Church of
Franklin
South
Emma Strong
Grove St
Jesse Thompson
Grove Street
J. T. Strong
Ninth Ave
Odessa Johnson
Janice Fuller
Mrs. South
Ninth Avenue
California
Washington, D.C
Mary Jane South Marks
Jane 1
Two Middletown Boys Seized After Night Chase
Police stopped a car on Manchester Road after a chase near Middletown High School area. A 17 year old and a 14 year old were arrested for petit larceny after officers found a drive in speaker in the vehicle and one admitted taking one cent from a local business. they were released to guardians. Earlier, two younger boys ages 10 and 9 were detained after an off duty officer caught them breaking a window at the Packaging Corp plant on Baltimore Street. they were released.
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Manchester Road
New Middletown High School
Manchester Trap
Gage Drive
S. Main Street
Middletown
Packaging Corp. of America
Baltimore Street
Farmerville Rider Injured In Dayton Road Motorcycle Crash
Donald Angel, 24, of 18 West Center Street, was treated for a right leg injury at Middletown Hospital after a motorcycle crash on Farmersville-Dayton Road at 9:15 p.m. Saturday. Hospital officials released few details about the accident.
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Farmersville
Donald Angel
West Center St
Middletown Hospital
Farmersville-Dayton
New Doty House Gets Boost On Free Labor
More than 50 AFL construction craft workers from Middletown locals 510 and 534 and Dayton locals 79 Trades Council donated about 6000 dollars in labor for the new Doty House on Loretta Drive. Teams of pipe fitters, coverers, laborers, operating engineers, carpenters and sheet metal workers worked from 7 30 a m to near day’s end. Q R Reeder of McGraw Construction Co noted inside pipe covering and sheet metal work while outside crews finished rough grading and sewer line excavation.
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New Doty House
AFL
Middletown
Dayton
Trades Council
Q. R. Reeder
McGraw Construction Co
Loretta Drive
Prosecutor counters sheriff over Warren County felony trials
Prosecutor John Oswald fired back at Sheriff Byron Kennard asserting no felony trials occurred in Warren County over the past year. Oswald cites a May 31 county felony trial and 27 grand jury indictments sent to prison or reformatories, plus four others in mental institutions. Morris of Columbus faced charges tied to an assault on a state highway patrolman. his case saw a guilty plea for a concealed weapons charge, then reversal and reinstatement of the assault charge leading to a moved trial to Brown County Georgetown.
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Oswald
Warren County
Reformatory
Kennard
John H. Morris
Columbus
Morris
Here
Mark Clark
Brown County
Georgetown
Middletown Tackles $10 Million Thoroughfare Plan For 1970
Middletown advances a $10 million throughway project in three stages with 1970 as the tentative completion date. Chief Engineer William Klosterman notes 95 percent of right of way acquisitions and related work have been completed. Several sections including Bresel Boulevard Roosevelt Avenue and University Boulevard are under construction or design, with open segments and scheduled openings this year.
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Middletown
Roosevelt Avenue
University Boulevard
William Klosterman
Klosterman
Roosevelt
Highland Street
Jackson Lane
Breiel Boulevard
Jackson Breiel
Riverview Avenue
Corral Avenue
Grand Avenue
Miami Avenue
Kloserman
Aberdeen Drive
Park Lane Apartments
Sunset Street
Aberdeen - To - Park Lane
S. Main Street
14Th Avenue
14Th
Yankee Road
University
Great Miami River
Breiel - Roosevelt University
Breiel-Central Intersection Rerouting Set
Middletown Chief Engineer William Klosterman says the Breiel Boulevard Central Avenue intersection will close Tuesday and Wednesday from 8 am to 4 pm for critical work linking the Rosedale to Central segment with Central to Grand Avenue. Traffic will be rerouted and signs posted ahead of the intersection.
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Breiel Boulevard
Central Avenue
Middletown
William Klosterman
Rosedale-to
Central
Bresel
Grand Avenue
Klosterman
Study Opens Into Fatal Armco Elevator Accident
Armco Steel Corp investigation underway into the death of 24 year old William C. Worrell of Carlisle after a freight elevator accident Saturday. He died on arrival at Middletown Hospital at 1 15 p m. No witness to the incident. Cause may remain undetermined despite thorough checks.
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Armco Steel Corp
William C. Worrell
Worrell
Carlisle
Middletown Hospital
Armco
Two Safes Robbed for 3600 In Ohio County Weekend
Loot totaling over 3600 was taken in two safes burglarys over the weekend. In Hamilton Ray Harvey’s home a basement safe yielded 2500 in cash and checks with no forced entry. Suspects may have known or unlocked the safe. A shotgun and a scoped rifle were also stolen. Additional rural breakins reported whiskey and cigarettes.
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Hamilton
Ray Harvey
Eaton Road
Here
Robert Wright
Sheriff's Department
Charles Thomas
Pisgah
Fantasy Farm Sued For Sewer Damages
LeSourdsville Lake Inc and B B Amusement Inc of Middletown route 1 sue Fantasy Farm Amusement Park operators Streifthau for 9,883.52 dollars. They allege raw sewage flowed under a railroad cover between parks, creating foul pools and forcing Tombstone Territory to close from June 3 to 20 while a sewer line to the Great Miami River was installed. They seek costs and lost revenue.
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Hamilton
LeSourdsville Lake, Inc
B & B Amusement, Inc
Middletown
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Streifthau Manufacturing Co
House and Farm, Incc
Edgar Streifthau
Fantasy Farm
Tombstone Territory
LeSourdsville Lake
Great Miami River
Landing nice but wheels forgotten at Lebanon airport
Benjamin D. Morgan 69 of 224 Bellomonte St made a no wheel landing Saturday at Lebanon Warren County Airport. He was uninjured in the Piper Twin Commancher incident with about 1500 dollars in damage including two 500 dollar propellers. Airport co manager Joanne Lane witnessed and noted no fire.
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Lebanon
Middletown
Benjamin D. Morgan
Bellomonte St
Lebanon- Warren County
Morgan
Joanne Lane
Light agenda for city commission meeting notices
City commissioners face a light agenda for tomorrow night. Items include authorization of the city’s share of the county water and sewage study by the Ohio Kentucky Indiana Authority, bid tabulation for demolition of dangerous buildings, and payment authorizations for three consulting engineering bills.
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Ohio
Kentucky - Indiana Authority
From Conestoga Wagons to Modern Mobile Homes
A history of mobile living contrasts early Conestoga wagons used by pioneers with today’s BreezeWay Mobile Home Sales offerings. The ad promotes a range of spacious, fully equipped modern mobile homes at 4400 Tytus Avenue, Middletown, phone 422-3918.
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Breezeway Mobile Home
Breezeway
Tytus Avenue
Middletown
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Warrn County
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Byron Kennard
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