Armco Ashland layoffs on the rise at Middletown Works
Armco Steel reports 600 workers in Ashland to be on layoff status by Monday with more cuts possible. A plant news letter notes four sections at Ashland's Middletown Works to shut next week and cites inventory concerns. Plant Manager MacMullan says further layoffs are likely while officials offer no details on Middletown rumors.
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Armco Steel Corp
Ashland Works
Middletown Works
Ashland
J. MacMullan
Man sentenced to die in Ohio for Wayne Decker slaying
Wayne Lester Raney, 21, was sentenced to death in Montgomery County for first degree murder in the killing of Diane Decker, 18, of Wayne Michigan. Prosecutors say Raney lured men from bars using Decker to rob them and face another murder charge in Warren County tied to Bradley Stamper’s death.
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Dayton
Wayne Lester Raney
Ohio
Diane Decker
Wayne, Mich
Montgomery County Common Pleas Court
Raney
Warren County
James Ruppert
Lebanon
Rupert
Bradley Wayne Stamper
Indianapolis
Stamper
Miss Decker
Miamisburg
Franklin
Two Vehicles Collide Injuring Hydrant in City Crash
A two car crash Friday left a fire hydrant sheared and both vehicles damaged. Gerald Jackson 21 of 704 Ninth Ave was cited for failure to yield at Vermont Street and 17th Avenue after his northbound car struck Bill McCann 32 whose vehicle was pushed into the hydrant. Estimated damage 300 dollars per car.
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Gerald Jackson
Ninth Ave
Vermont Street
17Th Avenue
Vermont
Bill McCann
McCann
Hit In Face Injures Lebanon Girl Alleged Attacker Fled
Nancy Isaacs 19 of 209 East Mulberry Street said a man at the Halfway Inn on Ohio 4 north of Hamilton struck her in the face when she refused his advances around midnight Friday. Police report she sustained jaw and eye injuries and the assailant drove away in a car.
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Hamilton
Lebanon
Halfway Inn
Ohio
Here
Butler County
Ptl
Brooks Hammond
Nancy Isaacs
E. Mulberry St
Deaths and Funerals Eldred Faulkner and Family
Eldred Faulkner 49 of Newport Ky died on arrival at St Luke Hospital Newport. He survived by wife Catherine son Michael two sisters and three brothers. Private services will be held at Joseph R Baker & Sons Funeral Home with burial in North Monroe Cemetery. Visitation is not planned.
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Eldred Faulkner
Newport
Middletown
St. Luke Hospital
Catherine
Michael
Southgate
Ann Tharp
Trenton
Flora Lafayette
Lindon
Lee
Don
Rabel Funeral Home
Armco Steel Corp
Min
Wiley N Perkins 80 Dies in Middletown Hospital
Wiley N. Perkins aged 80 of 7226 Linn Road Middletown Rt 3 died at Middletown Hospital at 6 30 this morning after a nine month illness. He had been at Garden Manor Nursing Home before hospitalization and lived in Middletown 44 years. Born in Hazel Green Kentucky he retired in 1957 from a local job.
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Wiley K
Jack) Perkins
Linn Road
Middletown Rt. 3
Middletown Hospital
Garden Manor Nursing Home
Mr. Perkins
Hazel Green
Middletown
Multiple Local Fires Prompt Brief Run
Fire incidents reported yesterday across five locations includ ing 109 Euclid Street tied to Gough Lamb Cleaners with $50 damage from a short circuit and 820 Ninth Avenue where a child set a fire causing $10 to siding. Other blazes include grass fires on University Boulevard Breiel Boulevard and Manchester Road and a stove fire at 4400 Poppy Drive causing $200 building and $300 contents damage.
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Euclid St
Vank
Gough-Lamb Cleaners
Ninth Ave
Shome
Charlotte Frazier
Amutte
University Boulevard
Breiel Boulevard
Manchester Road
Tytus Avenue
Auburn Street
Anna Jutte
Franklin St
Poppy Drive
Howard Espenmiller
Wheel covers stolen from car near Middletown church
William H. Wilson of 2604 Cincinnati-Dayton Road reported to Butler County police that two wheel covers valued at $50 were stolen from his car while it was parked near a Middletown church on Friday afternoon.
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William H. Wilson
Cincinnati-Dayton Road
Butler County
Middletown
Obituary Notice for Maude Spears of North Middletown
Mrs. Maude F. Spears 82 of North Middletown Ky died Friday in a Paris Ky convalescent home where she had been a patient two years. Survived by daughter Shirley Averitt Versailles Ky two sons Robert Flanders Lexington Ky John Flanders North Middletown Ky and sister Mrs C J Been gonern Walnut Creek. Services 10 30 a m Monday Hilton Turner Funeral Home Paris Ky burial North Middletown.
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Maude F. Spears
North Middletown
Clester Pieratt
Middletown
Paris
Shirley Averitt
Versailles
Robert Flanders
Lexington
John Flanders
C. J. Been
Walnut Creek
Eevices
Hilton- Turner Funeral Home
Paris, Ky
North
Obituary: Estel Spencer of Kings Mills dies at 62
Estel Spencer 62 of Kings Mills died Friday at Bethesda Hospital Cincinnati. He worked at the Cincinnati General Motors plant. Survived by wife Martha. three sons Jimmy of South Lebanon Bobby in Army at Ft. Knox Ky Johnny at home. daughter Patricia at home. three sisters and five brothers. Services 2 p.m. Tuesday Oswald Funeral Home. Burial South Lebanon Cemetery. Friends may call Monday 4 to 9 p.m.
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Lebanon
Estel Spencer
Kings Mills
Bethesda Hospital
Cincinnati
General Motors
Martha
Jimmy
South Lebanon
Bobby
Ft. Knox
Johnny
Patricia
Oswald Funeral Home
Obituaries for Herbert Ittel and William Johnson
Herbert Ittel 65 of 999 Mark Ave. will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Klaus Weigel. William Johnson 35 of 7253 Morris Road will be at 2 p.m. Monday at West Side Pentecostal Church.
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Herbert Ittel
Mark Ave
Klaus-Weigel
William Johnson
Morris Road
West Side
Lebanon teacher dies in early morning car crash
Rowena Gutheil 51 a Lucille Berry Middle School teacher died when her car split in two and hit a tree on Wilmington Pike three miles east of Lebanon. A 14 year old passenger Kevin Henderson died at Christ Hospital. Four teens were treated at Middletown Hospital with two admitted. Surviving family includes husband Harry and children Philip Carolyn Kilpatrick and Kathy George. Arrangements pending at Oswald Funeral Home.
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Lebanon
Wilmington Pike
Christ Hospital
Cincinnati
Middletown Hospital
Kevin Henderson
Main St
Gutheil
Lucille Berry
Harry
Rike’s
Dayton
Cedar City
Philip
Cleveland
Carolyn Kilpatrick
Miamisburg
Kathy George
Centerville
Oswald Funeral Home
Right to Read Workshop Set by Three Districts
A three day Right to Read workshop is sponsored by Middletown, Butler County and Butler County Hamilton School Districts for August 17 to 19. At Edgewood High School in Trenton the program will serve about 250 volunteer teachers and school administrators focusing on individualizing instruction. Planning group members include Mrs. Loi: Lewis, Miss Thelma West, Mrs. Dixiel Davis, Miss Nancy Horvath and Miss Irma Scudder.
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Middletown
Butler County
Hamilton
Trenton
Edgewood High School
Loi: Lewis
Thelma West
Dixiel Davis
Nancy Horvath
Irma Scudder
Two Middletown Men Hurt in Preble County Crash
Hugo Huff aged 17 and Thomas Harris aged 19 of 6501 Browns Run Road were injured in an Ohio 122 crash 2.7 miles north of the Butler County line. Harris received head injuries and a shoulder injury while Huff avoided examination. The car overturned in a ditch after hitting a tree. Harris was trapped briefly.
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Middletown
Ohio
Preble County
Butler County
Hugo Huff
Thomas Harris
Brown's Run Road
Middletown Hospital
Fort Hamilton Hospital
Hamilton
Harris
Huff
Highway Patrol Post
Poor Felons Cost State $1.5 Million
Ohio spent 3.5 million in 1971 on indigent felon defense. Nearly half, 720,882 dollars, went to court appointed attorneys for those unable to pay. Court costs, juror and witness payments, and transport of criminals to prisons comprised the remainder. State covers costs only when indigent felons are convicted and sentenced to prison.
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Columbus
Ohio
Joseph Ferguson
Hicks elected national senior vice commander of DAV
Jack Hicks from LaRue Ohio won the post of national senior vice commander at the Disabled American Veterans 50th annual national convention in Detroit. He succeeds the previous leader as veterans group marks its half century of service and advocacy.
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DAV
Detroit
Jack Hicks
LaRue
Ohio
The
Disabled American Veterans
Couple Found Guilty In Rifling Of Meters
In Middletown Judge Cramer overruled a suppression motion and found Linda Casino and George Warren guilty of forcing entry into coin receiving devices and larceny. Prosecutors said meters yielded about $145 in coins from a Columbus couple linked by keys found on a sidewalk. Pre-sentence investigations ordered for both. disposition set for August 27. Separately Michael Hefflin pled guilty to breaking into a Middletown garage and stealing tools and a radio, with pre-sentence review scheduled for the same date.
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Hamilton
Butler County Common Pleas
Fred B. Cramers
Columbus
Linda Sue Casino
George William Warren
Middleown
Canal Street
Ptl
Kenneth Craig
Craig
Warren
Casino
Cramer
Middletown
Escanaba, Mich
Atorneys
Michael Olee Hefflin
Hefflin
Hours at City Pools Revised For Sunlight
Cooler days and shorter days prompt a change in pool hours. Ed Cox, pool director, says reduced attendance due to cold weather led to the reschedule. New hours run from noon to 8 30 p.m. at Sunset and Yankee pools and 1 to 7 p.m. at Douglas, effective until the summer close September 6. Free swims announced for 16 and under 9 30 to 11 a.m. Tuesday.
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Ed Cox
Douglas
Yankee
Cox
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Oxford State Road
Verity Middle School
Breiel and
Roosevelt
Sheckler
Ashland Armco
Armco
MacMullen
Srike
WPFB
Mrs. Maude Spears
Joa
A Tang
Mee
Rowena Gutheil
Summit St. Warren County
Art E. Conover
Morrow Rt. 1
David Seibert
Stubbs Mill Road
Lebanon Rt. 3
Robert Sizemore
Chrisman
Armstrong
Oswalt
Central
Bible School
Howard Sears
Bible Studies IN Depth
Wilbraham
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