Sketch May Aid Investigation In I 75 Woman Homicide
An artist sketch of the woman killed on Interstate 75 will be released to media to help identify her. Lt. T W Rice and coroner Garret J Boone discuss photos, a dental chart, and fingerprints sent to Washington. The victim had a $5 bill a key a wedding ring and a baby pic found near the body.
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Interstate 75
T.W. Rice
Highway Patrol Post 9
Lt. Rice
Butler County
Garret J. Boone
Lane
Dayton
Hamilton-Mason Road
Washington
PROMISES Return From Japan After 19000 Mile Mission
PROMISES of the First United Methodist Church completed a three week Japan outreach traveling about 19000 miles by jet from Tokyo to Anchorage and Dayton arriving 两 minutes early. Ninety seven members plus 55 Middletown tourists visited Sendai Nagoya Fukushima and other cities sharing Christian music and daily life. The group praised Japan’s mountains and punctual transit noting a three hour 350 mile bullet train ride back to Tokyo. The project leader Charles Taylor and musical director Clement Read Burton said the mission would continue.
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Great Circle
Tokyo
Anchorage
Alaska
Columbus
Cox Municipal
Dayton
Promises
Eugene Frazer
Frazer
Japan
First United Methodist Church
Middletown
Ivan Dornan
Sendai
Charles Taylor
Eastline Drive
Clement Burton
Marshall Read
West Middletown Bridge Closes for Repairs
The West Middletown bridge on Ohio 122 will close at 9 a.m. Tuesday and remain until further notice. Traffic will be rerouted via Anklin Road through Peasttown to the north or Trenton to the south as crews repair concrete work found during inspections. Director Robert F. Bevis said there is no immediate danger but repairs should be completed in about one week.
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Rice
Middletown
Ohio 122 West
Peasitown
Trenton
Anklin Road
Peasttown
Robert F. Bevis
Division 8
Ohio Highway Department
Bevis
Man Free Under $350 Bond
Grover Darrel Gibson, 26, of 916 Malvern St., was released after posting $850 bond at Middletown police HQ. He faces four municipal court charges tomorrow including carrying a concealed weapon and discharging firearms in the city. Bruce Brooks, 41, and Charles Jackson, 25, of the U S Hotel were shot in the arm Saturday at Castaways Cafe. neither had signed a warrant against Gibson.
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Grover Darrel Gibson
Malvern St
Middletown
Bruce Brooks
Charles Jackson
U.S
Clinton Street
Gibson
Rossi Returns to Hospital After Leg Injury
Fenwick High School athletic director John Butch Rossi has been readmitted to Middletown Hospital for treatment of blood clots in his lung. Rossi, who broke his leg playing softball, spent six weeks hospitalized and hopes to return home in about two weeks before Fenwick School starts after Labor Day.
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John “Butch” Rossi
Fenwick High School
Middletown Hospital
Rossi
Fire Hydrant Tests Resume Citywide Flushes This Week
Deputy Fire Chief Ernest Gehm announced that more city hydrants will be flushed this week. Discoloration of tap water may occur. Tests run daily from tomorrow through Friday in areas including Manchester Road to Hoskins Lane, Armco Park Wildwood east of Sutphin Street, north of Central Avenue, and south of Central east of Breiel Boulevard.
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Ernest Gehm
Manchester Road
Tytus Avenue
Hoskins Lane
Armco Park Wildwood
Sutphin Street
Central Avenue
Central
Breiel Boulevard
Two Counties Boost Ohio Weekend Death Toll
Two area traffic deaths in Butler and Warren counties contributed to a statewide spike that set a weekend record with 42 fatalities by midnight. In Butler County Edwin Pfeil, 24, of Hamilton died at Mercy Hospital after a motorcycle crash on Smith Road in Ross Township. In Warren County Milton Davis, 37, of Clarksville was killed when a log truck driven by Cecil Ferguson failed brakes and struck a tree at Harveysburg Road and Brooks Carroll Road.
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Butler County
Warren County
Ohio
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Edwin C. Pfeil
N. F St
Smith Road
Ross Township
Robert Williams
Pfeil
Cahill
Clarksville
Harveysburg Road
Brooks
Carrol Road
Milton Davis
Cecil Ferguson
Davis
Clinton Hospital
Wilmington
Ferguson
Michael
Franklin Dragging Resumes In River Search
Firemen resumed dragging the Great Miami River today seeking a body of a middle aged man believed to have jumped from the Second Street Bridge after a woman sighted him enter the water around 1:15 p.m. Dragging began late last night and continued into the morning with two boats. The current hampered efforts and only water splashed near a bridge pillar suggested a possible fall.
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Franklin
Miami
Second Street
Cottage Restaurant Fire Damages Front at 3237 Yankee Rd
Fire heavily damaged the front of the Cottage Restaurant at 3237 Yankee Road with extensive smoke damage. Chief Clester Brewer said damage estimates were not available and the cause was not determined though an electrical short near a window was possible. Crews remained on scene until about 2 a.m.
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Yankee Road
Clester Brewer
South Middletown
Picnic Planned at LeSourdsville for Hospital Employees
Hamilton Mercy Hospital will host its annual employee picnic Saturday at LeSourdsville Lake. Sister Mary Colette says a catered lunch will be served from 12:30 to 2:30 PM and again from 4:30 to 6:30 PM. The event supports the hospital employee committee through fundraising activities.
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Hamilton — Mercy Hospital
LeSourdsville Lake
Mary Colette
Peaceful Smith Park Rock Concert Draws Nearly Two Thousand
A crowd of just under 2000 youths gathered yesterday afternoon for the third Smith Park rock concert co sponsored by the city park department and two local promoters. Promoter Mike Wolf said the event was a success and that eight security guards mingled to maintain order. Wolf and Ron Moore noted no trouble and mentioned plans for another rock concert on Sunday afternoon August 27 at Smith Park along with a possible country western show next weekend.
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Smith Park
City Park Department
Mike Wolf
Ellen Drive
Wolf
Project Find seeks elderly welfare food stamp eligibility
Authorities nationwide push Project Find to locate elderly individuals who qualify for food stamps but are not enrolled. The effort fields agencies including ACTION USDA Red Cross SSA OHIO rules, asset and income limits. single seniors under 171 monthly may qualify, couples under 235. Information at Butler County Welfare. Special expenses can count toward eligibility.
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Action
U. S S. Department of Agriculture
American Red Cross
Social Security Administration
Office of Economicportunity
White House
Butler County Welfare Office
Hamilton
Carlisle Elementary bomb scare turns out to be fake
An anonymous 11 53 p m call prompted Lockbourne AFB bomb squad to Carlisle Elementary. Deputies and police found an entered school with an empty parcel. the bomb squad dismantled the package and found no damage or threats.
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Carlisle
Lockbourne Air Force Base
Warren County
Three people given suspended fines for disorderly conduct
Three persons accused of disorderly conduct were given suspended $100 fines by Municipal Judge J.T. Lamb Friday, contingent upon their not reappearing in court and remaining away from the complainants. Mrs. Doris Jean Ellis, 32, of 911 Beech St., Mrs. Myrtle Ellis, 52, of 2313 Erie Ave., and James Cornett, 3, of 2932 Wilbraham Road were involved. Cornett was ordered to move from their residence.
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J.T. Lamb
Doris Jean Ellis
Beech St
Myrtle Ellis
Erie Ave
James Cornett
Wilbraham Road
Cornett
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Osaka
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Nagoya
Taira
Fukushima
Tsuroka
Umbrella Liability
Bill Long
Jones -Grimes -Long- Snider
Harrison Insurance Associates
North Main Street
Phe Meee
West Middletown
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