Butler Fair opening draws 14500 attendance mark
The 122nd Butler County Fair opened with paid attendance of 14,500, up 500 from last year and 1,000 from two years ago, excluding junior fair entrants. Queen contest crowned Marcia Bolser as 1971 junior queen yesterday amid Grange displays and 4H style winners.
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Hamilton
Eldon Letsche
Fair Board
Letsche
Marcia Bolser
Homer Bolser
Hamilton - Eaton Road
Somerville
Beverly ‘Blakeley
Will
Collinsville Grange
Elk Creek Grange
Monroe Grange
Hanover Grange
Fairfield Grange
Walter Taylor
Collinsville
Poasttown
Taylor
JA Report Rated 6th at National Junior Achievers Conference
The Jacom Junior Achievement Co annual report ranked sixth among 7 000 entries at the National Junior Achievers Conference at Indiana University Bloomington. Margi Taylor, Jacom president, led the Middletown firm in the report competition. About 2 200 teens attended the conference with participants from all 50 states and several foreign countries.
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Jacom Junior Achievement Co
Indiana University
Bloomington
Jacom
Margi Taylor
Middletown
WPFB
Mike Conrad
Middletown High School
Myron Dixon
Alvina Chapman
Lemon Monroe High School
Steve Campbell
Edgewood High School
Ohio Weekend Traffic Toll Rises to 14 Deaths
Traffic accidents killed 14 people across Ohio during the weekend, one third of the prior weekend total of 42 and just under the year’s average. All fatalities occurred in separate crashes. ten involved a single vehicle.
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Ohio
Downtown Central Avenue Closed for Mall Construction
Central Avenue from Broad Street to Clinton Street was closed to through traffic as workers excavated for sewer lines across Central at Canal Street. The closure lasts at least through Wednesday with detours via Manchester Avenue and First Avenue.
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Central Avenue
Broad Street
Clinton Street
Central
Canal Street
Verity Parkway
Manchester Avenue
First Avenue
Robert Wieneke
Weekend Break-Ins In County Net 500
Butler County police report seven weekend break-ins and thefts totaling more than 500 dollars. Victims include William Mapel who reported plywood valued at 275 stolen from a new house on Jacksonburg Road, and Arthur L. Keeler who said 100 dollars of light fixtures were taken from a home on Harley Road. Rose McIntosh reported 75 dollars in cash from her purse, and a suspect was named. Vera's Quick Wash on Waneta Street lost a box of tools after a door to the boiler room was pried open. John Lay's residence on Hamilton Mason Road was ransacked Saturday afternoon with no confirmed losses. Donald Reiff reported a 50 dollar lawn ornament stolen from his yard.
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Butler County
William Mapel
Platt Road
Camden
Jacksonburg Road
Ohio
Arthur L. Keeler
Hamilton-Trenton Road
Harley Road
Oxford
Rose McIntosh
Waneta St
Vera
John Lay
Hamilton- Mason Road
Hydrants To Be Flushed In City This Week
The final 1972 hydrant flushing will occur this week weather permitting. Areas affected include south of Roosevelt Boulevard and east of Breiel Boulevard, plus zones south of Middletown Hospital between the hospital and Grand Avenue and between Stanley Street and Orchard Street. One third of the city’s 1,500 hydrants are flushed each summer.
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Ernest Gehm
Flushing
Roosevelt Boulevard
Breiel Boulevard
Middletown Hospital
the Hospital
Grand Avenue
Stanley Street
Orchard Street
Fair judging continues at junior fair venues tonight
Fair judging persists today for junior fair horses dairy baked goods ceramics farm products and more. The junior fair dog show is set for 7 p.m. with the senior division talent contest at 7 30 p m and an auto thrill show in front of the grandstand at 7 30 p m.
Arrest Expected In Holdup At Dutch Pantry
Monroe police say a second youth suspect faces a warrant for arrest in a robbery and abduction at the Dutch Pantry Wednesday night. A 17 year old was taken into custody in the Hillsboro area and held at the Warren County Juvenile Center. About $222 of $650 taken has been recovered and 16 year old Scott Burkhardt was held hostage and released after a four mile walk to Oxford State Road.
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Monroe Police
Hillsboro
Warren County
Scott Burkhardt
Monroe
Burkhardt
Oxford State Road
Fire Calls and Medical Transports Reported Across City
Ambulances took four residents to Middletown Hospital or local facilities after incidents. Prudence Root, 58, ill, 617 Highland St. Norman Igo, 56, head injury from basement fall, 1505 Calumet Ave. Alma Rhinehart, 47, ill, 522 Boylston St. Martelia Adams, 49, ill, 707 Washington St.
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Highland S&t
Prudence Root
Middletown Hospital
Calumet Ave
Norman Igo
Boylston St
Alma Rhinehart
Hosuilab Abtm Uely
Washington St
Martelia Adams
Fires Hit Sorg Paper Mill Twice In One Night
Firefighters responded to two blazes at Sorg Paper Mill No 1 on Columbia Avenue in August. The first incident at 1 08 a m found a fire on the third floor extinguished on arrival with 200 dollars in damage from a discarded cigarette. The second call at 618 a m involved burning material tossed from windows with an estimated loss of 1000 dollars to all contents. It marked the third and fourth fire runs to the Sorg plant that month.
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Sorg Paper
Columbia Avenue
Sorg
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