City widens Central Avenue area and relocates porch steps
Street improvements near Sutphin Street will widen Central Avenue and realign eastbound First Avenue as excavation and paving proceed. City Commissioners authorize land purchases at two corner lots and Standard Oil donates land for a Sohio station on the former Middletown Business College site at Central and Moore Street. Two residents killed during delivery service near the project are noted as casualties in the widening plan.
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Central Avenue
Sutphin Street
Standard Oil Co
Middletown Business College
Central
Moore Street
Sohio
First Avenue
Two Die In Head-On Collision Near Mansfield
Mansfield Ohio. Two men died in a Tuesday night crash on Ohio 545 when their car collided head on with another vehicle. Victims were Thomas B. Moffatt of Mansfield and 21 year old Joseph H. Beard of Sarasota Florida.
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Mansfield, Ohio
Ohio 545
Here
Ohio Highway Patrol
Thomas B. Moffatt
Mansfield
Joseph H. Beard
Sarasota
Fla
Florida records first human alligator death
In Sarasota, Florida, 16 year old Sharon Holmes died from liver hemorrhage after an alligator crushed her chest while swimming in Oscar Sherer State Park lake. Police shot the 10-foot alligator after her mauled body was found with an arm inside the creature.
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Sarasota, Fla
Florida
Millard White
Sharon Holmes
Oscar Sherer State Park
Auto theft charges dropped for two local men
A Middletown man and a Hamilton man originally indicted on two auto theft counts now face one count each after the second counts were dropped. Gerald Murphy and William R. Becker were referred to the adult probation department for a pre sentence investigation with disposition set for August 31 at 9 a.m. Both were bound over to the grand jury from Middletown Municipal Court.
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Hamilton
Middletown
Butler County Grand Jury
Gerald Murphy
Hawkins Road
William R. Becker
Common Pleas
Robert L. Marrs
Lemon Township Trustees Postpone Meeting Again
The August Lemon Township trustees meeting, previously rescheduled for tonight, has been canceled due to illness of clerk Mrs. Helen Brown. A tentative time for a Saturday meeting will be announced later.
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Lemon Township
Helen Brown
Fire and leak reports with no damage found
A fire at 2901 Tytus Ave in a towed vehicle caused rear-wheel fire from the emergency brake. At 2215 Hill Ave a home oil furnace leak caused no damage. A salmon returns to spawn and dies after traveling far out to sea, in its birthplace gravel bed.
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Tytus Ave
al Arnold
Crawford St
Hill Ave
Flannery
Father Plans Suit Over Swimming Area
Bert Holmes, father of a girl involved, says he will sue the state for permitting swimming in the area, challenging the current access rules and safety provisions.
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Bert Holmes
Gasoline dealers plan a vacation over Labor Day
About half of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky gasoline dealers plan a voluntary Labor Day weekend shutdown in protest of Phase IV regulations. The 400-member Greater Cincinnati Gasoline Dealers Association backed by president Mike Kunnen says rolling back prices hurts margins and could force some shops out of business. He notes major corporations are exempt from the price rollback and urges dealers to close only if they choose.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati
Kentucky
Greater Cincinnati
Mike Kunnen
Kunnen
Economic Stabilization Program
Internal Revenue Service
Nixon
Cost of Living Council
Protest Labels as Secondary Boycott Says Leader
A leader describes the action as a secondary boycott and insists it targets broader pressure beyond the initial grievance. He warns of possible legal or economic repercussions if the tactic continues.
Soviet satellite fireball lights Midwest skies over several states
NORAD says a Soviet communications satellite disintegrated on re entry above Great Bend Kansas after flashing across the sky from southwest to northeast. Canadians and U S observers report the re entry near 11 p m CST with stargazers across Kansas Nebraska Iowa Missouri and Oklahoma contacting weather bureaus airports and newspapers. Photographer Stan Thiessen near Hutchinson Kansas saw a bright white ball of fire but could not photograph it.
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Springs
Colo
North American Air Defense Command
NORAD
Great Bend
Kan
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Missouri
Oklahoma
Dale Northrop
Northrop
Stan Thiessen
Hutchinson, Kan
Hutchinson
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