Butler Fair Closes With New Attendance Record
The 117th Barton County Fair ended with a new attendance record of 62,170 visitors over five days in Ross Township. The grand champion steer sold for 1.04 per pound to Five Points Supermarket, with 66 steers sold. Earlier sales included 125 pigs and 71 lambs, totaling 27,221.07 dollars. The grand parade awarded prizes to Reily Township, Liberty Township, Wayne, Lemon, and Madison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Battonler
Barton Trust
Fair Board
Jay
Ross
Oxford
Middletown
Lloyd
Miller Realty Co
Karl Franzmann
Hanover
Mark Schwab
Morprice
Pur Points
Hamil
Nelson J Erbeck
Butler County Farm Bureau Cooperative
Reily
Liberty Township
Wayne
Lemon
Madison
Fening Commission To Meet On Monday
City Commissioners schedule 6 p m hearing to hear Raymond Fening state his position on charges from Paul and Ruth Braden over WPFB land rezoning. Braden attorneys threaten removal if prejudice shown. second planning hearing Tuesday would keep Braden land at P 1 and P 2.
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Raymond Fening
Fening
Paul
Ruth Braden
WPFB
Feniig
Braden
Planning Commission
Commission
Mary Lord
Joe Lewis
Miss Lord
Miami University
Son
Middletown East Citizens Committee
Virgil Clark
Clark
Third Judge For Butler County Assured
Butler County will gain a third Common Pleas Court judge after House approval of HB 880 by 75 to 1. The Senate had previously approved 32 to 0. The new judge will be elected in 1968 and take office in 1969.
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Butler County
Common Pleas
Ohio House
House
Ohio Senate
Asco Junior Achievement Earns Fourth National Honor
Asco Junior Achievement sponsored by Armco Steel Corp placed fourth at the National Junior Achievement Conference at Indiana University. It was the first local firm named for national judging among 12 from 6,302 JA firms in the United States and Canada. The stainless steel serving trays firm grossed over $5,200 in seven months. Other winners were Columbus Georgia first, San Francisco second, and Canton Ohio third.
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Asco Junior Achievement Co
Armco Steel Corp
Indiana University
Asco
United States
Canada
Columbus
San Francisco
Canton
Ohio
Franklin teen in critical condition after crash
Franklinite teenager Joseph Carver, 19, was hospitalized in Middletown in critical condition after being ejected from a car driven by Robert Gibson, 17. Carver faces possible internal injuries with multiple neck and body lacerations as police note a tire issue and a mail box collision.
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Franklin
Middletown
Hart
Joseph Carver
Olive St
Carver
Robert Gibson
Olive
Gibson
Robert Carver
Judy Parker
South Ave
Linda Coffey
Harriet
Coffey
Living Costs Jump in July Hit by Higher Groceries
Washington AP. The Labor Department reports July consumer prices rose four tenths of a percent the largest rise in nine months. Grocery prices climbed nine tenths of a percent and the index reached 116.5 meaning typical family goods and services cost $11.65 last month versus $10 in the 1957-59 base.
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Washington
Labor Department
Arnold Chase
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Attendant Warned as Station Survives Burglar Attempt
Police questioned three men found hiding at True's Service Station Lafay ette Avenue after an overnight burglary attempt. The overhead door glass was broken but no entry or items were taken. a threatening phone call preceded the incident.
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Phillip Morgan
Ben Harrison St
Excello
Lafayette Avenue
Verity Parkway
Morgan
Cer
Man Hurt Wife Killed in Mexico Auto Crash
James Haren of Hamilton was seriously injured in an auto accident in Mexico that killed his wife Nancy age 24. Their two year old daughter survived. Haren, son of Mr and Mrs Raymond Haren of 2011 Flemming Road, teaches at Baden High School in Hamilton and formerly taught at Roosevelt Junior High School here.
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James Haren
Hamilton
Mexico
Nancy
Haren
Raymond Haren
Flemming
Franklin Golf Club reports power chain saw stolen
Lowell Franklin of 74 Millard Drive reported to police this morning that a power chain saw valued at 225 dollars was stolen from the Franklin Golf Club.
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Franklin
Lowell
Middletown
Millard Drive
Franklin Golf Club
Stab Victim Marsha Taulbee Remains Critical Again
Mrs. Marsha Taulbee, 34, of 1601 Eaton Ave., listed in critical condition at Middletown Hospital after abdominal stab wounds suffered at home on Aug. 15. The assailant, Monty C. Willis, 51, of 612 Moore St., died of self-inflicted knife wounds. the case is handled by Law Director Tijmon Elli.
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Marsha Taulbee
Eaton Ave
Middletown Hospital
Taulbee
Monty C. Willis
Moore St
Willis
Bond Sale Finishes Two City Projects at 3.98% Interest
A New York syndicate led by John Nuveen & Co. sold 3.159 million in bonds to finance Garfield urban renewal and East End sewer projects. The net rate is 3.98 percent, with a 4 percent gross rate and a 5710 cash premium. Government funded 75 percent of urban renewal costs. A vandal damaged a 1960 car at Rob ert Bair Motors by slash ing a tire, deputies report.
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Garfield
East End
University Boulvvard
New York
Harry
Minor injuries in four car crash and two bicycle incidents
Three people suffered minor injuries in separate yesterday crashes. Lila Johnson was treated for possible back and neck injuries after a four car rear end collision at N Verity Parkway and Central Avenue. Perry Miles and Kenneth Sorrell were treated for bicycle related injuries after separate collisions on Woodlawn and Curtis streets. Police cited Mary Ellis for following too closely.
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Lila Johnson
Paullin Drive
Middletown Hospital
N. Verity Parkway
Central Avenue
Mary Ellis
Evelyn Drive
James F. McDermott
Ardmore Drive
McDermott
Nancy Ann Snell
Johnson
Snell
Martha Banks
Princeton Ave
Woodlawn Avenue
Kenneth Sorrell
Fairmount Ave
Curtis Street
Fairmount Aveue
Airman Darrell Veal Dies in Texas Car Crash
Airman Darrell E. Veal age 19 son of Mrs Minnie Veal Middletown Ohio was killed in a traffic crash at Fort Worth Texas near Carswell Air Force Base He entered the service September 9 1966 and had been stationed at Carswell since November 4 A Middletown High School graduate Veal was active in Hi V Council intramural sports and the band He is survived by his mother and four sisters Services set for Monday at 1 pm at New Era Baptist Church Burial in Woodside Cemetery Friends may call Bailey Funeral Home Sunday 7 to 9 pm
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Darrell E. Veal
Minnie Veal
McGuire Ave
Fort Worth
Tex
Carswell Air Force Base
Middletown
Carswell
Middletown High School
Air
Man Veal
Hiv Council
New Era Baptist Church
Woodside Cemetery
Bailey Funeral
Project 600 Tours Open House At Armco Middletown Works
Two day event begins tomorrow with hour long tours of the hot strip mill slab mill and water clarification plant at Armco Middletown Works. Visitors depart buses at the southeast end for a walk through tour guided by officials view scale models and a color slide presentation by Don Osborne.
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Armco Middletown Works
Middletown Works
Don Osborne
Lefferson Road
Highland Avenue
Old Rt. 25
Yankee Road
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Butler Fair
Donna Conner
Lakota High School
McConaughy
Jim Bohman
Journal
Tion
Ellison
Butler
JA Firm
Armbruster Florist, Inc
Grand Ave
Tues
Middletown Optical
Central Ave
Middletown, Ohio
LAW
Tijmon Elli
Robert Bair
Ellis
Perry Miles
Will Miles
Woodlawn Ave
Opal Brown
Gratis
John Dobrozsi Jr
Ins., Inc
First Ave
Texas
Airman
Veal
His
Addie Walker
Lunell Kine
Burnetta Wright
Shirley ‘Mills
Dayton
U. S
Idaho
Germantown Rd
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