Flying saucer sighting ends as helicopter lights revealed
Bill Denham, chairman of the City Commission, reported seeing bright lights in the sky while driving home on Sherman Avenue. He later learned the lights were from a helicopter demo in Dayton related to riot-control tech. City officials debated Middletown Airport needs and planned an improvement committee including local pilots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Denham
Sherman Avenue
Bill
Highview Road
Highview
Denham
East Middletown
Dick's Creek Valley
Donham
Dayton
City Commission
Middletown
George R. Wedekind Jr
Wedekind
Today In History August 25 1968 Highlights From Past Wars
Highlights recount major events on this date across history including Allied liberation of Paris in 1944, Iroquois attack on Montreal in 1689, founding of New Orleans in 1718, Uruguay's independence in 1828, a deadly 1833 eruption in the Dutch East Indies, and other noted incidents involving Iran, US railroads, and Washington figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Paris
Montreal
New Orleans
Uruguay
Spain
Dutch East Indies
Iran
U.S
New Delhi
India
South Vietnam
George Lincoln Rockwell
Arlington
Middletown Club Meetings and Events Schedule
A dense list of weekly club and civic meetings for Middletown including the Sunday Hunter Clark VFW Post 6405 at 1319 Young St 7:30 p.m. and multiple groups at Manchester Motor Inn Union City venues and other local spots scheduled through Tuesday with times from noon to 8:30 p.m. plus various organizations and halls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunter-Clark Vfw
Young St
Exchange Club
Manchester Motor Inn
Industrial Council
Monroe Lions Club
Congress Inn
Optimist Club
Spebsqsa
Legion Home
Rotary Club
Civitan Club
Sertoma Club
Middletown Personnel Association
Madison Lew & Sews
Elk Creek Grange
South Middletown Fire Association
Amanda
City Commission
United Cerebral Palsy of
Middletown
First Presbyterian Church
Middletown Squadron 108
Civil Air Patrol
Hook Field
MHS Band Associates
Central School
Butler County Medical Assistants
Disabled American Veterans
Joof Miami
Joof Monroe
Bpoe ‘Lodge
Elks Temple
FOE Lodge
Eagles
Alcoholics Anonymous
Stephen A Douglas Invited to Democratic Convention
A handwritten invitation from "Jim Clark" asks Stephen A Douglas to deliver the keynote at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The note, delivered at the Douglas memorial tomb on the city’s South Side, cites his long Chicago residence and his oratorical power as reasons to address the Aug 27 event. The custodian Herman Williams remembered Douglas rarely receiving mail.
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Chicago
Stephen A Douglas
Jim Clark
Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
National Democratic Party
Stephen A. Douglas
South Side
Herman Williams
Williams
Douglas
Cuban Exiles Protest In Miami Burn Soviet Flag
About 200 Cuban exiles demonstrated in a downtown Miami park against the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. Police prevented them from burning a second flag after they burned one flag and spat on another.
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Miami
Fla
Czechoslovakia
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Hamilton
Lebanon
Corporation
James Rhodes
Billiken
Mr. Leggie No Iton
Orlon
Mr. Leggs
Little Giant
Under the Sun
Saddletown
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