Rough Mountain It's A Character
Eight student survival group from Northwest Outward Bound School endured 24 days in the Three Sisters Wilderness Oregon in harsh cold and snow. They carried 80 pound packs and faced solo days with minimal gear. Larry Thompson 20 from Portland and Warner Pacific College joined seven others including five girls in the harsh test of endurance.
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Oregon Cascades
Northwest Outward Bound
Eugene
Ore
Larry Thompson
Herbert Thompson
Thompson
Portland
Warner Pacific College
Oregon
Three Sisters
Stay: Builder and Girls Endure Harsh Mountain Trek
Lanny recalls a trek where both boys and girls endured bitter cold and rough ridges. The group carried gear such as rope and first aid kits and worked without a designated leader. He led a 2 300 foot ascent, then the expedition finished with a 90 mile hike and a 10 mile marathon run by 21 students.
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Lanny
Cleveland Heights woman dies in rollover on U.S. 23
Leah Baum, 37, of Cleveland Heights Ohio, was killed when the car she was living in ran off U S 23 in Monroe County and rolled over. Police reported the incident.
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Adrian
Cleveland Heights
Ohio
Leah Baum
U.S. 23
Monroe County
Academic TV Show Dropped After Nine Years on WLWT
It's Academic, the Cincinnati Gas and Electric Co sponsored high school quiz show on WLWT, is being discontinued due to rate increase woes. Middletown High School won the first grand prize in 1963, Mason High School won in 1969, and 2,187 students appeared over the program’s run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
WLWT
Beach J. McMillen
Cincinnati
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
Middletown
Mason High School
Hawaii
O'Neill Seeks Action Over Municipal Court Backlogs in Ohio
Ohio Chief Justice C William O Neill warns of loafing municipal court judges and case backlogs. He aims to have at least half of common pleas courts meet a six month trial goal by Labor Day and plans to extend efficiency measures to municipal courts. He notes Cleveland backlog up to 14000 cases and says conferences with municipal court officials are arranged.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Supreme Court
C. William O'Neill
High Court
O'Neill
Cleveland
Ohio
Common Pleas
Boy Scouts Plan New Program Briefing for Leaders
An explanation of the revised Boy Scout program will be aired for all scout masters assistant scoutmasters and troop committeemen. The session starts at 7 30 p m at the First United Presbyterian Church headed by Joe Brown scout executive with emphasis on troop organization training.
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First United Presbyterian Church
Joe Brown
Neighborhood Kids Suspected in Cincinnati Fire Theft
In Cincinnati Fairmount, 81 year old Tony Rizzo and wife wake to fire damage after neighbors aged eight to fifteen had asked for money and warned of a burn. Plastic gasoline odor suggests arson. TV and clothes plus small checks later missing. police investigate amid local community tensions.
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Cincinnati
Tony Rizzo
Rizzo
Fairount
Youth fugitive escapes hospital during guard shift
A 16 year old Tennessee boy who fled six police units escaped from Bethesda North Hospital around 2:15 a.m. after faking sleep and bolting from a room as Dayton patrolmen guarded him. He had stolen a highway patrol cruiser and rammed a roadblock on I 75 near Crescentville Road, with three companions, before being captured and then recaptured.
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Tennessee
Bethesda North Hospital
Dayton Post
Ron Allen
Allen
Highway Patrol
Crescentville Road
Ohio
Michigan
Dayton
Savings and Loan Eyes Middletown Branch Plan
Hamilton's West Side Federal Savings & Loan seeks to open a Middletown branch between Montgomery Ward and Kroger on University Boulevard. It would be the second branch after a Monroe site was denied last year. President Lynn Fritzsche notes demand and plans to offer full lending and savings services.
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Hamilton
West Side Federal Savings & Loan Association
Middletown
Montgomery Ward
Kroger
University Boulevard
West Side Federal
Monroe
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
West Side
Lynn Fritzsche
Fritzsche
Federal Home Loan Bank System
Blond Gunman Robs Lake Worker of $685
A Middletown woman was robbed at gunpoint of 685 dollars in the LeSourdsville Lake Amusement Park parking lot by a slim blond youth about 19 or 20. The assailant fled after snatching the purse containing cash and papers.
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Middletown
LeSourdsville Lake
Butler County
Mable Williams
Bernice Ave
Ptl
Donald E. Burns
Tom Irvin
Five Graduates Complete Lab Assistant Program
Five students from the Middletown Hospital School for Certified Laboratory Assistants have completed a 12 month program. Mary Ann Flick Erlanger Ky Norton family 608 Stanley St Carolyn Plessinger Lebanon Ohio Marilyn Slotkin Cincinnati Huntington WV Brandeis University Martha Tewell Franklin Ohio. They will take the national certification exam November 13.
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Middletown Hospital
Mary Ann Flick
Barbara Norton
Carolyn Plessinger
Marilyn Slotkin
Martha Tewell
Flick
Erlanger
Notre Dame Academy
Covington
Northern Kentucky
Miss Norton
Edward Norton
Stanley St
Middletown High School
Plessinger
Mound Court
Lebanon
Lebanon High School
University of Dayton
Miss Slotkin
Cincinnati
Marshall High School
Huntington
W. Va
Brandeis University
Tewell
Dearden Road
Franklin
Franklin High School
Used-car firm workers guilty in tool theft case
Two employees of a Delano used car firm were found guilty of grand larceny after stealing three boxes of tools valued at 300 dollars. Lee Wells and Edgar Joseph Proffitt had faced charges from V and A Used Cars and were each fined 200 dollars after pleas of innocence.
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Com
Peting
C.D. Boyd
Lee Wells
N. Verity
Reunion Invites Wider Circle for Lemon Monroe Class of 1962
Lemon Monroe High School 1962 reunion plans extend to classes 1961 1963 and 1964. Event Saturday at Elks Club Hamilton Middletown Road with social hour buffet and dance. People can call Larry Duff 424 5013 or Judy Margerum 422 1048 after 5 30 p.m.
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Lemon Monroe High School
Larry Duff
Elks Club
Hamilton-Middletown
Hamilton
Ron Purvis
Duff
Judy Margerum
Area Man Elected President of Landmark Inc
Trent on area man Robert Hester was elected president of Landmark Inc and will take office September 1 after being chosen by the board at their August meeting. He replaces Dwight Oberschlake who resigned to join Nationwide Insurance. Hester has long service with the Landmark board since May 1971 and active roles in area farm marketing groups. He operates a 42.5 acre Holstein dairy and hog farm at 5551 Cotton Run Road near Seven Mile and holds officer roles in multiple farm and milk associations.
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Trenton
Landmark, Inc
Robert Hester
Dwight Oberschlake
Hammersville
Nationwide Insurance Companies
Hester
Landmark
Farmers Cooperative
Butler County
Butler Landmark
Cooperative Pure Milk Association
Cincinnati Cooperative Milk Sales Association
Southwest Ohio Holstein Club
Butler County Farm Bureau
Cotton Run Road
Seven Mile
Knife wound incident ends with hospital treatment
A man and his wife were treated for knife wounds at Middletown Hospital Saturday afternoon. Willie White, 57, and Clara White, not reported age, of 904 Fifth Ave. were released after treatment. Police say she cut him and then fell on the knife during an argument.
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Middletown Hospital
Willie White
Clara White
Fifth Ave
White
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Firm Eyes
West Federal
Paul Steigerwald
American Savings & Loan Association
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