Narrow escape on 50-foot train trestle saves two children
On a Pennsylvania Railroad bridge over Todds Fork in Morrow, Eddie Dorff five and Carel Dorff six clung to a steel beam as a four engine freight roared beneath them. Engineer L Mesner stopped the train abruptly, the caboose wall shoved by the stop, and conductor L Carroll pulled the children to safety. The pair, shaken but uninjured, were unable to identify themselves for half an hour.
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Morrow
Edward Dorff
Clyde Demitt
Demitt
Linda Drive
Denies Prejudgment on Zoning Conflict at Braden Tract Hearing
City Commission debated ethics and zoning when Planning Commissioner Raymond Fening faced conflict-of-interest charges. Members voted not to act, inviting documentation of bias while Fening defended his P-1 and P-2 zoning ideas for Braden tract.
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City Commission
William Denham
Raymond Fening
Braden Tract
Denham
Fening
Commission
Paul F. Braden
James Curry
Elliott
Central School
Planning Commission
City approves four acre park extension in Madison Township
Madison Township commissioners buy a four acre triangular tract next to Sebald Park from T K Morrison for 9000 dollars to expand the recreation area. They postponed a zone change decision for John Ratcliffe at Yankee Road and Baltimore Street and approved pay bills near 25000 for engineering, pipelines and demolition along city roads.
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Sebald Park
Madison Township
T.K. Morrison
John Ratcliffe
Yankee Road
Baltimore Street
Streifthau Faces Two Court Decisions In Butler County
Edgar Streifthau of Middle Town Hamilton Road owner of Edgar's Farm and Fantasy Farm involved in two decisions in Butler County Common Pleas Court. Judge Fred B. Cramer upheld an action by LeSourdsville Lake owners barring riders 13 or older without a accompanying child under 13. The court dismissed a contempt charge against Streifthau for operating Edgar's Farm. Streifthau's attorney George Johnson said his client will comply with the zoning rule.
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Edgar Streifthau
Middletown
Hamilton Road
Edgar’s
Fantasy Farm
Butler County
Fred B. Cramer
LeSourdsville Lake
Streifthau
Edgar
George Johnson
Carlisle Board Embraces OEA Recommendations
Carlisle School Superintendent David T. Way says board members informally approved the Ohio Education Association's 17 recommendations to improve relations among board members, administrators and the community. He notes recent steps like appointing a board clerk aim to boost communication and accountability. The board will study the report as they consider changes.
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Carlisle — School
David T. Way
Carlisle
Ohio Education Association
Way
Board of Education
OEA
J Board
Carlisle Teachers Association
Charles Chamberlain Jr
DEA
Woman assaulted in Hamilton home intrusion
A 33 year old Hamilton woman reported a criminal assault at about 2 30 a m yesterday after waking to find a man by her bed. Her 4 year old son slept nearby as the intruder threatened to kill him if she screamed. Entry apparently gained through a rear door or window.
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Hamilton
Civitan Club Gives $1000 for Doty House Project
The Civitan Club presented a $1000 check for the new Doty House to be built near Creekview School on Loretta Drive. Civitan president George Buckwald said the club’s national project aids handicapped children and the facility will open this fall with 10,000 square feet to serve more than double the current 107 children.
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Civitan Club
Doty House
Creekview School
Loretta Drive
Civitan
George Buckwald
Civitan Clubs
Buckwald
Middletown
Mann Leaves School Board Resigns From Board After Transfer
Delbert Mann, a member of the Board of Education for nearly four years, resigns as term nears January expiration. He moves to Armco Steel Corp in Ashland Kentucky as assistant general superintendent. Board to wait 10 days before appointing a successor with no vacancy election. Next meeting planned for Tuesday September 12 at 7 30 p.m.
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Delbert Mann
Board of Education
Mann
Armco Steel Corp
Ashland
Electon
Howard Cromwell
Woman Injured After Pickup Strikes Bridge Rail
Dolores Gibson aged 30 was hospitalized in Hamilton Mercy Hospital in fair condition after an early Monday accident. State patrolman reports she failed to round a curve at excessive speed, the car left the road struck a bridge rail on Muddy Creek overpass, ran down a dirt bank into a field for 640 feet and fell 15 feet into the creek bed.
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Mason
Lebanon
Hamilton
Mercy Hospital
Dolores Gibson
Muddy Creek
Hazardous propane based oven cleaners recalled nationwide
Hamilton health commissioner warns homeowners against pressurized aerosol oven cleaners that use propane gas and can explode on hot surfaces. Ohio Health Department recall notice shows Aeroseal Super Foam Oven Cleaner with Ammonia from Aeroseal Corp and former Sunbeam products with propane or freon replacements.
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Hamilton
Louis W. Gaker
Butler County
Ohio Department of Health
Aeroseal Corp
Camp Hill
Sunbeam Appliance Service Co
Chicago
Ill
Sunbeam
Lewis Lists Holdings in Public Ethics Push
City Commission on Ethics heard Raymond Fening urge creation of a citizens committee to set a public servant code. Commissioner Joe Lewis publicly itemized holdings including J. E. Lewis Real Estate and Development Co., First National Bank stock, several development firms, and 55 partners, insisting he seeks no conflict of interest and aims transparency.
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Fening
Dixie Development Corp
Dixie Development
Breiel Boulevard
Roosevelt Avenue
Dixie
Old Rt. 25
Hendrickson Road
Elliott
East End
Miami University
Planning Commission
Feniig
Mary Lord
Raymond Fening
Nanammias
Tees
Joe Lewis
Lewis
J. E. Lewis Real Estate
J. E. Lewis Development Co
J.E. Lewis Builders, Inc
First National Bank
Dixie Development Co
Grand Warehousing Co
American Hydro Carbon Corp
Jato
Roosevelt Development Corp
Bachman
Barnitz
First National Banks
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Journal
Braden
WPFB
Brad
Ens
George Elliott
Joe Lewi
Finan
Cial
East End Educational Complex
City Bays Park Land
Assessment Equalization Board
Clifton Farms
Miami
Miss Lord
Virgil Clark
Fennig
Clark
Court
Der
Kevin Messinger
Doty
Carlisle Board
OSA
Nadine Kirkpatrick
Ity
Robert Colburn
E.S. Brannaman
Civitans
Idaho
Germantown Road
Lewis Lists Holdings
Committee On
Vista Industries
Meadowbrook Center, Inc
Presidential Estates ‘Development Co., Inc
The
Middletown Warehousing Co
Sorg Paper Co
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