Grandmother of Houston Candidate Shot in Nursing Home
The grandmother of Houston mayoral candidate Fred Hofheinz, Ethel Foster, was found shot to death Monday night in St. Anthony's Center, a Catholic nursing home. Foster’s daughter Mary Ray was wounded in the chest and abdomen in the same room. a pistol was recovered. Police said Ray had visited Foster earlier and that staff heard shots shortly after. No charges issued.
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Release of Cripple Irks Hamilton Judge
Hamilton officials spar over the release of 66 year old James Dickinson from Butler County Jail due to lack of suitable care. Sheriff Carpenter condemns the action as cruel and unusual while Judge Berridge cites the jail’s inability to house a crippled prisoner and questions the policy. The incident prompts discussion of alternative custody within municipal contracts and county reimbursement limits.
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Butler County
Harold J .Carpenter
Carpenter
James Dickinson
Grand Hotel
Richard W. Berridge
Dickinson
Nine Middletonians Indicted By Butler County Grand Jury
Butler County grand jury returned 200 indictments in a report to Common Pleas Judge Fred B. Cramer. Nine Middletown cases listed include Elnora Burg, also Nora Crawford, and Darrell Man. Cases include shooting to wound, rape, auto theft, burglary, larceny, armed robbery, and assault with a dangerous weapon. The jury ignored two cases including Nancy Hartbarger charged with perjury.
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Common Pleas
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Richard J. Wessel
Wooldridge
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Walter
Damon Anvil
Terry Lee Miller
Leslie Stacy
Billy Miller
William Marts
William Moore
Roy Hensley
Nancy Hartbarger
Night Burglar Sentenced to Life in State Case
Kerry Alvin, found guilty by a jury of breaking into an inhabited dwelling at 207 Superior Ave Middletown on Dec 8, was given a mandatory life term by Judge Fred B Cramer after being captured by Middletown Detectives Joe Lowe and Byron Johnson who had staked out the residence while he was a fugitive. Alvin showed no mercy when asked if he had a statement before sentencing.
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Butler County Common Pleas
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Superior Ave
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Hartbarger
Joe Lowe
Byron Johnson
Bicycle Bill Urged By Specialist
Heart specialist Dr. Paul Dudley White urged Massachusetts lawmakers to update bicycle laws and grant riders motorist rights. At 85, White, who treated President Eisenhower after a heart attack, filed the bill with 28 senators backing it. The measure requires obeying traffic rules, bans riding the wrong way on one way streets, limits passengers, and caps speed to what is responsible under conditions.
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Boston
Paul Dudley White
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White
Dwight D. Eisenhower
City Commission Agenda Light
An ordinance to comply with a federal law lowering the presumptive intoxication level from .15 to .10 is on the agenda for City Commission tonight. The light agenda lists this as the only item as commissioners meet at 7 p.m. in the City Building commission chamber.
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Nixon's Tree On Way To White House
A 71 foot Fraser fir cut in the Pisgah National Forest in Haywood County North Carolina was prepared for delivery to the White House Blue Room. The tree will be lighted December 17 in a ceremony marking its arrival in Washington.
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Haywood County
Unemployment Bill Passed By Senate
The Senate approved a measure to provide an extra 36 weeks of emergency unemployment benefits to workers in states with unemployment above six percent. Fourteen states and territories may qualify including Alaska California Connecticut Maine Massachusetts Michigan Nevada New Jersey New York Oregon Puerto Rico Rhode Island and Vermont.
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