Big M Trucking moves to Hook Field amid zoning dispute
Big M Trucking Co. relocates waste collection operations from Tytus Avenue to Hook Field Industrial Park after a two year controversy with Tytus Avenue residents. Ohio DOT declined to renew the Tytus lease, forcing the move. Community leader Jim Current welcomed the shift, noting relief from neighborhood concerns.
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Big M Trucking Co
Middletown
Tytus Avenue
Hook Field
Steve Harrison
Ohio Department of Transportation
Big M
Jim Current
Tytus Ave
Miami board selects site for new $6 million building
Miami University trustees pick the northwest corner of Western College campus for a $6 million communications building to serve English mathematics and theater support. The plan uses state funds and preserves Langstroth as a historic site while creating a vista point and entry to the Western campus.
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Oxford
Miami University
Miami
Western College
Langstroth
Spring Street
Office of Development and Alumni Affairs
City Commission Sets Special Meeting on Schiavones Permit
The City Commission will meet Monday at 11 45 a m in City Building Chambers to act on Schiavones Casa Mia at 1907 Tytus Ave liquor permit request. The owners seek a 0 3 3A permit to sell wine or spirituous liquor by the glass until 2 30 a m to serve during the holiday season.
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City Commission
City Building Commission
Schiavones
Dale Hesse
Honorary Life Degree Awarded by St Isaac Jogues Chapter
Leo M. Smith of 2001 Sheldon Road is elected an honorary life member of the Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus by the St. Isaac Jogues chapter in Cincinnati. Peter A. Willing, Cincinnati comptroller, announced the honor. Smith has over 50 years as a member and twice served as grand knight of Council 1610. He also was past exalted ruler of the local Elks Lodge.
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Leo M. Smith
Sheldon Road
Knights of Columbus
St. Isaac Jogues
Cincinnati
Smith
Peter A. Willing
The
Elks Lodge
Akron Plan of Graded Schools Shapes Ohio Education
The first statewide education system in Ohio didn’t take effect until 1848 and was known as the Akron law. It borrowed the Akron plan of graded schools to structure public education across the state.
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Ohio
Deaths and funerals in Franklin area listings
Death notices for Anna Miller 87 Barbara Park Convalescent Home Cleveland 7 9 p m viewing McCoy Leffler Funeral Home 5617 Elk Creek Road memorials Messiah Lutheran Church burial Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery Cleveland. John R Miller 82 Franklin Middletown Hospital Post Office WWI veteran Legion and Veterans of World War I member survived by wife Irene three sons and others. Leslie John Buster Robinson 79 Lebanon Knights of Pythias Home Springfield private funeral tomorrow McCoy Leffler Burial Spring Hill Cemetery Bethany.
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Anna Miller
Barbara Park
David Marten
Cleveland
Miller
Elk Creek Road
McCoy Leffler
Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
Messiah Lutheran Church
Franklin
John R
Jack) Miller
S. Main St
Middletown Hospital
Miami Valley Building and Loan
Franklin Post
Russell McElfresh
American Legion
Irene
Herbert of
Springboro
Earl
Middletown
Frank
West Carrolton
James
Wilmington
Marie Sloan
Leslie John
Buster) Robinson
Larry Kaser
Robinson
E. Silver St
Lebanon
Knights of Pythias
Springfield
Spring Hill Cemetery
Bethany
Girl Arrested At Party Taken To Center
A 14 year old girl was held in the Butler County Juvenile Detention Center after Middletown police picked her up for intoxication at a party on Central Ave. About 6 p.m. she and about 10 youths were intoxicated and restrained. Drug paraphernalia was found and she said she was on juvenile probation. Two other girls were also picked up for intoxication.
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Butler County
Middletown
Central Ave
Man found guilty in slaying of policeman
Cleophus Collins, 52, of Avondale, found guilty of aggravated murder during an escape attempt for the August police shooting that killed nine year veteran officer William Loftin. Collins and a second assailant were confronted by plainclothes officers. Loftin died, Dell was unharmed.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Loftin
Claude Dell
Collins
Big kid gets six months for dime theft on playground
Dayton area judge sentences Herman Keith Holt, 19, to six months in the Cincinnati workhouse after a trial found him guilty of stealing a dime from a 12 year old during a Vandalia playground incident on November 12. Two juveniles involved were not sentenced.
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Dayton, Ohio
Montgomer County
Harold Galbraith
Herman Keith Holt
Dayton
Cincinnati
Galbraith
Vandalia
Richard Davis
Fenwick Wins Academic Quiz to Reach Semifinals
Fenwick High School scored 420 points to win a playoff round of It's Academic on channel 5. The team members were Mike Lolli Sharon Reider and Mike Leigh under Sister Constance Smith as adviser. They earned the Encyclopedia of Science and Technology for the school library and advance to the semifinals next spring.
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Fenwick High School
Channel 5
Mike Lolli
Sharon Reider
Mike Leigh
Constance Smith
Fenwick
Local Fires and Injuries Reported Across City
Observations record multiple incidents from yesterday. Marie Curtis age 33 traveled to hospital with a sore ankle after an upset at 425 McGuire Lane. Viola Poplin age 59 was admitted with a lower leg fracture from a fall at 12 Franklin Street. Lona Brandenburg age 65 was admitted in fair condition for breathing difficulties at 205 South Broad Street. William O’Neill age 49 treated for a facial laceration after a 1313 Reynolds Avenue incident. A trash fire at Studio Theater caused $15 damage with no injuries. Cletus Simetz age 67 admitted in satisfactory condition for breathing issues at 711 Seventh Avenue.
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McGuire Lane
Marie Curtis
Vance Street
Franklin St
Viola Poplin
Park St
Michigan Ave
S. Broad St
Lona Brandenburg
Reynolds Ave
William O'Neill
Oxford State Road
Studio Theater
Central Ave
7Th Ave
Cletus Simetz
Charleston man charged in six Florence County murders
James Kony Judy, a Charleston man, was arrested and charged with the murder of Johnny Sellers, the only identified victim among six bodies found in three makeshift graves in a remote Florence County area. Investigators said Sellers had been missing since June 1974 and more bodies may remain undiscovered.
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Florence
Park Board Meeting Cancelled for Lack of Quorum
The Middletown Park Board meeting scheduled for Monday is cancelled due to an insufficient number of directors to form a quorum. Parks Director John Paschal said only four of the five members would attend, preventing official action.
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John E. Dolibois
William Beckett
Hamilton
Patten Auditorium
Middletown Park Board
John Paschal
Paschal
Stolen Golf Clubs From Pran Behind Sutphin Street
Michael R. Lawson reported two sets of golf clubs valued at over 650 each stolen Friday from a pran in an alley behind S Sutphin Street. Police say a window was broken in the car parked behind his home.
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S. Sutphin Street
Michael R. Lawson
S. Sutphin St
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Aeronca
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