Picket Injures Driver as Tank Truck Is Shot At on Highways
A night of labor unrest near a trucking firm ends with injuries and gunfire. Lawrence Larrimore 36 of Dayton is cited after an assault and a tank truck being fired upon as drivers report threats and a broad fuel shortage loom. George Culbertson delivers asphalt and is wounded in a left leg and ribs after a shooting incident near Interstate 75. Police also investigated a tank truck following on Route 127 south of Hamilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mat-Lack
Trucking Co
Old Rt. O
Lee
Lebanon
Larrimore
Lawrence Larrimore
George Culbertson
Dayton
Jackson
Middletown
Interstate Hospital
Cincinnati
Monroe
Culbertson
Rt. 63
Rt. 127
Hamilton
Pigeon-Drop Hoax Tricks Teen to Hand Over Cash
An 18-year-old girl on Tenth Avenue was swindled in a pigeon drop near Barnitz Bank as three people used a parcel of money and a promised 900 in small bills. Police urged caution to shoppers as detectives noted the scam being run on city streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenth Avenue
Barnitz Bank
Sears
Midlletown Sportsmen's Club Elects James Smith President
James R. Smith a realtor was named president of the Middletown Sportsmen's Club for 1971 at a meeting last night succeeding Bob Wendt. Jack Rosenfelder was named vice president and three board members Buck Ingram Ed Gunderson and Harry Schultz were elected. Selection of a secretary and treasurer was to be announced this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. Smith
Middletown
Sportmen’s Club
Bob Wendt
Jack Rosenfelder
Middletown Western Union
Rosenfelder
Buck Ingram
Ed Gunderson
Harry Schultz
Trenonite Wins Two Photo Prizes at Middletown Club
Clark Flake of 202 E. Page Ave Trenton captured first place in both color and black and white divisions at Middletown Camera Club's 34th annual awards night held at Frisch's on Germantown Road. Other winners included Dick Gierzak Charles Terhune and Harry Phillips with placements in color and black and white categories. New officers named were Gierzak president Gene Cole vice president and Flake secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark Flake
Page Ave
Trenton
Middletown Camera Club
Dick Gierzak
Charles Terhune
Harry Phillips
Gierzak
Gene Cole
Flake
Frisch
Germantown Road
Middletonian On Trial In Warren
A 37 year old Middletown man, Frank Brown, is tried before a three judge panel in Warren County Common Pleas on charges of wounding and attempting to rob a Warren County widow in May 1969. He chose three-judge trial over a jury and, after recessed today, decided not to call witnesses. Brown is also serving a sentence for beating a paraplegic accountant during a prior robbery attempt. The three judges presiding are Warren C. Young, William Bowers, and Fred Cramer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Middletown
Common Pleas Court
Warren County
Frank Brown
Navaho St
Brown
Ohio State Penitentiary
Grand Jury
Sarah Gephart
Township Line Road
Waynesville
Warren C. Young
Warren County Common Pleas Court
William Bowers
County Probate Court
Fred Cramer
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Tropical Fish Club To Elect Officers Jan. 4
The Middletown Tropical Fish Club will elect its first officers on January 4. It met for its second organizational session at the Park Administration Building on Highland Street. The club invites anyone interested in tropical fish and was organized by Cecil Runyan, chairman of the city park board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tropical Fish Club
New Middletown
Cecil Runyan
City Park Board
Preble Shawnee OK's 4-Mill Levy Wins Narrowly
In a regionwide trend most districts rejected tax measures but Preble Shawnee narrowly approved a 4 mill operating levy 606 to 564. The funds will raise about 56000 yearly to give teachers raises replace buses and repair buildings amid a decade without new construction.
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Preble
Shawnee
Fairfield
Miami East
Miami County
Centerville
Kettering
Batavia
Northwest
Hamilton County
al Kiracore
Oxford
Talawanda
Fairfield District Elections Board
Deaths and Funerals John W Busseer
John W Busseer 86 of Mt. Pleasant Home Monroe formerly of 2413 Superior Ave died 1 p m Tuesday at Middletown Hospital where he had been a patient since November 14 He worked 10 years at Aeronca Corp retiring 1960 as a steam engineer Born in Ridgeville he lived in Middletown most of his life A daughter Ethel Reese died in 1961 Surviving five other daughters Ruth Busseer Helen Keller Mary Margerum Dorothy McCane Martha Hess 11 grandchildren 17 great grandchildren Services 2 p m Thursday at Wilson Schramm Memorial Home 210 S Main St with Dr Irvine Emmons and Rev Robert Clark officiating Burial Woodside Cemetery Calling hours Wednesday 7 to 9 p m
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John W. Busseer
Mt. Pleasant
Monroe
Superior Ave
Middletown Hospital
Busseer
Aeronca Corp
Ridgeville
Middletown
Ethel Reese
Ruth Busseer
Kettering
Helen Keller
Ostrander
Ohio
Mary Margerum
Ft. Walton Beach
Fla
Dorothy McCane
Martha Hess
Wilson- Schramm Memorial
S. Main St
Irvine Emmons
Robert Clark
Woodside Cemetery
Nobel Winner May Not Get His Prize
Moscow AP reports Russian writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn may avoid the Swedish Embassy for the Nobel Prize ceremony with Stockholm's main event in progress. A spokesman said he did not know how Solzhenitsyn would collect the $80,000 prize money or whether he would travel to Stockholm given fears of not being allowed to return to the Soviet Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Stockholm
Solzhenitsyn
Soviet Union
Man with BB gun observed at Minnesota Capitol
In St Paul Minnesota a man parked his car near the state capitol wrapped a long slender object in his coat and showed a BB gun to a reporter. Warren Spannaus future Minnesota attorney general said the gun was given as a joke by the Minnesota Law Enforcement Union and he intended to leave it at his interim Capitol office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul. Minn
Minnesota
Warren Spannaus
Minnesota Law Enforcement Union
Spannaus
Capitol
Graham Predicts Dictatorship in U S Faith Crisis
Evangelist Billy Graham told students at Montreal Anderson College that freedom cannot endure without religious faith and warned America is sliding toward dictatorship. He warned against a void in values and urged a religious revival to turn the tide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham
Asheville
N.C
Billy Graham
International Student’s Association
Montreal-Anderson College
United States
Obituary: William F. Craig of Olympia Kentucky
William Frank Craig dies after long illness in Olympia Kentucky at home. Survived by wife Jucky and Tommy of Cincinnati. daughter Shirley Richards of Trenton. son David Craig of Franklin. mother Ida Craig of Kentucky. three brothers Milford Martin and Cecil of Kentucky. foster sister Mrs Willie Hatfield of Carlisle. Services set p m Thursday at Church of Christ Upper Salt Lick with Richardson Funeral Home Owingsville handling arrangements.
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William Frank Craig
Shirley Richards
Trenton
David Craig
Franklin
Olympia
Jucky
Tommy
Cincinnati
Ida Craig
Kentucky
Milford
Martin
Cecil
Willie Hatfield
Carlisle
Church of Christ
Upper Salt Lick
Richardson Funeral Home
Owingsville
Lebanon man John E. James dies at 70
John E. James 70 of 445 S East St Lebanon died at 1 35 am Wednesday at Middletown Hospital where he had been a patient since Thursday Surviving are his wife Ruth a son Dick Lebanon and a brother Herschel Lebanon p m Saturday at Oswald Funeral Home Burial will be in Lebanon Cemetery Funeral home Friday from 6 to 9 pm
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Lebanon
John E. James
S. East St
Middletown Hospital
Ruth
Herschel
Oswald Funeral Home
Lebanon Cemetery
Local Boy Dies in Accidental Gun Shooting
David Neal a 14 year old son of William Neal and Norma Neal of 421 Hickory St died after a .410 shotgun discharged at his mother’s home in Preble County. Douglas Davis a 13 year old friend from New Hope said the gun went off while the boys viewed it in the front bedroom. The shooting happened at 3 p m and Neal died six hours later at Reid Memorial Hospital in Richmond Indiana. He is survived by his parents two brothers and two sisters with arrangements pending.
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David Neal
William Neal
Hickory St
Norma Neal
New Hope
Neal
Douglas Edwin Davis
Monroe Junior High School
Preble County
Davis
Jan Spitler
Reid Memorial Hospital
Richmond
Ind
Danny
Dunsmere
Calif
William III
Lancaster
Ohio
Linda
Kathy
Eaton
Joseph R. Baker & Sons Funeral Home
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South Dakota
Sportsmen's Club
James Smith
SDA Ice
Central Ave
Trenonite
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Warren
Middletown High School
Helen Wineberger
Cg&e Bldg
Middletown Area
Preble Shawnee Ok’s
Butler County
William Craig
Mabley 2
Cone
Sale! van Raalte
Mobley
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