Three New Charges For Fugitive Harkins
James F. Harkins of Middletown, already jailed on burglary charges and out on bond, faced three additional counts after escaping confinement from Mercy Hospital while awaiting grand jury action. He allegedly picked locks with a bed spring and a pen, fled in a hospital gown, and was found later in a stolen car with a loaded revolver. He is suspected in further doctor’s office burglaries in southwestern Ohio.
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Hamilton
James F. Harkins
Middletown
Harkins
Frank Wessel
Mercy Hospital
Ohio
Thirteen New Citizens Vow Oath in Hamilton Court
Naturalization ceremony in Common Pleas Court led by Judge Arthur Fiehrer with Judge Fred B. Cramer and speaker Gilbert E. Condo. New citizens include Maximilian Stransky from Czechoslovakia and Antonio Rivera from Venezuela among others from Italy Germany Hungary Poland England and New Zealand. Girl Scouts and local civic groups participated as oaths were administered by Joseph T. Kiep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Common Pleas
Arthur Fiehrer
Albert Caddell
Cincin
Nati
Bureau of Naturalization
Fiehrer
Fred B. Cramer
Gilbert E. Condo
Butler County Bar Association
McKinley St
Middletown
Czechoslovakia
Antonio Rivera
State St
Trenton
Venezuela
Oxford
Florence Dunford
New Zealand
Hamilton Area
Antonio Biondo
Italy
Martha Wilhelmina Carline Richter
Paul Erick Richter
Germany
Jean Patricia Williamson
England
Elizabeth Sturtz
Hans Sturtz
Hungary
Horst Ludwig
Karl Hannawald
Thaddeu Stanley Banas
Lieselotte Banas
Poland
Bryan Irving Lake
Lou Rossi
Frank D. Vitori Lodge
Order of Sons of Italy
America
Ohio
Middletown Couple Files In U S District Court Bankruptcy
Jimmie D. Wallace a bus driver and Sophia A. Wallace of 1805 Glenn Ave filed for bankruptcy in Cincinnati U S District Court listing debts of 2795 dollars each and assets of 295 dollars for him and 230 dollars for her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
U. S. District Court
Cincinnati
Jimmie D. Wallace
Sophia A. Wallace
Glenn Ave
Man Bound To Jury In Oil Firm Theft
A 23 year old man was bound over to the Butler County grand jury under 2500 dollar bond after entering an innocent plea in Municipal Court to a burglary charge. Lawrence Robinson 1608 Sheridan Ave is accused of breaking into the McCoy Oil Co 1242 Girard Ave on July 19 and stealing 73 95 dollars in oil. Robinson was arrested in Richmond Ind and returned here. Clarence Mayes 50 of 3107 Morgan St was fined 500 dollars and costs sentenced to 30 days in jail and had his drivers license suspended for life for driving while intoxicated. Mayes was convicted on the same charge on three previous occasions. Betty Lou Foster 21 of 2203 Whittier St was fined 25 dollars and costs for operating without a licensed driver while having a temporary permit. A menace and threat charge against Wilbur King 30 of Hamlon was withdrawn at the request of the complainant. A charge of discharging fire arms in the city against Joseph D Thomas 25 of 1918 Well Road was continued until Dec 18. Thomas is accused of shooting a shotgun so that pellets hit houses and a police cruiser at the dead end of S Marshall Road last Wednesday.
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Butler County Grand Jury
Lawrence Robinson
Sheridan Ave
McCoy Oil Co
Girard Ave
Robinson
Richmond
Ind
J. T. Lamb
Clarence Mayes
Morgan St
Mayes
Betty Lou Foster
Whittier St
Wilbur King
Hamlon
Joseph D. Thomas
Well Road
Thomas
S. Marshall Road
Burglars Take $579 From Shad dock's Market
Police report burglars nose into Shad dock's Market at 1516 German town Road, breaking a front door window to enter. They fled with $579 in cash about 6 30 this morning.
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Shaddock’s Market
Germantown Road
Merry Monarch Festival Cruise Sets Sail to Hawaii
The 26 000 ton Lurline will visit four major Hawaiian Islands on a 15 day cruise from San Francisco and Los Angeles in mid April. It departs April 15 from San Francisco and April 16 from Los Angeles, offering feasting dancing shopping sightseeing and shipboard programs. The ship 638 feet long cruises at 20 knots and includes a golf driving range and duck pin bowling alleys on board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawaiian
The
Lurline
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Blood Relay Delivers 23 Units In Time For Patient
A 27 minute blood relay from Dayton to Middletown hospitals supplied 23 units for Grover Campbell 41 of 5723 Manchester Road after a steel yard accident. Patrol units coordinated plasma delivery and police escorts, enabling 12 pints of plasma to arrive at Middletown Lab in time. Campbell remains in critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton Hospital
Middletown Hospital
Grover Campbell
Manchester Road
Armco Steel Corp
Middletown
Ann Dyer
Dayton
State Patrol
Richard Saunders
Judge's Fund Plea Rejected In Hamilton Courts
Judge David Black sought 6023 more dollars to run the Court of Domestic Relations for the year. County commissioners delayed action after a meeting in which Black cited payroll and wage increases. Prosecutor Marrs cited law that court expenses are a first priority, while commissioners objected to year end requests and noted a 1962 resolution disallowing salary add ons. A motion to fund the request failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
David Black
Court of Domestic Relations
Judge Black
Robert Marrs
Ohio
Arthur Reiff
Ross Snyder
William Stitsinger
Cat nerve impulse excites brain at over 100 years a second
A nerve impulse travels through a cat brain at a rate equivalent to more than 100 years per second. The finding highlights rapid neural signaling in felines and may influence studies on brain processes and reflexes.
Deaths And Funerals For Judy Hall 21
Services for Judy Hall of 1104 Oxford State Road are set for 2 p m Monday at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with Rev Russell Chrisman officiating. Burial follows at Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call tomorrow 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p m. Hall collapsed leaving Roosevelt Junior High School gym where she had been an onlooker at an industrial league basketball game. Coroner Dr Garret Boone is investigating the death. Home services with Donald Esslinger officiating. Burial at Germantown Cemetery. Call hours listed tomorrow 3 to 9 p m.
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Judy Hall
Oxford State Road
McCoy-Leffler
Russell Chrisman
Woodside Cemetery
Hall
Roosevelt Junior High School
Garret Boone
Butler County
Mrs Lottie Hinkle 73 Dies in Eaton Nursing Home
Mrs Lottie Hinkle 73 of Farmersville Rt 1 died at 545 p m yesterday at Oak Lawn Nursing Home Eaton where she had been a patient since March Her husband Jesse died last May Surviving Elden son Anna Barnhart sister Germantown Rt 2 and three grandchildren Funeral service is set for 2 p m Monday at the John Arpp Funeral Home.
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Germantown
Lottie Hinkle
Farmersville Rt. 1
Oak Lawn Nursing Home
Eaton
Jesse
Elden
Farmersville
Anna Barnhart
Germantown Rt
John Arpp
Services for Harry Ward Held in Lebanon
Har ry Ward 84 of 112 S Cherry St Lebanon died yesterday at his home His service was at 2 p m today at Yale Funeral Home with burial in Lebanon Cemetery Surviving are his wife Molly four daughters Mrs Cor win Mrs Swigert Mrs Jackson Mrs Chmiel four sons Frank Arthur Lester James and a sister Mrs Sadie Rennie
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Morrow
Harry Ward
S. Cherry _St
Lebanon
Yale Funeral Home
Ward
Molly
Sarah Corwin
Betty Swigert
Virginia Jackson
Polly Chmiel
Dayton
Frank
Arthur
Lester
James
Sadie Rennie
Hamilton
Embezzlement Charged Against 2 Year Old Man
A two year old man, June Campbell of 107 Moore St, is charged with two counts of embezzlement for allegedly stealing 277 dollars from Montgomery Ward at 245 Stevens Ave. He reportedly sold a 247 stereo set in October and a 30 radio in November, marking receipts void and keeping the cash. Campbell worked Oct 2 to Nov 18 and was fired after the incidents.
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June Campbell
Moore St
Campbell
Montgomery Ward
Stevens Ave
Obituaries for Wehr Doty and Peek Services Listed
Mrs Esther Mae Wehr aged 58 of 325 Fair Ave has a funeral at 2 p.m. Monday. John Delmar Doty age 62 of 1243 Campbell Ave has a service at 10 a.m. Monday. Everett Peek age 72 of 990 Timberman Ave in Kokomo Indiana has a 2 p.m. Monday service.
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Esther Mae Wehr
Fair Ave
Proeschel
John Delmar Doty
Campbell Ave
Brown-Dawson
Everett Peek
Timberman Ave
Kokomo
Ind
Blood Needed for Habig At Middletown Hospital
A renewed appeal seeks blood donors for Pani Habig a hemophiliac recovering from surgery at Middletown. A family member says 70 units have been given with more needed. Hospital laboratory hours are 10 38 a m to 4 30 p m Monday through Friday and 10 30 to 11 30 a m Saturday. Appointments via the hospital laboratory phone line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pani Habig
Sixth Ave
Middletown
Seven hurt in Middletown traffic spree with heavy damage
Twenty four auto accidents investigated by Middletown police left seven people injured and caused substantial damage. Names include Angelo Deaton 24 of 3213 Rufus St and Clarence Foster 47 of Cincinnati with minor injuries. Traffic citations issued for failure to yield and assured clear distance.
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Perons
Middletown
Angelo Deaton
Rufus St
Middletown Hospital
Clarence Foster
Cincinnati
Central Avenue
Foster
Patricia
Deaton
Middletown Fire Alarm Boxes Out Of Service For Six Months
Fire alarm boxes in Middletown will be unusable for about six months starting Monday as a $49 193 contract with Bliss Gamewell Co. funds modernization. The city will reduce operable boxes from 98 to 83 and residents are urged to report fires by telephone during the work.
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Middletown
Boeke
Rainfall Near Normal For Middletown Year
Three weeks into 1966 Middletown totals 39.68 inches, near the normal annual rainfall. Weather observer C T Morningstar records 1.64 inches since Thursday evening, bringing this month to 3.54 inches. December’s total was 0.64 inches, and November 1963 had 0.93 inches as a previous wet month. Morning low 47, high 54.
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C. T. Morningstar
Middletown
Wrong Place For Repairs
Gerald F Ludwig a 21 year old of 2000 Erie Ave crawled under his car on Ohio 73 west of Springboro to repair a muffler but left part of the vehicle in the roadway. Louis Null 24 of Franklin Rt 1 struck the rear of Ludwig's car causing Ludwig to suffer a possible skull fracture broken facial bones and lacerations. He is listed in good condition at Middletown Hospital.
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Gerald F. Ludwig
Erie Ave
Ohio 73
Springboro
Middletown Hospital
Louis Null
Franklin Rt. 1
Ludwig
Franklin Barn Lost In Blaze On Lebanon Road
A barn east of town on Lebanon Road burned early this morning with moderate damage expected. Firefighters arrived at 2 30 a m and found the structure near collapse. A truck portable camp trailer 16 foot boat and trailer and a 25 horsepower outboard motor were destroyed. Firemen also fought a kitchen fire at 150 Arlington Ave causing unspecified damage.
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Franklin
Lebanon Road
Gaynor Mendoza
Arlington Ave
Burglary Reports Theft Of Williams Home Coin Collection
Butler County deputies say a burglar who appeared to know money broke into Oscar Williams home at 2115 Highland St last night. The thief stole 12 silver dollars and about 100 dollars in assorted coins while Williams was away from 7 25 to 7 60 p m returning to find the house ransacked and the collection missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Williams
Highland St
Butler ‘County
Williams
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Antonio Rivero
Maximilian Stransky
Donna Carris
Patricia Hacker
Maximilian Maurice Stransky
Condo
Daughters of the American Revolution
League of Women Voters
Bers
Islands
Auto Club
Afloat
Port
Butler County Auto Club
Adv
Matson
S.S. Lurline
Butler County Auto Club Mein
Col. Saunders
Ptl
Ralph Schroer
Montgomery - Warren County
Schroer
Middletown Hospital Laboratory
Judge’s
Donald Esslinger
Germantown Cemetery
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Henry Ward
Jacqueline Sheets
Ronald Drive
Judy Nickell
Arcadia Drive
Central Ave
Miss Sheets
Frank Silver
Lylburn Road
Morley Adams
17Th Ave
Stanley Rothman
Woodlawn Avenue
Young Street
Adams
Betty Fugett
Canal Street
Volved
Ralph Crane
Burton Murray
Elm St
9Th Ave
Crane
Allene Allen
Wayne Ave
Terry Dalton
Clark, Franklin
N. Verity
Parkway
Elwood Street
Dalton
Lynne Allen
Sands, Monroe
Louis Natalia
Victoria Ave
Richard Wagner
Florence St
Crawford Street
South Avenue
Allen
Albert Williams
16Th Ave
Harold Isaacs
Yankee Road
Isaacs
Charles Amburgey
Vannest Ave
James Mackey
Farview
Carlisle
Flary Back
Maple
Verity Parkway
Girard Avenue
Mackey
Carrie Simpson
Middletown Rt. 2
Eleanor Anderson
Fifth St
Sutphin and
Nelbar Streets
Benny Caudill
Cincinnati- Dayton
Harry Berlage
Lafayette Avenue
Berlage
William Townsend
South Ave
Jack DeNeene
Sutphin Street
Miami Avenue
Townsend
Louise Powers
West Elkton Road
Gary Wells
Tytus Avenue
Wells
Curtis Pauling
Chicago
Columbia Avenue
Carmody Boulevard
Pauling
U. S
Union Sanitary
Neces
Middletown Journal
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