Accidents Cause Over $3,000 In Damages In Middletown
Police investigated eight accidents since Saturday night with seven drivers cited for damages over 3000 dollars. Notable incidents include Percy Craft and Ralph Thomas at Broad Street and Central Avenue, pedestrian Albert Blanton struck on Verity Parkway, and several other crashes with fault cited for yielding or following too close.
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Middletown
Percy B. Craft
Kaye Drive
Ralph D. Thomas
Middletown Hospital
Broad Street
Central Avenue
Craft
Thomas Auto
Thomas
Craft Auto
Albert Blanton
No Man's Road
Michael J. Mitchell
Ith Ave
Mitchell
Verity Parkway
Brannon
Madison Board Moves Up Meeting Date
The Madison Board of Education will meet Thursday at 8 30 p m at Madison High School library. Board clerk Janice Murray cited the holiday shift from the usual fourth Thursday of the month.
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Madison Board of Educaton
Madison High School Brary
Janice Murray
Ve-Ams urge gifts for Vietnam troops at Christmas
The Ve-Ams plan to send more and larger packages to area servicemen in Viet Nam. Ten packages were sent Friday with funds to send at least ten more tomorrow. Collection drives run Dec 18–19 at Central School gym. Donations go to local American Legion officers and Realtors and banks. Telephone contacts listed for servicemen names and box locations include Gillen Crow Pharmacies and major retailers.
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Ve-Ams
Viet Nam
Central School
Dorothy Sabo
Sally Butts
Sylvia Hayes
St Johns Group to Sing at Nativity Scene
Members of the Savio Club of St Johns Church will sing tonight from 7 to 8 at the nativity scene in the Middletown Shopping Center under the direction of Sister Mary Seraph, club director. Mrs Harold Dorn, Christ in Christmas Committee chair, said different choral groups will sing each evening until shortly before Christmas. schedule to be announced later.
Two Franklin Schools Scene Of Burglaries
Franklin police reported two burglaries at Schenck School on Arlington Avenue and a break in at Laura Farrell School on Park Avenue. Items stolen included a tape recorder valued at 200 dollars and a phonograph worth 70 dollars from Laura Farrell, while a soft drink machine yielded small change at Schenck. No other significant losses reported.
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Two Franklin
Laura Farrell
Park Avenue
Schenck
Arlington Avenue
Halles Hellave
Franklin Police
Schock
E. Second St
Collinsville House Destroyed
A six room frame house at 1631 Depot Road Collinsville was destroyed by fire early yesterday leaving a family of five homeless. The Hachnle residence burned completely with no one inside. Fire Chief William Taylor could not determine a cause. The wife and three children were found to be at a relative’s in Cincinnati.
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Depot Road
Collinsville
Chris Hachnle
William Taylor
Milford
General Electric
Cincinnati
Commission To Vote On Apartment Zoning Tonight
The city commission will consider two ordinances to rezone large tracts for apartments. The Bachmann six acre tract near Breiel Boulevard and Grand Avenue seeks R-4 zoning after a split vote. a nearby 15 acre area south of Miller Road faces opposition from planning officials.
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City Commission
Bachmann
Breiel Boulevard
Grand
Planning Commission
Middletown
Miller Road
James Curry
Virgil Clark
William Denham
Donald Gose
Mary Lord
Clark
Curry
TV Transformer Fire Causes Damage on Wilbraham Road
Firefighters were summoned to 2801 Wilbraham Road at 8 06 pm when a television set inside Candas Scherrie’s home overheated. The blaze caused interior damage and a $25 loss.
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Wilbraham Road
Middletown
Candas Scherrie
Wibraham Road
Plea Made For Items Taken Here
Middletown attorney J A Casper appeals to thieves who ransacked his home Saturday afternoon to return or leave. Five items of little value to anyone but Casper were taken along with expensive jewelry and coins. The missing items include a Phi Beta Kappa key a watch engraved with April 8 1923 a Coif Key a Tau Kappa Alpha key and a Pi Theta Tau gavel shaped key. A later check showed more valuables missing including a three carat diamond ring from Casper's mother foreign gold coins and other coins. Cash was only $15 in one dollar bills saved for the coin collection and lacking the In God We Trust imprint.
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Middletown
J. A. Casper
Casper
Miami University
Cincinnati
God We
Trust
Driver Cited In Franklin Wreck
Damage was set at $600 in a two car accident on S Main Street at Rt 73. Dewey Robertson 51 of 103 High St stopped for a stop sign then entered the intersection when his car was struck by Carl Pearson 65 of Wilson Drive. Witnesses said Pearson drove at high speed without headlights and he was cited for reckless operation.
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Farl J. Patterson
Hill Ave
Edward D. Helton
Irene M. Mull
Donald Armtage
Germantown Pike
Germantown
Water Street
Veleda M. Vogelsang
N. Verity Parkway
Daniel N. Donisi
Jackson St
Central Avenue
George E. Brooks
Locust St. Franklin
Vogelsang
Danisi
Vogelsang Auto
Franklin
S. Main Street
Rt. 73
Dewey Robertson
High St
Carl Pearson
Wilson Drive
Pearson
License Stations to Close in Ohio Holiday Break
All Ohio driver examination stations will close on Friday December 24 and Friday December 31, as State Highway Patrol Superintendent Col. Robert M. Chiaramonte notes. Union holiday rules shift non working days to preceding days when Christmas and New Year fall on Saturday. He urges applicants to call early for appointments due to the usual heavy exam schedule during holidays.
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Ohio
Robert M. Chiaramonte
State
106Th
General Assembly
Col. Chiaramonte
Miami Offices Close Dec 22 for Christmas Break
Oxford Miami University administrative offices will close from 5 p.m. Wednesday December 22 to 8 a.m. Monday December 27. The University Center also closes for that period and the broadcasting service suspends TV activities since December 10 and FM broadcasts end December 18, resuming January 5.
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Oxford — Miami University
Miami University Center
Miami University Broadcasting Service
Kidnap Report Shocks Middletown Police
Middletown police are investigating a report that a 23 year old man was abducted from Parkview Cafe at 2024 Yankee Road and forced at gunpoint toward Reading Ohio. James Whitman of 1810 Flemming Road said he and a man named George were coerced into a car with Indiana plates. Whitman escaped at about 9:45 pm by leaping from the vehicle and contacting a bar. The abductors claimed to have stolen the car in Ohio and planned further robbery or hold up. Whitman does not know what happened to George.
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Middletown
Parkview
Yankee Road
Reading
Ohio
James Whitman
Flemming Road
George
Indiana
Whitman
Whisman
Hat Department Theft and Multiple Purses Thefts Reported
Betty Simmons of McAlpin's hat department reported four fur hats valued at 240 dollars stolen. Seven women said over 41 dollars was taken from their purses left in the First Methodist Church choir room on Sunday morning. Wendell R. Taylor, 21, of 1997 Hill Street, was arrested on a driving while intoxicated charge. Marlin J. Conner, 18, Ray Isaacs, 22, Danny Sizmore, 21, and a 16 year old Waynesville youth were arrested on Clark Street for petit larceny after police found a wheel removed from a truck in their car.
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Betty Simmons
McAlpin's
Breiel Boulevard
S. Broad S
Wendell R. Taylor
Hill St
Marlin J. Conner
Wikerson Lane
Waynesville
Danny Sizmore
Ray Isaacs
Waynesvile
Pole
Clark Street
Multiple Area Crashes Leave Fourteen Injured
Fourteen people were injured in five area crashes reported by the Butler County sheriff and highway patrol. Notable incidents include a Franklin group of five in a Rt. 129 wreck near Yankee Road and a 12:40 p.m. Tyler Road rollover east of I 175 involving George Preston and two Hamilton passengers.
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Butler County Sheriff's Office
Franklin
Hamilton
Rt. 129
Yankee Road
George Preston
Kahn Ave
Tylersville Road
Darlene Beckelhymer
Schuler Ave
Clarence Taylor
Cincin
Knights of Pythias District Initiation Held at Castle Hall
Lafayette Lodge hosted District 4 initiation for eight candidates to the page rank in ceremonies Saturday night at Castle Hall 104 Central Ave. The fifty year anniversary of the Pythian Home in Springfield was observed. Attending lodges included Springboro Waverly Eaton Glenn Seven Mile Normont Cincinnati and Lafayette with guests Harlan C Wall Roswell Clarke Hubert Wilson James Wert Roy Bowling and district officers Donald Treadway and Donald Hall.
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Lafayette Lodge
The
Knights For
Pythians
Castle Hall
Central Ave
Springfield
Springboro Lodge
Charles C. Reedy
Elvin Davidson
Neil Clingman
Carl Hirshback
Donald Thompson
Fallis Paine
Charles Trickey
Roger Garrett
Waverly
Eaton
Glenn
Seven Mile
Normont
Cincinnati
Springboro
Lafayette
Harlan C. Wall
Ohio
Roswell Clarke
Grand Outer Guard
Hubert Wilson
James Wert
Roy Bowling
Donald Treadway
Donald Hall
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Calumet Ave
Alice Back
Seneca Drive
Ollie Day, M
Curtis St
Central Aveue
Madison
Butler County Awning CO. Inc
Arthur Sanderson
American Legion
S. Main St
Middletown City
Charles Terhune
Hayes
Sanderson
Gillen-Crow
Montgomery Ward
Grant's
Central Store
Sears
Consolidated Inc
Albers, Krogers
Shaddock’s Pence’s
Liberal
Sorrell’s
St. John’s
Savio Club
St. Johns Church
Ping Center
Sister Mary Seraph
Club di
Harold Dorn
Christ
Mittee
Cincinnati-Dayton Road
Bohman
Shoppers
Rick's TV Service
Te Ee Et Ee
TESA
Miami
Mercy Hospital
Mary Lambert
Fifth St
Harmond Shepherd
Ronnie Kelly
James Johnson
Ruth Johnson
Joan Johnson
Main St
Nati
Robert Olene Baker
S. Kth St
Tld
Interstate 175
Baker
Clinton Memorial Hospital
Wilmington
Rt. 22
Morrow
Terry Garrison
Blanchester Rt. 1
Lake Road
Elsie Doyle
Morrow Rt. 12
Greenlawn ‘Road
Vernon H. Paing
High ‘St
John
Paing
Mary H. Brant
Reigart Road
Brant
Bartel
Tae
Finance & Acceptance Corporation
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