Police Cruiser Mileage and Crime Stats Highlight November Report
City police released a monthly report showing nearly 70 000 miles driven by cruisers in November. Detectives logged a 660 percent rise in burglaries investigated with 88.5 percent solved. Traffic unit logged 10 441 miles in 200 accidents and 891 citations. total accidents through Nov 30 reached 2 085, up from 1 978 a year earlier. Fraud and forgery arrests rose 125 percent. eight fraudulent checks cleared by four arrests. Juvenile arrests fell 37 percent with 24 in November.
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Division of Police
Traffic Bureau
Motorist Injured in Yankee Road Accident
James E. Brown a 47 year old resident of Lebanon Route 3 was treated at Middletown Hospital after his car went out of control struck a bridge culvert on Yankee Road north of Route 63. State patrol investigated the 8:20 a.m. yesterday crash reporting injuries to his mouth right arm and legs and a demolished car.
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James E. Brown
Lebanon Rt. 3
Middletown Hospital
Yankee Road
Route 63
State Patrol
Brown
Yankee
Commencement At OSU On Friday
Columbus Ohio AP autumn quarter exercises set for December 2 at Ohio State University. Eight hundred graduates will receive degrees including 89 doctor of philosophy recipients and 190 master's degrees.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio State University
2000 Orders Placed For Book The Torch
The Middletown Journal reports a surge to 2000 orders for the hardback book The Torch detailing the JFK assassination. The initial 100 copies rose after requests, with $2 and coupon required. distribution begins early January, mailings to late orders and pickups by telephone available, final order planned midweek, delays possible for non orders.
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Middletown Journal
John F. Kennedy
Journal
Request for Kennedy Assassination Book Copies
Patron seeks copies of The Torch Is Passed on President Kennedy's Assassination. Encloses name address city and payment of $2 per copy including sales tax. State is provided.
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Kennedy
Massive reservoir flood swallows canyon homes and streets
A catastrophic earthen front failed as a reservoir breach sent ten foot high flood tides through a canyon neighborhood near Culver City. Terraced homes in Village Green were washed away, cars trapped, and two elderly women died after a vehicle was swept into a sewer excavation near Rodeo Road and La Brea.
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Coliseum
Baldwin Hills
Rodeo Road
la Brea
Culver City
Police Motorcade Roars Through City Streets
A line of about 30 motorcycle officers rode through the area ahead of the water main work, sending dust and noise along the route. Residents watched as the disciplined procession moved in formation with sirens briefly wailing and engines rumbling.
Driving Rights Of Franklinite Taken By Court
Franklin Municipal Court revoked Bobby Joe Turner’s driving rights for six months after a reckless operation conviction. Turner was also fined 25 and costs with 10 suspended. Other fines included James Daley 10 costs suspended for unnecessary noise Bernal Moon 10 for assured clear distance Samuel Ivins 25 for forfeiting bonds Gardner Gibson 25 for no operator’s license and Jmes Hoffman 25 for no highway use tax permit. Judge Riley also fined14 speeders a total of 280.
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Franklin
Bobby Joe Turner
Seventh Street
J. T. Riley
Turner
James Daley
Carlisle
Bernal Moon
Manchester Road
Samuel Ivins
Middletown
Chautauqua Settlement Faces Disputed Assessment
The Journal reports the $70 annual assessment was upheld by Montgomery Common Pleas Court while a Friday order restrains excess of $35 pending final decision. Roy Boucher, attorney for property owners, states the case not dismissed and a settlement by committees is sought.
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Miami Valley Chautauqua
the Journal
Chautauoua
Roy Boucher
Dayton
Montgomery Common Pleas Court
Robert McBride
Boucher
Association
Lawyers
Fire blamed on cigarette at Gillen Crow Pharmacy
A cigarette caused a lavatory fire at Gillen Crow Pharmacy located at 2516 Stevens Ave. City firemen arrived at 4:30 p.m. to find a waste basket ablaze. Damage estimated at $50.
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Gillen- Crow
Stevens Ave
Heater Fault Sparks Car Fire on Baltimore Street
Fire officials reported a faulty heater caused a car fire belonging to Louis Andres at 29 Franklin St. yesterday at 11 43 a m on Baltimore Street. Damage was estimated at 255 dollars.
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Louis Andres
Franklin St
Baltimore Street
Firemen Extinguish Car Blaze Caused by Short Circuit
Firefighters contained a blaze in a car owned by Carl Fugett at 619 Waite Street at 6 42 p m yesterday. Officials said a short circuit under the hood sparked the fire and damage was estimated at 100 dollars.
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Carl Fugett
Waite St
American family hosts Soviet guests for Christmas plan
The James C. McKenzie family of Portsmouth Ohio will host Soviet engineer Victor Posdneev Nina his wife and their son for a week as part of Operation Peace on Earth funded by the Portsmouth Junior Chamber of Commerce. The McKenzies will keep grace at meals and other customs while learning about their guests who were born and raised in Moscow and work in the automobile industry.
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Portsmouth, Ohio
U.S. S.R
James C. McKenzie
Ohio
Ohio River
Kentucky
Victor Posdneev
Nina
Portsmouth
Tur
McKenzies
Grace
Posdneev
Moscow
Bicycle recovered and theft details on city streets
Police report a bicycle stolen from Billy Burns at 309 Young St has been recovered at 12 32 p m on 10th Avenue. Officers also found a newspaper stand and coin box at the rear of Bobby Brooks Co on Main Street with the coin box broken open.
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Billy Burns
Young St
10Th Avenue
Bobby Brooks Co
Main Street
Obituary for William S. Conklin 76 Former County Official
Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Riggs Funeral Home for William S. Conklin 76 of 1115 Calumet Ave former county official. The Rev. Paul McCauley will officiate and burial will be in Woodside Cemetery. Knights of Pythias and Masonic Lodge memorial services follow, with memorials to Christ Methodist Church. He died Saturday at Middletown Hospital after a period of illness.
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William S. Conklin
Calumet Ave
Countyard
Riggs Funeral Home
Paul McCauley
Woodside Cemetery
Knights of Phythias
Masonic Lodges
Christ Methodist Church
Conklin
Middletown
Driver Cited After Crash on Tytus and Charles
Herschell G Rice of 302 Gideon Road was cited by city police for failure to view after a two car collision at 12 40 p m yesterday. The auto struck a car driven by Mary Caudill Weenust Ave causing 95 dollars in damage. Another accident on Stevens Avenue at 2 45 p m involved Stephen Pate Middletown Rt 4 and James B Frisby 429 E State St Trenton with 125 dollars damage. neither driver cited.
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Herschell G. Rice
Gideon Road
Tytus Avenue
Charles Street
Ee Auto
Mary Caudill
Weenust Ave
Stephen Pate
Middletown Rt. 4
James B. Frisby
E. State St
Trenton
Stevens Avenue
Kuwait names Yacoub Shammas ambassador to Moscow
Lebanon reports Kuwait names Yacoub Shammas as its first ambassador to Moscow. The Soviet Union had previously named an ambassador to Kuwait three months earlier.
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Peirut
Lebanon
Kuwait
Yacoub Shammas
Moscow
Soviet Union
Baby Receives Burns From Spill of Boiling Water
Clarence Ingram aged 2, son of Mr and Mrs George R Ingram of 1a4 Lafayette Ave, was treated at Middletown Hospital for first degree burns to the shoulder after a pan of boiling water spilled onto him. Police aided the youth saying he pulled the pan from the kitchen stove at his residence at 3 p.m.
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Clarence Ingram
George R. Ingram
Lafayette Ave
Middletown Hospital
Lebanon Woman Hurt In Crash On Interstate 75
Barbara Jentz 22 Lebanon Rt. 2 was treated at Mercy Hospital after a two car collision on I 75 three miles north of the Hamilton County line. She suffered injuries to her right elbow and hip as a passenger in a car driven by William A. Jentz 26. Horton David 43 Cincinnati drove another auto which was rear ended while stopped. Sheriff’s department investigated the 1:45 p.m. crash.
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Hamilton
Lebanon
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton County
Barbara Jentz
Lebanon Rt. 2
Butler County Sheriff's Department
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