Fire Study Continues After Downtown Blaze
Investigators say no suspicious activity found after two days examining the Central Avenue fire that destroyed S&S Furniture Store and damaged nearby properties. They plan to inspect oil tanks and a furnace area as debris is removed, warning wall collapse could alter loss estimates.
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Central Avenue
S&s
Union Sanitary Laundry
Halsey Corporation
Butler County Welfare Office
Arvu
WMI
Waryauae
Furniture Company
Curtis
Halsey Corp
James Mattson
Fire Report From Two Local Homes
At 3:19 a.m. an ambulance took 76 year old Mrs. Lulubelle Horton from 101 Red Bud Drive to the hospital in fair condition. At 4:06 a.m. 73 year old Mrs. Mary Etta Taylor was sent by ambulance from 1934 Flemming Road in serious condition.
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Red Bud Drive
Lulubelle Horton
Flemming Road
Mary Etta Taylor
Car falls on man at Camden. Camden death under car
Ronald Gabbard 20 of Camden Rt. 3 died when a car he was working on slipped from blocks and pinned him beneath it at his parents home on US 127 south of Camden. Coroner Dr. Robert Siehl ruled suffocation. Survived by his parents a brother and grandmother. Funeral arrangements announced.
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Camden
Preble County
Clyde Gabbard
Here
Ronald Gabbard
Robert Siehl
Gabbard
Deaths and Funerals Thrive in Middletown Area
Obituaries list Mrs Gladys Mason 63 former Blue Ball and Springhill secretary dying at daughter's Columbus home after long illness. Also noted are Earl Hoerner 78 and Arthur Kowalk 77 services set. Rose Murphy 87 Monroe resident. Rev Henry Norman 78 Richmond evangelist. Ada Gebhart 84 Germantown. multiple survivors and burial details.
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Gladys Mason
Blue Ball
Springhill
Arthur Kash
Columbus
Rose E. Murphy
Monroe
Fairfield Nursing Home
Woodhill Cemetery
Franklin
Wilson-Schramm Memorial
Henry Norman
Richmond
Middletown
Patty Clay
Ian
Norman
Vina
Clay
Germantown
Edward Madden
Roscoe Madden
Pennsylvania
Earl Madden
Illinois
Kash Ingram
Melbourne
Fla
Clara Lowery
Naomi Bowman
Fay Davis
Miami
Tarney Greene
Buchanan, Mich
Joseph
Ada Gebhart
Germantown Rt
Howard
Ruth Nossett
Edna Lambert
Germantown Rt. 2
Orion Hartzell
Lester Kuhn
Miamisburg
John Arpp
Harry Deaven
Germantown Cemetery
Knollbrook Meadows Phase II Approved by Planners
Franklin Planning Commission approved Phase II of Knollbrook Meadows subdivision and amended the plat to require sewer connection to future trunks. The project adds about 20 acres, with 136 to 138 lots planned, serving 40 existing homes and a large package plant for current and Phase II needs.
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Knollbrook Meadows
Franklin
Franklin Planning Commission
Hunter School
Ohio 123
Red Lion
Manuel Garlikov
Middletown
Knollbrook ‘Meadows
Franklin Woods Subdivision
Gerke
Gunmen Take $30 From Bonded Service Station Attendant
Police seek two white men in their 20s who robbed Daniel Bush at 3 a.m. at the Bonded service station on N Verity Parkway. Bush, 21, was hosing the lot when the pair produced a pistol and demanded cash then fled in a car. The men, about 5 6 and 170 to 175 pounds, had been at the station the previous night.
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Daniel Bush
Garfield St
N. Verity Parkway
Bush
Break-Ins Fail At Seven Central Avenue Stores
Seven attempted burglaries were reported along Central Avenue with no entries. Police noted heavy tools were used to pry doors at Singer Store 1371 Central, George's Grocery 1350 Central, Middletown Vacuum Cleaners 1391 Central, Camera Shop 1318 Central, Fair Auto Supply 1356 Central, Korros & Sons 1338 Central, and Spiegel's 1380 Central.
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Central Avenue
Singer Store
Central
George’s Grocery
Middletown Vacuum Cleaners
Camera Shop
Fair Auto Supply
Korros & Sons
Spiegel’s
City Gets Bill For Toy Animals Damages
Margaret Kunde asked Rochester Minnesota's City Council to reimburse 176 for damages to 10 hippos eight alligators eight dogs and 12 rabbits in her basement after a plugged sewer backed up water. The council referred the matter to its attorney for action.
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Rochester
Minn
Margaret Kunde
Kiwanis Honors Two Men for Spiritual Community Work
Middletown Kiwanis Club awarded special plaques to Charles W. Beck Jr. Barnitz Bank vice president and Courtney Duff Jr. president of Courtney Duff Associates and Courtney Duff Construction Co. at a Manchester Inn luncheon for dedication to God and local spiritual welfare. Beck led First United Methodist Church as lay leader and Duff served Crawford Street Church of God as trustee, superintendent of Sunday school, and finance chair during the Billy Graham Crusade involvement.
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Charles W. Beck Jr
Barnitz Bank
Courtney Duff Jr
Courtney Duff Associates, Inc
Courtney Duff Construction Co
Middletown Kiwanis Club
Manchester Motor Inn
Beck
Reid L. Kenyon
Kiwanis Committee
Kenyon
First United Methodist Church
C. E. Wintringham
Duff
Crawford Street
Therecent
Billy Graham Associates Crusade For Christ
Middletown
UC Branch Campus Sets Registration
In person registration for winter quarter evening classes at Raymond Walters College Blue Ash will be held at 9555 Plainfield Road on December 27 and 28 from 6 to 8 p.m. Late registration with a $10 fee accepted January 3 during 6 to 8 p.m. on the first evening of winter classes.
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Cincinnati
Raymond Walters General and Technical College
University of Cincinnati, Blue Ash
Plainfield Road
Two Killed By Police In Cleveland Truck Chase
In Cleveland Ohio two men were shot and killed by patrolmen after a chase of a stolen Ohio Bell Telephone Co truck. The suspects died at Lakeside Hospital, both shot in the head. Police said officers fired after one man drew a knife and the other a pistol.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Lakeside Hospital
Richard Seneff
Robert Wood
Reynolds Ave Woman Robbed and Pushed at Doorstep
Pauline Hayes of 1302 Reynolds Ave reported a purse snatching and assault as she returned home yesterday afternoon. She described the thief as a thin white youth about 16 to 20, who fled with less than three dollars in her purse.
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Reynolds Avene
Pauline Hayes
Reynolds Ave
Playwright Jacques Deval Dies at 82 in Paris
Paris AP reports playwright Jacques Deval died Tuesday at age 82. The author of Tovaritch and Mademoiselle wrote eighteen plays and gained fame in the theater world.
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Paris
Jacques Deval
Tovaritch
Mademoiselle
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Halsey
Stan’s
Earl Hoerner
Pleasant Ave
Webb
Dalbert Johnson
Colligan
Arthur Kowalk
Staunton Drive
Middletown High School
Kash
Donald
Kent, Wash
Charles Reed
Charles Link
Harrison ,Goodsall
Lawrence Hoffman
Jerry Spears
Sunset Cemetery
Mrs. Rose Murphy
Rev
R. Baker & Sons Funeral Home
Henry Howard
Woodside Cemetery
Mrs
William Gansheimer
Michael W. Smith
Cate
South Broad St
Converse Monument CO
Manchester
Neer Neon High
Dale Converse
Kiwanis
Charles Beck JR
Zenith
University
McAlpin
Joe
Sally
Blue
McAlpin’s
McAlpin‘s
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