Captain Frisbie recalls Vietnam as a vast combat zone
Air Force Captain Richard T. Frisbie, son of Middleton residents, returns on 30 day leave from Tan Son Nhut Air Base near Saigon after a year as personnel officer. He describes Vietnam operations as fantastic and notes base construction, airlift needs, and training for Vietnamese workers under VC threats. He recounts long workdays, evening letters to home, and a shift of Americans onto Tan Son Nhut for transportation and security. He plans reassignment to Hickam Air Force Base in Honolulu.
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Frisbie
Ment
Tan Son Nhut
Saigon
Cunlinmetou
Capt. Frisbie
Capt
Abby
Saigon Post
Daily News
U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Hickman Air Force Base
Honolulu
Hawaii
It Was Big Day At Doty House
Children at the Doty House pre-adult activity center awaited Santa and received gifts for all. Carl Brekken and helpers organized the event and the year’s work. After Santa, students celebrated with drinks cookies candy and cake funded by local donors including McDonald's Drive-In the Eagles Lodge Sam Dennis Used Cars Lt Wilford Palmer and Mrs Cora Spencer.
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Doty House
Santa
Carl Brekken
McDonald’s Drive - In
Eagles Lodge
Sam Dennis
Wilford Palmer
Middletown
Boxcar Damaged By Fire Near Atco Avenue
Fire officials report an empty boxcar on a New York Central siding near Enoch Drive and Atco Avenue was gutted by a blaze started by children smoking yesterday afternoon. The car, new and valued at 8 000 dollars, sustained about 3 000 dollars in damage as doors and walls buckled. Firemen were summoned at 1 35 p.m.
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New York Central Railroad
Enoch Drive
Atco Avenue
Nativity Figures Displayed by Creekview Girl Scouts
Papier made nativity figures created by Creekview School Girl Scout Troop 640 are shown in the windows of The Parrot at 1019 Central Ave. Twenty five girls contributed, each making a figure or painting a backdrop over four weeks, led by Mrs Roy Hatfield with assistant Mrs Halber Haugen.
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Creekview School
Central Ave
Roy Hatfield
Halber Haugen
Yule Mail Gone Post Office Closes for Holiday
All mail and packages cleared the Middle town Post Office before noon Saturday and employees were released for the Christmas holiday. Postmaster Frank Dobrozsi praised public use of zip codes and early mailing for complete delivery before Christmas. Office reopens at 6 am Tuesday for mail pickup, dispatch, and urgent deliveries.
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Middletown
Frank Dobrozsi
Fenwick Teacher Dominick Tallarico dies of heart attack
Dominick Tallarico a 20 year old biology teacher at Fenwick High School died yesterday noon while visiting relatives in Cincinnati He was pronounced dead at Good Samaritan Hospital The native of Chicago graduated from Xavier University He and his wife Bernadette lived in Forest Park Survivors include his mother and a sister Funeral services will be 10 am Wednesday at St Johns Church Bevis Ohio Burial will be in the church cemetery Visitation 4 to 4 pm Tuesday at Neidhard Funeral Home Mt Healthy
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Dominic Tallarico
Fenwick High School
Cincinnati
Good Samaritan Hospital
Tallarico
Chicago
Xavier University
Bernadette
Forest Park
Hamilton
Margaret H. Chase
Hamilton- Scipio Road
Mercy Hospital
Hobart
Middletown
Andrew
Charles
Lexington
Stanley Schappacher
Okeana
Emma Schlueter
Brown- Dawson
Queen 'S Peace Church
Millville
Gate of Heaven Cemetery
Funeral Home
Man Takes Own Life at Chase Hotel
A 59 year old man hanged himself in his hotel room at the Chase Hotel on 24 S Main St. He left Ruthie P Sandberg of Tampa Fla as next of kin. Police seek relatives in Oregon Alaska and elsewhere. The body was taken to Riggs Funeral Home.
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Chase Hotel
S. Main St
Arthur J. Sandberg
Sandberg
Ruthie P. Sandberg
Tampa
Fla
Kaiser Engineers
Project 600
Tytus Ave
Riggs Funeral Home
20 Years In Prison On A Mistake
William Mellveen Jr a 28 year old barber sits in Dallas County jail serving a 20 year term after a clerical error. His lawyer says a grand jury no bill was mixed with indictments and signed by the foreman. Prosecutors insist the signed indictment stands regardless of the error.
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Liam Mellveen Jr
Charles Tessmer
Dallas County
Grand
Mellveen
McIlveen
MeIlveen
Henry King
Tessmer
Mcllveen
Henry Wade
Wade
Three-Car Crash On Grand Avenue Injures Three
Three people suffered minor injuries in a rear end collision at Grand Avenue and Highland Street at 1 35 p m. Charles R Johnson 17 Christine J Maurice and Robert A Stultz 50 were involved Johnson cited for unsafe following. Damage to all three cars estimated at 450 dollars. Four other accidents investigated caused over 900 dollars in damage.
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Grand Avenue
Highland Street
Charles R. Johnson
Hill Ave
Christine J. Maurice
Robert A. Stultz
Wicoff St
Johnson
Maurice Auto
Stultz
Murray McLain Sr
Central Ave
Franklin Street
Cyprian R. Klamp
Regent Drive
Charles Dearth
Kay Drive
Franklin
Manchester Avenue
Dearth
Emma J. Null
Mary F. Selby
Vail Avenue
Clinton Street
Miss Selby
Dragging Operations To Continue In River Rescue
Foster Warren County sheriff's deputies planned further dragging at 8 am today to recover the body of 15-year-old Robert Bost who drowned when a canoe overturned at the dam on the Little Miami River. His companion swam to an island as the floodwaters swirled. Efforts yesterday failed to locate him.
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Foster
Warren County Sheriff's Deputies
Waynesville
Little Miami
Robert Bost
Paul Bost
Lytle Terry Road
Bost
Commissioners to Meet Tuesday Over Curb Cut Ordinance
City commissioners will hold their weekly meeting Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the City Building auditorium to consider an ordinance limiting curb cuts on new thoroughfares. The measure aims to prevent congestion and danger by restricting curb cut numbers. The article also notes local incidents including a purse loss at the Middletown Shopping Plaza and a car break in on Goldman Avenue.
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Thelma Nicholson
Elman Court
Middletown
Police Briefs and Vandalism Reported Across City
Vandals stole outdoor Christmas lights from three homes causing about 20 dollars in damage. Dosha McNew of 1906 North Ave reported two youths with a 22 caliber rifle shot a dog tied at the rear of his home yesterday.
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Dosha McNew
North Ave
Fire and false alarm incidents reported at multiple locations
At 11:45 a.m. a car at 117 S Broad St owned by Coley Smith suffered $200 damage from a leaking gas. A 4:20 p.m. false alarm occurred at 3024 Oxford State Road rear. At 6:40 p.m. an overheated motor bearing in a refinery room at Sorg Paper Co caused no damage. no figures provided.
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S. Broad St
Coley Smith
14Th Ave
Oxford State Road
Manchester Ave
Sorg Paper Co
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Vietnam
Jack Frisbie
Butler Co
Heart Association
South Broad
Fenwick
Neidhard Funeral Home
Hamilton Ave
Healthy
Mrs
Margaret Chase
Oregon
Alaska
Mr. Sanberg
Butler County
Christmas
Dodd
Robert Kontiner
Mgr
Verity
Dallas, Tex
Wil
Ronald Wood
Goldman Ave
Certified Parts Company
Charles St
Save! Wamsutta Towels
Belleair
Stevens
Bath, Reg
Utica
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