RAIL PEN HOLDERS Show Middletown's horsecar rail keepsake
Middletown residents can buy pen holders made from a central avenue rail once used by the city horsecar. COMCO's project, led by Don Hill, has sold about 150 sets toward a 320 goal. The rail dates from 1918 and was excavated during mall construction.
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Mike McLeod
City of Middletown Company
COMCO
Middletown
Central Avenue
Don Hill
Hill
Cohen Brother
St. Louis
Salvation Army figures show mixed holiday aid results
This Christmas the Salvation Army reports 10,012.17 from mail appeals up from 9,780.44 and 5,945.66 in kettle receipts down from 7,144.66. Total income fell 967.27 below 1973 as baskets rose to 353 and toys to 1,648 while food orders reached 97 and league of mercy packs 656.
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Salvation Army
League of Mercy
Two Charged in Middletown Paint Store Robbery Slaying
Middletown police say a man admitted driving the car used in last Thursday’s armed robbery at the Pittsburgh Paint Center on Central Avenue. Charges were filed yesterday against Charles Arnold, 30, of Dayton, held since Saturday, with two men named as alleged accomplices.
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Middletown
Pittsburgh
Central Avenue
Charles Arnold
Dayton
Arnold
Michael Carter
Franklin
Dayton man charged in aggravated murder case
Police, aided by Dayton officers, arrested Henry Harris, 35, of Dayton after statements by Arnold. A second suspect, Donald Smith, 32, turned himself in at 7:30 a.m. today after a warrant was issued for his arrest on the same charge.
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Arnold
Dayton
Henry Harris
Donald Smith
Harris
Smith
Middletown
Lire
Hamilton
Donna Arnold
Butler County
McConaughy Leaves Middletown Health Post After 27 Years
Middletown Health Commissioner Robert McConaughy steps down ending a 27 year career marking shifts from eradicated diseases to new challenges. He passes leadership to Paul Asmussen of Zionsville Indiana and notes the rise of grant driven management and indigent care clinics. He regrets missing the move to a new city building in 1976 and praises Middletown’s engaged citizens.
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Mike McLeod
Middletown
Robert McConaughy
McConaughy
Paul Asmussen
Zionsville
Ind
Ohio Health Commissioners Association
Ohio
Ohio Association of Public Health Sanitarians
Ruth
Bellomonte St
Mark
Patrick
City workers reject offer after clause removal
Union members vote unanimously against the city’s latest contract offer. The wage package includes a 34 cent per hour raise and removes the management rights clause, while benefits like a prescription rider on Blue Cross Blue Shield were not included. A mediation board may be sought as the Dec. 31 contract deadline nears and police remain the only settled group.
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Larry Watkins
American Federation of State
Roy Bechtel
Watkins
Judge Overrules Dismissal in Rape Kidnapping Case
Hamilton Butler County Common Pleas Judge Fred Cramer overruled a defense motion to dismiss charges against Willard Johnson 32 of 3551 Tylersville Road He ordered a 60 day psychiatric exam at Lima State Hospital following a jury verdict on one count each of rape and kidnapping The defendant’s former counsel Steven Shane claimed improper removal and noted Johnson’s replacement by Scott Ray Jr The case involves two additional rape and kidnapping counts with trials pending and possible consolidation under Ohio law to a lesser charge while motions proceed.
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Hamilton
Butler County
Johnson
Shane
Scott Ray Jr
Lebanon
Ray
Local Heart Association nets 592.50 from Christmas card drive
The Heart Association raised 592.50 this year from selling and mailing Christmas cards, its first year of this fundraising method. The project increased donations by about 500 percent from last year and will aid heart disease programs. Joseph Schramm chaired the effort at Wilson-Schramm Memorial Homes.
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Local Heart Association
Joseph Schramm
Wilson-Schramm Memorial Homes
Dayton man charged with rape of 12 year old girl
A Dayton man, 36 year old Thomas Lowe, was arrested on Woodlawn Avenue at 2 30 AM and charged with raping a 12 year old girl. Police also report vandalism including shot out windows on several vehicles and a floodlight at 513 S Main St. A Citizens band radio was stolen from Marguerite Banta’s car in Fairbury Illinois. Three loads of wet laundry were taken from a Park Street laundromat, with witnesses noting a girl carrying the laundry leaving in an unclear direction.
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Dayton
Thomas Lowe
Woodlawn Avenue
Maurice DeBrosse
Boylston St
Melvin Richards
Lafayette Ave
S. Main St
Citizens Band
Marguerite Banta
Fairbury
1600 Lawn Ave
James Sims
Louisiana
Park Street
Kenyan nationalist Walter Odede dies in Nairobi
Kenyan nationalist Walter Odede aged 68 who sat in Parliament during British rule and was father in law to assassinated leader Tom Mboya died after a long illness in Nairobi.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Walter Odede
Tom Mboya
Indiana Targets Untaxed Liquor with New ABC Campaign
Indiana warns residents not to import untaxed liquor from neighboring states as the Alcoholic Beverage Commission expands enforcement. About 6 million dollars of out of state liquor is sold yearly in Indiana with roughly 2 million in lost tax revenue. Executives expect most illegal sales to be cut in six months, focusing on Lake County across from Chicago.
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Indianapolis
ABC
Indiana
Philip Sanders
Lake County
State Line
Chicago
Alcoholic Beverage Commission
Illinois
Thomas Stoughton
James Sims
Sanders
Fire and gas furnace incidents reported in city area
Fire at 3403 Wildwood Road for Austin Clem age 50 with chest pains. oxygen given and taken to hospital in serious condition. At 310 Franklin Street a stuck gas furnace valve caused no fire and no damage on arrival. At 313 Leibee Street Tom Creekbaum age 78 treated for pains and dismissed from hospital.
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Wildwood Road
Austin Clem
Franklin St
Edna Sticklen
Leibee St
Tom Creekbaum
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Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad
Cincinnati
Silverman
City
Whollstowhn
Fapo Transit
Central
West
Journal
Area News
Marrs
Cramer
Lima
Schramm
Intertherm Electric
Underwriters Laboratories, Inc
CSA
First Avenue
Grimes
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