Butler County officials sworn in during Hamilton ceremony
Twelve officials including county commissioners and judges took oaths in Hamilton with Judge Cramer and Judge Fiehrer presiding. New terms begin January 1 for several judges and January 6 for most others, with auditorial remarks from local bar leaders and brief jokes during the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Butlersdietown
Richard
J. Wessel
Jean Blazer
Middletown
Cale Lagedan
Common Pleas
Fred B. Cramer
Cramer
Arthur J. Fiehrer
David Black
Robert L. Marrs
Mark G. Wendel
Garret J. Boone
William R. Hendrickson
Edward S. Robb Jr
William Denham
The
Mid
Mark Wendel
Harry F. Walsh
Ben Kitchen
Butler County Bar Association
New Year's Deadlines Announced for Journal Staff
Early Jan 1 half holiday for Journal employees. Wednesday edition to press before noon. Sports by 8:15 a.m. Women’s news by 9:15 a.m. Obituaries and local news by 10 a.m. Want ads due 9 a.m. Offices close at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal
Chuckle About Students Drinking From The Fountain
A lighthearted item contrasts two kinds of students as one drinks deeply from learning while another merely gargles. The anecdote uses witty phrasing to poke gentle fun at study habits.
Hyde Moves From Sheriff Staff to Prosecutor Office
Hyde, long captain in charge of the detective division for Sheriff James F. Hixon, becomes special investigator for Prosecutor Richard J. Wessel. Hixon reports resignations from Hyde and others, while Deputy Wilbur Buck remains with the new sheriff Harold J. Carpenter. New deputies were sworn in. Several veterans will not be retained by the incoming administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Cliff Hyde
James F. Hixon
Richard J. Wessel
Hixon
Capt. Hyde
Cpl
James Easter
Eleanor Ables
Sheriff's Department
Betty Gillespie
Wilbur Buck
Harold J. Carpenter
Buck
Stanley Corey
Ed Rice
Norman Hazelton
Elizabeth Hazelton
Ray Palmerton
New Year Festivities Vary by Local Spots
Gaiety planned across Middletown venues as flu curbs reservations at Brown's Run and several others. Some spots like Millie's Cafe and Duff's Cafe welcome walk ins with no reserve, while venues such as Howard's Coffee Shop remain closed some days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown's Run Country Club
Brown's Run
Millie
Clinton Street
Reynolds Avenue
Parkway Motel
Cassano’s Pizza House
Congress Inn
Manchester Motor Inn
Charlie Reeder
Kinney
Franklin
Duff's
Charles Street
Holiday Inn
Chase Hotel
S. Main Street
Howard’s
Tytus Avenue
Nome Alaska Fishery Exports Reach 6.5 Million in 1967
Nome Alaska reports that 1967 fishery exports totaled 6.5 million dollars, representing thirteen percent of the United States total fishery exports.
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NOME
Alaska
U. S
Hygienist Becomes Oregon's First Negro Dental Hygienist
Former Middletown resident Rose R. Brown is now Oregon's first African American dental hygienist. She works with Dr. Herrick in Portland and writes as a fashion reporter for the Clarion Defender's Tan magazine. Brown, born in St Petersburg, grew up in Middletown and earned a Howard University dentistry degree. She is married to Canute Brown, a Portland attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
State of
Oregon
the Clarion Defender
Tan
Portland
December Not Cold Just Cool In Middletown Weather Wrap
Middletown weather observer C. T. Morningstar reports a notably cool December with an average of 32 degrees, a high of 55 on the 27th, a low of 10 on the 16th and 3.88 inches of precipitation. The year ends cool and wet with 4.18 inches of rainfall and five days at or below zero.
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C. T. Morningstar
Middletown
Morningstar
Ches
Warren County Nixes Stonyrill Annexation Bid
Warren County Commissioners voted unanimously to deny Middletown eastward expansion via the Stonyrill annexation petition. The decision followed rejection of South Lebanon’s request to annex 866 acres west of the village, including Cincinnati Milling Machine’s new plant site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chuck Olsen
Lebanon
Warren County
Middletown
Stonyrill
Vern Simpson
Simpson
Monroe
South Lebanon
Cincinnati Milling Machine
Commission
Robert K. South
Ohio
Corwin S
Skeets
Fred
Harry Cornett
Former Clerk Pleads Guilty in Ohio Vehicular Homicide Case
Clifford C. Beckett 63, former clerk of courts in Warren County, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, leaving the scene, and first degree vehicular homicide in the Aug 27 accident that killed 10 year old Andrew Garland. The judge imposed no sentence yet aiming for probation after a investigation. Beckett resigned after the crash and his plea was read in a nonjury hearing.
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Beckett
Andrew Garland
T. C. Garland
Springboro
Springboro Road
Fred Jones
Lebanon
John Oswald
Oswald
Jones
Jackson County Common Pleas
Thomas Mitchell
Warren C. Young
Warren County Bar Association
J.T. Riley
Ohio
Italy to Open First Color TV Tube Plant at Anagni
Rome reports Italy nears completion of its first color TV tube production plant at Anagni about 35 miles southeast of Rome. The facility carries an expected cost of 11 million dollars and marks a major step in domestic electronics manufacturing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Italy
Anagni
Franklin Rate Hike Proposed for Water and Sewage Fees
City Manager Bernard F. Eichholz urged a near 40 percent water rate rise at a special year end meeting, lacking a quorum. The plan would raise three month water charges from 5.60 to 7.86 and tap-ins to 200, plus 30 percent sewer and 20 percent landfill hikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Bernard F. Eichholz
Eichholz
Girl Fair After Being Hit By Car
A five year old Middletown girl remained in fair condition at Middletown Hospital after being struck by a car on S Main Street yesterday. The injury list included a possible broken collarbone and head, knee and hand bruises and scratches. The vehicle was driven by Claude S Henderson who stopped at the scene and was not cited. The girl is Donna West, daughter of Mr and Mrs Edgar West of 907 S Main St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Middletown Hospital
S. Main Street
Donna West
Edgar West
Main St
Claude S. Henderson
Grove St
Main and
Ninth Avenue
Henderson
Jury Picked In Cycle Theft Case
A jury was being selected in Butler County Common Pleas Court for James Whisman 25 of Middletown charged with stealing a motorcycle. The theft occurred June 7 of a bike owned by Lowell Brown of Martz Paullin Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Court of
Butler County Common Pleas
Arthur J. Fiehrer
James Whisman
Grand Ave
Middletown
Whisman
Sheriff's Deputies
Lowell Brown
Martz- Paullin Road
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Weve ’ ’ Hamilton
Stanley M. Perin
Marrs
Black
Carmer and Fiehrer
Hendrickson
Fairfield
Fiehrer
Denham
Blazer
Bill
Mrs. Blazer
Donham
Jim Bohman
Palm Grill
Eighth ‘Avenue
Mull's Cafe
Crawford Street
Liberty
Central Avenue
Engle’s Corner
Meadows
Yankee Road
Ivaed
Middletown Lumber CO
Central Ave
Rose R. Brown
William L. Robinson
Eighth Ave
Robert Herrick
Ore
Rose Brown
Middletown, Ohio
Citizens Savings and Loan Association of
Allen H. Bechtel
Ches of Rain
Manchester Road
Old 25
South
John Kunz
Stonyrill Lane
Kunz
Freeholders
Henry Woods
Nadine Kirkpatrick
Clifford C. Beckett
Warren County Common Pleas Court
Butler- Warren County Chiropractic Association
Doctor of Chiropractic
Dudley and
Ava Duff
Jack and
Aileen Evans
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