Ex Middletown native Endures Ohio Blizzard Tale
AP writer Dan Sewell recalls Ohio's worst blizzard as he travels from Buffalo to Stow for a funeral. He details near-misses, stranded motorists, and fatalities cited by Gov Rhodes, noting the harsh winter's impact on roads, cars, and lives.
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Cer
Edgewood High School
Ohio
Associated Press
Buffalo
Sewell
Myrvine Sewell
West Middletown
Buffalo (Ap
John Kennedy
Jimmy Carter
Bertha
James A. Rhodes
Wallaces plan lawsuit targets Warren County prosecutor Turkelson
Attorneys for Sheriff Roy Wallace and wife Elda say they will sue prosecutor Morris Turkelson for deprivation of civil rights. They allege misconduct during grand jury proceedings led to indictments, though the Wallaces were later acquitted. The petition seeks preservation of grand jury records and cites corroborating affidavits.
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Lebanon
Warren County
Roy Wallace
Elda
Morris Turkelson
Wallaces
James Ruppert
Fred Jones
Turkelson
Wallace
Warren County Common Pleas Court
Sheriff's Department
Art
Turk
Ruppert and Jones
Mason man badly hurt sheltering from storm
A 20 year old Mason Ohio man remains in serious condition with severe frostbite to his feet and hands nineteen days after a snow storm left him stranded without food in a rural Mercer County barn officials said.
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Lexington
Mason
Ohio
Mercer County
Tim Cain
University of Kentucky Medical Center
Cain
Haggin Memorial Hospital
Harrodsburg
Indianwood Drive
Casey County
Kenneth Burns
Pinewood Derby winners named for Cub Scout packs 63 and 81
David Pollard won Pack 63 with Tom Kiniyalodts second and Richie McLaughlin third. Jeff Gadd led Pack 81 with Eddie Morrow second. ribbons went to Ricky Brooks, Erich Boring, Mike Current, Tony Currier, Brian Dearth, Matt Gilbert, Mike Graham, Mike Kiniyalodts, Todd Melton, Doug Moore, Greg Sora, Scott Strassburger, Kevin Dishun, Steve Lawson, David Ross, and Tommy Pratt.
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Lincoln School
David Pollard
Tom Kiniyalodts
Richie McLaughlin
Jeff Gadd
Eddie Morrow
Ricky Brooks
Erich Boring
Mike Current
Tony Currier
Brian Dearth
Matt Gilbert
Mike Graham
Mike Kiniyalodts
Todd Melton
Doug Moore
Greg Sora
Scott Strassburger
Kevin Dishun
Steve Lawson
David Ross
Tommy Pratt
Four Middletown men certified as electronics technicians
Four Middletown men William A. Dietz John Richard Kriner Terry L Humbert and Gene Sensabaugh recently earned certification as electronics technicians after passing first class radiotelephone license examinations with radar endorsements They are students at the Tets Technical Center Schools in Dayton.
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Middletown
William A. Dietz
John Richard Kriner
Terry L Humbert
Gene Sensabaugh
Tets Technical Center
Dayton
Deaths and funerals listed for Horton and others in area
Death notices and funeral services for James Lester Horton 40 of Hawthorne Apartments S Breiel Boulevard with 10 am Saturday service at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home burial Butler County Memorial Park with American Legion military honors. Also listed are Carlisle area death Ray S Davis 62 Cincinnati with 1 30 pm Friday service Mount Washington, Trenton Tempe Ariz private services for Edwin C Girton 57, cremation Rose Hill Cemetery Mason, and Miamesburg Nora M Wells 68 with 6 to 9 pm Friday visitation and Hillgrove Cemetery burial plus Vina Toler 91 Middletown death.
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Jack W. Mays
Butler County Memorial Park
American Legion Post 218
Carlisle
Ray S Davis
Cincinnati
Good Samaritan Hospital
Davis
Florence Charlestine
Patricia Craycraft
Judy Dalton
Ray
Centerville
James
Chuck
Rex Allen
George
Middletown
Kenneth
California
Bessie Morris
Franklin
Dorothy Marker
Eaton
Helen Yeary
Arizona
T. P. Kite & Sons
Beechmont Ave
Mount Washington
Ralph E. Davis
Graceland Memorial Gardens
Mount Repose
Ohio
Trenton
Tempe
Ariz
Hamilton
Edwin C. Girton
Desert Samaritan Hospital
Mesa
Girton
Hamilton Elks
Masonic
Ohio National Guard
Miamisburg
Nora M. Wells
Dayton
Wells
First Church of God
Margaret Ellis
Margie Hutchison
Max
Springboro
Joseph
Robert A
Ric
Charles
Bellbrook
Roger
Brough Memorial Funeral
Hillgrove Cemetery
Expert to speak on Ohio education funding at Middletown meeting
Charles A. Calhoun executive director of the Ohio Public Expenditure Council will address the Middletown Area Chamber of Commerce Friday at the Manchester Inn. He will discuss the changing role of the property tax in funding education in Ohio and label current Columbus talks a crossroads crisis or opportunity. He will cover financing for county city and school entities, with the meeting starting at 7 40 a m for members and guests.
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Middletown Area
Manchester Inn
Chamber
Angola A Different Africa Travel Program Tonight
The Middletown Area YMCA presents James Metcalf's Angola A Different Africa travel program at 7:30 p.m. in Dave Finkelman Auditorium on the Miami University Middletown Campus. Free bus service available from three pickup points. adult admission is 2 dollars, student rate unspecified, seniors 1.75 with advance Senior Citizens Center tickets.
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Africa
Middletown Area
YMCA
James Metcalf
Dave Finkelman
Middletown
Miami University
J. Ross Hunt
Senior Citizens Center
City Centre Plaza
N. Verity
Tape player stolen from West Elkton Elementary annex
A tape player was stolen from the bus barn annex of West Elkton Elementary School during a break-in thought to have occurred while schools were closed for last week’s blizzard. Deputies investigated after the discovery this morning. Thieves broke in a door, overturned items, and littered the floor with potato chips.
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Ohio
Buffalo
West Elkton
Annex
Lukens to open Lukens Vineyards in Harveysburg Ohio
State Sen Donald E Lukens plans to open Lukens Vineyards on his family farm near Harveysburg about two weeks from now The 60 acre farm off Ohio 73 has long been owned by the Lukens with about half in grapes The venture aims to diversify farming income as Caesar Creek reservoir projects shrink the land and Lukens notes uncertainty about success while respecting farming traditions There are about 30 licensed wineries in Ohio.
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Donald E. Buz
Lukens
Harveysburg
William Lukens
Ohio 73
Caesars Creek
Girl wins bicycle gives it to brother
Sheryl Honshul an eighth grader at Franklin Junior High won a Kellogg box drawing and chose a bicycle. She gave the bike to her six year old brother Michael after Kellogg offered a three speed or ten speed model in boys or girls styling.
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Sheryl Honshul
Franklin Junior High
Sheryl
The
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Kellogg
Tony
Tiger
Michael
Anthony Bern
Russ Henshul
Paddock Court
Woman and infant hurt in Middletown car crash
In Middletown a woman Freda Kemplin aged 21 and her six week old son Timothy were treated at Middletown Hospital after a two car crash on Shurz Road south of Stubbs Road. Marilyn Nickell, 43, and James Imhoff, 51, were involved. icy conditions caused Nickell’s car to skid into Imhoff’s. No citations issued due to hazardous road conditions.
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Middletown Hospital
Shurz Road
Stubbs Road
Butler County
Freda Kemplin
Timothy
James Imhoff
Marilyn Nickell
Greenwood Road
Shurz
Nickell
Imhoff
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