Mrs Page Indicted On 2nd Degree Murder Count
Butler County grand jury returns 30 indictments including Loretta Page 23 of Middletown charged with second degree murder for the fatal shooting of estranged husband Leon 22 during a party. Arraignments set for Thursday. Page pleaded not guilty previously and is on a $5,000 bond. Other indictments include Geneva Holt 52 on first degree manslaughter for a Thanksgiving stabbing. John Townley 34 charged with second degree manslaughter in traffic death of Joan Loehner 35. Joseph Shaw 49 in a separate traffic death case.
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Hamilton
Loretta
Middletown
Page
Geneva Holt
Ludlow St
Ray
John T. Townley
Webster Ave
Joan Loehner
S. Seventh St
Joseph Shaw
Oxford
Charles L. Byrd
Two Hurt In Main Street Collision In Franklin
A 10 month old girl Terri Hayes and a 29 year old Evelyn Ellenberg from Franklin were admitted to Middletown hospital after a two car crash at Main Street and Columbia Avenue. Betty Haynes 21 and John Rauster 35 drove the other vehicles. Haynes allegedly ran a red light causing the collision with Rauster headed west on Columbia. Damage listed: Hayes car 400 Rauster car 500. Three drivers cited in Sunday accidents and a juvenile charged with assured clear distance after rear ending a stopped car on Central Avenue.
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Franklin
Middletown Hospital
Main Street
Columbia Avenue
Terri Hayes
Evelyn Ellenberg
Shartz Road
Betty Haynes
John Rauster
Wilbraham Road
Columbia
Hayes
Rauster
Joseph Essleman
Holly Ave
William Hall
Highland Ave
Godman Avenue
Kensington Street
Esselman
Kensington
Hall
Robert L. Scott
Manchester Road
Central Avenue
Philip L. Pleska
Sunset St
David W. Thompson
Schirm Drive
Middletown Indictments Flag Forlen Aiding Escape and Theft
Middletown indictments list Fred C Ward charged with aiding and abetting an escape from confinement Charles E Williams charged with forgery four counts and James A Brown charged with stealing a motor vehicle. Jurors in a report on the Butler County jail urged reestablishing chest X ray examinations at Hughes Hospital.
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Middletown
Fred C. Ward
Charles E. Williams
James A Brown
James Green
Patricia Rose
Keith Mitchell
Butler County
Hughes Hospital
Youth Rally Attendance Surges Past Year at Local Churches
Youths and adult advisers filled First Presbyterian Church for a 1963 rally drawing 383 attendees. Tim Heaton reported a jump from last year with banners awarded to First Presbyterian Blue Ball Presbyterian and Pleasant Ridge EUB for largest attendance and highest percentage turnout, noting minor vehicle damage near Central Avenue.
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First Presbyterian Church
Tim Heaton
Middletown Area
First Presbyterian
Blue Ball Presbyterian
Pleasant Ridge Eub
Heaton
Blue Ball Presbyterian Church
Pleasant Ridge Eub Church
Repairs delay on Monroe Interstate 75 overpass
Motorists on Interstate 75 near Monroe face an imperfect roadway as a bridge repair drags on. The Dec 31 target slipped after January weather, with corrective grout methods from Lee Turzillo Construction of Brecksville raising abutments. Cost now exceeds 73,600 dollars.
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Monroe
State Highway Department
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lee Turzillo Construction Co
Brecksville
Highway Department
Franklin Councilman To Be Named
Franklin council will name a successor to Charles Moore at the 7:30 p m regular meeting at the City Building Moore resigned December 4 1962 after moving outside city limits Moore was re-elected last fall to a four year term ending 1965 and the new appointee will serve the remainder of that term from 1963 to 1965 nine candidates were considered for the vacancy with a secret ballot taken at a special meeting last Wednesday night
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Franklin
Charles Moore
Moore
Township Assn Meeting Cancelled Due to Cold Weather
Paul J. Mehl secretary of the Butler County Association of Township Trustees and Clerks announced the quarterly meeting set for Wednesday at the Court House in Hamilton was cancelled because of cold weather and illness among officers. The next meeting is likely March 6.
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Paul J. Mehl
Middletown
Butler County Association of Township Trustees and Clerks
Court House
Hamilton
Mehl
Miami Trustees Accept Acreage for Campus at Miami University
The Miami University board accepted a gift of 127,416 acres from Armco Steel Corp in Armco Park for a branch campus here. The deed outlines five conditions including educational use, club access through 1964, a water line provision, and a planned park area sharing. Trustees also approved a Dayton campus plan and urged student groups to drop restrictive membership clauses, with a target of September 1964 for repeal or waiver.
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Miami University
Oxford
Armco Steel
Wildwood
Armco
University
Dayton
University Senate
Millett
Youth Improving Grads Assured at Miami University
Miami University conferred degrees on 166 graduates including honorary LL D to Kent State President George A. Bowman and HD to Max Rudolf of the Cincinnati Symphony. Navy Lt. Capt. G E Hearn Jr. received a master’s degree. three students earned cum laude bachelor’s degrees in education and arts. Bowman urged youth to adopt high moral standards and question their national role.
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George A. Bowman
Kent State University
Bowman
Miami
John D. Millett
Max Rudolf
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Rudolf
Navy
G. E. Hearn, Jr
USN
Mary Ellen Partee
Bryan
Theresa Jones Penn
Cincinnati
Marian Elizabeth Holloway
Miss Partee
Middletown
Driving on snow and ice requires slower speeds
A driver must reduce speed to 15 miles an hour on ice and 30 mph on packed snow to be able to stop within the same distance normally traveled on a clear road at 50 mph.
Three City Burglaries Net About $200
Thieves struck Liberty Restaurant at 1212 Central Ave before 5 a.m. taking about $200 from cash drawers and a cigarette machine. Runyan’s Equipment Rental Service at 25 Water St was hit after midnight with a cabinet safe pried open but no cash inside. The Baltimore Tavern suffered $6 loss from two pinball machines and a cigarette machine Sunday night.
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Liberty
Central Ave
Runyan
Water St
Cecil Runyan
Baltimore
Eight Madison Students Attend Ohio Wesleyan Music Festival
Four members of Madison High School band and four members of the chorus will represent the school at the annual Ohio Wesleyan University festival in Delaware next Saturday. Walter Driever Tim Heaton Linda Hammond Philip Thornberg Susan Wedekind Bev Stethem Cheryl Greene Danny Ferguson will perform in a day program with divisions into two bands an orchestra and a 800-voice chorus. Don V. Grimm supervises music in Madison Township schools.
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Madison High School
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware
Walter Driever
Tim Heaton
Linda Hammond
Philip Thornberg
Susan Wedekind
Bev Stethem
Cheryl Greene
Danny Ferguson
How Georgia's Howell Cobb Won Speaker in 1849 Battle
After three weeks and 63 ballots the House elected Howell Cobb of Georgia as speaker in 1849. He secured a plurality rather than a majority amid a bitter faction fight, shaping the chamber's leadership and party dynamics.
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Congress
Howell Cobb
Georgia
Beattie Named by Young for Air Force Academy
Ohio Senator Stephen M. Young announced candidates for Air Force Academy appointments including first alternate Charles W. Beattie a 1962 Middletown High School graduate now at Millard School Bandon Oregon Beattie was named last week as an Academy candidate by Congressman Paul F Schenck He was nominated last year by both Young and Schenck He is the son of Mr and Mrs C Walter Beattie 302 Aberdeen Drive
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Ohio
Stephen M. Young
Air Force Academy
Charles W
Chuck) Beattie
Middletown High School
Millard School
Bandon
Ore
Beattie
Paul F. Schenck
Young
Schenck
C. Walter Beattie
Aberdeen Drive
393000 Dimes Letters Sent In Butler County
John Harkrader, Butler County March of Dimes chairman, mailed about 393000 letters to residents to solicit contributions. The Mothers March raised roughly 2400 dollars Thursday night led by Mrs. Dora Lamphier. Canisters from area businesses are being collected as Paul Scotti reports. Parkview Cafe staff at 2024 Yankee Road collected donations by inviting patrons to hang dollar bills, contributing 165 dollars to the drive.
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Butler
John Harkrader
County March of Dimes
Dora Lamphier
Paul Scotti
Middletown
Parkview Cafe
Yankee Road
Scotti
Police Briefs Reported Stolen Vehicles and Groceries
Gerald Jones of Hamilton told police his car was stolen from the Knights of Columbus parking lot about 7 30 last night. Floyd Thompson of 1518 Baltimore Street said a bag of groceries was stolen from his kitchen table sometime yesterday.
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Gerald Jones
Hamilton
Knights of Columbus
Floyd Thompson
Baltimore St
Entry to NICK LUCAS'S APARTMENT REPORTED
Nick Lucas of 2417 Sherman Ave reports a weekend break in. An unknown person entered his apartment and stole food and clothing articles.
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Nick Lucas
Sherman Ave
Tire theft reported at residence on Hanover Avenue
Sam Williams of 1008 Hanover Ave reported to police that two tires were stolen from his car overnight while it was parked at his home.
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Sammie Williams
Hanover Ave
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Wrennco
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Busy Bee Cees
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Gayle ‘Spencer
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Mummert
Rally For Youths
St. Mary’s
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Cpmnas
Long Insurance Agency
Township Assn
Board
Hills Country Club
Walter H. Fall
Student Senate
Staff - Faculty University Senate
Uni
Madison Students In Music
Don V. Grimm
Madison Town‘ship Schools
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Legion Office
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