Man 30 Dies In Grand Ave Crash
Police report a 30 year old man Ratliff died after his car collided with Clifford Blanton’s vehicle at Eaton Avenue and Grand Street. Patricia Ratliff, eight months pregnant, was critically injured along with Dianne Ratliff and other passengers. Blanton faced potential second degree manslaughter charges pending Monday. Ratliff worked at Berkeley Electric Manufacturing Co. and died from crushed chest and head injuries. This was Middletown’s first traffic fatality of the year.
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Burchell
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Middltown Hospital
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Clifford Blanton
Lewis Si
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Eaton Avenue
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Barkeley Electric Manufacturing Co
Nounced
Garret Boone
Butler County
Middletown
Silge of Red Water Nears End
Silge of Red Water is nearing completion with public access available at no charge through the city utilities department.
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City Utilities Department
Fire damage reports from two local residences
At 11 35 am a garage at 3117 Ohio Avenue home of Clay Lyons burned and caused 38 damage. At 7 3 pm a fire in an oven at 3 Midway Street home of Jim Smith caused no damage.
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Ohio Ave
Clay Lyons
Midway St
Jim Smith
Elevator Maintainers Strike in Southwest Ohio
About 19 elevator maintenance and repair workers from Dayton Hamilton Middletown and Cincinnati join a nationwide strike after contract talks collapse in New York. The union vows to back dispatchers and rescue any trapped riders during the stoppage.
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Ohio
New York
Associated Press
Dayton
Hamilton
Middletown
Cincinnati
Columbus
Driver Charged On 3 Counts
Hobard Maggard of Dayton was charged with driving while intoxicated fleeing the scene of an accident and no operator's license after his auto struck a fence and the corner of a garage at the rear of 3 Car tie Street yesterday afternoon. Damage to the Maggard auto was listed at 11 dollars.
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Hobard Maggard
Dayton
Cartie St
Algerians Vote in Historic First Election Amid Boycott Calls
Algeria holds its first elections in history amid opposition calls for a nationwide boycott. Exiled leader Hocine Aït Ahmed denounces the vote as fraud and urges abstention, turning the event into a plebiscite on Col. Houari Boumedienne. turnout figures remain unclear.
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Turner McCartey Obituary Funeral Details
Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 pm at Joseph RL Baker & Son Funeral Home for Turner McCartey 66 of 303 Harlan Street who died Saturday at Middleton Hospital. Visitation Monday at the funeral home from 3 to 7 and 9 pm. Burial will be in Woodside Cemetery.
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Joseph RL Baker & Sone
Harlan St
Middleton Hopital
Woodside Cemetery
Funeral services for Charles Miller in Read headlined
Funeral services for Charles Miller, 73, of West Alexandria Read, who died Friday at Middletown Hospital, will be held tomorrow at the McCoy Leffler Funeral Home at 9:00 a.m. Friends may visit today from 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
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Charles Miller
SO West Alexandria
Middletown Miss Third Runner-Up in Ohio Pageant
Shari Combe of Middletown earned third runner-up in the Ohio Junior Miss Pageant at Xenia Fieldhouse. Rebecca Reed won the state title. Combe also captured the fitness award and a talent award, marking Middletown’s first double preliminaries win.
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Middletown
Ohio
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Rebecca Reed
North Dayton
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Ph Fitness
Middletown Jayeres
David Habig
Tom Swisher
Middletown Jaycees
Youth With Knife Robs Attendant At Service Station
A teenage bandit armed with a butcher knife robbed a service station attendant of more than $100 last night. The youth, believed 16 or 17, instructed the teller to stay in the restroom while a phone call lured the victim. The robber rifled the cash register and coin tray before fleeing.
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Robert Lee Banks
Baltimore St
Sebald OF Co
Girard Aveenue
Curtie Street
Banks
Lebanon Clinton Ratliff obituary notice
Clinton Ratliff died yesterday morning at his home 414 East Main Street. Survived only by his wife Beatrice. Services set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Oswald Memorial Home with burial in Lebanon Cemetery. Friends may call at the memorial home tomorrow from 4 to 8 p.m.
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Clinton Ratliff
E. Main St
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Oswald
Lebanon Cemetery
Memorial
Requiem High Mass for Al J. Berberich Sr in Dayton
A Requiem High Mass will be sung at 10 am Tuesday at Emmanuel Church Dayton for Al J Berberich Sr who died Thursday in Dayton. He was father of Aloysius Berberich Jr of Middletown and survived by his wife Margaret three daughters four other sons a sister and two grandchildren Friends may call at Westbrook Funeral Home from 3 to 9 pm Monday.
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Dayton
al J. Berberich Sr
Aloysius Berberich Jr
Middletown
Margaret
Westbrook
Infant Cosimati Dies After Brief Illness
Steven Michael Cosimati five months old son of Mr and Mrs James Cosimati of Cambridge died yesterday at Guernsey Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Surviving relatives include three sisters and two brothers along with paternal grandmother Mrs Josephine Cosimati of Middletown and maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs William DuBrul. Funeral services set for Monday at 10 am at St Benedict Church in Cambridge with burial at Mt Calvary Cemetery Cambridge.
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James Cosmati
Cambridge
Guernsey Memorial Hospital
Josephine Cosimati
Middletown
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Mary
Susan
Thomas
David
William DuBrul
Teeter Crefers
Normannier
Columbus
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The
Angels
St. Benedict Church
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Police Briefs Report Suspect Arrested for DWI and Weapons
Lloyd Clemons of 49 Crawford Street was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated and carrying a concealed weapon after noon. Police said a switch blade knife was found in his coat pocket. Ted Davis of 1518 Smith Street reported two dresses valued at 18.50 stolen from his car parked in a lot at Tytus Avenue and Charles Street yesterday.
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Lloyd Clemons
Crawford St
Clemons
Ted E. Davis
Smith St
Tytus
Agents Pose as Students to Target LSD Sales on Campuses
undercover federal agents pose as students at college campuses to curb LSD and other drug sales. FDA and Bureau of Drug Abuse Control officials say campuses serve as sale points while students are often small-time distributors or users. Authorities aim to cut profits and educate students on health risks.
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Bureau
College
Louis P. Lasher
LSD
Drugations Division
James L. Goddard
Int
Food and Drug Administration
Eves
Wee Pete
Lasher
FDA
12 Cars In 1.75 Wreck Reported On I 75 Near Hamilton County
A 12 car wreck on Interstate 75 just north of the Hamilton County line was under investigation by state highway patrol late last night. Ten injuries were reported and the scene remained active as officers collected details.
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Interstate 75
Hamilton County
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