Stunned Melissa Rohde Crowned Ohio Junior Miss
Melissa Rohde won the Ohio Junior Miss title in Middletown after a two night pageant in Xenia where Shari Combs performed and national TV interest was noted. The Sounds of America band and Jaycees accompanied a celebratory parade through Xenia and Middletown.
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Ohio
Lin Xenia
Shari
Miss Combs
Kent State University
Xenia
Mason Bell
General Motors
Sounds of America
Kenia Jaycee
Jerry Snyder
Dick Balss
Rohde
Melissa
Miss. Inc
Mobile
Car Lemme
Gane
Melissa Rohde Makes Ohio Junior Miss Debut Loudly
Melissa Rohde of Middletown won Ohio Junior Miss 1968 in Xenia amid cheers as emcee Phil Donahue announced her name. The 10 year old sister Amy and father Walter Rohde watched tearfully while relatives and hosts recalled her journey from California to Ohio.
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Melissa Rohde
Ohio
Phil Donahue
Middletown
Xenia
Melissa
Walter Rohdé
Naomi
Periante
Amy
Rohde
Mark
Michigan
Post
Xenia Armory
Enid Peabioterser
California
Palos Verdes
West Coast
Russell Newton
Newtons
Shaui Combs
Moyne
More Comfort Wearing FALSE TEETH
Dentures that fit better improve eating and comfort. A denture paste helps dentures stay in place, resist souring, and control odor. Visit a dentist regularly for care and adjustment. Get FAST at all drugstores.
Patrol Sets First Area Inspections In Warren County
The Lebanon Post reports the first Sorentay inspection in the area will be Wednesday in Warren County. The 15 March date marks a major Wilmington focus using the Lebanon post parking lot at 129. Police will inspect vehicles for defects on a voluntary basis with no schedule yet set, as stickers arrive and patrolmen study manuals.
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Warren County
Dawid Styriz
Lebanon Post
Wilmington
Rohde
Lebanon
Sturtz Eal
Eas
Middletown
Hamilton
Two Leiungh Family Suffer Injuries After Ohio Street Crash
Carlisle report says Virginia Leiungh 42 and her daughter Gretchen 14 were treated yesterday at Middletown Hospital after a two car collision on Ohio Street. Susie 18 and Lennie 16 sustained minor injuries while Robert Batalgh was unharmed. Accident details unavailable.
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Carlisle
Robert Leiungh
Chestnut Ave
Middletown ‘Hospital
Ohio
Virginia Leiungh
Gretchen
Susie
Lennie
Rober Batalgh
Time Short For Candidate Filing
Candidates for state and county offices have two days to file nominating petitions by 4 p m February 7. Incumbents largely filed with many sheriff petitions still outstanding. several notable figures submitted late including William W Denham and Jean Blazer. An extension to February 19 is in place for congressional and some state posts.
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Walter Powell
Clark Castator
Thurman Roger
Peter Poulemanog
Hamilton
Hobart Adams
Trenton
Robert McCardle
Boards of Election
Montgomery
Clinton
Butler County
Donald E. Lukens
Middletown
Morris Turkelson
Lebanon
Four Charged After Armed Robbery and Gambling Bust
Hamilton area police charged Squire Hollingsworth 30 Oxford and Harold Goins 26 Hamilton with armed robbery. William Langdon 52 Hamilton and Glenn Foley 26 New Miami faced gambling charges. Langdon and Foley reported robberies totaling 400 and 125 dollars respectively. two other men were involved but unnamed.
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Hamilton
Squire Hollingsworth
S. Locust St
Oxford
Harold Dean Goins
Eighth St
William Langdon
Tylersville Road
Glenn P. Foley
Airway Trailer Court
New Miami
Langdon
Foley
City Commission to Discuss Assessments and Road Widening
The City Commission will meet at 6 p.m. to consider bills imposing assessments for new street work in Skinner's Terrace and Curryer Plains. It will also authorize street right of way for widening Breiel Boulevard and Roosevelt Avenue from Carolina to Highland Street. An administrative session will view estimated assessments for Roosevelt Avenue extension from Jackson Lane to Breiel Boulevard. Clerk Sylvia Hughes returns from a three month sabbatical.
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City Commission
Skinner’s Terrace
Curryer Plains
Breiel Boulevard
Roosevelt Avenue
Carolina
Highland Street
Jackson Lane
Seven-year-old Marla Carr Wins Baton Trophy in Dayton
Marla Carr daughter of Mr and Mrs Martin Carr of Carlisle won first place in advanced solo baton twirling at a Miami Valley USTA championship contest held Saturday at Colonel White High School in Dayton.
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Marla Carr
Martin Carr
Finch Court
Carlisle
Miami Valley
Colonel White High School
Dayton
India Visitor Speaker For Creekview PTA
Creekview Elementary School parents and teachers will hear a report on Indian schools from Mrs. Stella Soundara Raj, a visiting Indian principal on an exchange program. The meeting opens at 7 30 p.m. with a business session and closes with a social hour. The Creekview band will perform before the guest address.
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Creekview
India
PTA
Stella Soundara Raj
United States
Creekview Band
Soundara Raj
Panel discussion at Wildwood PTO meeting tomorrow
Wildwood PTO schedules a panel on the middle school for tomorrow at 1 30 p m James Lewis president says.
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Wildwood Pto
Wildwood School
James Lewis
French-Canadian Electrician Seeks Jail Stay
Joseph Dennis Chicoine, 42, of Butler County, reportedly wanted to be jailed after visiting Butler County jail. He smashed a lamp in the jail hallway, was taken to Hamilton police and booked for disorderly conduct and malicious destruction of property. He awaits municipal court next Wednesday.
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Armco Steel Corp
Project 600
Butler County
Joseph Dennis Chicoine
Wanta Ave
Chicoine
Hamilton
Family loses home in fire on Emmons Road
A family of eight fled a Little Miami River home on Emmons Road after a back room fire at 11 15 am. Mr and Mrs Palo Brown and six children aged one to 10 escaped uninjured. Lebanon Turtlecreek Fire Department battled two hours, saving part of the structure. Loss estimated at 3500 for the house and 1000 for contents.
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Palo Brown
Miami River
Emmons Road
Lebanon - Turtlecreek
Knight Rank Conferred in West Baltimore Lodge Members
Gary Johnson deputy of district 4 of the Knights of Pythias presided over a Saturday district meeting at Lafayette Lodge 37 Middletown headquarters where five West Baltimore Lodge members were made esquire. The new esquires are Ed Cook Dennis Swarty Bob Klink Bill Mahaffey and Jim McCoy.
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Gary Johnson
Knights of Pythias
Lafayette Lodge
Middletown
West Baltimore Lodge
Ed Cook
Dennis Swarty
Bob Klink
Bill Mahaffey
Jim McCoy
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Keith Wolfram
Virginia Westlund
Pecesiaton
Im v8
Jaycee ‘Trophy
Mrs
Walter Rohde
Newton
Russell W. Miller
Ala
Indiana
Ohio Wesleyan University
Denison University
Mddletown
Rohde Rooters
Channi and
Iaane
Aranata
Beneficial Finance Co
Central Ave
Main St
Beneficial Mortgage Co
GOP
William W Denham
Jean Blazer
DIAL
Commission
Creekview Pta
Long Insurance Agency
Central
Oregonia
William Rainey
Zenith
Cremeans
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