Middletown Fire Department Adapts Ladders For Top Story Rescue
Fire officials discuss limitations of a 11 story building after a Montgomery Alabama tragedy. Middletown uses a 200 foot ladder truck for rooftop access rescue and ventilation. Fire Chief Charles Hansel notes the ladder reaches near the top but not perfectly and considers adding a second ladder truck to improve long runs and emergency response.
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Middletown
Montgomery
Verity Parkway
Tytus Avenue
Charles Hansel
Hansel
Crime Watch Plan To Start In The Community
The Citizens Alert Committee will invite local businesses with two way radios to join a Community Radio Watch program. Mrs. Evelyn Day, chairman, says letters will be sent asking company drivers to report suspicious or unusual activity. Police Chief James Howerton approved the plan. The dispatcher will relay calls to the police. The plan aims to extend police effectiveness by adding eyes and ears.
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Citizens Alert Committee
Evelyn Day
James R. Howerton
Mrs. Day
Bag Them Or Join Em Woman Told
In Los Angeles nine raccoons kept up nightly noise in Mrs. Saraja Lords attic driving her to move rooms. She asked the Los Angeles Animal Regulation for help. The city replied You bag em and well come and get em. She fears she may have to tolerate the pests.
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Los Angeles
Saraja Lord
Liquor Stores To Close 2 Days
All Department of Liquor Control stores agencies and offices will be closed Monday in observance of Lincoln's birthday and Wednesday Feb 22 in observance of Washington's birthday both legal holidays.
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Department of Liquor Control
Lincoln
Washington
Locomotives For Thais Wrong Type
Congress heard the Army failed to perform as ordered and the General Accounting Office said 10 locomotives bought in 1963 under military aid were replaced with 10 heavier models at a cost of 2.3 million dollars. The Army cited unclear specs from the Royal State Railway of Thailand and began disciplinary action against employees, unnamed.
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Washington
Congress
Army
General Accounting Office
Royal State Railway of
Thailand
The
Accounting Office
Charge Disputed Over Vote Machines Snag in Hamilton
SOL RIEGEL reports the Hamilton press notes a dispute over extra services tied to converting to mechanized voting. William R. Stitsinger, president of the commission, said these services were part of the original Coyle contract, amid a purchase that faced delay after 1965 litigation and the commission plans further talks with the Board of Elections. The article also mentions a zoning change in Union Township for Don Rolf of Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Stitsinger
Coyle
Chines
Board of Elections
I-75
Tylersville Road
Union ‘Township
Don Rolf
Cincinnati
Junior Achievers Readying Trade Fair
The Middletown Junior Achievement Trade Fair returns next Saturday from 9 30 a m to 5 p m at the First National Bank on N Main Street. Twenty seven JA companies will compete for booth awards judged on originality theme and customer appeal while the theme Progress Through Competition highlights benefits of free enterprise.
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Town House
Armco Steel Corp
Middletown Federal
First National Bank
Central Avenue
Main Street
Middletown
N. Main Street
James S. Miller
Board of Directors
Middletown Achievers Association
Chamber of Commerce
Motorist Injured in Five Local Accidents
One person was slightly injured in five yesterday incidents. Millard Pelfrey, 55, of 4828 Jefferson Road, treated at Middletown Hospital for abrasions on his left hand after a car crash driven by Mark D. Hinkle Sr., 53, of 5919 Roosevelt Ave. The 5:10 p.m. crash occurred at 4505 Roosevelt Ave. Damage on the right of way was set at 500 dollars. Pelfrey, tied to York Central Railroad, was reportedly charged with starting a trash burner incident. Earlier at 2:35 p.m. a 27 Armco Drive crash, and a 7:20 p.m. furnace motor issue at Open Bible Church of God, 1215 First Ave., caused 50 dollars in damage.
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Millard Pelfrey
Jefferson Road
Middletown Hospital
Mark D. Hinkle Sr
Roosevelt Ave
Armco Drive
Pelfrey
York Central Railroad
First Ave
Open Bible Church of God
Prime steer ratio highlights market quality notes
A market note states that only about one in ten thousand feet of steers sent to the market is regarded as prime, underscoring the rarity of top grade cattle in the current supply.
Public event showcases youth effort with prizes
The Public is invited to attend an event highlighting student achievement. A stereo set grand prize and other door prizes are sponsored by Country Kitchen Frischs Big Boy Sohio and JA companies. Junior Achievement in Middletown enters its 38th year with over 400 teenagers from seven high schools and 27 companies including three from Lebanon, totaling more than 3 000 deckers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country Kitchen
Frisch
Big Boy
Sohio
JA Companies
Middletown
Lebanon
Man Arrested On DWI Charge
Garnett L. Simpson aged 37 of 509 16th Ave was arrested early today on a DWI charge after his southbound car struck a sign and a telephone pole on U S 127 a mile north of Ham sheriff deputies reported The driver escaped injury In a separate incident Arnold Eugene Steele 19 of 5740 Franklin Lebanon Road caused 200 damage to two outdoor speakers and a metal post in Frisch parking lot on S Main Street at about 2 10 a m today
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garnett L. Simpson
16Th Ave
U.S. 127
Haman
Sheriff's Deputies
Arnold Eugene Steele
Franklin-Lebanon Road
Frisch
S. Main Street
55 Stitches After Attack on Fifth Street
Charles Bruce Hamilton, 21, of 882 St. Clair Ave, was treated at Mercy Hospital around 5 am for cuts to his back forearm and shoulder after an attack by several unidentified men on S Fifth Street near Ludlow. Police report 55 stitches were needed to close the wounds.
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Hamilton
Charles Bruce
St. Clair Ave
Mercy Hospital
S. Fifth Street
Ludlow
Couple Given Suspended Fine For Littered Yard
A Tenth Avenue couple, Annie and Robert Jackson, were fined 50 dollars each in Municipal Court for failing to obey health department rules regarding yard litter. Fines were suspended if they maintain the yard and do not appear again. Health officials said previous warnings about burning garbage and overflowing refuse preceded the charges.
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Tenth Avenue
Health Department
Annie
Robert Jackson
Tenth Ave
J. T. Lamb
Turkey Dinner Sold Out at Manchester Junior High
Sunday’s turkey dinner at Manchester Junior High is a sell-out with 1200 tickets. No tickets will be sold at the door. Dick Ross said servings will run from 1 to 6 p.m. for advance ticket holders only.
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Manchester Junior High School
Dick Ross
Ross
Lebanon Youth Hurt In Wreck
An 18 year old Lebanon youth Ronald A Lindsay of 44 W Mulberry St was listed in satisfactory condition at Middletown Hospital with leg injuries and abrasions after his car skidded on ice at 12 06 am on Rt 741 near Rt 63. The car left the road struck a guardrail and ended in a ditch. Lindsay was taken to the hospital by a passing motorist.
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Lebanon
Ronald A. Lindsay
W. Mulberry St
Middletown Hospital
Rt. 63
Lindsay
Extra Chuckle About Graduation and New Courses
A humorous remark notes that with every school graduation a new course is devised from the school of experience. The quip implies that experience continually generates fresh lessons and surprises.
Deaths and Funerals Two Middletown Veterans and Mrs Monce
Spanish War veteran Curtis Powell age 87 dies at Middletown Hospital after 49 years a resident of Middletown and longtime parade marshal. Surviving wife Maude and multiple children and in laws. Also services for Lula Monce 59 of Trenton with arrangements and church service at Nazarene and Rosary at Riggs Monroe home.
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Curtis Powell
Winton St
Middletown
Middletown Hospital
Powell
VFW
Miami Valley Post
Daughters of America
Armco Veterans Club
Pine Ridge, Ky
Baptist Church
Armco Steel Corp
Maude
Pearl Rakinic
Loretta Chamberlain
Trenton
Hazel Clark
Houston
Tex
Charlies
Dave
Henry
James
Robert
Curt Thacker
Louisa,Ky
Emory
Lloyd
Bill Thacker
Beattyville
Detmer
James Thacker
Edna Burnett
Louisville
Kate Cain
Newport
Bee Daniels
Alexander, Ky
Maggie Allen
Cora Burgan
Pennygap
Joseph R. Baker & Sons Funeral Home
Mrs Gertrude Cable 66 Died After Illness in Trenton
Mrs Gertrude Cable 66 of 520 E State St Trenton died at 3 35 am at Middletown Hospital after a three week illness Born in Kentucky she was a member of the Order of Eastern Star in Louisville Survived by husband Ralph three sisters Mrs Charles Short Hamilton Mrs George Nightingale and Mrs Raymond Goff Louisville Arrangements are incomplete at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home
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Gertrude Cable
State St
Trenton
Middletown Hospital
Cable
Kentucky
Order of Eastern Star
Louisville
Ralph
Charles Short
Hamilton
George Nightingale
Raymond Goff
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
Requiem High Mass for Paul Coyle at Holy Trinity Church
Paul A. Coyle 76 of 600 N Verity Parkway will be honored with a Requiem High Mass at 9 30 a m Monday at Holy Trinity Church Burial planned at Calvary Cemetery Friends may call at Joseph R Baker & Sons Funeral Home tomorrow from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p m Mr Coyle died Thursday at [location not provided].
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Paul A. Coyle
N. Verity Parkway
Holy Trinity Church
Calvary Cemetery
Joseph R. Baker & Sons
Coyle
Middletown Hospital
Nickell, Vernon B. 63, Middletown resident dies
Vernon B. Nickell of 112 Boys Ave Middletown dies at 7 15 p m at Middletown Hospital after being ill since December 27 He worked 1933 1966 as a machine tender for Wrenn Paper Co He was born in Morgan County Kentucky and had lived in Middletown about 40 years He is survived by a sister Hazel Ramsey of Palm Springs California Services set for 2 p m Monday at Joseph R Baker & Sons Funeral Home Rev Henry Howard to officiate Burial in Woodside Cemetery Visitation tomorrow 2 5 and 7 9 p m at the funeral home
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Vernie B. Nickell
Boys Ave
Franklin
Middletown Hospital
Nickell
Wrenn Paper Co
Morgan County
Middletown
Hazel Ramsey
Palm Springs
Calif
Tracy Thomas Frankin 4 dies. services set at St Marys
Franklin Ohio native Thomas Tracy 4, of 203 Locust St, died yesterday at Grandview Hospital Dayton. Retired paper maker born in Middleton. Survived by wife Ina, two sons Richard and Paul of Franklin, two daughters Alice Tracy of Dayton and Kathryn Johnston of Vandalia, three brothers Arthur Dayton William Franklin Robert Hamilton, two sisters Carrie Tracy and Margaret Welch, seven grandchildren. Requiem High Mass 9:30 am Tuesday at St Marys Church. Burial Woodhill Cemetery.
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Franklin
Thomas Tracy
Locust St
Grandview Hospital
Dayton
Tracy
Middletown
Ina
Richard
Paul
Alice Tracy
Kathryn Johnston
Vandalia
Arthur
William
Robert
Hamilton
Carrie Tracy
Margaret Welch
Mrs Zelpha Windsor Rites Set at Williams Ave Home
Mrs. Zelpha Windsor, 80, of 402 Williams Ave, will be honored at a service at 2 p.m. Monday at the Zettler funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zelpha Windsor
Williams Ave
Zettler
Pair Gets Probation After Middletown Jewelry Theft
Dayton youths Kenneth Obie and Reginald Beatty pleaded guilty to breaking and entering for the December 26 theft at Spencer Jewelry Store Middletown. They kicked out a show window and stole watches cameras and jewelry worth 763.39, with restitution ordered. In a separate case Dorothy Lynch of West Carrollton was sentenced to six indeterminate terms at Marysville Reformatory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Obie
Reginald Beatty
Spencer Jewelry
Middletown
Cramer
Ohio Reformatory For Women
Marysville
Dorothy Lynch
West Carrollton
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Ala
Crime Watch
Clay Robbins
Jamaica Road
Carlisle
Middletown Works
Robbins
Armco
General Labor Department
Transportation and Labor
Sol Riegel
Journal
Butt
Baltimore . Inn
Ernie Bray
Elmer” Burkhardt
Baltimore ST
Clarence A. Black
Billy P. Hatton
Crescent Blvd
Butler County
Charles T. Smith
Camden Rt. 1
Carolyn Blair
Texas Ave
James H. Carroll
Maple St
Richard Shockey
Brentwood St
Shockey
Grand Avenue
Crawford Street
Sada
John Dobrozsi Jr
Ins., Inc
Verity
William Verity
Columbus
Russell Deyoung
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Akron
Ohio Newspaper Association
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Mrs
Lula Monce
Clara Drive
Eaton Funeral Home
Paul Coyle
Dodds Monuments
Verity Pkwy
Mth Ave
Woodside Cemetery
Robert Konthier
Mgr
c/o
Middletown Journal
Armbruster Florist, Inc
Grand Ave
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