Eyewitness: An Angry Confrontation Ends In Turmoil At Middletown High
Middletown High School erupted in a near riot during Black History Week as white and black students clashed in the lobby and gym. Principal Jesse Mayable, Dr. Sherman Jackson, and police used order as mace and crowd control. Witness reporter Dorothy Damele describes the chaos, tensions, and conflicting perspectives from students and staff.
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Dorothy Damele
Middletown
Middletown High School
Sherman Jackson
Miami University
Jimmy Jennings
Jesse Mayable
Edwina Smith
Dr. Jackson
Jackson
Lincoln
Frederick Douglas
Douglas
St. Massachusetts Volunteers
Hayes
William Henry Harrison
Mayabb Quits As Principal After School Turmoil
Middletown High School principal Jesse Mayabb 42 announces resignation after ongoing race tensions and school fights. He cites safety concerns for students, family strain, and inability to cope with disruptions, vowing to step down despite prior achievements. He plans to inform School Board President Howard Schueller.
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Jesse Mayabb
Middletown High School
the Journal
Mayabbe
Middletown
Mayabb
Howard Schueller
Middletown High School incident during Black History Week
Police arrested 13 people, all but one Black, after clashes at Middletown High School. Six students and four others were treated at Middletown Hospital for injuries, while detectives and a patrolman were among the injured. Authorities cited tear gas and mace usage amid chaotic scenes inside the building.
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Middletown High School
Middletown Hospital
Annetta Commodore
McGuire
Pat Russell
16Th Ave
Vicki Cofer
Manchester Ave
Larry Carter
Lafayette Ave
Gary Ligett
Park Drive
Michael Voris
Mediation Efforts Marked Middletown High Incident
City police consider obstruction charges against Commissioner James Saunders after a disorder at Middletown High. Saunders, a mediator for racial problems, reached the scene by call from Superintendent Gene Lubera. Several youths faced charges, adults arrested for abusive conduct and disorderly behavior. Saunders praised police efforts and noted prior involvement with student affairs.
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James Saunders
Middletown High
Saunders
Human Relations Council
Gene Lubera
Student's Release Examined By Ohio Judge
Hamilton Butler County Common Pleas Judge Robert L Marrs will decide within ten days whether to release 21 year old Miami University senior David Larry O Banion from Mansfield Reformatory under the shock treatment provision after serving 60 days of a 38 month sentence. He was found guilty last December of possession of narcotics for sale possession of narcotics and possession of a hypodermic needle and was given indeterminate terms to be served concurrently. O Banion was arrested April 25 after a search of his Oxford apartment by police and sheriff s officers.
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Hamilton
Butler County Common Pleas
Robert L. Marrs
Miami University
Mansfield Reformatory
David Larry O’banion
Clemmer Drive
Ross
O’banion
Marrs
Oxford
Loss High In Thefts Across Butler County
Loot totaling more than $2 000 was taken in four break-ins and thefts in Butler County yesterday and today. The largest haul was at James Campbell’s trailer home at 2702 Tylersville Road with items worth $1 170 including knives silver certificates old coins and a wrist watch. Betty Hampton reported three bedrooms ransacked with loot valued at $456 40 including two watches and $380 in coins and bills. A warehouse at the Dues Building Contractors Co. on 9901 Princeton Glendale Road saw 360 worth of wood paneling stolen. Dorothy Murphy reported a stereo tape deck worth 100 stolen from her car on Franklin Madison Road in Middletown.
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Hamilton
Butler County
James Campbell
Tylersville Road
Here
Tom Cornett
Campbell
Betty Hampton
Horseshoe Bend Road
Don Smith
Franklin-Madison Road
Middletown
Shooting at Hunter's Cafe Injures Local Girl
A 19-year-old Hamilton resident Linda Barefield was wounded in the right foot during an altercation at Hunter's Cafe 495 N Riverside Drive New Miami around 1 30 a m. She was taken to Mercy Hospital in fair condition and police investigate the incident.
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Hamilton
Hunter’s Cafe
Riverside Drive
New Miami
Linda Barefield
Beckett St
Mercy Hospital
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