Klondike Derby Challenges Scouts Surmount Snow and Ice
At Camp Hook near Carlisle the Klondike Derby went ahead as scheduled despite freezing rain and near zero temperatures. About 70 boys spent the night, some tents pitched outside, while volunteers salted roads and cleared access. Scouting officials praised the conditions and noted the event marked a welcome return of good snow for the first time in years.
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Camp Hook
Carlisle
Martz Gravel Co
Bertlett Garrison
Morningstar Road
Russ Esker
Mound Builders Area Council
Police Break Up Teen Beer Party on N Wall Street
Police interrupted a teen beer party on N Wall St early yesterday. Six juveniles and two adults were taken into custody. five or six others fled. James Lamb 20 of Woodlawn Ave and Steve Blanton 18 of Mossman Rd were charged with contributing to juvenile delinquency. A 14-year-old boy was also taken into custody. four boys and a girl hid in the basement.
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N. Wall St
James Lamb
Woodlawn Ave
Steve Blanton
Mossman Road
Offcers
Wall St
Weekend break ins target furs and cash register
Furs valued at 1200 dollars and jewelry were stolen from a home while a cash register of equal value was removed from a closed case during weekend burglaries. Emma Flinspach reported a sealskin coat and fur stole missing along with assorted jewelry after thieves pried a rear door and ransacked the residence. Police noted no forced entry at 1405 First Ave. John Clark, custodian, provided details.
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Emma Flinspach
Vannest Ave
Edwin Smith
Camden
St. John Church
John Clark
First Ave
Fire destroys Franklin home and Somerville barn
Two arsonless fires left a Franklin family homeless with about 30 000 dollars in damages. Carl Nickel's one story home at 9668 Homestead Drive burned after 6 30 a m. His father Albert Nickel said furnishings were not valued. In a separate fire at 7109 Oren Road Somerville a large barn and livestock were lost with 1 000 bushels each of corn and oats and farm machinery damaged. Police said tenant Robert Bray farms for Kenneth Kolb of Camden. Authorities expected to determine the causes later today.
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Franklin
Albert Nickel
Marty Lee Lane
Carlisle
Carl Nickel
Carl
Oren Road
Somerville
Butler County
Camden
Oxford Township
Robert Bray
Kenneth Kolb
Preble County
Two Fatal Icy Road Crashes Reported in Ohio Counties
Two one car wrecks on icy roads left three people dead in Butler and Warren counties. In Warren County Ohio 48 north of Ridgeville a car veered off hitting trees and a culvert, killing the driver. In Butler County Ohio 4 near Fairfield a car struck a guardrail, killing driver Terry Wayne Price. Both incidents occurred after 4 p.m. and 8:19 p.m., marking Butler County’s fifth fatal crash this year and Fairfield’s first.
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Ohio 48
Warren County
Ohio 4
Butler County
Tamas Allaedess
vaniwpmaiUy
Riley Wills
Lebanon
Ridgeville
Hardy
Kettering Memorial Hospital
Terry Wayne Price
Cincinnati
Price
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Fairfield Life Squad
Fairfield
Franklin School Voters Set 6 Mill Tax Levy Vote Tomorrow
Franklin voters head to the polls tomorrow to decide a 6 mill operating levy for widening Franklin schools. The Warren County Elections Office reports 5,600 eligible voters as polls open 6 30 a m to 6 30 p m.
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Franklin
Warren County Board of Elections
Warren County
Warren County Joint Vocational School
Rolls-Royce Crunch Triggers Aeronca Layoffs In Ohio
Aeronca Inc confirms a layoff exceeding 80 workers at its Germantown Road plant amid Rolls-Royce crash impact. Direct and indirect staff face reductions as SST and related contracts with Boeing and Lockheed loom uncertain. General manager E. C. Carman cites cautious months ahead with funding for prototypes secured only through next month. Other Aeronca plants report no similar cuts as the local unit bears the Rolls-Royce SST burden.
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Aeronca
E. C. Carman
Boeing Co
Rolls-Royce
Lockheed
Carman
Congress
Gilligan Plans Major State Messages in March
Ohio Governor John J. Gilligan will deliver the State of the State message to the legislature on March 1 and a budget message on March 15. He is expected to outline two years of challenges and propose specific solutions in the budget address.
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Gilligan
Ohio
John J. Gilligan
Toledo editor to receive Freedoms Foundation award at Valley Forge
Phil Lip A. Flis editor of The Exchangite national exchange club publication and the Toledo based club will both receive encased Washington Honor Medal at a ceremony in Valley Forge Pennsylvania today
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Toledo, Ohio
Phillip A. Flis
National Exchange Club
Freedoms Foundation
Valley Forge
Flis
The
Club
Toledo
Washington
Police Locked Out Of Prisoners Cell
Police could not enter the observation cell of George Brown who was arrested at 1107 First Ave for a burglary attempt. He faced charges of intoxication disorderly conduct resisting arrest and assault of Officer York after becoming abusive in the squad room.
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Ontal
Brown
First Ave
Ptl
Robert L. York
York
Whitney M Young to speak in Middletown on commitment
Whitney M Young executive director of the National Urban League speaks Feb 25 at 2 pm in the Dave Finkelman Auditorium Middletown Campus Miami University on The Crisis of Commitment. He follows with an address at 6 45 pm at the MACC annual dinner at the Manchester Motor Inn.
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Whitney Young
National Urban League, Inc
Dave Finkelman
Middletown
Miami University
Middletown Council On Human Relations
Young
Fire Incidents Reported Across City With Vehicle and Home Blazes
Fire crews responded to four calls. A rear seat fire on Girard Avenue possibly started by a discarded cigarette caused $100 damage in a car owned by Corbett Davis. James Crick was ill and transported to Middletown Hospital. Virginia Pyle, 55, was also treated at a hospital after a midday incident on First Avenue. A garage chimney fire on Elwood Street caused $200 damage.
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Girard Ave
Corbett Davis
Central Ave
James Crick
Middletown Hospital
First Ave
Virginia Pyle
Elwood St
Wyckoff Re elected VP of Rural Electric Cooperative
Charles E Wyckoff of Piketon Ohio wins a second term as vice president of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association This organization comprises about 1000 rural electric systems in 46 states.
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Dallas, Tex
Charles E. Wyckoff
Piketon
Ohio
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Hong Kong Teen Suicides Rise Among Lovers
The AP report cites the Good Samaritan organization stating more teenagers than adults in Hong Kong died by their own actions in the prior year, with most cases linked to rejected love. The group provided two figures.
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Cincinnati
Dayton
League
Hong Kong
Good Samaritan Organization
South Prospect vote to choose new neighborhood committees
Voters in the South and Prospect redevelopment areas go to McKinley Middle School from 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. to elect new chairs or a single chair for two committees after resignations. About 90 residents attended a planning meeting with Reuben Doty and Rev. S. S. Cousin presenting opposing views on unifying versus splitting the committees.
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South and Prospect Redevelopment Area
Reuben Doty
Eighth Ave
Middletown Planning Director to Speak at Optimist Club
Bob Metz of Middletown will address the Optimist Club at noon tomorrow at Alfy's Restaurant. Bob Flagel serves as program chairman.
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Bob Metz
Middletown
Plannning
Optimist Club
Alfy
Bob Flagel
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Homestead Drive
Franklin School
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S. Broad
Les Leighton
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Prospect
McKinley Middle School
Cousin
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James Holloman
Maple Street
11Th Avenue
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Verity Parkway
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