Middletown High School Extends Closure After Friday Trouble
Middletown High School remains closed as staff review Friday’s incident in which six students and four police officers were injured and 13 people were arrested. Principal Jesse Mayabb and the faculty plan an afternoon meeting to decide when to reopen and address overcrowding and early drop off concerns.
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Middletown High School
Jesse Mayabb
Mayabb
Middletown
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Mayabbe
Armco Coke Plant Back At Work After Explosion
Hamilton Armco Steel Coke Plant resumes full operation after Saturday explosion damaged a saturator gas valves and piping. The blast caused about 200 000 dollars in damage with no injuries and the cause remains under investigation.
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Armco Coke
Hamilton
Armco Steel Corp
Shot Through Window Wounds Middletown Woman
A Middletown area woman was cut on the face by flying glass when a shot was fired through her home window around 11:45 p.m. Deputies said Nancy Combs of 3103 Ottawa St. reported seeing a man run from the house after the shot. She identified a suspect to Deputy Walter Reynolds.
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Sheriff's Deputies
Nancy Combs
Ottawa St
Walter Reynolds
Pilferage Costs Soar for Business and Transport
Washington reports business losses from theft at 3 billion dollars annually with truckers incurring 1 billion dollars in losses and ports seeing 86 million dollars vanish yearly. The figures highlight widespread theft impacting commerce and logistics nationwide.
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Washington
U.S
Franklin Thieves Loot Guns and Cash in Weekend Burglaries
Five guns and over $400 in cash were stolen in four burglaries in Franklin. Shirley Peace lost firearms from her Chestnut Street home, while Chamberlain's Pizza King on River Street reported a daytime theft of receipts. A third break-in targeted Clarence Gray's Spring Street residence with no items missing, and a Pure OilTruck Stop burglary led to charges against Ray Stevens for possession of stolen property.
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Shirley Peace
Chestnut St
Chamberlain’s Pizza King
N. River
Clarence E. Gray
Spring St
Gray
E. Sixth Street
Ray Stevens
Hudson St. Looi
Stevens
Beating Investigated on S Main Street in Middletown
Deputies investigate a beating of Paul Arnold, 37, on S Main Street in Middletown. He was found in the street and later taken to Middletown Hospital by two unidentified men who fled. Arnold suffered facial bruises and could not recall the incident.
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S. Main Street
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Paul Arnold
Wilson St
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Middletown Hospital
Saunders
12 Killed In Ohio Traffic
Three weekend traffic accidents claimed seven lives, raising the weekend toll to 12. A Friday head on crash in Brown County killed three men, a Saturday two car collision near Lima killed two people, and a Sunday head on crash near Steubenville took the lives of a young boy and his sister.
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Associated Press
Brown County
Lima
Steubenville
Middletown Public Library Opens After Big Changes
An estimated crowd of over 200 attended yesterday's open house as Middletown Public Library unveiled a marked redesign. The main reading room and reference area were reconfigured for space and quiet study with magazines moved to the former reference room for easier access. Librarian Arthur M. Wolman praised the community turnout and noted a year of work cleaning, dusting, and reorganizing.
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Middletown
Arthur M. Wolman
Snowy roads blamed for Warren County accidents
Heavy snow and ice caused four of five weekend incidents in Warren County with eight people injured. A Waynesville woman driving Nellie Carlene Webb 34 rear ended a funeral procession car driven by Douglas Baer 20 injuring five from Dayton. Another crash on Lytle Five Point Road injured Dorothea Dillon 55 who declined medical help.
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Montgomery County
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Kettering Memorial Hospital
Lytle Five Point Road
Ohio
Dorothea K. Dillon
Franklin Rt. 1
Fenwick High Clinches Academic Quiz Victory
Fenwick High School team It's Academic scored 350 points to win the regular competition and qualify for a playoff. Team members include captain Dennis Dineen, Elizabeth Spellmire, and David Arnold.
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Fenwick High School
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
David Arnold
Ellen Drive
Dennis Dineen
Hampton Place
Elizabeth Spellmire
Lebanon
Cancer Drive Chairman Named B C Haselton
B C Haselton, Armco Steel Corp. vice president of personnel and public relations, is named chairman of the 1970 Cancer Crusade by William H. Schaefer of the Middletown-Butler County American Cancer Society. Haselton, a local leader on several boards, will lead April 11 and 12 residential solicitations for cancer research education and service.
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Armco Steel Corp
William H. Schaefer
Middletown-Butler County
American Cancer Society
Middletown Area
Twirler LuAnn Evans Wins Three Top Prizes in Dayton
Baton twirler LuAnn Evans of 803 W Fourth Ave won three first place honors at the U S Twirling Association contest in Dayton Saturday. She captured senior twirloff of the day advanced twirling and senior two baton events.
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LuAnn Evans
Fourth Ave
U. S
Dayton
Middletown High disturbance blamed on school leaders and city official
The Fraternal Order of Police accuses Middletown High School Superintendent Gene Lubera and City Commissioner James Saunders of contributing to a disturbance at the school. Police say officers were assaulted and Saund ers allegedly interfered with arrests. The FOP vows to back injured officers and seeks a meeting with city officials while Lubera declines comment.
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FOP
Middletown High School
Gene Lubera
James Saunders
FDP
Saunders
Louis Pierce
Nine Middletown juveniles plead innocent at hearing
Nine juveniles from Middletown High School appeared before referee John F. Bookman in Butler County Juvenile Court. Pleas of innocence were entered for all. three arrestees charged with disorderly conduct and assaults on police were ordered held, while six others were released to parents. No testimony was given and no new hearing date was set due to a heavy docket. attorneys from Legal Aid and local Middletown counsel represented the youths as police and parents filled the hallway.
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Hamilton
Middletown High School
John F. Bookman
Butler County
Bookman
David Black
Warren Bisdorf
Legal Aid Society
Vincent Sisson
Middletown
Fifty Six New Officers To Join Ohio Patrol
Ohio Highway Patrol adds fifty six new officers after the 85th academy class graduation on February 20. Guest speaker Bradford Critten den, director of Highway Safety Programs Service, a National Highway Safety Bureau division, attends the ceremony in Columbus.
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Ohio
Ohio Highway Patrol
Patrol Academy
Bradford Crittenden
Highway Safety Programs Service
National Highway Safety Bureau
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