Sniffing Paint Fumes Cleared Inmate In Escape Trial
A Lebanon Correctional Institution inmate convinced a jury he did not know he had escaped due to paint thinner fumes, resulting in an acquittal on escape and car theft charges. Prosecutor Ruppert and Sheriff Wallace fault the verdict, arguing it undermines law and order and could embolden future escapes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Lebanon Correctional Institution
Warren County
James D. Ruppert
Roy Wallace
Hodges
Kentucky
LCI
Brafford
Robert Boffenbarger
Jackson County
Highway Patrol
Ed Lawson
Cincinnati
Lawson
Brofford
Ruppert
Wallace
Middletown Board Teeters on Joint Vocational Facility
Middletown officials questioned a proposed joint vocational facility with Hamilton and Butler County schools. Figures show a $1.7 million project funded by local and state sources. Board members warned that Middletown’s tax base is large and state support unclear, making voter support unlikely without policy changes. Executives plan to seek state input and discuss financing and operation details with other districts.
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Figley
Middletown
Hamilton
Butler County
Middletown Board of Education
Herman Bates
Harold Figley
County
Reform In Taxes Doesn't Mean Cut In Ohio
Ohio property tax reform is unlikely without broader tax changes. Charles Calhoun of OPEC told about 120 League of Women Voters members that tax reform aims to spend money more efficiently, not just cut taxes. He cited school funding inequities, potential year round schooling, and possible corporate or state income tax shifts as drivers of reform.
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Ohio
Charles Calhoun
League of Women Voters
Calhoun
Ohio Public Expenditures Council
OPEC
League
Forest Hills Country Club
Middletown
Madison Township
Adventists To Hear Sacred Music Concert By Chorale
The 11:15 a.m. worship at the Seventh Day Adventist Church will be replaced by a sacred music concert by the 17 voice Kettering Medical Center Chorale directed by Roger McNeily. McNeily leads the Kettering College department of music and previously held chairs at Mount Vernon and Mt. Pisgah academies. He also performed with the King's Heralds on the Voice of Prophecy program and holds degrees from Otterbein College and Ohio State University.
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Tthe
Seventh-Day Adventists Church
Kettering Medical Center Chorale
Roger McNeily
Department of Music
Kettering College of Medical Arts
Kettering
MecNeily
Mount Vernon
Ohio
Mt. Pisgah Academy
Asheville
N.C
King’s Heralds
Voice of Prophecy
Woman Killed In Middletown Crash On Yankee Road
A 70 year old Middletown woman died at Middletown Hospital after a collision between a car she rode in and a sports car on Yankee Road. The sports car caught fire after its driver was thrown clear. 33 year old Robert Tannreuther and the husband of the victim were injured. Police indicated possible speeding and the other driver may have fallen asleep. No charges filed yet.
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Yankee
Sheckler
Middletown
Middletown Hospital
Yankee Road
Elizabeth Marlow
Oxford State Road
Garret J. Boone
Butler County
William
Robert Tannreuther
Third St
Franklin
Tannreuther
James Mattson
Ice County
Edison School Abandonment Debate Centers on Special Ed Needs
Middletown board weighs abandoning Edison School amid state findings that special education programs fail to meet standards. Report urges action within 24 months and suggests a full time consultant supervisor, with potential state funding of part of the salary but no current budget for rest.
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State Board of Education
Recem-T
S.J. Bonham Jr
Ohio State Department of Education
Edison
Robert K. Johnson
Thomas Webb
James Mack
Donald Bennie
Middletown
Board of Education
Supt. Johnson
Johnson
Nineteenth Annual Obedience Trials At Armory
One hundred sixty six dogs compete in the Middletown Dog Training Club obedience trial at the National Guard Armory. Judges Evelyn Lakes Lowell McCoy Joan Beeson and Arthur Neargarder assess entries under AKC rules with 20 trophies plus ribbons and cash prizes. Spectators urged not to bring unentered dogs.
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Middletown Dog Training Club
National Guard Armory
Evelyn Lakes
Lowell McCoy
Joan Beeson
Arthur Neargarder
Nancy Shaner
Leland C. Lynch Jr
American Kennel Club
Ohio GI Adkins dies in Southeast Asia
Army Specialist 4 Michael D. Adkins of Jamestown Ohio died in Southeast Asia of a nonbattle cause per the Defense Department. He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs John W Adkins of Hogeye Road Jamestown.
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Ohio
Washington
Michael D. Adkins
Jamestown
Southeast Asia
Defense Department
John W. Adkins
Rt. 1
Hogeye Road
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David Nzor
Journal
Lloyd E. Brafford
Vincent Hodges
William W.) Young
Dorothy Damele
By Kathleen Krumm
Council
He Is
Otterbein College
Ohio State University
DOG Training Club
National Guard Ory
Joseph Ditmyer
Slim Hollan
Country
Don Porter
Moose Lodge
Consolidated Inc
First Ave
S. Main ST
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