Sheriff seeks higher jail housing fee in Butler County
Butler County commissioners debated increasing the daily prisoner housing charge from seven to ten dollars. Maj. John Bohlen cited rising utilities food and staff costs and proposed a July 1 effective date while offering cost estimates. Federal prisoner handling and neighboring city rates were discussed. The low bid for a bridge project on Oxford Middletown Road was B D Morgan Co with an estimate of 53 678, to be reviewed.
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Shawnee Lee Journal
Hamilton
Butler County Commissioners Today
Sheriff's Office
John Bohlen
Bohlen
Dale Logsdon
Oxford-Middletown Road
Ohio 177
B.D. Morgan Co
Middletown
Local plea unheeded as rail line faces abandonment
Middletown Chamber of Commerce executive Harold Kramer and Henkle Associates’ William K. Robinson led a March bid in Columbus to save the Middletown-Monroe-Union Village Penn Central line. The U S Railway Association’s Preliminary System Plan again proposes abandonment, noting lack of public hearings data. A second Columbus hearing is planned March 19 to press for retention and relay that several local firms rely on the line.
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Harold Kramer
Middletown Area
Columbus
Middletown-Monroe
Union Village
Penn Central
Kramer
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
U.S. Railway Association
Middletown
Oxford Road
Rail Services Planning Office
Secretary of Transportation
Monroe
Texas Eastern Transmission Corp
Inland Container
Heidelberg Distribution
Wickes Lumber
Texas Eastern
USAA
Congress
Midwest
Armco Steel Corp
Franklin Post Office site studied details favor Second Street
Franklin officials and Post Office officials weigh sites for a new downtown post office. The Second Street site west of Moore Drive is the likely choice, with a final decision expected in three to four weeks.
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Franklin
E. Second Street
Moore Drive
Ronald Ruppert
Post Office
Ruppert
Driver Injured in Manchster Avenue Collision
Clyde Back, 73, of 2123 Wayne Ave., remained in serious condition at Middletown Hospital after his 1965 car skidded 84 feet when brakes locked at 7 05 p.m. He struck a tree near 20 McKinley St. as another car reportedly cleared the intersection. The car was total loss and minor damage noted to a tree and landscaping at Richard Slagle's home.
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Clyde Back
Wayne Ave
Middletown Hospital
McKinley St
Back
Manchester Avenue
McKinley Street
Richard Slagle
Trial continues in Fred Taylor murder case
Testimony progressed in the Hamilton County Common Pleas Court as Fred Taylor 34 of Dayton stands trial for aggravated murder in the November 3 1994 shooting death of Judy Tate 24 of Middletown. Tate was killed after Taylor allegedly found her with another man and fired. The man fled the scene.
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Hamilton
Fred Taylor
Dayton
Middletown
Taylor
Common Pleas
Robert L. Marrs
Judy Tate
Vance
Car Hits Parked Telecast Van on Manchester Road
Police estimate $2000 in damages after Phyllis Barrett 37 of Dalewood Drive struck a Community TCI van parked on Manchester Road. The van obstructed eastbound lanes. Barrett could not see it in time and skidded 50 feet. Barrett charged with improper distance. van owner cited for roadside parking.
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Manchester Road
Community T.C.I
Hamilton
Phyllis Barrett
Dalewood Drive
Barrett
Would-be robber foiled at Main Street apartment door
An error in a police report led to the wrong address in Saturday's Journal. A would-be robber armed with a small gun was foiled after two women, Freda Phelps and Mary McCoy, slammed a door at the residence on 521 South Main Street around midnight.
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S. Main St
501
Freda Phelps
Mary McCoy
Cancer unit receives $1664 from Phi Beta Psi fund drive
The iddletown Butler County Unit of the American Cancer Society received a 1664 check from Phi Beta Psi Sorority at a Forest Hills Country Club board meeting. Richard C. Nein accepted a plaque for the Thanksgiving Dance. Mrs. L Bruce Barnes donated 5300 from year sales and was honored along with 22 helpers. Bruce Thomas announced a new laryngectomy loan amplifier, and programs included breast self examination films, youth anti smoking education, and various group screenings with contact points for McCormick Schaefer Hegg.
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Theiddletown
Butler County
American Cancer Society
Phi Beta Psi Sorority
Forest Hills Country Club
Richard C. Nein
Robert W. Bender
Cancer Society
L. Bruce Barnes
William Schaefer
Armco
First United Methodist Church
Delta Kappa Gamma
Alpha Delta Kappa Sorority
Franklin club proposes shooting exhibit for river festival
The Simon Kenton Long Rifles, a muzzleloaders club from Franklin, may stage a shooting exhibition and frontier reenactment for a summer river festival. Members in frontier garb attended the Carlisle Franklin Springboro Bicentennial Committee meeting last night seeking support.
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Franklin Club
Franklin
Simon Kenton Long Rifles
Carlisle-Franklin-Springboro
Obituaries and Notices From Franklin Hamilton Area
Deaths and funeral details for Edgar L. Lee 66 of 715 Buena Ave. services set 10 a.m. Saturday at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home burial Woodside Cemetery visitation Friday 7 to 9 p.m. Maxwell 81 of Kettering former Franklin police officer died in Bradenton Florida wife Hazel died 1969. Items stolen from James Moore residence total 67 dollars. Vernon Wright ransacked Grand Ave home but nothing missing. Memorial service for Ova Lee Mac McGuire 24 Oceanside California to be held in Middletown area. Kathren Lyons 74 Franklin death noted with services in Wooster. Exhibition plan to celebrate July 4 along Great Miami River Franklin with Long Rifles shooting display and colonial skirmish. Ladies Auxiliary to host Bicentennial meeting March 17 at American Legion post with slide on American Freedom Train. Bicentennial committee backs Franklin history project by Mrs. Mabel Eldridge to fundraise and publicize through schools and community.
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Edgar L. Lee
Buena Ave
McCoy- Leffler
Edgil Hall
Woodside Cemetery
Lee
Middletown Hospital
Franklin
Warren N. Maxwell
Kettering
Franklin Police
Manitee Hospital
Bradenton
Fla
Maxwell
Florida
Hazel
James Moore
S. Main St
Moore
Vernon Wright
Grand Ave
Wright
Lillian Sammons
Lucille Griswold
Eaton Funeral Home
Clair Beatty
Carlisle Cemetery
Funeral
Ova Lee
Mac) McGuire
Middletown
Berry Bell Internal Mills Mortuary
Oceanside
Calif
McGuire
Tri-City Hospital
Raquel
William
Alvira McGuire
Ladies Auxiliary of the
American Legion
American Legion Post
Springboro Planning Board reelects Pattillo and Balgo
James Pattillo was re elected president of the Springboro Planning Board, a post he has held since 1970, while John Balgo was re elected secretary. The group distributed draft zoning ordinance revisions expanding from four zones to 11 categories including planned unit development and environmental protections.
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Springboro
James Pattillo
Pattillo
Planning Commission
James Eyler
Springboro Archers Supply
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Sol Schneider
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Shoulder
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Ed McCormick
Public Education Schools
Youth Against Cancer
McCormick
Schaefer
Paul Hegg
Simon Kenton
Klinger
Edgar Lee
Warren Maxwell
Ova McGuire
Kathren Lyons
Columbia’ Road
Wooster
Miami River
Long Rifles
Clear Creek
John Balgo
Main
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Robert L. Fletcher
Ves
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