Four Barns Burn at Proeschell Farm on Greentree Road
An early morning fire on Robert Proeschell’s Greentree Road farm destroyed four barns and two outbuildings, damaged a fifth, and caused the loss of livestock and equipment. Fire officials cited unknown causes, probably electrical, with winds spreading the blaze.
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Robert Proeschell
Greentree Road
Earl Hiteshue
Monroe
Hiteshue
Turtlecreek Township
Proeschell
LeSourdsville
Turtlecreek
Union Road
Ohio 741
Ronald Hopkins
Ohio 123
Proeschell Dismissed as Patient at Middletown Hospital
Proeschell was released from Middletown Hospital yesterday after receiving treatment. The discharge confirms recovery progress and return plans.
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Proeschell
Middletown Hospital
Georgetown lawyer named to Brown County bench vacancy
Harold Neu of Georgetown is appointed to fill the vacancy on the Brown County Court bench in Ohio. The appointment adds experienced courtroom leadership to the county's judiciary.
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Georgetown, Ohio
Harold Neu
Georgetown
Brown County
Outer belt project faces funding hurdles in Columbus meeting
Local business and government leaders pressed Gov. Gilligan and Highway Director Richley for quick start on the OKI regional outer belt. No firm state or federal funds were available for preliminary studies, though Gilligan asked the department to study the I 71 to I 4 link between Middletown and Hamilton. The $252 million total project aims to cross Butler and Warren counties with an 80s to 99 completion target, while a Middletown segment could be traffic ready by 1980.
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Columbus
John J. Gilligan
J. Phillip Richley
Gilligan
Highway Department
OKI
Middletown
Hamilton
Butler
Warren
L. H. Juengling
Franklin Schools face tighter finances at board meeting
Franklin Board of Education rejects Clerk-Treasurer Myers January financial report by a 4-1 vote, seeks up-to-date balances and audits. The panel asks for a $25,000 advance on property taxes and expects $83,000 more from state grants. Officials push for wage adjustments and brief debate on student rights and paddling with no action taken.
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Thom Hall Journal
Franklin
George Bernard Shaw
Franklin Board of Education
iCoy Myer
John Tewell
Tewell
Delbert Treadway
Treadway
Nixon
Gorsuch
Thief Breaks In Across City Targets School Bank Garage
Charles Johnson, custodian at Middletown High School, confronted a thief in the school library but could not stop him. The intruder ransacked a desk drawer and stole money from a McCoy Oil Co. cabinet. Bricks used for entry. furniture valued at 600 dollars stolen from a garage on Logan Avenue. a red pickup was seen nearby.
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Charles Johnson
Middletown High School
McCoy Oil Co
Girard Ave
Herschel Greenham
Logan Ave
Hazel Owens
Yard and garage fires reported at three city addresses
Fire crews responded to three incidents starting yesterday at 7 21 p m 405 Garfield St the home of Mrs Iva Utter with a yard trash burn causing no damage at 7 30 p m at 403 Curtis St Doty House shrubs in yard with no damage and today at 9 2 percent am 1323 Fairmount Ave a fire in a frame garage with unknown cause no damage reported
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Garfield St
Iva Utter
Curtis St
Doty
Fairmount Ave
189 CARS STOLEN HERE IN '7 Leaving Keys In Car Costs Plenty
Middletown police report 189 cars stolen in 1971, up from 171 in 1970. State data show 80 percent of thefts involved unlocked vehicles and 42 percent had keys in ignitions. Officers may impound and remove keys. 12 cases were noted locally. Economic and social costs of theft highlighted by John C. Winchell of the Ohio Insurance Institute.
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Larry White
Middletown
John C. Winchell
Ohio Insurance Institute
OII
White
Ppro
Ohio
Youngstown
Akron
Dayton
Cincinnati
Canton
Cleveland
Toledo
Columbus
Insurance C Company
Winchell
PTL
Oral Duncan
Inskip
Middletown Police Win Federal Grant for Equipment Update
A federal grant of 9422 to update Middletown police equipment received tentative Ohio approval and was sent to the national Law Enforcement Assistance office in Chicago. Lt. Earl Smith, who filed the request, called the surprise approval welcome after last year’s rejection. Hopper noted area grants are listed on page 5.
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Middletown
Ohio
Chicago
Ralph Hopper
Columbus
State Department of Urban Affairs
Hopper
Earl Smith
Feee
Detectives Promoted to Sergeant in City Commission Meeting
Arnold Ferguson and Paul Frisby, two veteran city detectives, are slated for promotion to sergeant at tonight’s city commission meeting. Ferguson, 49, joined the force December 20, 1947, and Frisby, 45, became an officer March 1, 1953. Both are married with children and natives of Midletown.
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Arnold Ferguson
Paul Frisby
Wilma Seeger
Civil Service Commission
James R
Ferguson
Frisby
Drugs 4 Vets Arrested In Raid At Holiday Inn
Four Vietnam veterans were arrested at the Holiday Inn near I 71 and Mason Montgomery Road in Warren County. Deputies charged Richard Freeze John Krieg Harold Hardway and Timothy Hanson with narcotics possession narcotics paraphernalia and illegal whiskey purchases. All four are at Ft Campbell Ky for rehab. deputies seized 257 barbiturate capsules, syringes, and a spoon said to have been used to cook drugs.
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Lebanon
Holday Inn
Interstate 71
Mason Montgomery Road
Warre County
Walter O’bryant
Richard Freeze
Reno
Nev
John Krieg
Columbus
Harold Hardway
Oakland
Calif
Timothy Hanson
Spokane
Wash
Medical Holding Company
U.S. Army
Ft. Campell
Sheriff's
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Fred Parrella Insurance
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Trenton
Oxford
Indiana
Franklin Schools
National Cash Register Company
Myers
Committee For
Betty Kay
Dixie Yoon
Pete Chappars
Ben Ligon
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Manchester
al Rubin Real Estate
Clinton
City Police
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Williamson
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