Basement Blast Burns Man and Damages Sherman Ave Home
A Sherman Avenue man suffered burns when gasoline used to clean brushes exploded, igniting fumes from a hot water heater. The blaze damaged the building $7,500 and contents $180, with flames spreading through a wall to nearby apartments. Fire crews cut walls to reach the fire, first reporting at 12 03 am. and estimating total damage $7,500 to the structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman Avenue
Stanle
John Bruggeman
N. Sutphin St
Hattie P. Smith
Calumet Ave
Smith
Auto Plows Into Home on 14th Ave
Auto incident injures none as three crashes are investigated. Damage exceeds $900. Eugene Sims 37 lost control on 14th Ave at 1 41 PM and hit a home at 718th Ave owned by Donald Hughes. Sims cited for speed and following distance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mth Avenue
Eugene Sims
Eighth Ave
Donald Hughes
Mitchell Road
Sims
Brenda A. Reffitt
Wallace E Wells
Roberts Place
Carlisle
Main Street
Ninth Avenue
Wells
Navaho Si
Charles Root
Yankee Road
Dunigan
Camden Barn Fire Causes $18,000 Loss at Gregg Farm
Fire from a gasoline can on a pickup's tank sparked a blaze at the William Gregg farm on Bar nets Mills Road near Camden. A tractor valued at $14,000 and a $2,000 1966 pickup were destroyed along with a barn, corn crib, plows, and tires. Gregg escaped unharmed as Camden firemen and Gratis men fought the fire with multiple tankers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
Gratis
William Gregg
Barnet's Mill Road
Gregg
Burglaries Net Thieves 518 In Loot
Loot valued at more than 518 dollars was taken in two Middletown break ins over the weekend. Items worth 280 dollars were stolen from Harry W Barr’s home on Middletown Eaton Road. A wrist watch radio 38 caliber pistol shells knife whisky and $75 in a jar were listed. At West Middletown Variety Store a front door glass was broken and loot valued at 238.60 dollars included three wristwatches a 12 gauge pump gun cigarettes flashlights a check and two automobile titles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Butler County
Harry W. Barr
Middletown - Eaton Road
Barr
William R. Shepard
West Middletown
Minor Injuries From Weekend Sideswipes In Ohio county
Jackie Sue Griffith nine of Trenton suffered minor injuries when the car she rode in was sideswiped on Howe Road. Barbara C. Griffith thirty of Trenton faced the other impact, hit by Marvin T. Hall twenty six of Trenton. In a separate crash Marvin Calbert Lehman eighteen of Morrow and Daniel Craig twenty of Morrow were injured when a curve incident sent the vehicle down a 10 foot embankment into a creek. Both were admitted to Mercy Hospital in Hamilton in fair condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackie Sue Griffith
Wayne-Madison Road
Trenton
Buttler County Sheriff's Deputies
Howe Road
Barbara C. Griffith
Marvin T. Hall
Wayne
Madison Road
Marvin Calbert Lehman
Morrow Rt. 2
Maude Hughes Road
Ohio 129
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Robbery at Clark Service Station on Central Avenue
An 18 year old attendant at Clark Service Station on Central Avenue and Charles Street was robbed by a lone gunman of about $50 just after 1 a.m. The suspect, described as a man in his late 20s, demanded the money as the attendant fetched cigarettes. The victim, Robert E. Hunt of Rufus Street, could not provide a clear description and delayed calling police for 10 minutes due to nervousness.
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Clark
Central Avenue
Charles Street
Robert E. Hunt
Rufus St
Hunt
Local man robbed or lost $60 after street incident
Middletown man Michael Peck claimed he was robbed or lost $60 after Hamilton police found him in the street across from 1910 Fairgrove Ave. He said a cocktail bar acquaintance offered a ride home, entering a car with her brother. he later remembered nothing. Peck was taken to Mercy Hospital for exam but left.
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Middletown
Hamilton
Fairgrove Ave
Michael Peck
Jackson St
Peck
Mercy Hospital
Harrison Heads Property Agents Elect Officers in Middletown
William A. Harrison was elected president of the Middletown Board of Property Insurance Agents. Thomas Moon became vice president and Phillip Norris secretary treasurer. Harold Agee was named program chairman for the first half of 1967 as the board plans to push a competitive workmen's compensation law for Ohio. The next meetings are set for February 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Harrison
Middletown
City union accepts wage offer preventing garbage strike
Union members of Local 856 voted 7 to 31 at 7:39 a.m. to accept the city’s wage package averting a strike at the Municipal Garage. The one year contract raises hourly pay 14 cents and cuts top pay reach time from 24 to 18 months. Eight holidays, overtime at 40 hours, and other benefits match those given to 300 other city workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Commission
Russell Hoover
American Federation of State
Afl-Cio
Siamese Twins Gibb Girls Die Of Cancer At 54
Margaret and Mary Gibb, believed oldest Siamese twins in America, died Sunday in Holyoke hospital from bladder cancer that spread to their lungs. They shared a spine base and circulatory system, could not be separated, and had toured in vaudeville before opening a gift shop in 1941. They are survived by their mother and sister Dorothy Havens. private funeral Thursday.
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Holyoke
Mass
Margaret
Mary Gibb
America
Holyoke Hospital
John Appel
Europe
John Gibb
Dorothy Havens
December Gun Battle Claims Second Victim in Canal Fulton
MASSILLON OHIO AP Frank Whitacre died from gunshot wounds at Barberton City Hospital Sunday becoming the second victim of a December 17 Canal Fulton gun battle. Whitacre, 48, had been charged with first degree murder in the shooting of Bennie McCormack, 46, in a quarrel over Whitacre's former wife. McCormack died December 19.
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Massillon
Ohio
Frank Whitacre
Barberton City Hospital
Canal Fulton
Whitacre
Bennie McCormack
McCormack
Local Twirlers Triumph in Open National Baton Contest
Marla Carr won first in the six year old intermediate class and Lori Johnson took first in the seven year old advanced in the Open National Baton Twirling contest held yesterday in Tiffin. Cheryl Longworth finished second in seven year old intermediate and Jo Ann Cornell placed fourth in the 12 year old beginner division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marla Carr
Lori Johnson
Tiffin
Cheryl Longworth
Jo Ann Cornell
Evans takes runner up in Xenia baton contest
Lu Ann Evans of 401 Gideon Road placed second in advanced solo for 13 year olds and second in fancy strutting for 12 to 14 year olds at a USTA baton twirling event in Xenia. The contest was sponsored by Millers Blackhawk Drum and Burgle Corps.
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Lu Ann Evans
Gideon Road
USTA
Xenia
Millers’ Blackhawk Drum and Burgle Corps
Woman dies after shooting in Cleveland quarrel
In Mount Sinai Hospital an East Side woman died about eight hours after a shooting during a quarrel. Police identified Catherine Dorsey, 27, as the victim and detained an unidentified man for questioning.
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Cleveland
East Side
Mount Sinai Hospital
Catherine Dorsey
Delegation To See Sawyer Installation
Twenty five Middletown area realtors attend a 7 p.m. ceremony at the Neil House in Columbus where Middletown realtor J D Sawyer will be installed as president of the Ohio Association of Real Estate Boards. He will be the second Middletown leader after L T Palmer in 1922. The Middletown board plans Lloyd Miller’s installation as 1967 president on Jan 18 at the Holiday Inn with a noon luncheon and 11 30 social hour. Sawyer will serve as installing officer.
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Middletown Area
Neil House
Columbus
Middletown
J. D. Sawyer
Ohio Association of Real Estate Boards
Middletonian
State Association
L. T. Palmer
Middletown Board of Realtors
Lloyd Miller
Middletown Board
Holiday Inn
Sawyer
Planning Board Discussion Continues In Middletown
City commissioners will discuss possible appointments to the City Planning Commission at 8 p.m. A letter from 28 Downtown Retail Division members asks disclosure of financial or management interests in Middletown properties. Last Friday officials postponed action to name two new members as Brandenburg and Kunkler seek continued terms.
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City Planning Commission
Middletown Area Chamber of Commerce
Planning Commission
Richard Brandenburg
James Kunkler
City Agrees to Convert Pay Raise to Cents Per Hour
City manager says new contract converts percentage pay increase to cents per hour, giving equal raises to all hourly workers. He adds the union will not seek another cents-per-hour increase before 1969, a shift from the prior policy of percentage raises.
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Kothe
Burn Victim Oliver Morton In Good Condition
Oliver Morton a Kaiser Engineer employee aged 56 of 939 Ninth Ave was reported in good condition at Middletown Hospital. He suffered third degree burns when his clothing ignited from a gas space heater in a laborer's trailer on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Morton
Ninth Ave
Kaiser Engineer
Middletown Hospital
Morton
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Lukens
GOP
Donald E
Buz) Lukens
Charles Wiggins
California
Bob Wilson
Washington
Wilson
Republican Congressional Committee
Roomee Howe
S. Main St
Yule Tree Pickup
14Th Ave
Thei Gratis Department
Eaton
A.M. Wilson
Trenton Nazarene Church
Daniel Craig
Morrow Rt. 1
Harrison
Hoover
Dan W. Kothe
A.B. van Hagen
Robert Rogers
Central Ave
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