Motorists Calling for Help as Garagemen Work in Cold
Garagemen and wreckers report a sharp rise in winter car troubles with batteries and fuel lines frozen. Elmers Wrecker Service notes business tripled while Brown Phillips 66 and Buds Wrecker report fourfold increases. Butler County Auto Club sees doubled calls as six in ten breakdowns stem from weak batteries or frozen fuel lines.
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Elmers’ Wrecker Service
Plum Ave
Rear
Brown Phillips 66
Butler County Auto Club
N. Verity Parkway
Carlisle Board Restores Public Participation Policy
Carlisle Ohio the Board of Education voted to restore its practice of welcoming public speakers at meetings and set a week in advance agenda request rule. The decision accompanied discontinuation of private law services and the formation of a 43 member curriculum advisory committee with Miami University involvement.
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Nadine Kirkpatrick
Carlisle
Carlisle Board of Education
Robert Colburn
Boar
Miami University
Carlisle Teachers Association
State Board of Education
Mother Of 4 Kills Self At Local Service Station
Mrs Karen Myers 29, a mother of four, shot herself in the restroom of Wildwood Gulf Service Station on Manchester Road. Police found a note asking authorities to contact a minister and to look after her children. The four youngsters, husband Army staff sergeant Gerald Myers, and the Midletown origin are noted as surviving.
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Manchester Road
Karen Myers
Shadow Lake
Mason
Vietnam
Wildwood Gulf Service Station
Ellen Drive
West Middletown
Middletown
Franklin Fire Plan Keeps Township and City Pact
Franklin township trustees and the city of Franklin approve a one year fire protection pact east of the Great Miami River. Franklin firemen will staff township fires using township equipment, while the township covers maintenance and pays $1,000 monthly for other expenses. Carlisle renegotiated its contract receiving a second new truck and cash for fuel and insurance.
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Franklin
City of
Great Miami River
Carlisle
Carlisle Council weighs study to restore Carlisle zip code
Village officials seek a postal services study by the regional director to restore Carlisle’s zip code after the Franklin post office took over Carlisle routing. The new route from Franklin reduces Carlisle stops and may fuel annexation fears while Carlisle grows and the local office gains two-carrier needs.
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Carlisle
Regions
Franklin
John Edwards
Edwards
Tom Hudson
Council
Hudson
Fairview
Kidney transplant gives Barbara new chance at life
Middletown Police Sgt. Larry White and his 12 year old adopted daughter Barbara underwent a rare kidney transplant at Cincinnati's Children's Hospital. Barbara's new kidney began functioning normally within 18 minutes after a six hour operation. Doctors remove Barbara's diseased kidneys and monitor for rejection with drugs.
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Middletown
Larry White
Barbara
Children’s Hospital
Cincinnati
Sgt. White
West
Wanda White
White
Richard
Park Land Buy Creeds Park for Sebald Addition
Park Board chairman Cecil Runyan urges City Commissioners in regular session to acquire 45 acres from the Marion Tolson Farm adjoining Sebald Park in Madison Township. The south portion of the Tolson land lies along the park and Elk Creek Road area, part of a 550 acre Sebald Park, with a 1963 master plan proposing a 1,000 acre park along Elk Creek. The board planned to discuss the proposal at a 12:45 p.m. meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Board
Cecil Runyan
Sebald
Madison Township
Runyan
Commission
Marion Tolson
Tolson
Sebald Park
Elk Creek Road
Messiman Road
Elk Creek
Fire and Hazard Reports Across City Incidents
Fire at 609 14th Ave delayed ignition blew smoke pipe from furnace at Joe A. Frazier residence causing smoke and soot damage estimated at 225 dollars. At 1724 Woodlawn Ave Cohen Brothers Inc paint thinner ignited by kerosene salamander with no damage estimate. At 905 Lincoln St Charles Arnold 25 reinjured knee from earlier injury taken to Middletown Hospital.
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14Th Ave
Joe A. Frazier
Woodlawn Ave
Cohen Brothers Inc
Lincoln St
Charles Arnold
S. Verity Parkway
Middletown Hospital
Buckley Public Dinner Opens To General Attendance
William F. Buckley Jr. will speak publicly in Middletown on Thursday night instead of a private 24 Club dinner. Morris Turkeston said demand led to opening the event to nonmembers. tickets are $5, down from $200 for 24 Club members. Reservations are required via local phone numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Buckley Jr
Middletown
Morris Turkeston
Donald E. Lukens
Buckley
24 Club
National Review
Manchester Motor Inn
Lukens
Turkelson
Hamilton
Fenwick Feels Flu Toll With Record Absenteeism
Fenwick High School logged a new absenteeism high as 72 students were out with flu symptoms yesterday. today 58 absent, with overall attendance around 85 percent. City and school officials note widespread flu activity across Middletown, Franklin, Madison, and Trenton, amid cold weather and rising virus infections.
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Fenwick High School
Middletown
John
Butch) Rossi
Fenwick
Robert McConaughy
Children’s Medical Center
Highview Road
Franklin High School
Madison
Trenton
McConaughy
Miami Carey to Expand Mirror Plant in Monroe
The Miami Carey Division of Philip Carey Manufacturing Co will invest 713000 to build a 42400 square foot addition at its Monroe facility. The expansion adds 35 to 40 jobs and dedicates 25000 square feet to mirror production with a 72 inch by 170 foot silvering line. Completion expected around November 1.
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Miami - Carey
Philip Carey Manufacturing Co
C. J. Bainum
Bainum
Miami
Carey
Grand Avenue
Middletown
Glen Alden Co
Philip Carey
Miami Carey
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Paul Sullivan
Journal
the Journal
Sutphin St
Bud’s Wrecker and Towing Service
Sherman Ave
Auto Club
Vernon Manley
Guthrie
Carlisle Board
William Minck
Minck
Clarence Carmody
Alvis England
Levey & Levey
England
Carmody
Alden Brown
Howard Shupert
Thomas Kruse
William Buckley JR
Middletown Hosital
Jug
Highview
Clark West
University of Cincinnati
Miami-Carey
Monroe
Monroes
Old Miami Cycle Co
Isaael
Castell Bldg
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