Armco Middletown Works earns top safety honors
The Middletown Armco Steel plant received the Tron Man award for the highest safety record among plants with 2.5 million man hours annually. Superintendent Townsley praised employees for daily safety, citing a record 6.2 million man hours previously. Obituaries note William Ford Johnston and Isabelle Wierman among others associated with Armco and the community.
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Middletown
Armco Steel Corp
Gallagher
Thomas Gallagher
Armco
Jim
Ohio
Townsley
Ohio Industrial Commission
Butler Works
Ambridge
Thelma England Dies at 52 in Middletown
Thelma Mae England 52 of 17244 Whaton Street died at 8 55 pm Tuesday in Middletown Medical Center after an illness. She was the widow of Samuel England and is survived by two daughters and a son. Funeral arrangements are pending at the Brown Funeral Home.
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England
Middletown
Dayton
Perry
John Bolden
Robert Jackson
Ruth Brown
Margaret Downs
McCoy-Leffler
Woodside Cemetery
Thelma England
Thelma Mae England
Whaton St
Services for Homer E. Hayslip in Wilmington
Homer E. Hayslip of Clarksville dies after seven year illness at Clinton Memorial Hospital Wilmington. He served as a Staff Sergeant in the medical corps and is survived by siblings Clarence Orville Lester Flossie Bartholomew Inez Norwell and others. Services set for 1 pm Thursday at Fisher Funeral Home Wilmington with burial at Clarksville Cemetery.
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Homer E. Hayslip
Clarksville
Grace Harris
Middletown
Mamie DeJarnette
Franklin
Fisher Funeral Home
Wilmington
Willie
Hayslip
Clinton Memorial Hospital
Clarence
Orville
Lester
Flossie Bartholomew
Newport
Inez Norwell
Oxford-Dr Harvey Brill 90 longtime Miami chemistry head dies
Dr Harvey Brill 90 former Miami University chemistry department head died Tuesday at McCullough Hyde Hospital after a 17 day stay. A native of Preble County and 1908 Miami graduate, he taught at Miami 1911 1952 headed chemistry 1917 1952 and guest prof at Harvard 1928 29. Graveside services at Oxford Cemetery Saturday.
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Oxford
Harvey Clayton Brill
Miami University
McCullough-Hyde Hospital
Miami
West Elkton
Harvard
Kreger Hall
Oxford Memorial Presbyterian Church
Ohio
Oxford Village
Oxford Disposal
Oxford Cemetery
David Wright
Marshall-Smith Funeral Home
King Frederik in worsening condition in Copenhagen
Denmark's 72 year old King Frederik, hospitalized after a heart attack, grew weaker and slid toward unconsciousness at Copenhagen's Municipal Hospital. A medical bulletin cited failing brain circulation and increasingly blurred consciousness with 102.4 fever, likely from pneumonia recurrence or a lung complication.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Frederik
Hearing Reset For Break-In Suspects
Two Franklin men, David Wayne Estes and Otis Hensley, arrested Jan 5 after a manhunt involving 30 area police, have a hearing continued to Tuesday at 2 p.m. Estes of 906 N Main St and Hensley of 715 E Second St face breaking and entering and grand larceny charges for $260 stolen from vending machines at the Sterns and Foster mattress plant. They remain jailed in Warren County with $15,000 bond each.
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Mason
Franklin
David Wayne Estes
N. Main St
Otis Hensley
E. Second St
Sterns and
Foster Mattress
Warren County
Judge Fiehrer Seeks Third Term On Hamilton County Bench
Judge Arthur J. Fiehrer of Hamilton Butler County Common Pleas filed petitions with the board of elections seeking a third term. A Democrat, he was first elected in 1960 and will run in the May primary for a six year term beginning January 1, 1973.
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Hamilton
Butler County
Accident victim's condition improves after crash
Miss Susan Ubi, 25, of 37 Vanderveer St., was listed in fair condition at Mercy Hospital Hamilton recuperating from injuries suffered early New Year’s Day in a one car accident on University Boulevard. Her condition had been critical and then serious before improving to fair.
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Susan Ubi
Vanderveer St
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
University Boulevard
Sshe
Big Brothers Seek New Director for Midl town Chapter
Ronald E. Lane resigned as executive director of Big Brothers of Greater Middletown but stays on the board. George Bundick announced open applications for the directorship and named Adar Cristo as new chairman. George Shrive was named secretary-treasurer with other committee heads appointed.
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Ronald E. Lane
Big Brothers of
Greater Middletown
Lane
George Bundick
Adar Cristo
George Shrive
Cristo
Robert Flagel
Donald E. Alstaetter
William E. Rathman
Mary C. Maurer
Helen Davis
Tom C. Blake
Walling
E. Gray
Cinema X Theater Ordered Closed in Cincinnati
A court ruled Cinema X Theater be shut as a public nuisance but allowed reopening if operators stop showing allegedly obscene films. The decision came after a Tuesday hearing in Cincinnati.
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Cinema X
Cincinnati
Hamilton Board Puts World Issue On Ballot
The Hamilton Board of Education plans a 2 483 870 bond issue for a vocational program on the next May ballot, though state funds may reduce the cost to 1 352 620. The board approved the larger amount to cover possible lack of state support, with a 4 1 vote. Carl Morgenstern opposed plans for additions to Taft and Garfield high schools and urged a centralized facility near the Miami University campus, threatening legal action if the plan is pursued as two additions.
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Hamilton
Hamilton Board of Education
Dard
Carl Morgenstern
Morgenstern
Taft and
Garfield
Peek’s Addition
Hamilton Miami University
Central Park
Peck
Safety Council to Honor Patrolman Jack Combs Memorial Award
Middletown safety leaders plan a Patrolman Jack Combs Memorial Award with an engraved plaque for the outstanding school safety patrol member among more than 275 students. A six-member panel will choose the winner, with annual presentation at the May Safety Council meeting. Combs led patrols and spoke at assemblies before his death from a heart attack. The panel includes the local AAA manager, safety supervisor, police, school committee chair, and council leaders. Budget notes show a 1972 increase to 22,860, asked by Norman Corn for more funds.
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Jack Combs
Middletown Schol Safety
Middletown Area Safety Council
School Patrol
Safety Council
John C Schaffner
Middletown Police Department
Combs
American Automobile Association
Edward Seamon
Manle Park
Norman Corn
Safety Council Board
Civic Association
Losses Reported in Three City Break-Ins
Police report three local break ins with small cash losses. Timothy Sparks at 1711 Lawn Ave saw 600 pennies and $1.25 missing after a forced front door. Orville Brewer at 1007 Nelbar St says a thief entered while he was home and scared off. Recommendations focus on door hinges and safety guidelines for schools and stores.
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Timothy Sparks
Lawn Ave
Pam
Orville Brewer
Nelbar St
Edith Swarts
Park Street
Cream Co
Park
Middletown Council Okays Traffic Count at Ohio 122 Intersection
The council authorized a traffic count at Ohio 122 and Trenton Franklin Road Middletown. A January 16 1970 letter to the Ohio State Highway Department requested a traffic control device. The reply said relocation plans for Ohio 122 were on the drawing board with construction in about a year and a half, so no signal was needed.
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Ohio 122
Trenton-Franklin Road
Middletown
Schaffner
Journal
Council
Ohio State Highway Department
Ohio
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Donald Nelscom
Middletown Works
National Association of Foreman’s
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Red Cross
American Legion
Nellie
Janet Brumley
Cleveland
Minnie Garvin
Mirs
Margaret Ratliff
Jeffersonwville
Grace Garrison
Goldie Blankenshigs
Norwood
Sam Johnston
Snenden Johnston
Malone, Koy
Warren Johnston
McCoy-Leisler
Isabelle Wierman
Isabell Wierman
Leonard Campbell
Joseph R. Baker & Sons
Wierman
Masonic
Louisville
Robert Truck
Sheckeler
William Johnston
Homer EL. Hayslip
Carl Stricker
Cincinna
St. Mary’s Church
Fiehrer
Big Brothers
Jordan
Hamilton Board
Warren-Butler County
Safety Council Plans
Dorothy Damele
Safety Council Board of Directors
Dobrozsi
D’varga
Yankee Rd
Michigan Ave
Choice
Ribeye
Webbers Sausage
Cedar Hills
Hines
Verity
Maxwell House
Kristin Schmidt
Catholic Uni
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