Crash Victims Returning From Musical In Dayton
Two Miami University students returning from Dayton after helping with props for the musical I Do I Do were killed in a head on crash on Rt 73 near Seven Mile. Guy Marinelli 21 and David Keeler 24 died at the scene after their car left center on a curve and struck a loaded steel truck. The truck driver and two passengers were injured and hospitalized. The deaths raise Butler County 1969 traffic fatalities to five.
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Oxford
Dayton
Rt. 73
Rt. 503
Garret J. Boone
Butler County
Guy Ronald Marinelli
Parma
City Plans to Buy Mohata Building and Nearby Parcels
City commissioners will convene at 7 p.m. to consider an ordinance purchasing two parcels along University Boulevard and the right of way between Central Avenue and Manchester Avenue. They will also buy portions of the Mohata property including the Mohata Decorators building at 15 N University Blvd and the Central Street site currently used by Porter Paint Co.
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New University
Central Avenue
Manchester Avenue
Commissionar
Central and
Old Coty Street
Porter Paint Co
Mohata Decorators
N. University Blvd
Old Doty Street
Commission
Mohata
City Building
Middletown Campus Hosts First Intercollegiate Speech Tournament
Miami University Middletown hosted its first Intercollegiate Individual Events Public Speaking Tournament over the weekend drawing 125 students from 14 schools including Wright State Ohio Wesleyan Indiana State University UC Otterbein and Heidelberg. Defiance College topped the sweepstakes with the most points while Andrea Hanson of Hamilton and Greg Coulles of Kettering won in the discussion division.
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Sue DeWine
Middletown
Miami University
DeWine
Wright State
Ohio Wesleyan
Indiana State University
University of Cincinnati
Otterbein
Heidelberg
Andrea Hanson
Hamilton
Greg Coulles
Kettering
Defiance College
Resident Dodges Dog Is Injured In Rt 73 Collision
A Middletown man William A. Dinan 40 was injured when his eastbound car went left of center to avoid a dog on Rt 73 east of Rt 48. He and Cornelia Maag 52 of Wilmington Rt 3 were treated at Clinton Memorial Hospital Wilmington. Dinan was charged with driving left of center.
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Middletown
Rt. 73
Rt. 48
Clinton Memorial Hospital
Wilmington
William A. Dinan
Wilbraham Road
Dinan
Cornelia Maag
Rt. 3
Maag
Young Girl Hurt in Clarksville Traffic Crash
Peggy Short, 15, of Oregonia Rt. 1, was treated at Middletown Hospital after a Clarksville accident. She sustained neck and back injuries but was released following treatment.
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Peggy Short
Oregonia
Rt. 1
Middletown Hospital
Clarksville
Wild Interstate Chase Ends With Stolen Car Arrest
A green Michigan owned Mustang fleeing deputies along I-75 ended in a wreck near the Millikin Road overpass as three youths, two 16-year-olds and 18-year-old Carl Johnson of Alden Michigan, were arrested. The car was reported stolen from Bloomfield Hills Michigan. Johnson faced jail. two juveniles remained at the county juvenile center. The trio admitted taking the vehicle and said they were bound for Florida.
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Lebanon
Michigan
Texaco
Ohio 73
Bobby Brewer
Brewer
Warren
Springboro
Troy Gilley
Keith Kennedy
Ohio 63
Gilley
Kennedy
Ptl
Donald Burns
Millikin Road
Farrell Baker
Tylersville Road
Milliken Road
Carl Eugene Johnson
Alden
Mich
Bloomingfield Hills
Florida
Johnson
Ohio
Workmen Erect Two Poles at Monroe Interchange
Two tall poles rise on a windy January day at the Monroe interchange of Interstate 75. Workers steady the structure to support a business sign, with Steigerwald Photo credited for the scene.
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Monroe
Steigerwald
Grand Jury Indicts Stretcher and Others in County
Butler County grand jury returns indictment against former Trenton mayor Harry Stretcher for embezzlement from his mayoral court account showing an $8,336 shortage covered after audit. The panel also indicts 53 others in 37 cases, including first and second degree murder, manslaughter, robbery, and narcotics charges across Middletown and Hamilton. Arraignment set for Friday at 9:30 a.m. before Judge Fred B. Cramer.
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Hamilton
Butler County
Trenton
Harry Stretcher
Mve Lunmo
Stretcher
State
Allen
Jabo) Warford
Hanover St
Daniel Walker
William E. Kelly
Union Ave
New Miami
JoAnn
Leon A. Luty
Park Terrace
Park Ave
Vickie Lynn Cole
Kenneth McIntosh
Timothy Gilbert
Roger Roberts
Charles E. Smith
Eddie Jemison
L. C
Bud) Roberts
James McIntosh
Middletown
Trick
Kenneth Detrow
Curtis
Big June) Williams
Butler County Common Pleas
Fred B. Cramer
Impossible for money bag to vanish from bank night box
Barnitz Bank officials said it is impossible for a money bag deposited in a night box to disappear. McDonald’s Drive-In employee reported depositing a bag at 12 30 a.m. Friday. Police and bank officials questioned the night deposit system while a bag reportedly held 1005 in receipts from the drive-in remained unaccounted for.
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Nelbar
McDonald's Drive-In
N. Verity Parkway
William Raines
Darbyshire
McDonald
Raines
Poast Town Church of God Holds Family Rummage Sale
A rummage sale at Poasttown Church of God youth center runs 8 am to 5 pm tomorrow through Saturday to aid the Samuel Ballard family of Trenton displaced by a recent fire. Proceeds fund clothing for the nine members while two other burned families have already benefited. Ruby Ballard is hospitalized in Middletown and is due to be released to move to a Trenton home.
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Poasttown
Church of God
Samuel Ballard
Trenton
Ballards
Ruby
Middletown
Fire Crews Respond to Multiple Local Incidents
Fire reports include an overheated furnace motor at 1206 Barnitz St causing $35 damage at 6:58 p.m. A grease fire on a kitchen stove at 1900 Brentwood St caused no damage at 5:59 p.m. An overheated washing machine motor at 216 Franklin St caused $25 damage at 4:09 p.m.
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Barnitz St
Brentwood St
Franklin St
City suspends newsletter amid tight funds
Middletown voices budget crisis as the Voice of Middletown and Employee Voice are halted due to a $10,000 annual cost within a $700,000 cut in the 1969 operating budget. City manager Dan Rothe notes possible resumption if new revenue arises. newsletters printed by Barker-Schultz of Miamisburg.
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Kothe
Suspect Held in Knife Slaying of Willie Felder
A 46 year old woman was held without charge in the Cleveland knife slaying of Willie Felder, 31, reported Saturday night. The case involves an unidentified suspect and ongoing police investigation in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
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Wendt
David Elmer Keller
Harrison
Harlen William Ejisenbaugh
Allen Park
Maria Sharp
Kan
Patricia Critchle
Wisenbaugh
Fort Hamilton
Keeler
College of Arts and Science
Playhouse In the Park
Cincinnati
Marinelli
School of Education
Greenhills High School
Kappa Phi Kappa
Mohata Building
Chase
Obert Ogers
Central Ave
DIAL
Marty Miller
Vic LeRoy
Donald Slusher
Miller Miller Insurance Inc
Verity Pkwy
Jacqueline Cox
Ross
Okeawa
Citizens Bank of Hamilton
Radhel Mullins
Gerald Shields
Robert Phillips
Barnitz Bank
Barker-Shhutz, Inc., of
Miamisburg
Recyce
S. Breiel Blvd
Shell Heating Oil
Shell
Ing Oil
Middletown Tee & Coal Co
Curtis St
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