Carlisle Firemen Open New Station With Busy Start
Carlisle firemen answered four alarms in under three hours at their new building. One firefighter was injured and two wrecked cars on slick roads during calls to a dump fire near Clear Creek, a backyard junk car burn on Franklin Madison Road, and two smudge pot blazes by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers along Park Drive and Franklin Madison Road crossings.
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Carlisle
Clear Creek
Franklin-Trenton
Jerry Mahle
Earl Edwards
Mahle
Edwards
Franklin-Madison Road
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Park Drive Crossing
Franklin- Madison Road
89 Journal Newsboys Honored For Service
The 1967 newspaper carrier program honors 37 Middletown newsboys with 12 month and six month awards. City and suburban divisions include winners such as James Allen Dave Benning Mark Bruggeman Arnold Eggleton Ari Gagieton and others who met sales service and collection goals with excellent ratings. Six month and twelve month recipients receive chevrons certificates or engraved tie tacks as recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
An- Journal
Robert Hedrick
Boys To Journal
James Allen
Dave Benning
Mark Bruggeman
Arnold Eggleton
Ari @gagieton
David Fouch
David Hall
Leon Hall
Ronald Hall
David Hampel
Greg Heffron
Danny Imfeld
James Lawrence
Larry Lawson
Mark Lovelace
Terry McDonough
Richard Nickell
Dale Perrin
Noah Powers Jr
Donald Sharp
Dan Taggart
Pat Welsh
Dan Williston
Dan Asbury
Norman Baker
Larry Charles
David Hamm
Scott Mil
Deaths and Funerals Highlight Local Notables
Mrs Belle Chapman 85 of 409 Oxford State Road died in a Dayton rest home after an extended illness. Survived by son Harlan Jr of Dayton, daughter Rachael Agee of Middletown, sister Margaret Carlisle of Dayton, and two grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are complete at McCoy Leffler. Mrs Leoan Selby Huchison 73 of Hamilton, formerly Middletown, will be buried Mt Pleasant Cemetery after 2 p.m. service at Colligan Funeral Home. She died Friday at McCullough Hyde Hospital. Surviving husband Col Eldon Huchison, son James of Dayton, brother Hugh Seby, and a grandchild. Burial follows Mt Pleasant Church and Elk Creek Baptist Church founders’ line. Friends may call today after 4 p.m. at the funeral home.
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Belle Chapman
Oxford State Road
Dayton
Harlan Jr
Rachael Agee
Middletown
Margaret Carlisle
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
Leoan Selby Huchison
Hamilton
Colligan Funeral Home
Mt Pleasant Cemetery
Huchison
Montgomery County
Middletown High School
Mt. Pleasant Church
Elk Creek Baptist Church
Col
Eldon Huchison
Mt. Pleasant
James
Hugh Seby
Cleveland
McCullough - Hyde Hospital
Oxford
Obituary: Logan Hollon 74 of Beattyville
Logan John Hollon 74 of Beattyville Route 11 died yesterday afternoon at Middletown Hospital after a week as a patient. He was a retired farmer. Survivors include three daughters Lillie Terrell Camden Eliza Habib New Coste PA and Dorothy Carroll Middletown and three sons Hargis Middletown Hager Beattyville and Terrell Winchester KY. Arrangements are incomplete at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home.
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Logan John Hollon
Beattyville
Rt 11
Middletown Hospital
Lillie Terrell
Camden
Eliza Habib
New Coste
Dorothy Carroll
Middletown
Hargis
Hager
Terrell
Winchester
McCoy-Leffler
Burglars Steal Adding Machine and Cash at Miles Moving
Burglars broke into Miles Moving and Storage at 401 N University Bvd and stole an adding machine and at least $60 in cash. Police said a clock plug was pulled and stopped at 8 40 p m. Desks were ransacked but other machines, several typewriters, and a portable radio were left. Entry was gained by kicking the front door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
N. University Bvd
Mother of Six Held on Neglect Charge in Middletown
A 43 year old mother Margaret Wilkerson was jailed on neglect and intoxication charges after police found her six children alone at home. Officers responding to a call found two boys ages one and two and four and six year old girls and noted the 60 degree house. The last meal was breakfast and the father Eddie 45 had left after an argument. The mother left soon after the police arrival.
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Middletown
Margaret Wilkerson
16Th Ave
15Th Ave
Eddie
Grant Evans 101, oldest twin in country dies in Florida
Grant Evans age 101, part of a twin pair potentially the nation’s oldest, died Saturday in a Jacksonville hospital after a midweek admission following a fall. The cause of death was not announced.
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Jacksonville
Fila
Grant Evans
Evans
Snowy roads blamed for area pile of auto crashes
Dozens of fender benders and five city accidents marked yesterday as slick streets caused by snow led to damage totaling $1,320. John Busby, 18, and David Green Jr., 17, were cited for excessive speed after their cars struck poles and curbs on S Main Street and Centennial Avenue in separate incidents.
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John Busby
Aberdeen Drive
Trenton
S. Main Street
Busby
David Green Jr
14Th Ave
Centennial Ave
Green
Oxford Man Heads Butler Park Board
Joseph P. Wespiser III of Oxford elected president of the Butler County Park District board of park commissioners. William K. Robinson of Middletown named vice president and Gilbert E. Condo of Hamilton named secretary. Wespiser begins a second three year term as park commissioner. He is a Miami University graduate and an officer of the Miami Valley Lumber Co.
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Joseph P. Wespiser III
Oxford
Board of Park Commissioners
Butler County
William K. Robinson
Middletown
Gilbert E. Condo
Hamilton
Wespiser
Miami University
Miami Valley Lumber Co
Fire and Smoke Incidents Reported Across Local Addresses
Fire at 327 Moore St back fired under a car hood owned by Herman Combs at 1812 Jefferson Ave caused no damage. At Continental Can Co Clark Street entrance Willard Hampton, 51, of 2009 Wilbraham Rd, had trouble breathing and was taken to Middletown Hospital in fair condition. At 2014 Crescent Blvd pans smoked in oven with no damage. At 2004 Carolina St a space heater in a garage smoked with no damage.
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Moore St
Herman Combs
Jefferson Ave
Continental Can Co., Inc
Clark Street
Willard Hampton
Wilbraham Road
Middletown Hospital
Cresent Blvd
Carolina St
Danny Bess Corrects Fire Treatment Address
Danny Bess, treated by firemen Friday, lives at 1400 Yankee Road not 827 11th Avenue as reported yesterday.
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Danny Bess
Yankee Road
Fasting Antioch Students in Good Condition After Sit-In
Two Antioch College students Decour sy Squire age 18 and Michael Mattin age 17 are reported in good condition after 36 days of hunger striking over their arrest December 7 during a sit-in at the Federal Building in Cincinnati. Squire remains at the city workhouse serving a 270 day term for contempt of court trespassing and resisting arrest while Mattin is under juvenile court control and treated at Rollman Psychiatric Institute.
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Cincinnati
Squire
Michael Mattin
Miss Squire
Mattin
Antioch College
Federal
Morgantown
W. Va
Martin
Exeter
N. H
Rollman Psychiatric Institute
William Woodward
Workhouse
Williams
Specialists Agree Artificial Heart Urgently Needed Amid Transplant Debate
A group of leading heart specialists urged rapid artificial heart development to support transplant patients. Dr. Michael DeBakey touted its ethical and clinical benefits and called for careful selection of transplant candidates while the American Heart Association outlined an ethics committee to oversee the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Michael DeBakey
Houston Tex
DeBakey
American Heart Association
Law
William W. L. Glenn
Yale University School of Medicine
Cincinnati Teachers threaten walk out prompt injunction move
Cincinnati School Superintendent Paul Miller said he would seek court injunctions if teachers carry out a planned walkout. He spoke at a meeting with 175 principals as CTU and CTA consider strike votes and sanctions including boycotts or blacklisting. Miller urged firm discipline and warned of possible actions against defiant teachers.
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Cincinnati
Paul Miller
Ohio
Miller
Sesssion
Cincinnati Teachers Union
CTU
Cincinnati Teachers Association
CTA
Rescue Try Fails as Boy Drowns on Lake Milton
Seven-year-old John Simmons III drowned Saturday in Lake Milton after his mother tried to save him. He had been skating with his sister Tammy eight and Kirk Baker seven when the ice broke. Baker also fell in but escaped. Tammy ran to their home and attracted their mother, who entered the water and could not hold him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown, Ohio
John Simmons III
Lake Milton
Tammy
Kirk Baker
Baker
John Simmons Jr
Middletown Works Sets December Steel Records
Armco Middletown Works reported record breaking December production across blast furnaces open hearth hot strip and cold mills. No 3 blast furnace led with 122 455 tons of pig iron surpassing prior marks while total pig iron hit 184 013 tons. Open hearth averaged 21 67 tons per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osborne
Hamilton
Middletown
Grant Increase for Garfield Redevelopment Project
Washington officials announced a $16,000 increase to the Garfield Redevelopment Project grant in Middletown Ohio raising the total from $2 012 560 to $2 028 560. The Housing and Urban Development Department said the boost supports redevelopment efforts in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Garfield
Middletown
Ohio
Former Liberal Markets founder widow dies at 84
Dayton widow of Liberal Markets founder Mrs Abe Schear died Saturday at her home aged 84. She once served as company president. Her husband died in 1935. Survivors include five sons, two daughters, 19 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. Funeral 3 p.m. today at Beth Abraham Synagogue with burial at Beth Abraham Cemetery. All Liberal stores close at 3 p.m. today in her honor.
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Dayton
Abe Schear
Liberal Markets
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