Burglars Target Moorman Sand and Gravel Office
Burglars broke into the Moorman Sand and Gravel Co. office at 6127 Germantown Road using a cutting torch to reach a new safe but failed to enter it. Deputies said hinges were cut, the office ransacked, and coins taken from a snack machine. Owner F J Moorman reported the break in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moorman Sand and Gravel Co
Germantown Road
Sheriff's Deputies
Bill Fisher
Sheriff’s Department
F. J. Moorman
Ronald Drive
Break‑in at Middletown Home Reported by Resident Eugene Ripley
Eugene Ripley reports a burglary at his Middletown area residence on Lorraine Drive. Deputies say the break in occurred through a bathroom window around 11 15 p m and valuables totaling 552 dollars were stolen including a 400 dollar tape recorder a radio an electric mixer a camera and assorted men s items.
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Middletown
Eugene Ripley
Lorraine Drive
Mack Hurley
Fire Report At 1932 Flemming Road And Smoke At 105 McKnight Drive
A fire at 1932 Flemming Road yesterday at 3 p.m. involved Patricia Griffith, 21, who was taken to Middletown Hospital with breathing difficulties. At 6:45 p.m. a smoke scare arose at 105 McKnight Drive with smoke from a trash container outside Middletown Hospital.
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Flemming
Patricia Griffith
Middletown Hospital
McKnight Drive
Burglars Hit Two East End Homes Saturday Night
Police reported two East End homes were broken into Saturday night. Victims Carl Funk and J R Taber said intruders pried doors and stole cash liquor and a watch totaling about 150 to 200 dollars.
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East End
Carl Funk
Poppy Drive
J. R. Taber
Ross St
Middletown Tax Office Opens New Revelos Building
The Butler County Treasurer invites the public to an open house at the new Middletown office on Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Revelos Building at Central Avenue and Clinton Street. A display traces tax base growth from 1957 to 1967.
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Middletown
Butler County
Mark G. Wendel
Revelos
Central Avenue
Clinton Street
Wendel
Lemon
Madison Townships
Inmates Awarded Medals For Bravery At Lebanon Prison
Three inmates Thurman Armstrong Edward Hilles and Linwood Bosley received bronze medals from the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission and $500 awards for rescuing supervisor Robert L Reinert during the November 29 1966 fire. Prison officials cut six months from each man’s sentence with Armstrong due for release Thursday Bosley in February and Hilles in July after parole consideration in June.
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Lebanon
Lebanon Correctional Institution
Here
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Thurman Armstrong
Portsmouth
Edward Hilles
Linwood Bosley
Cowmbus
Armstrong
Bosley
Hilles
LCI
Robert L. Reinert
Reinnert
Pilot Mangus of Indiana Dies in Fog Crash Near Richmond
The body of Joseph L Mangus 42 of 210 Burton Road was recovered at 9 a.m. from a wrecked 172 Cessna near Kitchell Indiana northwest of College Corner after a fogbound return flight from Richmond. Also killed was Arthur Copeland of Cincinnati who flew with Mangus. Copeland’s body was found in the fuselage about an hour later. Mangus father of six and known for skydiving and skindiving, had reported a crash landing to Cox Municipal Airport Vandalia. CAP and local volunteers searched through the night with 25 ground workers, as poor visibility delayed air searches. Mangus formerly worked for General Electric and the Ohio Highway Department and once ran a skindiving school, a skydiving club member, and had performed at local safety shows.
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Joseph L Mangus
Burton Road
Richmond
Ind
Kitchell
College Corner
Arthur Copeland
Cincinnati
Mangus
Copeland
Cox Municipal
Vandalia
Dwayne LaFuze
General Electric
Ohio Department of Highways
CAP
Frank Gayheart
Middletown
Chautauqua Group Debates Sale Vote At Annual Meeting
A vote by Miami Valley Chautauqua Association members approves selling 45 acres of park and facilities to the Michigan Baptist Bible Youth Council for 115 000 dollars. Dissenting cottagers allege unfair conduct and seek possible action while Lake outlines no further purchase plans.
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Chautauqua
Miami Valley Chautauqua Association
Mary Michael
Association
Michigan Baptist Bible Youth Council
Sive Lake
Franklin
Lake
Grand Ole Opry
Michael
Robert Dunn
Michaels
Dunn
MVCA
Temple To Youth Opens As $725000 Y Pool Dedicat
Middletown YMCA dedicates a new $725000 pool described as a temple to youth and a practical facility serving both young and old. The opening draws 300 attendees with praise from Civic Association leaders and YMCA officials for community support and future locker rooms and courts.
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Paul Sullivan Journal
B. P. Allen
Middletown
Allen
Veteran Association
Youth Department
W. C. Higdon
Donald E. Reichelderfer
YMCA
Crystal Tissue Co
Man killed during target shooting in Lebanon
William Dillow, 24, of Dayton, stepped into the line of fire at a family target practice session and was fatally shot in the base of the skull with a .22 caliber bullet. Sheriff deputies said the death was accidental. coroner Dr Ralph Young pronounced him dead at the Oswald Funeral Home. He is survived by his wife Mary and two daughters, Lisa and Kim.
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Lebanon
Dayton
Warren County
William Dillow
Steele Ave
Gilley
Dillow
Ralph Young
Oswald
Raymond
James
Dillon
Mary
Lisa
Kim
Wrenn and Sorg Not Sewers Users Says Journal
The Journal incorrectly stated that Wrenn Paper Co. and Sorg Paper Co. use city sewage facilities. The firms treat their wastes and hold state permits to dispose of them into the Great Miami River.
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Sunday's Journal
Wrenn Paper Co
Sorg Paper Co
Great
Miami River
Vote Split On New Contract At Brook Park GM Plant
United Auto Workers Local 755 faces a split vote on a new contract at General Motors Allison Division in Brook Park near Cleveland. Production workers rejected the contract by a large margin while skilled workers approved it by a slim margin, prompting a request to UAW international headquarters in Detroit for guidance. The plant employs about 2,300 workers.
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Cleveland
United Auto Workers Union Local 755
International
Detroit
Cleveland Army Tank-Automobile
Brook Park
William E. Malumphy
General Motors Corps
Allison Division
Address Wrong in Engle Shoplifting Charge
A Friday Journal item misstated William F. Engle's address as 411 Cribbs Ave. The correct residence is 401 Cribbs Ave, correcting the public notice of the charge.
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William F. Engle
Cribbs Ave
Police Probe Two Rape Reports In Middletown
A 21 year old woman says three men raped her near Verity Parkway and Yankee Road. a 40 year old woman reports a knife point assault at her home. Charges filed against Tom Howard, 24, of 909 Lincoln St, and two teens held for investigation. Police continue inquiries.
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Tommy Howard
Lincoln St
S. Verity Parkway
Verity Parkway
Yankee Road
Middletown
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Harry Rulon
St. Clair St
Williamsdale
Wendt
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Clor
Zenith TV
Trenton
TAX Office
Indiana
Civil Air Patrol
Gayheart
Olsen
Joseph Mangus
Chautauqua Group
Howard R. Cromwell
Y” Board
Civic Association
Hamilton
Lima
Robert Atkinson
Columbus
Ohio West Virginia Ymcas
John Schmitz
Eugene W. Betz
Tom Bendel
David L. Smith Construction Co
al West
Lee
Ella) Chamberlain
Roy Wallace
Troy Gilley
Raymond J. Dillow
Lebanon Rt. 2
Sorg
Wrenn
IRC
Ribbye
Germantown Rd
A. C
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