Burglary and Theft Reported Across Local Businesses and Homes
A 1978 rental car was stolen from National Car Rental on North Verity Parkway after a window was blocked with cardboard. Whitt's Auto Sales on the same street also faced burglary with no police report yet. At Bill Withers’s home on 2110 S Breiel Blvd, five firearms including shotguns, a 9mm pistol, a .22 derringer, and over $250 in change were stolen between midnight and 3 AM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Car Rental
North Verity Parkway
Whitt
Bill Withers
S. Breiel Blvd
Fire and medical calls reported yesterday
A series of yesterday incidents include a 6:15 pm house fire on 1511 S Highview Rd with John Banzhaf, 68, suffering chest pains and admitted in fair condition. Earlier, 5:12 pm on Tytus Ave and Catalpa Dr an auto accident left no transport. At 4:29 pm 1620 Lamberton St Monta Walters, 21, pregnant, to hospital for delivery. 1:18 pm 1411 Highland St Doug Kidd, 36, 2125 Highland, ill, to hospital. 10:27 am 3919 Riverview Ave Betty McPeek, 75, ill, to hospital, treated and released.
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S. Highview Road
John Banzhaf
Lamberton St
Monta Walters
Highland St
Doug Kidd
Highland
Riverview Ave
Betty McPeek
Adult education programs resume after snowdelay this week
Adult education and evening classes restart around the city this week after a snow pause. Vocational courses include sewing welding photography blueprint reading automobile maintenance cabinet making with Thursday night offerings in cooking and cabinet making. Daytime and evening programs cover high school equivalency prep and Adult Basic Education with first semester ending Tuesday and second starting Thursday. Registration is via the Adult Basic Education office at 423-0781 or 423-4932.
Vandals Target Cars on Sutphin Street and Curry Ford Lot
Police report early yesterday that vandals broke the car window of Mike Moore at 104 N Sutphin Street. Four windows on another car two trucks and a van at the Curry Ford lot were also shattered. In a separate incident officers found railroad crossing arms stuck at the 14th Avenue crossing lifted up and tied down yesterday afternoon.
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Mike Moore
N. Sutphin St
Curry Ford Lot
14Th Avenue
Canton Schools Judge bows out as pact fades
Canton Ohio AP A tentative contract between the Canton Board of Education and striking workers collapsed after Common Pleas Court Judge Ira Turpin refused to rule on the plan to finance pay raises. CAPSE spokeswoman Karen McCartney said the ruling will extend the three week old strike in the 16 000 pupil system.
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Canton, Ohio
Canton Board of Education
Stark County
Common Pleas Court
Ira Turpin
Canton Professional Educators Association
Ohio
Association of Public School Employees
Karen McCartney
CAPSE
House Fire on Pierson Road In Butler County
Three fire departments battled a house fire on Pierson Road just south of Stillwell Beckett Road in western Butler County last night. Reily Township Millville and Milford Township fire units responded around 7 30 p m. The owner was not home and could not be located. Firefighters remained at the scene two hours later with no injuries reported.
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Pierson Road
Stillwell-Beckett Road
Butler County
Reily
Millville
Milford Township
Pierson
Ohio governors race heaters amid winter storms and politics
Ohio legislators weigh governor bids as winter storms slow activity. Senate Leader Markron and House Leader Riffe mull runs, with Attorney General Brown and Lt. Gov Celeste also eyed. Rhodes undecided, Kurfess in GOP primary. Lawmakers resume after icy delays to tackle school funding and veto battles.
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Columbus
Ohio
Democratic Assembly
Senate
House
G. Riffe Jr
Boston
Riffe
Ocasek
Hursday
William J. Brown
Richard F. Celeste
Celeste
Myrl H. Shoemaker
D-Bourneville
John E. Johnson
D-Orville
Multiple Deaths and Funerals Reported in Middletown Area
Obituaries and funeral notices for Mrs Virginia Brate of 2806 Shartle St. and others list services, call hours, and burial details. Included are notes on Mrs Brate, Robert W England, Sarah Harris, and Emma Ann Hollandsworth with family survivors and service times at McCoy Leffler, Hall Jordan, or Riggs funeral homes.
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Sarah Harris
Young St
Hall-Jordan Memorial Chapel
Willie Bankston
Woman Hurt In Three Car Wreck At Central Avenue And McKnight Drive
A three car collision at Central Avenue and McKnight Drive sent Yvonne Linville, 44, in good condition with a possible concussion to Middletown Hospital. Her son Russell Linville, 16, was a passenger in the Linville car which rear ended Robert Flagel, 38, and D Hubbard, 54, both also treated. Frances Hubbard, 52, riding with Hubbard, was briefly treated and released. The Linville youth was charged with failure to maintain an assured clear distance.
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Middletown Hospital
Central Avenue
McKnight
Yvonne Linville
Shelby Linville
Russell J. Linville
Robert F. Flagel
Marymont Court
D. Hubbard
Poinciana Road
Hubbard
Flagel
Atee
Case
Frances Hubbard
Linville
Meryl Sandlin 50 Franklin Woman Dies at Fort Hamilton Hospital
Miss Meryl Joyce Sandlin 50 of 423 Forrest Ave Franklin died Saturday at Fort Hamilton Hughes Memorial Hospital Hamilton after a long illness. She was born in Franklin to Nancy Sandlin and had a sister Frances Wilburn of Fairfield and a brother Clarence Sandlin Jr. of Hamilton. Funeral services at 1 pm at McCoy with Rev David Cotterill officiating. Burial in Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call Monday 7 to 9 pm.
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Virginia Brate
Shartle St
Riggs
G. Walter Weber
Woodside Cemetery
Brate
Middletown Hospital
Myrtle Sarver
Williamsburg
Wheelersburg
John and
Kenneth
Connersville
Ind
Kathryn Peters
Goldie Schneider
Louisville
Tressie Robbins
Hamilton
Lucy Johnson
Goldie Lenhardt
McKee
McCoy- Leffler
Curtis Ramsey
Miltonville Cemetery
Meryl Joyce Sandlin
Forrest Ave
Franklin
Fort Hamilton-Hughes Memorial Hospital
Nancy Sandlin
Frances Wilburn
Fairfield
Clarence Sandlin Jr
David Cotterill
Actress Gail Fisher arrested on drug charges
Los Angeles authorities say television actress Gail Fisher was arrested on investigation of possessing cocaine and marijuana and released on $1,500 bail. Fisher is known for playing a secretary in the detective series Mannix.
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Los Angeles
Gail Fisher
Ms. Fisher
Ohio Farmers Seek State Tax Reform to Fund Schools
The Ohio Farmers Union urged Saturday passage of an alternate school funding tax system reducing reliance on local property taxes and offsetting unvoted reappraisal increases. Delegates backed Rep. John E. Johnson’s bill shifting burden to state income taxes and urged parity price support with a robust food program. Virgil Thompson won the union presidency over J. Mike Louise. Charles Hardin was re-elected VP.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Farmers Union
John E. Johnson
D-Orrville
DeChant
Virgil Thompson
Paulding County
J. Mike Louise
West Union
Charles Hardin
New Vienna
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Norman Thompson
Timothy
Steven
Robert Dolezeal
Tytus Avenue
Catalpa Drive
Canton Schools
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Harding
Fourth and Sonnet
Franklin City Building
Fourth and
Riley
Gertrude W. Donahey
Michael Dorrian
Franklin County
James A. Rhodes
Charles F. Kurfess
Perrysburg
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Robert England
Robert W. England
Casa Grande
Ariz
Lutheran Hospital
Mesa
Mr. England
Trenton
Ray Collinsworth Trucking Co
Knights of Pythias
Cora
John Cessna
Flagstaff
Patricia Cessna
Bullhead
Linda Clevenger
Noma England
San Demas
Calif
Donald Nd
McCoy- Leffler Funeral Home
Woodside
Harris
Emma Hollandsworth
Emma Ann Hollandsworth
Patty Clay Hospital
Richmond
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Hollandsworth
Frank
James Spivey
Meryl Sandlin
Tony T. DeChant
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