Wallace Jury Receives Closing Arguments in Embezzlement Trial
In Warren County Common Pleas Court, prosecutors framed Sheriff Wallace and his wife Elda as embezzling public funds via the equipment fund and a jail inmate promotion. Defense charged the investigation was vendetta, as jurors prepared to deliberate after lunch on charges of embezzlement and bribery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Einst
Warren County
Roy Wallace
Elda
Wallaces
Fred Jones
Jones
Morris Turkelson
Wallace
Sohio
Becky Syphers
James Ruppert
Sheriff's Department
Police Briefs Record Roof IVice Shooting and Youths in City
Police reported a man shooting icicles from an Armco roof with a shotgun at 1700 Highland St. He was told to find a safer method. A youth charged with carrying a concealed weapon after two boys fled Lamark store at Fourth Ave and Yankee Rd. a 17-year-old found with a hunting knife, the other held for juvenile officers. Vandalism notes include several windows and a van paint chip on Grand Ave and Jewell Ave, plus a windshield on S Main St. A burglary at Henry Fugate Jr.’s home on Crescent Blvd. was followed by theft of two cartons of empty soft drink bottles. The article also covers a county sheriff‑prosecutor feud over indictments and personnel changes, including accusations of bribery and questioned decorum surrounding Becky Syphers and Dorcheff, with Wallace defending his memory of records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highland St
Lamark
Fourth Avenue
Yankee Road
Grand Ave
Jewell Avenue
S. Main Street
14Th Avenue
Sheriffs Department
Prosecutor's Office
Sheriff's Department
Allen Blankenship
Becky Syphers
Blankenship
Syphers
George Dorcheff
Dorcheff
Wallace
Flannery
Grassed waterways aid Warren County soil protection
Don Butz of the Soil Conservation Service urges grassed waterways to curb erosion on about 150000 acres of Warren County cropland where 30 percent shows erosion risk. Waterways divert runoff, protect topsoil, and provide hay or pasture forage while enhancing soil conservation efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Don Butz
The
Soil Conservation Service
Warren County
Butz
Buzz
Insanity ruling in Middletown arson case
Blanche Oswald of 409 Baltimore Street Middletown was found not guilty of aggravated arson by reason of insanity. Judge Arthur J Fiehrer of Butler County Common Pleas ordered her committed to Lima State Hospital after the September 7 fire at her home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Blanche Oswald
Baltimore St
Middletown
Butler County Common Pleas
Arthur J Fiehrer
Oswald
Lima State Hospital
City Fire and Medical Calls Log Highlights Multiple Distress Incidents
Fire crews responded to several emergencies at addresses across the city with patients ranging in age from 2 months to 78. Calls include chest pains, difficulty breathing, illness, and injuries. most patients were treated and released, with one admitted in serious condition and another in fair condition. A vehicle fire hood incident caused $30 damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Lane
Brentwood St
Charles Shockey
15Th Ave
Lillian Yates
First Ave
Charles Hipsher
Woodlawn
Fred Long
Baltimore St
Susan Burnett
Yankee Road
Joe Proffitt
Burbank Ave
Arthur Maze
Catalpa Drive
Janie Quinn
Hood
Daytonian Named Leader Of National Cities Energy Task Force
Daytonian Patricia Roach, city commissioner, has been appointed chairwoman of the National League of Cities energy task force for 1978, signaling enhanced focus on energy issues within municipal leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daytonian
Cities League
Dayton, Ohio
Patricia Roach
National League of Cities
Snow collapses long roof at Wickes Lumber
Monroe officials report the Wickes Lumber Co. shed roof collapsed around 2 p.m. after heavy snow buildup of about five feet on the southern side. No injuries were reported. Manager Carl Smith estimated damages at 25 thousand dollars as the roof failed starting in the middle and spreading to both ends. Jerry Fletcher, an employee, described a roaring sound like a train during the collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Wickes Lumber Co
Carl Smith
Smith
Jerry Fletcher
Deaths and funerals in Middletown area headline list
Obituary notes list multiple deaths with survivors including Willie N Clements Sr and Mary A Tisdale of Middletown. Other notices cover Mrs Laura Carley Thomas, Paul Poast, Mrs Elizabeth Sprang, and Mrs Martha Gilbert. Funeral arrangements, service times, and burial details are provided.
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Willie Napoleon Jr
Harvey
Middletown
Michael
Indiana University
Joseph
Oakland
Calif
Charles Edward
Gardenia
Anthony
Cincinnati
Darrell
Dayton
Wanda Peoples
Sylvia Rudolph
Wilma Louise Wharton
Robert
California
Bis Albert Clements
Cleveland
Gladys Mills
Joel F. Bailey Funeral Home Inc
Carlisle
Paul Poast
Central Ave
Anglesby
Franklin
Lebanon
Laura Carley Thomas
St. Petersburg
Fla
Thomas
Real Gas Co
Ronald Foulk
Oswald Funeral Home
Families sought to host teachers for European guests
The American Host Foundation in Garden Grove California seeks families to host English speaking European teachers for one or two weeks this summer. Hosts provide a private room meals and local sightseeing while the foundation arranges transportation and prior correspondence. Interested families may write to American Host Program 12747 Brookhurst St Garden Grove CA 92640.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden Grove
Calif
American Host Foundation
American Host Program
Brookhurst St
John Dean admits mixed motives in Watergate talks
John Dean, former Nixon counsel, told reporters after addressing the 59th Ohio Pastors Convocation that his motives in discussing Watergate were partly selfish and that he feared for his own neck. He said his involvement grew while he began drinking more and noted actions like replacing fifths with half-gallons to hide bottles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, Ohio
John Dean
Nixon
Dean
Ohio Pastors Convocation
No action seen in coal strike stalls talks at Capitol
Federal officials say no plans to invoke the Taft Hartley act as negotiations between the Bituminous Coal Operators Association and United Mine Workers stall on day 51 of the strike. Mediation efforts continue with industry and union negotiators in Washington but progress remains elusive. Union president Arnold Miller downplays the walkout as routine and warns bargaining remains tough amid frayed tempers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eecena Onederal
Uni
Taft-Hartley
John Rogers
Federal Mediation Service
Ray Marshall
Tas
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
BCOA
Capitol Hilton
Washington
Arnold Miller
Miller
Three held on nine charges after Ohio 63 stop
Three arrested yesterday afternoon and jailed on nine charges following a stop on Ohio 63 at I 75 by Monroe police. Donald D. Crosswaite, 32, sought by U S marshal in Covington for bad checks, was arrested on the warrant. Wanda Gomez, 25, and Marva Carr, 23, faced counts of obstructing official business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Ohio
Interstate 75
Donald D. Crosswaite
U.S
Covington
Middletown
Wanda Gomez
Easton Avenue
Marva Carr
Cincinnati
Two Oxford graduates omitted from December Miami list
Oxford area graduates Frederick T Hotchkiss of 4011 Fisher Road earned a bachelor of science in business and Kenneth Alan Tolliver of 136 Sunset Court, Monroe, received an associate in arts degree at Miami University December commencement. their names were previously left off the published list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Miami University
Frederick T Hotchkiss
Fisher Road
Kenneth Alan Tolliver
Sunset Court
Monroe
Recovered alcoholic man in liquor spill crash
A delivery van carrying liquor collided with a car in suburban Overland Park Kansas spilling alcohol onto the street. The car’s driver, a recovered alcoholic en route to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, was involved in the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Overland Park
Kan
Alcoholics Anonymous
Gunman surrenders at Nevada airport in Winnemucca
Harold Lynn Starry 27 of Marsing Idaho surrendered after taking the pilot hostage and exchanging two prior hostages for a Cessna 205 flight to Winnemucca Nevada. Police negotiated the surrender with Starry and the airport trailer held no shots fired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnemucca
Nev
Wen
Associated Press
Harold Lynn Starry
Marsing
Idaho
Starry
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Mrs. Wallace
James Flannery
Ruppert
George J. Spidel
Henry Fugate Jr
Crescent Blvd
cNature
Lewis
Aru
Central Avenue
Tine
Town
Sheckler
Willie Clements
Willie Napoleon Clements Sr
DAV Center
Mr. Clements
Cohen Brothers Inc
South Carolina
Mary Tisdale
Mary A. Tisdale
S. Main St
Middletown Hospital
Emmanuel Baptist Church
Willie Bankston
Butler County Memorial Park
Joel F. Bailey
Priest
Sarah Tisdale
Walker Barbee
Chicago
Waltereen Cosby
Athens
Ala
Martha Gilbert
Brown's Run Road
Germantown Road
Gilbert
Williamsburg
Merle Creekbaum
Fred Burton
Clarksville
Ind
Gerald Farmer
Tampa
Frances
Billy T. Ball
Woodside Cemetery
Laura Thomas
Elisabeth Sprang
Elizabeth Sprang
Otterbein
Sprang
Cloyd Shepbell
Ashland
Otterbein Chapel
John Dobrozsi Jr
Ins., Inc
Carr
Nevada
Winnemucca Air Service
Winnemucca Municipal
John Prescott
SOUTH
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