Heart Fund Names City and Committee Chairs for 1968 Drive
Dr. Walter H. Roehil Jr announces 1968 Heart Fund campaign leadership for Butler County Ohio. Middletown City chairman is Nancy Gray with committee heads Robert Crooke Jack Frisbie and Mrs Robert Bell. Heart Sunday on February 25 will feature a door to door drive for donations.
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Heart Fund
Walter H. Roehil, Jr
Butler County
Heart Association
Ohio
Walling
Nancy) Gray
Victoria Ave
Middletown City
Robert Crooke
Aberdeen Drive
Jack Frisbie
Orchard St
Robert Bell
Anne Drive
Franklin
Association
Gray
Heart
Hearing Set Monday In Drug Charge
A Monday night hearing in County Area One Court Oxford will review charges against Peter DiToro 20 and David Farthing 18 both of 111 E Spring St Oxford after a narcotics raid found eight grams of marijuana derivative and related paraphenalia at their apartment.
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Hamilton
Oxford
Miami University
Peter DiToro
E. Spring St
David Farthing
Sheriff's
Cliff Hyde
Ed Rice
Bill Cain
Sheriff's Department
Weather Halts Skating At Smith Pond Rink
The Smith Pond ice skating rink closed again as temperatures rose past 45 degrees and water covered the surface. This is the third closure since opening on January 14. Ralph Connor, recreation supervisor, said warmer weather expected today means no skating this weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith Pond
Ralph Connor
Twin Franklin blazes cause significant damage. no injuries
Fire Chief describes two fires in Franklin: a residence on Navaho Street damaged about 3 800 by 14 firefighters. and a Stone Container Corp vent motor fire at Sixth Avenue and Anderson Street that scorched motors and vents with no injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clester Brewer
Middletown
Gene Deaton
Navaho St
Deaton
Stone Container Corp
Sixth Avenue
Anderson Street
Franklin
Howard
Deaths and Funerals for Wesley Beck and Eugene Eckert
Wesley Beck 92 retired Armco steel executive died at Middletown Hospital after a stroke. His career included directing Armco research and leading silicon steel development. Survived by two sons, four grandchildren, five great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements through Riggs Funeral Home. Memorials to Heart Fund or Bethany Methodist Church.
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Wesley J. Beck
Hampton Place
Armco Steel Corp
Middletown Hospital
Beck
Armco
Lafayette
Ind
Mr. Beck
Purdue
Westinghouse Electrical Co
Charles
Middletown
C. D. Beck
Dayton
Armco Steel Sales
Riggs Funeral
Austin Whitmore
Woodside
Murray Wilson
Don Osborne
Vic Carpenter
Walter Bender
George Harvey
Franklin
Orville Bach
Excello
Thomas
Jane Conrad
Betty Akers
McCoy - Leffler
Heart Fund
Bethany Methodist Church Building Fund
Vandals Slash Tops Of Three Cars In Mulberry Alley
Three convertibles were vandalized with their tops slashed between 6 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. at Mulberry Alley as several Middletown High School attendees feared damage to Mick Phillips, 1912 Winton Street, William Kash, 9 Serria Road, and Jack Faukner. The incident caused an estimated 325 dollars in damage.
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Middletown
Mulberry Alley
Mick Phillips
Winton Street
William Kash
Serria Road
Jack Faukner
4 State Escapade Ends In Jail Here
A 20 year old Middletown man Darrell Griggs and a 15 year old companion were arrested after an interstate theft and bad check scheme. The juvenile admitted escaping from a Michigan Boys Training Center and implicated Griggs as they traveled from Lansing to Flint Chicago Blacksburg and Middletown with stolen cars and forged checks. The juvenile remains in custody for Michigan authorities while Griggs is jailed on failure to stay out of state charges.
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Middletown
Darrell Griggs
Crescent Blvd
Griggs
Winton Street
Boys Training Center
Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Flint
Chicago
Peggy McAllister Obituary Aged 12 Dies After Illness
Peggy McAllister, daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph McAllister of 1314 Fairmount Ave, died at 8 39 pm yesterday at Middletown Hospital after a lifelong illness. Survived by parents five sisters Dorish Thompson Genevieve Davis Patty Davis Phyllis Furlow Betty McGill two brothers Hobart Danny and maternal grandmother Dyande Collins. Hamilton Deaths Richard Brotherton 85 listed next.
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Peggy McAllister
Dyande Collins
Canal City
Man Escapes Serious Injury In Route 2 Crash
John Henshul 25 of Preble County escaped serious injury when his northbound car struck a bridge abutment on West Alexandria Road Strebee Road and overturned into a creek bed around 3 30 am. Deputies said he fell asleep at the wheel and was thrown from the vehicle. He planned to seek medical treatment for a left leg injury.
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John Henshul
Preble County Line Road
Middletown
Rt. 2
West Alexandria Road
Strebee Road
Dep
Mack Hurley
Sheriff's Department
Honshu
Witnesses challenge sewer district assessments in Hamilton hearing
About 30 of 100 property owners testified they did not receive mailed public hearing notices for the Amanda consolidated sewer district in Butler County. Judge Fred Cramer recessed the hearing pending further evidence as Mrs Helen Hill objects to assessments now certified to the county auditor and slated for next Friday.
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Hamilton
Comnby
Butler County Commissioners Mon Pleas
Fred B
Cremer
Helen Hill
Mohawk St
Amanda Consolidated
Bearl Joyce
Hill
Cramer
Joyce
Nelson Clinton
Amanda
Oneida
Daman Park
Home Acres
Estell Acres
Franklin Soldier Wounded in Vietnam Christmas Day
Mr and Mrs Garrett Brewer of Franklin announce their son Pfc Gary Brewer 19 was wounded in Vietnam on Christmas Day. With the 101st Airborne near Chu Lai he suffered shrapnel wounds to his left arm during a patrol after an ambush left their leader dead. Brewer has been in Vietnam since September and faces discharge in October after attending Lakota and Lemon Monroe high schools.
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Garrett Brewer
Lynn Drive
Franklin
Pfc
Gary Brewer
Vietnam
Brewer
101St Airborne Division
Chu Lai
Lakota
Lemon-Monroe
Deputies Earn Commendation For Post Office Break-In Arrest
Butler County deputies Sgt. John B. Mullins and Dep. Mack Hurley received a letter of commendation from Post Office Department officials for apprehending two men who allegedly broke into the Overpeck branch post office on January 4. The suspects are under indictment.
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Butler County Sheriff's Deputies
Post Office Department
Overpeck Branch
K. Pinson
Cincinnati
John B. Mullins
Mack Hurley
New Educational TV Setup To Replace MPATI Next Fall
Miami University's channel 14 will feed into a broader system run by Southwestern Institutional Television Inc. MPATI remains active this semester but will be replaced next fall by lower rates and solvency. The state funds programming for 948,000 pupils with local districts paying 5 cents per student above 6,000 enrollment.
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MPATI
Oxford
Wmub-Tv
Franklin
Frost
Miami
Southwestern Institutional Television Inc
Middletown
Southwestern Institutions Television Inc
Advisory Council
Howard Cromwell
Bowling Green University
Ohio University
Cromwell
Sheriff’s cruiser collision injures two in Lebanon
A Warren County sheriff's department cruiser on an emergency run collided with a car at Silver Street and N Mechanic Street. Glynis Musser, 50, and Elaine Musser, 19, were treated and released from Middletown Hospital for contusions. Deputy Lynn Ertel, 25, was the cruiser driver. Rodger Jones, 18, was in the other vehicle. Police uncertain if red light was active.
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Lebanon
Warren County Sheriff's Department
Middletown Hospital
Glynis Musser
Sunset Drive
Elaine Musser
Columbus
Sheriff's Office
Silver Street
Lynn Ertel
Maineville
Rodger Jones
Loveland
N. Mechanic Street
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Wesley Beck
Steel
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Ymca Land
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Eckert
American Legion
Lincoln Lode
F&am
General Wholesale Supply Co
Margaret
Gary
Myra Atkinson
Emma Eckert
Blacksburg
Florida
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Central Avenue
McCoy - Leffler Funeral Home
Richard Brotherton
Sun
St. Stephen's Church
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Central
U.S
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7Th and Vine
Gillen-Crow Pharmacy
Howard Sears
Bible School
Simon the Sorcerer
Zion
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Wilbraham RD
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