Fire destroys private club in West Middleton
Elfredo Club at 5154 Trenton Franklin Road West Middleton leveled by fire that started around 5 am. Deputy Mack Hurley and a passing motorist alerted authorities as North and South Madison fire crews fought the blaze for three hours. Loss estimated at 25 000 to 27 000 for the building and 5 000 to 6 000 for contents. owner Alice Morgan and his son had spent over 20 years on the project and had only recently leased to Jesse Burkhart.
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Alice Morgan
Elfredo Club
Morgan
Trenton-Franklin Road
West Middletown
Mack Hurley
Madison
Jesse Burkhart
Turner Lane
Franklin
Five Autos Damaged on S Main St in Chain-Reaction Crash
Five cars damaged totaling about 5000 dollars after a morning crash on S Main St. Mitchell A. Walker, 35, of 1206 Elm St., was treated at Middletown Hospital for facial injuries and cited for careless operation. His 1953 car caused a chain reaction hitting four parked vehicles including Joseph Wenzel and Miss Jeannette Niederlander.
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S. Main St
Mitchell A. Walker
Elm St
Middletown Hospital
Walker
Joseph Wenzel
Wenzel
Jeannette Niederlander
Daniel Moore
John Anuci
Airlines carry over 150 million passengers in scheduled service
U.S. airlines carried more than 150 million passengers in scheduled service last year and are adding passengers at the rate of 40 000 a day. Early in the 1970s the number of tickets sold is expected to equal the U.S. population.
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New York
U.S
10 000 Miles Woman's Trip Believed Unbelievable
Pisgah woman Agnes Leary, 43, was found guilty of assault and battery after a heated basement fight with Diane Clare over a babysitting job. She testified of a cross country escape from Ohio to Missouri Florida and the East Coast with a newborn she left at an orphanage in New York. Judge Fred B. Cramer called the tale unbelievable and ordered psychiatric evaluation with disposition set for February 10.
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Hamilton
Pisgah
Butler County Common Pleas
Fred B. Cramer
Agnes Leary
Esther Drive
Diane Clare
Louisville
Leary
Miss Clore
Tri-County
Missouri
Florida
Bromley
Cramier
Chicago Paper Publishes First U.S. Auto Road Map in 1895
A Chicago newspaper is credited with releasing the nation’s first automobile road map in 1895 marking a milestone in American mobility and transit documentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Chicago
Regents Compromise Maintains Branch Campus Ties With Universities
Ohio Board of Regents to propose a substitute bill keeping branch campuses like Miami University Middletown under parent universities. Presidents met Regent Millett to discuss a plan that preserves current relationships while ensuring arts, sciences, and technical programs. The move aims to avoid a separate board control and faces concerns over student fee increases and subsidy needs.
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Shriver
Miller
Middletonians
Armco Steel Corp
Housing Petition Filed to Put Fair Housing Ordinance to Vote
Adrian Jestice filed referendums with Harry Newlin city finance director. The 88 sheets hold 1 777 names, about 400 more than required, and will be held for 10 days before verification by the Hamilton board of elections. If valid, the measure goes to the November ballot. The ordinance is blocked from taking effect until the vote.
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Adrian Jestice
Harry Newlin
Jestice
Newlin
Board of Elections
Hamilton
Omission in Naval Academy nomination list corrected
A release from 24th District Rep. Donald Lukens omitted two nominees for the U S Naval Academy. Thomas Renneker of Hamilton Taft High and Frederick A Schmitt of Hamilton Taft were not listed and admissions officials will correct the record.
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Donald Lukens
U.S. Naval Academy
Thomas Renneker
Donald Rennecker
Hamilton
Hamilton Taft High
Frederick A. Schmitt
Edward Schmitt
Hamilton Taft
Chamber Backing Seen For Income Tax Increase
Midletown Area Chamber of Commerce taxation committee backs a city income tax rise from 1 to 1.5 percent. The letter was received at City Building and addressed to Commission Chair C. Dudley Inwood. Officials plan a spring special election on the measure and cite a 1969 budget cut of over 700000 as context.
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Chamber
Dletown Area
Dan Rothe
Three burglars sought in Middletown Warren County area
Three suspects accused of breaking into Wickes Lumber Co. in Anderson last Thursday are believed to be in the Middletown Warren County region and are hunted by city detectives and Warren County officers. Blackburn Stephens and Adams are charged with second degree burglary and bond totals exceed $60,000 each.
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Anderson, Ind
Middletown
Warren County
Anderson
Ronald Lee Blackburn
Weber St
Ralph Stephens
Burton Road
Charles Roland Adams
Williams St
Dayton
Lebanon
Red Lions
Noblesville, Ind
Harry Chappell
Chappell
Blackburn
Stephens
Charles Hullett
Don Stanley
Wickes Lumber Co
Adams
Texas
Indiana
Mississippi
Six of 27 prisoners face court martial for Presidio stockade sit down
In San Francisco AP reports a court martial on mutiny charges opens for six of 27 prisoners accused of a sit down inside the Presidio stockade. The protests followed Pvt. Richard Bunch's Oct 14 death in custody, with officials ruling he was shot while trying to escape amid claimed harsh conditions.
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San Francisco
Presidio Stockade
Richard Bunch
Dayton
Ohio
Bunch
Judge's Gavel Stolen From Oxford Court
In Oxford Ohio AP report a judge’s gavel and striking plate vanished from the courtroom Monday night. Judge Clem F Imfeld Jr ordered an investigation after deputies spotted four youths. one suspect, 19 year old Miami University student James D Mc Namara, was charged with petit larceny and to appear in court Thursday night.
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Oxford
Ohio
Clem F. Imfeld Jr
Butler County
Charles Thomas
Iinfeld
Imfeld
Thomas
James D. McNamara
Miami University
Harrison Elected Credit Union Head
Randy Harrison was elected president of the City of Middletown Emploes Credit Union for 1969. James Amatulli became vice president while Mary McDowell was re elected secretary and Jackie Kolodzik treasurer. The credit committee included Jack Bates William Brice William Back Lou Bates and Byron Johnson. Other directors named were John Lowe Ralph Connor.
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Randy Harrison
City of Middletown Employes Credit Union
James Amatulli
Mary McDowell
Jackie Kolodzik
Jack Bates
William Brice
William Back
Lou Bates
Byron Johnson
John Lowe
Ralph Connor
Butler County Boat Rescue Squad Moves Under Sheriff
Sheriff Harold J. Carpenter announced the Butler County Boat Rescue Squad will operate under the sheriff s department with members designated as sheriff s officers whose authority covers only boat operations. Civil Defense director Mrs Irene Lewis will continue recruiting and training new members as equipment is transferred to the sheriff s control. The change aims to improve efficiency and service across the county s rivers and streams.
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Hamilton
Butler County
Harold J. Carpenter
Butler County Boat Rescue Squad
Sheriff's Department
Civil Defense Organization
Irene Lewis
Butler County Civil Defense
Carpenter
Three Teens Held in Gas Theft From School Bus
Three 16 year old Kings Mills boys were taken to the Warren County Juvenile Center after deputies arrested them at a College Street store near Kings Mills Road around 1130 p.m. They were found with three gasoline cans and suspected of stealing fuel from a Kings High School bus after a woman reported seeing youths near the rear of the school.
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Lebanon
Kings Mills
Warren County
Kings High School
College Street
Kings Mills Road
Jaundice Treatment Now In Use
Mercy Hospital uses photo therapy with a bilirubin reduction lamp to treat jaundiced babies in the isolette. RN Helena Tasso, nursing supervisor, says ten fluorescent tubes provide maximum light exposure while protective eye pads shield the infant’s eyes.
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Hamilton
Mercy Hospital
Helena Tasso
Interior grants clean up 50 thousand miles of waterways
Federal grants to combat water pollution have helped clean up more than 50 000 miles of streams and rivers in the past eight years, the Department of the Interior reports.
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Washington
Department of the Interior
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McDonald's
NNDEG
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Curtis ST
Ohio State
Academy
Taxation Committee of the Mid
Reed’s Center
Excello Post Office
Oxford State RD
Harrison
Credit Union
Sheriff's Office
Costa
Vanest
A A
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Central
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