City Commission to Study Student Help Plan with Miami University
City commissioners will review a contract with Miami University to supply student workers for a federal work study program in city recreation. Miami would receive a federal grant to cover 85 percent of salaries while the city pays 15 percent, with part time positions this spring and more in summer. The meeting also sets stage for Roosevelt Avenue last leg construction and an option to buy the Manchester Avenue Vail Avenue parking lot.
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Miami University
Commission
Miami
Parks and Recreation Department
Park Department
Roosevelt Avenue
Jackson Lane
Breiel Boulevard
Manchester Avenue
Vail Avenue
Banjo Committee Forms to Promote Butler Jail Levy
The BANJO group Build A New Jail Organization in Butler County selects a name and aims to pass a half mill levy for three years to fund a new jail on the old site near the courthouse in Hamilton. Treasurer David Tirminstein oversees funds while Irene Lewis chairs. Estimated yearly revenue about 350000. owner cost about 3 dollars annually. Tours and slides prepared to show jail conditions deemed unfit by the grand jury.
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Butler County
Banjo
Hamilton
Irene Lewis
Jack Thornton
Middletown
Lionel Pflanzer
David Tirminstein
Fatal Crash Claims Two Dayton Men on I 75
Two young Dayton men died in a early morning crash on Interstate 75 one mile north of Route 63 in Warren County. Thurman H. Barnes 20 and Russell L. Frey 19 were thrown from a burning car after skidding into a traffic sign. A passing motorist dragged them from the flames before hospital arrival. The driver could not be determined and Monroe Fire Department and Monroe police assisted at the scene.
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Middletown Hospital
Thurman H. Barnes
Russell L. Frey
Mr. Frey
Trenton Shiloh school merger voting set with polling sites
Voters in Trenton and Shiloh districts will cast ballots February 9 to ratify a merger to fund a new high school. Polling locations include Trenton Fish and Game building Mt Olivet church Seven Mile School and Overpeck township house.
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Butler County
Trenton
Shiloh
Shi
Fish and Game
Mt. Olivet United Presbyterian Church
Wayne Township
Seven Mile School
Jacksonburg
Madison Township
Mt. Olivet Church
St. Clair Township
Overpeck
Hanover
Milford
St. Clair Townships
Seven Mile
Preble
Scouts Camp Out At Gov Bebb Park Near Scipio
Seventeen scouts and two leaders from Boy Scout Troop 6 camped at Gov. Bebb Park near Scipio over the weekend. Scoutmaster J William A Tyler joined the trip along with committee chairman Ed Morris.
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Boy Scout Troop 6
Gov. Bebb Park
Scipio
J. William A. Tyler
Ed Morris
3000 Get Shots Program Is Successful
About 3800 children received measles vaccines in a city mass immunization effort. Officials estimated 1800 to 2000 would participate but actual turnout exceeded expectations. Maple Park School vaccinated about 1100. Wilson 650. Mayfield 577. Oneida 812. McKinley 800. The Kiwanis Club provided 3500 suckers.
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Health Department
Maple Park School
Wilson
Mayfield
Oneida
McKinley
Middletown Hospital
John Perkins
Stitsinger Withdraws From County Commission Race
William R. Stitsinger, a GOP incumbent for a third term, says he will not seek re election because the job requires too much time away from his law practice. The move narrows the GOP field for two open seats and shifts potential candidacy among local Republicans and Democrats.
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Butler County Commission
William R. Stitsinger
GOP
Stitsinger
Hamilton
Commission
William Denham
Middletown
Cale Logsdon
Young Heart Patient Nathan Daniels Dies After Surgery
Nathan Daniels a nine year old Lincoln Elementary pupil and ward of Butler County Welfare Department died Saturday evening after a congenital heart defect repair at Cincinnati Children's Hospital. Doctors reported a deterioration hours after surgery as teachers and foster parents waited at the hospital. Middletown residents previously answered a blood donor appeal for the boy.
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Nathan Daniels
Lincoln
Nathan
Butler County Welfare Department
Children’s Hospital
Cincinnati
Jelina Ferguson
Neewana Mitchell
First Claims Case Goes To Court In New System
Judge J T Lamb is to hear his first small claims today under the 1968 law creating small claims courts in municipal courts. Administrative assistant Lou Rossi says cases up to 150 dollars will be heard Monday afternoons unless overload requires extra sessions. Since January 1, all small claims have been settled out of court. Plaintiffs must be present for hearings.
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J. T. Lamb
Lou Rossi
Small Claims Court
Rossi
Youth Receives Life Term In Defeating Of Man
An 18 year old Hamilton youth, Roy Joseph Wolke Jr., pleaded guilty to second degree serious case in the Oct 8 robbery and beating of William Brown, 84, in Middletown. He was sentenced to life in Ohio Penitentiary by Judge Arthur J. Fiehrer after a recommended plea. A second youth, Joe Chambers, 16, faces first degree serious case charges in the same incident.
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Hamilton
Ohio
Middletown
Butler County Common Pleas
Arthur J. Fiehrer
Roy Joseph Wolke Jr
Ludlow Sr
Butler County
Grand Jury
Richard J. Wessel
William Brown
S. Fourth St
Garret J. Boone
Joe Chambers
Pershing Ave
Fires Suppress Damages in Local Incidents
Fire crews responded to two overheated appliances and a vehicle fire. At 420 Baltimore Street a washer motor overheated causing minor damage estimated at 15 dollars. A car fire under hood at 16 Highview Road involved David Louis with backfire from 2011 Spencer Lane, 15 dollars damage. At 3:07 a.m. in Lincoln Street an injury incident left Marie Palmore, 26, unconscious en route to a doctor.
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Baltimore St
Highview Road
David Louis
Spencer Lane
Lincoln S&t
Surprised Man Foiled Juvenile Car Theft Attempt
Charles Pope of 711 16th Ave. surprised a juvenile late Saturday as a car was stolen from his driveway at 9:35 p.m. He chased and yelled for the driver to stop, but the juvenile sped off. Police found the abandoned car at 10 p.m. in front of 611 18th Ave.
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Charles Pope
16Th Ave
Pope
18Th Ave
Three Shots Fired At Car In Dayton Area
Five Dayton youths told Butler County deputies that someone fired three shots at their car about 4 a.m. after driving three Middletown girls home from Dayton. The youths, aged 16 to 18, described a man with a pistol and large flashlight approaching as they drove away. no suspect was found after police searched the area near Oxford State Road.
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Dayton
Butler County
Middletown
Second
Main
Oxford State Road
Yankee Road
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