Explosion and Fire Hit Ciney Firm in Cincinnati
A multi alarm fire and at least one explosion struck the L. J. Homan Metals plant on the west side Saturday night. Firemen fought frigid conditions as damage ranged from 50 000 to 70 000. The blaze reached the top floor where magnesium stored triggered a loud explosion. Nine fire companies fought the fire at 519 Livingston Street. A neighboring five story building next door also suffered smoke and water damage.
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Cincinnati
West Side
L. J. Homan Metals Company
James Hassett
Henry Lipps
Livingston St
Monarch Metal Finishers Co
Accidents In Area Are Minor In Snowy Conditions
Area law enforcement said streets were snow covered and slippery but traffic remained open. In Middletown five accidents caused 1845 in damages with several drivers cited for excessive speed for road conditions. One injury minor reported from a rollover near Grand Avenue and S Marshall Road with few details available.
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Butler
Warren
Ohio State Patrol
Middletown
Franklin
Eugene Plowman
Lawn Ave
Baltimore Street
Lafayette Avenue
Plowman
Everett C. Barker
Macready Ave
Monroe
Shelia McGough
Carter
Water contract appeal set for 11 a.m. in Cincinnati
A hearing resumes Monday at 11 o clock in the First District Court of Appeals Cincinnati. Attorney Scott Ray of Lebanon appeals a Warren County Common Pleas Court ruling upholding Springboro contract to obtain water from the Chautauqua area. Warren County Prosecuting Attorney William Bowers and Springboro Solicitor Dan Fedders argued Thursday. Ray will argue for the opposition Monday.
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Springboro
First District Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
Scott Ray
Lebanon
Warren County Common Pleas Court
Chautauqua
William Bowers
Warren County
Dan Fedders
Ray
Heart Still Going After 9 Steps
Mrs. Chilton Stanutz, 78, may leave John C. Lincoln Hospital in Phoenix after a two week stay marked by nine revived episodes when her heart stopped during gall bladder surgery. Hospital administrator H F Hancox said each stoppage was reversed by special equipment and resuscitation.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Chilton Stanutz
John C. Lincoln Hospital
Stanutz
H.F. Hancox
Stanitz
Police Briefs: Theft at Chatterdine Cafe
Victor Olekas, 19, of Dayton reported at 9 30 p m yesterday that two microphones and an amplifier were stolen from the Chatterdine Cafe, 418 Baltimore Street. Loss was set at 300 dollars.
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Victor Olekas
Dayton
Chatterdine Cafe
Baltimore St
Girl Wins Top Prize For Speech At Local Contest
Shirley Thomas of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3809 presented awards for the annual Voice of Democracy speech contest. Elizabeth Ann Cole won first with a $100 bond and trophy, Pat Wiley took second with a $50 bond and plaque, Becky Ingrabrand earned third with a $25 bond and citation, Tom Dineen and Sue Mynhier won fourth and fifth with plaques.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3809
Shirley Thomas
the Post
Alden Williams
Elizabeth Ann Cole
Middletown High
Pat Wiley
Lemon-Monroe High
Becky Ingrabrand
Franklin High
Tom Dineen
Fenwick High
Sue Mynhier
Madison High
Rate Hikes Proposed For Mails
Washington AP The parcel post system faces reforms to cut a 107 million annual deficit. Postmaster General Lawrence F O'Brien asks Congress for an eight cent parcel increase a 12 percent rise for catalog mailing and looser size and weight limits. He says the changes would raise about 103 million annually and without them a 14 percent average parcel rate increase would be needed to reach pay as you go.
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Gress
Lawrence F. O'Brien
Congress
O'Brien
Phone Rings It's A Call From South Viet Nam
Joy Jones reports on a Middletown family as Petty Officer J C Tunstall calls from Viet Nam to his wife Sue Tunstall and children Jay and Malia. The couple married October in Chicago and he left for duty last October after 18 years in the Navy. He expects to return in September, serving two more years. He writes daily, thanks the Middletown community for Christmas cards, and asks his wife to convey gratitude to supporters.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Sue Tunstall
Kensington Court
J. C. Charles T. Tunstall
Mrs. Tunstall
Jay
Malia
Tunstall
Navy
Chicago
Obituary for Frank Helsinger of Middletown Ohio
Frank Helsinger 77 of 411 Lake Ave died at home Saturday at 6 p.m. after illness. He worked 27 years at Armco Steel Middletown, was a retired farmer and five years a custodian at Anthony Wayne School. Survived by wife Lenna, son Donald of Dayton, stepson John Turner of Miamisburg, daughter Mary Jeanne Augsberger of Middletown, two brothers, a sister, seven grandchildren, two great grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday 2 p.m. Eaton Funeral Home, with Rev. Gessner and Rev. Locke officiating. Burial Woodside Cemetery, Middletown. Visitation Monday 3–5 and 7–9 p.m.
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Franklin
Frank Helsinger
Lake Ave
Armco Steel Corp
Middletown
Anthony Wayne School
First Presbyterian Church
Married Circle Club
Lenna
Donald
Dayton
John Turner
Miamisburg
Mary Jeanne Augsberger
Fred
George
Union
Ohio
Hannah Tullis
Eaton Funeral Home
H. S. Gessner
William Locke
Woodside Cemetery
Funeral services for Albert E. Lackey in Lebanon
Albert E. Lackey 62 of 419 West Mulberry Lebanon died suddenly Friday at Miller Shoe Co Cincinnati from an apparent heart attack. He worked there five years. Survivors include sister Margaret Lackey and brother Paul, both of Lebanon. Visitation today 2 to 9 p.m. at Johnson Funeral Home. Burial in Lebanon Cemetery.
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Lebanon
Johnson
Albert E. Lackey
W. Mulberry St
Lackey
Miller Shoe Co
Cincinnati
Margaret Lackey
Paul
Lebanon Cemetery
Middletown native Herman Reuter dies in Alabama hospital
Herman William Reuter, 65, longtime Armco and Republic Steel employee, died Saturday in a Gadsden Alabama hospital after eight weeks as a patient. He moved to Alabama in 1930. Survived by wife Mary Tymon Reuter, daughter Barbara of Gadsden, brother John of Middletown, and sister Mrs. Freda McClanahan of Middletown. Funeral services and burial will be held Tuesday in Gadsden.
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Herman William Reuter
Middletown
Armco
Gadsden
Ala
Reuter
Alabama
Republic Steel Corp
Mary Tymon Reuter
Barbara
John
Freda McClanahan
Teacher Bombings A Puzzle
In Columbus Ohio homemade bombs targeted four What Stone High School teachers homes shortly before 5 a.m. No one was hurt and minor damage occurred. Police call it a retaliatory attack by possibly disgruntled students and have a lead. Targets were Mrs Donald W Bolin John Langham Jerry Haney and James M McDonald. Principal Don T Harper cites usual school problems amid the incident.
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Columbus, Ohio
Whatstone High School
Jerry Haney
Don T. Harper
Donald W. Bolin
John Langham
James M. McDonald
Harper
Middletown Elder Passes After Ambulance Call
Firefighters responded to 614 West Ninth Avenue at 8 36 p.m. yesterday when 89 year old Taylor Howard became ill. He was transported to Middletown Hospital by Jordan Ambulance and pronounced dead on arrival.
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Middletown
Ninth Ave
Taylor Howard
Middletown Hospital
Jordan Ambulance
Disease Sweeps Formosan Village
In eastern Formosa a mountain village faces an outbreak of an unidentified disease that has killed four and left 64 seriously ill. The Formosa Health Department sent a medical team and ordered emergency measures including patient isolation to prevent further spread.
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Taipei
Formosa
Timbuctoo Adventure Tonight at Roosevelt Junior High
Kenneth Richter brings "Two Tickets To Timbuctoo" to Roosevelt Junior High on Thursday at 7 30 p m for a 90 minute film lecture. He and his wife traveled by car across the Sahara to Belgian Congo to film the Sahara crossing and the Seven Sacred Cities of Mizab along with El Golea and Salah.
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Timbuctoo
Kenneth Richter
Roosevelt Junior High School
YMCA
Richter
Sahara Desert
Belgian Congo
Africa
Sahara Sands
Mizab
el- Golea
Switzerland
The
Adirondacks
Ohio Man Killed In Viet Nam War
Washington AP reports Pvt. Wilbur M. Wise of Stow Ohio is among eight service members identified by the Defense Department as killed in action in Vietnam. His parents are listed as Mr. and Mrs. Dewey M. Wise.
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Ohio
Wilbur M. Wise
Dewey M. Wise
Stow
Defense Department
Vietnam
Five Killed In North Ohio Bridge Crash
A predawn head on collision on a narrow bridge on Ohio 163 near Ottawa County killed five people and left one injured. Victims were Jose Yarrio 29 of Williston and passengers Ramiro 36 and Jorge Avellando 33 of Fremont in one car and Leslie and Irene Benefield 45 of Genoa in the other car. Andres Zuniga 25 of Fremont survived in fair condition at St Charles Hospital in Oregon. Benefields were thrown from the vehicle and pinned beneath wreckage.
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Port Clinton
Ohio
Ohio 163
Ottawa County
The
Highway Patrol
Jose Yarrito
Williston
Ramiro
Jorge Avellando
Fremont
Genoa
Leslie
Irene Benefield
Yarrito
Andres Zuniga
St. Charles Hospital
Oregon
Toledo
Benefield
Benefields
Burglary at Milton Road Residence
Police report a burglary at the Ralph W. Sebald residence 3201 Milton Road last night. Thief took 40 dollars in quarters 40 dollars in dimes and a Kennedy half dollar totaling 80 in coins.
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Milton Road
Ralph W. Sebald
Kennedy
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Troy Meade
Ottawa St
Girard Avenue
S. Verity Parkway
Grand Avenue
S. Marshall Road
Mrs. Powell
Butler County
Heart Association
South Broad
Elizabeth Cole Bond
Washington
Guitar
Kent
South Viet Nam
By Joy Jones
Albert Lackey
Herman Reuter
MAN
Formosan
Next Stop
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Salah
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North Ohio
Grand Ave
Gideon Rd
Vail Ave
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