Stone Mason George Gentry Retires After Long Career
Middletown features Gordon Gentry, 70, a veteran stone mason who retired after a years of work including laying a cornerstone for the YMCA and building a niece’s stone fireplace. He recalls unions, the shift to brick layers, and fewer stone projects amid changing trades. Also included is a missing persons notice for Joann Fraley, 16, last seen January 21, with contact details for information.
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Gentry
Ronald Curent
Wildwood Road
Baden Road
Germantown
Joann Fraley
Irene Fraley
Baltimore St
Robert Sadin to Conduct Philharmonia Tonight
Robert Sadin, associate conductor of the University Circle Orchestra at the Cleveland Institute of Music, guest conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra at UC College-Conservatory of Music in Corbett Auditorium tonight at 8 30. The program includes Mozart The Magic Flute overture, Lutoslawski Livre Pour Orchestra, and Mahler Symphony No 4. There is no admission charge.
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Sadin
James Levine
Cleveland Concert Associates
Hunter College
Thief Hits Parkway Cafe At 910 Yankee Road
Franklin police received word yesterday that a thief possibly snuck inside the Parkway Cafe at 910 Yankee Road after closing. The theft included juke box coins 90 dollars hidden by the proprietor and a television set with two cartons of cigarettes found on the floor near the back door by the owner’s sister.
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Parkway
Yankee Road
William Perrin
Franklin
Gertrude Kindig 93 Boulder native Germantown widow dies
Gertrude Kindig 93 formerly of Germantown died Friday in a Boulder hospital. Widow of Lonn Kindig who died in 1937. Survived by grandson Robert and Arthur Wetz. Services Tuesday at 11 a.m. at John A. Arpp Funeral Home with Rev. Allan J. Dempsey officiating. Burial Germantown Cemetery. Visitation tomorrow 4 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
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Germantown
Gertrude Kindig
Boulder
Colo
Lonn! Kindig
Robert
Arthur Wetz
Carlisle Care Center
John A. Arpp
Allan J. Dempsey
Funeral
John Borders Sr.former Ft. Mitchell club official dies
John Borders Sr. 54 of 286 N Third St Hamilton died at 5 35 p m yesterday at Middletown Hospital after two weeks admission. He was assistant manager of Ft Mitchell Country Club in Kentucky. Survived by wife Neva and sister Ruth Davenport Covington. Funeral arrangements incomplete at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home.
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John Borders
John Borders Sr
Third St
Hamilton
Middletown Hospital
Borders
Ft. Mitchell
Neva
Ruth Davenport
Covington
McCoy-Leffler
Middletown Teen Dies After Vehicle Collision
A 16 year old Middletown High School junior died at Good Samaritan Hospital after being struck near his home. Gregory Doench suffered severe head injuries and had been in critical condition earlier. funeral services are planned at Riggs Funeral Home with burial in Woodside Cemetery. He is survived by his mother and stepfather, a sister, and grandparents. The boy’s death marks Middletown’s second traffic fatality of 1972 and Butler County’s seventh.
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Middletown
Ome Trsenekh
Nathan
Utegzury
Gregory
Cincinnati Hospital
Butler County
Helen Conley
Greentree Road
Warren County
Marshall Road
Central Avenue
Fred R. Pummill
Kimberly Doench
Walter V. Doench
Leonard Back
Toledo Forensics Team Sweeps 14th Nament at Miami
The University of Toledo debate squad won the 14th annual forensics tournament at Miami University, finishing 10 matches with a 1 record and earning the Miami SesquiCentennial Trophy along with the Delta Sigma Rho Tau Kappa Alpha award. Miami hosted but was ineligible for placement. Capital and Detroit tied at 6 4. Toledo’s affirmative defeated Indiana University’s negative in a televised final session, with the tape to be shown at both campuses.
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Oxford
University of Toledo
Miami University
Miami
Canton Finds Pure Opium
Canton police say pure opium was found for the first time in the city during a raid by city Stark County and federal authorities. About 1 1/2 ounces valued at around 500 dollars were seized along with marijuana and other drugs. A separate report notes a crash in northwest Canton when a car skidded on an icy grade at Milton Road and Aberdeen Drive injuring a woman.
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Canton
Ohio
David Maser
Stark County
Milton Road
Aberdeen Drive
Slyvia South
Moyer Road
Franklin
Recall notice cites milk of magnesia mislabeling and bacteria risk
An AP report from Washington says about 100,000 bottles of milk of magnesia produced by Mrs South may be recalled by Abbott Laboratories amid FDA concerns over improper labeling and possible bacterial contamination. The issue involves distribution and safety assurances by the Food and Drug Administration authorities.
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FDA
Washington
Lay Teacher Group To Keep Picketing
Members of the Archdiocesan Lay Teachers Association will continue intermittent picketing until they can actively participate in drawing up 1972 73 contracts. ALTA seeks the right to sit with the Board of Education of the Cincinnati Archdiocese to negotiate matters affecting their futures.
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Daniel Boyle
ALTA
Board of Education
Cincinnati
John Mangan
Boyle
Four Arrested in Hashish Interception in Cincinnati
US postal inspectors traced two pounds of hashish sent from Switzerland to Cincinnati where four people were arrested. Two University of Cincinnati students Rochell Raffel and Steven Nicholas, an unemployed nurse Mary Elizabeth Dumm, and Fred Maschmeier were slated for arraignment in Hamilton County Municipal Court on possession for sale charges. The haul was found in the Nicholas Avondale section apartment after a raid.
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Cincinnate
Switzerland
Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Steven Edward Nicholas
Rochell Raffel
Mary
Elizabeth Dumm
Fred Maschmeier
Rmailman
Nicholas
Avondale
Ohio corn acreage seen slip in 1972 planting
The Agriculture Department reports Ohio farmers will plant 3,616,000 acres of corn in 1972, about four percent less than 1971’s record crop. The survey notes a drop in spirits and prices accompany the reduced plantings.
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Washington
U.S. Agriculture Department
Ohio
Department
Ten Die After Green Nursing Home Fire in Cincinnati
The lone survivor Cleo Tankerson, 65, died at General Hospital Saturday, raising the death toll to ten from the Wednesday fire. Nine others perished in their beds as an overheated furnace spread through the converted residence. A night nurse escaped along with Mary Green, 70, the owner, and her year-old grandson.
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Cincinnati
Green Nursing Home
Cleo Tankerson
General Hospital
Mary Green
State Fire Marshal Seeks Blame in Unclear Case
The state fire marshal remains uncertain about who is responsible as investigators review the blaze. Details are scarce on page 8.
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Stone Mason
George Gentry
Middletown Journal
YMCA
Mary Ann
Ronald
Stone Mason Gentry
Sheckler
Robert Sadin
Philharmonia
Dad
Fred R. Pummull
Riggs Funeral Home
Midee
Herschel Caudill
Woodside Cemetery
Gregory Doench
Toledo
Central Ave
Cali
Ben Ligon
N. Main St
Manchester
Union Sanitary Sweepstakes
Alfred Harris
Union Smitany
Park St
2Nd Ave
Studio Theater
Grand Ave
Gideon Ra
Poasttown
Mobile Home Court
Trenton Shopping Center
Cartisie Shopping Center
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