Tornado Toll Strikes Area With Widespread Damage
A powerful storm vaulted through the region last night with winds up to 43 mph at Hook Field and a confirmed tornado touchdown three miles south of Oxford on U.S. 27. A farmyard, house and outbuildings suffered heavy damage while a tree crushed a Middletown area home at 337 Oxford State Road. Downed trees, power outages, and scattered damage disrupted Middletown and surrounding townships, with police and emergency crews responding through the night and residents urged to pile debris at street lines for removal.
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Hook Field
Oxford
U.S. 27
Post 9
The
Highway Patrol
Ohio 122
Middletown
Lemon Township
Oxford State Road
Billy Murray Murray
Joyce
Dayton
South Middletown
Trenton
Murray
Granada Avenue
Ottawa Street
Bob O'Dell
Harlen Denniston
Beck Road
Hugh Yeary
Ernie Howard
Vannest Avenue
Sunset Street
McKinley St
REACT
Hill
Breiellevard
Howard
Dial Ham Radio Club
Civil Defense
Carlisle
Casper Ave
John Tilton
Goldman Ave
Middletown Area Plans Fourth of July Festivities
Parades set for Middletown Franklin Germantown and Lebanon with fireworks in Middletown Germantown and Lebanon and a Cincinnati Symphony concert in Lebanon The Middletown parade theme honors the city’s November anniversary with a 10 am start at Smith Park proceeding along Verity Parkway to Central Avenue and Sunset Park The old City Building at 1425 Central Ave hosts the parade reviewing stand where float trophies will be awarded Grand marshal is John Sparks of Franklin Additional units include Middletown Parks Puppeteers and Beta Sigma Pi.
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Middletown
Franklin
Germantown
Lebanon
Cincinnati Symphony
Plesant Face
Paul Plessenger
Springboro
Order of Eagles
Gordon Pence
Cochairman
A. J. Mayer
Shirly Demostenes
Smith Park
Hill's Department Store
Breiel Boulevard
LeSourdesville Lake
Kings Island
Clarence Aspenleiter
Franklin Area Historical Society
Harding Memorial Museum
Park Ave
Jaycees
Second Street
Main Street
Sixth Street
Lions Community Park
Mike Hollingsworth
John Stratton
The
Franklin Chronicle
Instant Grass
Franklin and Middletown
David Spisak
Todd Elam
Fred Geldrich
Eva Wright
Hunter and Carlisle
At & Pm
Virgil Henry
Henry's Clothing
Cherry Street
Endress Street
Warren Street
Veterans Memorial Playground
Valley View
Valley View Middle School
Comstock Avenue
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Berry Middle School
Grandma Sadie’s Kitchen
Honey Bee Squares
Fountain Square Fools
Lebanon Singers
Fools
Lebanon Kiwanis
Grandma Sadie
Berry
University Singers
Police Briefs Then Parade Events Brighten Franklin Weekend
Police impounded a car with 13 bullet holes found in Yankee Pool area yesterday. Gilbert Thomas’s car punctured by a broken traffic counter hose on 14th Avenue. Stolen car radios reported from Arlington Arms and Beechwood Drive locations. James Leis charged after a downtown chase and window damage with a brick. Community activities include parades, fireworks, arts fair, chicken BBQ, crafts, pet parade, and scheduled worship and contests in Franklin, with Hill's Department Store fireworks on Breiel Boulevard and multiple events across downtown.
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Yankee Pool
14Th Avenue
Yankee Road
Gilbert Thomas
Vance St
Ohio
Indiana
Miami Valley Arts Guild
Humane Association of
Warren County
Great Miami River
Franklin Ministerial Association
Spirit of St Louis replica to fly over Middletown
A Lindbergh Spirit of St Louis replica will circle Middletown for about ten minutes Monday at 10 a.m. A package from 1927 will be dropped at Hook Field and retrieved by Marvin Clark, the former city commissioner. The flight honors Lindbergh’s trans ocean voyage and goodwill tour across 82 cities, with the replica touring 102 cities in 48 states.
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Shawnee Culbertson Journal
Charles Lindbergh
Hook Field
Clark
Lindbergh
Chase
Middletown
Bennett Chapple
Armco Steel Corp
Dayton
Cincinnati
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Poasttown
Mr. and
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Cg&e
Dave Altemuehle
Grand Avenue
Highview Road
Altemuehle
West Elkton
Elza West
West House
Madison Township
Keister Road
Montgomery County
Sam Lyninger
Middletown-Germantown Road
Keister
Dave Bergstein
Poplin Place
Hamilton-Trenton Road
N. Miami Street
Central Avenue
Mahany
James Wilson
Elman Court
Arlington Arms Apartments
George Nichols
Beechwood Drive
Howard Ave
James Leis
Ogden Ave
McGraw Construction
Leis
Dale Boehm
West Chester
Fire Department
Moontat
Mooreda Paints
Moore's
Sng Coors
Wes
Noorgl
MoorGie
Stucce
Alex
N. University
Experimental Aircraft Association Museum
Hales Corners
Wisconsin
George Wedekind Jr
Wedekind Aircraft, Inc
Gene Chase
Wisconsin Museum
City
Louisville
Indianapolis
Ft Wayne Ind
New York City
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