Kidnapped Ky. Station Operator Found Shot Near Monroe
The 29 year old Harold Clayton Davis was found dead near Monroe with a back head wound and visible cuts or bites after a kidnapping from a Standard Oil station off I 75 on June 30. FBI and sheriff's deputies pursue separate probes as autopsy proceeds. Davis had addresses in Crescent Christianburg and Ypsilanti with Cincinnati confirming identity. Coroner says death cause not yet determined. body found on Union Road near Ohio 63.
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Monroe
Dry Ridge
Warren County Sheriff's Deputies
Cincinnati
Harold Clayton Davis
Crescent
Christianburg
Ypsilanti
Mich
Interstate 75
Federal Bureau of Investigation and
Sheriff's
Walter O'Bryant
Tv Sheriff's Office
Frank Cleveland
Hamilton County
Warren County
Ralph Young
Union Road
Ohio 63
Journal Delays Monday Issue for July Fourth Holiday
The Journal will not publish or deliver on Monday as offices close for the July 4th holiday. Employees observe the holiday, with the other annual closure set for Christmas. Expect Tuesday return.
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Journal
Post Office Closed Monday for Fourth of July
The Middletown Post Office will be closed tomorrow in observance of the Fourth of July with a holiday schedule. Postmaster Frank Dobrozsi said no mail collections in the city, but residents may mail at the Verity Parkway office. boxholders can call for mail until 6 p.m. Special deliveries and perishables will be delivered.
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Middletown
Frank Dobrozsi
Verity Parkway
Youth Victim Identified as Max Joseph Smith at Funeral
The 17 year old killed last Wednesday is identified as Max Joseph Smith not Maxwell Smith. His stepmother Mrs Charles E Smith of 213 Spencer Lane disclosed the name. Survivors include his mother Mrs Rose Marie Bailey and half sister Debbie Bailey of North Carolina. Funeral services were held here yesterday.
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Max Joseph Smith
Maxwell Smith
Charles E. Smith
Spencer Lane
Rose Marie Bailey
Max
Debbie Bailey
North Carolina
Smith
Bailey
Jehovah's Witnesses condemn church leaders at Cincinnati convention
In Cincinnati, 30,277 attendees at Riverfront Stadium heard a circuit supervisor from Missouri condemn established pastors for omitting the Divine Name in teachings. The declaration argued believers have been betrayed and left in spiritual darkness, warning of a world war Har Magedon and pledging renewed effort to win back disillusioned Christians.
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Cincinnati
Jehovah's Witness Convention
A. F. Ludke
Missouri
Cincinnati Riverfront Stadium
Christendom
Jehovah's Witnesses
Har-Magedon
Bullet Strikes Woman on Smith Avenue Home Shooting
A Smith Avenue woman, Bonnie Barnett, 5, was treated and released from Middletown Hospital after being shot in the foot at her home around 5 p.m. Police report Herrod Barnett, her husband, fired the weapon and officers confiscated an automatic pistol. He faces intoxication charges as investigation continues.
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Smith Avenue
Middletown Hospital
Bonnie Barnett
Smith Ave
Herrod Barnett
Peacemaker Injured in Porch Fall During Family Dispute
At 1610 Taylor Ave a dispute between a son and son in law ended with an 86 year old man Charles Hixon falling from a back porch. He suffered a head laceration and was listed in fair condition. Russell Hixon 53 and Fred Anderson 48 also injured with a nose laceration and a severely dislocated arm. All three were treated by firefighters and transported to the hospital.
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Taylor Ave
Charles Hixon
Patrolman Improves After Tractor Crash
An injured state patrolman, Thomas A. Mann 22, of Butler County Patrol Post 9, was moved from intensive care toward improved but still serious condition at Bethesda North Hospital Cincinnati. He was struck by a tractor trailer on Interstate 75 early Friday and no charges have been filed.
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Bethesda North Hospital
Cincinnati
Thomas A. Mann
Butler County
Plant Guard Stricken at Square D Plant
A 64 year old Pinkerton guard, William L. McCuistion, was rushed to Middletown Hospital after a heart attack at the Square D plant at 1500 S University Blvd. He received oxygen from two plant officials and was taken by ambulance after the facility closed for the holiday.
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Pinkerton
Middletown Hospital
Square D
S. University Blvd
William L. McCuistion
Gideon Road
McCuistion
Fire reports two small blazes with no damage
At 12 18 p m yesterday a trash fire was reported at 1007 Hughes Street with no damage. A second incident at 3 08 p m involved a grass fire at 900 Lafayette Avenue with no damage.
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Hughes St
Lafayette Ave
Two Feared Drowned In Lake Erie Boat Capsize
Divers searched for two missing men after an 18 foot boat capsized in Lake Erie near Cleveland. Six other people were rescued as rocky waters swamped the craft around 1 am, police said.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Lake Erie
Rocky River
Mrs Theresa Eckman 74 Funeral Services Tuesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Theresa Helen Eckman aged 74 of 1509 Park Drive will be at 10 am Tuesday at the McCoy Leffler Funeral Home. Burial follows in Woodside Cemetery. Mrs Eckman died Friday. Her husband E E Eckman is the only immediate survivor. Friends may call at the funeral home Monday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 pm.
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Theresa Helen Eckman
Park Drive
McCoy-Leffler
Woodside
William F. Finney obituary notice in Burlingame
William F. Finney 49 native of Middletown died Friday night in a Burlingame hospital after returning from World War II Army Air Corps service in Europe. Survived by wife Florence three daughters parents Mr and Mrs Morgan Finney sister Helen Hackney and brother Robert Finney all of Middletown. Memorial service 10 am Monday Crosby N Gray Mortuary Burlingame burial in California city. Memorials to San Mateo County Heart Association.
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William F. Finney
William K. Finney
Middletown
Burlingame
Calif
California
Army Air Corps
Europe
Florence
Morgan Finney
Helen Hackney
Robert Finney
Crosby N. Gray
Park Road
California City
San Mateo County Heart Association
Villa Terrace
San Mateo
Death of Jesse W. Zimmerman Springboro Foreman
Jesse W. Zimmerman 55 of 35 West Market Street Springboro died after a heart attack. He was a warehouse foreman for Printing Service Co Dayton, employed 20 years. Survived by wife Charlene a daughter Patricia Grooms three brothers and one grandchild. Services at Anglesby Funeral Home Franklin 2 p.m. Wednesday burial Springboro Cemetery. Visitation 4 to 9 p.m. Tuesday.
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Jesse Zimmerman
Springboro
Jesse W. Zimmerman
Market St
Dayton Grandview Hospital
Joseph and
Alonzo
New Richmond
John Zimmerman
Amelia
Anglesby
Franklin
Middletown Plans Monday Independence Day Parade Events
Frankin and Middletown areas stage separate parades on Monday with high school bands civic groups and Boy and Girl Scouts. A veterans memorial program at Otterbein Park features a list of 36 fallen servicemen from 1939 to 1969.
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Middletown
Middletown Veterans Service
Fenwick High
Broad
Tytus Avenue
Franklin
Sunset Park
Central Avenue
Bellomonte Street
Monroe
Springboro
Lebanon
Walter Pawelkoski
Park schedules reshaped as mini midi maxi programs roll on
City park officials report strong early response to the summer mini midi maxi program with attendance up 6 000 in the first week 15 768 this year versus 9 807 last year. Scheduling changes extend hours for midi and maxi parks and expand Lincoln park to a wider age group. The big event is a LeSourdsville Lake outing for maxi and midi participants Thursday with buses at 10 30 a m and return at 5 30 p m. cost 3 50 and registration through park leaders.
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Mike Bonham
Midi
Lincoln Park
Midi-Parks
LeSourdsville Lake
Bonham
Toll climbs as July Fourth holiday traffic continues
The Associated Press reports a rising road toll during the July 4 holiday weekend. By 9 p.m. EDT Saturday 160 Americans had died on highways, with the National Safety Council estimating 520 to 620 fatalities during the travel period from Friday evening to Monday midnight.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
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Bud) Steller Mer
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