Driving to music for Sunset Park Pops concert
Middletown plans special parking for Thursday afternoon and evening when the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra performs at Sunset Park. Seven barricades will create one way streets with parking behind Roosevelt School and around Sunset Pool for orchestra members only. Rain plan moves event to Dave Finkelman Auditorium. Len Mink to host with Erich Kunzel conducting the Cincinnati Orchestra.
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Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Sunset Park
Tor
Roosevelt School
Sunset Pool
Cincinnati Orchestra
Bellomonte
Sunset
Middletown Civic Symphony
Park Department
Dave Finkelman
Dwight Neill
Middletown Symphony
Len Mink
Wcpo-Tv
Erich Kunzel
Waynesville Boy Burned By 7200 Volt Power Line
A 13 year old resident of Waynesville Rt 1 is in serious condition at Kettering Memorial Hospital with head injuries and first and third degree burns after touching a 7,200 volt line and falling 24 feet from a rooftop while helping his brother paint an old theater. Power to the village was knocked out for over an hour. The youth, son of Mrs Gladys Williams of Dayton, has been living with his brother while preparing the building for a fall opening as a furniture store.
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Waynesville
Kettering Memorial Hospital
Harold Bowser
Waynesville Rt. 1
Louis
Bowser
Gladys Williams
Dayton
Warren County Rezones For New Trailer Park
Warren County Commissioners approved a re zoning plan for 60 acres between Ohio 48 and Interstate 71 for a trailer park development despite protests. Commissioner Harp urged reversing the zoning decision amid opposition from Deerfield Union School District residents and other locals who crowded the meeting room. The motion to reverse failed. the rezoning stood with lack of unanimity noted.
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Lebanon
Warren
Harry Cornett
Deerfield Union
Arthur Harp
Joe Lewis
Harp
Deerfield
Robert South Union Township
Cornett
Fire destroys Fantasy Farm foam pit causing $10000 damage
A blaze at Fantasy Farm Amusement Park on Hamilton Middletown Road last night gutted the 24 by 32 foot west side building housing the Feather Bed foam rubber pit. Firefighters battled the flames until 10 10 p m and a 14 year old Cheviot boy was hurt by flying foam.
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Fantasy Farm
Hamilton-Middletown Road
LeSourdsville
Stan Lewis
Lewis
Ball Plans To Quit As OKI Planning Authorit y Director
Charles Ball reaffirmed his resignation as executive director of the Ohio Kentucky Indian Planning Authority after a morning memo declared the move final. The memo states resignation effective 60 days from July 9 or when a replacement is found, to be presented at Thursday’s OKI executive committee meeting following a Hamilton County administration meeting.
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Charles Ball
OKI
Ball
Hamilton County
Harville to Replace Berger as Franklin Fire Chief
Assistant Fire Chief Howard Harville named acting fire chief after Richard Berger resigns at a city council meeting. Berger becomes a police dispatcher and remains a fulltime fireman. City Manager Bernard Eichholz says Harville or Capt. Donald Bell are the only two eligible for the promotion exam, with two lieutenants as a possible alternative if Bell declines. Berger was sworn in as chief in 1964.
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Franklin
Howard Harville
Richard Berger
Berger
Harville
Donald Bell
Bernard Eichholz
Thief Steals Bags From Car In Sandusky Parking Lot
Sandusky Register reporter Wanda Galloway reports a thief snatched two bulging grocery bags from her car in a supermarket parking lot. The bags contained garbage from a family picnic. She says she does not mind and would dispose of the garbage at home.
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Sandusky, Ohio
Sandusky Register
Wanda Galloway
Franklin Council Deliberates On $3 Million Shawn Acres Housing Plan
Franklin Ohio developers outline a $3 million mixed housing project near Ohio 73 and Interstate 75. Don Powers envisions 200 units on 30 acres at East Lawn Drive with 25 acres zoned for multi family. Construction on a street and homes could start this year, with apartments starting next year and townhouses after council approval. A public hearing will be held before an underground wiring ordinance for large developments is considered.
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Chuck Olsen
Franklin
Ohio 73
Interstate 75
Powers
Shawn Acres
Eichholz
East Lawn Drive
Register Now for U S Sweepstakes This Week
A local notice invites participation in a weekly sweepstakes offering a $100 prize at Union Sanitary. Readers are urged to register at participating locations this week to claim potential winnings.
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U.S
Burned Flag's Owners Decline To File Charge
Owners of an American flag burned in Douglas Park decline to press charges against Eldon Jones after discussions with his parents and police. A witness said about 25 people watched the 4:45 p.m. Sunday incident as Jones, a Vietnam era veteran, performed a Black Power salute. The Bankstons and Jones families indicated treatment plans at a Veterans Administration hospital influenced the decision.
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Douglas Park
Willie Bankston
Minnesota St
Jamaica
Leonard Jones
Eldon Jones
Yankee Road
Veterans Administration Hospital
Dayton
Jones
Vietnam
Germany
United States
Survivor's Story Still Untold in Fatal I 75 Crash
Three weeks after a two car crash on Interstate 75 four women died in the collision. One survivor, Robert R. Ware of Florence Kentucky, 37, remains in serious condition in Middletown Hospital and cannot speak to patrol officers. The deceased were Carol Pfau and Elizabeth Spellmire, both 17 of Lebanon, Frances Rudekas, 45 of 3205 Raymond Drive, and Alice Rowe, 60 of Hartville, Miss.
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Robert R. Ware
Florence Ky
Middletown
Carol Pfau
Elizabeth Spellmire
Lebanon
Two City Crashes Wound Six People
Six people were injured in two city crashes investigated by police yesterday afternoon. Loretta Shields, 26, of 1827 Wayne Ave, was in fair condition at Middletown Hospital with face and shoulder injuries. her children Donald 10 David 8 and Kevin 5 were treated and released after head injuries. The other driver William Craycraft 37 of 415 Beechwood Trenton and the Shields family were said to be driving on a green light when the collision occurred at Second Ave and Main St. Both cars were badly damaged and a fire alarm box and utility pole casement were damaged. A separate three car crash on Baltimore St and Forest Ave at 3:50 p.m. involved Dale Kellis 20 of 404 Young St, May Riviere 1618 Lamberton St, and John Bauer 27 of 257 Courtland Dr Monroe. Bauer was cited for failure to yield at a stop sign with about 1500 dollars damage to three vehicles. Marion Adkins 32 of 1600 Lafayette Ave was listed in fair condition at Middletown Hospital after injuries from an accident on Cherry St and Lafayette Ave at 2:55 a.m. Sunday.
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Second Avenue
Main Street
Middletown Hospital
Loretta Susan Shields
Wayne Ave
Donald
David
Kevin
Baltimore Street
Forest Avenue
Dale Kellis
Young St
Baltimore
Riviere
Bauer
Kellis
Middletown Woman Reports Ball Glove Theft On Pershing Ave
Mrs Vernon Deboard of 1511 Pershing Ave Middletown reported to Butler County Police last night that her son s ball glove valued at 22 dollars was stolen from a playground on Pershing Avenue.
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Vernon Deboard
Pershing Ave
Middletown
Butler County
Pershing Avenue
Armco Steel Information Center Tours Open to Public
Armco Steel's new Information Center offers free shows movies and exhibits for visitors. Located at Curtis Street and Forest Avenue the center welcomes the public weekdays 10 00 am to 6 00 pm and weekends 1 00 to 5 00 pm. both children and adults will enjoy the center.
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Armco Steel
Curtis St
Forest Ave
Self-Preservation Defense in Middletown Murder Trial
Hubert Joe Brashears 42 of 3113 Omaha St Middletown testifies he acted in self preservation when he shot Seldon Peck 35 at his home on April 6. Brashears says Peck threatened his life after accusing him of flirting with his wife and reached for a gun. Testimony notes both men had been drinking earlier.
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Hamilton
Hubert Joe Brashears
Omaha St
Middletown
Court of
Butler County Common Pleas
Robert Marrs
Brashears
Seldon Peck
Peck
Zoning Board to hear four cases tomorrow at city chamber
The Board of Zoning Appeals will hear four cases at 7 p.m. tomorrow in the City Commission chamber. Proposals include expansion at Mayfield Community Bible Church led by Rev. Charles Foley, a projecting street sign at Acme Furniture and Rug Co. at 400 Crawford St. with Edwin T. Johnson as appellant, a kitchen addition at 265 Yankee Road for Harry Higdon, and a lot split at 1609 Hoskins Lane for Chester Muncie.
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Board of Zoning Appeals
City Commission
Mayfield Community Bible Church
Charles Foley
Acme Furniture and Rug Co
Crawford St
Edwin T. Johnson
Yankee Road
Harry Higdon
Hoskins Lane
Chester Muncie
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Sheldon
Warren County
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Gerald Miller
Don Powers
Miller
City Planning Commission
Council
Paul Smith
Assured Powers Council
Jesse Hollingsworth
Planning Commission
Special Commission
Jean Seberg
Lee Marvin
Clint Eastwood
Burned Flag
Marion Adkins
Lafayette Ave
Cherry Street
Lafayette Avenue
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Central Ave
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