Five Burglaries Solved By Arrests Police Say
Five East End burglaries were believed cleared and about ninety percent of the stolen jewelry recovered with the arrest of an 18 year old and a 17 year old by city detectives yesterday. Joseph John Mikula 18 of 105 Streiel Rivd and Donald Gardner 17 of 603 Wilshire Drive faced charges in municipal court. Det. John Lowe said jewelry and a suitcase of silverware recovered from Mikula’s home formed the bulk of the loot taken from several homes including those of Garland Wallace and Mrs Eugene Lewis.
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East End
Joseph John Mikula
Streiel Rivd
Robert
Schulz
Tarrimore Circle
John Lowe
Garland Wallace
Arnold
Messiahs
Lutheran Church
Holly
City Ave
Alva Harrison
Alva Harrison/engineers, Jr., 4907 Holly Ave
Eugene Lewis
Timber Trail
Jackson Lane
Det
Lowe
Mikula
Lowes
Couple Going On Trial Together In Robbery
Frank and Toni Brown, a Middletown couple, face joint trial in Hamilton Common Pleas Court for the March 10 robbery of a paraplegic Middletown accountant. Mrs. Brown’s request for a separate trial was denied. Frank is jailed, Toni on bond.
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Butler
Warren
Middletown
Frank
Toni Brown
Park St
Address Correction and Local Crime Notes From Court
The Journal corrects Crawford's reported address to 20th Avenue after he presented a list of black community demands at the City Commission meeting. Warren County Judge Paul N. Herdman bound over Mrs Brown to the grand jury on charges of shooting with intent to kill and breaking and entering an inhabited dwelling with a $3000 bond. Brown faces a separate $50000 bond in a May 19 attack and attempted robbery case involving Miss Sarah Gephart in the Waynesville area. the trial is linked to a separate Hamilton case with a $1000 loot and armed robbery charge targeting Robert Rogers at 2400 Central Ave Middletown.
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William Crawford
City Commission
18Th Avenue
20Th Avenue
Crawford
Warren County
Paul N. Herdman
Herdmn
Brown
Waynesville
Robert Rogers
Central Ave
Middletown
Forked Tongues In A Teletype Mix Up
A Hamilton Bureau report describes an early morning teletype mishap when a Dublin switchboard requester contacted the wrong Hamilton machine. Misrouted copy and a transposed phone number add humor to a zone of routine journalism.
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Hamilton Bureau
The
Journal
Hamilton
Dublin
Champion Papers
Police Force Now Nine Short After Roell Resigns
Middletown's Division of Police is one officer short after Ptl. William Roell resigned effective yesterday with leave to begin immediately. The department now has 4 cadets and 65 patrolmen authorized, 1 and 8 short respectively. Roell cited aging equipment and broken promises, while Duke the police dog is reassigned to Ptl. Hollister.
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Middletown
Ptl
William Roell
J.D. Bates
Wilma Seeger
Roell
Duke
William Hollister
Board Cuts Narrow in $124,000 Budget Transfer
A five-member Board of Education sought to trim a $124,000 intra-budget transfer covering new furniture typewriters and technical gear for Lemon Monroe and Middletown High Schools. The only cut removed $2,000 for 400 folding chairs. The 1970 budget will be reviewed at the next meeting on July 22.
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Education
New Middletown High School
Lemon-Monroe High
Middletown High
Five bicycles stolen in Laynecrest area overnight
Franklin police report five bicycles stolen in the Laynecrest area. Elaine Carter’s yard lost two bikes valued at 96 dollars. Thomas Green’s yard lost a 36 dollar bike and a bicycle abandoned there. Randy Chasteen and Nancy Wilson reported 25 dollar bikes missing.
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Franklin
Laynecrest
Elaine Carter
Kristine Lane
Thomas Green
Thomas Drive
Randy Chasteen
Virginia Avnue
Nancy Wilson
Mooe Drive
Downtown renewal gains $88,959 for staff and HUD push
Middletown receives 88 959 federal grant bringing total downtown renewal funds to 322 165 as HUD approves the plan. City official R Paul Christiansen says the money will fund a full staff and accelerate first phase work between Clinton Main Manchester First avenues Verity Main and potential parking garage sites. If plans gain final approval this month or next the core area project should start by year end with merchant relocations and building purchases underway.
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R. Paul Christiansen
The
Journal Today
Federal
Department of Housing & Urban Development
HUD
Christiansen
U.S
Middletown
Congress
Nixon
Clinton
Main Streets
Manchester
First Avenues
Verity
Main
Chrysler cuts ripple through to regional plants
Chrysler Corp plans to trim a $300 million expansion as lagging 1969 auto sales prompt delays in new plants. The company confirms a two year delay at the New Stanton PA assembly plant and cancellation of a 20 percent Kokomo Ind expansion. President Lynn Townsend cites higher material costs and economy uncertainties and says 1970 model production will not be affected.
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Chrysler Corp
Monroe
Chrysler
Interstate 75
Ohio 63
Wall Street Journal
New Stanton
Kokomo
Ind
Lynn Townsend
Townsend
Ohio Couple Killed In Car Crash Near Hazard Kentucky
A Toledo Ohio couple Norman K Provo 27 and Shirley Crouch Provo 22 were killed when their car collided with a truck on Kentucky 80 near Hazard. Police identified the victims and noted their previous ties to Perry County.
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Hazard
Toledo
Ohio
Kentucky
Norman K. Provo
Shirley Crouch Provo
Provo
Big Creek
Perry County
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Pat’s
Encle’s Corner
Lloyd Miller
Steigerwald
Donald Gardner
Wilshire Drive
David Black
Butler County Juvenile Court
BY Sol Riegel
Jerry Brown
James O. Finley
al Franklin
U. S
Jon
Georgia
Edward Teach
Blackbeard
Zorba
Sts. Constantine and Helen
Greek Orthodox Church
Stanley and
Sutphin
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