Tractor Spills Hurt Three Teens At Park
Three teenage boys were injured when a tractor overturned at Armco Association Park on Greentree Road and Ohio 741. Brian D. Harris, 18, remained in good condition with head injuries and facial wounds at Middletown Hospital. Randy Emerick, 16, and Paul Hackney, 17, were treated and released for lacerations and abrasions. Two other youths escaped uninjured as the rig rolled into a creekbed during a welding job for the youth opportunity program.
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Armco Association
Greentree Road
Ohio
Middletown Hospital
Brian, D. Harris
18Th Ave
Randy Emerick
Garfield St
Paul Hackney
Armco
Harris
Realtors Lose Secretary Nita Portsmouth to Florida Hotel Venture
Nita Portsmouth resigns after 12 years as executive secretary for the Middletown Board of Realtors. She plans to pursue hotel motel management training in Miami Beach starting Aug 10, leaving July 24 from Middletown. Replacement appointment announced then retracted. Her husband Ed is deceased, and son Tom attends Ohio State Law School while son Ed enters Miami-Dade Junior College.
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David Driver
Nita Portsmouth
Board of Realtors
Tony Tenore
Miami Beach
Portsmouth
Armco Drive
Florida
Middletown Board of Realtors
Tenore
Forest Hills Country Club
Tom
Ohio State
Ohio State University
Miami-Dade
Fla
Glenn
Tiger
Situa- Ellison
Aution
Middletown High School
Would-Be Robbers Routed By Couple
A 14th Avenue couple repelled three youths armed only with a cap pistol at 917 14th Ave last night. W. Goebel Conrad, 65, warned the intruders and used a shovel handle for backing. One attacker fired, the other threw firewood, while a third grabbed a yarn ball mistaken for a purse and fled. Mrs. Conrad called police. no injuries or losses were reported.
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14Th Avenue
W. Goebel Conrad
Ruth
14Th Ave
Conrad
Feared For Life Drug Defendant Testifies In Trial
A 20-year-old defendant testified in Butler County Common Pleas Court that he obtained 10 LSD tablets to sell after being contacted by state narcotics agents on January 18. He claimed he acted in fear for his life as agents handed the capsules to him. The trial resumed after a recess with rebuttal witnesses and final arguments anticipated Monday.
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Hamilton
Butler County Common Pleas
Arthur J. Fiehrer
Reid
Bandits Take $136 From Sportsman Cafe at Closing
Two armed robbers entered the Sportsman Cafe at 1100 Garfield St after customers left. They ordered Janet Griffen and Roger Klase to surrender money and keys. Griffen handed over $125, Klase about $11, and the duo fled north through an alley. suspects described as Negro men, one in a striped shirt with Afro, the other tall in dark clothes.
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Sportsman Cafe
Garfield St
Janet Griffen
Roger Klase
Armco Patrol Car Struck by Bullet on Parkview Avenue
An Armco patrol car was fired at at 4 50 a m security officers reported. Wayne Commodore of 16th Avenue a Middletown Police Reserve member said the cruiser was on Parkview Avenue at Madison Street when a shot was fired from nearby into the left rear fender. The slug pierced the fender struck a wheel liner and the attacker fired at another Armco car last spring but missed.
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Armco
Wayne Commodore
16Th Avenue
Middletown
Parkview Avenue
Madison Street
Death notices and funeral arrangements from Ohio papers
James Calvin Honchul 82 former Carlisle resident died 10 20 a m yesterday at Logsdon Nursing Home Hamilton after two years as patient Retired Rogers Ky farmer survived by wife Lona four daughters two sons a brother 21 grandchildren 33 great grandchildren Arrangements incomplete Porter Funeral Home Campton Local arrangements by McCoy Leffler Funeral Home Ethel Maxton Lebano n 80 formerly Lebanon Rt 1 died Thursday in Miami Valley Hospital Dayton Survived by three daughters two sisters three grandchildren four great grandchildren Visitation tomorrow 4 9 p m Oswald Funeral Home Funeral Monday 1 p m Rev Charles Wells Burial South Lebanon Cemetery
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James Calvin Honchul
Carlisle
Logsdon
Hamilton
Honchul
Rogers, Ky
Lona
Margaret Spencer
Mary Tibbs
Campton
Ada Carroll
Middletown
Georgia Walker
Gratis
Roy
John
Reese
Porter Funeral Home
McCoy- Leffler Funeral Home
Ethel Maxton
Lebanon
Charles Wells
South
Lebanon ‘Cemetery
Funeral Masses Held for Local Residents
Mrs. Jean Harrison age 47 of 2145 Parkamo Ave. and Mrs. Dorothy Murphy age 41 of South Bend Ind formerly Hamilton have funeral masses scheduled for Monday at 9 30 a.m. and 10 a.m. respectively at St Josephs Church and St Ann's Church. James Haun 62 of 717 Millikin St. will have services at 2 p.m. Monday at Webb.
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Jean Harrison
Parkamo Ave
St. Joseph's Church
Dorothy Murphy
South Bend
Ind
Hamilton
St. Ann’s
James Haun
Millikin St
Webb
Man Slashed 12 Times in Middletown Cafe Brawl
A 22-year-old man identified as Woodrow Cowgill was slashed 12 times at Thimes Cafe on Charles Street. Cowgill, in fair condition at Middletown Hospital, suffered injuries to the eyelid neck chest and back after a fight with Rick Burkhart who faces cutting with intent to wound charges. Witnesses say Burkhart, 20, lent money to Cowgill’s companion Mrs. Carol Scowgill before the confrontation and pulled a knife during the struggle.
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Middletown
Thimes Cafe
Charles St
Woodrow Cowgill
Highland St
Cowgill
Rick Burkhart
Crawford St
Carol Scowgill
Burkhart
Four Sheep Killed by Dogs on Myers Farm
Butler County police report four sheep killed by dogs on the Thomas Myers property at 4085 Hussey Road near McGonigle. About 20 others were injured and may have to be destroyed. Patrolman Tom Cornett said Myers saw a black shepherd and two collie-type dogs fleeing the building as he headed to his barn.
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Hamilton
Thomas Myers
Hussey Road
McGonigle
Butler County
Ptl
Tom Cornett
Myers
Armco Quiet on Pollak Steel Acquisition
Cincinnati report said Pollak Steel Co. of Cincinnati was purchased by Armco Steel Corp. Neither company commented on the deal. An Armco source confirmed no comment at this time. Pollak Steel distributes steel products from a warehouse in Evendale.
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Cincinnati
Pollak Steel Co
Armco Steel Corp
Armco
Pollak Steel
Evendale
Malaysia Sees Two Million Children in School
Kuala Lumpur reports two million children are attending school across Malaysia, about 1.5 million in primary and 500000 in secondary schools, representing nearly 20 percent of the total population.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Fizzled town meeting at Ohio U prompts campus reform talks
About 100 faculty and staff attended a day-long town meeting at Memorial Auditorium as only two students and no Athens residents showed up. University President Sowle plans July 17 to act on more than 100 recommendations, including a university council with policy powers and a stronger security staff.
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Athens
Ohio
Memorial Auditorium
Claude R
Sowle
Trus 08
Teachers complete consumer education workshop at Miami University
Thirty participants finished a week long consumer education workshop Friday at Miami University. From Middletown Marilyn Huntoon of Madison Township High School attended with Valley View High School representatives Shirley Kuch and Julia Wilson. The program was sponsored by the Council for Family Financial Education and Ohio State Department of Education and presented by Miami University.
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Oxford
Miami University
Middletown
Marilyn Huntoon
Madison Township High School
Valley View High School
Montgomery County
Shirley Kuch
Julia Wilson
Council For Family Financial Education
Ohio State Department of Education
Miami
School of Education
School of Business Administration
Fire Reports and Hospitalized Residents Across City
Fire incidents timed 7:49 p.m. at 1113 First Ave affecting Mrs. Virginia Pyle age 5, taken to Middletown Hospital by ambulance. A 9:46 p.m. call at 901 Sixth Ave for John Ousley age 48, transported by ambulance in serious condition. At 10:32 p.m. fire at 305 Charles St involves William Redkey age 47, admitted to hospital by ambulance.
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First Ave
Virginia Pyle
Middletown Hospital
Sixth Ave
John Ousley
Charles St
William Redkey
Final Curtain for The Boy Friend at Gates-Abegglen Theater
Oxford MIami University summer theater presents The Boy Friend in its season finale this evening at the Gates Abegglen Theater in the new Center for the Performing Arts. Curtain is at 8 30 p.m.
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Oxford
Village Playhouse
Miami University
Gates-Abegglen
New Center For the Performing Arts
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James C. Reid
W. Market St
Lima
Oxford Police
S. College Ave
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James Honchul
Pieratt Electric
BANK
Americard
Franklin
John Pieratt
Consolidated, Inc
Central Avenue
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Crawford Street
Grimes Street
University Boulevard
Wendt
Harold Agee
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