Butler County Law Library Sustains Justice In Quiet Corner
In the Butler County Courthouse’s ground level sits a little known law library central to justice. Librarian Anita Shew leads a collection of about 30,000 volumes valued over 700 thousand dollars with help from Ruth Brown. The library serves bar members judges and county officials and funds come from fines plus a Middletown branch in the city building.
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Hamilton
Butler County
Law Library
Carl Morgenstern
Butler County Bar Association
Bar Association
Anita Shew
Middletown
Western Reserve University
School of Law
University of Akron
Law School
Shew
Law Library Association
OHTO
Ruth Brown
Fred B. Cramer
Middletown to get final reading on annexation ordinance
City Commission set for 6 p.m. session to grant a second and final reading on an annexation ordinance for a 244 acre Lemon Township tract south of the city. No opposition from city leaders. Lemon Township Trustees have sought to block in court.
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Lemon Township
Middletown
City Commission
Cyclist killed in Oxford on U S 27 crash
A Loveland motorcyclist, James R. Quinn, 2, was killed when his bike rear ended a car, veered into oncoming traffic, and was struck by a second car south of Oxford on U S 27 near Stephenson Road. The Beshears, Tran, and a passenger escaped injury as flames destroyed two vehicles.
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Oxford
U.S 27
Here
James R. Quinn
Hamilton Post
Quinn
Stephenson Road
Phuong D. Tran
Cincinnati
Bobby Beshears
Lynn
Beshears
Reily F Department
Tran
Passen
Girl, 6, on bike hit by car in Hamilton
A 6 year old girl on a bike was struck by a car on Peck Boulevard Sunday afternoon. Dassenette Walker of 914 S Front St was listed in critical condition at Mercy Hospital. The driver Eric James of 823 Florence Drive said he swerved to miss the child.
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Hamilton
Mercy Hospital
Peck Boulevard
Dassenette Walker
S. Front St
Eric James
Florence Drive
City Cyclist Injured Critically in Liberty Township Crash
Kevin Osmund, 23, of 36060 Roosevelt Blvd, Middletown, was listed in critical condition at Mercy Hospital after a motorcycle crash yesterday near Kyles Station Road in Liberty Township. He suffered head injuries and details remain unavailable.
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Hamilton
Middletown
Mercy Hospital
Kevin Osmund
Roosevelt Blvd
Kyles Station Road
Liberty Township
Henry Taylor
Bankruptcy filed in U S District Court Dayton case
Gene Martin Ronto of Middletown files for bankruptcy in Dayton U S District Court listing assets of 400 dollars and debts totaling 10 674 dollars.
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U S. District Court
Dayton
Gene Martin Ronto
Middletown
Boy Drowns in Private Pool in Royal Oaks Springboro
A 12 year old Ridgeville boy died after being pulled from a private pool at a Springboro home in the Royal Oaks subdivision. James H. Burdine Jr, visiting at Gene Giffin’s residence, went to the backyard to swim and was found at the pool bottom about 20 minutes later. Life Squad and Dr. E A Jones pronounced him dead at 9 pm. An autopsy will be performed. He was an incoming eighth grader at Springboro Junior High and active in Little League baseball, soccer and football. Surviving are his parents, siblings, and grandparents. Funeral services are set for Ridgeville Community Church with Anglesby Funeral Home in charge. Memorial contributions may be sent to the church.
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Springboro
Ridgeville
Royal Oaks
James H. Burdine Jr
Gene Giffin
Redbud Drive
Clearcreek Township
James Burdine
Jarva Lane
Joey
Jayme
Mitch
Melinda
Louis Whitaker
Charles Burdine
Reading
Ray Shelton
Anglesby
Franklin
17 Fatalities Over Weekend Reported
The Associated Press notes 17 traffic fatalities occurred over the weekend, detailing the surge in deadly incidents and urging caution on the roads.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Three hurt in Elk Creek Road crash near Kalbfleisch Road
Three teens, Louis Potter 16 Germantown KT 1, John Shirak 16 815 Lroquis Trail, and Anthony Sampson 16 6366 West Alexandria Road, were injured when Potter lost control on Elk Creek Road north of Kalbfleisch Road. Potter and Shirak were treated and released, Sampson admitted in fair condition at Middletown Hospital. The Highway Patrol noted several weekend motorcycle fatalities and helmet use changes.
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Elk Creek
Kalbfleisch
Butler County Ties
Iff
Louis Potter
Germantown
Potter
John Shirak
Lroquis Trail
Pilot killed towing glider near Urbana Airport
An Urbana man, Earl Bennett, 53, died when the tow plane crashed into a field north of Urbana Municipal Airport. Bennett owned Urbana Flying Service and piloted for Grimes Corp. Glider pilot Wendell Weller released the towrope. Bennett could not recover from a dive.
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Urbana, Ohio
Urbana Municipal
Champaign County Sheriff's Office
Earl Bennett
U.S. 68
Bennett
Urbana Flying Service
Grimes Corp
Paul Williams
Wendell Weller
Urbana
Weller
Beth Walter
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William E. Rathman
Nancy Herr
Richard Wilmer
Douglas Roland
The
Breiel Boulevard
Jefferson Road
Tytus Avenue
Planning Commission
Commission
Highway
Tytus
Lowell
Shelley Streets
Liberty Restaurant
Highway Patrol
Dimitri
Sts. Constantine and Helen
Greek Orthodox Church
Grand
Sutphin
Stanley
Greece
CCU
C.E. Greathouse
Greathouse’s
Greathouse
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