Car hits train in fog injures three in Trenton
A Trenton woman 27 Bessie McQuinn and two children Monica 6 and Jeff 1 were injured when a car traveling north on Wayne Madison Road collided with a train about 530 am. The crossing has no flashing signal and the train did not stop. All were taken to Mercy Hospital in Hamilton.
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Trenton
Bessie Marie McQuinn
Wayne-Madison Road
Butler County Sheriff's
Monica
Jeff
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Park relies on informal security at Sebald Park this year
Public Services Director Dick Goecke said the park is patrolled by city maintenance staff mainly on weekends and off duty police patrols from last year were not needed. Vandals damaged Elk Creek bridge but no severe incidents occurred otherwise and a formal ranger force is shelved.
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Sebald Park
Dick Goecke
Elk Creek
Paschal
PT Boat 326 Crew Reunites After 31 Years Of War
Six members of PT Boat 326, once patrolling New Guinea shores with two years of combat behind them, reunite at John Morgan’s home after 31 years. They recall missions, steady enemy fire, and radar duels, with host Morgan, pilots from Florida and California, and others from West Virginia and Missouri sharing memories of wartime patrols and a Presidential Unit Citation.
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Dan Sewell Journal
PT Boat
Stoutenborough
PT 326
John Morgan
Cincinnati-Dayton Road
Joe Wolmar
West Virginia
Kenneth Haas
Cape Girardan
William Boldt
Walt Cason
Florida
Torrence
Calif
Norm Bybee
Sacramento
Morgan
Armco Steel Corp
New Guinea
New Britain
Woimar
Bybee
Boldt
Cason
Haas
Wendt
Tracer Bullets Whiz by Inches of Composure
A fragment notes tracer bullets whizzing by within inches of a person, detailing a tense close encounter. The text implies a dangerous scene but provides no further names, places, or dates to identify the incident or location.
Western Riders Horse Club donates 1000 to Handicapped Children
The Western Riders' Horse Club of Madison Township Butler County announced a $1000 contribution to the Society for the Handicapped Children from a July 12 benefit horse show at Sundowner's grounds. Club president Frank Murray thanked sponsors and participants as members and supporters are named. The society serves Warren, Butler, Montgomery and Hamilton counties and is building a new total-care facility in Carlisle.
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Carlisle
Western Riders’ Horse Club
Madison Township
Butler County
Society For Handicapped Children
Sundowner’s
Elk Creek Road
Frank Murray
Carl Daniels
Bud Wells
Jack Elam
Lloyd Deaton
Lynn Taylor
Dan McLoud
Joe Myers
Cathie Agee
Louie Thompson
Society For the Handicapped
Warren
Butler
Montgomery
Hamilton
Fairview Drive
Fire Crews Respond to Multiple Incidents Across City
At 6:55 a.m. on Verity Parkway Ethel Blevins, 75, suffered abdominal pains and was taken to hospital with condition not listed. At 12:21 a.m. Howard Flack, 68, had difficulty breathing and was transferred to Christ Hospital. A grease fire at 114 Charlies St caused 300 dollars in building damage and 200 dollars in contents damage. Ester Edison, 51, was nervous and admitted to hospital then released. Phillip Kirby, 5, swallowed gasoline and was treated and released. At 11:53 a.m. no one was ill at 3910 Jewell Ave.
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Verity Parkway
Ethel Blevins
Manchester Ave
Howard Flack
Christ Hospital
Charlies St
18Th Ave
Ester Edison
Fairmount St
Phillip Kirby
Jewell Ave
Middletown School Board Sets Special Session
The Middletown school board will meet at noon Wednesday in the administration building to approve bids for 46 typewriters and office furniture for Intens ive Office Experience classes starting this year. Clerk treasurer Betty York says the meeting ensures delivery before September and a physician will be appointed to examine bus drivers under a new state law.
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Middletown School Board
Betty York
Infant stabbed to death found on bus in Kentucky
In Crtittenden Kentucky a six week old baby Sabin Gosier was found stabbed to death on a bus traveling from Georgia toward Cincinnati. His mother Sydalia Gosier was seriously wounded and transported to St Elizabeth Hospital in Covington. The scene was about 30 miles south of Cincinnati on Interstate 75. Further details were not immediately available.
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Crittenden, Ky
Georgia
Cincinnati
Sabin Gosier
Sydalia Gosier
Valdosta, Ga
Middletown Area News Highlights From Week
Local report from Middletown area covers community events and notable happenings during the week ending July 21 1975. Areas of interest include local meetings, school updates, and civic notices affecting residents.
Trenton Woman Protests Court Ruling On Horses
Ruth Meyers of Trenton challenged a Hamilton County judge’s decision that a neighbor could keep up to five acres worth of horses. She claimed six or seven horses were kept at the Kennedy Road site, while inspectors noted six horses but the judge found no overnight evidence of violation. Commissioners planned to obtain the transcript and consider an appeal.
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Dan Sewell Journal
Hamilton
Ruth Meyers
Trenton
Kennedy Road
Berridge
Anthony Cecere
Robinson
Baton drum corps members struck by food poisoning
Forty three members of the Chaparral Baton and Drum Corps of Cuyahoga Falls were stricken by suspected food poisoning while traveling on Interstate 71 near Ashland Ohio. Two busloads were escorted to a hospital where thirty seven were treated and discharged while six remain admitted in fair condition.
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Ashland
Ohio
Chaparal Baton
Cuyahoga Falls
Here
State Highway Patrol
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Tember
John Paschal
Pacific
Nets
Wolmar
First Ave
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Smith Ave
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Covington
Bonanza Restaurant
Middletown
Breiel Blvd
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County Commission
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