Serious crime index up 48 percent in Middletown
Middletown police report a 48 percent rise in serious crime in the first six months of the year versus last year. Burglaries up 37 percent to 468, rapes to five, and car thefts to 76. murders and robberies unchanged, assaults down 20 percent. Acting Chief Walton urges citizen involvement and better lighting to deter burglaries.
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Middletown
FBI
United States
Robert Walton
Walton
Policeman to Learn Polygraph Operation at National School
Police Sgt. Lloyd Brewer will attend the National Training Center in New York City beginning September 8 to learn polygraph operation. The department has lacked a qualified polygraph operator since March 1974 and will send Brewer for four weeks of training and five approved examinations to gain certification.
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Lloyd Brewer
National Polygra School
Newark
Iu Oder
Brewer
National Training Center of Janeke Science
New York City
James Miller
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
London
Ohio
Robert Walton
Ohio Supreme Court strikes down guest passenger statute
The Ohio Supreme Court unanimously ruled the 42 year old guest passenger statute unconstitutional, affirming a lower court finding that prevents accident victims from suing drivers for negligence. The Akron case involved golfers, with Justice Brown noting the law harms nonpaying guests including children and elders who rely on rides.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Supreme Court
Akron
Donald G. Tyler
George Primes III
Tyler
Primes
Summit County Court of Common Pleas
9Th District Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Brown
English tourist dies after asthma attack on I-71 rest area
Lee Conway of St. Mary Cray England, 21, touring with relatives, collapsed at a rest area on I-71 north of Ohio 123. Patrolmen rushed to aid him with mouth to mouth resuscitation and heart massage before he was taken to Clinton Memorial Hospital Wilmington where he died at 11 10 p.m.
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Lebanon
England
Ohio
Lee Conway
St. Mary Cray
Clinton Memorial Hospital
Wilmington
Highway workers vote to recognize union Local 534
Lebanon Warren County highway employees voted 14 to 11 to recognize Construction and General Laborers Union Local 534 as their bargaining agent. County Engineer Craig Pendleton and Local 534 agent Eugene Roach announced the result. Negotiations start August 16 after cards of intent were reconsidered by some workers.
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Lebanon
Warren County Highway Ope
Construction and General Laborers Union Local 534
Craig Pendleton
Local 534
Eugene Roach
Pendleton
Dayton Public Service Union
County Water Department
Franklin Driver Injured in Scrape With Tree
A Franklin man, Steven Sickle aged 20 of 3387 Moyer Road, was injured early today when his car left Jewell Avenue at Shelly Street and struck a tree. He was treated at Middletown Hospital and released. Damage to the car was about 1200 dollars.
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Franklin
Jewell Avenue
Shelly Street
Steven Sickle
Moyer Road
Middletown Hospital
Obituaries and funeral notices from Middletown area
Multiple deaths and funeral arrangements detailed for Mrs. Carrie E. Druley 80 Newark native Will Davis 73 and Robert H. Huff 80, plus Franklin’s Carrie Zinck 85. Services planned Friday for Druley and Huff with burial at Woodside Miltonville Cemetery and Miltonville options. Additional notices list services for Richard Bartel 55 and Emilie Liebschwager 81 with local church services.
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R. Baker & Sons Funeral Home
Robert Ward
Woodside Cemetery
Will Davis
Middletown
Newark
Will Jr
Dayton
Earlene Brown
Carra Murphy
Miamisburg
American Legion Post
Helen
Joseph R. Baker & Sons
Norman Wright
Miltonville Cemetery
Florence Moore
West Carrollton
Leona Orndorf
Springboro
Betty Hetzler
Xenia
Clarence Durr
New Carlisle
Willis Durr
el Paso
Tex
Mary Mulford
Lebanon
Eva Buck
Lora Scott
Helen Jones
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Fred Fied
Hamilton
Richard Bartel
Fairfield
Zion Lutheran Church
Emilie Liebschwager
Marcia Ave
Klaus-Weigel
DAR Sisters Honor Middletown Library with Revolution Atlas
The Col Jonathon Bayard Smith Chapter DAR presented The Atlas of the American Revolution by Nebenzahl and Higgin to Middletown Public Library as a Bicentennial project. Mrs. Paul F. Smith and Mrs. James E. Kunkler gave the volume to Douglas J. Bean for the reference collection. Also noted is the July 21, 1925 Scopes trial verdict in Dayton Tennessee.
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Col. Jonathon Bayard Smith
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Middletown Public
Kenneth Nebenzahl
Don Higgin
Paul F. Smith
James E. Kunkler
Douglas J. Bean
John T. Scopes
Dayton, Tenn
Ohio House Committee OKs Mall Maintenance Bill
The Ohio House Local Government Committee approved a measure allowing cities to levy assessments on mall benefiting property owners for heating cooling and maintenance costs. State Rep. William Denham, sponsor, expects floor action soon with a likely full House vote. The bill shifts mall costs from taxpayers to merchants and includes testimony from Denham C Richard Greathouse John Gotherman and Dave Clark as supporters.
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Middletown
Ohio
House Committee
William Denham
Denham
C. Richard Greathouse
Mallerchants Association
John Gotherman
The
Municipal League
Dave Clark
Teens drive to fund portable radios for police
The Teen-Agers Association for Police Support TAPS met Monday to raise funds for portable police radios after a radio malfunction aided an injured patrolman. They began with a $10 donation and seek bank handling for further gifts. donations go to TAPS care of 4932-B Woodridge Apartments. Plans include a September picnic for area departments.
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TAPS
Woodridge
Warren County Drug Council in dormancy after resignation
Ken Bausch resigns as Warren County Drug Council administrator following a state denial of funding for the drug counseling program for 1975 76. The council votes to appeal and the Helpline crisis center awaits MHMR funding while the dormancy lasts until funds are found.
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Lebanon
Warren County Drug Council
Oard
Freddie Funk
Ken Bausch
Drug Council Board
Helpline
Entire
Drug Council
Funk
Dru
Ohio Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
MHMR
Warren County Counseling Service
Thomas Grogan
Warren County
Warren Mhmr
Mhma Board
MHMR_ Board
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State Supreme Court
William B. Brown
Man
Highway Workers
Carrie Druley
Carrie E. Druley
S. Breiel Blvd
Paul
R. Melvin
Peg Welsh
Betty Sebald
Joseph
Robert Huff
Robert H. Huff
Miami Valley Hospital
Mr. Huff
Kroger
Carrie Zinck
Carrie C. Zinck
Upper
Springboro Road
Zinck
the Daughters of America
Clarence
Robert
Heath
Esther Snider
Gladys Logsdon
Bell-Hanna
River Bridge
State St.Ste. Rte
Larry E. Youns
Middletown Bank
WPFB
DAR
Committee OK
Police
Warren Drug Board
California
Central Avenue
Highview Center
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