Doris Runnells Crowned Miss Armco at Jamboree
Doris Runnells, 22, of Armco purchasing, was crowned Miss Armco at Goldman Park after a two day Armco Girls Jamboree attended by about 10,000. First runner up Mary Cox and second Norma Jean Baty also received trophies. event included a parade and a Saturday stage production.
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Doris Runnells
Armco
Goldman Park
Jane Fenton
Runnells
Fred
Woodburn Ave
Diane Cape
Mary Cox
Metal Products
Norma Jean Baty
Johnson Road
Elmese Dineen
Mary Lord
Eugene Bennett
Walter Mischley
Thane Doellmann
Richard Leichty
Middletown Works
B. C. Huselton
Loyce Carpenter
Barbara Walters
Youth Charged In 52000 School Damage
A 17 year old New Miami youth was arrested after $2,000 plus damage at two New Miami schools over the weekend. A footprint match with a London crime lab cast tied him to the vandalism. He faces delinquency charges and is placed in a juvenile detention center. Both buildings suffered smashed windows, broken equipment, and looted machines.
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Hamilton
New Miami
St. Clair Township
Darrell Collins
Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation
London
Joint Rotary Meeting with Hamilton Oxford Clubs
Rotary Club hosts Hamilton and Oxford clubs for their annual joint meeting at Le Sourdsville Lake tomorrow at noon. Gene Keeney will speak. Oxford Club attends joint event for the first time.
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Rotary Club
Hamilton
Oxford
le Sourdsville Lake
Gene Keeney
Oxford Club
Drowns While Swimming Near Dam in Great Miami River
An 18 year old Cincinnati area youth, Melvin C. Crawford of 1000 Simmons St Lincoln Heights, drowned while swimming with six companions near the Great Miami River dam south of Butler County Park. Rescue divers found his body at 6 35 p m after dragging began at 5 p m. Funeral services are pending.
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Cincinnati
Miami River
Melvin C. Crawford
Simmons St
Lincoln Heights
Butler County Park
N. Verity Parkway
Middletown
Fire Department
Germantown
Craig Young
Ing
Glenn Hall
McConaughy
City to Decide Rezoning for Packaging Corp Plant
City Commission schedules public hearing at 7 30 tonight on rezoning from R 2 to M 1 for Packaging Corp of America to expand plant front yard on Yankee Road. Planning Commission backs the change and a water treatment plant issue return may prompt a citizens committee.
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City Commission
Packaging Corp. of America
Yankee Road
Front Yard
City Planning Commission
Citizens
William Denham
Fire destroys garage at 824 Tenth Ave
A fire at 9:05 p.m. destroyed a garage at 824 Tenth Ave owned by Wiley Preston with about 700 dollars in damage while children played with matches. Earlier at 1:05 a.m. a fire at 906 W Central Ave involved Henry Houser 64 who told firefighters he did not need assistance.
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Tenth Ave
Wiley Preston
W. Central Ave
Henry Houser
Cordray Announces Re Election Bid to Middletown Board
Robert C. Cordray news director for WPFB in Middletown announces seeking a second four year term on the Middletown Board of Education. He currently serves as vice president and is among three board members whose terms expire this year. Also mentioned is Dr Jack Harris who plans to run for a seat. Cordray highlights education as a shared community effort and cites his service with local youth groups and church groups. He is a Canton native who attended Miami University and served in military intelligence during World War II.
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Robert C. Cordray
Fulton Lane
WPFB
Middletown
Armco
Middletown Works
Cordray
First United Presbyterian Church
Man Shot Accidentally In Mason Home
Jay Brinegar, 23, was in critical condition at Mercy hospital after accidentally shooting himself at his Mason home on East Main Street. He was cleaning a .22 caliber pistol when it discharged, the bullet hitting his lower stomach.
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Mason
Jay Brinegar
Hamilton
Mercy Hospital
James Knott
Brinegar
E. Main St
Multiple City Accidents Injure Three. Several Cited
Three people suffered minor injuries in Weber Street Illinois Avenue area accidents yesterday. William Craft 19 and Tommy Rice 19 were cited after car and cycle collisions. An eight year old boy and others received minor hip and elbow injuries in crashes on Sycamore Road and at Manchester Avenue. A driver was cited for careless operation after a 1967 car hit a utility pole on Wilbraham Road. Two other crashes caused $1250 and $1000 damages with citations for failure to yield.
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Weber Street
Illinois
Avenue
William F. Craft
Vannest Ave
Tommy W. Rice
Sycamore Road
Trenton
Middletown
Tal
Theodore C. Taylor
Acci
Manchester Motor Inn
Kent
Verity Parkway
Grand Avenue
Highland 18Th Avenue Street
Thurston Strong Jr
Illinois Ave
Charles McDaniel
Inglehart St
Donald L. Dunn
Tytus Ave
Wilbraham Road
Dunn
Carless
John Rawson
Elk
Monroe Chamber Elects First Directors for New Body
Monroe's newly formed Chamber of Commerce elected its initial nine directors for three two one year terms. Directors include Mayor Gordon Reed and Harold Callahan who serves as temporary president. Officers to be elected at tomorrow's meeting include president and vice presidents. About 100 charter members and guests expected for dinner with James A. Wuenker of CG&E as speaker. Rober Riley to install officers.
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Monroe
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Gordon Reed
Maron Shane
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Harold Callahan
Manchester Machine Co
Louis Eaves
Congress Inn
Enla Harmon
Monroe Lumber Co
Paul Mooney
W.R. Hendrickson
Donald B. Linkous
Lemon Township
Virgil Maines
Zee Tool & Die Co
New Chamber
Callahan
James A. Wuenker
Cincinnati
Cg&e
Rober Riley
Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce
Post 218 Is Honored at State Legion Convention
Middletown's American Legion Post 218 won the Father John Duffy award for the fourth time at the state convention in Cincinnati. Glenn Bewley accepted the plaque on behalf of Hobart Hopper the post chaplain and general chairman and Walter Pawelkoski the adjutant and co chairman.
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Middletown
American Legon Post
Father John Duffy
the Legion
Cincinnati
Legion Post
Glenn Bewley
Hobart Hopper
Walter Pawelkoski
Facing Charges In Counterfeit Case
Three men were charged with possessing and passing counterfeit money after arrests in Middletown. Robert Peddicord Howard Woolum Garnie Neace, all named, were detained as agents recovered a pile of bogus $20 bills and evidence from a car and a shave kit. The men were to appear before a U S commissioner today.
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Middletown
Secret Service
Robert Peddicord
Crawford St
Howard
Business Woolum
Garnie Neace
Chicago
Ill
Martins Grill
Central Ave
Neace
U. S
Beaten By Cyclists at Dellwood Inn
James Wathen of West Alexandria says about 80 to 100 motorcyclists battered him early Sunday at the Dellwood Inn in German Township. He suffered a lacerated scalp upper lip and eyebrow and facial contusions and left Middletown Hospital before treatment.
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Germantown
James Wathen
West Alexandria
Dellwood Inn
German Township
Earl Smith
Wathen
Smith
Middletown
Chuckle Notes on Aging and the Alternative
A light wry remark jokes about aging, suggesting growing old isn’t so bad when weighed against the alternative. The quip plays on life choices with a humorous twist.
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New
Cape
Mrs. Runnells
YEUR
Cremeans
Board of Education
Rice
Emory C. David
Curtis St
Pieratt Electric
Monroe Chamber
Wee Tower
Eshes
First National Bank
Cla Ee
Leibee Street
Casper Avenue
Woolum
Central Avenue
Peddicord
Germantown Road
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