Healthiest Over 70 selected at Butler County Fair
Emma Drake a 76 year old farmer from Liberty Fairfield Road and Kenneth Cox a 72 year old resident of Freeman Avenue were named Healthiest Over 70 at the Butler County Fair Health Department contest now in its fifth year. They earned plaques from Jerry Gerber after health questionnaire and interviews on diet weight blood pressure and activity. Drake cited farm work and garden plus neighbor help and museum volunteer duties as health factors while Cox credited moderation and regular exercise.
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Hamilton
Emma Drake
Kenneth Cox
Butler County Health Department
Butler County Fair
Butler County Board of Health
Drake
Cox
Liberty
Fairfield Road
Health Department
Mildren Conrad
Mildred
Trenton Mennonite Church Hosts Vacation Bible School
The Trenton Mennonite Church at 2 E Main St hosts a Monday to Friday vacation Bible school from 7 to 9 pm for nursery through sixth grade. The program Walking With Jesus includes arts crafts games and refreshments with organizer Robert Harbaum.
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Trenton
Trenton Mennonite Church
Main St
With Jesus
Robert Harbaum
Hamilton Man Shot Dead In Peck's Addition Street
Hamilton police investigate a fatal shooting in Peck's Addition after David McCullough, 22, was found dead on Paoli Avenue. He had been shot multiple times. last listed address is 725 South Seventh Street.
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Hamilton
Peck’s Addition
David McCullough
S. Seventh St
Paoli Ave
McCullough
Life term sought for Korn in resentence request
Donald Korn, a 33 year old former Fairfield man, seeks a life term after the U S Supreme Court ruling voided Ohio death penalties. A motion filed in the First District Court of Appeals asks for resentencing in the 1974 slaying of Ruth a Hamilton teacher. Korn was slated for the electric chair in 1977 but has awaited appeal.
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Hamilton
Donald Korn
U.S. Supreme Court
Ohio
First District Court of Appeals
Fairfield
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Ruth
Korn
Supreme Court
Two Days Left for Butler County Fair
Fair manager Eldon Letsche warned the weather could ruin the final two days. Attendance is about 30 percent below normal with 9,500 Monday, 10,000 Tuesday, and 12,500 Wednesday. Tonight features a Tractor Pull at 8 p.m. Tomorrow includes a 4-H parade at 11 a.m., Junior Fair Livestock Sale at 2 p.m., and Demolition Derby at 8 p.m.
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Hamilton
Eldon Letsche
Butler County
Letsche
Granges Farm Bureau
Jobless claims drop in June in Ohio report
In Columbus, the average unemployment claims in June fell to 66,362, a 10 percent drop from May. The Bureau of Employment Services reported the decline as part of its June update on unemployment, highlighting a easing labor market in Ohio.
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Columbus, Ohio
Mayigure
Bureau of Employment Services
Dayton Schools Busing Ruling Keeps Plan In Effect
A federal appeals ruling reaffirms Dayton public schools busing for 1978-79, affecting over 13,000 of 37,000 students. The 6th Circuit found the district court erred in shifting burden to the board, citing racially motivated policies tied to faculty assignments and school construction that sustained segregation.
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Cincinnati
Dayton
Circuit Court of
Kennedy faces nine felony counts in Franklin drug store raid
Jury deliberates on nine charges against James E. Kennedy in the April 25 armed robbery of the House of Drugs in Franklin. The case details a police chase, a shootout with Patrolman Estil Johnson, and the death of Ian Harper, with Kennedy facing multiple counts including attempted aggravated murder and theft of drugs. The trial is before Warren County Common Pleas Judge William Young. co-defendant Shull’s case is set for August.
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Lebanon
James E. Kennedy
Franklin
Kennedy
Kenneth Shull
Ian Harper
Estil Johnson
Johnson
Street
James Flannery
Shull
Warren County Common Pleas
William Young
Man pleads guilty to burglary at Dillman's Supermarket
Thomas Moore, 20, of Middletown pled guilty to breaking and entering after a July 12 burglary at Dillman's Supermarket. Moore was shot in the leg by a Middletown officer during the incident. Vincent Venters, 18, also pled guilty to breaking and entering and faces sentencing Aug. 2. Butler County Common Pleas Judge Fred B. Cramer ordered a presentence investigation ahead of Moore’s Aug. 10 sentencing.
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Hamilton
Middletown
Dillman’s
Central Ave
Butler County Common Pleas
Fred B. Cramer
Thomas Moore
Rufus
Cincinnati prosecutor pushes new death penalty law
Hamilton County Prosecutor Simon Leis Jr sent an assistant to Columbus to urge a legislative committee to approve a replacement for the death penalty law. The move comes as two suspects Wayne Reed and William Russell Bell face separate October trials for the slaying of Cincinnati Police Officer Charles Burdsall. Reed has bond denied and will face trial October 12. Bell’s bond is set at 750000 with a separate October 4 date. A civilian observer, David Mellon, was wounded during the incident.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Simon Leis Jr
Columbus
Leis
Wayne Reed
William Russell Bell
Fred Cartolano
Bell
Statehouse
U.S. Supreme Court
Charles Burdsall
J. Scott Croswell
Reed
General Assembly
Supreme Court
Burdsall
David Mellon
Two Lebanon men arrested at Forest Hills Country Club
Terrance M. Cavanaugh and Jeff Butler, both 19, were charged with breaking into a concession stand at Forest Hills Country Club near the pool. Police said they were found behind a tennis building with stolen tennis balls and candy and about $13 missing from the register.
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Lebanon
Forest Hills Country Club
Terrance M. Cavanaugh
Miller Street
Jeff Butler
Dearfield Road
John Reiring
Sohio Station
Second Avenue
Main Street
Forest Hills
Beiring
Country Club
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Williams
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Bond
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