Ohio Bell to Raise Long-Distance Rates One Third
Rates within Ohio will rise about one third on August 13 affecting direct dial daytime calls to Cincinnati and Columbus. Outside-state calls stay unchanged. The increase applies to Ohio Bell and other local providers using the same network with varying first-minute costs and higher rates for operator assisted and person-to-person calls.
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Ohio
Robert Watts
Ohio Bell
United Telephone Co
General Telephone
Germantown
Columbus
Dayton
Watts
Ranger left jeep voluntarily, says sheriff's report
The sheriff's report states McCann left the jeep to may have a bowel movement in a secluded Lion Country Safari area. Autopsy cites neck bite as cause of death while vehicle and equipment were found in working order. McCann worked 14 months at Lion Country Safari.
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Kings Island
Warren County
Ralph Young
John McCann
Morrow
McCann
Roy Wallace
Wallace
Hamilton County
Young
Lion Country Safari
Man Guilty of Voluntary Manslaughter in Armstrong Shooting
James Richard Ridinger was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter for the March 19 shooting of Carl Armstrong after 442 hours of jury deliberation in Warren County Common Pleas Court. Judge P Daniel Fedders sentenced him to four to 25 years in prison. The judge denied bond pending appeal. Ridinger, 26, of Lebanon.
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Lebanon
Warren County Common Pleas Court
James Richard Ridinger
Carl Armstrong
P. Daniel Fedders
Ridinger
Waynesville
Armstrong
Barbara
Ridingers
James Flannery
Robbery at gunpoint at King Kwik Market
A man robbed the King Kwik Market in the Highview Shopping Center around 5:20 pm, forcing cashier Elizabeth Butler to open the register and flee with an undisclosed amount of cash while staff in the back room were unaware. The suspect is described as 5'10" and 180 pounds, wearing brown clothing with a red diamond design.
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Highview
Central Avenue
Elizabeth Butler
Sleeping figure too real at Kent State art gallery
Officials at Kent State University report a life like sculpture titled The Man Dozing in a Chair by Duane Hanson is on display in the art gallery until August 31 as part of the Blossom Kent Art Program. Passersby mistake the sculpture for a living man and campus police were even summoned when it refused to move.
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Kent, Ohio
Kent State University
University
Duane Hanson
Blosssom-Kent
Stolen basketballs recovered after school break-in
Police recovered three basketballs and a bag from a utility shed on Yankee Road linked to Freshman High School theft. Four more new basketballs were stolen later from an equipment room, with empty boxes found in the gym lobby. Value listed at $100.
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Yankee Road
Don Reedy
Middletown man granted new trial in murder case
Fred McClain of Middletown, convicted in April of murder and sentenced to 15 years in the Ohio Penitentiary, won a new trial from Judge Robert Marrs in Butler County Common Pleas Court. The court noted a change in self defense law since the original trial.
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Hamilton
Fred McClain
Middletown
Ohio
Robert Marrs
Butler
County Common Pleas Court
McClain
Yankee Road
Wallace Huff
Huff
Lincoln St
Marrs
Ohio Supreme Court
Man Arrested After Loud Stereo Complaint
Police report a 21 year old man John Moore of Monroe was charged with resisting arrest after a loud stereo complaint. He was also charged with disorderly conduct for not answering questions. A whistle chain and a watch band were broken during the arrest at Woodlawn Ave.
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John Moore
Lebanon St
Monroe
Woodlawn Ave
Fire and medical calls report across three locations
At 6:56 p.m. a false alarm rang in Olde Towne Apartments. At 4:55 p.m. 3204 Milton Road Mary Kiss, 65, was ill and taken to hospital for treatment. At 11:14 a.m. 25 S Main St James Welsh, 52, of 102 Kenwood Drive, suffered pains and was admitted to intensive care in serious condition.
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Olde Towne
Milton Road
Mary Kiss
S. Main St
James Welsh
Kenwood Drive
Aeronca reports first half 1976 loss due to strike
Aeronca, Inc. posts a 1.452 million dollar six month loss versus a 710 thousand profit a year earlier. Sales fall from 23.4 million to 16.4 million as the April 1 strike at the Middletown plant, ending July 19, and sale of foreign operations weigh on results. The company notes 300 union workers involved.
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Aeronca, Inc
Middletown Aerospace Group
A.G. Handschumacher
Aeronca
Middletown
International Association of Machinists
Faulty Dryer Ignites Fire In Grimes Street Apartment
A malfunctioning clothes dryer caused an estimated $200 damage at the apartment of Donald Hauser 110 N Grimes St last evening. Firemen were called at 9 p m by the landlord who saw smoke from an exhaust vent. No one was home when they forced a screen and found the dryer burned inside. Minor smoke damaged the unit.
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Steve Breeding
S. Main St
Germantown
Donald Hauser
N. Grimes St
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Dan Ritchey
Journal
Cincinnati
Middletown Area News
Beethoven
David Slezak
First Avenue
Sheckler
Fedders
Mayiag
Dohn’s
Middletown Mall
Charles Sorrell
Ellen Drive
Aluminum Pool Co. of America
Dick Haizman
Marty Miller
Vic LeRoy
Donald Slusher
Mike Miller
Miller Insurance, Inc
Breiel
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