Hamilton Teen Drowns After River Swim Near Dam
Two Hamilton youths, 14 year old Tom Steele and 13 year old Neil Blanton, went swimming after school near the Great Miami River. Steele disappeared midafternoon and was recovered about 6:30 p.m. Blanton, who had warned by his mother not to swim, helped until a boat operator pulled him from the water. Steele's body was found in ten feet of water, and he was pronounced dead at the scene by the Butler County coroner. The incident occurred near the Black Street dam as fire crews, emergency responders, and sheriff's officers searched the area.
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Hamilton
Miami
Black Street
Tom Steele
J. B. Cole
Race St
Garrett J. Boone
Butler County
Neil Lee Blanton
North Second St
Steele
Harding
Blanton
Steele Boy
Arla Smith
Hanover St
Blanton Boy
Smith
St. Clair Township
Darrell Collins
Webb
Police Briefs on Theft and Vandalism Incidents
Harold Ferguson reports a toolbox and tools stolen from a truck parked on S Verity Parkway valued at 150 dollars. Frank Blain says several boys entered his bait shop yesterday and left with tools and reels valued at 30 dollars. Vandals caused about 175 dollars damage Sunday night by tearing the diving board from its stand at Forest Hills Country Club swimming pool.
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Harold Ferguson
Moore St
S. Verity Parkway
Frank Blain
N. Broad St
Forest Hills Country Club
Fashion Fair Building Plans Under Zoning Review
The Board of Zoning Appeals takes up Fashion Fair on University Boulevard seeking a building addition and extra parking on land partly residential and partly business zoned. A previous denial vote failed and no second vote occurred awaiting full member attendance.
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Board of Zoning Appeals
Fashion Fair
University Boulevard
Inland Drive
Santa Barbara Drive
W. G_ Printz
Car Stolen From Franklin Resident’s Home
Kenneth E. Edwards reported a 1955 model car stolen from in front of his house at 526 S River St Franklin. The theft occurred late Saturday night or Sunday morning.
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Franklin
Kenneth E. Edwards
S. River St
Mother Bound Over In Slaying Of Sons
Frances Simon of Maineville pleaded innocent in Warren County Common Pleas Court to two counts of first degree murder in the shooting deaths of her two teenage sons Joseph Jr. 17 and Elmer 15 on March 18. She was bound over to the grand jury, held without bond, and hospitalized with a self-inflicted wound near the heart after the alleged killings. Her two bodies were discovered by their father Joseph Simon upon returning from work. She is represented by attorney Fred Jones.
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Lebanon
Frances Simon
Maineville
Warren County Common Pleas Court
Paul N. Herdman
Joseph Simon
Bike Rider Hit Injuries Slight
An eight year old boy riding a bicycle escaped serious injury yesterday when struck by a car on Woodlawn Avenue. The youth was the only injury in six accidents investigated by police that resulted in three motorists being cited and damage estimated at 1600 dollars. Tommy Rutledge, son of Mr and Mrs. Thomas Rutledge, 1922 Woodlawn Ave, suffered minor leg injuries and was treated at Middletown Hospital. He was injured shortly before 11 a.m. when a truck driven by Charlies M. Henry, 23, of 4148 Oxford State Road, pulled from a driveway and hit Rutledge who was riding his bike on the sidewalk. Police said a hedge at the alley created a blind spot and may have kept Henry from seeing the youth.
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Woodlawn Avenue
Tommy Rutledge
Thomas Rutledge
Woodlawn Ave
Middletown Hospital
Charlies M. Henry
Oxford State Road
Amallow
Rutledge
Henry
Verity Parkway
Bruce Cordray
Dayton
Miss Slusser
Samuel Slusser
Pennyroyal Road
Franklin
John Blair
Miamisburg
Cordray
Stephen Wize
Odell Wize
20Th Ave
Mockbee
S. Main Street
Eagles Corner
Wize
Bound Over in Fatal Crash Trio Case
Canadian bound over to Butler County Grand Jury on manslaughter charge in death of Marilyn Slusser 16. Jean Ladrie Montreal employee bound over under 2500 bond. Gary Mockbee 18 charged with manslaughter in double fatality near Main Street. Mockbee’s hearing continued to June 20.
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Marilyn Slusser
Butler County Grand Jury
Jean H. Ladrie
Montreal
Canada
Kaiser Engineers
Armco Steel Corp
Gary Mockbee
Omaha St
S. ‘Main Street
Zone Change Approved For City Ambulance Plan
City may avoid operating its own ambulances if two local funeral directors agree to provide the service on a rotating basis with subsidies of 12 dollars per day call and 17 dollars per night call for in city cases. The plan aims to reduce uncollectable bills seen at 50 percent for Leffler’s operation, potentially costing about 10 thousand dollars yearly but avoiding major new staff hires. Commissioners unanimously supported a one year subsidy trial, while some officials expect eventual city ambulance provision.
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Dan Rothe
Kothe
Middletown
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
Homer Leffler
Ske
Leffler
Mary Lord
Commission
Board Will Act On Books Textbook Selections
The Middletown Board of Education meets at 7:30 this evening in the Administration Building to act on elementary and secondary textbook selections. They will review bids to remodel Lemon-Monroe High School offices and demolish an old section of the building. Paul Ruark of Lemon-Monroe faculty will report on study of using a Spring Hill School wooded area as a pupil laboratory. The board will also consider hiring new teachers.
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Middletown
Board of Education
Girard Ave
Lemon-Monroe High School
Paul Ruark
Lemon - Monroe
Spring Hill School
Valley View Taps Okayed to Use Village Utilities
Germantown council approved the Valley View School Districts plan to tap into village water and sewer lines for a 1.7 million high school. The measure sets three conditions: no village funds, the school board handles negotiations and contracts, and the utility extension cost exceeds 71 thousand dollars. The new school, two miles north of Germantown on Germantown Farmersville Road, will serve 650 students, with grades 9-12 totaling 625 currently using the old high school's stage and cafeteria as classrooms.
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Germantown
Valley View
Farmersville Road
Franklin approves canal plan to end flood nuisance
Franklin city council voted 3-1 to purchase and repair the old Miami Erie Canal for 1 and fund work at about 3350 with federal grant potential 7500 if plans approved. The project aims to drain flood waters via dry wells, using youth corps labor, and could finish this summer.
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Franklin
Hydraulic
John Griffin
Youth Who Served 9 Years Gets Probation
Willie Frank Adams, 27, of Dayton, who served nine years in prison for burglary and assault on a Middletown woman in 1958, was placed on three years probation. He pleaded guilty to assault and battery after prosecutors recommended leniency since he was 17 at the time. Adams had been released from Lebanon Correctional Institute on December 6, 1966, following juvenile records, and had faced charges of burglary at 1110 Yankee Road and assault with attempt to kill.
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Hamilton
Willie Frank Adams
Hoover Ave
Dayton
Middletown
Butler County Common Pleas
Arthur J. Fiehrer
Adams
Richard J Wessel
Lebanon Correctional Institute
Fred B. Cramer
Ofense
P.P. Boll
Elizabeth Ross
Yankee Road
Carey Alden merger OK'd expands Carey group
Completion of the merger of Philip Carey Manufacturing Co into Glen Alden Corp was confirmed by Carey president John W. Humphrey. No management changes are planned, but the merger will aid expansion and broaden the company’s base. Alden Corp stems from a Scranton coal miner turned textile and theater owner with RKO theaters and men’s furnishings production.
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Philip Carey Manufacturing Co
Glen Alden Corp
John W. Humphrey
Carey
Humphrey
Alden Corp
Scranton
RKO Theaters
New York
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17Th Ave
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John Amos, Jr
14Th Ave
Wisconsin Street
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Manchester Ave
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Gilbert H. Wilson
Gideon Road
Clyde S. Vice
Buena Ave
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John W. Wills
Fernwood St
George W. Wilson
Pinson
Ala
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J. T. Lamb
James Havens
Morgan St
Jim Bohman
Journal
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Commission Pass
No. 5
Breiel ‘Boulevard
Julius McIntosh
Marvin Max
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American Legion
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U.S
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Jewell Avenue
New York Central Railroad
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