Middletown High Wins Its Academic Team Trip to World's Fair
Middletown High School wins the Its Academic playoff title securing a five day trip to New York for the team. Captain David Bell Brenda Howard and Jean Nardin will be flown to New York June 22 escorted by CGE officials and stay at the Barbizon Plaza hotel for a tour of the World's Fair.
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Middletown High School
William H. Zimmer
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
WLWT
Zimmerso
Simon Kenton
Cincinnati Country Day
Middletown
David Bell
Midway St
Brenda Howard
Curryer Rd
Jean Nardin
Arlington Ave
New York
Cg&e
John F. Kennedy
Barbizon Plaza
Central Park
South
Thomas Cook & Son Travel Agency
China Town
Civic Center
Waterfront
Financial Districts
the Bowery
the Battery
Club 21
Facing reality as graduates hear Knebel at Miami commencement
Novelist Fletcher Knebel, Miami University alumnus, delivered the commencement address to the largest class as 1,153 degrees were conferred including 79 master's. Bonnie Louise McClelland, 21, Richmond Ind, summa cum laude in physics, received a 3.92 GPA and a Charles Revson Fellowship. Knebel and others received honorary degrees. O Connor, Iddings, Mee, and Grubb also honored.
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Oxford — College
Fletcher Knebel
Miami University
Knebel
Miami
Washington
Paul L. O'connor
Xavier University of Cincinnati
Andrew
Iddings
Dayton
John F. Mee
Indiana University
Kenneth M. Grubb
Boston
Allyn and Bacon, Inc
Grubb
O'Connor
Mee
City plans rezoning to allow apartments at busy crossroads
Tonight at 7 30 the City Commission holds a public hearing on rezoning city owned land at New Breiel Boulevard and River View Avenue from R 1 to R 2. A developer seeks the site to build apartments, opposed by the planning commission and the community development department after Countryside residents voiced opposition.
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City Commission
New Breiel Boulevard
Riverview Avenue
Planning Commission
Department of Community Development
Three Middletown Youths Earn Tech Diplomas
Three of the first Hamilton Technical School graduates are Middletown boys Richard Bendel Jr Leroy Line and Dennis Meyer. Bendel and Meyer earned honors as the school sponsored by the Hamilton Board of Education began in 1962. Commencement speakers included Lester Tuttle Pillsbury Andrew Kornylak Kornylak Corp and Patrick McLeod Fisher Body Co.
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Middletown
Hamilton Technical School
Richard Bendel Jr
Winton Street
Leroy Line
Greentree Road
Dennis Meyer
Fourteenth Ave
Bendel
Meyer
Hamilton Board of Education
Lester Tuttle
Pillsbury Co
Andrew Kornylak
Kornylak Corp
Patrick McLeod
Fisher Body Co
Model Plane Trophies Go To Three States
Enthusiasts from Ohio Indiana and West Virginia won top awards at the second annual model plane meet at Smith Park sponsored by the Middletown Junior Chamber of Commerce. Judges named winners in Navy carrier rat racing stunt and scale categories with 50 contestants and a crowd over 500.
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Smith Park
Middletown
Dayton
Jack Sheeks
Indianapolis
Dave Waggoner
Brookville
Ohio
Waggoner
Bill Folk
Columbus
Jack Smith
Charleston
W. Va
Smith
Butler County sees record May in new car sales
May figures from Butler County Clerk Joseph T. Keip show 821 new car titles processed, a county record beating last May’s 778. Chevrolet led with about 224, Ford 166, Pontiac 102, Oldsmobile 80 and Rambler 50. New truck sales totaled 77, led by GMC and Chevrolet with 20 each.
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Butler
Joseph T. Keip
Butler County
Chevrolet
Ford
Pontiac
Oldsmobile
Chrysler
Rendult
Triumph
Opel
Jeep
Volvo
Isetta
Lincoln
Imperial
Studebaker
Austin Healey
GMC
International
Mack
Dodge
Abortion Case Hearing Set In Cincinnati Munici pal Court
Four women charged with performing an abortion on a Cincinnati woman face a Tuesday hearing in Municipal Court. The procedure allegedly occurred May 25 at the home of Frances Hamilton in New Miami. Suspects include Clara Lee Phillips Florence G Lee and Mary Miller. The patient was reported in serious condition at Bethesda Hospital.
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New Miami
Otis Kimbrell
Child Choking Incident Aids Sheriff's Emergency Response
A 15 month old child from 117 Centennial Ave. was treated at Middletown Hospital after choking on an unidentified object at 1105 Grove St. The emergency squad arrived at 6 28 p m and helped police remove the object and assist the child after 6 30 p m.
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Tracy Barlow
Centennial Ave
Middletown Hospital
Grove St
Fire Engulfs Abandoned Farmhouse Near Jefferson Road
A large blaze destroyed an empty eight room farmhouse on the Monroe Mayfield border attracting Interstate 75 motorists and hindering traffic for hours. Mayfield Fire Chief Euclid Pierce Jr. and Monroe firefighters fought the flames from 10:20 p.m. to 12:15 a.m. vandals had looted and damaged the shell in recent months. the cause is undetermined with no damage estimate yet.
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Augspurger
Jefferson Road
Mayfield
Euclid Pierce Jr
Jackson Lane
Well Road
Pierce
Hamilton Driver Hurt In Accident
Janet Croswell of Hamilton treated at Middletown Hospital for chest contusions and a knee injury after Freddy Strickland of Lebanon lost control on a rain slick Yankee Road and hit a telephone pole at 12 31 a.m. Strickland escaped injury and was not cited.
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Janet Croswell
Hamilton
Middletown Hospital
Yankee Road
Miss Croswell
Freddy A. Strickland
Pleasant St
Lebanon
Strickland
Yankee
Eighth Avenue
Closing Of Tytus Set Tomorrow In City Streets
Public Service Director C. A. Boeke said Tytus Avenue between Broad Street and N Verity Parkway will close for a day and a half starting tomorrow morning. Traffic blocks begin at 8 a m and reopen at noon Wednesday to connect the public housing project's sanitary facilities to the Tytus Avenue sewer serving the nine story elderly apartment building at Tytus and Verity Parkway.
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Tytus Avenue
Broad Street
N. Verity Parkway
Public Service
C. A. Boeke
Boeke
Tytus
Verity Parkway
Teen Driver Crashes on Wet Tylersville Road
At 10 32 p m Saturday a westbound car on Tylersville Road near Maud lost control on wet pavement. Driver Jack Utrecht 18 West Chester and passenger Karen Shepard 16 Middletown Rt 1 suffered injuries. Both treated at Mercy Hospital Hamilton.
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Tylersville Road
Maud
Butler County Sheriff's Deputies
Jack Utrecht
West Chester
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Karen Shepard
Middletown Rt. 1
City Pools Off To Busy Start
Attendance at three municipal pools over the weekend reached 2 665 with 846 at Sunset Yankee Road and Douglas and 1 819 Sunday across Sunset Yankee Road and Douglas. Registrations are to be taken this week for five week swimming lessons starting next week.
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Ross Kramer
Department of Parks and Recreation
Sunset Pool
Yankee Road
Douglas
Burglars Net 5400 In Twin City Office Break-Ins
A burglar netted 400 in cash from Clark-Hekiman & Wood offices on Middletown Federal building seventh floor. Police say the entry used a tool to trip a door lock and the cash box was robbed. A similar hit at General Adjustment Bureau Inc. room 405 yielded 50 cents. Detectives suspect the same thief.
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Clark-Hekiman & Wood, Certified Public Accounts Accountants
Middletown Federal Building
Main
Central
First National Bank
General Adjustment Bureau Inc
Smokers Blamed In Two Local Fires Here
Careless smokers were blamed for two minor fires yesterday. Firefighters were called to 427 Baltimore St. at 8:19 p.m. for a refuse container fire and to 608 Charles St. at 4:11 p.m. where a Cincinnati Gas and Electric utility pole was ignited by a lighted cigar.
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Percy Hill
Baltimore St
John Lang
10Th Ave
Hill
Lang
Charles D. Trueblood
Berwick Lane
Germantown Road
Verity Parkway
Trueblood
Charles St
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Eighteen Area Juniors to Attend Buckeye Girls State Session
Eighteen junior girls from area high schools will join Buckeye Girls State at Capital University in Columbus for eight days starting June 20. The program began in 1947 and aims to educate participants in American government with high academic and character standards.
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Buckeye
Ohio American Legion Auxiliary
Capital University
Columbus
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Anne Road
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Fenwick High
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Aberdeen Drive
Anita Martin
Middletown - Eaton Road
Madison High
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Mill Ave
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W. Home
Carlisle High
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Lookout
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