Middletown Missed Queen’s Jubilee Invitation Debate
Middletown officials were invited to Middleton England for the Queen’s accession celebration. Mayor Tom Blake declined due to cost and time at his steel plant but questioned the town’s name origin. Local historian cites English roots possibly from Middleton.
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Middletown
England
Middleton
Sussex
D.E. Netherclift
United States
Tom Blake
Cincinnati
Dayton
George Crout
Doty
Doton
Blake
the Queen
McKinley student with bike jumps puddle photo
McKinley Middle School pupil Mike Whitt 13 appears to have a double in this photo as he leaps a puddle on a bike. Photographer John Sheckler did not note whether he cleared the water.
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Mike Whitt
McKinley Middle School
Journal
John Sheckler
Whitt
Teens get summer job help with Journal advertising rates
The Middletown Journal offers a special Willing to Work teen ad rate on June 22 to place two line ads for 1.50 and three line ads for 2.00. Deadline is June 20 at 3 p.m. Advisors help word ads. possible jobs include babysitting car washing cleaning and clerical work. The program targets youths up to 18 and ads run under a dedicated classification.
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The
Middletown Journal
Mullins
First Avenue
Broad Street
Ruptured Aorta Declared Cause of Death in Ohio Car Collapse
Butler County Coroner Garret Boone ruled that Henry George Hall 68 of Grand Rapids Michigan died from a ruptured abdominal aorta after collapsing in a northbound car on I 75 south of Ohio 63. His wife was treated at Middletown Hospital. initial diagnosis was heart attack.
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Butler County
Garret Boone
Henry George Hall
Grand Rapids
Mich
Hall
Ohio
Middletown Hospital
Local Obituaries Recall Lamphier West and McGuire Losses
Death notices for Omer F. Lamphier 61 of Monroe sorrowfully recall his Ford engineer tenure in Sharonville and his survivors. Edna L McGuire 70 of Hamilton area mourned after Grandview Dayton passing with services set in Hamilton. David Lee West 46 of Middletown died at home. services from McCoy Leffler Funeral Home include Masonic rites by Jefferson Lodge No 90.
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Omer F. Lamphier
Britton Lane
Monroe
Middletown Hospital
Middletown
Ford Motor Co
Sharonville
Jeanette
Mark
Burlington
Tim
Manchester
Fla
Linda Carter
Cincinnati
Sally
John
Ocean City
Charles
Bob
St. Martins
Ohio
David
Mildred Hall
Dayton
Maria Michael
Sisters of Charity
Mt. St. Joseph College
St. John’s Church
Mound Cemetery
Middletown Butler Unit
American Cancer Society
Wilson-Schramm Memorial
Edna Lucille McGuire
Franklin Nursing Home
Franklin
Grandview Hospital
Hamilton
Bradenton
William Sylvan McGuire
Michael
Rma Dempsey
Brown-Dawson Funeral Home
Pershing Ave
Greenwood Cemetery
David Lee West
Poppy Drive
Air Force
Armco Steel Corp
Jefferson Lodge
F & AM
Middletown Commandery
Norma Jean
Connie
Eve West
McCoy-Leffler
J. Herschel Caudill
Woodside Cemetery
Jefferson Lodge No. 90
Ohio National Guard heads to two weeks of training
More than 3,000 members of the Ohio National Guard left on Saturday for Camp Grayling Michigan for two weeks of annual summer training. The 107th Armored Cavalry from northeastern Ohio will train with support units from across the state, with several Wisconsin National Guard units also at Camp Grayling.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio National Guard
Camp Grayling
Mich
107Th Armored Cavalry
Ohio
Wisconsin National Guard
Planter theft reported on Harrison Street
Debbie Melfi of 210 Harrison Street reported early Saturday morning the theft of two hanging planters and three flower pots from her front porch. The items were valued at 120 dollars.
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Debbie Melfi
Harrison St
Ray Earl Ray Talks Escape Plans Ahead of Brushy Mountain Breakout
James Earl Ray told a Nashville Tennessean reporter two weeks before his latest escape that maximum security would not keep him in if he wanted out. He admitted fellow inmates aided the 1967 Missouri escape but denied prison officials helped. He remains a fugitive as of April 1968, with King’s assassination cited in context. Ray recounted past failed attempts at Brushy Mountain and described prison escapes as impossible per guards despite his ongoing efforts.
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Nashville
Brushy Mountain State Prison
James Earl Ray
Marsha Vande Berg
Tde
Vande Berg
Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Memphis
Brushy Mountain
Little Es
Tennessee
Petros
Vande Burg
King
Percy Foreman
Texas
National Academy study calls VA health system obsolete for general use
A National Academy of Sciences study urged phasing the VA health system into the broader U S health network citing cost and quality gains. It cautioned against abolishing VA hospitals but recommended consolidating under community facilities and cutting low use beds to reallocate toward aging care.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
National Academy of Sciences
Congress
Veterans
Max Cleland
Alan Cranston
Dcalif
Senate Veterans Affairs Committee
Cranston
R.D
Bulldog” Smith
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
National Research Council
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Dohn’s Bridal Registry
Mari
Omer Lamphier
Edna McGuire
David West
Ohio Guard
Saul J. Farber
New York University Medical School
Sunset Park
Christen Munshower
Cleveland
Fairmount Ave
Hazel Dunn
Hill Ave
Evelyn Scott
B St
Sunshine List
Duff's
Taylor Ave
Edward Teater
Franklin St
Mae Beer
Sunset Drive
Orenzo Morehouse
S. Main St
Pauline Gibbs
7Th Ave
Danny Taylor
Goldman Ave
Dallas Davis
Glenn Coldiron
Trenton-Franklin Road
Central Avenue
McGee Avenue
Seventh Ave
Garfield St
Earl Taylor
Garfield
Central
Mary Basham
Malvern St
S. University Blvd
Virginia Nixon
Central Ave
America
Union Sanitary
Ronald Gerzema
Warren State
St. & Ave
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Gideon Ad
Renton Shopping Center
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