No Cause Yet in Middletown Fire Losses
Fire at 709 Charles St. caused 7500 dollars damage to the house and contents with the two story frame home starting in the bathroom and reaching the roof. Robert Curtis of Middletown Fire Prevention led the investigation and estimated 5000 dollars to the structure and 2590 dollars to contents. A second fire at 1815 Clarendon Ave. damaged a couch in a vacant house owned by Beck Simpson. cause listed as unidentified youths with matches possibly arson. A third fire at 219 Baltimore St. caused 100 dollars damage to a goat barn due to burning trash.
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Charles St
Robert Curtis
Middletown
Robert Barker
Curtis
Clarendon Ave
Beck Simpson
Crawford St
Baltimore St
Ray Milton
Thief Freezes Out $4500 Theft at Lee's Cafe
Patricia Donathan reported $4500 in small denomination currency stolen from a cigar box in a walk in freezer at Lee's Cafe, 1224 Girard Ave. The money, in 20s 10s fives and ones, left $25 to $50 in change. The freezer was unlocked and a cafe rear door stood open at 7:45 p.m. yesterday. Donathan's key was in its usual hiding place.
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Lee’s Cafe
Girard Ave
Patricia Donathan
Fairmount Ave
13-Year-Old Boy Drowns In Pond
In Wellington Ohio a 13-year-old boy Freddie Paul Marks Jr drowned after wading into a pond near the town while his sister Robin 14 and a younger friend 9 were present. A Lorain County sheriff diver recovered the body.
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Wellington
Ohio
Here
Lorain County
Fourth of July Parade Planned Amid Boost in Support
Mrs. William Tunnell and Adrian Mayer, cochairs of the Loyalty Day Parade Committee, announced the Fourth of July parade plan after a revival of public interest. Last week only four attended a meeting, but Thursday night drew twenty group representatives. Weekly sessions continue at 7:30 pm at the American Legion Hall.
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William Tunnell
Journal
Adrian Mayer
American Legion Hall
July 4 Parade on South Main Street Marched by Mrs. Tunnell
Mrs. Tunnell announced Doty House administrator Hugh L. Butler will be parade marshal for the July 4 event on South Main Street. Bands pose a problem as Monroe, Madison, Middletown High, and Fenwick High bands may not participate due to lack of directors or other issues. As of Thursday night, 40 units were certain to take part, with more expected as marching day nears in three weeks.
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South Main Street
Save the Last Train Through Middletown
Penn Central passenger service through Middletown is dwindling with only one daily train in each direction. Hearings in Cincinnati and Dayton aim to decide its fate as unions push for subsidies while advocates urge a revived national rail system and faster future trains.
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Penn Central
Middletown
Goodman
Katie Krumm
Cincinnati
Leon
Interstate Commerce Commission
Dayton
ICC
Federal Building
W. W. Davis
United Transportation Union
U. S
Senate
Department of Transportation
Corporation
Lukens
Davis
Hhe
Explosion Rips Through House in West Alexandria
Six members of the Elmer Boyd family escaped injury when a leaking gas furnace under a West Alexandria frame house caused a blast and small basement fire. Officials described the damage as total destruction with only one woman slightly hurt by hitting her elbow on the ceiling. Residents at Ohio 503 in New Lexington were Boyd, 58, his wife Lillian, 56, daughter Nancy Huffman 18, and Dora Kingsley 32 plus two young children.
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West Alexandria
Elmer Boyd
Preble County
Ohio
New Lexington
Boyd
Lillian
Nancy Huffman
Dora Kingsley
R.A. 2
Head Start Summer Sessions Move to Laura Farrell School
Franklin City School officials reopened Laura Farrell Elementary to serve 77 Hollywood district children for 39 half day Head Start sessions this summer. Supervisors plus 37 Franklin teachers would oversee daily activities, with Supt DeWitt Terry offering two days of support.
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Franklin
Franklin City
Laura Farrell
Hollywood
Supt
DeWitt Terry
Appointment of liaisons to protect school facilities
Mrs Bond said the board agreed but feared conflicts with groups using school facilities for programs and asked that liaisons be appointed. She and other Head Start workers would contact Franklin teachers from kindergarten to high school to recruit volunteers. A name, Martha Douglas, was accidentally omitted from the Page 2 story but was in the original copy.
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Franklin
Terry
Bond
Middletown
Hollywood
Teachers Wanted To Volunteer This Weekend And Week
Teachers may volunteer as a liaison or classroom helper. Contact volunteers at 746-8806 this weekend or 746-4141 or 746-2311 during the week.
Two People Hurt in Poasttown Crash
Two people sustained minor injuries in a two car collision at Ohio 4 and Trenton Franklin Road Poasttown Butler County. Brenda L. Robinson 18 of Germantown Road Middletown turned left into the path of Ronald W. Turner 18 also of Germantown Road Middletown.
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Ohio 4
Trenton-Franklin Road
Poasttown
Butler County
Ptl
James Parsons
Brenda L. Robinson
Germantown Road
Middletown
Ronald W. Turner
Deaths and Funerals In Middletown and Surrounding Areas
Obituaries record Mrs Georgia Stacy 75 of Newport died in Covington and list survivors including four daughters and five sons with services set for Riggs Funeral Home in Newport. Other notices include Mrs Rosa Betz 95 of Middletown and Mrs Elsie B Dill 64 of Lebanon with details of their services and burials.
Mrs Mamie Smith Dies in Cincinnati Nursing Care
Mrs Mamie Smith 78 of Cincinnati mother of Willie Smith Engles Corner died at 1 25 p m yesterday at Jewish Hospital where she had been a patient since May 8 Survived by eight grandchildren and seven great p m Tuesday at Joseph R Baker & Sons Funeral Home with the Rev Henry Howard officiating Burial will be in Woodside Cemetery
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Mamie Smith
Cincinnati
Willie Smith
Engle’s Corner
Jewish Hospital
Joseph R. Baker & Sons
Henry Howard
Woodside Cemetery
Services for Mrs Catherine Ransom Set for Monday
Services for Mrs Catherine Elizabeth Ransom, 79, of 71 Middletown Pike Franklin, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Salvation Army Miltonville Outpost. Burial follows at St John’s Cemetery Trenton. Friends may call at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home tomorrow from 1 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m.
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William
Phillys Howard
Betty Dill
Lebanon
Charles
Morrow
James Fox
Robert Fox
Fairborn
Lucille Raez
Missouri
Oswald
Rose Hill
Mason
Elsie B
Dill
Catherine Elizabeth Ransom
Middletown Pike
Franklin
Salvation Army
Miltonville
St. John’s Cemetery
Trenton
Friends Snay
McCoy-Leffler
ATA Exec Criticizes Jetport in Southwestern Ohio
An Air Transport Association executive called a regional jetport plan a financial horror a regional jetport would centralize all air traffic through one facility threatening Dayton and Cincinnati airports. County officials in Butler and Hamilton counties have begun discussions with Wilmington as a potential site amid the regional jetport push.
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Ohio
Airlines
Stewart Tipton
Air Transport Association
Washington
Tipton
Dayton
Cincinnati
Greater Cincinnati
Boone County
Cox
Vandalia
Butler
Hamilton
Wilmington
The
Air Transportation Association
CBS News Reporter Gerald Miller Found Dead in Cambodia Grave
CBS News reports Cambodian authorities recovered the body of Gerald Miller near Tran Knar about 34 miles southwest of Phnom Penh. Exhumed at the same site as CBS correspondent George S vertsen, Miller is joined by two other men believed to be Remnik Lekhi and driver San Leng. Four other journalists’ fates remain undetermined after the May 30 ambush.
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New York
Columbia Broadcasting System
CBS News
Gerald Miller
Tran Knar
Phnom Penh
CBS
Miller
George Syvertsen
Remnik Lekhi
San Leng
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Newport
Riggs
A. Newton
Stacy
Covington
Elhanora
Alex Electon
Douglas Harrell
Burgaw
N.C
Charles Blythe
Port Huron
Mich
Edward Bishop
Claude
Clyde
Roy
Elhannon
John
Carlisle
James Back
Blackey
J. R. Stacy
Vinton
Rosa Betz
Rosa Neuner Betz
Toledo
Elsie B. Dill
Catherine Ransom
Studio Srectr
Central Ave
Ingo Preminger
DE Luxe
ATA Exec
Carl “Red” Withrow
Chuck” Sullivan
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