Man Hurt Struck By Own Auto In Parking Lot Incident
A 39 year old man, Henry Allen of 501 16th Ave, was injured when his car rolled backward in a Kroger parking lot on S Main St and trapped his legs. He remained in good condition at Middletown Hospital. In a separate incident Charles Clem, 22, with head injuries, was treated after a tire blowout on N Breiel Blvd. There were five other non injury accidents with one thousand seven hundred fifty dollars in damage.
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16Th Avenue
Middletown Hospital
Henry Allen
16Th Ave
Krogers
S. Main Street
Allen
Charles Clem
Manchester Road
N. Breiel Boulevard
Forest Hills Drive
Clem
Breiel Boulevard
Contracts Signed For Jail Plans In Butler County
Hamilton county commissioners signed contracts with two architectural firms to prepare plans for a new Butler County jail. The board reviewed a tentative timetable aiming to complete the facility in June 1970, with representatives Fred Winkler Robert Beeghi James Steed and Gerald Hammond present.
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Hamilton
Butler County
Fred Winkler
Robert Beeghi
James Steed
Gerald Hammond
Fire Briefs Report Two Small Blazes
Fire crews responded to 901 Manchester Ave. where lint in a vent hood and pipe of machine No. 3 at Sorg Paper ignited. No damage estimate was provided. A second incident at 2300 Longfellow St. involved a motor short on a sump at Bertha Weidner’s residence causing about $50 in damage.
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Manchester Ave
Sorg Paper
Longfellow St
Bertha Weidner
Insurance tips to cover home and possessions
In case of fire many policies fall short of replacement costs. The message urges checking current coverage especially if home value has risen and possessions grew. It promotes Nationwide Insurance’s broad protection at low rates with a personal explanation offer.
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Nationwide
Police Start South End Drive On Abandoned Cars
Middletown police begin a 90 day drive to remove abandoned cars on private property. Police Chief James Howerton says officers will call in tow trucks and seek voluntary cooperation, then move to enforce the new state law allowing officials to acquire title to abandoned vehicles.
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South End
Middletown
Roberts
Howerton
Griff Roberts
James Howerton
Morrow car dealer wiped out by fire
Morrow, a Chevrolet dealer, lost his business after a spectacular blaze at his Pike Street showroom. The fire destroyed the building, offices, about a dozen cars and most records, leaving up to 20 workers jobless and leaving Lytle and his daughter Tebbie homeless after recent floods damaged the same site. Fire officials blamed flood-damaged wiring for the incident.
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Morrow
Jack Lytle
Chevrolet
Lytle
Tebbie
Pike Street
Charles
Traine
New Senior Minister Is Named At First Methodist
The Rev. E. Eugene Frazer, 38, named senior minister of the First United Methodist Church by Bishop F. Gerald Ensley at the Ohio Annual Conference in Lakeside Ohio. Frazer, formerly at Grove City near Columbus since 1959, will preach Sunday and takes over from Dr. Austin Whitmore.
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E. Eugene Frazer
First United Methodist Church
F. Gerald Ensley
Ohio
The
United Methodist Church
Lakeside
Mr. Frazer
Grove City Methodist Church
Columbus
Austin Whitmore
First Methodist
Ohio Methodist Church
Cincinnati
Oakley United Methodist Church
Hugh Frazer
Methodist Board of World Missions
Interdenominational Medical Institute
Kimpese
Congo
Africa
David Frazer
Sixth Avenue
Ohio State University
Asbury College
Lutheran Theological Seminary
Capital University
Garrett Biblical Institute
Northwestern University
Evanston
Oberlin
Graduate School of
Fayette County
Eastview
Misson
Grove City
Fellowship Hall
F. ‘Gerald Ensley
Library Partners To Open Middletown History Center In September
The Middletown Historical Society and the Middletown Public Library will renovate the ground level room of the library into a modern historical center and lecture room. Plans approved by the library board call for a fully equipped space with display cases, audio visual gear, and seating for over 100. Funded by Mr. and Mrs. Arthur R. Harvey, the project aims to attract thousands of schoolchildren for displays talks and history slides while preserving the building’s carved stone “Lecture Room” feature.
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Middletown Historical Society
Middletown Public Library
Children’s Library
J. Les DuErmit
Kenneth W Shafer
The
Historical Society
Middletown
Shafer
Library Board
Curtis Street
Arthur R. Harvey
Boys Nabbed In School Burglary
Three boys aged 16 and 17 are in custody with Middletown police for questioning in the burglary of Sherman Elementary School on Sherman Ave. They were arrested after a chase in an alley near the school. police say one climbed a window to unlock a door for the others.
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Middletown
Sherman Elementary School
Sherman Ave
Five Churches Receive New Methodist Pastors Across Districts
Five area Methodist churches announce pastor reassignment with new leaders including Germantown Clair D. Kohn and Roderick L. King in Dayton districts, Miamisburg Amanda Richard N. Webb, Cincinnati Grace Ernest Bein, Batavia Henry Lind, Indianola Russell Sawmiller, Wilbur Stivers and Russell Krisman Jr. across Defiance Lima and Wilmington districts.
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Germantown
Clair D. Kohn
Mechanicsburg
Springfield
Miamisburg
Roderick L. King
Christ Kettering Association
Dayton
Middletown
Amanda
Richard N. Webb
Ripley
Wilmington
South Lebanon
Morrow
Denver D. Noggle
Shawnee - New Straitsville
Zanesville
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Grace Association
Ernest L. Bein
Christ Church
Batavia
Henry M. Lind
Columbus
Indianola
Russell Sawmiller
Defiance
Sherwood
Wilbur E. Stivers
South
Lebanon - Morrow
Lima
West Mansfield
Russell Krisman Jr
Fenwick Festival Booths Ready With German Band
The Fenwick High School festival opens tomorrow and Sunday with a German band and the Ron Purvis Orchestra from 6 to 8 p.m. The event, run by the American Federation of Musicians local, has raised about $30,000 in past years for school improvements and equipment.
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Ron Purvis
Middletown
Nuai Fenwick
Fenwick High
Lilly Dennis
Dietonians
Neu
Edward F
Federation of Musicians Local
Nell
Fenwick Study Hall
Jail Break Attempt Foiled in Middletown Jail
A Middletown man held in the city jail was charged early today with attempting to break out by scraping mortar from a wall. The incident was reported as an apparent jail-break attempt.
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Middletown
Eswaral
Jaycees name Wiley new president in Middletown
Tom Wiley the Middletown Hospital personnel director was elected president of the Middletown Jaycees last night defeating Dave Habig of First National Bank. Wiley and several other officers and directors were chosen for one and two year terms. most are Armco Steel Corp. employees.Meanwhile jail break case notes Gordon Pieratt 24 faces jail time after court hearing and a jail room search uncovered brass fragments and missing mortar near a jail window.
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Tom Wiley
Middletown Hospital
Middletown Jaycees
Dave Habig
First National Bank
Wiley
Jim Deger
Karl Brown
Larry Rummel
Brian Lennie
George Wilson
Dick Dempster
Tom Gorder
Roger Craft
Craft
Armco Steel Corp
Dempster
General Tire Service
Bill Schneider
Ron Wood
Jack Thornton
Jim Emerick
Bob Simpson
Gordon Pieratt
Crawford St
J. T. Lamb
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Harold Wenger
Shafor ST. PH
Nationwide Insurance
Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Co
Nationwide Life Insurance Co
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co
Wendt
Herbert Frazer
Mircrofilming
DaErmit
Doellmann’s
Psvelgl
Jaycees
Joe Tuttle
Karl Mack
Ben McIntyre
Poinciana Road
Warren County Sheriff's Deputies
Pieratt
House of Drugs
S. Main
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