Flooding Triggers Violent Attacks and City Traffic Chaos
In Chicago a couple, Phyllis and Leo Anderson, were shot after refusing a gang's demand for ten dollars on a flooded bridge. Their children were injured by glass as three shots hit the car. Edward Rosen, 35, a hospital official from Schererville, was beaten with bats and is in good condition. The Dan Ryan Expressway was closed by rain and water, with 15 cars flooded along a 48 block stretch. trains stalled but later resumed service. The Navy suggested a broken water main may have caused the flooding.
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Phyllis Anderson
Leo
Andersons
Edward Rosen
Schererville
Ind
St. Francis Hospital
Blue Island
Rosen
Illinois Department of Tration
Chicago
Dan Ryan
69Th Street
Department of Navy
Stmt
City Commission to Report on Vote Status
Ellison to report on the June 1 Central Avenue Marshall Road vote as Blake abstention miscounted leaves three in favor and one against. New Ohio case ruling may void pass. city may still issue bonds for a $20 million hospital expansion and seek Urban M funding. Meeting at 7 p.m. after 5:30 caucus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sie Olatus
Central Avenue
Marshall Road
City Avenue
Tilmon Ellison
Commission
Tom Blake
Ellison
Blake
Ohio Supreme Court
Willoughby
Dale Helsel
Public Service
Richard Goecke
Middletown Hospital
Mt Pleasant Retirement Village dedicates Bicentennial bird sanctuary
Mt Pleasant Retirement Village in Monroe holds a Sunday 2 pm dedication ceremony at the corner of Northwestern and Maumee avenues. A ring of evergreens surrounds shrubs and dwarf trees funded by residents and memorial gifts. Reverend Thomas G. Holmes will present the sanctuary to Bert Lerch, with a dedication address by Mrs. Austill Chambers of Wyoming.
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Mt. Pleasant
Reb
Thomas G. Holmes
Bert Lerch
Austill Chambers
Wyoming
LCI Escapee Recaptured Near Lebanon Prison Grounds
Lebanon Corrections Institute inmate Kenneth Collier 19 of Franklin County, who escaped Saturday night, was recaptured Sunday night on institute grounds near 8:30 p.m. After an all-night count, guards and deputies searched buildings and grounds. he had reportedly been seen climbing a fence early Sunday. Collier, jailed May 10 for burglary, may face additional charges filed late in the week.
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Lebanon
Lebanon Correctional Institution
William Dallman
Kenneth Collier
Franklin County
Dallman
Collier
LCI
Twirlers Shine At NBTA And USTA Contests
Area twirlers competed in Lancaster for NBTA and Emery Ind for USTA over the weekend. Misty Weathers placed fifth at NBTA finals earning a shot at nationals in St Paul Minnesota. Multiple teams won first in various categories and individual placements included Lee Ann Evans and Leslie Brewer with multiple top finishes at NBTA, while Evans won three titles at the USTA contest.
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Lancaster
USTA
Emery Ind
Misty Weathers
St Paul
Minn
Charles Weathers
Monroe
Maverick
Beth Stone
Jennifer Gilbert
Cindy Bursk
Shirley’s Mavericks
Leslie Brewer
Teri Davidson
Beth Fields
Julie Koehner
Shirley's Mavericks
Julie Keehner
Donna Cox
Donna Greene
Missy Rose
Decker Dolls
Lee Ann Brewer
Janet Evick
Missy Townsend
Renee Childers
Leslie
Actions
Shirley
Mavericks
Brenda Guido
Jeni Rose
Shelly Clark
Lisa Cattani
NBTA
Lee Annrewer
Julie Conrad
Melissa Givens
Kristina Alley
Lee Ann Evans
Butler County Taxpayers elect officers in Hamilton
The Butler County Taxpayers Association elected Ray Motley as president and Jim Newton as secretary. Board members named were Gordon Smith Robert Rumgay Kathleen Roberts Joseph Woltering and Dan Schwarz. The group plans nonprofit status and aims to study public expenditures utility rates property appraisals and government infringements of rights. Membership is open to county taxpayers over 18 at $10 yearly with contact at Box 125 Hamilton.
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Hamilton
Butler County Taxpayers Association
Ray Motley
Jim Newton
Gordon Smith
Robert Rumgay
Kathleen Roberts
Joseph Woltering
Dan Schwarz
Motley
Butler County
Local Obituaries Series Notices For Four Residents
Four local deaths listed with ages and service times. Earl Reece 61 Morgan-Ross Road service 10 a m tomorrow. Mary A Emley 79 150 South B Street service noon tomorrow at Rose Hill Chapel. Sallie L Bolton 78 722 Pine Street service 2 p m tomorrow Colligan. Oscar B Hibbard 77 4971 Pleasant Avenue service 2 p m tomorrow East River Road Baptist Church Webb.
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Hamilton
Earl Reece
Morgan-Ross Road
Webb
Mary A. Emley
South B St
Rose Hill Chapel
Klaus- Weigel
Sallie L. Bolton
Pine St
Colligan
Oscar B. Hibbard
Pleasant Ave
East River Road Baptist Church
Man cited in accident on Lafayette Avenue
A 62 year old man escaped injury when his car went out of control on Lafayette Avenue at 4 15 p m yesterday and struck several cars and a former service station Reather Holyfield at 1721 Lawn Ave was charged with careless driving Police said Holyfield was eastbound on Lafayette when he lost control of his car and struck a parked car owned by Carl Reichenbach of 916 Lafayette The Holyfield car then went into reverse and backed into a hedge row a wire fence and two iron posts and sideswiped a tree in front of 912 Lafayette The car continued backing into two parked cars in the driveway at 908 Lafayette The two cars are owned by Scott Meace of that address The Holyfield car finally stopped after backing into the former Arco service station at 900 Lafayette Damages were estimated at 2 000 to the Reichenbach car 200 to the yard of Ernest Horner 912 Lafayette and 100 to the Arco station The Meace cars were a total loss and the Holyfield car received 1 200 in damage.
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Lafayette Avenue
Reather Holyfield
Lawn Ave
Holyfield
Lafayette
Carl Reichenbach
Scott Meace
Arco
Reichenbach
Ernest Horner
Meace
Three injured in three car crash near Cazaddale Murdock Road
At 10 p.m. Deland R. Bradley 39 Goshen attempted to pass two eastbound and westbound vehicles on Cazaddale Murdock Road near Ohio 48. Bradley struck Vernon Stidham 35 and Harold Jones 17, injuring three from the Jones car. Darlene Lawson 19 Blanchester was treated at Bethesda North Hospital. Stidham occupants Michael S. Stidham 9 and Carolyn Stidham 28 were treated then released.
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Maineville
Bethesda North Hospital
Cazaddale-Murdock Road
Ohio 48
Deland R. Bradley
Goshen
Heame
Vernon L. Stidum
Lebanon Road
South Lebanon
Harold E. Jones
Lynchburg
Bradley
Jones
Darlene Lawson
Blanchester
Michael S., Stidham
Carolyn Stidham
Death notices and funerals across Middletown area
Multiple obituaries list Dorothy Anderson Susie Moore Brownlee George Drew Victoria Moore George Reckman Sarah Underwood Fernia Barnhart Emma Helton Otis Powell Hattie Reese and others. Details cover ages addresses relatives churches burial plans and memorials with services scheduled at various funeral homes and churches in Middletown Germantown Lebanon and surrounding counties.
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City Commission
City Building Commission Chamber
WI. Pleasant
Converse
Russell Nicoll
Russ
Middletown
Manchester Road
Fenwick High School
Dodds Monuments
Verity
Woodside Cemetery
Charles
Bud) Steller Mar
United Paperworkers Local 1844
Diamond International Corp
Sheckler
Warren County Sheriff's Deputies
Highway Patrol
Taxpayers Group
Dorothy Anderson
Dorothy E. Anderson
Flemming Road
Walter
Irene Harris
Mabel Fall
Helen Cooper
Bernice Fitzgerald
Hazel Thompson
Dayton
Joseph Baker
Verden Buchanan
American Cancer Society
Susie Brownlee
Susie Moore Brownlee
Grove St
Robert Moore
Statham
New Era Baptist Church
Starlite Club
William
Sylvester
Alberta Lawrence
Marie Heinter
Thelma Moore
Anna Park
Seattle
Wash
Daniel Mack
Peasttown
Jesse Mack
Detroit
Thelma Martin
Ill
Hall-Jordan Funeral Home
George Drew
George Nelson Drew
Schirm Drive
St. Paul
Drew
Hamline University
U.S. Treasury Department
Denver
Ancient Landmark Lodge No
F&am
Ashland
Wis
Mary
George
Dorothy C. Packard
Burbank
Calif
Arthur E
Lurking
Tex
Acacia Memorial Park
Wilson-Schramm Memorial
Victoria Moore
Manhattan St
Menifee County
Community Chapel
James E. Moore
Vera Deep
Elmer
George Reckman
George William Reckman
Harrison St
Joseph R. Baker
Robert Clark
Reckman
American Legion
Mae
Carolyn Davis
Freda Cronk
Sarah Underwood
Waite St
Underwood
Jackson
Hood
Elmer Gibson
Everett Gibson
Joe Gibson
Rebecca Miller
Dulcinia Lovely
Amanda Gross
Cincinnati
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
Woodside
Fernia Barnhart
Germantown
Fernia
L. Barnhart
W. Market St
Grandview Hospital
Barnhart
Robert
Wayne
Clyde
Miamisburg
G. Thomas
Trenton
Glenn Richard
Alan
Marietta Bishop
Betty Lou Marshall
St. Helen
Dorothy Hensley
Lexington
Alycen Isabell
Joyce Brock
Furman
Franklin
May
John A. Arpp
Emma Helton
Valeria
Flora Williams
West Liberty Hospital
West Liberty
Helton
Pomeroyton
Pine Branch Church
Kelly Ratliff
Harrison Ratliff
Roger Wells
Helton Farm
Eastin Richey
Frenchburg
Otis Powell
GS. High St
Rena
Marcella Greely
Jean Spencer
Sonya Case
Connie
Marvin
Kemah
David
Wilmington
N.C
Otis Jr
Sherman
Waynesville
Glendon
Sunnymead
Florence Logston
Edward Wells
Carl Judd
Oregonia
Ballard William
Seaman
Church of God
Lebanon Cemetery
Oswald Funeral Home
Hattie Reese
Mt. Healthy
Marty Miller
Vic LeRoy
Donald Slusher
Mike Miller
Miller Insurance, Inc
Breiel Blvd
By Ellis Hall
Hall's
T.V
Yankee Rd
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