Suspect jailed in Lebanon shooting case
A Middletown man James Fields, 703 Charles Street, Middletown, is listed in serious condition at Middletown Hospital after a shooting at a Lebanon home. Joe Studdard, 16 West Silver Street, Lebanon, is held in Lebanon City Jail on charges of shooting with intent to kill. Police Sgt. Glenn Mullins and Ptl. Larry Gould released limited details.
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Lebanon
Middletown
James Fields
Charles St
Lebanon City
Joe Studdard
W. Silver St
Glenn Mullins
Larry Gould
Middletown Opposes Rent-Supplement Housing Site
The Middletown Human Relations Council opposes the United Housing Development Corp plan for 196 units on 14.8 acres at Lafayette Avenue and South Main Street. Funds totaling 2,800,529 dollars come from federal backing, with ownership by B F Sawyer and Son Inc and option to United Missionary Baptist Church. The council action follows a housing committee probe alleging potential harm to future integrated housing in the community.
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Middletown
B. F. Sawyer & Son Inc
United Missionary
Housing project faces site fight in South End
The Human Relations Council probes a proposed housing project drawing opposition from Rev Holloman and South End residents. Petition signatures and a request for copies delay meetings while council letters to Nixon Lukens Saxbe and FHA press for zoning and planning safeguards. The plan targets 30 units in phase one with a November start.
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Human Relations Council
Holloman
Nixon
Donald E. Lukens
William Saxbe
Federal Housing Administration
Chicago
Cincinnati
City Planning Commission
Drugs and weapons seized in motel raid at Fantasy Farm Motel
County detectives and officers raided a room at the Fantasy Farm Motel on Ohio 4 in Le Sourdsville at 12 15 a m. Byron Charles Cooke and Ruth Cooke were arrested on narcotics possession, hypodermic needles and carrying concealed weapons charges. Curtis Williams was held for investigation. The Cookes were jailed in Hamilton and Williams in Middletown awaiting a Middletown municipal court appearance. Officers recovered narcotics instruments, capsules, pills, two guns and a switchblade.
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Fantasy Farm
Ohio 4
le Sourdsville
Byron Charles Cooke
Ruth 0. Cooke
Curtis Williams
Jacoby Ave
Middletown City
Cookes
Hamilton
Middletown
Cooke
Los Angeles
Calif
Fluoridation Referendum Votes Slow in Middletown
Voters in Middletown abstain in the fluoridation referendum with only 949 ballots tallied by midmorning across 28 precincts. Officials expect totals near 3,000 to 6,000 as polls close at 6 30 p m. results due around 9 p m via Journal telephone service.
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Middletown
Lemon Township
Pure Water Committee
Better Health Committee
Wheels Taken From New Car: Four Rally Wheels Stolen
City police investigated three thefts late yesterday. Four rally wheels valued at 310 dollars were taken from a new car at Howe Motors. Carl Chaney reported the car was jacked up to permit wheel removal. two wrought iron chairs and a table valued at 100 were stolen from T A Dunn’s yard. Robert Taylor reported a stereo player stolen from his parked car valued at 52 dollars.
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Howe Motors
Carl Chaney
T. A. Dunn
Queen Ave
Robert Taylor
Holly Drive
Jury verdicts in Kimbrough boycott assault case
A James A. Combs municipal court jury found Thelma Akers guilty of assault and not guilty of disorderly conduct in the March 5 incident at Central Avenue and Broad Street near the Southern Dollar Store. Co-defendants include Mrs Ross Ewen Jr and city detectives Tallon and Nichols. Kimbrough faces potential appeal. The all white jury deliberated about three hours and 25 minutes before returning two verdicts.
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Siqueag Valil Aall Davils Agaist
Kimbrough
Ross Ewen Jr
Manchester Ave
Robert Tallon
Douglas Nichols
Southern Dollar Store
Central Avenue
Broad Street
James A. Combs
Eugene D. Smith
Thelma Akers
Thomas J. Kimbrough
Easton St
Franklin
15Th Ave
Princeton High
Middletown
J.T. Lamb
Voting Machine Inventor Judge Coyle Dies at 54
Hamilton obituary notes Judge Martin A. Coyle, 54, inventor of the Coyle Voting Machine and Butler County GOP leader, died of an apparent heart attack at his home. Services set for 11 a.m. Thursday at First United Methodist Church with burial in Greenwood Cemetery. visitation 6 to 9 p.m. tomorrow at Alder Gate United Methodist Church. He chaired the Butler County GOP Executive Committee, served on the Board of Elections, appointed to the municipal bench in 1968, and guided the firm now known as Coyle Voting Systems Inc through his tenure as director. wife Lucille is firm president, son Martin Jr. is a New York attorney, and daughter Mary Lou Hughes lives in Munster, Ind. Memorial contributions suggested to a church of choice.
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Martin A. Coyle
Butler County
Republican Party
Coyle
First United Methodist Church
Ludlow Street
Greenwood Cemetery
Alder Gate United Methodist Church
Grand Boulevard
Ifrom
Coyie
Taft Place
Florida
Hamilton
Miami University
Oxford
Ohio State University College of Law
GOP
Board of Elections
Coyle Voting Machine
Coyle Voting Systems, Inc
Robert Marrs
Common Pleas
Marrs
New York
Mary Lou Hughes
Munster
Jud
Caleb M. Coyle
Brown-Dawson Funeral Home
Pershing Ave
Community Center Opens at Curtis Street and Forest Avenue
Located at Curtis St. and Forest Ave the center offers weekday hours from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm and weekend hours from 1:00 to 5:00 pm. Children and adults will enjoy this ARMCO facility.
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Curtis St
Forest Ave
Foreman reports theft of AC unit from trailer site
Fred McQueen a foreman for Armies Construction Co. of Middletown told Butler County police yesterday that an air conditioning unit was stolen from a window of a trailer at a highway construction site near West Elkton and Tolbert Roads north of Hamilton
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Fred McQueen
Armies Construction Co
Middletown
Butler County
West Elkton
Tolbert Roads
Hamilton
Freehold at 223 Yankee Road Noise Trouble
Police were called to 223 Yankee Road at 12:02 a.m. on a neighbor’s complaint of noise. Bob Bolin, 20, said friends were over and would quiet down. No arrests were made. The home is now listed for sale by Green Tree Investment Corp. and Howard Carpenter is listed as president of the new owner corporation. No charges are expected until official identification of confiscated materials.
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Yankee Road
Bob Bolin
Lillian Brown
Greentree Investment Corp
Middletown
Trenton
Howard Carpenter
Russell Dwyer
Stop-light sniper targets car at busy intersection
A stop-light sniper fired into a convertible at 3 40 am today on Yarkee Road and 14th Avenue. No injuries reported though Mrs Kenneth Fields of 3004 Roslyn Drive felt struck by debris from the car. Police note the shot likely came from the rear left as the southbound car stopped for a red light.
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Yarkee Road
14Th Avenue
Kenneth Fields
Roslyn Drive
Fields
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Harold Kramer
David L. Smith
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William J. ‘Saunders
James Holloman
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The
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Mr. Holloman
Little
Miami River
Waynesville Dam
Mrs. Akers
Bellat Mipgser
Grace Rankin
Edwina Smith
Victora Holloman
William Teasley
Richard Cox
Patricia Callison
Akers
Tom
Combs
Judge Coyle
Hamilton—Services For
Lucille Baird
Martin Jr
Martin Coyle
Information Center
Armco Steel
Marty Miller
Vic LeRoy
Donald Slusher
Montgomery
Jack B. Nimble, Inc
U.S. Trademark
North University
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