Ruppert Insane for 10 Years Says Doctor in Retrial
In Hamilton Robert Ruppert, accused of killing his mother, brother, sister in law and eight nieces and nephews, is described by Dr Mechanick as suffering a major mental disease for about a decade. The psychiatrist says Ruppert could not control his actions though he could translate warped thoughts. The trial continues before three Butler County Common Pleas Judges with further testimony expected.
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Shawnee Lee Journal
Hamilton
James A. Ruppert
Ruppert
Butler County Common Pleas
Hugh Holbrook
FBI
Mechanick
DR. Mechanick
Botanical Lab under way to plant trees at Middletown Campus
The Citizens Advisory Board of Miami University Middletown launches a fund raising drive to create an outdoor botanical laboratory on the 140 acre campus. They seek 5 000 to expand native species from about 60 to over 300 with a permanent shelter and walking tours.
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Citizens Advisory Board
Middletown
Miami University
Ohio
Car Rolls Back and Damages Two Parked Cars
A car slipped into reverse after being parked at Yankee Road Pool yesterday and rolled into two other parked vehicles. Stella Powers reported the impact damaged Harold Allen’s car by about 250 dollars and Norma McCoy’s by about 200 dollars. The incident occurred as Powers left the vehicle to attend her children at the pool. The campus advisory board list is unrelated to the crash.
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Yankee Road Pool
Stella Powers
Woodridge Drive
Harold Allen
Clark Sr
Norma McCoy
Lawn Ave
Allen
McCoy
Body found near Mason may identify strangled woman
Deputies near Lebanon Warren County hope to identify a woman likely killed by strangulation. The nude body, about three days dead, was found Friday morning in a ditch three miles southeast of Mason by a State Highway employee cutting grass. The woman is described as 25 to 35 years old, 115 pounds, 5 feet 4 inches.
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Lebanon
Warren County
Mason
Thieves Steal Transmission Jack From Under Car
A Middletown man reported a $200 transmission jack stolen Saturday from under his car in the Church of God parking lot in Hamilton. Archie McIntosh at 811 University Blvd. told deputies he left the car on the jack and returned about 30 minutes later to find it missing.
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Middletown
Archie McIntosh
University Blvd
Butler County
Church of God
Hamilton
Germantown Firefighters Carnival Opens Tomorrow
The Germantown Firefighters Association stages a five ride for 1 advance ticket carnival from 6 p.m. tomorrow through Saturday. Tickets are sold by firefighters, the police dispatcher, B and L Jewelers, or the Pizza Palace. Proceeds fund firefighting equipment.
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Germantown
Germantown Firefighters Association
B&l
Pizza Palace
Telephone meeting on toll free area service in Germantown
A Germantown forum on toll free extended area service to Dayton and Middletown is set for tomorrow at 7 30 p m in the Municipal Building. Sponsored by Citizens for Extended Area Service the meeting is chaired by James R Brown with speakers including Rep. Larry Christman Columbus attorney Gerald Wadkowski and a Germantown Independent Telephone Co representative. Discussion will cover costs of non optional and optional two way extended area service to Dayton and area and to both Dayton and Middletown regions.
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Germantown
Dayton
Middletown
Citizens For
James R. Brown
Ohio
Larry Christman
D-67
Englewood
Columbus
Gerald P. Wadkowski
Germantown Independent Telephone Co
Tools Stolen From Car Taken From Butler County Driveway
Douglas Bolden reported his car was stolen from his home on Saturday in Butler County. The vehicle was recovered in a ditch on Feraway Drive with the back seat removed to access the trunk where $1,234 in tools were stored.
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Hamilton
Butler County
Douglas Bolden
Maud-Hughes Road
Feraway Drive
Lemon Township plans for Daman Park recreation program
Lemon Township officials met with a playground equipment representative to order gear for Daman Park. A residents meeting was set to form the Lemon Township Athletic Association to supervise park activities, with possible expansion to other grounds. ORI representatives advised on facility layout and potential 1976 federal funds. Trustees approved six picnic tables and playground basics.
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Lemon Township
Daman Park
Helen M. Brown
Lemon Township Athletic Association
Oneida
Blue Ball
Brown
Timothy Mara
Bernie Dorateen
Franklin Man Drowns in Little Miami River Incident
Arthur Robert Hounshell, 19, of Middletown, drowned near Corwin when a four canoe group overturned. He could not swim and stepped into a deep hole while trying to help. Body recovered by Wayne Township Life Squad divers at 6 14 p.m. Survived by parents, four brothers, and grandmother. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Franklin
Little Miami
Corwin
Warren County Sheriff's Office
Arthur Robert Hounshell
Wayne Township Life Squad
Middletown
Liggett & Patt Co
Mason
Remadios Hounshell
Lynn St
Albert Hounshell
Garfield St
Carl
James
William
Navy
John
Army
Maudie Hounshell
Steven Coffey
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
Local EMS Reports Two Calls Including Chest Pain and Fire
Today at 5 26 a.m. at 3915 Vannest Ave Ace Gibson aged 50 was treated for chest pains at a hospital and dismissed. Yesterday at 11 35 a.m. at 925 4th Ave a short in an extension cord to an air conditioner caused a fire that was out on arrival.
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Vannest Ave
Ace Gibson
4Th Ave
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