Drowning Victim Still Sought After River Collision
Officials search the Ohio River for Charles Hansel 27 after his boat struck a coal barge near Columbia Power Station five miles south of Lawrenceburg Indiana. Hansel vanished after rescuers saved his wife Sandra 34 son Christopher 6 and neighbor Mark Schell 13. The barge was the eighth of nine moored barges at the plant where Hansel worked as a truck driver.
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Hamilton
Ohio River
Cleves Fire Department
Charles Hansel
Rockford Drive
Fensel
Sandra
Christopher
Mark Schell
Hiansel
Columbia
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Hansel
Schell
Columbia Powerplant
Hamilton County
Accused Slayer Pleads Innocent in Hamilton Murder
Phillip Foster Brate, 43, of 2107 dismissed an earlier charge and pleaded innocent to second degree murder at arraignment before Acting Municipal Judge Henry Bruewer. Bond set at 25000 with preliminary hearing scheduled for July 9. The fatal shooting of Clyde Gabbard Jr., 26, occurred in the Hamilton Plaza lot after an argument stemming from a car door dispute. Gabbard died at Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati.
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Hamilton
Henry Bruewer
Phillip Foster Brate
Dixie Highway
Armco Steel Corp
Brate Dletown
Clyde Gabbard Jr
Millville Ave
Hamilton Plaza
Gabbard
Good Samaritan Hospital
Cincinnati
Brate
Middletown School Board Sets Next Year Plans
Sun day marks a month of summer freedom for Middletown students as the school board begins outlining plans for the 1970-71 year. The article notes anticipation and early steps in scheduling and policy decisions.
School Calendar 1970 71 With Four Report Moments
The 1970 71 academic year starts September 8 after a Labor Day on September 7. Orientation week runs Aug 31 to Sept 4 with new teachers reporting Aug 31 and returning staff Sept 2. Thanksgiving break is Nov 26 27. Christmas break Dec 19 to Jan 3. Spring recess April 7 12. The board cut report cards to four times yearly with two parent conferences per year.
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Thomas F. Webb
James Prichard
Taft Elementary
Mishap Kills Teen in Tire Incident
Sixteen year old James Nelson McIntosh of 1302 Grand Blvd died at Mercy Hospital from a fractured skull and multiple lacerations after the rim of a tire he was working on blew off and struck him in the head. He was working at the Central Fire Service on Erie Boulevard when injured and was carried to the hospital by the emergency squad. His body was taken to The Webb Funeral Home with arrangements incomplete.
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Hamilton
James Nelson McIntosh
Grand Blvd
Mercy
World’s oldest mine found in Swaziland carbon dated
Ash from an iron mine in Swaziland yields a carbon date of about 43,000 years, indicating the site was worked that long ago. The discovery makes it the oldest known mining operation on record.
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Mbabane
Swaziland
Two School Break-Ins Net Thieves $2200
Butler County police report two school break-ins within 24 hours netting 2200 dollars in loot. West Middletown Elementary School lost two calculators valued at 1500 from Supt C M Roush office. Edgewood High School yielded a 700 movie projector from a lecture room after breaking a window and removing bolts from a divider gate. Also stolen were 443.40 worth of copper pipe from a barn at the Voice of America facility and a 75 chain saw taken from a pickup in Middletown or at a nearby shelter.
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Madison
Edgewood
Butler County
West Middletown
Ohio 122
C. M. Roush
Edgewood High School
Ohio
Trenton
Voice of America
Tylersville Road
Bethany
Clarence Estes
Augspurger Road
S. Main Street
Middletown
Humane Association of Miami Valley Animal Shelter
Damage sets at 30000 in asphalt plant fire
Fire yesterday noon leveled the Walter L. Follmer Inc. asphalt plant at 102 S Riverside Drive New Miami. A lid blew off an asphalt tank causing a short circuit in the electrical system. Firefighters from multiple departments fought the blaze and prevented spread to a nearby office and other buildings.
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New
Miami
Walter L. Follmer Inc
S. Riverside Drive
Walter Follmer
New Miami
Williamsdale
Overpeck
City
View Heights
Seven Mile
Hamilton
Man Draws 3 Terms In Hamilton Break In
Arnold Stanley Bowling of Normandy Heights pled guilty in Butler County Common Pleas Court to breaking into the Moose Lodge on S Second St last June 1 and to possessing burglar tools. He also admitted receiving and concealing a stolen Frigidaire range. Judge Arthur J Fiehrer gave two indeterminate sentences on the first two charges to run consecutively and one indeterminate term on the third to run concurrently. Bowling was arrested June 1 after officers found him hiding beneath a bar in the Moose Lodge basement with tools nearby. The range was later found at his home and connected to a Doro Construction Co project on Hampshire Drive.
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Hamilton
Butler County
Ohio
Butler County Common Pleas
Arthur J. Fiehrer
Arnold Stanley Bowling
Ravenna Dr
Normandy Heights
Here
Moose Lodge
S. Second St
Fiehrer
Bowling
Tom Deaton
Pageant to Kick Off Miss Black Middleton Contest Friday Night
A Miss Black Middleton pageant will start at 9 p.m. Friday at the Community Center on Minnesota Street and Lafayette Avenue. Funds for Legal Defense Committees sponsor the event to aid Black residents in civil rights litigation. Tickets are $1. Contestants include Marva Carr, Melani Castleman, Kim Hawkins, Paulette Hackney, Beverly James, Edwina Smith, Webster Stallworth, Sonja Thrasher, and others. First prize is 25 dollars plus dinner for two. second 15. third 10. All contestants receive a free dinner for two. Talent acts listed include The Chiffons and The Starletts. Judges are Hazel Howard, Robert Alford, and James Saunders. trophies awarded to top three.
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Middletown
Community Center
Minnesota Street
Lafayette Avenue
Marva Carr
Myron Carr
Jacoby
The
Chiffons
Starletts
Dave's
Edwina Smith
Mike Stewart
Patricia Stewart
Donnie Hightower
Hazel Howard
Robert Alford
James Saunders
Workshop For Principals Open Today
The Ohio Association of Secondary School Principals opened its annual summer workshop at Ohio State University. More than 200 junior high and high school principals from across Ohio attend the three day event discussing student involvement in decision making and school community relations.
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Columbus
Ohn
Ohio Association of Secondary School Principals
Ohio
Ohio State University
Plane propeller injury at Warren County Airport
James Smith, 40, of 7870 Wise Court in West Chester, remained in serious condition in the ICU at Kettering Memorial Hospital after being struck in the head by a propeller while its engine was not running. The accident occurred about 10 am in the airport maintenance shop as the propeller was being turned for a compression test. Smith, who keeps his plane at the airport, stood near the propeller and was knocked down when it kicked back, fracturing his skull but leaving him conscious. He was transported to the hospital by Lebanon Life Squad.
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Lebanon
West Chester
Kettering Memorial Hospital
James Smith
Wise Court
Warren County
John Lane
Lane
Smith
Kettering Hospital
Lebanon Life Squad
Flag Salute Not Mandatory in Miami High Schools
A three judge federal panel ruled that saluting the American flag in classrooms or standing for the pledge is not mandatory. Two 17-year-old students were suspended for staying seated during tributes. The judges said refusals express religious beliefs or political views and cannot be suppressed by suspensions.
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Miami
Robert Banks
Coral Gables High
Neil Richardson
Palmetto High
Car fire and medical call reported on two city streets
At 11 36 a.m. a vehicle fire on Woodlawn Avenue caused by a power steering fluid line leak damaged a car valued at 20 dollars. At 11 47 a.m. John Garrison, 65, became ill on Fleming Road and was transported by ambulance to Middletown Hospital for treatment.
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Woodlawn Ave
Flemming Road
John Garrison
Middletown Hospital
Arcade operator John Berni 57 taken to hospital
Arcade operator John Berni aged 57 who runs the LeSourdsville Lake Amusement Park arcade was taken to Middletown Hospital yesterday at 5 41 p m by Butler County police. He had trouble breathing and was given oxygen. His condition is reported as fair.
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John Berni
LeSourdsville Lake Amusement Park
Middletown Hospital
Butler County
Pneumonia Fatal to Baby at Rest Stop
Coroner Garret J. Boone reported an infant named Frank Adams, 242 months, died of pneumonia after being found at a Tylersville exit rest stop on Interstate 75. Parents Charles and Mrs. Adams of Detroit said the child had a cold. the family was returning from a Knoxville vacation when the twins stopped for fuel. Charles Adams’ twin was treated and released from Middletown Hospital.
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Tylersville
Garret J. Boone
Butler County
Frank
Charles Adams
Detroit
Adams
Knoxville
Tenn
Charles
Middletown Hospital
Head Start In A vain Met With School Use Impasse
Franklin heads a dispute over Head Start use of city school facilities. Joyce Bond says 16 Franklin teachers will volunteer 20 days to supervise or help in the program. The school board requires Franklin teacher involvement before approval. Mrs Bond plans to meet with Asst Supt David Fuller. Mothers gathered 200 signatures urging Head Start in a city school.
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Franklin
Joyce Bond
School Board
Jack Barcalow
Insecticides Topic Planned for Lions Club Talk
Homer Weikle will address Lions Club at Thursday noon meeting at the Manchester Motor Inn on Insecticides and Man He serves as program chairman for the club.
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Homer Weikle
The
Lions Club
Manchester Motor Inn
Weikle
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Gunther Trucking Co
Morgan Township
Hansels
Jody
Warren Hansel
Darrtown
Bruewer
Middletown Public Library
Japan
Elane Humphreys
Dianne
Bev Brewer
Dave Finkelman
Germantown
Wendt
Doro Construction Co
Hampshire Drive
Pageant
Miss Black
Middletown Cycle Center
Middletown, O
Charlie Brown
W. Chester Man
LIONS
Pdulleren Biscuit
S. Breiel Blvd
Shopping Plaza
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