Middletown Seeks Relief After Southside Sewer Floods
City officials report progress on North Middletown sewer tests while Southeast residents demand relief from basement flooding. A proposed Kinney firm storm sewer plan, costing about 280000, faces opposition from local property owners who warn it may be inadequate to divert flood waters.
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Charles W Thompson Way
City Commission
Middletown
Thompson
North
Ohio Avenue
Tony Vitelli & Son
Detroit
Vitelli
South Highlands
Barbara Park
Francis Carmody
Highland
Carolina
Florence Streets
Jackson Lane
Brentwood Street
Park Drive
Orchard Street
C. R. Mangold
Florence St
Kinney
Harold C. Rothermell
Orchard St
Sunoco to Erect Mayfield Station
Sunoco plans a new service station at the Highland Street and Lefferson Road intersection. Sun Oil Co purchased a two acre tract on the southeast corner from Mike Mandrak. Lloyd Miller, the Middletown realtor who handled the sale, says the Sunoco station will be erected very soon.
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Sunoco
Highland Street
Lefferson Road
Sun Oil Co
Mike Mandrak
Lloyd Miller
Middletown
Fire Ruins Shed Behind Home. Civil War Volumes Lost
A storage shed behind Art Pope’s home at 107 Lyliburn Rd. burned heavily yesterday. Sparks from burning papers blamed. most of a Civil War book collection and arrowheads were likely lost. Fire units from multiple companies responded to the 1 27 p m alarm.
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Art Pope
Lyliburn Rd
Wives Day Out Floral Arrangements Course At YMCA
Homemakers can learn to create floral centerpieces and Corsages in the Wives Day Out program at the YMCA starting Wednesday. Mrs C W Young leads the course with six weekly sessions offering gym, swimming, recreation, nursery care, and a noon lunch. Registration fees vary by membership. deadline is Monday.
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YMCA
C. W. Young
Auto Ilips Into Creek After Crash on Narrow Bridge
Drexel Williams, 39, of 1405 Hood Ave., spun into a creek after slamming brakes to avoid a collision on Kyles Station Road near Ohio 747. He struck Verlin Peters, 17, of 7/20 Liberty-Fairfield Rd, and his car overturned 12 feet into the creek. Williams, treated for forehead abrasions, remained at the scene as investigators review the crash. A second accident on Oxford State Road near U. S. 25 injured Harkes Gabbard Jr., 30, of 327 Seneca St., treated and released from Middletown Hospital for wrist and knee injuries.
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Kyles Station Road
Ohio
Drexel Williams
Hood Ave
Verlin Peters
Liberty-Fairfield Rd
Williams
Peters
Middletown
Oxford State Road
U. S. 25
Harkes Gabbard Jr
Seneca St
Middletown Hospital
County Names New Butler County Planning Director
Francis J. Kosebud 34 of Madison Wisconsin will assume Butler County planning director duties April 15 with a 5500 salary. He holds a UW graduate degree in landscape architecture and was campus planner at the university. He will report to County Engineer Jesse Pochard and oversee zoning and plats. Meredith H. Hudson succeeds C R Dockum on the county zoning commission.
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Hamilton
Francis J. Kosebud
Madison
Wis
Butler County
Louis Hoelle
Kosebud
University of Wisconsin
Jesse Pochard
Hoelle
C. R. Dockum
St. Clair ‘Township
County
Meredith H. Hudson
Girl Burned Lighting Stove In Furnace Incident
Fifteen year old Brenda Joyce Turner daughter of Mrs Daisy Turner of 217 Grimes St was burned yesterday when she tried to relight a gas furnace. She received treatment at Middletown Hospital for face and hand burns and was released. Also treated in the emergency ward yesterday was two year old Guy Michael Young son of Raymond Young of 409 Home Ave Franklin. The youngster drank bigger potion.
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Brenda Joyce Turner
Daisy Turner
Grimes St
Middletown Hospital
Guy Michael Young
Raymond Young
Home Ave
Franklin
Experts Study Evidence In Franklin Stabbing
Franklin police hold 22 year old William Ray Grogan in connection with the Friday stabbing of Janet Taylor at her Clark Street home. Physical evidence gathered at the scene was sent to the Bureau of Criminal Investigation in London, Ohio. Grogan faces burglary charges from a Purkey Service Station break-in and may be charged or released as investigations continue.
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Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Identification
London
Ohio
Brogan
Miss Taylor
Middletown
Speeding Car Flips After Hitting Bank
A high speed crash on Tytus Avenue left a 1951 model car overturned with no injuries. Driver William Hawkins 17 and an unknown passenger remained in the vehicle after it struck a canal wall and damaged a no parking sign. Hawkins was cited for careless driving.
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Tytus Avenue
Hawkins
Tytus
Middletown Opens First Branch Post Office at Gray's Drug Store
Middletown unveils its first branch Post Office named Station No. 1 in Gray's Drug Store Shopping Center. Operated by Glen McLain, the office opens Saturday with weekday hours 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Public services mirror those at the main Post Office.
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Middletown
Gray's Drug Store
Morton Taylor
Glen McLain
Taylor
Thepublic
Armco expands Baltimore plant to boost stainless output
Armco Steel Corp plans a 775000 expansion at its Baltimore Works to raise stainless steel production. Two new double ingot heating furnaces and three heat treating furnaces will be installed, enabling higher tonnage of stainless grades and improved billet cooling before rolling or shipping. The project starts this month and should be operational in about six months.
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Armco Steel Corp
Baltimore
C. G. Davies
Armco Division
Davies
Church to Join Union Baptist for Lenten Fellowship
Pastor R L Robinson of Friendship Baptist Church announced a joint Lenten fellowship service with Union Baptist Church Friday at 7 30 p m Spearheaded by Rev Wile Blankston the event will feature special choir music and a shared worship hour.
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Tiw
R. L. Robinson
Friendship Baptist Church
Union Baptist Church
Wile Blankston
Butler County Home reports 69 patients and 1958 costs
Sixty nine patients and residents used 19 968 days of care at the Butler County Home last year. Superintendent Paul J Mehl cites expenditures of 79 406 79 including salaries food housing and other items with income from farm produce individuals the county and others totaling 17 M6. Insured value of buildings housing residents or patients stood at 110 000 and total assets reached 194 140 with land use totaling 15 acres.
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Butler County
Paul J. Mehl
Mehl
Callers Named For KP Dance At Castle Hall
Ray and Velma Stutz named as callers for the Knights of Pythias Lafay ette Lodge 37 spring square dance at 7 30 p m Saturday in Castle Hall. Dance directed by Elza Abraham George Slough E D Ellison James Cox Howard Smith and Douglas Clifton United Brethren Church members to attend as special guests.
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Ray
Velma Stutz
Knights of Pythias
Lafayette Lodge
Castle Hall
Elza Abraham
George Slough
E. D. Ellison
James Cox
Howard Smith
Douglas Clifton
United Brethren Church
Another Cub Circus Planned
A meeting to air plans for the June 6 Cub Scout circus is set for 7 30 p m Monday in Room 6 of the Civic Association. Cub personnel from all packs are invited to attend and join the circus project with Wally Frayer of Pack 6 as chair man and Woody Bell of Pack 10 as co chair man.
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In the
The
Civic Association
Wally Frayer
Pack 6
Woody Bell
Pack 10
Police arrest Hartberger on Dayton fugitive warrant
Officers last night arrested Ker ry Hartberger, 22, of 413 S. Sutphin St., here on a fugitive warrant from Dayton where he is wanted on a grand larceny charge. Vandals damaged window glass at the Heber Jones auto agency on N Verity Parkway and damaged the interior of the Bertha Bush home at 1601 Manchester Ave yesterday, police said.
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Kerry Hartberger
S. Sutphin St
Dayton
Heber Jones Auto Agency
N. Verity Parkway
Bertha Bush
Manchester Ave
Demos Change Meeting Time at Middletown Club
The Middletown Democratic Club will convene at club headquarters on S Broad Street next Thursday at 8 p.m. instead of today.
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Middletown
Democratic Club
S. Broad Street
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Martha Cockerham
Franklin-Trenton Rd
Dallas Jackson
17Th Ave
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