Disappearing dogs puzzle on Great Miami River island
Middletown reports two dogs stranded on a marshy river island were unseen then reappeared as police and humane officers searched by motorboat. The animals escaped to a smaller southern island, hid in a low mood sheltered from wind, and are kept under watch as authorities fear rising waters.
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Great
Miami River
Journal
John Leach
Sherlock Holmes
Watson
Holmes
Middletown
Miami
Sixth Avenue
Eighth Avenue
Bankrupt Debtor Romilda Napier Files in Dayton Court
Romilda Gayle Napier also known as Gayle Napier of Middletown files bankruptcy in U S District Court Dayton listing assets 304 dollars and debts 7 036 dollars.
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Romilda Gayle Napier
Gayle Napier
Middletown
U.S. District Court
Dayton
Suit to halt Middletown annexation in Butler County
Lemon Township trustees filed a suit in Butler County Common Pleas Court to block about 244 acres of industrial land from joining Middletown. They argue loss of tax revenue would slash police, fire, road maintenance and ambulance services and accuse due process violations at the public hearing and invalid signatures on the annexation petition. The suit names city officials and corporate petitioners with a hearing set for March 27 before Judge Arthur J. Fiehrer.
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Hamilton
Middletown
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Lemon Township
City Commission
Butler County
City of
Board of Education
Tax bills due by Monday in Butler County
Real estate tax bills for the first half of 1977 are due. About half have been paid. Payments can be made in person at the Middletown City Building or by mail to the Butler County Treasurer. Mail must be postmarked by midnight March 20 to avoid a 10 percent penalty. Include a stamped self-addressed envelope for a receipt. Contact the treasurer at 422 463.
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Hamilton
Butler County
Mark Wendel
Middletown
32 indictments returned by jury in Hamilton county
Hamilton County grand jury returned 32 indictments including 10 from a Middletown drug probe. One count charges Lillian Beland with aggravated murder for the stabbing death of Ruby Gaines. Daniel Dalton faces three counts of kidnapping and rape for abducting three Hamilton women February 7. Other Middletown residents named include Kenneth Manning Jettie Bailey Jr Keith Compton Jimmy Garrettson and Douglas Toler. Vehicular homicide and DUI charges against Ray Handler were sent back to Middletown Municipal Court along with a petty theft charge against John McIntosh. Chandler linked to the death of John Lindsay after a February 3 hit by a car at Girard and Verity.
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Hamilton
Butler County Grand Jury
Middletown
Lillian M. Beland
Greenwood Ave
Ruby Gaines
Western Ave
Brick’s Cafe
Dayton St
Daniel Eugene Dalton
Keister Road
Hamilton Plaza
Dalton
Monroe
Kenneth Manning
Joe Lane
Jettie Bailey Jr
Elm St
Keith Compton
Columbia Ave
Jimmy ID Garretson
Fairmount Ave
Douglas Toler
Garfield St
Donald
Sennett Container Co. keeps business alive after fire
Sennett Container Co. rebuilt plans stalled by February blaze at 6229 Germantown Rd. The firm operates from Dumford Trucking and uses McGraw Construction warehousing while Sennett acts as broker to fulfill orders. Fire chief cites overloaded wiring as tentative cause as insurance waits.
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Bill Sennett
Sennett
Germantown Road
Sennett Container Co
Dumford
McGraw Construction Co
Lamberton Street
Madison Township
Dee Harlan
Inland Container
Dayton
Mead Corp
National
Murder conviction upheld by court
Hamilton Ohio The First District Court of Appeals upheld the 1975 murder conviction of Gary Michael Cox in the stabbing death of Frankie Clifford found behind Badin High School. Cox was arrested in 1972, retried after the Ohio Supreme Court overturned the first verdict, and sentenced to life by Judge Fred B. Cramer. Defense challenges to arrest statements were rejected.
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Hamilton
Gary Michael Cox
First District Court of Appeals
Cox
Frankie Clifford
Badin High School
Ohio Supreme Court
Butler County Common Pleas
Fred B. Cramer
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Elementary
Creach
Back
West Middletown
Don Wells
Sheckler
L.C.D
Betty Bonner
Ohio
Bank Americard
VISA
Master
Towne Mall
Middletown Shopping
la Parma
Armco Steel Corp
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Bill. Sennett
Bork
Midway Plaza
Springboro
Bridge
Trenton
S. Brezel Boulevard
Crawford ST
Logan Ave
S. University Blvd
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