Police Strike Ends. Normal Patrols Resume Citywide
A 62-member police strike over pay ended after 48 hours with over half the force expected back on duty by 9 a.m. The city planned to restore regular Sunday patrols at 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. shifts. Only one officer, the dog warden, continued call-ins, while night-shift cruisers prepared to rotate back to standard posts as patrols returned to normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Smith
Roy Crout
Carl Creach
Sam Moore
James Miller
Wilford Palmer
Ernest Howard
Russell Dwyer
Delbert Barker
Lloyd Brewer
Middletown Building Inspectors Seek Higher Pay
Robert L. Taylor spokesman for Middletown’s five building inspectors says they support higher wages and seek salaries closer to construction industry or other cities. He notes Dayton pays an Inspector II around 12000, while local inspectors start at 7504 and cap at 9441 after six years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Robert L. Taylor
Taylor
Daytona
Jack Bates
Funeral services for Jacqueline Birchwell set in Franklin
Jacqueline Birchwell aged 32 of 629 Martha Drive Franklin will be buried in Woodhill Cemetery after a 2 p.m. Monday funeral at First Methodist Church Franklin Rev John W Wedgewood will officiate survivors include stepsister Barbara Reckart of Monroe and sister Mrs Doris Barker of Middletown plus three grandchildren and a great grandchild. Visitation today at Joseph R Baker & Sons Home from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 and Monday 12 to 2 at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacqueline Birchwell
Martha Drive
Franklin
First Methodist Church
John W. Wedgewood
Woodhill Cemetery
Birchwell
Barbara Reckart
Monroe
Joseph R. Baker & Sonseee
Ralph Bunnels
Middletown
Doris Barker
Joseph R. Baker & Sons
Harold Thompson
Woodside Cemetery
Funeral
Omer R. Cecil
McKinley St
Middletown Hospital
Florence
Betty Brooks
Ellis
Piqua
Riggs Funeral Home
E. Eugene Frazer
Maureen Rogers
West Carrollton
Mary Heinkel
Camden
Beach Turner
Crocketsville
Willie Turner
Morris Fork
Dora Cornett
Georgia Thompson
Juan, Ky
Hannah Riley
Buckhorn
Hulda Hearn
Lexington Ky
United Baptist Church
Miamisburg
Roscoe Neace
Springboro Cemetery
Anglesby Funeral Home
Local Market Operator Mrs Brill Dies in Middletown
Mrs Helen Brill 57 of 1012 Lafayette Ave died Saturday at Middletown Hospital after transfer from home. A Monroe native who lived in Middletown all her life she ran Runnells Market in Amanda and Brills Market on Baltimore St. Survived by husband Russell son Fred Runnells Middletown daughter Mrs Mary Miller Middletown and two brothers Sam
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Brill
Lafayette Ave
Middletown Hospital
Monroe
Runnells Market
Amanda
Brill’s
Baltimore Street
Russell
Fred Runnells
Middletown
Mary Miller
Sam
Mrs Polly Turner 62 Dies in Middletown Hospital
Polly Turner of 4300 Queen Street died yesterday at Middletown Hospital after a brief illness. She was a member of the United Baptist Church of Miamisburg. Survived by four sons Robert Jr Francis Clyde and Charles in the Army and three daughters Maude Dunaway and others. Burial plans not listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Polly Turner
Queen St
Middletown Hospital
Warren Boy Still Critical After Mishap
Warren Robinson a nine year old from South Lebanon remained in critical condition Friday after colliding with a car driven by Sandra Albright eighteen. The boy was treated at Children's Hospital Cincinnati after the incident near old Ohio 48 and is in the intensive care unit. Albright was not cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Lebanon
David Robinson
Old Ohio
Children’s Hospital
Cincinnati
Sandra Albright
Dry Run
Albright
Patrolmen Pass Test for Middletown Civil Service
All six Middletown patrolmen taking the Kettering civil service exam passed the test which accounts for 75 percent of the final score. They will face an oral interview polygraph and psychological tests at the University of Dayton. Final certification and the nine patrolman vacancies plus one policewoman will follow after weeks of grading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Kettering Civil Service
Kettering Personnel Office
University of Dayton
Teacher Workshop Slated Here at Central Elementary
A language arts workshop for 115 teachers from public and parochial schools will be held at Central Elementary School on Monday and Tuesday from 3 to 5 p.m. Carol O Connell, state reading consultant, will lead the sessions and discuss skill development while teachers create usable classroom materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central
Carol O'Connell
State Department of Education
Miss O'Connell
University of Dayton
Ohio State University
Mitt Romney and Ann Davies wed in civil ceremony
Ann Lois Davies and Willard Mitt Romney, younger son of former Michigan Gov. George Romney, married in a civil ceremony at the bride family home in Bloomfield Hills Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomfield Hills, Mich
Ann Lois Davies
Willard Mitt Romney
Michigan
George Romney
Fire reports across several incidents in Middletown area
Fire dispatches list multiple calls. Emma Schaeffer, 74, and Lisa Faulkner, 8, were treated or taken to Middletown Hospital after incidents near University Boulevard and Broad Street. Grass fires on Jewell Avenue and Meadow Avenue, and a small garage fire behind a vacant house caused minor damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kroger
N. University Blvd
Emma Schaeffer
Hill St
West Middletown
Central Avenue
Broad Street
Lisa Faulkner
Brelsford
Trenton
Middletown Hospital
Jewell Ave
Woodlawn Ave
Meadow Ave
Fenwick Junior Takes Post in Ohio JCL
Kevin Lawson a Fenwick High School junior was elected second vice president of the Ohio Junior Classical League at the state convention in Columbus. Fifty Fenwick students attended with Sister Agnes Ellen as moderator. A Fenwick project “That Was the Room That Was” won third place. A gown worn by Sherry Fening did not win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kevin Lawson
Fenwick High School
Ohio Junior Classical League
JCL
Columbus
Lawson
Herbert Lawson
Manchester Road
Fenwick
Agnes Ellen
Fenwick Group
Fenwick Jcl
Sherry Fening
Widow awarded 175000 damages in federal crash suit
Gladys Ollier widow of Louis Ollier and mother of 37 others killed in the Lake Central Airlines crash near Kent on March 5, 1967, received 175 988 in damages from a federal court jury. She had sought 671 000 against Lake Central and Allied Division of General Motors Corp., alleging negligence. The jury, before U S District Court Judge Don Young, deliberated about seven hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo, Ohio
Gladys Ollier
Lake Central Airlines
Kent
Ollier
Louis
Lake Central and Allied Division
General Motors Corp
U. S. District Court
Don Young
Franklinite Honored For Sales Record
Robert S. Liljestrand of Franklin received American Cyanamid Co.'s Golden Oval Award for top sales achievement in 1968. He serves paper manufacturers in Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky with paper chemicals and has 15 years with the Industrial Chemicals Division. Liljestrand lives at 3423 Woodhaven Drive and attended Hamline University. He was among 34 top salesmen honored by Clifford D. Siverd at Cyanamid's 11th Golden Oval banquet in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert S. Liljestrand
Franklin
American Cyanamid Co
Liljestrand
Ohio
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Industrial Chemicals
Paper
Hamline University
St. Paul
Lilestrand
Woodhaven Drive
Clifford
Visiting Hours Ended as Jail Annex Glass Painted
Redwo od City California AP reports San Mateo County jail fourth floor housing women prisoners had windows sprayed over. Construction crews work on a six million dollar annex using a crane to move materials while inmates watched from inside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redwood City
Calif
San Mateo County
Bottle message travels from Delaware to Austria
Chrys Kirlin cast a note in a bottle into the Indian River Inlet near New Castle Delaware. Last week a man in Austria reported finding it in a village stream. The note on Oetzal hotel stationery bore the signature Carl D Bauer. Oceanographer Dr Dean Bumpus says the journey via water seems unlikely if the bottle stayed wet throughout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
Del
Chrys Kirlin
Indian River
Here
Austria
Oetzal
Carl D. Bauer
Dean Bumpus
Woods Hole
Mass
Oceanographic Institute
Police Briefs Report Multiple Property Damages and Theft
Police report yesterday includes a plate glass window broken at Cohen's on First Avenue with $75 damage a house window at Mrs Yudell Hightower 721 Boylston St a dented siding at Mrs Robert Boyd 3003 Sherman Ave and theft of a 30 inch American eagle from Mrs Edmund Calia 200 Terrace Drive valued at 30 Betty Bunnell 2400 Superior Ave reports theft of a tape player and 20 tapes from her car
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohen's
First Avenue
Yudell Hightower
Boylston St
Robert Boyd
Sherman Ave
Edmund Calia
Terrace Drive
Cubs Graduate Webelos Den Nine at Wildwood Elementary
Nine Webelos Cub Scouts from Pack 43 at Wildwood Elementary School were graduated. Members listed include Larry Barker David Brammer Bill Dietz Jeff Harbin Jim Kalbaugh Pat McFarland Larry Moore David Schiering and Mike Snodgrass. Barker Kalbaugh McFarland and Moore received badges and awards. Jeff Fox and Bob Gibbs received Cub badges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cubs
Webelos den
Wildwood
Larry Barker
David Brammer
Bill Dietz
Jeff Harbin
Jim Kalbaugh
Pat McFarland
Larry Moore
David Schiering
Mike Snodgrass
Barker
Kalbaugh
McFarland
Moore
Jeff Fox
Bobby Gibbs
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Ptl
Oral Duncan
Duncan
Basil Watson
John E. Watson
Wicklow ‘Drive
Wrenn Paper Co
Richmond
Mary Ellen
Bennett Funeral Home
West Milton
Coate
Smee
Buster Brown
Warren Boy
Carol O'Connell Consultant
Franklinite
Robert Liljestrand Cyanamid
Tohiat
Central Ave
Union Sanitary Sweepstakes
Chas. Goerky
Amity Lane
Park St
2Nd Ave
Studio Theater
Grand Ave
Gideon Rd
Peasttown
Mobile Home Court
Trenton Shopping Center
Crisle Shepa'ne
Betty Bunnell
Superior Ave
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