Jail Couples Wed In Double Ceremony At Warren County
Two couples married in a jail courtroom marked by a unique double ceremony. Joel Allen and Delphia Retten, plus Kenneth Frederick and Karen Campbell, wed while awaiting parole violations, sharing a brief ten minute union and a few kisses as Sheriff, jail staff, and judge participated.
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Lebanon
Warren County
Joel E. Allen
Delphia Retten
Middletown
Kenneth Wayne Frederick
Karen Sue Campbell
Hamilton and
Mason
Allen
Frederick
Don
Optimists host Easter egg hunt at Smith Park
The Middletown Evening Optimist Club sponsors an Easter egg hunt at Smith Park on Easter Sunday at 1 p.m. It is the first such event and aims to become annual. Local merchants donate prizes and refreshments will be available. Brownie Troops 230 and 280 will help color eggs tomorrow. Co chairs are Bill Drake and Victor McGuire.
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Middletown
Smith Park
Brownie Troops
Free Hunt
Bill Drake
Victor McGuire
Woman Dies After Hamilton Crash At West Shopping Center
A 72 year old Hamilton woman Bessie Mae Peter died in a two car crash near Hamilton West Shopping Center. She was a passenger in a car driven by her husband Oswald Peter 81 who tried to turn into the center and collided with a car driven by Jane Day 28 of Hamilton. Police said Day’s vehicle was in the other lane. The crash occurred about 9 o clock last night. Peter died on arrival at Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati.
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Hamilton
Hamilton West
Bessie Mae Peter
Prytania Ave
Cincinnati
Good Samaritan Hospital
Oswald Peter
Peter
Jane Day
Sir Edward Drive
County offers 45500 for home in Seven Mile
Butler County commissioners approve a 45500 bid to buy West Elkton Road residence in Seven Mile for a mental retardation facility housing four young women under houseparents. The state grant funds the purchase and closing is set by April 17. 15 rural homes are planned countywide to serve retarded residents in community settings. The board also backs a door to door dog license drive using 10 canvassers under the CETA program, which raised about 16000 last year.
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Hamilton
Lloyd Harris
Board of Mental Retardation
Seven Mile Home
Commission
Donald G. Schirmer
Montgomery County
Montgomery
Kay Wolfe
Republicans of
Englewood
Jerry Brown
Miami County
Troy Ar
Germantown
Robbery on Yankee Road Nightime purse theft
A Yankee Road couple, Mr and Mrs Walter Zecher of 3440 Yankee Road, were robbed near their garage around 9 30 p m. A man with his hand in his coat pocket demanded Mrs Zecher s purse and fled toward Yankee Road with cash traveler's checks and house keys. The thief stole 50 from Mr Zecher s wallet and drove off in a car.
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Yankee Road
Walter Zecher
Mr. Zecher
Mrs Zecher
Door glass broken and houses ransacked in Middletown
Middletown police link two break-ins on Ross Street and Fiesta Way to a single suspect. Both homes were entered via garage doors and the intruders locked interior doors. At 3709 Fiesta Way Carl Wiese lost three guns six knives coins and silver certificates. at 508 Ross St Ruth Downey reported coins and silver worth about 200 dollars missing. A safe was rifled but contained only personal papers. Wires on an automatic garage door opener at the Wiese home were damaged.
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Carl Wiese
Fiesta Way
Ross St
Ruth Downey
Wiese
Candlelight visible over fourteen miles in darkness
A study notes that the human eye can detect a candle’s faint glow from more than 14 miles away even in total darkness, indicating remarkable light sensitivity under challenging conditions.
Contested primaries across Butler Warren Preble Montgomery counties
Filing deadline sparks multiple party battles across Butler Warren Preble and Montgomery counties with contenders for U S representative state legislature county offices and common pleas seats. Incumbents face oppositions, while several judges and auditor races head to November unopposed.
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Butler
Warren
Preble
Montgomery
Thomas M Kindness
Hamilton
Homer D. Whited
Dayton
Lou Schroeder
Fairfield
U.S
Congress
William Denham
Middletown
Edgar Williams
Somerville
Butler County
Earl Guyler
Michael Fox
Common Pleas
Robert L. Marrs
Harry Walsh
Juge Marrs
Arthur F Reiff
H Vincent Walsh
Michael C. Bullock
Arthur J. Fiehrer
Henry J. Bruener
William R. Hendrickson
Monroe
Fiehrer
James A. Tilton
Oxford
Charles T. Rupert
Coal strike lifts April electric bills for CG&E customers
Cincinnati Gas and Electric says February fuel and power costs rose to 23.2 million, 8.2 million above the 1977 average, due to the coal strike. The higher costs may add about 20 cents per 100 kWh to April bills, though the fuel adjustment portion should drop after the strike ends.
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Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Cg&e
Highway garage land to be sold at public auction
About six acres of the old state highway garage land at 3701 Tytus Avenue will be offered for sale in a public auction on April 11 at 11 a.m. The sale includes four buildings and two large gas tanks. A $10,000 security deposit will be required from the winning bidder. The tract will be sold for no less than two thirds of its appraised value. Open for inspection one hour before the auction. For information call Charles Hart at 932-3030.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway
Tytus Avenue
Charles Hart
Ohio Department of Transportation
Purse Stolen on South Main Recovered Nearby
A South Main Street resident reports two young boys snatched her purse in the 200 block of South Main while she walked from a downtown bank yesterday. The purse was later found behind a house on Yankee Road with all contents intact.
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South Main Street
South Main
Yankee Road
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Fredericks
Allens
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McMillan
Judge Clark
Seven Mile
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Laura Williams
Crawford
First Ave
Ross Street
Arch Hildebrant Hildebrant
Maineville
Don Workman
Waynesville
O.T. Bishop
Workman
Bishop
Hamilton Township
Arthur FE. Schwarz Jr
Wilson Turner
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Preble County
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West Alexandria
Twin Valley School Board
Paul Ray
New Paris
Irene Shock
Lewisburg
Vivian Nuse
Eaton
Will
Carl Beneke
John Keele
Robert Netzley
Laura
Bist
Prebs
Common Pleas Court
John V. Dye
Lloyd B Bennett
Donald Ziegel
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