First National and Barnitz Bank Trim Passbook Rates
First National Bank and Barnitz Bank will cut regular passbook savings to 4 percent on and from April 1. The 4 percent rate, in place since early 1970, will be paid quarterly starting June 30. Middletown Federal American Federal and Citizens Federal Savings and Loan remain at 5 percent. Bank officials cite higher savings but weak loan demand and note rates may adjust with trends. E W Barker, president of First National Bank, cites the recent savings surge as a factor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank
Barnitz Bank
Middletown Federal
American Federal
Citizens Federal Savings and Loan
E. W. Barker
Middletown High opens doors For family open house
Middletown High School hosts an 7 to 9 p.m. open house for parents and community members. Principal Lewis Hill says tours will cover classrooms shops at Middletown Freshman School, the newspaper The Middletonian, and displays from art, foreign language, drama, driver training, and home economics. A fashion show is set for 8 45 p.m. in the theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown High School
Lewis Hill
Helen Weinberger
Breiel Boulevard
Middletown
Girard Avenue
Middletonian
Deaths And Funerals Two Ohio men listed with services pending
Germantown resident Robert E Coffman Sr 70 died on arrival at Miami Valley Hospital after a heart attack He owned Coffman Hardware in Germantown for 45 years Surviving are son Robert Jr three grandchildren and three great grandchildren Services set for 2 pm Monday at John Arpp Funeral Home with Rev J Gr Herbert officiating Burial in Germantown Cemetery Friends may call Sunday 2 to 9 pm Memorials to Dayton area Heart Association suggested Also noted is World War II Army veteran Mr Foutz a former State Highway Department employee born in Trenton survived by five sisters Funeral at Miami Valley Memory Gardens Monday 6 to 9 pm with burial to follow
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Robert Coffman Sr
Germantown
Robert E Coffman Sr
Dayton
Coffman
Miami Valley Hospital
Germantown St
Masonic Sodge
Scottish Rite
Ahtbeh Temple
Robert Jr
San Francisco
Ghaddehildren
John Arpperal
J Gr Herbert
Emery
Dayton Area Heart Association
Veterans Administration Hospital
Foutz
Trenton
State Highway Department
Walter Krug
Pauline Schenck
Bertha Weber
Edna Honaker
Middletown
Charles Zinn
Holly, Mich
Franklin
Victoria Mullins
Eaton Funeral Home
Roscoe Neace
Woodhill Cemetery
McCoy-Leffler
Mullins
Good Samaritan Hospital
Local obituaries note deaths of Foutz and Johnson
Carl F. Foutz, 66, of 233 S. St., died at Garden Manor Nursing Home where he had been a patient three days. Mrs Bertha Johnson, 71, formerly of Clarksville, died Friday at Westview Nursing Home after an extended illness. Surviving are two daughters, two sons, two brothers, a sister, 16 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Oswald Funeral Home. burial will be
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Carl F. Foutz
S. St
Garden Manor Nursing Home
Lebanon
Bertha Johnson
Clarksville
Westview Nursing Home
Myrtle Michael
Waynesville
Anna Kearns
Isaac Madden
Corwin
Woodrow Madden
Florida
Oswald
Infant son of Urban private services at Rose Hill
Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Urban of 551 Rhea Ave. has private services at 9 30 a m. Monday at Rose Hill Memorial Park. John Bowman, 88, of Highland Place, will have services at 10 a m. Monday conducted by Brown Dawson.
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Edward Urban
Rhea Ave
Rose Hill Memorial Park
John Bowman
Highland Place
Brown-Dawson
$300 Million Zimmer Nuclear Plant To Begin Site Work
Cincinnati Gas & Electric announces next week will start site preparation for the William H. Zimmer nuclear power station on the Ohio River at Moscow. Kaiser Engineers will build the 40,000 kilowatt facility, to be jointly owned by CG&E, Dayton Power & Light, and Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric. Groundwork includes clearing 160 acres, grading, and earth moving to a depth of 50 feet, with a three-foot raise to top ground level. Construction hinges on AEC licensing expected later this year. plant completion slated for 1975 with a closed-cycle cooling tower to avoid dumping hot water into the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Zimmer
Moscow
Ohio River
B. John Yeager
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Kaiser Engineers Inc
Oakland
Calif
Kaiser
Armco
Atomic Energy Commission
Cg&e
Dayton Power & Light Co
Columbus & Southern Ohio’ Electric Co
U.S. 52
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Yeager
AEC
Yaeger
Little Indian Creek
Zimmer Station
Pisgah Woman Found Guilty of First Degree Murder
Kay Meyer, a 33 year old former Pisgah resident, convicted in Butler County Common Pleas Court of first degree murder for the fatal shooting of her estranged husband Ralph Meyer in his Pisgah home. Jury recommended mercy. life imprisonment mandatory. Sentencing set for Tuesday at 1 p.m. The trial, held after final arguments, featured defense attorneys Crist and Derivan. state prosecutors Wessel and Holcomb. Meyer, who sobbed as the verdict was read, flew to Florida the night of the killing and returned shortly after.
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Hamilton
Pisgah
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Norn
Mercy
Robert L. Marrs
Kay
Frances Meyer
Deerfield Mercy
Beach
Fla
Ohio
William Smallwood
the Common Pleas Court
Grass Fire Burns Over 20 Acres In Franklin
An exploding aerosol can set off a grass fire on Deardoff Road near the Ruppert farm, burning 20 to 40 acres. Fire officials said wind shifted, pushing flames west toward Virginia Drive, but no homes were endangered due to separations between backyards and the burning field.
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Franklin
Deardoff Road
Howard Harville
Ruppert Farm
Springboro
Ruppert
Virginia Drive
Fire damages two homes and worker injured in saw accident
At 10:58 a.m. a fire at 304 Shafer St the home of Jack Combs burned a second floor bedroom from a short circuit causing 1000 dollars of contents damage and 500 dollars to the building. At 9:10 p.m. at 195 Columbia Ave Jimmy Shrout of 1732 Columbia Ave lost ends of two fingers in a saw accident while working for PCF Foam Corp and was taken to Middletown Hospital by coworkers.
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Shafer St
Jack Combs
Columbia Ave
Jimmy Shrout
PCF Foam Corp
Middletown Hospital
Nude man sightings prompt police brief on Crawford blocks
A nude man was reported seen again at 11 45 p m yesterday. Police have been called three times in two weeks about a man without clothing in the 300 and 400 blocks of Crawford Street.
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Crawford Street
Crawford
Patrol Car In Accident At Carlisle
A Carlisle patrolman was injured when a village cruiser wrecked early today. Harold Hudson of Hudson's Body Shop towed the cruiser from Dayton Oxford Road near Ohio 123. The patrolman was treated and released at Middletown Hospital. records on the man were not available.
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Carlisle
Middletown
Franklin
Harold Hudson
Hudson’s
Dayton - Oxford Road
Dayton-Oxford Road
Middletown Hospital
Barn Fire Destroys Hay Bales at Mayer Farm
A morning crash fire at Wilbur Mayer’s farm on Warvel Road 1465 in Butler County ignited a barn with about 30 bales of hay and tools. Millville firefighters battled the blaze. investigators have not yet estimated the damage.
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Hamilton
Wilbur Mayer
Warvel Road
Butler County
Millville
Fresh Suspensions At Middletown School Prompt Parent Return
Middletown pupils were asked by phone and letter to return to school Monday to reinstate suspensions after a Friday incident. Superintendent Dr Robert K Johnson praised parent cooperation as police reported a gathering outside the school without incidents. Two 15 year old boys faced disorderly conduct and assault charges following an earlier week fight, with three others arrested Tuesday afternoon.
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Middletown
Robert K. Johnson
Johnson
David Black
Hamilton
Operator Of Dump Sued For 1 Million
A $1 million damage suit was filed in Butler County common pleas court by 10 couples living near Hamilton Cleves Road protesting Oscar Schlichter's dump. They allege garbage and wastes pollute wells over the Miami River aquifer, lowering property values, and note lands are not zoned for dumping and the use violates the law. The listed plaintiffs include Martha and Robert Duerstock, Alice and Virgil Arnold, Theresa and Stanley Helcher, Renee and Donald Erven, Dorothy and Clyde Brooks, Hazel and Clifton Thompson, Angela and William Eckler, Marilyn and Kenneth Schanie, Marian and James Glenn, and Helen and Nelson Hawk.
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Hamilton
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Hamilton Cleves Road
Oscar Schlichter
Miami River
Martha and
Robert Duerstock
Hamilton-Cleves
Alice
Virgil Arnold
Theresa
Stanley Helcher
Renee
Donald Erven
Hamilton- Cleves
Dorothy
Clyde Brooks
Hazel
Clifton Thompson
Angela
William Ross Eckler
Marilyn
Kenneth Schanie
Hine Road
Marian
James Glenn
Hine
Helen
Nelson Hawk
Hamilton - Cleves
County Loot Totals Over $1,000
Butler County police reported three of four break ins totaling 1041 dollars. Covington man Eddie Thompson said tools including a vibrator and saws were taken from a treatment plant site. Norbert Renn reported wire and regulators from Layhigh Road site. A stereo player was stolen from Meadow’s Auto Sales. A goat jumped from a window at Bonanza Dairy Bar, with minor tampering and 25 dollars damage.
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Hamilton
Butler County
Eddie Thompson
Covington
Nugent
Hamilton-Cleves Roads
Norbert Renn
Floyds Knobs
Ind
Layhigh Road
Meadow's Auto Sales
S. Main St
Middletown
Bonanza
Riverside Drive
New Miami
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Junker
Junkers
Journal
John Sheckler
Barnitz
Miami Valley
Memory Gardens
Carl F. Fouts
Elizabeth Penney
Mary Elizabeth Penney
Harveysburg
Hall Manor
Evelyn Ross
Beatrice Carnes
Oregonia
Audrey Clary
Stubbs- Conner
Miami Cemetery
Franklin Jaycees
Connie Smith
Steve Lake
Swingmasters
Ralph Stanley
Clinch Mountain Boys
Wilson Sisters
Moon Mullins
Franklin High School
Hopewell School
Cincinnati
Consolidated Inc
First Ave
Jreeene
Jack Milbauer
Central Ave
Westinghouse Appliances
Westinghouse
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