Jail Escape Foiled In Dayton Hostage Drama Figure Included
Three men linked to a hostage drama at Montgomery County Jail are named in reports as participants in a foiled escape. Byron Ball Thurquet Thompson and Thomas Childers allegedly used tools found after a tip to plan an outside-assisted breakout from a fourth story window. Ball faces additional bank robbery and kidnapping charges in Indiana New Jersey and Ohio while Thompson and Childers face murder and rape related convictions with pending trials and sentences.
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Dayton
Robert Herrmann
Eldorado
Montgomery County
Byron Robert Ball
Thurquet Thompson
Thomas M Childers
Herrmann
Indiana
New Jersey
Ohio
Thompson
Middletown YMCA Plans Four Sunday April Openings
The Middletown Area YMCA will open on four Sundays in April for trial use by members from 1 to 6 pm. The pool will run 1:15 to 5:30 pm. The move aims to accommodate growing membership with a May review by YMCA officials.
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Middletown Area
YMCA
B.P. Allen
Allen
Senior citizens hear organist at Middletown center
Kay Pine, full time Lowrey staff organist from Chicago, will perform for Middletown Area Senior Citizens Center members at the center on Wednesday at 2. The event is sponsored by Moeller Music of Towne Mall and hopes to become a regular activity.
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Kay Pine
Chicago
Middletown Area
Senior Citizens Center
Moeller Music of
Towne Mall
Vandals damage Madison schools with lawn driving
Madison High School and Madison Middle School suffered an estimated 800 to 900 dollars in damage over the weekend when a vehicle drove around the campuses on Middletown Eaton Road. Principal Denver Redman reported to Butler County deputies that tire tracks cut into soft ground at both sites.
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Madison High School
Lawn
Denver Redman
Butler County
Middletown-Eaton Road
Middletown City School District to seek 1978 budget approval
The Middletown City School District board is set to approve 1978 appropriations totaling 19,240,350 at a 6 pm meeting led by Superintendent Samuel Dalton. The plan projects a 398,191 year-end balance, with non-salary costs rising due to inflation, hospital, retirement, and insurance costs.
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Middletown City
Samuel Dalton
Dalton
City break-in reports trigger several arrests in town
Overnight break-ins across Beatrice area lead to multiple arrests. A 14 year old was caught fleeing 1620 Lafayette Ave with a watch and pencils. A stolen stereo valued at 1200 from Lisa South at 2215 Highland St. and a window removed from a storm door were reported. Beatrice Drive, Manchester Road and Germantown Road homes also robbed with stock, jewelry, rings, diamonds and a pistol missing in various incidents.
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Lafayette Avenue
Lafayette Ave
Lisa South
Highland St
Beatrice Drive
Karen Mote
Vannest Ave
Steve Housh
Manchester Road
Dave Manns
Germantown Road
Pottery Thief Strikes Home in Clearcreek Township
A burglar with an apparent liking for clay pottery entered a north side door of Theresa L. Foust’s Ohio residence in daylight Monday, taking a stereo with tape recorder and two speakers, a portable color TV, a guitar, cash, and some clay pottery. Police reported the burglary to Clearcreek Township authorities.
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RED Lion
Here
Theresa L. Foust
Ohio 74
Clearcreek Township
Multiple Local Incidents Include Fires and Hospital Transports
Fire incidents at 700 16th Ave and Inland Container Corp prompt hospital transports for June Thomas and Howard Daulton. Sorg Paper Mill fire controlled with no damage. Other entries note back pains, breathing difficulty, and transfers to Lexington with several ages and addresses listed.
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16Th Ave
Baltimore Serra Boomershine
Marsh
Nell Downs
Clayton Ave
Miller Road
Thomas G. Bates
Lexington
Central Ave
Ann Beck
ACT Test Moved to Miami University Middletown Campus
The ACT test for area students will be held at Miami University Middletown Campus in Room 113 Logan T. Johnston Hall instead of Middletown High School due to school in session. Test takers must bring admission form a No 2 pencil and ID and arrive between 8 and 8 15 a.m. No walk ins accepted.
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Middletown
Miami University
Middletown High School
Logan T. Johnston
Fourth man charged in Middletown robbery death case
Middletown police detectives testified before a Butler County grand jury regarding the March 20 robbery and death of Howard Clayton Flack. Curtis Spencer, 40, of 1815 Clarendon Ave., is charged with aggravated robbery, joining two men and a juvenile already charged. The report also notes the origin of the name Arizona from Spanish and Pima words for little spring and silver bearing.
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Middletown
Hamilton
Butler County Grand Jury
Howard Clayton Flack
Curtis Spencer
Clarendon Ave
Deaths and funeral notices from Middletown area
Obits note Stella Carter 64 of 3208 Tytus Ave died at Middletown Hospital after illness. Survived by husband Everett son Donald Stamper daughter Phyllis Stivers two sisters brother and eight grandchildren and one great grandchild. Service Thursday at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with burial Woodside Cemetery. Helen Bauer 87 died at Schroder Manor Nursing Home. No immediate survivors. Franklin James Grant 70 of 629 W Linden Ave died at Kettering Memorial Hospital. Survived by wife Ines son Roy brothers and grandchildren. Clyde Trask 79 former big band leader died. funeral held in Fort Mitchell Ky.
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Stella Carter
Tytus Ave
Middletown Hospital
Carter
Everett
Donald E. Stamper
Middletown
Phyllis Jean Stivers
Germantown
Daisy Gibson
Marcella van Cleve
Jay Walters
McCoy Leffler
Marvin McIntosh
Woodside Cemetery
Helen F. Bauer
Schroder Manor
Hamilton
Middletown Area
Bauer
Monroe
Charles
Seven Dolors Church
Wilson- Schramm Memorial Home
Franklin James Grant
Linden Ave
Miamisburg
Franklin
Kettering Memorial Hospital
Grant
Madison County
Ines
Roy
Dayton
Willie
Richmond
Glenmore
Carlisle
Oldham-Roberts-Powell Funeral Home
Manse
Paint Lick
Eaton Funeral Home
Oldham
Rioberts-Powell — Funeral Home
Cincinnati
Fort Mitchell
Clyde Trask Trask
Russ Morgan
Edward Washington Franklin 90 dies at Christ Hospital
Edward Washington Franklin a 90 year old resident of 215 Locust Street died at Christ Hospital Cincinnati this morning. A native of Indiana he lived in Franklin over 50 years and was a retired employee of Roofs Nursery.
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Franklin Edward Washington
Locust St
Christ Hospital
Cincinnati
Indiana
Washington
Franklin
Roof’s Nursery
Lemon trustees approve 92000 for Oxford State Road work
Lemon Township trustees adopted 1978 appropriations totaling 758677.77 dollars with 258000 carryover. Oxford State Road from Ohio 4 to Middletown limits gets 46217.48 for repaving after weather delays and a water line project. Hawkins and Salzman paving costs are under current estimates.
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Oxford State Road
Lemon Township
Ohio 4
Middletown City
Oxford State
Yankee Roads
Helen Brown
Hawkins
Salzman
Communication skills workshop for youth leaders planned
A Great Rivers Girl Scout Council event at Camp Timber Hill on Ohio will run Thursday from 9 30 a m to 2 30 p m. Staff from Middletown Area Mental Health Center and Butler County Mental Health Center lead the session on discipline through communication with open discussion and sharing of problems. Registration is via Middletown Girl Scout Service Center at 423 7202.
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Great Rivers Girl Scout Council
Camp Timber Hill
Ohio
Middletown Area
Butler County Mental Health Center
Middletown
Franklin to test city sirens this week and next
City will begin testing its new civil defense sirens starting tomorrow and continuing through Friday next week. Test sounds will last less than a minute. tornado watches or warnings will trigger six minutes of continuous sirens. Citizens should heed emergencies but ignore brief tones during testing.
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Franklin
Bernard Eichholz
Eichholz
Energy credits hearing set for April 7 in Cincinnati
A public hearing on the energy credits program for seniors and disabled residents will be held in Cincinnati on April 7. State Rep. Dennis F. Eckart will chair, with sessions from 10:00 to 12:30 and 1:45 to 3:30 p.m. Testimony may be oral or written, capped at 10 minutes unless waived. Call councilman David Mann’s office at 352-4681 or the Energy Credits Advisory Committee at 614-466-1730 before Friday to testify.
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Cincinnati
Dennis F. Eckart
Energy Credits Committee
City Hall
City Council
Plum St
David Mann
Energy Credits Advisory Committee
Columbus
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