Ohio University closes as riots surge on campus
Tom Powell a 20 year old Ohio University sophomore and student marshal describes the riot wave that closed the Athens campus. He helped watch and report while clashes with rocks and fire bombs escalated and National Guardsmen arrived. Powell plans to return in fall after seeking work.
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Fred Sennet Journal
Tom Powell
Ohio University
Athens
Powell
Dewey Powell
Lesley Lane
Fenwick High
University
Middletown Chamber Backs Fluoridation Vote
The Middletown Area Chamber of Commerce board unanimously approved a resolution urging voters to support fluoridation on the June 23 ballot. The resolution argues fluoridation improves public dental health, reduces welfare costs, and lowers absenteeism and lost work due to dental sickness.
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Middletown Area
Hard To Catch Cat Stall On The Loose
Police hunted a white Queen Avenue cat blamed for multiple bites. In a series of calls, residents reported sightings from 4:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. and Monitored attempts to trap the tiger cat. A neighbor reported a neighbor’s Irish Setter killing neighborhood cats as authorities extended the chase.
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Queen Avenue
Queen
Robert Walton , Jr
Violet Leichty
Ardmore Drive
Winona Drive
Pts
C.R. Davis
Roger Knabel
Carl Creach
Aeronca Evacuated After Bomb Threat
About 1,000 Aeronca Inc. employees at 1712 Germantown Road were evacuated at 1 30 p m after an anonymous caller warned of a bomb set to go off at 2 p m Search by plant guards and Middletown police found no device Roy J Benecchi said the threat may reflect antiwar protest and that the plant would not lose orders. Operations resumed with the second shift at 4 p m.
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Aeronca Inc
Germantown Road
Aeronca
Middletown
Roy J. Benecchi
Southeast Asia
Benecchi
Vietnam
Miami reduces suspensions from NROTC sit-in to five
Oxford campus case leaves five suspensions and 147 probation or work-fine combinations after a Miami University disciplinary review. Three cases referred to Graduate Council. Faculty Council ratified appeals board findings, pledged nonrelease of names, and set readmission limits.
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Oxford
NROTC
Miami University
Graduate Council
Miami
Unames m. oKipper
Ap- Council
Phillip R. Shriver
Tey
Deaths And Funerals For Campbell And Others
Omer D Campbell 68 of 75 Maple Drive will be buried at Woodside Cemetery Middletown after services at Anglesby Funeral Home at 2 p m Monday led by Reverends Henry Howard and JG Sharkey He died Thursday at Middletown Hospital Visitation is tomorrow 2 5 and 7 9 p m At Idletown two sisters Lenore Ruel and Ruth Reese and a grandchild survive Funeral services for another deceased will begin 10 a m Monday at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with the Rev Edwin Bobbit officiating Burial will follow in Woodside Cemetery Interment details and other names are incomplete in the readable text
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Franklin
Omer D. Campbell
Maple Drive
Anglesby
Henry Howard
JG. C. Sharkey
Woodside Cemetery
Middletown
Campbell
Middletown Hospital
Idletown
Lenore Ruel
Ruth Reese
McCoy- Leffler
Edwin Bobbit
Funeral
Mrs Caroline Craft 84 dies after hospital stay
Mrs Caroline Virginia Craft 84 of 617 Malvern St died at Mercy Hospital Hamilton at 5 45 p m after a stay since April 23 She lived in Middletown 65 years Survived by three sons Ishmael Arthur Luther two sisters three brothers five grandchildren seven great grandchildren Services 2 00 p m Tuesday at Joseph R Baker & Sons Funeral HomeRev Henry Howard officiating Burial Woodside Cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home
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Caroline Virginia Craft
Malvern St
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Middletown
Ishmael
Arthur
Trenton
Luther
Biloxi
Denny Stamper
Flora Back
West Liberty
Tennyson Hogg
Lynchburg
Albert Hogg
Bradenton
Fla
Clarence Hogg
Dayton
Joseph R. Baker & Sons
Henry Howard
Woodside Cemetery
The
Mrs Amsettie Lairson 89 dies in Middletown area burial planned
Mrs Amsettie Lairson aged 89 died at 12 55 a m yesterday at Garden Manor Nursing Home where she had been a patient since December 7 1969 She was born in Winchester Kentucky and had lived in the Middletown area five years Surviving are seven other grandchildren 19 great grandchildren and 14 great great grandchildren A son Cordis Lairson died here March 5 Funeral services will be in Winchester Kentucky with burial there at Joseph R Baker Sons Funeral Home is handling arrangements
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Amsettie Lairson
Leona Brown
Springboro
Garden Manor Nursing Home
Lairson
Winchester
Middletown
Cordis Lairson
Joseph R. Baker & Sons Funeral Home
Middletown Man Wilbur Price Dies After Heart Attack
Wilbur Robert Price 66 of 2701 Elmo Place died after a heart attack while mowing at his home. He died at Middletown Hospital at 2 p m yesterday. Born and raised in Middletown he retired after 47 years with Armco Steel Corp. He belonged to the Knights of Pythias Lodge. Survived by his wife Leora, daughter Susan Blaine of Middletown, and brothers Howard and William of Mid-County.
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Wilbur Robert Price
Elmo Place
Middletown Hospital
Mr. Price
Middletown
Armco Steel Corp
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Leora
Susan Blaine
Howard
William
Mid
Obituary notice for Mrs Lillian F Rose Middletown resident
Mrs Lillian Florence Rose 84 of 13 Curryer Road died at 10:15 p m yesterday at home where she had been bedfast since a September 1961 stroke. Born in Menifee County Kentucky she lived in Middletown since 1905. Husband B D Rose died in 1963. Survived by four daughters Marguerite Rose Opal Chaney Thelma Haddix of Middletown and Gladys Rose of Columbus two sons John of Middletown and Herbert of Cincinnati 11 grandchildren three great grandchildren. Funeral p m Monday at McCoy Rev A M Wilson officiating.
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Lillian Florence Rose
Curryer Road
John
Middletown
Herbert
Cincinnati
McCoy- Leffler
A. M. Wilson
Woodside Cemetery
Youths Leave School Bus After Altercation
Police report a school bus incident yesterday afternoon ended without injuries. All white youths exited at Central Avenue and Sutphin Street after a clash started when a Black boy threw a book at a white boy and tried to retrieve it, driver Edward Banks said.
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Central Avenue
Sutphin Street
Edward Banks
County Line Road
Monroe
Police Briefs: Man Damages Car Windshield
Donald Creech reports an intoxicated man struck the windshield of his parked car at 3200 August Ave. The act caused $130 in damage.
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Donald Creech
August Ave
Creech
Theft reports at ITV Store and birdbath stolen
Marvin Hall reported two radios and a clock radio stolen after thieves smashed a front window at the Mervin Hall ITV Store located at 1426 Central Ave. A six foot, 500 pound birdbath was taken from Mrs. Jane Wells's yard at 2105 Spencer Lane. portions of the birdbath were found in a nearby yard.
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Marvin Hall
Mervin Hall
ITV
Central Ave
Jane Wells
Spencer Lane
Fires and vehicle fires reported with injuries and damages
Fire at 4304 Tytus Ave injures William Shafer 56 and he is taken to Middletown Hospital for arm abrasions. A carfire at Highview Shopping Center due to an underhood short circuit causes $30 damage. Another carfire at 1634 Central Ave linked to a cigarette drops rear seat causing $100 damage to Phyllis Carver. At 1100 Hughes St Catherine Richardson 83 is ill and transported by ambulance.
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Tytus Ave
William Shafer
Middletown Hospital
Highview
Central Ave
Phyllis Carver
Hughes St
Catherine Richardson
Four Hurt In Two Middletown Area Crashes
Two separate late night crashes in Butler County injure four people. Larry Bowlin, 23, of 4608 Roosevelt Ave., was hurt near Ohio 122 after his westbound car left the road while avoiding a dog, remains in Middletown Hospital in good condition with multiple injuries. A second crash on Trenton Franklin Road near Germantown Road involved Aldus Weaver, 20, and two passengers, Richard Reedy, 21, and Carmel Fitzpatrick, 16, with three injured though they declined medical attention. Weaver blamed unfamiliarity with the steering wheel for the loss of control.
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Middletown
Butler County
Larry Bowlin
Roosevelt Ave
Ohio 122
Trenton-Franklin Road
Bowlin
Middletown Hospital
Ptl
Walter Reynolds
Trenton
Franklin Road
Germantown Road
Aldus E. Weaver
Park Ave
Franklin
Richard Reedy
Walnut St
Carmel Fitzpatrick
Meeting Of Blacks Whites Set In Middletown Forum
About 15 blacks and whites will gather Friday evening at the Manchester Motor Inn to craft solutions to Middletown racial problems as a followup to an April 16 meeting of over 75 civic leaders. Charles W. Beck Jr. plans a steering committee to ease tension, inviting participants from business church and education, not limited to those fields. Beck notes other groups share aims but argues small-group work can achieve much now.
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Manchester Motor Inn
Middletown
Charles W. Beck Jr
Masonic Body Named For Educator To Be Instituted
A Middletown Allied Masonic Council with five charter members will be instituted Tuesday evening at Avis Motor Inn by Wylie B. Wendt, sovereign grand master of Louisville. It will be named for the late Herman H. Lawrence, former Middletown High School principal and teacher who led Thomas Smith Webb Council No. 57 of Miamisburg. Charter members are Richard S. Keller, E Graham Layer, Jerold Schuyler, Albert Meyer and John O. Taylor. Members of Thomas Smith Webb Council and their wives will attend the dinner before the ceremony.
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Middletown Allied
iMasonic Council
Avis Motor Inn
Wylie B.wendt
Louisville
Herman H. Lawrence
Middletown High School
Thomas Smith Webb Council
Miamisburg
Richard S. Keller
E Graham Layer
Jerold Schuyler
Albert Meyer
John O. Taylor
Thomas Smith
Webb
Elizabeth Taylor To Have Minor Gynecologic Surgery
Hollywood AP reports Elizabeth Taylor will be hospitalized for three days for minor gynecologic surgery. Dr Rex Kennamer says she will enter Cedars of Lebanon Hospital next week with no specific day given.
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Hollywood
Elizabeth Taylor
Rex Kennamer
Miss Taylor
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
Car Crashes Into Bowermaster Shoe Repair Shop
Two people were injured and about 2700 dollars in damage reported when Mrs Mary Lee Morange of Dayton lost control on Sec ond Street yesterday and rammed into the Bowermaster Shoe Repair Shop. Christine Gabbard or bed in adjoining unit sustained a minor injury but refused treatment. Howard Hanks 26 of 766 S River St was treated and released for leg lacerations. Morange was charged with failure to maintain control and operating without a license.
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Franklin
Second Street
Bowermaster Shoe Repair
Mary Lee Morange
Dayton
Christine Gabbard
Howard Hanks
S. River St
Middletown Hospital
Morange
Man Beaten In Somerville
Robert G. Hall, 29, of Oxford, told Butler County police he was assaulted in his car on Main Street in Somerville around 1 15 a m by an unknown assailant waiting inside the vehicle. He was treated at McCullough Hyde Memorial Hospital in Oxford and released.
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Hamilton
Oxford
Butler County
Somerville
Robert G. Hall
Ptl
Tom Cornett
Main Street
Hall
McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital
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Lillian Rose
H. O. Smith
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