Public hearing set on D-2 a zoning to allow multi family housing
The City Planning Commission approved a D-2 a zoning district aimed at preserving single family neighborhoods. The June 9 public hearing will consider allowing four family dwellings with planning commission approval, unlike the D-3 district. The proposed map includes Manfield Sherman Park Place Highlands and other areas.
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City Planning Commission
Lannin Commission
Planning Commission
Manfield
Sherman
Park Place
Highlands
Oegee Lakeside
Dixie Ts
Clifton Farms
Roosevelt
South
Prospect
Douglas
Burglary Ring Targets Legion Post and Local Offices
Break-ins occurred between 1 and 8 a.m. at the American Legion Post on 116 S Main St and the Air Force Recruiting Office nearby. A safe was pried open and cash and liquor taken from the Post and adjacent rooms. Detectives investigate. A Montgomery Ward auto service window was broken but nothing missing. A theft at Vincent Graham’s home was thwarted by a neighbor. Vandals damaged Diver's Feed fence with no reported losses.
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American Legion
S. Main St
Air Force Recruiting
Auto Service
Montgomery Ward
Vincent Graham
Lafayette Ave
Diver's Feed &Coal
First Ave
Franklin natives plan 7:30 meeting on new public pool
Franklin residents and Franklin Township set a 7:30 PM meeting in the City Building to review plans for a public swimming pool in Lions Community Park under joint city-township operation. City Manager Bernard Eichholz expects bids for the Olympic-size pool and alternates including tennis courts paving and parking.
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Franklin
Franklin Township
Lions Community Park
Bernard Eichholz
Pioneer warfare comes alive at Seabald Park event
Seabal d Park hosts a two day living history weekend with encampments and demonstrations. The Middletown Bicentennial Committee Miami Valley Militia Middletown Rotary Club and Simon Kenton Longrifles sponsor Civil War Revolutionary War and frontier displays. The Battle of Elk Creek re enacts Sunday afternoon with a 2 pm inspection and 3 pm battle finale. Free admission and refreshments throughout.
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Sebald Park
Middletown
Simon Kenton Longrifles
Mimai Valley
OVI Cadet Corps of
Cincinnati
Blue Grass Junction
Order of the Arrow
Elk Creek
Moraine Plants Picketed by Teamsters in Dayton
Teamsters Local 957 picketed Moraine Materials Co plants in Dayton causing slowdowns. Carlisle and Middletown sites were not struck. Dayton operations have seen three months of idle time across major concrete firms, with Hills Corp. recently settling and Moraine remaining unsettled.
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Teamsters Local 957
Dayton
Moraine Materials Co
Carlisle
Oxford State Road
Middletown
957
Moraine
Teamster
Dayton Concrete
the Hills Corp
Tellers Lose Money to Fast-Handed Con Artist
Two Barnitz Bank tellers fell for a con at downtown and Breiel Boulevard offices. A man handed over large bills, asked for smaller ones, and left with the money, leaving each teller short by substantial sums. Police note missing funds totaling $240 and other unexplained losses.
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Barnitz
Breiel Boulevard
Mae
Oxford area jury indicts in marijuana raids
A Butler County grand jury indicted Oxford area suspects in a November marijuana trafficking probe. Indictments name James Weger Jr. and David L. Schlegel for multiple marijuana sales and use of vehicles for illegal trafficking, with several sealed indictments awaiting identification. The probe involved Oxford police, county prosecutor Jo Holcomb, and RENU. Street value shrouded in estimates, about 35 000 dollars.
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Hamilton
Butler County
Oxford
James Weger Jr
College Corner
David L. Schlegel
Oxford Area
Daniel Cruzen
Weger
Jo Holcomb
Holcomb
Area court split over pinball gambling ruling
Area II Judge William Hendrickson overruled motions to suppress in six pinball cases tied to sheriff raids March 26–27, while Area I Judge Clem Imfeld Jr. sustained similar motions. Deputies seized 42 pinball machines and made 25 arrests after county prosecutor opinion that machines awarding prizes were gambling devices.
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Hamilton
William Hendrickson
Area Court
Clem Imfeld Jr
Middletown
J.T. Lamb
Richard Berridge
Hendrickson
Robert Walton
Arlene Melton
Area I Court
Area II Court
Two men charged in 77 Cab theft case
Butler County sheriff's deputies charged Grover Epperson and Bruce Hill with grand theft auto in the stolen 77 Cab case. The taxi, taken May 4 at Catalina Ohile Home Park, was found burned along Rockey Road near Germantown after the driver left to find a fare. Both suspects were taken to Germantown police, with a preliminary hearing set for tomorrow.
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Butler County Sheriff's Deputies
Germantown
Grover Epperson
Roosevelt Ave
Bruce Hill
Dayton
Catalina Ohile
Rockey Road
Free blood pressure tests at Lamark drug stores
Free blood pressure checks will be offered Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Lamark drug stores on Central Avenue and in Franklin. Nursing volunteers will conduct the tests under supervision of Bob Weyman of Cincinnati. The event is part of National Blood Pressure Month.
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Mt. Horeb
Royal Arch Masons
Ashler Grand Court of Heroines of
Lamark Drug
Central Avenue
Franklin
Bob Weyman
Cincinnati
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Cash
Legion
Journal
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