GI Named In Murder Indictment
Warren County grand jury returns 24 indictments including murder charges against Kerry McLean Martin 19 of Middletown for the death of Jamela Haynes 29 of Hamilton found March 16 at the Pig Farm. Also details multiple burglary narcotics indecent liberties and forgery cases involving residents of Middletown Hamilton Loveland and Butlerville. Mrs Arbuckle death ruled undetermined by coroner.
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Lebanon
Warren County Grand Jury
Journal
Wesley Arbuckle
Stonyrill
Middletown
Alice
Hathaway Lane
Kerry McLean Martn
Jefferson Road
Jamela Haynes
Hamilton
Lover's Lane
Martin
Arbuckle
Ralph Young
Edward Earl Snider
Loveland
James Pieratt
Vanderveer
Gordon Pieratt
Paul Mullins
Clarendon Ave
Pieratts
Mullins
John Williams
Stubbs Mills Road
Snider
Warren Countian
Gerald Toney
Ray Furniture
Butlerville
James Sims
Hanover St
Gerald Jerome Jackson
19Th Ave
A&b
Franklin
George Bartlett
Mason
Chester Hews
Paul Breedlove
James T. Curtis
Morrow
South Lebanon
Ronald W
Richard Wright
Vance JF. Davis
Butler Jury Returns 73 Indictments
Butler County grand jury returns 73 indictments in its report to Common Pleas Judge Fred B. Cramer. Included are first degree murder and showing with intent to wound charges against Ronald Adkins for the Ova Earl Wright killing and second degree murder against Robert Eugene Smith for the William Edward Ketcham Jr. death. The panel also found deputy Charles Thomas justified for fatally shooting Jerome Hensley during a Ross burglary. The jury notes 32 Middletown indictments and thanks voters for a new jail tax levy. arraignments set for Friday.
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Hamilton
Butler County Grand Jury
Common Pleas
Fred B. Cramer
Ronald Adkins
Ova Earl Wright
Fishville Tavern
New London Road
Robert Eugene Smith
Minnesota St
Middleton
William Edward Ketcham Jr
Butler County
Charles Thomas
Jerome Hensley
Ross
Hensley
Middletown
Dumford Named to Ohio Trucking Hall of Honor
Charles E. Dumford of 408 N Marshall Rd is inducted into the Ohio Trucking Association Hall of Honor during OTA’s 50th anniversary convention at the Neil House in Columbus. He built Dumford Trucking Co from one truck in 1933 to a 125-truck fleet with terminals in Middletown Centerville Dayton and New Castle Ind.
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Charles E. Dumford
N. Marshall Road
Ohio Trucking Association
Association
OTA
Neil
City Reverses Tag Tax Stand in Middletown
Middletown city leaders back a plan to let Butler County levy a $5 auto license tag tax under a new state law, provided revenue is equitably distributed. The county would allocate 70.44 percent to county roads inside cities and 29.56 percent to county roads, with Middletown sharing equally.
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Middletown
Butler County
William Denham
Denham
Stanley Perin
William Stits- Thomas Kindness
Inger
Perin
Hamilton
Rats and ditch woes dominate Franklin council meeting
Franklin aldermen heard residents from Laynecrest push for action on a drainage ditch behind their homes and called for rat control along Fourth Street. Complaints cited damaged property, rotting railroad ties, and unsafe road curves prompting talk of signs and treating the ditch for rats while awaiting easement clearances.
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Franklin
Laynecrest
E. Fourth Street
Roy S. Burroughs
Warren Ave
E. Fourth
Burroughs
Fourth Street
Ronald L. Beedie
Beam Drive
Beedle
Laynecrest Park
Shirley Kiester
David Boulevard
del Layne
Faibhorn
Miller
Griffin
Outside All Night Woman Falls and Fails to Rise
A 73 year old woman lay in her front yard for over seven hours in 40 degree temperatures before a newspaper carrier heard her cries for help. Helen Powers of 4204 Grand Ave was found at 6 am by Marc Schinner and his mother who were delivering papers.
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Helen Powers
Grand Ave
Marc Schinner
Jean Schinner
Tarrimore Circle
Dope Found At Jail Smuggling Attempt Leads to Two Arrests
Hamilton authorities arrested Allen Warford and Ronald Brock after deputies found a narcotic drug and hypodermic needle hidden in a toothpaste tube meant for a prisoner at the Butler County jail. A loaded .22 pistol was also found in a candy box behind the jail.
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N. E St
Sheriff's
Larry Castator
Robert Jackson
Insurance Firm Strike Ties Up Metropolitan Agents
Picket lines form in front of Metropolitan Life Insurance Co in Middletown as about 7 000 agents across 120 cities join a nationwide strike after rejecting a three year contract offer. Union leader says average pay of 148 weekly lags behind rivals.
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Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
First Ave
Metropolitan
Clifford Glancy
Lebanon
Middletown
Insurance Workers International Union
Afl-Cio
Glancy
Loyalty I May Parade Group Sets Meeting
The I Am a Loyal American Day committee schedules its fifth planning session for tomorrow at 7 30 PM in Kessler Auditorium American Legion Home 116 S Main St. David A Habig chairman and Stanley Sorrell co chair appeal for volunteers to plan floats bands and a mass patriotic program with a noted speaker at Barnitz Stadium.
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Kessler Auditorium
American Legion Home
S. Main St
David A. Habig
Stanley Sorrell
Barnitz Stadium
Cub Pack 9 Awards At Amanda School Meeting
Cub Scout Pack 9 held its monthly meeting at Amanda School where awards were presented. Names receiving cub awards included William Rich, Mike Phillips, Mark Baker, Andy Gayhart, Chris Maloney, Stephen Hale, Mark Trimble, Steve Pergram, Jeff Trammell, Mark Calwell, Charles Barker, Tim Hamilton, Steven Howard, Wesley Barker, Daniel Farrish, Tim Terry, Denny Deboard and David Spencer. Mrs Juanita Trammell received a den mother one year pin and Dean Trammell a one year pin and den chief braid.
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Cub Scout Pack 9
Amanda School
William Rich
Mike Phillips
Mark Baker
Andy Gayhart
Chris Maloney
Stephen Hale
Mark Trimble
Steve Pergram
Jeff Trammell
Mark Calwell
Charles Barker
Tim Hamilton
Steven Howard
Wesley Barker
Daniel Farrish
Tim Terry
Denny Deboard
David Spencer
Juanita Trammell
Den
Dean Trammell
Braid
Thirteen Area Students Earn High Marks In State Tests
Thirteen area students earned honors in the May 4 Ohio Final District State Tests with 30 038 participants. William Clutter of Mason High School led the state in senior social studies and several others tied for top places in algebra science English and French II. District results will be published later.
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Ohio
William Clutter
Mason High School
Susan McIntosh
Middletown High School
Fairfield High School
Duane Vore
Matthew Bohde
Sherry Straub
Pamela Roberts
Anna Baker
Lakota High School
Theodore Miller
John Franklin
Wendy Winkleman
Lewis Mehl
Phylissa Lee Betzner
Twin Valley South High School
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Hughes Hospita
Butler
N. Verity Powy
Ohio Truckers
Dumford
Price Stabilization Board
Miamisburg
Catalina Mobile Sales & Services
Miami Valley
Middletown Area
Charles Dumford
Tammie Ute
Ueset Ave
New Streets
Franklin Council
Paul Smith
Smith
Gerald Miller
Joe Baxter Jr
Dan Moore
John Griffin
Martha Drive
Jacqueline Burchwell
Dope
Thomas C. Jones
Lebanon, Ohio
U. S
MART
McGee’s
Manchester
Richard Hollenbaugh
Adolph McCormick
Wayne Trace Road
Somerville
Walker
Adda
Central Ave
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