Ruppert Presses for Full Arson Report in Rowe Case
Lebanon seeks access to state fire marshal findings on about 25 arson fires as Ralph Rowe’s trial in Warren County Common Pleas Court is postponed. Ruppert says only questions asked and lie detector operator details will be released, prompting a protest. Rowe faces three counts of burning uninhabited dwellings. others were probed and given probation after a prior investigation.
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State Fire Marshalls Office
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Bud) Rowe
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Weekend I 70 Patrol Targets Drunk and Fast Drivers
Ohio highway patrol launches Memorial Day weekend crackdown with nine Vascar units and 900 patrol cars plus 12 aircraft. Officials predict more than 5000 arrests to improve highway safety and remind drivers to take responsibility during the long weekend.
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Ohio
Robert M.chiaramonte
Kids Art Show Opens Sunday at Middletown Fine Arts Center
Over 10 items by children from the Middletown Fine Arts Center will be featured at the annual show starting Sunday at 116 S. Main St. The reception runs 3 to 5 p.m. and viewing hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. through Thursday. The exhibit also includes works from 12 Saturday scholarship winners. Media include watercolors encaustics plaster molds ceramics pastels and crayons. The pieces are by youths in three Saturday morning classes taught by Mrs. Arlene Kiafter.
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Middletown Fine Arts Center
Fine Arts Center
S. Main St
Wor
Arlene Kiafter
City offices to close Monday except police and fire
City departments will be closed Monday except police and fire. The city landfill will operate 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Garbage collections will be delayed by one day next week. Administrative note from Richard Clark to City Manager Dale Helsel outlines the change.
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Richard Clark
Dale Helsel
Warren County hotline moved to church after security concerns
Warren County commissioners ordered the Warren hotline to vacate the mental health offices citing nighttime security risks. Hotline officials plan to operate 24 hours from a local church with numbers 33-7281 and 933-9881 remaining unchanged, while seeking a rental space and noting limited funds.
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Lebanon
Warren County
Harry Cornett
Cornett
James Ellis
Ellis
Daphne Morrison
Funeral set for Russell E. Kenton in Lucasville
Funeral services for Russell E. Kenton 49 of 1081 Clyo Road will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Pine Grove Church Lucasville. He died Wednesday from injuries in an auto accident. Survivors include his wife Mary V a daughter Phyllis J Meeks of Gratis a son Michael W of Waynesville two brothers Robert A and Richard both of Springboro and 15 grandchildren. Visitation is until 9 p.m. tonight at Full Gospel Tabernacle Waynesville. Stubbs Conner Funeral Home Waynesville is in charge.
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Russell E. Kenton
Clyo Road
Pine Grove
Lucasville
Kenton
Zenger Construction Co
Centerville
Mary V
Phillis J. Meeks
Gratis
Michael W
Waynesville
Robert A
Richard
Spring
Hearing Scheduled For Accused Slayer In Hamilton
Ronald Lee Schenk 27 surrendered after his former wife Brenda Gail Schenk 22 was found shot dead in her car on a farm lane near her Woodsdale home. Her sister Beverly Ann Gay 20 was pellet wounded. A 12 gauge shotgun was believed used but not found. Schenk is held without bond in Butler County Jail.
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Hamilton
Ronald Lee Schenk
Schenk
Brenda Gai! Schenk
Grant Lane
Woodsdale
Secret Service Adds Rapid Photo Checks at Rallies
Reporters note agents filming crowds at McGovern events with a regular camera and a playback device. The change follows the Wallace shooting attempt in Maryland last week and highlights heightened security for presidential candidates. Bremer had attended Wallace rallies in Michigan a week earlier.
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Calif
Secret Service
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Maryland
George McGovern
Wallace
Arthur Bremer
Michigan
Queen City Cat Show Opens At Cincinnati Gardens
An international slate of cats will compete this weekend at the Annual Queen City Cat Show in Cincinnati Gardens An nex. Top cats from the United States and Canada will attend with breeds including Korat Rex Abyssinians Himalayans and Bombays. The show runs 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday with admission 1 for adults and 30 cents for children.
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England
Obituary: Frances Alice Ford 66 of Middletown
Frances Alice Ford 66 of 4526 Poppy Drive died Thursday at Barbara Park Convalescent Center after five days of care and illness since January. She is survived by husband Noel, daughter Jackie Dunk of Alpena Michigan, son Ralph Brumley, sister Frieda Mull of Middletown, and three grandchildren. Funeral 10 a.m. Tuesday at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with Rev. W Curtis Lee. visitation Monday 3-5 and 6-9 p.m. Burial Glenhaven Cemetery Donaldsville Ohio.
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Poppy Drive
Barbara Park
West Middletown
Noel
Jackie Dunk
Alpena, Mich
Ralph Brumley
Frieda Mull
Middletown
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
W. Curtis Lee
Glenhaven Cemetery
Donaldsville
Ohio
Obituaries for Black Ware and Tussey Service Dates
Mrs. Fae D. Black aged 72 of 6643 Theodore Ave receives private services Saturday. Gilbert Ware aged 70 of 4970 Dixie Highway Fairfield has services at 2 p.m. Saturday conducted by Moore Parker Funeral Home Augusta Ky. Mrs Lois Mae Tussey aged 53 of 4480 Hamilton Mason Road has services at 1 p.m. Saturday at West Side Pentecostal Church.
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Theodore Ave
Klaus Weigel
Gilbert Ware
Dixie Highway
Fairfield
Moore & Parker Funeral Home
Augusta
Lois Mae Tussey
Hamilton-Mason Road
West Side Pentecostal
Brown-Dawson
Bridge Closure on Salzman Road Near Monroe
A one lane Salzman Road bridge about a mile west of Monroe is blocked and out of service for some time. Township road superintendent Lemon said Cobb reported the old bridge south of Ohio 63 had a five ton limit and a heavier load caused a wheel track to drop in the middle. The county road department closed the road tonight.
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Salzman Road
George Cobb
Lemon ‘Township
Cobb
Ohio 63
Attorney Mare Fiehrer Dies While In France
Mare A Fiehrer 68 of 2870 Hamilton Middletown Road prominent Hamilton attorney died early today while on vacation in Paris France He and his family had left for Europe last Wednesday Born Aug 23 1903 he earned a Notre Dame law degree in 1927 and joined the Ohio Bar that year He served as assistant prosecuting attorney 1933 to 1948 and practiced with his son Jacques J Fiehrer He was brother to Butler County Common Pleas Judge Arthur J Fiehrer and belonged to Butler County Ohio State and American Bar Associations.
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Mare A. Fiehrer
Hamilton- Middletown Road
Paris
France
Europe
University of Notre Dame
Ohio
Fiehrer
Jacques J. Fiehrer
Butler County Common Pleas
Arthur J. Fiehrer
Butler County
Ohio State
Death of Sir Horace Wilson longtime Chamberlain adviser
Sir Horace Wilson, a key adviser to Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain during the appeasement era of 1938, died last Friday at age 89, with London announcing the death.
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London
Horace Wilson
Neville Chamberlain
Hitler
Ohio gets $158000 Ford Foundation grant for study
Ohio will use a $158000 Ford Foundation grant to fund a bipartisan study of improving local government services in education environmental protection health and highways.
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Ohio
Columbus
State
Ford Foundation
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