Accidental drowning ruled in Butler Co boy death
Butler County Coroner Garret J. Boone ruled Frankie DeWayne Butz 12 accidental drowning after body pulled from the Great Miami River at 2 26 pm. The boy reportedly drowned crossing with three school friends from McKinley Middle School. The search involved police fire and Civil Defense with a city boat used for rescue missions.
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Frankie DeWayne Butz
Miami
McKinley Middle School
Don Wells
Wayne Hall
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al Back
Cleveland
Boone
Buzz Boy
Memorial Day Parades and Services Planned Citywide
Memorial Day events set for Middletown Franklin Carlisle Monroe Poasttown with parades forming near 8 9 and 9:30 a.m. Speakers include State Sen. Donald E Lukens and J.T Riley. Ceremonies at Woodside Woodhill New Jersey Presbyterian and North cemeteries with bands, color guards, and civic groups participating.
Memorial Day ceremonies unfold across Germantown and West Elkton
In Germantown Memorial Day events begin at 10 a.m. with speakers Rev JC Herbert and Anna Pasquel at Veterans Memorial Playground and Germantown Cemetery. A parade with the Madison High School band starts at 1 p.m. from Odd Fellows to Fairview Cemetery. In West Elkton the day includes a 10 a.m. parade from West Elkton School with Preble Shawnee High School band and a 1 p.m. procession led by Ohio National Guard helicopter overhead and officials Lukens and Foster at Fairmount Cemetery.
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Monroe Memorial
North Cemetery
N. Main Street
Germantown
Veterans Memorial Playground
Walnut Street
JC. Herbert
Good Sir United Methodist Church
Germantown Cemetery
W. Market Street
Anna Pasquel
Valley View
Herbert
Madison High School
Odd Fellows
Ohio
Franklin Street
Fairview Cemetery
West Elkton
Preble Shawnee High School
West Alexandria
American Legion Hall
S. Main Street
Ohio National Guard
Main Street
Fairmount Cemetery
Donald E. Lukens
Robert Foster
Oxford
Fires and injuries reported across multiple city locations
A run of incidents includes a house fire on 2117 Carolina Street with a burn injury to Kevin Gray, a sawdust pit fire at Johns Road, and a fall involving Kunta Jackson at Woodside Drive. Others receive medical treatment after traffic incidents and falls. details list names ages and addresses with hospital outcomes and estimated damages.
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Carolina St
Randy Trent
Orchard St
S. Broad St
Danny Denisi
Kevin Gray
Gray
Damay
Main St
Edwin Smith
Dorothy Pruden
16Th Ave
Smith
Manchester Motor Inn
Charles Pohblable
N. Clinton St
H .m
Lafayette
Irgil Baker
Johns Road
Woodside Drive
Kunta Jackson
McGee Ave
W. C. Patton
Witness recalls nine years in camps learning Bible verses
Maria Zeitner Linke, 69, describes to Grand Avenue Church of God how German parents pushed daily Bible verses. She recounts nine years in East German prisons and concentration camps after World War II, where she faced sexual assault and a near-execution as she clung to faith and the instinct to witness.
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Maria Zeitner Linke
the Grand
Mrs. Linke
Jesus
Early deadlines set for Memorial Day week
The note lists newspaper deadlines ahead of Memorial Day. News by 10 a.m with obituaries by 9 a.m sports by 8 a.m and 9 a.m for women's items. Classifieds also affected. All city county and state offices banks and liquor stores will be closed.
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Journal
Mental retardation levy set for November ballot
Butler County commissioners approve a 1.1 mill levy for mental retardation to run five years and raise about 1 million dollars yearly. The current half mill levy, voted in 1974 with a 1979 expiry, would be renewed alongside the new funding.
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Hamilton
Butler County
Lloyd Harris
Harris
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