Middletown voting under heavy turnout in rain
Middletown voters brave cold rain to weigh City Commission and school board races and a 12.18 mill operating levy for the Middletown district. Early turnout around 10 am reached 3,368 among 23 precincts, with projections of about 11,000 of 18,890 registered voters casting ballots by 6:30 pm. Final results expected late tonight in Hamilton.
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Middletown
Butler County
Third Ward
Roosevelt Middle School
Fourth Ward
Creekview
Roosevelt
Maple Park School
Hamilton
Campus Sweetheart Contest Set at Miami University
Miami University Middle town campus will hold its first Campus Sweetheart selection this week with finalists Cathy Apple Brenda Back Jennifer Blevins Paula Brames Marianne Clark Billie Johnson Debbie Lippmeier Marsha Raffel Gail Pollock and Sheri Price. The Alpha Delta Alpha sponsors aim to make the event annual and announce top three cash prizes of 15, 10 and 5 dollars. A dance at Logan Johnston Hall will feature the group The Determinations.
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Miami University
Middletown
Alpha Delta Alpha Fraternity
Cathy Apple
West Elm
Monroe
Brenda Back
Park
Franklin
Jennifer Blevins
South Dixie Highway
Paula Brames
Arroka
Cincinnati
Marianne Clark
Fox Run Place
Billie Johnson
Post Office Fire Drill Mistaken for Real Alarm
A postal employee triggered a 2:55 p.m. alert at the main post office on 320 N. Verity Parkway during a drill. The public-address system instructed staff to evacuate a back room while firefighters arrived and later gave an all-clear.
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U. S. Post Office
Division of Fire
N. Verity Parkway
Eight U S Fires Inflict Over 3 Million Each In 1968
The Insurance Information Institute reports eight American fires in 1968 caused insured losses exceeding 3 million dollars each. The largest was a 12 million dollar chemical blaze in Taft Louisiana.
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New York
United States
Insurance Information Institute
Taft
Journal cautions on election results timing
Do not call the Journal before 8:30 p.m. for results as polls close at 6:30 p.m. First totals are unlikely before 8:30. The Journal will monitor returns and post updates as soon as available. Telephone service will run until about midnight and resume at 6 a.m. Wednesday.
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Journal
the Journal
Man Killed in Construction Site Accident Near Lancaster
Columbus report indicates Donald J. Bibble, 43, of Lancaster, a construction worker, was killed Monday when an earth mover ran over him at a job site.
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Columbus, Ohio
Donald J. Bibble
Lancaster
Miami University Denies Local Sex Survey
Middletown Campus director C. Eugene Bennett states no Miami University survey is being conducted locally. He warns of recent complaints about male callers, college age, asking highly personal questions and refusing to identify themselves.
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Middletown
Miami University
C. Eugene Bennett
Bennett
Police Briefs Reported Home And Vehicle Thefts
Mrs Emma Kinder reported a thief broke a rear window to enter her home and steal 10 dollars and credit cards. Fredrick Spoh reported loss of 30 to 40 record albums valued around 110 dollars from Verity Lodge on the Miami University campus. A five dollar top was stolen from his parked car. Michael Christy reported to police. A suitcase a suit and 200 shirts valued at 170 dollars were taken from James Cornwell s car after a thief broke a cozy wing to unlock it.
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Emma Kinder
Park St
Frederick Spohr
Wyoming
Ohio
Verity Lodge
Miami University
Michael Christy
Poinciana Road
James Cornwell
Whittier Sr
New Miami Slaying Claims Local Woman
The body of 38 year old Helen Pennick from 101 Elliott Ave was found in a block house in New Miami after an all night search. Her husband artist Pennick, 60, was arrested for driving while intoxicated while investigators probe her disappearance aided by Assistant Prosecutor John Holcomb and a mobile BCI unit.
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Hamilton
New Miami
Helen Pennick
Elliott Ave
Pennick
Pen
Nick
Cohol. Pennick
Butler County
John Holcomb
Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation
BCI
London
Lubera To Speak At Coffee House
Middletown schools superintendent Gene T. Lubera will address college age students at Howard's Coffee House tomorrow at 9 p m as part of a series inviting community residents to speak.
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Lubera
Gene T. Lubera
Middletown
Howard's Coffee House
Brown To Speak At Veterans Day Session
Clarence J. Brown Jr. of Urbana Ohio Republican congressman for the Seventh District will deliver the Veterans Day address at noon November 11 in Kessler Auditorium. The Middletown Post 218 sponsors the event with a morning memorial in Woodside Cemetery at 11, a luncheon, awards, soloist Jack Murray and prayers by Rev. Henry C. Howard. Brown heads Brown Publishing Co. which runs Urbana Daily Citizen and other papers.
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Urbana
Congress
Ohio
Kessler
American Legion Home
Middletown Legion Post 218
Woodside Cemetery
Congressman Brown
E. B. Sickle
Martin V. Coffey
John F. Mandzak
Jack Murray
Rep. Brown
Clarence J. Brown
The
Brown Publishing Co
Urbana Daily Citizen
Lebanon Western Star
Miamisburg News
Ada Herald
Wcom-Fm
Franklin Seniors Predict Local Election Winners
Sixty Franklin High School seniors polled on today’s local races. They forecast city council winners as Jesse Hollingsworth, Kermit Deal, and Victor Wenglikowski. School board leader Carl Gorsuch is expected to top the vote, followed by Dr. John Shorts with a tight finish for third between Delbert Treadway and Herbert Farmer.
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Franklin
Franklin High School
Jesse Hollingsworth
Kermit (Woody) Deal
Victor Wenglikowski
Carl Gorsuch
John E. Shorts
Delbert Treadway
Herbert Farmer
Hollingsworth
Deal
Wenglikowski
Herbert Kidwell
Arlie Lawson
Gerald Miller
Joe Baxter Jr
Gorsuch
Shorts
Treadway
Farmer
Susan Moore
Ralph Austerman
J. Larry Anderson
James Mears
George Bundick
Auto Theft Rates Rise Across United States in 1968
New York report shows one in 107 cars registered were stolen in the United States in 1968. The Insurance Information Institute notes 777,800 thefts, up about 18.8 percent from 1967.
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Auto Theft Odds
New York
United States
Insurance Information Institute
Roosevelt Avenue Link May Get Push
Middletown plans a rapid Roosevelt Avenue to Ohio 122 link as a high priority project among 22 Butler County road programs funded by the county share of a $100 million state bond. The Roosevelt Ohio 122 segment from Breiel to Boylston is estimated at $740,000, with construction potentially finishing by 1973 if approved, design and right of way steps included.
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Ohio 122
Roosevelt Avenue
Roosevelt
Bachmann
Bolyston Street
Couniry
Stanley Perin
Butler County
Perin
Butler County Planning Commission
Ohio Department of Highways
Breiel
Boylston
Blue Ball Pike
Well Road
Jefferson Road
Cincinnati-Dayton Road
Oxford State Road
New Breiel Boulevard
Armco Steel Corp
New Hot Strip
Division 8
State Highway Department
the Journal
C. A
Sam) Boeke
Jackson Lane
Grand
Roosevelt Avenues
Franklin Plans Flag Design Contest For City Banner
Franklin city council plans a flag design contest to be displayed at entrances and flag poles. City Manager Bernard Eichholz ordered sample flags to decide size while Joe Baxter Jr urged a banner representing the city. The council also approved 1970 tax rates and a street lighting ordinance adding lights along Trenton Franklin Road and the I 75 interchange.
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Joe Baxter Jr
Bernard Eichholz
Ohio
Trenton - Franklin Road
Misami River
Ohio 123
Fourth Street
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