Multiple Fatal Crashes Over Weekend Claim Three Lives
Three people died in separate weekend crashes in Butler and surrounding counties. A seven week old infant, David Christopher Rokien, died on arrival. parents Connie Lynn Bolden 21 and David Bolden suffered injuries. The Boldens’ car crossed a double yellow line and struck a mailbox and two trees. Authorities said the incident remains under investigation.
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David Christopher Rokien
David Bolden
Courtland Drive
Monroe
Bolden
Mercy Hospital
Connie Lynn Bolden
Butler County
Fairfield
Donald Bolden
Elzie Keeton
Mop
Dancers Spin Magic By Taneo Wakayama Troupe
A Japanese performance at Dave Finkelman Auditorium featured the Taneo Wakayama Troupe in vivid costumes and stylized creatures. The Orochi Taiji serpent and Kotobuki Jichi the Felicitous Lion wowed the crowd with dramatic movement and slapstick humor. The show ended with applause and a city dinner where Japan Week was proclaimed.
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Dudley Inwood
Taneo Wakayama
Japan
United Methodist
Dave Regan Returns to Desk Resuming Here and There
Executive Editor Dave Regan returns to the Journal desk after emergency surgery on July 13 and resumes his popular editorial page column Here and There. He will explain his absence in coming days and begin catching up on events since his departure.
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Dave
Dave Regan
Journal
Jury Selection Opens in Lindsey Murder Trial
In Butler County Ohio Judge Marrs hears Willie C. Lindsey 19 and Anthony Wayne Brown 18 on first degree murder charges over Clyde Brown's July 31 shooting at the Sportsman’s Cafe New Miami. Trial set for Lindsey later. jury selection expected two days with opening statements likely Wednesday.
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Hamilton
Court of
Butler County Common Pleas
Robert J. Marrs
Willie C. Lindsey
15Th Ave
Middletown
Lindsey
Anthony Wayne Brown
Askew St
Clyde Brown
New Miami
Police Probe $3000 Ski Hold-Up
City detectives pursue live clues after a $3000 holdup at Beef Restaurant on Grand Avenue and Alfy’s Restaurant at 527 S Bird. Three suspects fled with two ski masks, one about 6 feet tall, the other shorter, wearing blue jeans and tan work boots, after forcing three women into a walk in freezer and tearing a wall phone from its socket. A 16-year-old girl employee helped open the safe.
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Rixwhite
Avenue
Alfy
S. Breieljeans
Bird
Painter Wins Best in Show at Beechmont Mall Art Show
Painter and instructor at the Middletown Fine Arts Center won best of show for a painting at Beechmont Mall's second art show near Cincinnati. The event featured 50 artists with Hacker, a watercolorist and past winner at Montgomery, the Cincinnati Art Club, and the Dayton Society for Painters and Sculptors. He is president of Kettering and an employee of Top Value Enterprises, Inc.
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Homer O. Hacker
Middletown Fine Arts Center
Beechmont Mall
Cincinna
Hacker
Montgomery
Cincinnati Arts Club
Dayton Society For Painters and Sculptors
Kettering
Top Value Enterprises, Inc
Battery theft reports in Jacksonburg and apartment burglary
David Shepherd reported a stolen car battery worth 20 dollars from his vehicle on Jacksonburg Road after running out of gas Saturday night. Joyce Igo reported 38 dollars in cash taken from a bedroom in her apartment during the weekend.
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David Shepherd
Paullin Drive
Jacksonburg
Jacksonburg Road
Ohio
Shepherd
Joyce Igo
Evelyn Drive
Tomorrow Never Delivers Your Upcoming Chuckle
A humorous quip ponders delaying a joke until tomorrow while acknowledging the mess made today. The line plays on procrastination and everyday kitchen or crafting mishaps.
Charges To Be Filed In Shooting At Moose Lodge
Butler County police expect charges today after a shooting at the Moose Lodge on South Main Street in Middletown. Clifford Davis, 37, was wounded in the right thigh and treated at Middletown Hospital. Police say an argument preceded the shooting as a woman drew a 25 caliber pistol and fired one shot.
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Moose Lodge
S. Main St
Middletown
Butler County
Clifford Davis
Davis
Nixon Autograph Auction At Amanda Middle School PTO
A steel engraving of the White House with Nixon signature card and Johnny Carson greeting joined by items from the past two months auctioned by Amanda Middle School PTO. Auctioneer Troy Whitt leads the sale of new or handmade items including political memorablia and local gifts. inspection 6 to 7 p.m. with bidding to follow.
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White House
Nixon
Johnny Carson
Amanda Middle School Pto
Troy Whitt
Walter Powell
Donald Lukens
David Armbruster
John Gilligan
J.T. Lamb
Man Arrested Here Hangs Himself in Jail
Joseph Bednarz a 23 year old from Heights Michigan with prior marijuana and weapon charges hanged himself in a Butler County jail cell using a bedsheet. Jail staff found him after another inmate reported trouble and attempted resuscitation. Bednarz had been jailed since Nov 1 awaiting a criminal hearing after his arrest in Middletown following a traffic stop where marijuana and an open bottle were found. He had been ordered for 30 days examination at Lima Hospital prior to his hearing.
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Hamilton
Garret J. Boone
Detroit
Middletown
Butler County
Bednarz
Congo Panera
Toomomas
Joseph Bednarz
Enen Piunishi
Oes
Woroninot
Wvarvurn Heights
Mich
Robert J. Duerstock
N. Broad Street
J. T. Lamb
Reeds
Sunny
Dearborn
Custom Auto
Wayne
Common Pleas
Fred B. Cramer
Lima Hospital
Brown-Dawson Funeral Home
Michigan
Doctors Aides Meeting Today in Columbus
An all day seminar for nurses, secretaries and office aides of physicians is held in Columbus by the Ohio Academy of Family Physicians. The refresher course covers terminology, medical forms and patient care.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Academy of Family Physicians
Break-ins report at Parkway Cafe and local thefts
Police report two break-ins at 910 Yankee Road Parkway Cafe over the weekend damaging a music player and a cigarette vending machine with $55 stolen. Entry via kitchen window in the second break-in. License tags 688-MY and 2369 MA. Additional thefts include car ma tags stolen from YMCA lot and a theft from Mrs James Mze 1747 Central Ave totaling about $90.
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Parkway Cafe
Yankee Road
James Mze
Central Ave
Car Wrecks Leave Pair With Minor Injuries on Verity Parkway
A 31 year old Middletown man Richard Griffin and a woman companion escaped serious injury when their car skidded off N Verity Parkway at Access 1. Griffin was treated at Mercy Hospital Hamilton and later released. Henrietta Mills 38 of Wayne Ave was treated at Middletown Hospital and released. Police cited Griffin for careless driving.
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Middletown
N. Verity Parkway
Richard Griffin
Sheridan Ave
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Henrietta Mills
Wayne Ave
Middletown Hospital
Tim Tinch
S. Third St
Aeaunee
Griffin
Verity
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Mt Winsor Ave
West Carrollton
Monroe Baby
Jeri Spencer
Dave Finkelman Auditorium
Aris
Izor
Trenton
N. Clinton
al Rubin Real Estate Office
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