Stores curb Christmas lights amid energy shortage
Two large Middletown outlets plan energy saving for Christmas and winter. Ayr-Way will extend hours only after Thanksgiving and Dec 21 with lights dimmed to 68 degrees or lower. McAlpins will keep interiors at 65 to 68 with minimal lighting and no spotlights. Corporate policy stresses conservation and staff car pools alongside limited displays.
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Middletown
Don Sullivan
Ayr-Way
McAlpins
Robert
Thornton
First National Bank of Middletown
Middletown Declared Bicentennial City By National Panel
Middletown has been officially named a Bicentennial Community by the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission. The announcement cites Heritage 76 Festival USA Horizons 76 and a Renewal 76 Parade with plans for exhibits tours lectures and a dedicated Bicentennial Plaza in the proposed downtown civic center. Local leaders including Jack Keiser Rep Walter Powell and City officials celebrate the designation and future activities.
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Middletown
Jack Keiser
Sertoma
Walter Powell
City Commission
Dudley Inwood
Hugh Hall
Keiser
Festival
U.S.A
The
Middletown Historical Society
Miami University
Horizons
Oklahoma production showcases moments and music but lacks discipline
Campus Community Players present Oklahoma with several fine moments and energetic performances. The reviewer notes low budget sets and costumes that hinder the plot, comparing the production unfavorably to past revivals and criticizing dream ballet sequences and visual design.
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Larry Moore
Laurie
Judd
Three youths treated after Centennial Avenue wreck
Three occupants of a car that struck a tree on Centennial Avenue Friday night were treated and released from Middletown Hospital for minor injuries. Donna Mathers, 13, Marcella Mathers, 12, of 1425 Young Street and Thomas Williams, 17, of 805 Tenth Avenue were in the car driven by Jerry Smith, 19, of 812 Ninth Avenue.
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Centennial Avenue
Middletown Hospital
Donna
Marcella Mathers
Young St
Thomas Williams
Tenth Ave
Pesesesees
Jerry Smith
Ninth Ave
Service clubs plan annual Thanksgiving meeting at Rose Room
The Middletown area service clubs hold their Thanksgiving gathering Tuesday at noon in the Rose Room of the Manchester Motor Inn. Sertoma Club hosts with Winston Stubbs of Cincinnati, a retired Boy Scout executive, attending.
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Middletown
Manchester Motor Inn
Sertoma Club
Winston Stubbs
Cincinnati
Deaths and funerals in Middletown and area
Obituaries list several local deaths with funeral plans. Mrs Mertie Jones 94 at Middletown Hospital, Mrs Herbert Lanier 77 in Orlando after illness, Mrs Ethel Hazel Smith 82 of 222 McKinley St to be buried Woodside Cemetery, William Whiteman 80 of 1721 Sheffield St at Middletown Hospital, Mrs Bonnie Hornsby 30 of 800 Franklin Road to be buried Lebanon Cemetery after two car crash near King's Island, Mrs Naomi Oh 57, Mrs Aolinda Mick 68, Mrs Sylvia Pence 68, and Alfred Jones 80 with various services in Webb and Brown-Dawson, St. Joseph's and other memorials. Funeral-home arrangements noted for Hall Jordan Memorial, Hawthorne, McCoy-Leffler, Joseph R. Baker & Sons, Oswald, and others.
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Mertie Jones
Curtis St
Middletown Hospital
Hall- Jordan Memorial Chapel
Herbert Lanier
Middletown
Orange Memorial Hospital
Orlando
Fla
Ethel Hazel Smith
McKinley St
McCoy-Leffler
Robert Ward
Woodside Cemetery
William Whiteman
Sheffield St
Joseph R. Baker & Sons Funeral
Lebanon
Bonnie Hornsby
Franklin Road
King’s Island
Oswald Funeral Home
Lebanon Cemetery
Hornsby
Alma Hilton
Loveland
Hamilton
Naomi Oh
Washington Blvd
Webb
Aolinda Mick
Westbrook Drive
St. Joseph’s Church
Sylvia Pence
Princeton Pike
Brown-Dawson
Alfred Jones
Millville Ave
Jury Awards $100000 to Carlisle Man in Tire Explosion Case
A Warren County jury awarded Arnold Centers $100,000 for injuries from a truck tire and rim explosion at a Springboro service station. The verdict against Walter Luti found negligence in tire repair, while suits against Curtis Bailey and Tom Cox were dismissed. The incident occurred April 16, 1969, blinding Centers and injuring him further.
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Lebanon
Carlisle
Springboro
Arnold Centers
Peggy
Curtis Bailey
Tom Cox
Walter Luti
Bailey
Warren County
Centers
Luti
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Tire Company
Murder charge filed in Dayton shooting case
Ruth Harvey 40 is charged with second degree murder in the fatal shooting of Audrey Armitage of Dayton. Harvey was arrested and released on bond pending a preliminary hearing at Hamilton Municipal Court on November 27. Audrey Armitage died after being shot in a car on Wade Mill Road near Ross.
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Hamilton
Ross
Butler County
Dayton
Delores
Ruth Harvey
Hamilton Municipal Court
Audrey Armitage
Wade Mill Road
Harvey
Huband
Ft. Hamilton Hughes Hospital
Middletown Man Found Unconscious After Early Morning Incident
Bernard King a 21 year old of 14th Avenue was found on 10th Avenue around 3 30 a m with severe finger wounds and a possible skull fracture. He was taken by ambulance to Middletown Hospital where he remained in the morning with no condition released.
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Middletown
Bernard King
14Th Avenue
10Th Avenue
Middletown Hospital
Carlisle Lions Hear Banker Phillips Peters At Night
Carlisle Lions host Farmers and Businessmen Night with guest speaker Phillip E. Peters of Third National Bank Dayton. Peters on 1974 inflation and recession topics, with Hunter Lions as special guests. Meeting opens 7 p.m in the new Lions hall Park Drive. open to members and invited guests.
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Carlisle
Phillip E. Peters
Carlisle Lions
Lions Hall
Park Drive
Hunter Lions
Peters
Third National Bank
Dayton
New York Stock Exchange
Dartmouth College
CG&E quarterly earnings rise to 40 cents a share
The Cincinnati Gas and Electric Co reports third quarter results ended September 30 with earnings of 7,448,931 dollars or 40 cents a share, up from 6,277,728 dollars or 37 cents a share a year earlier.
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Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Rabbit hunters nabbed by police at city landfill
Five men were arrested for hunting at the city landfill on Germantown Road. They were found with 10 rabbits, freshly fired guns, and an unlicensed dog. Suspects include Gary Woodard 22 William Payton 29 Carson Combast 22 of Miamisburg along with Lee E. Shephard 27 of Trenton and Leo Shephard 24 of Germantown.
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Gary Woodard
William Payton
Carson Combast
Miamisburg
Germantown Road
Lee E. Shephard
Mars Drive
Trenton
Leo Shephard
E. Center St
Germantown
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Pergram
Muzak
Dave Finkelman
Mrs. Lanier
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