Melissa Rohde Crowned 1968 Middletown Junior Miss
Melissa Rohde won the 1968 Middletown Area Junior Miss title at Jaycee hosted pageant, earning a $500 scholarship and representation duties for state finals in Xenia. First runnerup Janice Haker and second runnerup Candy Bailey also earned scholarships. pageant prizes totaled over $1,000 as crowds reached about 1,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Thornton
The
Journal
Melissa Rohde
Middletown
Xenia
Janice Haker
Middletown High
John Haker
Hampton Place
Candy Bailey
Bert Bailey
Lth Ave
Miss Bailey
MHS
Jane Owens
Lemon Monroe
William Owens
Betty Owens
Hamilton- Middletown Road
Miss Owens
Rohde
Shari Combs
Jaycee
Roger Craft
Chamber of Commerce
Q R. Reeder
City Commission
William Denham
Kramer
Two Dayton Men Bound Over For Grand Larceny Case
Ronald G. Horton and Henry Lee Murry Jr were bound over to the Butler County grand jury in municipal court yesterday on grand larceny charges. They were held under $1500 bond by Acting Judge William Rathman after police say they stole two drills from a truck owned by G L Combs Plumbing Co. In other cases, John P Lincks was fined 50 dollars for careless driving, Ed R Powers 50 dollars for carrying a concealed weapon, Evelyn Colbert 50 dollars in three counts for harboring a vicious dog and related offenses with dog licensing suspended on shelter terms. Harold Basford had petit larceny charges withdrawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Butler County Grand Jury
Ronald G. Horton
Henry Lee Murry Jr
William Rathman
G. L. Combs Plumbing Co
John P. Lincks
Oxford State Road
Ed R. Powers
West
Alexandria Road
Evelyn Colbert
Eighth Ave
Harold Basford
Grand Ave
Lebanon GI David H. Wainscott Dies in Vietnam Service
Army Sgt. David H. Wainscott 33 son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Wainscott of Lebanon will be buried in Lawrenceburg Kentucky After graduating from Miami High School in Morrow he served since age 17 with the First Armored Cavalry Division He was killed in action November 9 in Vietnam where he had served three months Surviving are his wife Mary two sons Joe and Jeff his parents two brothers and two sisters
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Army
David H
Little Wainscott
Miami High School
Morrow
Arthur Wainscott
First Armored
Lawrenceburg
Cavalry Division
Wainscott
Vietnam
Mary
Joe
Jeff
Old Papers for Eve Family Aid Drive by Scout Troop 76
Boy Scout Troop 76 of Fxcello will collect paper across Taft Elementary School area to help the family of Tony Eve who died of cancer at Christ Hospital Cincinnati. The drive runs until Monday evening with pickup available by calling Frank Homsher at 423-4011 and a Thanksgiving turkey already donated. Proceeds aid medical costs and hospital bills.
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Fxcello
Tony Eve
Warren County
Christ Hospital
Cincinnati
Frank Homsher
Taft Elementary School
S. Verity Parkway
Homsher
Taft School
Boy Scouts
Eve
Damage $3200 In 2 City Accidents Reported
Police report three accidents on Verity Parkway and Yankee Road causing total damage of 3200 dollars. Clive Redkey 47 failed to maintain assured distance after rear ending a tractor trailer driven by Jim Holland 48. Holland’s truck damaged 200 dollars. Other drivers Willard Banks 38 and David Hatton 32 cited for following too closely with 250 dollars damage. Evelyn Williams 1812 Cherry Street involved in a hit and run causing 150 dollars damage on Yankee Road.
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Clive Redkey
Hursh Road
Jim Holland
Manchester Road
Holland
Verity Parkway
Redkey
Willard Banks
LaFayette Ave
David Hatton
N. Leibee St
Jan Tytus
Hatton
Evelyn Williams
Cherry St
Yankee Road
7Th Avenue
Two West Alexandria Men Injured In Warren County Crash
Lester Floyd Townsend 27 was cited for reckless driving after a one car crash on old U S 25 south of Franklin. The driver and passenger Lewis Smith 40 suffered head cuts and a severe ear laceration and were treated at Middletown Hospital.
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West Alexandria
U.S. 25
Warren County
Franklin
Post 83
Lebanon
Lester Floyd Townsend
Middletown Hospital
Lewis Smith
Dedication of the National Guard Armory Honoring Kessler
Sincere thanks express gratitude to all who contributed to the dedication of the National Guard Armory in honor of Patrick L Kessler mentioning ongoing appreciation for their hard work.
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National Guard Armory
Patrick L Kessler
Penalty Clause Kept In Foreign Aid Bill
The House rejected moves to delete a provision penalizing have-not nations that use U.S. funds to buy sophisticated weaponry. A 200-190 vote kept language tying aid reductions to the amount spent on jet fighters and similar items. Debate on the $2.2 billion measure to aid Johnson’s $3.2 billion request resumes.
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Washington
House
U.S
Johnson
Local Man Killed In Crash At Peasttown
Arvy Ray Bair 29 of Germantown Road died in a crash on Trenton Franklin Road after his car veered and struck a wagon then another car driven by Gary Short 33 of Kay Drive Franklin. Short survived and was treated at Middletown Hospital. Bair’s services set for Tuesday at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with calling hours.
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Peasttown
Butler County
Arvy Ray Bair
Germantown Road
Trenton - Franklin Road
Peasttown School
Gary Short
Kay Drive
Franklin
Bair
Garret J. Boone
Short
Carolyn
Gary
Middletown
McCoy
Leffler
Elmer Bair
Mervin
Antimissile Sites Announced for Ten U.S. Cities
The Defense Department announced the first ten cities to be considered as antimissile defense sites for a planned 15 to 29 Sentinel batteries. New York Honolulu Albany Chicago Dallas Grand Forks Salt Lake City Seattle Washington Boston Detroit will be connected by radar and computers into a national defense umbrella aimed at deterring a 1970s Red China threat.
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Washington
Pentagon
New York
Honolulu
Albany
U.S
Defense Department
Inaugural Ball for Stokes to Draw 5000 Attendees
Cleveland AP report notes more than 5000 people expected at Mayor Carl B Stokes inaugural ball at Public Hall. Tickets range 5 to 1000 dollars with 100000 anticipated after expenses for welfare children clothing fund. Richard Hatcher of Gary Indiana also expected to attend.
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Cleveland
Carl B. Stokes
Public Hall
Kenneth Clement
Stokes
B. Kenneth McGee
Richard Hatcher
Gary
Ind
Hatches
City Hall
Seth C. Taft
Town & Country Food workers strike Fort Wayne plant
About 100 workers from Local 753 Allied Industrial Workers walked out at Town & Country Food Co. Inc. in Fort Wayne Indiana this week. They protest a pay cut and the elimination of a cost of living clause in their current contract. The company operates plants in Medina and Washington Court House Ohio and in Lansing and Tipton Michigan.
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Fort Wayne, Ind
Town & Country Food Co. Inc
Allied Industrial Workers
Medina
Washington Court House
Ohio
Lansing
Tipton
Mich
Ex-Trenton Clerk Out On Bond Car
Ex Trenton clerk of the former Board of Public Affairs, W Chamberlain, 47, released on a $6 000 property bond after entering a not guilty plea in Middletown Municipal Court. Charged with embezzlement over a $4 406 water fund shortage. preliminary hearing set for Friday December 1. He denies any diversion of funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Car
W. Chamberlain
Board of Public Affairs
Trenton
William Rathman
Middletown
Chamberlain
Douglass Ave
State Auditor’s Office
Dayton Pair Held In Grand Larceny Theft
Police arrested Ronald G. Horton 24 and Harry Lee Murry 18 on charges of grand larceny for stealing a pair of drills from a G L Combs Plumbing Co. truck at 11 25 a m. A witness led officers to the car stopped near Van Avenue and Kismere Street.
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Dayton
Ronald G. Horton
Harry Lee Murry
G. L. Combs Plumbing Co
van Avenue
Kismere Street
Two Arrested In Studio Theater Burglary Case
Police captured William H. Bush Jr. and a 17 year old youth after a 2 a.m. chase following a break in at the Studio Theater on Central Avenue. The burglary yielded a typewriter stapler usher’s coat and thousands of tickets. Entry was through a rear door and a broken lock was found. Bush Jr. was jailed on breaking and entering and careless operation charges after being arrested at his home.
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Studio Theater
Central Ave
William H. Bush Jr
16Th Ave
Bush
Clark OO ‘Street
Vine Avenue
County Clears Way For New Jail Levy
Butler County commissioners approved a 0.5 mill increase to 10.8 mills to fund a new jail and demolish the old one. The levy would run for 1968 1969 and 1970 and raise about $350 000 annually for three years toward a total project cost near 10 million.
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Hamilton
Butler County
William R. Stitsinger
Commission
Donald S. Bacon
Gordon H. Augspurger
Stitsinger
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Walter Rohde
Follmer Court
Miss Rohde
Owens Home
Melissa
Walter
Scripps ‘College
Claremont
Calif
Jaycee Jim Yost
Rebecca Reed
Vandalia
Miss Combs
Razor's Edge
Bill Svarda
Sounds of America
Chardelle Weber
Common Pleas
Fred B. Cramer
William K. Robinson
Larry Smith l and
Jm Walters
Kentucky
Redding Insurance Agency
LaFayette Avenue
West Alex
Kessler
G. C. Murphy
Middletown Kitchen Shop
Woodlawn Ave
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