Oxford Tragedy Spurs Small-Town Outpouring Of Fear
In Oxford, the community of Millett Hall and High Street reels after a fatal car crash that killed Jean Samuelson and left her husband Jack in poor condition. Mayor-elect Jack Samuelson, already famed locally, is hospitalized and unaware of his wife's death. His son Bob, 16, also injured but told of neither death nor his father's status. Eddie, 14, at his father's side. Arthur Gene Reid, 25, the other driver, is in Mercy Hospital with multiple fractures. police charge him with first degree vehicular manslaughter and careless driving. Bond set at 1060 dollars in Butler County Area Court 1.
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Jack
Christ Hospital
Cincinnati
Samuelson
Jean Samuelson
Bob
Eddie
Arthur Gene Reid
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Reid
Butler County
Oxford
Joseph Statum
Cemetery Hill
Downtown merchants seek free parking in five downtown lots
Middletown merchants urge City commissioners to allow free customer parking in five off street downtown lots during the Christmas season. Dick Isroff of the Downtown Retail Division says the measure would free about 230 spaces with no cost to taxpayers from the off street parking fund. The 7 p.m. meeting includes a public hearing on a zoning change for two west side Main Street lots and Cincinnati Gas & Electric’s 2.5 percent rate increase is also expected to be considered.
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Dick Isroff
Middletown Area
Com ‘Mission
Isroff
Commission
S. Main Street
Second
Fourth Avenues
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Babeck
Trenton
Wayne
Seven Mile
Man Killed While Pushing Auto Near Lebanon
A 58-year-old Warren County man identified as Charles F. Sherritt was killed when struck by a car while pushing his wife’s vehicle to start it near the Ohio 122 and Ohio 48 intersection about 6 am. Allan Steven Cook of Pekin Road was driving the other vehicle. both men were taken to Kettering Memorial Hospital where Sherritt died on arrival. The incident remains under investigation with no charges filed. Mrs. Sherritt was uninjured. Funeral arrangements have not been made.
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Lebanon
Warren County
Charles F. Sherritt
Ohio 48
Ohio 122
Allan Steven Cook
Pekin Road
Sherritt
Cook
Springboro Life Squad
Kettering Memorial Hospital
Court Closed Until Monday for Thanksgiving Holiday
Municipal Court will be closed at 5 p.m. tomorrow through Monday for the Thanksgiving Day holiday. Traffic cases slated for Thursday will be heard tomorrow. Criminal cases usually set for Friday will be heard tomorrow or next Tuesday, per Judge J. T. Lamb.
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J. T. Lamb
Lamb
Edgewood board backs levy campaign to 2.75 mills
Edgewood School District officials and about 100 residents meet to launch a drive for a 2.75 mill tax levy in a special election set for December 9. Supt. Ittel says the increase is needed to keep pace with rising costs and prevent district decline in Butler County. Meetings across the district will explain operations and finances for 1972 73.
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Trenton
Edgewood
Maurice Ittel
Butler County
Citizens Board
Ittel
Woman Receives Probation On Check Fraud Case
Ida May Turner, a 44 year old Middletown resident, pleaded guilty to two counts of issuing checks with insufficient funds. Butler County Common Pleas Judge Robert L. Marrs placed her on five years probation and ordered restitution and court costs. Turner previously admitted cashing two $150 checks at Riley's Grocery in September. She said she had dreamt of money before the incident.
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Hamilton
Middletown
Butler County Common Pleas
Robert L. Marrs
Ida May Turner
Sheridan Ave
Riley's
Navaho St
Marrs
Deadline For Church News Changed
Noon tomorrow marks the deadline for all copy for Saturdays Church page to allow journal staff time with families on Thanksgiving. The standard noon Thursday deadline resumes next week.
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Journal
Old executive joke about chasing secretary
A quip recalls a senior executive so aged that during a chase around his desk he cannot recall the motive, delivering a dry humor about fading memory and workplace power dynamics.
Trenton Runaway Teens Found in Florida
Two Trenton youths Robin Potter 15 daughter of Mr and Mrs John Potter and Barry Lee Moore 16 son of Mr and Mrs George Moore were located Sunday by the Lake City Florida Highway Patrol after a minor traffic stop. Florida authorities held them until their parents arrived. Police also contacted by Hampton Beach Va where a 16 year old runaway girl was located and later picked up by her parents.
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Trenton
Florida
Robin Potter
John Potter
S. First St
Barry Lee Moore
George Moore
Aberdeer
Prive
Lake City
Florida Highway Patrol
Asr
Hampton Beach
Monroe Water System Delay Hinders Annexation Plans
Butler County sanitary engineer James L. Hinchberger recommended delaying Monroe’s planned annexation of a 100 acre Liberty Township tract until the water system and sewer issues are resolved. Middletown attorney Ben M. Kitchen, representing Monroe Country Estates, Inc., noted the petition and urged board action for a December annexation date, but Hinchberger warned against high density development until the water and sewer concerns are addressed.
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Hamilion
Monroe
Liberty Township
James L. Hinchberger
Butler County
Middletown
Ben M. Kitchen
Courtney Duff Jr
Central Ave
Monroe Country Estates, Inc
Kitchen
Hinchberger
Sete
Honor Society Taps 16 At Monroe High
Sixteen Lemon Monroe High seniors were inducted into the National Honor Society during an all school assembly. David Bell served as MC and a film on Dwight D. Eisenhower was shown. New members listed include Thomas Oswald Connie Melampy Deborah Chamberlain Teresa Kitson Tim Tomilson Susan Schrock Emilie Lessley Karen Webster Rita Bowman Leonard Carr Ben Slone Joann Cornett Terri Ponder Fred Schmidt and others.
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Lemon Monroe High
David Bell
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Crusader
Thomas Oswald
Veter Heads Torn Down at City Lot 6
Nine parking meter heads lay on the ground at City Lot 6 at 42 S Broad St with coins missing, police report. Larry Waldner, foreman at Reinartz Blvd and Verity Pkwy, reports theft of 20 sidewalk forms worth 20 each and names a suspect. Clay Daniel reports a tape player stolen from his car at 2827 Burbank Ave.
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S. Broad St
Larry Waldner
Reinartz Boulevard
Verity Parkway
Clay Daniel
Burbank Ave
Mothers organize Thanksgiving turkey for Head Start children
Mrs Ernestine Hickman head of Head Start at Metropolitan Housing Center seeks help for 30 children in two classes. Each mother will bring a covered dish while Head Start provides a 20 pound turkey. Needs include outdoor play equipment, a TV and hand viewers, cartoon films, and a bus to transport children in bad weather. Local drive hopes to expand programs to more classes and ages 3 to 4.
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Metropolitan Housing
Main St
Ernestine Hickman
Fire at Dr. Roehl home causes $50 damage
Firemen answered an alarm at 3 47 am today at the home of Dr. Walter Roehl 2015 Fleming Road. The blaze started in a furnace lair filter that overheated the motor, causing about $50 in damage.
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Walter Roehl
Flemming Road
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