Barkelew plant for Square D near Garfield Industrial Park
Construction of the Barkelew plant for Square D Co. is rapidly advancing with completion expected by mid February. Work began September 1 and the project costs exceed 800000 dollars. About 200 people will be employed as moves from the Columbia site to the new University Boulevard facility occur gradually next year.
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Barkelew
Square D Co
Columbia
New University Boulevard
Garfield Industrial Park
Bohman
Burglars Fail to Open Big Safe at Jewelers
Burglars cut into the rear of Fenzel McDonough Jewelers at 20 N Main St and burned open an outer safe door but failed to breach a 3000 pound inner door. Mosler Safe Co experts could not open the safe. loss is preliminarily pegged at about 8000 with three display shelves and 11 sterling place settings stolen. Police say no fingerprints were found and the break in occurred Sunday daylight.
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Fenzel-McDonough Jewelers
N. Main St
Mosler Safe Co
Hamilton
Dillon
Paul Langan
Bexley Drive
Lillian Whitter
Yankee Road
Mosler
Assistant City Manager Griff Roberts Resigns for Ocala Post
Griff H. Roberts the Middletown administrative assistant to City Manager Dan W. Kothe has announced his resignation to become chief administrative officer of Ocala Florida. Roberts 33 will assume duties around Jan 1 and cites career growth and praise for Kothe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griff H. Roberts
Dan W. Kothe
Ocala
Fla
Roberts
Dan Kothe
Omeida
Lorg Place
Leitchfield
Western Kentucky University
Middletown
International City ‘Managers’ Association
Municipal Finance Officers’ Association
Kothe
Charles Walker
Palo Alto
Calif
Jewelry Theft Recovered. Suspects Arrested in Cincinnati
About $18 000 in jewelry stolen from Gray's Jewelry Store in Lebanon has been recovered. Two Cincinnati men, Jack Evans 35 and Eugene Metz 37, were arrested for receiving stolen property after police stopped their car on Westwood Northern Boulevard. Zane Gray identified the goods as loot from the Lebanon store. Evans and Metz were to appear in Cincinnati this morning.
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Lebanon
Gray
Cincinnati
Westwood-Northern Boulevard
Jack Evans
Eugene Metz
Zane Gray
Onn
Mulberry Street
Keever Men
Clifton
Lester Kilburn
Cincinnat
Evans
Metz
Fire calls report multiple incidents with no damage
At 8 30 p m fire at 611 18th Ave due to a short circuit in a television set. At 7 30 p m smoke from a coal stove at 809 Sixth Ave caused no damage. At 6 35 p m garage fire at 4929 Manchester Road started from ashes from a fireplace with $100 damage. At 10 15 a m an open fire plug at 1824 Baltimore St caused no damage.
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18Th Ave
Sixth Ave
Manchester Road
Baltimore St
Levey Sidelined As Leadership Shapes in Ohio House
The Republican caucus chose leadership for the 108th General Assembly with Charles Fry winning the speaker post on the second ballot 33-29. Barry Levey withdrew from pro tem, became Judiciary Committee chair, and backed Fry to secure southern representation. Kurfess secured a second term as speaker with Walter White named assistant majority leader after a 41-21 vote. Sixty-two of 64 GOP members attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio House
108Th General Assembly
Barry Levey
Middletown
Judiciary Committee
Rules Committee
Robert E. Levitt
Canton
House
Levey
Charles E. Fry
Springfield
Columbus
Keith McNamara
Fry
Hamilton
Butler
Clark Counties
Charles F. Kurfess
Perrysburg
Kurfess
Walter L. White
Lima
Gordon M. Scherer
Cincinnati
GOP
New House
Typewriters Stolen From Eldridge Publishing Co
Thieves took six typewriters and a check protector from Eldridge Publishing Co at Hill Avenue and Third Street. Entry was gained by prying a basement window and a basement door to reach the upper floor. Five manual typewriters valued at 725 dollars and one electric typewriter worth 250 dollars were stolen, with a check protector also reported missing.
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Franklin
Eldridge Publishing Co
Hill Avenue
Third Street
Joann Hoskins
Ptl
David Dearsdoff
Ivalue
Winter quarter courses at Miami Valley Institute begin December
Ten business courses, three sales marketing management courses and three engineering courses will be offered. Registration is at Taft High School in Hamilton from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 to 6 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Human Dignity Spokesman Challenges Police Report
The Rev Rudolph Pringle adviser to the Middletown Council for Human Dignity says Police Chief Howerton’s public report understates private meetings. He plans a Dec 3 tape session at the Community Center to reveal privately stated views on police brutality and over reaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. Howerton
Rudolph Pringle
Middletown Council For Human Dignity
Council For Human Dignity
Wowerton
Pringle
Howerton
Lafayette Avenue
Minnesota Street
Dan Rothe
Tilmon Ellison
City Commission
South End
East End
Middletown Schools Close for Thanksgiving Holiday
Middletown public schools will close for a two day Thanksgiving break starting tomorrow after final classes. Parochial schools end morning sessions today with early dismissals, while St Mary’s dismisses at 2 45 p m Fenwick at 11 45 a m. University of Miami Middletown Campus closes Thursday and Friday with evening classes canceled.
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Middletown
Fenwick High School
St. John’s
Holy Trinity
St. Mary’s School
Miami University
Middletown Teen Killed in Car Flip on Verity Parkway
A 17 year old boy, Billy Gene Campbell, died after his car flipped near Douglas Park. Driver Bill Miller, 25, is in critical condition at Middletown Hospital. The sister Marie Campbell, 16, was treated for abrasions and contusions. The accident occurred about 7 30 p m when another car forced the vehicle off the road. Police have no description of the second car. Funeral services for Campbell are set for Friday at 1 p m with burial in Woodside Cemetery.
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Middletown
Billy Gene Campbell
Bill A. Campbell
Park St
Middletown High School
Bill Miller
Marie Campbell
Verity Parkway
Douglas Park
Campbell
Hosital
Butler County
Peggy
Phyllis
James
Douglas
Timothy
Edward
Edward McIntosh
Clinton
Tenn
George Stidham
Millville
N. J
Joseph R. Baker & Sons
John Carter
Woodside Cemetery
Safety Chief Laments Jump In City Deaths
Middletown safety leader Howard Schueller voices alarm at a surge in local traffic deaths warning the holiday period may push yearly fatalities above last year. He blames youth carelessness and urges drivers to treat every trip as if a police officer rides beside them.
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Howard Schueller
Middletown
Schueller
Purse Stolen From Woman At Middletown Plaza
A purse was taken from Sarah Rodrigez at Middletown Shopping Plaza last night. A man asked for her car keys as she exited her car, then stole the bag containing several credit cards.
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Sarah Rodrigez
Fiesta Way
Middletown Shopping Plaza
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John C. Dillon
City
Griff Roberts
Florida
Human Dignity
Human Dignity Council
P.m
Billy Campbell
Custom Tailoring Department of
C. E. Greathouse & Son, Inc
Frank
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