Rhodes Letter Helps Open Chautauqua Drive
A $160000 fundraising effort to stabilize Chautauqua in Ohio opened with a banquet attended by nearly 100. Gov James A Rhodes called the center vital to the region's culture while fund drive leaders outlined debt retirement and facility repairs. The drive plans a mail campaign and private donations to sustain religious, educational, and recreational programs.
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Chautauqua
James A. Rhodes
Ohio
Miami Valley Chautauqua Association
Miami Valley
N. J. Lawler
Middletown Journal
Lawler
David Brewer
Association
Brewer
Columbus Day Courthouses Close Across Counties
Tomorrow is Columbus Day and courthouses in Butler and Warren counties will close. Only sheriff offices stay open, and the county treasurer and court of domestic relations on Manhattan Street will be closed. The post office remains open.
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Butler
Warren County
Middletown
Court of Domestic Relations
Manhattan Street
Battery Stolen From Cars In Middletown Area
Two thefts reported in Middletown area. At Meadows Used Car Lot 2318 S Main St a battery was taken from a 1965 car by cutting cables. Another battery damaged in an attempted removal. License plate 9724 L7 stolen from a car at 1920 Navaho St, under sheriff’s investigation.
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Middletown
Sheriff's Office
Junior Aderholt
Meadows
S. Main St
Navaho St
Losses Mount In Two Vehicle Collisions In City
One injured when Lindsay crashed into Schwettman at North Avenue and Shafer Street. Lindsay treated at Middletown Hospital for scalp and knee lacerations after his car hit a yard and curb. Schwettman Jr was charged with failing to yield at a stop sign. A second crash on Second Avenue and Main Street damaged by a snapped front ball joint.
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North Avenue
Shafer Street
Gordon Lindsay
Linden Ave
Middletown Hospital
Middletown
Lindsay
Edward Schwettman Jr
Roosevelt Ave
Shafer St
Schwettman
Norma Stewart
Kiester Road
Second Avenue
Main Street
Cromwell To Speak On Issue No 1 At Amanda PTO
Cromwell addresses the Amanda Elementary School PTO at 7 30 p m about Issue No 1 a one cent state sales tax for education to appear on the November 2 ballot Open house will follow with talks by James Finley Glenn Selby and Jerry Brown candidates for two Middletown Board of Education seats.
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Howard Cromwell
Amanda Elementary School Pto
James Finley
Glenn Selby
Jerry Brown
Middletown
Eight Middletown Men Named to Study Pollution Roles
Herman F. Lehman of Dayton chairs the Miami Valley water quality committee formed by the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce after a water symposium. The 25 member policy committee and 17 member technical committee include executives from Diamond National, Armco Steel, Sorg Paper Co., and local city officials like Middletown city manager Dan W. Kothe.
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Middletown
Great
Miami River
Miami Valley
Herman F. Lehman
Dayton
Dayton Area
Gex
Partners File Charges In Shooting
Two former business partners in a food freezer venture filed warrants after a shooting at 10:30 p.m. Thursday at Cyrus Hayes’s Franklin residence. Donald Hallman, wounded in the leg, accuses Hayes of shooting with intent to wound and assault with a deadly weapon. Hayes counters with charges of assault and battery and related counts.
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Lebanon
Donald Hallman
Hampton Place
Middletown
Cyrus Hayes
Hallam
Hayes
Wallet theft reported after man wakes to empty wallet
Ray Thomas, 43, of 1610 Sheridan Ave., reported Saturday night that $105 was taken from his wallet while he slept. He said he returned from work, slept, and found the wallet missing with the money gone when he awoke Sunday, prompting a sheriff's deputy investigation.
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Ray Thomas
Sheridan Ave
Thomas
Sheriff's Deputies
Laymen Prep for New Era at Holy Name Rally
About 300 men and boys joined a Holy Name parade in St. John's Church Lebanon for a rally led by Rev. Charles Rohrkemper. He urged laymen to apply Gospel teachings to earthly life while aiming for destiny beyond this world, as Holy Name Society members from Hamilton Deanery paraded and.
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Charles Rohrkemper
St. Francis DeSales Church
Lebanon
Holy Name Society
St. John's Church
Holy Name
Israel Hughes
Charles Carter
Fenwick High School
William Svarda
Rohrkemper
John Oberlander
Thomas Ballman
Holy Name Church
Trenton
Bernard Bruening
St. Peter Claver Church
Charles Grunkemeyer
St. Mary's Church
John Domanick
St. John’s Holy Name Society
Hamilton Deanery
Middletown
Franklin
Monroe
New Paris
Camden
Waynesville
Largest Ever 746 Scout Camporee At Otterbein Home
Ninety scouts and 48 troops from the Mound Builders Area Council attended a three day fall camporee at Otterbein Home. The event featured four contests including first aid and log lifting won by Middletown Troop 1 and Troop 36 Maineville. Demonstrations on chicken butchering by Crosby Bean accompanied a Saturday campfire program led by Jimm Fay, Jim Wilson, and Don Ross.
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Otterbein
Mound Builders’ Area Council
Crosby Bean
Maineville
Mason
Jimm Fay
Jim Wilson
Don Ross
Bernard Bruenning
St. John’s Cath
Olic Church
Robert Eschbach
Bean
Middletown
The
Red Cross
Warren County Police
Fire at Auburn Street home causes five thousand in losses
Fire at 625 Auburn Street, the residence of Johnny Birchfield, caused an estimated five thousand five hundred dollars damage. Firemen from Middletown arrived at 6 47 p m and remained until 7 12 p m. Officials suspect an electrical short as the possible cause and will continue to investigate. Damage to the building is four thousand dollars and contents one thousand five hundred. More calls followed to Sorg Paper Co. on Columbia Avenue for elevator wiring fire and at 9 17 a m James Roach, 47, became ill at 2103 Bryant Street, taken to Middletown Hospital and released.
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Auburn Street
Middletown
Johnny Birchfield
Auburn St
Sorg Paper Co
Columbia Avenue
Bryant St
James Roach
Middletown Hospital
McCoy-Leffier Ambulance Service
Trenton Teen Wounded in Accidental Shootings Incident
A 19 year old Trenton youth, Ronnie Painter of Elk Creek Road, was shot in the left thigh at 4 45 pm by a 16 year old. Police say the gun discharged accidentally when the 16 year old showed a .22 caliber Luger revolver. Painter is in Middletown Hospital in good condition. The 16 year old is detained at Butler County detention home as investigators review other witness accounts. The weapon reportedly split into four fragments after entering the leg.
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Trenton
Middletown Hospital
Ronnie Painter
Elk Creek Road
Hobart Adams
Painter
Lueger
Ek Hee
Butler County
Buellet
Two-Car Crash Injures Nine Near Middletown
A two car collision on Rt 73 west of Rt 42 injures nine people. Harold Parker 21 of Washington Court House was cited for improper passing after attempting to pass while Rita Copas and Helen Dow 18 of Waynesville were injured. All involved were treated at Middletown Hospital with some released.
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Rt. 73
Rt. 42
Washington Court House
Mag W. Ashley
Moore St
Harold L. Parker
Washa Court House
Ashley
Parker
Rita Copas
Helen Dow
Waynesville
Middletown Hospital
Twenty year old driver charged after early morning crash
Franklin police charged Larry White 20 of 525 Sunnybrook Drive with driving left of center after his car rammed Terry Quillen’s vehicle at 125 E Sixth St during a 4 30 a m collision. Total vehicle damage was listed at 375 dollars.
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Franklin
E. Sixth Street
Larry White
Sunnybrook Drive
White
Terry Quillen
Whch
E. Sixth St
Fire damages Pi Kappa Alpha house near Miami University
Fire Chief Kent Shoemaker says a cigarette caused the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity house at 230 E Church St near the university to sustain about 2500 dollars in damage. Detecting the blaze around midnight during an Old Roman party on the first floor, most damage occurred in one room with mirrors cracked and clothing scorched in an adjacent room.
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Oxford
Kent Shoemaker
Miami University
Shoemaker
Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity
Church St
Buck sheep killed by dog on Hamilton-Middletown Pike
J R Line of 3620 Hamilton Middletown Pike reported to the sheriff that a buck sheep was killed by a dog in a pasture near his home on Saturday. Loss estimated at 120 dollars.
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J. R. Line
Hamilton-Middletown Pike
Autopsy Rules Out Meningitis in Trenton Boy Death
Nine year old William Nicely of 407 Redwood Drive Trenton died after a non infectious hemorrhagic condition. Autopsy completed early today dismissing spinal meningitis as the cause. He became ill yesterday afternoon and was treated at Middletown Hospital before death at 6 am. Surviving are his parents two brothers a sister and maternal grandparents. Services and burial set for Thursday in Newport with Mc Coy Leffler Funeral Home handling local arrangements.
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William Nicely
Orville Nicely
Redwood Drive
Trenton
Middletown Hospital
Orville
Michael
Karren Sue
Clark Graham
Newport
Rhodes to Attend Midwest Atom Smasher Meeting
Gov. James A. Rhodes altered plans and will join 12 Midwestern state officials in Washington for a meeting on a giant atom smasher plant. He aims to win the $340 million facility for Ohio with the state’s congressional delegation.
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Columbus
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Washington
Rhodes
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