Middletown Deaths and Funeral Notices Include Youth Fatal Car Crash
A one car crash near Union Camp Corp paper plant in Franklin killed Tim Bair 16 of Middletown and sent three other youths to area hospitals. Driver Denean Homan 18 and two passengers suffered minor injuries. Bair, a Middletown High senior, is survived by his family. Funeral arrangements set at McCoy Leffler. Additional obituaries list Kermit Chriswell 64, Mary Dechant, Clara Fall, Wilbur Kinley, Crawford McCurdy, and others with services planned or cremation noted.
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Franklin
Tim Bair
Crescent Blvd
Middletown
Union Camp Corp Paper Products
South Avenue
Denean FE. Homan
Catalpa Drive
Bair
Ray Fields
Malvern St
Wayne Hensley
Middletown High School
Carter Couch
Crescent Boulevard
Grady Barr
Gonzales
Lois Hughes
Reva Keith
McCoy- Leffler
Thomas Groves
Woodside Cemetery
Franklin — Kermit William Chriswell
Sebald Drive
Middletown Hospital
Chriswell
Richmond Warehouse, Inc
Richmond
Ind
Elks Lodge
Peru
Eileen
Kenneth
Peoria
Eaton Funeral Home
Liberty Township Haunted House Opens Next Week
The Liberty Township Volunteer Fire Department hosts a haunted house at the corner of Ohio 4 and Ohio 747 opening next Monday and running through October 31. Co chair Gene Vance says 18 acts feature a 45 plus cast with hours 7 to 10 on weekdays and 7 to midnight on weekends. Admission is one dollar with proceeds funding new fire equipment.
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Bethany
Liberty Township
Ohio 4
Ohio
Gene Vance
Vance
Hamilton Man Dies After Early Morning Crash
James K. Kelly 29 of 396 Taylor School Road died from injuries after his sports car left New London Road at Warvel Road in Hamilton. Deputies say he was traveling west about 5 am at high speed, the vehicle overturned, and he was extricated and taken to St. Hamilton Hughes Hospital where he died.
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Hamilton Hamilton
James K. Kelly
Taylor School Road
New London Road
Warvel Road
Butler County Sheriff's Deputies
Kelly
St. Hamilton- Hughes Hospital
Lakota Junior Named Outstanding Girl Twirler at Grove City Event
Lakota High School junior Julie Keehner daughter of Mr and Mrs Lee Keehner of West Chester Ohio was judged Outstanding Girl Twirler among 24 high school bands at the Westland Band Festival in Grove City Ohio over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chester
Julie Keehner
Lakota High School
Lee Keehner
Wintergreen Drive
Grove City
Ohio
Look Homeward Angel tryouts set for Middletown campus
Tryouts for the Middletown Campus Community Players production Look Homeward Angel are tonight at 7 in Johnston Hall room 113 and tomorrow at 7 in Dave Finkelman Auditorium. Cast and crew are invited. performance runs November 12-13 at 8 p.m. in Finkelman Auditorium.
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Middletown Campus Community Players
Johnston Hall
Middletown
Miami
Dave Finkelman
Finkelman
Woman drives into apartment causing property damage
A 25 year old woman Brenda Lidge backed from a parking space on Lafayette Avenue and accelerated into the front wall of her apartment, causing about $4000 in building damage but no injuries. Her car sustained around $400 damage. the other vehicle owner Mildred Bryant's car was in the path. Police identified the involved addresses and reported the accident occurred Saturday morning.
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Lafayette Avenue
Brenda Lidge
People’s Place
Mildred Bryant
Kunz Ave
Lidge
Schlesinger criticizes Ford arms policy on Israel and China
Former Defense Secretary James R. Schlesinger attacked President Ford for arming Israel with advanced weapons and for not ruling out arms sales to China. He described Ford’s missile guidance systems and concussion bombs as a sudden pre election shift not coordinated with the Defense Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James R. Schlesinger
Ford
Israel
People’s Republic of China
Defense Department
Moore reflects on Ford attempt gun use and remorse
Sara Jane Moore, serving a life sentence on Terminal Island, says she would not attempt an assassination again and feels no remorse. She blames Ford’s security and an unfamiliar gun for the failure to kill the President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Calif
Sara Jane Moore
Ford
Carter Considers Another Ohio Campaign Visit
Presidential candidate Jimmy Carter drew big crowds and $125 per plate at a Ohio Democratic Party dinner in Columbus. He calls Ohio a battleground and says he will visit at least once more before the November 2 election. Senator John Glenn sent a taped message from Peking praising Carter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Democratic Party
Ford
Peking
Howard M Metzenbaum
Glenn
Robert Taft Jr
Powell
Scouter Tom Dunn to receive Eagle rank at Court of Honor
Tom Dunn 16 son of Mr and Mrs Lowell Dunn of 2003 Hill Ave will earn the Eagle rank tomorrow in a Court of Honor by Scout Troop 93 at Sherman School. A Middletown High sophomore in scouting eight years he belongs to the Order of the Arrow and has served as den chief librarian scribe patrol leader and senior patrol leader. He is a troop instructor and for two years has worked at Camp Hook as den chief under Joe Brown scout executive.
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Tom Dunn
Lowell Dunn
Hill Ave
Scout Troop 93
Sherman School
Middletown High School
Dunn
Order of the Arrow
Camp Hook
Joe Brown
Commission to Discuss Funding for Four City Projects
City Commission will meet tomorrow at 5 pm to discuss applications for federal funds for four projects. These include a fire station at Wicorf Street and Roosevelt Boulevard, a traffic maintenance building near the Municipal Garage, the Jefferson Road sanitary sewer and Yankee Road water and sewer extension to MADE property south of the city. The panel expects submissions to the Department of Commerce under the Public Works Bill and notes the projects are design-ready. The agenda also covers a smoking ban in public assemblies and an amendment to ban December going out of business sales.
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City Commission
City Building Commission
Wicorf Street
Roosevelt Boulevard
Jefferson Road
Yankee Road
Middletown
Burt Reynolds Recovers After Chest Pains in Los Angeles
Actor Burt Reynolds, 40, was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles with chest pains over the weekend. He spent a comfortable night in a cardiac care unit and showed improvement as doctors prepared for his discharge. Reynolds rose to fame after a Cosmopolitan centerfold and starred in Deliverance and The Longest Yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Burt Reynolds
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Reynolds
Officials investigate fish kill in Hamilton on Great Miami River
Several hundred dead fish found in the Great Miami River above N. B Street dam will be examined by ODNR and OEPA to determine the cause. Dam area shows fish on the top and apron. Investigators will collect specimens for tests after a prior pollution case against Chem-Dyne and Spray-Dyne.
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Hamilton
Great
Miami River
N. B Street
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
ODNR
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
OEPA
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Carter Mondale campaign names Warren County committee
Michael E. Click, Warren County coordinator, announces the Carter Mondale campaign committee for Warren County with deputy coordinators Autrey C Vaughn Franklin Springboro Virginia Bunch Waynesville Harveysburg Patricia Wamsley Lebanon Shawn Smith Mason Paul Baker South Lebanon Morrow. Volunteers should contact listed coordinators or call the Warren County Democratic Party HQ in Lebanon at 932 4700.
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Lebanon
Michael E. Click
Warren County
Carter- Mondale
Carter-Mondale
Autrey C Vaughn
Franklin
Springboro
Virginia Bunch
Waynesville
Harveysburg
Patricia Wamsley
Shawn Smith
Mason Area
Paul Baker
South Lebanon
Morrow
Democratic Party
Soil sampling urged by agronomist to improve soil health
Ohio State Extension agronomist John Trierweiler urges soil sampling, noting each sample should cover about 10 acres. He points to national and Ohio averages of 144 acres and 165 acres per sample, showing sampling is often overlooked by farmers and homeowners.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Ohio State Univeristy Extension Agronomist
John Trierweiler
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Kermit Chriswell
Mary Dechant
Keever
Barbara Park
Dechant
David Todd
New York
Marsh Chapman
Buena Park
South Park Cemetery
Greensburg
Clara Fall
Trenton
Miami St
Fall
Jacksonburg
Mt Olivet United Presbyterian Church
Earl
Ralph
James
Helen Birch
Dayton
Clarence Gingerich
Seven Mile
Wilson-Schramm
Robert FE. Lodwick
Memorial Home
Mt Olivet
Kinley
Wilbur I. Kinley
15Th Ave
Second Baptist Church
N. L. Cooper
Hall-Jordan Memorial
Toussaint Lodge
F&am
Crawford McCurdy
Calumet Ave
Stevenson
Ala
Rosa
Ernest
Will
Hattie Rutledge
Ella Mitchell
Cincinnati
Bethlehem Apostolic Temple
Archellus Bell
Butler County Memorial Park
Joel F. Bailey
Fred J. Johnson
Franklin St
Bowling Funeral Home
London
Brown- Dawson
Vesta Barnes
Hick’s Manor
Fairfield
Garret J. Boone
Butler County
Cora A. Knox
Millville-Reily Road
Brown, Dawson
John C. Leverette
S. Second St
Payne Chapel Ame
Hall Jordan
William W. Ruddle
Cincinnati-Brookville Road
Campbell
Steamex
America
Grand Ave
Pioneer Center
Liberty
Lakota
Schlesinger
Pentagon
ABC
Vance Street
Willie Allen
Wendell Byrd
Darrin Everheart
Eric Russell
Journal
Bob Wendt
Jody Powell
Georgia
Minnesota
Dan Horgan
Atlanta
Horgan
Sen
John Glenn
China
Fagle
Dave Schul
Department of Commerce
Central
Los Angeles Times
Agronomist
Dodds Monuments
Charles
Bud) Steller Mor
Yau Ae
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