Voter Meeting Sees Mixed Stakes Over Parks and Golf Course
In a quiet off year, about 125 attendees at a League of Women Voters event pressed four City Commission and three school board candidates on parks versus golf course priorities. Incumbents argued the Weatherwax course is income producing while promising a future park with picnic and nature areas as land acquisition continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Women
City Commission
Weatherwax
James Saunders
Jefferson Road
Laurens C. Petersen
Frank Latimer
Ebie Banks
Kidnapping charges filed in Toledo woman case
Federal authorities hold George Cutler 24 of Wheaton Illinois and Diane Hurst 23 of Hollis New York on kidnapping charges for abducting Barbara Cubbon 24 in a Toledo shopping center on October 19 and driving her to the Chicago area where she was shot three times in a West Chicago parking lot and left for dead. Barbara Cubbon is said to be in a Maywood hospital in good condition. The report notes her husband Frank 24 has testified before grand juries in Ohio and Arizona examining drug dealers.
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George Cutler
Wheaton
Diane Hurst
Hollis
Long Island
N.Y
Cutler
FBI
Barbara Cubbon
Toledo
Illinois
Chicago
Maywood
Frank
Ohio
Arizona
Middletown Rally Sets 70-M mile Road Course Oct 28
The Middletown Area Safety Council and Dayton Sports Car Club announce a 70 mile road rally on Sunday October 28. Check in 1 p.m. at Georgetown Lane near McGee's Supermarket. Rally starts 2 p.m. Each car needs a driver and navigator. Entry fee two dollars.
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The
Middletown Area Safety Council
Dayton Sports Car Club
Georgetown Lane
McGee's Supermarket
Trenton-Franklin Road
Deaths and Funerals in Middletown Area
Obituaries for William T. Blankenship 80 of 20 Clark St and Mary Ann Brelsford 52 of Middletown note long hospital stays and multiple survivors. Services listed with dates, times, and locations including Joseph R. Baker & Sons Funeral Home Riggs Funeral Home and John Arpp Funeral Home. Burial in Butler County Memorial Park Woodside Cemetery Elerton Cemetery.
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William T. Blankenship
Clark St
Middletown Hospital
Blankenship
First United Methodist Church
Lula
Ruth Whitman
Middletown
Eunice Peck
Franklin
Ethel Eckel
Nacogdoches
Tex
Paul
Mitchell
Dorsey
R. Baker & Sons Funeral Home
Jack Adams
Butler County Memorial Park
Mary Ann Brelsford
Charles St
Hospitality Home West
Xenia
Bonnie Mills
Cincinnati-Dayton Road
Rufus Brelsford
Clayton Brelsford
Riggs
S. Main St
Howard Sears
Woodside Cemetery
Robert
Indianapolis
John Arpp
Germantown
Douglas Fordyce
Elerton Cemetery
Area residents pass state bar exam in July results
The State Supreme Court released July bar exam results. Middletown winners include Randall S. Bendure John B. Caldwell Thomas R. Sant Mark W. Wall and Gerald D. Yates. Hamilton honorees are William A. Groth James M. Schnell and Lee W. Schubert. Warren County names Fredric D. Chanania and Everett Landen with listed addresses.
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State Supreme Court
Middletown
Randall S. Bendure
John B. Caldwell
Thomas R. Sant
Mark W. Wall
Gerald D. Yates
Hamilton
William A. Groth
James M. Schnell
Lee W. Schubert
Warren County
Fredric D. Chanania
Ohio
Everett Landen
Kings Mills Road
Boy 16 Charged With Two Township Thefts
A 16-year-old boy was charged in Lemon Township with two recent thefts. He was arrested Monday night at his Andrew Street home and will appear in Butler County Juvenile Court. He allegedly stole a $40 clock radio from Mrs. Julia Allen on October 22 and two half dollars from Mrs. Barbara Kennedy on October 19. All stolen items have been recovered.
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Lemon Township
Andrew Street
Butler County
Julia Allen
Glen Ave
Barbara Kennedy
Andrew St
Barker Nominated for Federal Reserve Board Seat
banker Edward W. Barker, Middletown First National Bank CEO, is nominated for an unopposed second term as a Class A director on the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland board. Barker, active since 1929, previously led the Ohio Bankers Association and held multiple civic posts.
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Edward W. Barker
First National Bank of
Middletown
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Barker
Federal Reserve Bank
Fourth
Federal Reserve District
Cleveland
Ohio Bankers Association
American Bankers Association
Middletown Area
Dairy quotas tied to $2 million pledge to Nixon
A 1970 letter from AMPI's Patrick Hillings urged Nixon to impose import quotas on dairy products after promising campaign contributions. Nixon issued the proclamation 15 days later. AMPI allegedly sought $2 million in support for re election. the dairy lobby funded Republican campaigns in 1970.
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Washington
Nixon
Patrick J. Hillings
Associated Milk Producers, Inc
White House
Hillings
California
AMPI
U.S. Tariff Commission
Tariff Commission
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Tom Blake
Saunders
W.W. Sebald
David Ballard
Arthur Beach
Beach
William Heflin
Middletown Teachers Association
Packaging Corp
William Blankenship
Francis Wilkinson
Detroit
Colligan
Gertrude Reily
S. B. St
Webb
Anna Mattox
Mostow Drive
Glada Tudor
Brookwood Drive
Calvary Missionary Church
Township
George Kragery
Ge K Ag
Lebanon
George F. Krager
Highland Ave
Oswald
Lebanon Cemetery
Krager
Conrad
Walter
Cincinnati
Alma Lang
Florida
Ernest Spoon
Carlisle
Ernest L. Spoon
Park Drive
Franklin National Bank
Alice
Maria Lieungh
Smyrna
Darlene Evans
Farmersville
Hazel Robbins
Louise Myers
Martinsville
Ind
Helen Bumgarner
North Carolina
Pauline Reynolds
Associated Press
Sorrell
A.M
U.S.D.A
Usda Choice
Ae ' Choice
Usda’ Choice
Freezer
City Chicken
USDAK
USDA
Usda ‘Choice
JUSDA
Baby Beef
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