Middletown Chamber backs Progress Bonds for city improvements
The Middletown Area Chamber of Commerce endorses financing the permanent improvements through Progress Bonds to be voted on Tuesday. Chamber president David L. Smith cites unanimous director support after talks with City Manager Dan Rothe and Finance Director Harry Newlin, promising costs without tax increases. The Highway Committee backs off street parking to ease downtown traffic, noting off street stalls will improve flow and safety and some on street parking will be banned as streets are upgraded.
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Middletown
Smith
Adams
Deaths And Funerals Mrs Clotilde Deaton
Mrs. Clotilde Deaton aged 63 died after months of illness. She lived with her son John W. Deaton in Middletown and leaves three sons and three daughters, 25 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral 10 30 a m Tuesday at Peasttown Church of God with burial in Woodside Cemetery. Also listed is memorial notice for Mrs Susie Lyle 75 who died at Middletown Hospital. Funeral 2 p m Wednesday at Joseph R Baker & Sons Funeral Home and Middletown Cemetery burial.
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Clotilde
Deaton
John W. Deaton
Mossman Road
Willie Deaton
Peasttown Church of God
Carmel Mathis
Woodside Cemetery
Joseph R. Baker & Sons
John
Susie Lyle
Columbia Ave
Middletown Hospital
Middletown
Frank Baker
Fairborn
Lector Collier
Betty Jane Lyle
Betty Elkins
Wolfe County
John and
Dewey
Howard Sears
Middletown Cemetery
Funeral
Firemen Respond to Seven Alarms and Two Emergencies
City firefighters dealt with seven alarms and two medical calls yesterday. A car owned by George Hood at 705 17th Ave burned in the rear due to a short in wiring, causing 150 dollars of interior damage at 7 23 p.m. Additional runs included leaves, a dryer fire, grass along a rail line, car backfire at 3 13 p.m., dust in pipes, a false alarm, and two residents treated for breathing difficulties at Middletown Hospital.
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George Hood
17Th Ave
Stanley St
N. Main
Jewell Avenue
James Combs
Middletown Rt. 1
Middletown
Verity Parkway
Broad Street
Girard Avenue
Zelma Head
LaFayette Ave
Ada Brandenburg
Howard Ave
Middletown Hospital
Franklin infant Bobby Ray King dies after birth
Bobby Ray King infant son of Mr. and Mrs. For rest King of 124 Lindwood Road died at Middletown Hospital at 3 25 a m yesterday shortly after birth. He is survived by his parents a brother Steven maternal grandmother Mrs Christine Brewer of Phoenix Ariz and paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Ernest King of Middletown. Services 10 a m Monday Riggs Funeral Home with Rev Henry Howard officiating. Burial Woodhill Cemetery Franklin. Friends may call 9 a m Monday until services.
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Forrest King
Lindwood Road
Middletown Hospital
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Christine Brewer
Phoenix
Ariz
Ernest King
Middletown
Riggs
Henry Howard
Woodhill Cemetery
Edward Norton 75 Middletown Civil Service Engineer Dies
Edward Joseph Norton 75 of 2908 Milton Street Middletown died at Middletown Hospital at 4 30 p m yesterday after a week as a patient. A civil service engineer and World War I veteran born in Macomb Illinois he lived in Middletown 16 years. Survivors include wife Violet two sons Edward M and John P a daughter Joan W Heck a brother John G Norton Jr a sister Mrs Lucinda Holt and ten grandchildren Graveside services will be held at 10 am Wednesday at Maemb Illinois
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Milton St
Middletown Hospital
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St. Louis
Joan W. Heck
Three-Car Crash Falls Injuries on Cincinnati Dayton Road
Three people were injured in a rear end collision on Cincinnati Dayton Road at Ronald Drive at 5 40 p m yesterday. Pau line Dyas fractured hip remained in good condition at Middletown Hospital. Janet Sheets and Jana Sheets were treated at Middletown Hospital. Police blamed brake failure on a car driven by Fred Brown as cause while investigation continued.
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Ronald Drive
Middletown Hospital
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Robinson-Vail Road
Franklin
Janet Sheets
Jana Sheets
Jacquline Sheets
Omas Dyas
Sheets
Fred P. Borwn
Tytus Ave
Dyas
Car Hits Culvert Injuring Three at Central Avenue
Three people suffered minor injuries when a car driven by Miss Beck went out of control and struck a concrete culvert at 4810 Central Ave at 2 45 p m. Adleen Reek 15 Becky Reek 8 and Jeff Barnes six months were treated at Middletown Hospital for facial lacerations and minor injuries.
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Middletown Hospital
Adleen Reek
Moreland Dr
Franklin
Becky Reek
Jeff Barnes
Myers St
Miss Beck
Central Avenue
Social Visit Raid Nets Gambling Suspects In Baltimore
Four officers conducted a social visit to Baltimore News area and found five men gambling. Leroy McDonald Arlie King Chester Basham Fred Bailey charged with gambling released on bond. Harlan Craft charged with gambling and permitting a game for gain and James Chapman charged with keeping a room for gambling. Craft released on bond and Chapman with a higher bond. Police said an anonymous call led to the back room raid. They confiscated cards and money.
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Woodlawn Avenue
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Charles St
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Camden Rt
Chester Basham
Fred Bailey
Wayne Avenue
Harlan Craft
Garfield St
James Chapman
Garfield Ave
Craft
Chapman
Police Briefs Include Theft From Home and Shoplifting Arrest
Police report B D Campbell of 4707 Primrose Lane twice woke to find $270 missing from a bedroom area after a patio sliding door was pried with a screwdriver. A 12 year old girl was arrested for shoplifting at Fashion Fair on Stevens Avenue, allegedly attempting to steal a 77 cent billfold. The article notes a historical comment on crop cultivation by Spaniards and global trends.
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Primrose Lane
Fashion Fair
Stevens Avenue
Trustees to redo Johnston's Jersey at Miami University
Miami University trustees in Oxford voted unanimously to replace Logan T. Johnston's campaign jersey from 3.2 to 5, honoring a $5 million campus effort. Johnston chairs Armea Steel Corp and Miami Middletown campus committee. They also named Hake & Hake to design the Dave Finkelman Memorial Auditorium and shortened a city design degree program.
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Ohio Director of Public Works
Hake
Coral Sea Wing Receives Unit Citation For Vietnam Duty
The aircraft carrier Coral Sea and its Air Wing 15 earned a unit commendation for meritorious service during eight months of combat off Vietnam. They flew over 160 strikes and dropped more than 6 000 tons of ordnance on targets in North and South Vietnam and logged over 10 000 combat sorties.
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Coral Sea
Viet Nam
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South Viet Nam
Florida farms report labor shortages before harvest
State Agriculture Commissioner Doyle Conner notes Florida faces farm labor gaps with three percent fewer domestic workers and a seventy percent drop in foreign workers in mid October compared with the previous year, signaling tighter harvest preparation.
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Fla
Doyle Conner
Florida
Conner
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