Halloween Trick or Treat Incidents Reported in Middletown
Police disclosed several Halloween night incidents in Middletown. Parents reported three tainted apples containing a razor blade and a safety pin, uninjured children, and a firer on Beverly Jackson’s porch. Other damage included corn and pumpkins tossed at houses, a doghouse moved to the street, a peace symbol painted on a street, and a pot broken through a bathroom window at Charles Ray’s home.
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Middletown
Garfield Street
Oxford State Road
Atco Avenue
Manchester Road
Beverly Jackson
Liberty Ave
Jewell Avenue
Lowell Street
Lamberton Street
Charles Ray
Regent Drive
Dismissed Butler Official Dies After Hearing
Clarence C. Brackney, 59, former Butler County building and zoning administrator, collapsed and died on a Columbus street shortly after leaving a hearing at the State Personnel Review Board. He was dismissed last year for unsatisfactory work and had appealed. Brackney leaves a wife and son. funeral arrangements are pending.
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Hamilton
Butler County
Columbus
State Personnel Review Board
Clarence C. Brackney
Layhigh Road
Grand Hospital
Marshall-Smith
Oxford
Brackney
State Board
Donald Ferris
James Walsh
John Brown
Ferris
Board
State Office
Vietnam
Alcoholism Topic for Counselors in Butler County
Larry J. Burkett of the Ohio Department of Health will address area school counselors at the Butler County Mental Health Clinic in Hamilton. He will discuss teen alcohol use and show a film, while Marion S. Parish notes the event fosters counselor contact with clinic staff and stresses early detection and treatment to prevent alcohol related harm.
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Larry J. Burkett
Ohio Department of Health
Butler County
Progress Ave
Hamilton
Burkett
Ohio State University
Cornell University
Cornell
Community Action Commission
Marion S. Parish
Parish
Hospital costs rise as staffing drives bills higher
Middletown Hospital averaged 51.13 dollars per patient day in the past year while 28 Southwest Ohio hospitals averaged 64.10 dollars. Administrator Walter Mischley cited patient-centered around the clock service, automation limits, and ongoing hiring of skilled staff as key cost drivers, noting 70 percent of costs are payroll and benefits. He said hospitals employ about 242 staff per patient served and hours far exceed industrial norms.
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Middletown Hospital
Southwest Unio
Walter Mischley
Middletown
Blue ‘Cross
Soutwest Ohio
Southwst Ohio Blue Cross
Robert McDade
Crystal Tissue
Dale Constiner
Black Clawson Co
Mischley
Fire at Elmer's Wrecker Service causes $300 damage
A wrecker on the lot at 1713 Church Street caught fire yesterday at 3 48 p m caused by a short circuit in wiring damage estimated at 300 dollars no injuries reported the incident is under investigation by local fire officials.
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Elmer’s
Church St
200 JA Executives To Meet Tomorrow
Two hundred Junior Achievement executives from Middletown and Hamilton will meet at Miami University Middletown Campus to discuss roles in the new corporations. Leaders from 37 local companies will guide 800 A chievers through formation, production, and sales efforts with stock now being sold.
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Middletown
Hamilton
Miami University
Junior Achievement of
Million Suit Names Local Man
Hamilton Eaton resident Robert E. Dressler Jr. filed a $1 million alienation of affections suit in Butler County Common Pleas Court against Gene V. Blosser. Dressler claims Blosser began a conduct to alienate his wife Gretchen Marie Dressler in 1968, and that a child was born June 18, 1969. He seeks $500,000 compensatory and $500,000 punitive damages.
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Hamilton
Eaton
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Robert E. Dressler Jr
Lewisburg Road
Gene V. Blosser
Fisher Ave
Dressler
Gretchen Marie Dressler
Petition Circulated to Press Legal Complaint on United Telephone
Warren County residents push a formal complaint against United Telephone Co over inadequate service. Signatures targeted in Lebanon Mason Morrow South Lebanon and Waynesville with emphasis on inoperative phones wrong numbers static delays private lines long distance and operator issues. The group seeks a hearing before the Ohio Public Utilities Commission in Columbus.
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Lebanon
Warren County
United Telephone Co
Mason
Morrow
South Lebanon
Waynesville
Louise Rose
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
Columbus
United Telephone
Man Bound Over Burglary Charged in Louisville Case
Thomas J. Smith Jr., 35, of Louisville, Kentucky, was bound over to the Butler County grand jury by Judge J. T. Lamb on a burglary in the night season charge. Bond was set at 1500 dollars after his arrest October 19 on the roof of an empty building at 1030 Central Ave.
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Thomas J. Smith Jr
Louisville
Butler County Grand Jury
J. T. Lamb
Municipal Court
Smith
Central Ave
Soldier Shot To Death At Fort Gordon Trailer
Specialist Lindon Lindon 21 of Trenton died after being shot in the head inside a trailer off the Fort Gordon base. Investigators at Ft. Gordon pursue details while military personnel plan full honors with services Monday at Joseph R. Baker & Sons Funeral Home and burial at Woodside Cemetery. Survived by wife Ann, parents, two brothers Rex Shockey and Brownlee Lindon, and sister Mrs George Nichols. Burial with military details from Ft. Knox.
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Specialist Lindon
Ann
Middletown
Florida
Lindon
City College
Fort Myers
Fla
Pettits
Trenton
Rex Shockey
Brownlee Lindon
Sewell
George Nichols
Grove City
Ohio
Joseph R. Baker & Sons
Woodside Cemetery
Ft. Knox
Russ Davis Wins Best Speech at Finch's Club Contest
Russ Davis won best speech at the Ohio Bell Hecklers Club contest held last night at Finch's on Germantown Road. His entry titled My Neighbor's Experiences As A Woodsman earned top honors among speakers.
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Ohio Bell Hecklers
Finch’s
Germantown Road
Russ Davis
Butler County Trades Council Endorses Vocational School Bond
The Butler County Building and Construction Trades Council endorses a $2.468 million bond issue to fund a new Butler County Vocational Training School and a 1.3 mill operating tax levy. The vote is set for Tuesday led by Clyde Rose, president, with the Middletown School District unaffected.
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Butler County Building and Construction Trades Council
Butler County Vocational Training School
Clyde Rose
Middletown
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