Middletown schools begin 1970-71 year with 14000 students
More than 14,000 Middletown public school students head to classes on Tuesday as the 1970-71 year starts. Kindergarteners start Wednesday. Edison, Rosedale and Wilson special education report Thursday. First bus arrivals set for 7:30 at Middletown High. other sites follow staggered morning starts with orientation and regular classes later. Vocational program expansion causes schedule shifts across Middletown High and multiple middle and high schools.
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Middletown Public Schools
Edison
Rosedale
Wilson
Middletown High
McKinley Middle School
Roosevelt
Middletown Freshman High School
Lewis Hill
Perience Owe
Donald Bolton
Impeto
Julian’s
Charles Girimont
Middletown
William Hadley
OWE
Lemon-Monroe High School
Manchester Middle School
Seven killed in British Columbia farm family massacre
A gunman killed seven members of two farm families near Creston British Columbia possibly took a seven year old boy hostage and fled into hills near the U S border. Victims include Ray Phipps 42 Isabelle 27 three children Paul 10 Cathy 8 Bryan 7 and Mrs Alex Wasyk 30 Tracy 7. The assailant is described as in his late 20s blond hair about 200 pounds wearing khaki.
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Creston
B.C
U.S
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
British Columbia
Ray Phipps
Isabelle
Paul
Cathy
Bryan
Alex Wasyk
Tracy
Deadlines Moved Up At Journal For Labor Day
Labor Day will be a half holiday for Journal employees with earlier news deadlines to hit press before noon. Sports deadline is 8:30 a.m., women's news and obituaries 9:45 a.m., local news 10 a.m. The want ads accept local ads until a.m. All Journal offices close at noon.
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Journal
Want Ad Department
All Journal
Grandson Recovers From Kidney Transplant
David M. Duke, 18, a freshman at the University of Akron, was reported in fair condition at Akron City Hospital after a kidney transplant. His donor was his grandmother Mrs Archie D Duke of Akron, listed in satisfactory condition. Duke had kidney trouble for seven years and his kidneys were removed on August 13.
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Akron
Otto
David M. Duke
University of Akron
Akron City Hospital
Archie D. Duke
Duke
Motorist Rams Truck From Rear on I-75 Near Ohio 73
Kyman Covington in fair condition at Middletown Hospital after a crash on Interstate 75 eight tenths of a mile north of Ohio 73. Jack Johnson, 26, in the northbound right lane, failed to slow for a semi and rear-ended the rig. Johnson was hospitalized by Franklin Life Squad. Semi driver Lyle Cousins, 29, of Grand Blanc Mich, uninjured. Johnson cited for failure to stop in an assured clear distance.
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Franklin
Covington
Kyman
Middletown
Ohio
Jack Johnson
Johnson
Franklin Life Squad
Lyle Cousins
Grand Blanc
Mich
Warden Speaks To Middletown Sportsmen Club
Butler County game warden Mike Pask will address the Middletown Sportsmens Club on Tuesday at 8 PM. He plans to discuss air pollution work on local streams and will show a film outlining current reviews and findings.
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Mike Pask
Butler County
Middletown Sportsmens’ Club
Pask
Carea
Equality In Socialism Revolution Draws Panthers
Huey P. Newton, Panthers founder, denounces civil rights laws as producing no change for blacks and calls for a socialist government and a rewritten Constitution to guarantee equal rights. He outlines Panther aims including employment, housing, education, and an end to police brutality, as 6,000 attendees at Temple University cheer.
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Philadelphia
Huey P. Newton
Black Panthers
Newton
Revolutionary Peoples
Panther
Stolen Tractor Recovered On House Construction Site
An $11,000 tractor with backhoe and scoop stolen July 10 from Homer Grubb, 2244 Morrow Road, South Lebanon, was found early Saturday at 6738 Cincinnati-Dayton Road in Butler County. Lt. Cliff Dye and detectives recovered it at the rear of a new home under construction. investigators from Butler and Warren counties continue.
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Hamilton
Homer Grubb
Morrow Road
Lebanon
Cincinnati-Dayton
Butler County
Cliff Dye
Warren County
William Reynolds
Russian Ballerina Defects, Hides in Britain
Defector Natalia Makarova, noted as a top Russian ballet star, went into hiding in Britain on Saturday and declined to discuss her desertion with Soviet embassy officials. The AP report notes her high rank and discreet escape.
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Mum London
Natalia Makarova
Britain
Firefighters gain control of major Washington blazes
Under control near Wenatchee Washington firefighters contained the last of several major fires that have caused estimated damages totaling 132.5 million dollars in north central Washington.
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Wenatchee, Wash
Washington
Wages Rise Nine Percent in Australia During Fiscal Year
Canberra AP reports wages rose in Australia by nine percent in the last fiscal year. Average weekly earnings for men stood at 84 dollars. The government disclosed the figures.
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Australia
Canberra
Deaths And Funerals Mrs Guynn 28 in Utica N Y
Mrs Madeline Guynn 28 died Friday after a five day illness in Utica New York She was wife of George L Guynn and mother to three week old Lisa Survived by her mother Mrs Maggie Niday of Okeechobee Florida and her father Lawrence King of Okeechobee Services will be held at 2 p m tomorrow at Butler County Memorial Park Chapel near Trenton with burial there Visitation today at Diener Funeral Home Utica and Monday at Wilson Schramm Memorial Home 5 Clark St She was a fourth degree member of Father Butler Assembly K of C
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Madeline Guynn
Utica
N. Y
George L. Guynn
Middletown
Guynn
Lisa
Maggie Niday
Okeechobee
Flo
Lawrence King
Butler County Memorial Park
Trenton
Diener Funeral Home
Mrs Pelfrey 72 Dies After Heart Attack in Middletown
Mrs Brosia Pelfrey 72 of Combs Kentucky died at Middletown Hospital at 5 53 p m yesterday after an apparent heart attack at her daughter Mrs Silas Sizemores home 1407 Oxford State Road She and husband George had been visiting Middletown for two weeks Survived by two more daughters Ruby Combs and Sadie Smith three sons Shelby George Jr and Clarence two sisters two brothers 21 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren She was a Presbyterian member Visitation 5 to 9 p m today at Joseph R Baker Sons Funeral Home Services incomplete at Maggard Funeral Home Hazard Kentucky
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Brosia Pelfrey
Combs
Middletown Hospital
Silas Sizemore
Oxtford State Road
George
Pelfrey
Shelby and
George Jr
Middletown
Clarence
Hazard
Freida Sizemore
Stroh
Ind
Alice Blankenship
Virginia
Arthur Fuller
Robert Fuller
Hindman
The
Presbyterian Church
Combs, Ky
Mass of the Resurrection for Elmer Reed at St John’s Church
The Mass of the Resurrection will be sung at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at St John’s Church for Elmer H. Reed 63 of 908 Kensington Street who died Saturday at Middletown Hospital Burial will be in Woodside Cemetery Reed was past grand knight of Council 1610 Knights of Columbus
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St. John’s Church
Elmer H. Reed
Kensington St
Middletown Hospital
Woodside Cemetery
Reed
The
Knights of Columbus
Services for Retired Army M. Sgt. Ralph Robinson
Services for retired Army M. Sgt. Ralph Robinson 46 died Thursday at Ft. Huachuca Ariz set for 3 p.m. Tuesday at Joseph R. Baker & Sons Funeral Home with Rev Herschel Caudill officiating Burial will be in Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow at the funeral home. He is survived by three Middletown relatives Mrs Irene Huber a sister Larry and William Robinson half brothers and a stepsister Mrs Robert Hogston of Lawrenceburg Ind.
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Army
Ralph Robinson
Ft. Huachuca
Ariz
Joseph R. Baker & Sons
Herschel Caudill
Woodside Cemetery
Robinson
Middletown
Irene Huber
Larry
William Robinson
Robert Hogston
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Milford man Joseph B Mills dies at 69 in Lebanon
Joseph B Mills 69 of Lebanon Rt 3 died Friday at Middletown Hospital. Survived by wife Alice and six daughters, two sons James and Marvin, three sisters, 17 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Services at 1 p.m. Tuesday Oswald Funeral Home. Burial in Lebanon Cemetery. Visitation 6 to 9 p.m. tomorrow with Masonic rites at 8:30 p.m.
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Joseph B. Mills
Lebanon
Middletown Hospital
Alice
Evelyn Marie Burton
Cora Singleton
Geraldine Turmey
Wilberforce
Kathleen Turner
Illinois
Roberta McAdoo
Virginia
Alice Clanton
Cincinnati
James
Marvin
Oswald Funeral Home
Lebanon Cemetery
Elizabeth Thompson Dies at 95 in Lebanon
Mrs Elizabeth G Thompson 95 of 19 N Broadway Lebanon died Friday Survived by daughter Mrs Lawrence G Shawhan of Franklin and son Ralph Bloomington Ind Services set for 10 30 a m Wednesday at Oswald Lebanon Cemetery Friends may call 3 to 9 p m
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Elizabeth Thompson
Lebanon
Elizabeth G. Thompson
N. Broadway
Lawrence G. Shawhan
Franklin
Ralph
Bloomington
Ind
Oswald
Lebanon Cemetery
Funeral
City honors staff with 40 year service pins
City Manager Dan W. Kothe presented 40 year pins to Det. Lt. Roy Crout, police clerk Robert Quinn, and Assistant Fire Chief James Mattison in the City Building chambers. Also recognized were a 25 year pin to Mrs. Thelma Mcintosh and eight 20 year pins plus other marks for several department veterans.
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Dan W. Kothe
Roy Crout
Robert Quinn
James Mattison
City Commission
Thelma Mcintosh
Building Inspection Department
Robert Walton
Wilford Palmer
Paul Judd
Laura Crist
Public Health Nursing Bureau
Herb Collins
Division of
George Hensley
John Jeffery
Water Distribution Department
Bill Roberts
Lee Hunter
Carl Dennin
New York City Police Commissioner Quits Post
Howard R. Leary resigns as New York City police commissioner effective October 1 after leading the nation’s largest force through turbulent years. Mayor John Lindsay announced the move and Leary plans to enter private business in the city.
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New York
Howard R. Leary
John V. Lindsay
Leary
Ohio woman dies in Turnpike crash in Pennsylvania
Marie Ramos of Lorain Ohio, 47, was killed Saturday when the car she rode in collided with a tractor trailer on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, state police said.
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Beaver Falls
Marie Ramos
Lorain
Ohio
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Clark St
Maggard
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Heart Association
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2Nd Ave
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