Clicking Gun Fires Wounding Boy in Philadelphia Ave Incident
A 13 year old boy was shot in the right thigh while playing with a pistol on Philadelphia Avenue. Rick Barker was treated at Middletown Hospital after the gun discharged from a remaining bullet. The weapon belonged to an older brother, Robert Barker.
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Philadelphia Avenue
Middletown Hospital
Rick Barker
Robert Barker
Central Ave
Ronald
Rick
Philadelphia Ave
Butler County Promotes Growth With New 64 Page Brochure
A 64 page color brochure sponsored by Butler County Commissioners is ready for public distribution. Titled Butler County Ohio Megacenter USA it covers county statistics and industrial facilities and highlights Middletown Hamilton Fairfield Monroe Trenton Oxford. Industrial development director C L Hardin assisted in its preparation. It promotes business in Butler County.
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Hamilton
Office of
Butler County Commissioners
Butler County
Ohio
Megacenter
U.sa
Windsor Publications
Chicago
Middletown
Fairfield
Monroe
Trenton
Oxford
C.L. Hardin
Butler County selects Second Street alley site for new jail
Hamilton news reports Butler County Commissioners choose the S Second Street alley behind the current jail for a new facility. President William R. Stitsinger urges architects to proceed with plans and rejects courthouse square options. Attorney Harry T. Wilks had proposed a month study, which Stitsinger dismisses.
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Hamilton
Butler County
S. Second Street
William R. Stitsinger
Stitsinger
Commission
Harry T. Wilks
Juggling Figures in Middletown School Enrollment 1966
Miami University officials predicted a boom in Middletown elementary enrollment and a drop in high school numbers. Instead high school totals rose slightly while elementary grades declined sharply. Superintendent Cromwell cites planned parenthood and new families moving into Franklin and Trenton as contributing factors. Armco Steel Project 600 helped stabilize high school enrollment.
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Middletown High
Lemon-Monroe High
Armco Steel Corps
Miami
Enrollments Rise as Middletown District Faces Overcrowding
District projections show 9 872 students in K through sixth grade this fall with 7 789 enrolled to date. Middletown High reports 1 947 students but expects near 2 100 by Oct 1. The district totals 13 943 vs 14 152 in 1967, with Middletown High moving to new quarters for 1969 70 and overcrowding continuing.
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Middletown High
Cromwell
Franklin Police Officer Resigns Over Coleman Murder Probe
Key investigator James Wells, 31, of Franklin resigns from the Franklin Police force effective September 20. He cites social pressure on officers and low pay as reasons while noting cooperation from those involved in the Mrs. Emily Coleman murder case. Coleman, 70, was found shot dead at her Warren Street home earlier this summer.
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Franklin
Emily Coleman
John Griffin
James Wells
Vic Wells
Franklin Toria Lane
Coleman
Wells
Warren St
Three Traffic Accidents Injure Six On Rural Roads
Etta E Smallwood, 45, of Franklin is listed in fair condition with facial lacerations after her car slid on a wet road and struck trees and a fence on Lynnwood Drive. In a separate I 75 crash, 17 year old Michael Giallombardo and two passengers suffered injuries after a high speed turn over. A third crash on Radabaugh Road involved Middletown residents Marcie Burton and Rick Baker with minor injuries reported.
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Etta E. Smallwood
Lynnwood Drive
Franklin
Middletown Hospital
Smallwood
Old Rt. 73
Michael Andrew Giallombardo
Martha Drive
William Wolf
William Judd
Johns St
Giallombardo
Middletown
Radabaugh Road
Rt. 73
Marcie G. Burton
S Main St
Rick Arthur Baker
Trenton
Baker
Tragic Tractor Accident Claims Lyndon Toddler
In Greenfield Ohio two year old William Barton of Lyndon Ross County died after the tractor his father operated rolled forward when the father stopped and the child allegedly released the handbrake, throwing the boy to the ground.
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Greenfield
Ohio
William Barton
Lyndon
Ross County
Former Courts Clerk Bound To Grand Jury In Homicide Case
The former Warren County clerk of courts Clifford C. Beckett, 63, is bound over to the grand jury on charges of first degree vehicular homicide driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of an accident. Beckett, who pleaded innocent, had $2,500 bonds continued by Judge Paul N. Herdman. The Aug. 21 crash on Lower Springboro Road killed 10 year old Andrew Garland as he returned home from football practice. Beckett resigned the next day after 31 years in office.
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Lebanon
Warren County
Clifford C. Beckett
Beckett
Lower Springboro Road
Andrew Garland
Tour of zoning sites winds through rain and debate
City commissioners toured the Bachmann and Braden tracts and the Sawyer lands among others last night. The stop list included Bertha D Varga’s 14th Avenue and Yankee Road property set for business zoning and Don Rich’s Grand Avenue holdout for business or high density housing.
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Bachmann
Braden
Sawyer
Commission
Loften
New 14Th Avenue
Yankee Road
Bertha D’varga
Krogers
Grand Avenue
Don Rich
Paul Braden
Manchester Meadows
Middletown High posted largest gain in district attendance
A second count shows Middletown public schools with 13 943 students, up from 13 362 on opening day. Middletown High added 131 students while all but Wildwood and Manchester Junior High showed gains. figures list first day and updated totals for each school.
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Middletown Public
Middletown High
Wildwood
Manchester Junior High
Lemon-Monroe High
Amanda
McKinley Junior High
Roosevelt Junior High
Central
Creekview
Edison
Garfield
George M. Verity
Jefferson
Lincoln
Maple Park
Mayfield
Monroe
Oneida
Rosedale
Sherman
Spring Hill
Taft
Wilson
Doty House
Theft at Lakota High School Worth Over Three Thousand
Lakota High School on Tylersville Road reported losses totaling 3236 dollars after thieves entered through a ground level window near the central office. Stolen items include a tape recorder four movie projectors a record player and an electric typewriter.
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Hamilton
Lakota High School
Tylersville Road
Sheriff’ S Deputies
Ora Nixon
Sheriff's Department
Nixon
National Guard Trucks Sabotaged in California
Explosions at the California National Guard Armory heavily damaged four trucks and destroyed a fifth in an apparent sabotage attack. Fuses and detonators were found in damaged vehicles and in several others. no injuries were reported. FBI joined the police and fire departments in the investigation.
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van Nuys
Calif
California National Guard
R. J. Reynolds
144Th Artillery
Reynolds
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Turtlecreek Trustees Oppose Annexation Plan
Turtlecreek Township trustees object as Lebanon seeks to annex about 500 acres west of town along Ohio 123 63 and U S 42. City officials argue expansion benefits orderly growth while trustee Jackson Hedges questions scope, claims petition covers only four families and would raise taxes and rules.
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Lebanon
Turtlecreek
Ohio 123
Ohio 63
U. S. 42
Glosser Road
Turtle Creek
Orphan’s Home Road
Markey Road
Marvin Young
Charles Guard
Jackson Hedges
Hedges
Robert Roll
Lyle Stewart
Herschel Hollingshead
First YMCA Report Set For Breakfast Session
The first of two 7 am breakfast report meetings for a two week YMCA membership drive will be held Thursday in the YMCA auditorium. Howard Cromwell will preside. The goal through Sept. 19 is 2,600 new or renewed memberships worth $78,400. There are 550 members and friends in the campaign. The second breakfast is Sept. 19 and a wrapup dinner on Sept. 25. Slogan: Up, Up and Away, Join the YMCA.
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YMCA
Howard Cromwell
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Armco
Roosevelt Avenue
Penn Central Railroad
Crawford Street
Roosevelt
University Boulevard
Bohman
Second Street
Ray Brown
Manchester Meadow
William Denham
Brown
Mary Lord
Dudley Inwood
Joe Lewis
Rt. 122
Oswalt Tile
Pontiac
Paul N. Herdman
Fred Jones
Tus
Lakota
Mary Tudor
Elizabeth
Bloody Mary
National Guard
Chuck Olsen
Journal
Howe Motor Co
N. Verity
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