Monroe's Sesquicentennial Becomes Town Wide Celebration
Monroe marked its 150th birthday with a four day event drawing up to 25000 visitors. The ceremony featured post office dedication at 301 S Main St, ecumenical service uniting local churches, and a beard contest with multiple winners. The celebration showcased community pride and a new interchurch council.
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Monroe
Reed Musgrove
Joe Pleska
Jim Anthony
John McClure
Steve Young
Ed Woodward
David Cobb
Robert Thompson
Art Boyer
Millville
Russ Hueston
Trenton
Harry Stretcher
Carlisle
Dan Homan
Springboro
Fred Mayne
S. Main St
First National Bank
Doris Thompson
Gordon Reed
Edna Montayne
West Chester
Ohio League of Postmasters
William J. Rahter
U. S. Post Office
Cincinnati
Queen
Georgia Neu
Cindy Hurley
Dale Ridenour
Lemon - Monroe High School
Monroe Religious Council
Harold Stafford
Monroe Methodist Church
Public Hearing On Apartments Stated
A public hearing on a planned development for a proposed apartment complex south of Grand Avenue at Boylston Street will be held today at 7 30 p m before City Commission. Marvin Warner Corp of Cincinnati submitted a plan to add more units than R 2 zoning allows to preserve yard space and trees. Planning Commission has approved it. At 8 p m the City Commission will consider mutual fire aid with Middletown and Carlisle and an emergency rezoning of two John Ratcliffe properties from R 2 to B 1 at Baltimore Street and Yankee Road.
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Grand Avenue
Boylston Street
City Commission
Marvin Warner Corp
Cincinnati
City Planning Commission
Middletown
Carlisle
John Ratcliffe
Baltimore Street
Yankee Road
Planning Commission
Wounded Soldier Returns to Active Duty in Vietnam
Army Spec. 4 Garry Cox, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Cox of 7778 West Alexandria Road, has returned to active service in Vietnam after recovering from wounds to the left side of his face arm and hand. He was with the advisory team of the 96th Division and had been in Vietnam since August 1966.
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Sam Cox
Alexandria Road
Army Spec
Garry Cox
Vietnam
Tokyo
Cox
Cantho
96Th
Early Signup Sought for YMCA Bridge Series
The Middletown YMCA invites early registrations for a 15 session bridge series from Oct 1 to May 15. Fees are 2 dollars 50 cents per session, with a two week duration per session and couples paired with different partners each time.
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Robert Weatherwax
Glenn Selby
Vincent Sisson
Middletown
Kidnap Suspect Cited in Middletown Armed Robbery Case
A six day manhunt ends as Gerald Deaton, 24, is arrested in Monroe and charged with armed robbery and kidnapping. Investigators link him to multiple incidents including the Frentzel kidnapping and a Middletown gas station robbery. He faces seven charges, with arraignment set in Butler County court.
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Middletown
Mulins
Gerald LeSourdsville
Frentzel
Lexington
Denton
Barbara
Hecmd
Monroe
Mullins
Hamilton
Deaton
Jerry Keith
James Frentzel
Campton
John Cliff Hyde
Franklin Collinsworth
Girard St
Jerry
Keith
Butler County Sheriff's Deputy
John B. Mullins
Alman
Fairfield
Butler County
Tually
Mid- Station
Donna Purse
Auto overturns on I 75 injures 43 year old woman in Kentucky
A 43 year old Louisville woman, Geneva Smith Karsner, was listed in satisfactory condition at Middletown Hospital after her auto rolled over on Interstate 75 near Monroe following a tire blowout. She sustained possible chest injuries and was transported by ambulance. Police also reported minor injuries to Oliver J. Wilson and to Karen Caudill, with a separate accident involving Frank Caudill on the Cincinnati Dayton Road near Route 122.
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Louisville, Ky
Middletown Hospital
Monroe
Ligue
Geneva Smith Karsner
Karsner
McCoy Leffler
Caudill
Oliver J. Wilson
Baltimore St
Wilson
Miss Caudill
Karen Caudill
Frank Caudill
Shaker Road
Franklin
Cincinnati- Dayton
Lebanon Driver Charged in Downtown Collision
Roscoe Cates 25 of Lebanon faces reckless driving and leaving the scene after his southbound car struck a parked vehicle at 8 River St. owned by Millard DeHart causing total loss. Cates’ car sustained $200 damage. An 18-year-old Franklin youth was charged with failing to maintain an assured clear distance after a Sunday mishap involving Jesse L. McCarley and Jim Banks, with $350 total damage to both cars.
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Franklin
Roscoe Cates
Lebanon
Cates
River Street
River St
Millard DeHart
DeHart
Jesse L. McCarley
Pennyroyal Road
Jim Banks
Virginia Ave
Banks
Deardoff Road
Virginia Avenue
City Planning Commission May Meet To Hear Zoning Map Position
Planning commissioners may hold a meeting tomorrow to consider staff recommendations on proposed zones for the new city zoning map. Saturday calls sought firm and final staff recommendations, with contact needed between staff and chairman John Burdsall. Meeting typically starts at 1 45 p.m.
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Planning Net
Commission
John Burdsall
Butler County Traffic Death Toll Forecast Warned by Official
Hamilton Safety Council manager W R Hicks warned that Butler County faces a record year in traffic fatalities. The county recorded its 49th death Friday with 63 deaths to date and an estimated 72 for the year if the trend continues, with December deemed typically the deadliest month.
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Hamilton
Butler County
Safety Council
W. Russ Hicks
Hicks
Man attempts break in on Tytus Avenue
A 20 year old housewife on Tytus Avenue near Ohio Avenue reported a man with a two day beard and soiled red shirt tried to force entry at 4 p m He asked for Charlie Smith then grabbed her shoulder and fled after neighbors intervened Police search for a six foot two inch 200 pound black man who dragged a Miami University coed near the Middletown Campus last Friday morning.
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Middletown
Russell G. Dean
Wiswell Street
Cincinati
Dean
Jerry
Veneta Avenue
Frentzel
Tytus Avenue
Ohio Avenue
Charlie Smith
Smith
Miami University Coed
Franklin Girl Improves After Bus Door Fall
A 9 year old Franklin girl who opened a rear emergency door and fell from a school bus Friday is improving at Mercy Hospital Hamilton in fair condition. Marsha Thompson, daughter of Mr and Mrs Earl Thompson, 34 Mentz Road, was admitted in poor condition after the bus, traveling 10 to 15 miles per hour, struck the ground.
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Franklin
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Marsha Thompson
Earl Thompson
Mentz Road
Injuries Reported In Wreck On Carmody Boulevard
Two men suffered bruises in a morning crash at Carmody Boulevard and Central Avenue. Grover R. Epper son, 33, and a passenger declined hospital care after a $650 vehicle damage. Glen McCoy, 69, was cited for failure to yield, total damage $1,400 across four accidents.
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Grover R. Epperson
Myers Road
Larry Blunt
Germantown Road
Carmody Boulevard
Central Avenue
Glen McCoy
Calumet Ave
Epperson
McCoy
Life Underwriter Speaks at Hamilton Society Meeting
Luther Colliver a local life underwriter for Equitable Life Assurance Society will speak at the Hamilton Association of Life Underwriters opening meeting at noon on Wednesday. His talk titled Why Not Change outlines ideas for policyholders and the public.
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Luther Colliver
Hamilton Association of Life Underwriters
YMCA
Hamilton
Colliver
Equitable Life Assurance Society
United States
Central Ave
Equitable
TV Stolen From Home of John F. Buchanan
Thieves took a portable television from 1709 Manchester Ave while John F. Buchanan was at church Sunday.
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John F. Buchanan
Manchester Ave
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Paul Bell
Lemon- Monroe High School
Tom Buchanan
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Cremeans
E. State
Oneida
Thompson
Rahter
Steigerwald
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Plan Board
Reed-Klopp
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