Divers to clean Smith Pond bottom Sunday
Fourteen licensed scuba divers from Explorer Post 15 will scour Smith Pond in Middletown to remove trash. Aqua Sports Enterprises provides equipment and air. three instructors including Robert Lawson join as dive master. old trees and benches will stay to shelter fish, trash to surface, barrels for disposal, and fishermen urged to move aside.
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JOY Jones Journal
Smith Pond
Explorer Post 15
Aqua Sports Enterprises of
Middletown
Robert Lawson
Lawson
West Side S&L Seeks Monroe Branch Amid Opposition
Opponents led by Middletown Federal Savings and others protested West Side Federal Savings and Loan’s Monroe branch plan at a Federal Home Loan Bank hearing in Cincinnati. West Side argues Monroe growth justifies a full service branch. decision rests with Washington after evidence review.
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Savings and Loan Associations
West Side Federal Savings and Loan Association of
Hamilton
Monroe
Middletown Federal Savings & Loan
Citizens Savings and Loan and
Themerican Savings and Loan Associations
West Side
Federal Home Loan Bank
Cincinnati
Home Loan Bank
Washington
East
Courtland Streets
Middletown Federal
Savings and Loan
FKS
West Side Federal
Wilbur Rapp
Ohio State University
Courtney Duff
Gordon Reed
Lynn Fritzsche
Fritzsche
Golfer’s Twin Pants Joke Takes World by Chuckle
A humorous note recounts a golfer who wore two pairs of pants for luck in case of a hole in one. The quip highlights grand comedy from a quirky habit during play.
Safe Hit and Looted Cars Reported in Night Thefts
Police logged break ins and thefts last night and this morning with more than $3 000 in cash and loot taken. A Steel Terminals office safe was opened and 500 dollars stolen while a parked car yielded 2 366 dollars of clothing and jewelry. A Newport woman reported a car rifled at 2 18 am with a platinum diamond ring and other items plus a wig coat boots and dresses. Other losses included frozen food and fishing gear with a tire taken from a parked car.
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Tytus Ave
State Highway
Dorothy Treadway
Shirley Mays
Newport
Sandy
N. Clinton St
J. D. Young
Columba Ave
Anna Runnels
Columbia Ave
Angry at Gilligan prompts Ohio fisher to seek refunds
Robert Muddiman of 3503 Wannes Ave protests after paying 8 for fishing related licenses and experiencing lake closures. He says the state must refund 4, citing a mutual contract and six months use. Optimists install officers at Youth Ranch meeting with Barton named president.
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Robert Muddiman
Wannes, Ave
John Gilligan
Muddiman
Stonelick
Rocky Fork Lakes
Ohio Department
Ohio
Roy Barton
Barton's of Natural Resources
Wildlife
Optimist Club
Jon Schaffer
Douglas Clifton
Robert Miller
Secreary
Ernest Howard
Donald Cox
Raymond Palmer
Edward Faulkner
Charles Sicking
Clarence Fishbaugh
Richard Fugett
Probe Called In Nixon Air Force Museum Detention
The Ohio ACLU executive director asks the Justice Department to convene a federal grand jury over alleged detentions of protesters at the Wright Patterson Air Force Base dedication attended by President Nixon on September 2. He cites numerous complaints of constitutional rights violations by both military and civilian police.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
American Civil Liberties Union
Air Force Museum
Nixon
Benson Woiman
Department of Justice
Wright Patterson Air Force Base
Fork Lift Operator Hurt In Industrial Accident
Robert Planck aged 40 of 601 Garfield Street sustained multiple bruises after a 4000 pound load pinned him at Middletown Warehouse Inc at 1119 Lamneck Street. He was rescued by two fellow lift operators and transported to Middletown Hospital in fair condition.
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Aeronca
Robert Planck
Garfield St
Middletown Hospital
Middletown Warehouse , Inc
Lamneck St
Vases Damaged at Woodside Cemetery in Vandalisruin
About sixty graves at Woodside Cemetery were desecrated with ripped vases and scattered floral pieces. Superintendent Virgil Webster reported to police that roughly forty graves showed damage, with an unofficial count near seventy totals. No headstones were harmed, and vandals likely entered near the railroad spur. Steps were taken to prevent further incidents.
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Woodside
Virgil Webster
Monroe
Webster
Center's Wrong Phone Numbers For Volunteers
Volunteers for the Middletown Treatment Center for Brain Injured Children can call two numbers for help. The center’s weekday phone is 424 3662 until 3 15 p m and was listed wrong in a prior story. On weekends call 423 7401.
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Middletown
Deaths And Funerals Kenneth Fields 56
Kenneth Fields 56 of 2104 Carolina St died Thursday while camping near Liberty Indiana. Services at 2 p.m. Monday at McCoy Lefflert Funeral Home with Rev Herbert Thompson officiating. Burial in Woodside Cemetery. Calling hours Sunday 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home. He is survived by mother Lucy Hogan Columbus sister Estelle Mackey Columbus and four grandchildren.
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Kenneth Fields
Carolina St
McCoy-Lefflert
Herbert Thompson
Woodside Cemetery
Fields
Liberty
Ind
Lucy Hogan
Columbus
Estelle Mackey
Joseph R. Baker & Son
James J. O'Connor
Funeral Home
Edward Hogan 56 Dies After Heart Attack at Home
Edward Joseph Hogan 56 of 6764 Hamilton Midaletown died at 9 10 p m Friday at home after a heart attack. A World War II veteran and welder at Armco Steel Corp for 25 years he was born in Urichsville Ohio. Survived by wife Virginia a daughter Sharon Wheatley Boston a son Richard Chicago.
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Edward Joseph Hogan
Hamilton-Midaletown Pane
Hogan
Armco Steel Corp
Urichsville
Ohio
Virginia
Sharon Wheatley
Boston
Richard
Chicago
Youth Hurt In Accident on Main Street at Barnitz Stadium
A 15 year old Middletown High School student suffered minor injuries in a three car crash at 10:15 p.m. on Main Street near Barnitz Stadium. Michael D. Gilmore was treated at Middletown Hospital after falling from a 1970 car with Ed Reid as a passenger. The 1971 car driven in reverse by Barry Medley struck a parked vehicle, which then hit Gilmore’s car injuring his right eye hand and arm. Damages were about 525 dollars.
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Middletown High School
Main
Barnitz Stadium
Michael D. Gilmore
Shafer St
Middletown Hospital
Ed Reid
Wilbraham Road
Offcers
Barry Medley
Lorraine Drive
Robert Davis
Barnitz St
Gilmore
Infant daughter of Carlisle couple dies after surgery
Services for the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stephens of 113 Arthur Ave. will be at 10 30 a m Monday at Swart Funeral Home West Carrollton. Burial at Evergreen Cemetery West Carrollton. Born Tuesday in Dayton she died Thursday in Texas after heart surgery in San Antonio. Survived by parents maternal grandparents James Keys Carlisle and paternal grandparents Hugh Stephens Chattanooga Tenn.
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Carlisle
Robert Stephens
Arthur Ave
Swart
West Carrollton
Evergreen Cemetery
Dayton
San Antonio
Tex
Texas
James Keys
Hugh Stephens
Chattanooga
Tenn
Hamilton Deaths Amanda Oatis 69
Mrs. Amanda Oatis aged 69 of 1158 Central Ave dies. Services are set for 1 p.m. at the local funeral home.
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Amanda Oatis
Central Ave
Trusting Unknown Canvasser Sparks Homeowners Alarm
Termites and a suspicious door-to-door canvassing plea prompt homeowners to question the legitimacy of a house-to-house canvasser. Residents express concern that the offer or inspection does not add up and seek caution against possible scams.
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John Paschal
Parks and Recreation
W. D. Vorhis
George Crout
Vorhis
WPFB
Fisher Avenue
Rive
Lisa Lane
Spring Hill School
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Vannest Ave
John Dobrozsi Jr
Ins., Inc
First Ave
Gilligan
Fisherman
Kentucky
Stonelick Lake
AF Museum
Wolman
Beard
Don Cooke
Terrace Park
Lebanon
Sheckler
Israel Baptist Church
Emma Neumeister
Buckeye St
Klaus Weigel
Truman Kinnear
Chase Ave
Colligan
Rose Jameson
Cleveland Ave
Klaus-Weigel
Edward Hogan
Infant Stephens
Lewis J. Purdy
Beech
Dohn
Board of Elections
Republican Party OF
Butler County
POL
ADV
U.S
Union Sannery
Fenwick Boosters
Fenwick
Cole Slaw
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