Maimsburg Derailment Claims Three Lives In Freight Crash
In Miamisburg Ohio three people died and seven were injured when an 83 car Conrail train derailed after a axle broke in car 25. The wreck collapsed a brick feed mill and struck a twoFamily house at 418 Pearl St killing Kathy Barkalow 17 Linda Hamerick 26 and Call's 4 week old son Michael Joseph Call. Authorities labeled it a deadly incident with mass destruction and one of the region’s worst derailments.
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Miamisburg
Ohio
Michael Call
Call
Conrail
Pearl St
Calls
Michael Joseph Call
Kathy Ann Barkalow
First St
Linda Hamerick
Oxford Road
Germantown
Grandview Hospital
Middletown Schools weigh revived Youth Employment program
Middletown City Schools board may revive the Youth Employment Training Program with a CETA funding request to cover teacher costs. The plan started January at three high schools offering 15 hours weekly work for up to 25 students each, paid by CETA funds, and now seeks 183110 to finance the program after October 1 plus three supervisors. The board also weighs bids for two new school buses and will meet at 4:30 pm in the Administration Building.
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Middletown City
Samuel Dalton
Butler County
CETA
Middletown
Monroe
Theogram
Bing
Middfest 76 Arts and Crafts Booths Add Color
An arts and crafts show is part of Middfest 76 festivities on September 22 23 and 24 at City Centre Mart. Churches schools civic groups clubs and individuals may operate booths by contacting Jeanne Stoner at 423 6541 or 424 3383 by Wednesday.
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Jeanne Stoner
Dayton man faces death penalty in Ledford shooting trial
Conrad Gregory Peaks, 22, stands trial in Butler Common Pleas Court for aggravated murder with robbery specification in the April 27 fatal shooting of Robert Ledford at Ledford's grocery and service station on Germantown Road. Prosecutors say Peaks and an unknown accomplice robbed and shot Ledford during the holdup. defense says he was at his Dayton home at the time. The case began with about 40 jurors being questioned as selection proceeds, and trial is expected to last around three days.
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Butler Common County
Common Pleas Court
Conrad Gregory Peaks
Robert L Marrs
Marrs
Ohio
Supreme Court
Peaks
Robert Ledford
Ledford
Germantown Road
Madison Township
Hoover Ave
Dayton
Butler County
John Holcomb
Michael Gmoser
Contend Peaks
Housing for elderly eyed in Mason project loan approval
The Warren County Council on Aging seeks a $1,595,625 HUD loan for a 50 apartment elderly housing project in Mason. Approval by HUD follows a preliminary application filed, with rent subsidies to assist tenants. The development would be located off US 42 and supported by U.S. Senators John Glenn and Howard Metzenbaum.
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Mason
US. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Warren County Council On Aging
U.S
John Glenn
Howard Metzenbaum
US 42
Two Earlham students die in U S 40 crash near state line
Karl Wienand 21 a German native and Susan Haverland 19 from Delaware die when a motorcycle they rode collides with a rear of a westbound tractor-trailer on U S 40 near the Indiana state line. The truck is driven by Charles Gump 38 of McConnelsville Ohio. The crash occurred at 1 05 am about 810 feet east of the state line.
Middletown VD Clinic Director to Address Board of Health
Judy Morgan, director of the city run venerol disease clinic, will address the Board of Health tomorrow at 7 30 a m in the second floor conference room City Building She will discuss clinic operation which provides treatment of general diseases to Middletown residents Also on the agenda are Middfest 78 preparations and the annual survey of city food service operations
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Judy Morgan
Board of Health
Mrs. Morgan
Middletown
Police Briefs On Theft And Auto Crash
A FIRST AID kit valued at 200 and another worth 100 were stolen from a city ambulance at Middletown Hospital Saturday night. Three people were injured in a two car crash at 51 Gideon Road at 2 30 p m yesterday when Harley Wilson forty two of 100 Gideon struck Christopher B Dodge thirty one of 2108 Wilbraham Road after Dodge pulled right and Wilson aimed to pass as Dodge left turned in his path. both drivers not charged. Wilson and two passengers in the Dodge car Jamie Dodge seven and Jamie Hill seven of 411 Gideon were treated and released. Thomas R Meadows thirty six of Monroe injured late Saturday when his motorcycle went off South Main Street near 15th Avenue and struck a street sign. his front end locked up and he was charged with not having a motorcycle endorsement.
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Middletown Hospital
Gideon Road
Harley Wilson
Gideon
Christopher B Dodge
Wilbraham Road
Dodge
Wilson
Jamie Dodge
Jamie Hill
South Main Street
15Th Avenue
Thomas R Meadows
Monroe
Loot recovered from tavern break in and other crime reports
Loot from The Hideaway break in recovered behind a North Avenue home after suspects fled. Officers say 10 full bottles and five partial bottles of whiskey were stolen plus 12 cases of beer and a pried freezer door noted. Other incidents include tool theft at Weatherwax Golf Course and a Pizza King burglary with $21 stolen, plus a car wheel and tire theft at Vivian Washington Sr. home.
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Charles Street
North Avenue
William Davis
City Planning considers citywide bikeways pilot on Tytus Avenue
Middletown planning officials study resident surveys as the Planning Commission weighs a pilot bikeway along a two mile stretch of Tytus Avenue from Maple Park School to downtown. The plan estimates a four foot bike lane on each side with total cost 5 000 to 6 000 dollars.
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Planning Commission
City Commission
Bob Metz
Middletown
Metz
Tytus Avenue
Maple Park School
Tytus
Holdup suspects charged in Monroe
Four men were charged with aggravated robbery after a King Kwik Minute Market at 28S Main St. was robbed at 11 40 last night. The suspects were apprehended on I 75 near the Ohio 122 ramp with help from Middletown police and Butler County deputies. Names: Melvin Bowling Kil Honesty David Walling Randall Lakes. No injuries reported. cash unlisted. They remain in Butler County Jail awaiting Area II Court appearance.
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Ohio 122
Martin Wilbur
Don Faris
Michael Lawhorn
Middletown
Butler County
Melvin Douglas Bowling
Dale Ave
Franklin
Kil Wayne Honesty
Jacksonburg-Gratis Road
Gratis
David Scott Walling
Winchester
Randall Lynn
Mediation to Begin in Strike at Hoerner-Waldorf Plant
The two month labor dispute at Hoerner-Waldorf Co plant heads to mediation in Cincinnati after a July 13 strike vote by about 130 members of United Paperworkers International Local 310. A mid August session yielded little progress and the local plant, now part of Champion International, seeks a settlement.
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Hoerner-Waldorf Co
United Paperworkers International Local 310
Cincinnati
Champion International
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E. Pease St
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Mossman Road
Jackson Lane
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L.J. Franchi
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