Murder Case Tops October Grand Jury List in Butler County
The October term grand jury in Butler County will hear 76 cases involving 65 defendants. Woydlee Turner, 19, faces first degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon for the July 25 fatal shooting of his father in law Gordon Lovins in Hamilton. Robert B. Webber, 30, is charged with homicide by motor vehicle for a June 19 cycle-car crash near Hamilton that killed Merle Lawrence McGaffeney. Other Hamilton, Fairfield, and area cases include burglary, forgery, robbery, and theft counts across multiple defendants and towns. The panel convenes October 7 before Judge Arthur J. Fiehrer.
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Hamilton
Butler County Grand Jury
Court of Common Pleas
Arthur J. Fiehrer
Woydlee Turner
Grand Hetel
Gordon Lovins
Canal Road
Turner
Robert B. Webber
Indian Creek Rd
Oxford
Merle Lawrence McGaffeney
Shank Road
U. S
Stahlheber Road
McGaffeney
U. S. 27
Webber
Fred Hughes
Frank C. Willoughby
Sam Ballerino
Ray Cunagin
Donald Chapman
Cecil R. Hall
James R. Love
Sam Murphy
Elizabeth M. Smith
Nelson Kirby
Paul Warren Finney
Mertha Reese
Ellis Davis
Jo Ann Croom
Ronald Scherbaum
James Still
Eugene Parker
Joan Thompson
Robert Michael Burns
Louis Steele
Jesse Wilson
Richard Eads
Jack Bruner
Robert Hargis
Lonnie Hayes
Gordon Jones
Vickie Ann Hocker
Oscar Cape Jr
Alphonso McGuire
Willie Smith
Fairfield
Robert J. Mitchel
Leonard Smith
Alfred Walker
Cedric Willams
Edward Lloyd Hart
Marion Giani
Luther Wells Jr
Area 1
Stephen Wayne Reichel
Agnes Leary
Diane Clare
Dorsey Centers Jr
Curtis R. Guthrie
William J. Fox
James Earl Morris
Little Miami Clean Up Sets River Trip
Waynesville residents and Sierra Club members planned a morning river cleanup on the Little Miami River from the Waynesville Road bridge to the Rt. 350 bridge near Fort Ancient. Hank Freeman said the effort aims to show streams can be kept clean with public interest.
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Waynesville
Sierra Club
Miami River
Waynesville Road
Little Miami River
Oregonia
Fort Ancient
Hank Freeman
Driver Blanks Out Causing Car to Flip and Injure
A Keays Avenue man, Robert E. Lawson, 32, was treated at Middletown Hospital for possible head and arm injuries after his car blacked out on Lefferson Road and flipped into a ditch near 3502 Jefferson Road. The 1965 model was a total loss. Minor injuries were reported for a bicyclist and two others in eleven accidents investigated. one driver was cited for driving under suspension.
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Keays Avenue
Jefferson Road
Robert E. Lawson
Keays Ave
Middletown Hospital
Lefferson Road
Lefferson
Jefferson Rd
Lawson
Shirley Roberts
Central Ave
Tytus Ave
James M. Cotton
Lind St
Barnitz Field
S. Main Street
Cotton
Middletown Soldier Wounded in Vietnam Third Time
Spec. 4 Daniel E. Scales of the 25th Infantry was wounded in Trang Bang Vietnam when his camp came under a night mortar attack. He previously suffered a back bullet wound and a fractured left arm. His parents Mr and Mrs Eldren Scales 2202 Pearl St were notified.
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Middletown
Vietnam
Eldren Scales
Pearl St
Spec
Daniel E. Scales
Trang Bang
25Th Infantry
Scales
Specialist Scales
Air Force
End To Investment Controls Is Urged
Rep. Donald E. Lukens co sponsors a resolution calling for abolition of President Lyndon Johnsons foreign investment controls placed in January. Lukens argues controls harm the balance of payments and hinder world trade and investment and were not authorized by Congress.
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U.S
Lyndon Johnson
Donald E
Buz) Lukens
Johnson
U. S
Lukens
United States
Congress
Farmer 78 Hurt in Fall at Home Drainage Ditch
Fred Stock 78, a farmer from near Hamilton, is in critical condition at Fort Hamilton Hospital with head injuries after a fall of about five feet into a drainage ditch at his home. Deputies say he lay unconscious for over an hour and a half before being found and transported by the New Miami Life Squad.
Boy Held In Mugging
A 17 year old boy was held by police for investigation into the mugging of Roland Meadows a 41 year old man on West Central Avenue. Meadows reported four youths rifled his pockets while asleep in a car behind 900 West Central Avenue and some property was dumped into the Hydraulic Canal. The boy was arrested after witnesses supplied the car license number and identified him.
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West Central Avenue
Roland Meadows
Second Ave
Central Avenue
Meadows
Hamilton Deaths of Mildred Ceplich and William Campbell
Mrs. Mildred Ceplich 68 of Fairfield and William Campbell 40 of 628 Franklin Street have funeral services set for 10 a.m. Monday per Colligan and Campbell respectively.
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Hamilton
Mildred Ceplich
Fairfield
Colligan
William Campbell
Franklin St
Campbell
Franklin Lions Sponsor Funarama Community Thank You
Lions Club members host a Funarama at the Lions Community Park on Sixth Street starting at 1 30 p m with a picnic and games. A Franklin vs Springboro Lions Club softball game coached by Warren County commissioners features the Springboro Blisters led by Robert South and Franklin Aches coached by Arthur Harp. A 3 p m magic show and 4 p m horseshoe exhibition follow, then the Gary and the Hornets rock group performs at 4 30 p m.
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Franklin
Lions Club
Lions Community
Sixth Street
Springboro Lions
Warren County
Robert South
Springboro
Arthur ‘Harp
Franklin Aches
Gary and the
Hornets
Pair Hurt In Crash On Rt. 4
Two Middletown residents were hospitalized after a car driven by Cheryl Kay Bothast 21 lost control on Ohio 4 near Rt. 63. The vehicle veered into a ditch and field, injuring Bothast and passenger Larry Caudill 24. Bothast treated for chest forehead and arm contusions. Caudill for scalp face and hand lacerations.
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Middletown
Middletown Hospital
Ohio 4
Highway Patrol
Cheryl Kay Bothast
S. Sutphin St
Rt. 4
Rt. 63
McCoy - Leffler
Miss Bothast
Larry Caudill
Roosevelt Ave
Caudill
Middletown court sentences motorists and others
In Middletown Municipal Court Earlee Turner 44 of Dayton received 90 days suspended for drunk driving after speeding and resisting arrest. Spurlock 37 of 805 10th Ave was given three 30 day jail terms and a $200 fine plus a 90 day driving ban for running a stop sign and related charges. George Laws 44 received three 30 day sentences for assault and intoxication with other charges dismissed. Several others were fined or had charges dismissed.
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Spurlock
10Th Ave
Middletown
Turner
Earlee Turner
Dayton
Raymond
Ninth Avenue
Lincoln Street
George Laws
James H. Bailey
Stockton
Calif
James P. Flagg
14Th Ave
Ruby Adkins
Excello
David Prather
Safe opened nothing taken at Homan Beverages burglary
An off duty Middletown patrolman at Homan Beverages on Curtis Street and Woodlawn Avenue found a break in early today. The office was ransacked and the safe’s combination knocked off, but nothing was missing. Entry appears to have been gained by prying a large hole in the roof.
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Middletown
Homan Beverages, Inc
Curtis Street
Woodlawn Avenue
Fairfield youths injured in early morning crash on US 27
Three Fairfield youths were hurt when their south bound car lost control on US 27 near Shadynook curve north of Millville. The driver Richard Carr 18 and passenger Daniel Cayse 16 were admitted to Mercy Hospital. Douglas Murden 16 was taken to Fort Hamilton Hospital. The curve has a history of fatalities.
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Hamilton
Fairfield
U. S. 27
Shadynook
Millville
J. J. Green
Oxford Road
Richard Edgar Carr
Celadon Ave
Daniel C. Cayse
Wells Exits AEEIF Race as Nominees Named for Ballot
Wells former Armco Employes Independent Federation president won repeated terms and now does not run. Four candidates vie for president Ronald Davish Carmel Mathis Ralph McKenzie Walter Slone. Trustee and vice president candidates listed across plants East Works Fabricating Hamilton Washington Court House and others.
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Sam Wells
Wells
Armco Employes’ Independent Federation Inc
AEIF
Middletown
Armco
The
Ronald Davish
Carmel Mathis
Ralph McKenzie
Walter Slone
Robert Dunn
Barry Mathis
John W. Lafayette
Charles R Moreland
James Proctor
East Works
Scott Banks
Green Hamlin
Gilmer Mays
Hamilton
Chester Black
Edward Bonner
Robert Carle
Ralph Stewart
Phillip Williams
Paul Winterbotham
Washington Court House
James Anderson
Rodney Jones
Walter Arvin
Clarence Beat
Fire Runs Prompt Damage Reports From City Streets
Fire department logs show two incidents yesterday in the 1800 block of Grand Avenue and 1800 First Avenue. A car owned by Thomas A. Robinson backfired causing $50 damage. A truck owned by Floyd Whitman backfired causing $30 damage.
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Grand Avenue
Thomas A. Robinson
S. Dixie ‘Highway
First Ave
Floyd Whitman
Alice Drive
Franklin
Teenager Arrested In Candy Shoplifting Case
A 14 year old boy was arrested yesterday on petit larceny and false information charges after attempting to shoplift two candy packs worth 88 cents from Liberal Supermarket on S Verity Parkway. He gave a false name and address during questioning.
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Liberal
S. Verity Parkway
Jerry Marcum Arrested on Driving Charges in Lemon Township
Jerry Marcum, 19, of 1523 Pershing Ave, was arrested by Lemon Township police last night on charges of driving under suspension, careless driving and eluding a police officer.
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Jerry Marcum
Pershing Ave
Lemon Township
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Benny Barrow
William Robert Shepherd
Erty
Curtis Williams
Eugene ‘Woodward
Larry Warren Davis
Charles Thomas Hill
Thomas Barton
James Whitman
Uriel Lapsley
Stone
Jack Morgan
Daniel Chasteen
Paul R. Click
Gordon Kermit Fultz
Tom Allen
Hoskins
Richard Harry Payne
Crawford
Daniel H. Willright
John Lang
Little Miami
Michael Schiavone
Penny
Daniel
Lackland Afb
Tex
Marine Pvt
Theodore Scales
Pendleton
Daniel Scales
Franklin Lions Ready
Bes
Mossman Road
Hester L. Parrent
S. Main St
Curtis Hill
Kunz Ave
Edward Reynolds
Dickey Road
Eell
Ziebart
Enterprize Baptist Church
Seneca ST
Ohio
Walters
Williamstown
Combs Singers
Happy Four
Lloyd Pike
Mayking
AEEIF
Milton Middie
Ity
Raymond Bowman
Bobby O. Brown
Donald Chafin
Rocco DiCristoforo
Ralph Ewen
Lawrence Fletcher
Milton Gentry
Roy Holaday
Dean Johnson
Lester Kincaid
Marvin Monroe
Clinton Moreland
John W. Morgan
Michael Phillips
Edward Rose
Edward Sandusky
Water Stone
Arthur Snowden
Walter Sparks
Ross Thorpe
Sam A. Vaughn
Phillip Waites
Howard Wright
Marcus Palmer
Marcus Palmer, Fabricating, and Edward Martin, Eugene Mize, Beuhl Roach
Columbus Spicer
August Swartz
Stewart Taggart
Delbert Thompson
Gene Cook
Cooks
Manchester Road
Vannest Avenue
Arthur W. Hill
Vanderveer St
James Garlen
Thomas Road
George D. Smith
Germantown Rd
Cincinnati Bengals
Roger Tolson
Orchard Street
Richardson
B.H. Scott
Mayer Drive
Melanie Snyder
Monroe
Melanie Timmers
Jackson Lane
Charles Haller
Adria Ave
George C. Lacey
Elmer
Davidson Photo
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