Controversial recluse to be buried today
Giovanni Colletti a 79 year old recluse from Corn Wells Heights Bucks County will be buried today after dying Monday at Delaware Valley Hospital His life drew attention in July when a bulldozer threatened his 10 foot square shack which sat on land he did not own The plot had been sold in 1966 for back taxes and neighbors protested the eviction by the buyers who planned to build a home on the site
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Philadelphia
Giovanni Colletti
Cornwells Heights
Bucks County
Delaware Valley Hospital
Colletti
Jewish talent agent in Arab role on Newsweek cover
Manhattan talent agent Steve Kaye, Jewish, posed in Arab attire for Newsweek on the “Arab Oil Squeeze” cover. He volunteered after failing to find an Arab actor, saying his emotions were mixed due to family in Israel, with reactions from his Marlboro New Jersey neighborhood.
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New York
Manhattan
Steve Kaye
Kaye
Newsweek Magazine
Israel
Kibbutz
Yizrael
Jerusalem
Newsweek
Marlboro
N.J
Gilligan Names Akron Trustee Frances McGovern
Gov John Gilligan appointed Frances McGovern an Akron attorney to the Akron University board of trustees to replace term expired trustee Robert P Beasley. McGovern, 46, takes the seat in Columbus.
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Columbus
Ohio
John Gilligan
Frances McGovern
Akron
Akron University Board of Trustees
Robert P. Beasley
Yearbooks Ready for Monroe High Class of 1973 Graduates
Graduates of Lemon Monroe High School Class of 1973 may pick up yearbooks starting tonight at the north entrance before and during the football game. Additional pickup is available in the main office from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays beginning next Monday.
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Lemon- Monroe High School
Nort
Jeanne Snyder
Police Briefs Prompt Wallet Theft and Burglary in Covington Area
A Covington man reported his wallet containing 313 dollars stolen while making a call at Parkway Cafe on Yankee Road. John Palmer identified as 4215 Huntington Ave. said a man offered to hold his book then grabbed the wallet. A Franklin man, Robert Bell, said burglars hit a deserted gas station at Yankee Road and Verity Parkway taking tools worth 270. A bicycle worth 80 was taken from 1118 S Main St. Jean Kesselring reported a wallet with a check for 66 and 11 in cash stolen at a church on Baltimore Street. Police later recovered the emptied wallet behind the church.
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Covington
Parkway Cafe
Yankee Road
John Palmer
Huntington Ave
Robert Bell
Millard Drive
Franklin
Verity Parkway
Jean Kesselring
Baltimore Street
Obituaries and funeral notices for Middletown area residents
Multiple death notices including Rev Charles J Osborne 71 of 3350 S Main St Middletown who died at Middletown Hospital Sept 13 at 4 35 am with services at Joseph R Baker and Sons Funeral Home and interment Woodside Cemetery Also notices for Mr Rader 52 of 6679 Germantown Rd Middletown and Mr Charles L 82 of VA Hospital Dayton with visitations and services listed at local funeral homes and churches Details include names guardians and service times and places per local obituaries from McCoy Leffier and Wilson Schramm Memorial Homes and Peastown First Church of God.
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Kenneth Nelson
Germantown Rd
Middletown Hospital
Elsie Moore
Joseph R. Baker & Sons
F.O
Walter L. Hensley
Butler County Memorial Park
Lawson
Clifford
Clayton St
Jennie Lawson
Grace Pentecostal Assembly
Steve Faulkner
Ernest Watson
Fishbaugh
Alice M
Crawford St
Wilson.Schramm Memorial
Holy Trinity Church
Woodside Cemetery
Wilson
Schramm Memorial
Roosevelt Blvd
Osborne
Charles J
S. Main St
Dora Osborne
Howard Sears
Rader
Zollie Gibbs
Schramm
Peasttown First Church
Mr. Charlies L
Dayton
Ohio
McCoy-Leffier
Grand Ave
Church of God
Billy T. Ball
Woodhill Cemetery
Dial
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Stravrou Lazarou
Steve Lazaron
Alice
Lazaronm
Lazaron
America
Greece
Turkey
Reed
Blanche Reed
Osee Hobbs
Wilson-Schramm
Riggs Funeral Home Inc
S. Main
Middle Town
Elm ST
Monroe
Joseph R. Baker
Florists Flowers
Peck
Main St
Starr Floral CO
Rolls Royce
Hannah
State St
Trenton
Charles Johnson
Pennyrich
Call
Florida
KNAPP
M.B. Ellington
Diver's Garden Store
First Ave
Kabile Tree Service
Hamilton
Mona
Bern's
Yankee Rd
Nhouse
Beauty and Barber
Jerry Abner
Jeff Frisby
Youtsler
Breiel
Jerry
Jeff
Maude’s
Broad St
Glasco
Call Brant’s
AKERS
American Sanitation
Building Trades
Central Ave
Brandenburg Coast
Aluminum
Dalton Aluminum Products
Taylor Home Improvement
R.e.lovely
Paul C. Ballard
DeBusk
Taylor Appliance
Middletown Shopping Plaza
Shur Fit Dist., Inc
N. Main
Franklin Call
Tom
Sam Stacy
Kolker
Simpson Fence CO
Com For Home Insulation CO
Middletown
Howard Stamm
Kay
Isaacs Bros
Rowland
R. Lacey
Fred
H.E. Nunamaker & Son, Inc
Corner N. Verity Pkwy
Eldora Call
Kenmore & Signature
Norelco
Brown’s Electronics
Rick‘s
Master Charge
BankAmericard
Maple Park
Lakeside
Fairmount Ave
Orlando Allen
Barbara Park
Peasttown Heights
Weninge
Laynecrest
Manchester Rd
Box 26
Co Journal
General Factory
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Borden Metal Products
Linden St. Carlisle
Mr. Hill
Mike Pidgeon
Ford
Fox
Miami
Tytus Ave
McDonald’s
Compton
Golden Lamb_ inn
Lebanon
Corey
Orchard
Roosevelt
Maxwell Paper Corp
N. River St
Bob Collins
Blanche Carpenter
Collinsworth Trucking
Reed’s
Monroe Exxon
Chester Products
Lafayette Ave
Independent Oil Company
Dance Oil Co
N. Verity Pkvy
Day's Inn
St. Rt
Pete Murphy
Dayton South Truck Plaza
Die Makers
Ace Machine Tool Co
Forest Ave
SHELL
National Company
Servomation Corp
Tytus
Atco Marconi Electric Service
Box 39 Co Journal
Cincinnati
Henry
Mayfield Shop
Pilus
Henry Tire Co
2Nd St
Dayton Forgiving and Heat Treating CO
Pauline
Montgomery Wards
Middletown Business College
N. Verity
Bublah
Greenware & Supplies
Rosemarie Rd
Tri-State Driver Training Inc
Runyan
Connie Pollard
Tri State Driver Training Inc
G.I
Madison Nursery School
Pleasant Ridge
Logsdon Nursing Home
Stanley Home Products
Gertrude Forrest
Brass Rail
Parkway Motel
N. Verity Pkwy
Co Middletown Journal
Oneida
Columbia
Olan Mills
Office Outfitters, Inc
North Main St
Upper
Miamisburo Rd
Miamisburg
Queens
Casons Hardware
LPN
Celebrity
Woodridge East
Mom
Playhouse Toy CO
Linda
Nancy
Country Kitchen
Monroe Area
Baby
Chatham Village
Beautician
Jewell Beauty Shop
Prot’s
Avon
Oruc
Chal Wheeler
Young St
The
Howe Motor Co
Gilligan
Journal
Memory Lane
Bake & Group
Franklin St
Sun
Delta Sigma Sorority
4Th Ave
Hunter Area
Jerry Brown
Frisch’s Restaurants, Inc
Oneward
Middletown, Oo
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