Middletown AIM Dedication Welcomes Arts Facility
The Middletown AIM dedication Sunday features a 2 p.m. ceremony with the symphony, Campus Community Players and the Middletown Fine Arts Center showcasing talents. The symphony performs at 1:30 p.m. in the courtyard, with an Area Art Show through Nov. 7 and dramatic sketches by the Campus Community Players throughout the afternoon.
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Middletown
Middletown Symphony
Campus Community Players
Middletown Fine Arts Center
Symphony
Jerome D. Judd
AIM
Broad Street
G. Dagenbach Turvey
William Landen
Joseph LeMoyne
Arts Center
John Kosar
Burt
Hill Associate
Elliott Levey
McGraw Construction Co
J.K. Hawkins
Frank Myers
Hawkins
Fire and Injury Log From Various City Calls
Scheduled entries show a false fire alarm at Hill's on Breiel Boulevard at 10:56 p.m. A hood fire damaged a 1962 auto owned by Claven Wooldridge at Curtis Street at 9:48 p.m. Kenny Sharp, 11, suffered a cut finger on a knife at Wicoff Street at 5:30 p.m. he was treated and released. An emergency run at 5:08 p.m. involved a woman with a sore throat advised to contact private ambulance.
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S. Breiel Blvd
Hill's
Curtis St
Claven Wooldridge
Wicoff St
Kenny Sharp
Spider causes wreck in Butler County collision
Middletown woman Janice Freeman, 19, tried to kill a spider while driving on Trenton-Franklin Road north of Ohio 122 and crossed the centerline. Alice Price, 46, of Trenton, swerved left to avoid a head-on crash. both women were treated and released, Freeman at Middletown Hospital with no record of treatment.
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Middletown
Butler County
Trenton-Franklin Road
Ohio
Janice Freeman
Alice Price
Ohio Ave
Trenton
Freeman
Howerton Leaves Middletown Police Chief Post
Middletown's police chief James R. Howerton retires after 26 years in the division, ending a 13 year tenure marked by controversy. He stepped down today following a May heart attack and disability pension. Acting chief Robert Walton will lead until a replacement is chosen from four eligible captains.
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Middletown
Division of Police
James R. Howerton
Howerton
Robert Walton
William Brewer
Wilford Palmer
Russell Dwyer
Randy Harrison
Walton
Armco Opens Doors for 75th Anniversary Open House
Thousands are expected to visit Armco Steel Corp. Middletown Works for an open house marking the company anniversary. Highlights include rail car train tours, an air dome theater show on Armco’s history, and guided tours of the Hot Strip mill. Entrance is via Oxford State Road, with shuttle buses and a rail tour option. Visitors should wear light clothing due to heat in the mill areas.
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Middletown
Armco Steel Corp
Barbara Hamilton
Armco
Penn Central
Baltimore & Ohio
Oxford State Road
Breiel Boulevard
City inventor writes baseball draft book
Josiah Morgan an inventor from Middle town known for a mystery fuel concept has penned a baseball draft book titled Weelin in Dealin With Your Own Baseball Franchise Morgan claims the work offers a probabilistic system to rank players by strengths and weaknesses and predicts winners though not revealing full content. Early sales reported at 62. He plans a press demonstration on publication day and notes the method could apply to real games as well.
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Josiah Morgan
Middletown
Morgan
Fifth Ave
Wheelin
Daman Park Spelling Clarified Ahead of Youth Dedication
Helen M Brown of Lemon Township clarifies the park name as Daman not Daman with an O. The park, leased from iddletown in the 1960s, is being dedicated tomorrow from 1 to 5 PM with American Bicentennial observance and new play fields and facilities on site.
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Lemon Township
Helen M. Brown
Daman
American Legion Post 218
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Bank robbery extortion case lands man in Hamilton jail
In jail at Hamilton County, 29 year old Ledell Truett is held on charges of bank robbery and extortion. Prosecutors accuse him of issuing death threats against Butler County Judge Robert Marrs and officials of Citizens Bank in Hamilton.
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Ledell Truett
Hamilton
Hamilton County
Butler County
Robert Marrs
Citizens Bank
Attorney Unknowingly Drawn to Case Involving His Office
Cincinnati attorney Jerry O Dowd learned he was assigned to defend a burglary suspect who had allegedly broken into O Dowd's own law office. He requested to be excused from the case, citing inability to give his best effort, and the court granted the request.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Jerry O'Dowd
Cincinnati
O’dowd
Hospital drive OK by Judge in expansion dispute
A Butler County Common Pleas Court judge ruled that building a driveway on two Orchard Street lots owned by Middletown Hospital does not violate deed restrictions, part of a proposed 10 million expansion. The ruling dismisses the hospital association declaratory judgment suit but leaves intact plans to place expansion on the November ballot.
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Middletown Hospital
Butler County Common Pleas
John E. Ernst
Hospital Association
Orchard Street
Ernst
City Planning Commission and Zoning Board
Middletown
John Barton
Superior Ave
Ohio Supreme Court
Band Box dancer allegedly shoves patron through glass door
Police report a go go dancer at the Band Box Lounge reportedly pushed a patron through a plate glass door after being grabbed. The man sustained no serious injuries. A 17 year old boy says he was shot near Middletown Mall area last night. Kenny Murphy names a male suspect with a grudge, not wounded. A car theft from Unity House: radio and tapes taken from Kathy Halsey’s car. A Young Street car was found with shattered windows. owner Ruby Gay reported the loss.
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Band Box
Central Ave
Middletown Mall
Kenny Murphy
Park St
Murphy
Middletown Hospital gains full approval for psychiatric unit
The proposed psychiatric and drug and alcohol treatment unit at Middletown Hospital has received all necessary approvals. State health officials and the Region Five HEW office confirmed clearance, with an early 1976 opening target. The $80,000 facility will be on the third floor and provide inpatient and outpatient services, counseling, and family therapy.
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Middletown Hospital
Board of Trustees
John Ackerman
Ohio Department of Health
Walter A. Mischley
Middletown Hospital Association
Region Five
HEW
Mischley
Hospital Association
Hamilton
The
Health Planning Association of the
Central Ohio River Valley
CORVA
Butler
Warren
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Robert N. Richardson
L.F. Weitzenkorn
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Ward Browning
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Minnesota Twins
Joe Morgan
Reds
Daman Park
Journal
Greece
Italy
France
Germany
Japan
Portugal
Spain
Denmark
New York
California
Pantel’s Vineyard
Kathy Halsey
Unity House
Young Street
Ruby Gay
Young St
Webster
S. Brezel Blvd
Crawford ST
Logan Ave
Trenton Center
S. University
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