Bond set at 200000 for Pisgah bank robbery suspects
Federal charges filed against Arthur Caroline Brown 21 and James E. Battell 24 of Columbus after a $25000 robbery at the Pisgah Home Federal Savings loan branch. They are held in Butler County Jail on 200000 bonds each. A third suspect Lionel Stewart 23 was killed when shot by a deputy after surrender orders.
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Pisgah
Home Federal Savings & Loan Association of
Hamilton
Butler County
Robert Marrs
Arthur Caroline Brown
James E. Battell
Columbus
FBI
Lionel Stewart
Stewart
Police dog Duke dies after seven years with Middletown force
Duke an 8 year old retired K 9 of Middletown police died last night of a heart attack at his trainer’s home. He served seven years and helped track a missing woman within hours of arrival in 1966. Duke was to be buried today at the animal burial ground behind the shelter at Trenton.
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Duke
Middletown
Pts
William Hollister
Rommel
Veterans
Eagles Lodge
Fraternal Order of Police
Miami River
Trenton
City Tenants Up to Date Report to Commissioners
A favorable report has been presented to city commissioners noting most tenants are current in payments and obligations, reflecting orderly rental activity and compliance with housing regulations.
Middletown men sentenced in assault on two officers
Otis Turner 20 received five years probation and 1200 restitution to a police officer for pain and suffering. Richard Lampley III 21 had case continued after pleading guilty to assaulting two Middletown officers during a June 13 disturbance on the Great Miami River bank. Officer Steve Schmidt testified Lampley struck him with a mace flashlight and was forced to shoot in self defense. In other city business, lease payments on about 15 contracts were reported overdue, with several major holders still current.
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Hamilton
Middletown
Common Pleas
Fred B. ‘Cramer
Cramer
Otis ‘Turner
Eighth ‘Ave
Richard Lampley III
16Th Ave
Miami River
James Malott
Steve Schmidt
Schmidt
Lampley
Wedekind Aircraft Inc
Elmer
Wrecker Service
Faris D. Williams
Penn Central Railroad
B&o Railroad
Diamond International Corp
Lemon Township Trustees
Tom Norris
Live Fish Inc
Water Refining Co
Armco Steel Corp
Russ Craft Cable TV
Porter Poster Service
Country Kitchen
Wilmer Motors
Carl Creech
Cecil Short
Fire Incidents Reported at Two Local Addresses
A car fire under the hood at 624 Moore Street involving Keith Hatton of 1727 Lawn Avenue caused no damage. A gas leak at 632 Lafayette Avenue also caused no damage.
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Moore St
Keith Hatton
Lawn Ave
Lafayette Ave
Shriver urges quality over quantity in Miami University education
Miami University president Phillip R. Shriver told the State of the University address that quality, not headcount, should guide higher education. He criticized enrollment-boosting “hucksterism,” backed a three-year law school plan, and urged new facilities at branches in Middletown and Hamilton. He highlighted job placement, minority outreach, a potential joint city bus system, a shift to an early semester, and a recreation and parks program leveraging Hueston Woods.
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Oxford
Phillip R. Shriver
Miami University
Shriver
University
Miami
Middletown
Hamilton
City of
Hueston Woods
Western College
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Visit by South African-born priest highlights Monroe church issues
MONROE resident Barry Wood, an Episcopal priest from Johannesburg, visits with his American host family Dr. and Mrs. James Anderson. He notes shared church challenges like membership decline and youth involvement, contrasting South Africa and the United States while on a six month European trip. The Woods depart Monroe Monday.
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Monroe
Barry Wood
South Africa
Lemon-Monroe’ High School
James Anderson
Canova Drive
Wood
Molly
Europe
America
Vietnam
the Woods
Man found guilty of six charges in Warren County case
Ricky Wilson, 21, of Hunter was found guilty yesterday in Warren County Common Pleas Court on two counts of breaking and entering in the night season, one count of grand larceny, one count of stealing and two counts of malicious destruction of property. The jury deliberated under an hour and Wilson was handed to probation for a pre sentence investigation. He faced ten indictments from break ins at a service station a doctor’s office and a beauty shop in Red Lion. The prosecutor’s office pursued six charges.
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Lebanon
Ricky Wilson
Hunter
Warren County Common Pleas Court
Wilson
Warren County Adult Probation Department
Red Lion
Police recover $55,000 loader
Paducah police in Kentucky recovered a front end loader valued at 55000 that was stolen from downtown Middletown last Sunday. No suspects have been apprehended. The machine leased by King Wrecking Co. of Cincinnati was found on a vacant construction site Thursday night.
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Paul Lee
Columbus
Springfield
Paducah
Middletown
Jack Barnes
King Wrecking Co
Cincinnati
Train robbers play hooky near Carlisle train yard
Four youths ages about 13 and 14 were found hiding around a Penn Central train at the Beachler Drive crossing during a switching operation. Deputies initially reported a robbery by four men, but the youths were taken to Carlisle Junior High School principal after the facts emerged.
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Carlisle
Penn Central
Beachler Drive
Carlisle Junior High School
Obituary of Luella Barnes 88 of Manchester Road
Luella Barnes 88 of 4925 Manchester Road died at 10 30 p m Friday at Middletown Hospital after a long illness from a broken hip on July 3 She was a Poasttown Grange member Survived by two daughters Katherine Gross and Dorothy Lischeid one grandchild and two great grandchildren Services set for 11 a m Tuesday at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with Dr G Walter Weber officiating Burial in Pythian Grove Cemetery Berry Ky Friends may call Monday 3 5 and 7 9 p m
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Luella Barnes
Manchester Road
Frida
Middletown Hospital
Barnes
Poasttown Grange
Katherine Gross
Dorothy Lischeid
Cincinnati
McCoy-Leffler
G. Walter Weber
Pythian Grove Cemetery
Berry, Ky
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Howard Johnson
Monroe Queen
Lemon Monroe
Jeff Mayabbe
Greg McIntosh
Cindy Whitenack
William Whitenack
Grimes
Journal
State OF Miami
S. Africa
Richard) Schechter
Johannesburg
Central Ave
Dodds Monuments
Verity
14Th Ave
Woodside Cemetery
Charles
Bud) Steller
Mgr
Warren County
U.S
Hodson
SOHIO
S. University
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