Arson Probe Follows Amelia Plant Fire Damage
Fire marshal investigates suspected arson after a Sunday blaze at the W and W Plumbing Co. warehouse on SR 125 in Amelia. Loss estimated at 40 000 to 50 000 with no electricity or in-building activity that day. Company owner William White says operations elsewhere limit business impact.
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W and W Plumbing Co., Inc
SR 125
Amelia
William White
Wolfer Drive
BMOP
Kerry Schulge
W and W
Wilhiamsville
Court Clears Officer in Branch Hill Shooting Case
Loveland Patrolman Raymond R. Shockey Jr and Officer Mark D. Mathews faced charges of malicious shooting. The court dismissed the case against Shockey while Mathews testified his shotgun discharged prematurely wounding Donna Gambill, 17, prompting two men to file charges. The pair claimed they went to Branch Hill to serve a warrant and fired warning shots as they investigated.
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Branch Hill
Loveland
Raymond R. Shockey Jr
Mark D. Mathews
Donna Gambill
Durango Drive
Hugh C. Nichols
Mathews
Roger Fein
East Loveland Avenue
Harry Ellis
Epworth Avenue
Shockey
Branch Hill Inn
Clermont County Maintains Link to Appalachian ARC Benefits
Clermont County retains direct ARC ties through the Ohio Valley Regional Development Commission, safeguarding more than 10 million dollars in grants and 4 million in loans. Officials fear losing benefits if reorganizations shift districts, as county leaders lobbied lawmakers and officials to keep Clermont in ARC and OKI planning structures.
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Clermont County
Ohio
Roe James W. Smith
Ohio Valley
OVRDC
Clermont
ARC
Economic Development Commission
Department of Economic Panergy
Anny Soony
David Sweet
Appalachian Regional Commission
Local flags and town lamp upgrades feature in Batavia notes
The Courier recalls Ruth Parsons and the Fair Store flag display on Main Street. Batavia trustees seek bids for 52 mercury vapor street lamps as Township Turns On. County Commissioner Harold Bissantz travels to Hawaii and Alaska for official duties.
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Ruth Parsons
Batavia
Ben Franklin
Dorothy Davis
Fair
Main St
Courier
County study urged on widening Clermont highways
County Commissioners seek a fresh review of road needs in Clermont with OKI planners. At developers and citizen urging officials ask study of four lane widenings on SR 28 SR 131 and US 50 with US 50 relocation prioritized as priority II.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont
OKI
New OBES Site Near Batavia Post of Patrol
A new building will be constructed adjacent to the Batavia Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol in East Batavia for the Ohio Employment Set. The current office is at Main and Riverside streets in Batavia.
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Batavia
Ohio State Highway Patrol
East Batavia
Ohio Oe
Main
Riverside Streets
Batavia Men Face Shooting Charges In Clermont County
Two Batavia men face charges of shooting or cutting with intent to kill after last week’s incident. Robert Lanham and Charles Patrick are free on bond while awaiting preliminary hearings. Lanham’s hearing was moved to May 31 at 4 pm. Patrick’s is set for May 21 at 10 am. Local testimony alleges Lanham cut his son in law with a knife and shot him. Patrick’s quarrel over property led to the charge.
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Old Milford Area, Inc
Ralph Houser
Clermont County Board of Commissioners
Ernest Friedrich
Clermont County Board of Realtors
Friedrich
Marle Howard
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Batavia
Clermont County
Stanley Cann
Houser
Harold Bissantz
Ron Eads
Board of Realtors
Howard, Friedrich
Allen M. Ludlow
Bend
Robert Lanham
Ohio
Charles Patrick
Hartman Lane
Lanham
Patrick
Inlaw
Richard Ware
Sheriff’s
New Richmond
Goshen District Votes July 10 On Bond and Levy
Residents of the Goshen School District will go to the polls July 10 for a special bond issue of 1,270,000 dollars to fund building projects. The operating levy will raise 1.50 dollars per thousand of property evaluation.
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Goshen
Booster Shot Alert After Diphtheria Case In School
In New Richmond a diphtheria case at a county well child clinic led to mass immunization of all schoolchildren except those unvaccinated for religious reasons. The ill boy, not seriously ill, had previous immunizations in Kentucky where his family once lived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Kentucky
County Apportions FEA Funds Amid Indigent Defense Aid
Clermont County receives 680,444 under the Emergency Employment Act of 1971 with 612,400 Federal and 68,044 local funds. Allocations include 568,798 to the County Commissioners and 315,444 to various townships and villages. state auditor funds support indigent defense through the Clerk of Courts.
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Clermont County
Batavia Village
Chile
Goshen Township
Miami Township
State of
Ohio
Joseph T. Ferguson
MFC Building First In New S R 28 Park
Midwestern Fidelity Car expands with a new home office along SR 28 in a project by Baxter Hodell Donnelly Preston Architects and Land-Del. The site includes 577 units and single family homes with Sears Roebuck planning a 122 acre regional center. Sears may begin after SR 28 four lane widening is confirmed, with a 1976 completion target.
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MFC
New
S.R
Park
Sears
Pogues
Land-Del
Baxter, Hodell, Donnelly & Preston
Midwest
Tree Council of America
Sears, Roebuck & Company
Pogue’s
Cincinnati
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Bethel
Walter Holden
Ohio 125
Town
Holdens
Robert Hauck
Thomas Baird
Batavia, Ohio
Appalachian
Development Coma
Ment
Authority
ORI
Fee
Water Control Board
Gilligan
Sweet
James Smith
Ione
Hawaii
Anchorage
Alaska
National Association of County Commissioners
Shell
Fourth and
Jim Carson
Savings and Loan Association
Carson
Carl Kietzman
Milford
Our Lady of Mercy Hospital
Mariemont
Col. Kietzman
General Motors
U.S. Army Reserve
Kiwanis Club
M.J. Gosney
OBES
Marvin Landwehr
Water St
Mt. Crab
Edward
Cedar Hill Rd
Brown County Hospital
Landwehr
For New School
FEA
Fidelity Car
Miami Deposit Bank
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