Bender family honored for Arbor Day project
The Bender family will receive the Governor's Arbor Day Award for Outstanding Tree Planting in Columbus. Mrs. Ben Bender and her son Robert along with Mrs. Millie Wolff have distributed 75,000 seedlings over 30 years to Middletown area students and other districts. The Middletown Area Federation of Women's Clubs helped since 1948. Engraved plaques will be presented April 28, with 1,700 white dogwood trees to fifth graders.
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Middletown
Ben Bender
Columbus
James A. Rhodes
Robert Bender
Millie Wolff
Middletown Area
Women’s Clubs Federation
Dave Mooter
Division of Forestry
Mooter
Bender
Federation
Robert Cordray
James Schluter
Walling Gray
Soviet says Carter neutron delay is ruse to pressure USSR
Moscow accused President Carter of delaying neutron weapon production to sidetrack protests and win foreign concessions. Tass claimed Washington aims to link restraint to other issues, while seeking public support for future deployment in Western Europe. US concerns over SS-20 missiles and force reductions in Eastern Europe were to be raised by Cyrus Vance in Moscow later this month.
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Moscow
Kremlin
Carter
Soviet Union
Tass
U.S
Western
Europe
Washington
United States
Cyrus K Vance
Fire and injury report from multiple city locations
Yesterday at 6 56 p m Armco Dump fires burn on slag hauler with no damage 4 35 pm at 619 Louis Place Sheila Shipman 14 bleeding from knife cuts to hospital treated and released by 9 am at 213 N Grimes St chair burning at rear of house with no damage 403 am Sorg Mill No 2 smoke in basement possibly from cigarette in scrap paper with no damage
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Armco
Louis Place
Sheila Shipman
N. Grimes St
Sorg Mill No 2
Fires devastate Southern woodlands across five states
Wildfires swept dry woodlands from Georgia to Alabama with millions in damage as no rain fell for nearly a month. Authorities cited arson in many cases while outdoor burns were banned. Foresters warned the season could worsen. temperatures reached mid 80s with humidity as low as 21 percent. Alabama reports timber losses about 6.4 million this year, including 4.1 million in the last 10 days.
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Georgia Fe Patrol
Reeser
North Carolina
Alabama
South Carolina
Louisiana
Brian Bradley
Birmingham
National Weather Service
Teachers jailed in Medina County strike dispute
A Medina County Common Pleas Court jailed 37 teachers for contempt after they refused to return to classrooms. Denton Whitfield ordered a $500 daily fine and proposed a return-to-work pledge, with a few educators signing. Negotiations continued for Ashtabula and Toledo districts amid ongoing wage disputes and strike threats.
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Associated Press
Medina County
Brunswick Education Association
Ohio Educaton Association
Gary M Kassander
Whitfield
Ashtabula
Richmond Heights
Toledo
America Laughs travels to area high schools for humor history show
Area junior and senior high schools host America Laughs a live multi media assembly from April 10 to 26 with Charles Luxenberg as host and filmed appearances by Flip Wilson and Will Jensen. The program, a public service from WMOH Radio Hamilton and Pepsi Cola Bottling of Hamilton, travels by van performing at Middletown Madison Lemon Monroe Franklin Edgewood Lebanon Oxford Hamilton Mason and other area schools.
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America
Middletown
Madison High School
Lemon-Monroe
Franklin
Edgewood
Lebanon High School
Oxford
Hamilton
Mason
Charles Luxenberg
Assembly
Luxenberg
Flip Wilson
Will Jensen
Ben Franklin
Mark Twain
Wmoh Radio
Pepsi- Cola
Thieves hit car businesses on N Verity Parkway
Police say two automobile businesses were robbed yesterday with a 1976 car stolen from Bob's Body Shop at N Verity Parkway around 8 am. A shotgun, vending machine change, and pills were taken. Overhead door panel was damaged and Whitt's Auto Sales was ransacked after a window was found missing along with a broken vending machine and scattered drawers. About eight sets of keys and a dealer's tag were taken.
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Bob
N Verity Parkway
Whitt's Auto Sales
Deaths and funerals span several families in multiple towns
Obituaries note Joseph F. McKenzie of Sacramento died after a racing incident. survivors include wife Carolyn and children Christy Lori Sherry Becky David. Sunset Lawn Chapel of the Chimes handling arrangements. Frances B Huehn of Middletown dies. Rev Max G Mittelstedt of Lebanon, 72, dies. services at First Baptist Church, burial Memorial Park Cemetery. Louetta Weaver of Franklin, 45, dies on arrival. survived by husband Melvin, three sons, two stepsons, six sisters or brothers. Funeral details list Powell and Eaton funeral homes with service times and locations in Clay City and Centerville.
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Joseph Frederick McKenzie
Sacramento
Calif
McKenzie
Colin's Hardware
Carolyn
Christy
Lori
Sherry
Becky
California
David
Rebecca Mynhier
Middletown
William
Sunset Lawn
Chimes
Lebanon
Max G. Mittelstedt
First Baptist Church
Summit St
Mittelstedt
Max
Kansas City
Bobby Craft
Edmund
Michigan
Elizabeth
Germany
Peter Kemper
Memorial Park Cemetery
Dayton
Oswald
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Melvin
Gary
Ralph Rogers
Huntsville
Tenn
Timothy Rogers
Franklin
Larry Weaver
Jerry Weaver
Billy
Vernon Abner
Otis Abner
Kissimmee
Fla
Elmer Abner
Louisville
Beulah McKinney
Connie Curtis
Lela Carmichael
Clay City
Audrey Charles
Madge Pasley
Winchester
Hazel Watkins
Reneecy
Powell Funeral Home
Eaton Funeral Home
Nolan Philli
Powell Valley Cemetery
Trenton Council Backs Bill Payment Site Move
The Trenton City Council supports Mrs Paul Frisby in seeking a designated place to pay Cincinnati Gas and Electric Co. bills. Mayor John Madoffori will write to the utility urging the council's stance. Vice Mayor Ray Willis proposes a company representative explain why no payment site exists.
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Trenton
Paul Frisby
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
John Madoffori
Ray Willis
Police Brief: man assaulted outside West Gate Cafe
Police found a man bleeding from several blows to the face outside the West Gate Cafe yesterday morning. He said two people assaulted him. He was taken to Middletown Hospital for treatment of facial cuts.
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West Gate
Middletown Hospital
Youth Driver Caught After Mayfield Chases
A youth was arrested after fleeing police who chased him through Mayfield for running a red light at Breiel and Roosevelt. He faced charges of eluding police, careless driving, driving without a license, and failure to maintain an assured clear distance after crashing into a tree at 1723 Fernwood Street.
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Mayfield
Breiel and
Roosevelt
Fernwood Street
Selden Avenue
Goldman Avenue
Kensington Street
Fernwood St
Car windshield shot at Edward South in Central Avenue area
Edward South of 3113 Ohio Ave reports his car was parked in the 1300 block of Central Avenue when someone fired a shot and shattered the windshield yesterday. No injuries reported and no suspects identified as police investigate.
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Edward South
Ohio Ave
Central Avenue
Victim Identified In Ohio 747 Fatal Crash
Deborah Stump 25 of Indianapolis was killed when her car left Ohio 747 south of Princeton and struck a tree. Passenger Kristi Boucher 20 remained in satisfactory condition at Mercy Hospital in Hamilton.
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Ohio
Deborah Stump
Indianapolis
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Highway Patrol
Princeton
Kristi Boucher
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Mrs. Bender
Wolff
Germantown
Southern Woodlands
Joseph McKenzie
Frances Huehn
Frances B. Huehn
Goldman Ave
Max Wittelstedt
Louetta Weaver
Williams Drive
Grandview
Centerville
Trenton Asked
Army
Union
Union Sanitary
J. Chandler
Paullin Drive
Park St. & Ind
Avenand
Ous
Serenton
Carlisle
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