Monroe camping park on agenda
The Monroe Village Council will hear renewed plans for a campground as James G. Straud Jr and James B. Straud Sr of Cincinnati pursue purchase of the former Wilson farm at Greentree Road and Interstate 75 to develop a park. A three member planning committee previously studied zoning for the project. The council meeting is at 8 at Village Hall.
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Monroe
James G. Straud Jr
James B. Straud Sr
Cincinnati
Wilson Farm
Greentree Road
Village Hall
Dismantling Tips as Old Refrigerators Pose Hazards
Win Duff deputy health commissioner warns discarded refrigerators attract children and can trap and suffocate them. He urges removal of hinges and latches and notes fines for abandoning containers. health or police will intervene on complaints to ensure safety.
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Win Duff
Duff
Middletown
Health Department
Lebanon Board Eyes Funding for Intramural and Summer School
Lebanon school leaders discussed providing funds to continue an intramural program at the high school and to consider expanding the summer school program. Fred Boulton said money is needed to run the intramural activity and a director is required to organize it. The district runs the county's only summer school, prompting possible expansion consideration as both issues were taken under advisement.
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Lebanon Board of Education
Fred Boulton
Boulton
Lebanon
HUD secretary urges balanced urban policy at Miami address
Donna Shalala, HUD assistant secretary for policy development, told Miami University honor students that cities differ and face a crisis of decay and blight. She urged a dual approach addressing both structural decline and people centered problems, saying poverty cannot be solved by moving residents out. She noted her ties to Oxford as a Western College graduate.
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Oxford
Donna Shalala
America
Miami University
Shalala
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Dr Shalala
Western College For Women
Phi Beta Kappa
Boy falls at Cambridge Drive construction site injures head
A nine year old boy playing at a new house site on Cambridge Drive was hospitalized at Middletown Hospital after falling from the foundation into the basement area, injuring his head and neck. A stereo radio was stolen from Tom Simonton’s car at 2120 S Breiel with damage to the wing window and console.
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Cambridge Drive
Middletown Hospital
Tom Simonton
S. Breiel
Eugene Gall bound to grand jury on shooting trooper case
Eugene W Gall Jr was bound over to the Grant County grand jury on a first degree assault charge connected to a roadblock shooting of Kentucky State Trooper Gary Carey. Gall, 31, of Hillsboro Ohio, remains jailed on a 100000 bond with additional murder and robbery counts in Kentucky and Ohio. The hearing was held under heavy security as investigators outlined Careys condition and Gall awaits further arraignment and possible indictment.
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Eugene Gall
Grand Jury
Williamstown
Eugene W. Gall Jr
Grant County
Grant County District Court
Charles Satterwhite
Kentucky
Gary Carey
Gall
Bill Knapp
Whelen
Carey
Hillsboro
Ohio
Lisa Jansen
Cincinnati
Boone County District Court
Pendleton County
Greene County
Satterwhite
Middletown
Blue Ball rezoning given OK in Butler County
Butler County Zoning Commission approved rezoning about eight acres in Blue Ball from R-2 single family to B-2 community business. The tract part of a 13 acre parcel owned by Karl Shutts Stanley Kolb and Leo Breslin, north of Ohio 122 and west of Cincinnati Day ton Road, with a Warren County section planned for a large development. About six residents opposed at a March 19 hearing. The proposal moves to the county commissioners for final approval in about a month. A separate PUD approval for the Warren County five acres was granted, while a Hammond request to change 81 acres near Salzman Road from A-1 to M2 was recommended against.
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Hamilton
Butler County Zoning Commission
Blue Ball
Karl Shutts
Stanley Kolb
Leo Breslin
Planning Commission
Warren County
Ohio 122
Cincinnati-Dayton
Kolb
Butler County
Wendel and
Maude Hammond
Ohio 63
Salzman Road
Francis Rosebud
Driver killed in Ohio 122 crash
Stephen Len Whitlock 20 of 5969 Hursh Road died after a one car crash on Ohio 122 near Madison High School. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Middletown Hospital at 2 50 am. The Middletown area mechanic was trapped about 20 minutes after the crash. He leaves a son, his father John Whitlock and his mother Hildred Banks plus a brother and grandparents. Funeral services are Friday at 10 am at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with visitation Thursday.
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Stephen Len Whitlock
Hursh
Butler County
Middletown Hospital
Ohio 122
Madison High School
Whitlock
Madison Township Life Squad
James Billett
Michael Road
Ohio
Middletown
Wilhoit
Stephen
John Whitlock
Hildred Banks
Homer
Gary
William Whitlock
Ashland
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
City Building Suffers Morning Power Outage
Power failed across the City Building including phones for about two hours from 6:25 am to 9 am. Engineers attributed the outage to the building’s own power system while downtown remained powered and investigators checked for lightning damage. Police operated on a battery generator as calls were rerouted to the fire department dispatcher.
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Division of Police
Miami Univ student dies after April 13 crash
Catherine Anne Zivic, 20, of University Apartments in Oxford, died at Fort Hamilton Hughes Hospital from injuries suffered in a April 13 motor vehicle crash on U S 27 near Ohio 129 in Ross Township. She was a passenger on a motorcycle driven by Christopher Lynch of Maineville. The incident marked Butler County’s 10th traffic fatality, per the coroner’s office.
City plans to raze 31 structures in five neighborhoods
City bids due April 27 for demolition of 3 vacant substandard structures in Douglas South Prospect and Oakland areas. Some houses between First and Second avenues to be torn down. Homes bought with federal community development funds. After demolition, plans call for new housing compatible with the neighborhoods. Planning director R Paul Christiansen told The Journal.
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HUD
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U.S.D.A
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Midd
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Community Development Funds
R. Paul Christiansen
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Journal
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Price
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