New Miami bus driver wins prize in regional contest
Robert Schallip, a bus driver for New Miami schools, finished fifth in a regional school bus driver competition at Stebbins High School Dayton. Thirty five drivers from southwestern Ohio, including Middletown, faced backing and serpentine driving tasks. Schallip scored 380 of 495 points and will advance to the state contest May 8 at Gahanna Lincoln High School Franklin County.
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Robert Schallip
New Miami
Stebbins High School
Dayton
Ohio
Middletown
Ohio Department of Education
Ohio Association of Public School
Schallip
Gahanna-Lincoln High School
Frankliun County
Fall Injures Man at Camp Hook During Armco Day
Art Johnson, 53, of Lebanon Rt. 3, was treated at Middletown Hospital Saturday after falling from a ladder while painting door trim at Camp Hook. He suffered a left ankle injury but fell only a short distance while helping Armco employees prepare the camp for the summer scout season during Armco Research Founders Day.
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Art Johnson
Lebanon Rt. 3
Middletown Hospital
Camp Hook
Johnson
Armco
Lawsuits Filed Over What Ohio Civil Service Calls Political Harassment
The Ohio Civil Service Employes Association plans to file suits against Division 8 head Le land D Norris and the state to halt what they call political harassment of civil service workers in Division 8 based in Lebanon. The action targets transfers deemed politically motivated affecting up to 80 employees including Mrs. Frank Wassell and Edna Mae Russell. Norris defends measures as administration austerity linked and says some layoffs may occur.
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Ohio Civil Service Employes Association
Ohio Department of Highway
Division 8
Lebanon
Frank Wassell
Croydon Lane
Edna Mae Russell
James P. Marshall
Association
Cincinnati
Marshall
Leland D
Norris
Wassell
Marietta
Russell
Delaware
State Personnel Board of Review
Gilligan
Ohio
Family Hurt In One Car Wreck On Bypass 4
Ten members of a single family were injured in a Saturday night crash on Bypass 4 at Ohio 4. Driver Ronnie Shanklin 16 faces reckless operation charges after his car ran a Stop sign, crossed into the opposite lane and struck a fence. several relatives were treated at Mercy Hospital with facial injuries fractures and lacerations.
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Ohio 4
Mercy Hospital
Ation
Ronnie Shanklin
Maud- Hughes Road
Bypass 4
Mildred M. Mills
Dick Gregory Talk Free On Campus
Dick Gregory, comedian actor and civil rights leader, will speak at Miami University Middletown Friday at 8 p.m. in the 750-seat Dave Finkelman Auditorium. Tickets are first come, first served through the Middletown Campus Black Student Action Association contact 422-2741.
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Iblic
Dick Gregory
Middletown
Miami University
Gregory
Dave Finkelman
Black Student Action Association
Gadget Lets Middletown Hear You Anywhere In 15 Miles
Miami Valley Radiotelephone offers a seven ounce paging unit called people finder for doctors travelers and others in Middletown to reach them via a local transmitter and telephone. The unit costs 315 dollars plus monthly service or 25 dollars a month on lease with about a 15 mile range from Lebanon to Oxford and from north Cincinnati to Kettering. The system uses a pager tone to alert the user and allows 12 to 15 seconds for a message with a second call if longer. Bell and Howell makes the unit and Ohio Bell helped place it in Middletown.
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Miami Valley
Hamilton
Middletown
Germantown Road
John W. Greene
Miami Valley Radiotelephone
Lebanon
Oxford
Cincinnati
Kettering
Greene
Bell and Howell
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Hamilton Area
Injured Woman Still Serious After Middletown Crash
Beulah Brate four, of 2408 Oxford State Road, remained in serious condition at Middletown Hospital after a three car collision on Franklin Madison Road between Morningstar and Chamberlain. Patrol said she tried to pass a southbound car on a hillcrest and struck a northbound vehicle driven by 65 year old Sam Lapham of Middletown Hamilton Road.
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Beulah Brate
Oxford State Road
Middletown Hospital
Franklin-Madison Road
Morningstar
Chamberlain Roads
Burglary at Franklin Home Stolen Weapons Reported
Thieves broke into the John Conley residence at 130 Boys Ave. Franklin, prying a rear door and ransacking every room. Items stolen include two rings a shotgun a rifle a pistol a radio a portable television and 29 dollars in cash. Investigation continues.
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Franklin
Boys Avenue
John Conley
Boys Ave
Blacks Quiz Hamilton Officials in Police Tension Talks
City officials expect a reply this week to late Friday requests from a committee representing the black community. Acting City Manager Jack Kirsch did not disclose the nature of the requests after Friday’s meeting, which eased tensions with only minor incidents reported. Terrence Sanford, 17, remained in good condition at Mercy Hospital with a back wound from a shooting last Friday. Two whites, Donald Soliday, 24, and a 17 year old, face charges of shooting with intent to wound as police seek to identify the car driver and shooter.
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Hamilton
Jack Kirsch
Terrence Sanford
Mercy Hospital
Donald §. Soliday
See
Man recounts blast at home not caused by torch
Armco Steel employee James McNabb described his near fatal basement explosion last Wednesday. He says he used a soldering iron not a blow torch and that the blast involved about a pound and a half of smokeless powder, not five pounds of gunpowder. He drove to Middletown Hospital after the first blast, with minor leg injuries and damage estimated at about 2000 dollars.
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Armco Steel Corp
James McNabb
Winton St
Armco Hospital
McNabb
Middletown Hospital
Armco
Curtis Peck
Middletown
Peck
Fire runs report from three calls in town
At 1 44 p m 4104 Grand Ave Linda Curry 32 ill taken to Middletown Hospital by ambulance. At 2 38 p m 1517 Lafayette Ave Vicki Wildermuth 21 ill taken to hospital by ambulance condition today serious. At 3 54 p m 1724 Flemming Road Mark Wells 3 ill remained at scene.
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Grand Ave
Linda Curry
Middletown Hospital
Lafayette Ave
Vicki Wildermuth
Flemming Road
Mark Wells
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