Earth Day march draws Middletown students waste clean up effort
Middletown students led by Dennis Murray collected debris along a Earth Day march through Middletown aided by Coca Cola Bottling Co. trucks. About 35 youths joined the protest with city officials praising the effort while school programs showcased ecological displays and tree planting.
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Dennis Murray
Middletown High
Middletown
Earth Day
Murray
Coca Cola Bottling Co
James Finley
Coca Cola
Central Avenue
Dan Rothe
Bonita Friend
George M. Verity
Dorothy Arnold
Middletown High School
Clare Easton
Powell Blasts Opponent As Campaign Smokescreen
State Sen. Walter E. Powell campaigns for Congress in the 24th District attacking opponent Fred Jones of Lebanon for using a campaign smokescreen. Powell urges positive campaigning while outlining tax reform plans including a county level income tax earmarked for public schools and relief from personal property tax.
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Armco Steel Corp
Walter E. Powell
Congress
Fred Jones
Lebanon
Powell
Imperial House South
Jones
Oahia
Middletown Plans Local King Film Showing
The Middletown Council on Human Relations backs a planned local showing of the film about Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Five local ministers started the idea, with support from the Middletown Council of Churches. The sponsors include Dr. Gary Davis and Rev. Nathaniel Cooper Jr. The group aims to promote nonviolence and equality through Dr. King’s life and ideas. Officials hope to confirm dates next week and broaden sponsorship.
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Middletown Council On Human Relations
Martin Luther King
David L. Smith
Middletown
Smith
Gary Davis
Nathaniel Cooper Jr
S. S. Cousins
Frank Hampton
Herbert Hart
Council On Human Relations
King
Middletown Truckers Block Armco Steel Convoy
Wildcat strikers turned back three Armco Steel trucks near 1 75 as tensions rose in Middletown. Police found several cars with men at Roosevelt Avenue and Wicoff Street and checked a warehouse area after reports of loitering at 6:15 to 7:30 a.m.
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Middletown
Armco Steel Corp
Wildcat
Armco Steel
Armco
Roosevelt Avenue
Wicoff Street
Grand Avenue
G.T. McLaughlin Co
Burbank St
Con Man Tries For 1500 Fraud Fails In Middletown
A Middletown woman blocked a con man who failed to provide proper ID after withdrawing over 1500 dollars. Bank officials warn of a telephone scam where suspected detectives press for current balances and prompt victims to withdraw cash.
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Middletown
Kettering
Savings Association
Bob Crooke
First National Bank
Crooke
Steller
Croake
Fire Incidents Reported Across City Areas
Fire crews responded to a sequence of incidents from 10:15 a.m. to 6:23 p.m. Mrs. Martha Roberts was injured at 112 John St and admitted to Middletown Hospital with fair condition. Marva Shields fractured her right leg at 1222 Yankee Rd and was discharged after treatment. A landfill fire at 2255 Germantown Rd caused cigarette ignition with no damage. John Richardson’s kitchen fire at Roosevelt Ave due to gasoline fumes sparked $100 property damage.
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Troup Furniture ‘Store
Martha Roberts
John St
Trenton
Ill
Middletown
Yankee Road
Marva Shields
Germantown
Roosevelt Ave
John Richardson
Life On Brink at Springboro High School Earth Day
An Earth Day program at Springboro High School featured Ralph Ramey of the Columbus Dispatch delivering a dire warning about pollution. He urged balancing humans with the environment, criticized U S war involvement, endorsed birth control, and called for population cuts and simple conservation measures.
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Springboro
Springboro High School
Ralph Ramey
Columbus Dispatch
Columbus City
Ramey
United States
Walt Kelly
Uncertain claim on Vigee Lebrun self-portraits and Antoinette portraits
The note asserts that Vigee Lebrun painted more self portraits than any other widely known painter and mentions she created 25 portraits of Marie Antoinette. It lacks dates or sources to confirm.
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Vigee-Lebrun
Marie Antoinette
Clean-Up Drive Starts Monday Citywide curb pickup rules released
Citywide cleanup runs Monday through May 8 with zones west of the Penn Central railroad and north of Central Avenue on the first days. Sam Boeke, director of public service, urges residents to place materials by 8 a.m., keep loads under 100 pounds, bundle branches under six feet, and avoid garbage. Regular garbage collections continue.
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Penn Central Railroad
Central Avenue
Central
Sam Boeke
Public Service
Boeke
Plane hijack ends refueling stop in Jacksonville
An armed ex convict and his female companion hijacked a single engine rental plane over North Carolina and touched down in Jacksonville for a second fuel stop en route to Cuba. The male, Ira Davis Orrie Meeks of Gastonia NC, warned controllers to keep police away or he would blow up the aircraft.
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Jacksonville
Fla
North Carolina
Cuba
Federal Aviation Administration
Atlanta
Ira Davis
Orrie
sMeeks
Gastonia
N.C
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Gary Barrett
Environmental Institute
Miami University
East End
Wendt
Wowy House
Barry Levey
Levey
Columbus
Bobq
Carol
Ted
Alice
Studio Theatre
Dixie Cruise
Oy van Lsee
Barker
Arkoff
Don Stroud
Diane Vars
Anamerican International Picture
Sheffield
ALL Steel
ALL Sports, Inc
Central Ave
Allsports
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