Armco Spirit Blossoms On Founder's Day At Middletown Works
Armco Steel Corp celebrates Founder's Day with service pledges and projects. Middletown Works employees reroof a retiree widow's home on Brentwood Street and fund a brain injury clinic. Executives praise community effort and Armco spirit while veterans attend in memory of George M. Verity. A Peru education effort and a Lima institute gift are noted as part of ongoing aid programs.
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Middletown
Brentwood Street
Harry Holiday
Armco
Steel Group
Institute of Technical Education
Lima
Armeco
Armco gives scholarships as birthday plans brighten Curtis Street
Ty Day marks another Armco custom begun in 1944 as Italian Mexican and Argentine orphans learn of the program. High school seniors hear of $3000 scholarships each while George Verity’s statue on Curtis Street shines for his birthday.
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Armco
George Verity
Curtis Street
Turpin explains Walk for Mankind and Project Concern
Dr. James Turpin of Project Concern spoke at Miami Campus Logan T. Johnston Hall. He outlined the group's global clinics and programs while promoting the May 15 Walk for Mankind to fund drug abuse prevention locally and support youth service trips.
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James Turpin
Project Concern
Logan T. Johnston
Miami
Turpin
Mexico
International
Middletown Health Chief Updates Hepatitis Reports
Health commissioner Robert McConaughy said there may be no real rise in hepatitis cases, correcting a misquote about zero cases. He noted Middletown typically reports under five annually, while 19 cases have occurred this year over four months, amid confusion with measles reporting.
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Robert McConaughy
Middletown
Tual
City sees Mary Jane grow in office window box
Miss Bacheletta Wilhide reports curious visitors view marijuana plants kept in the City Building basement office. Police arrest Michael Pottinger at 206 S Main St for growing a narcotic without a license. He posts 2500 bond and a preliminary hearing is set for May 7. Dwyer notes fertilizer keeps the plants thriving.
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Mary Jane
Bacheletta Wilhide
S. Main St
J. T. Lamb
Dwyer
Pottinger
One Big Wash For Hospitals plan expands regional laundries
Middletown Hospital chairs a shared services plan with 21 other area hospitals to create one or two giant laundries handling about 36 million pounds of laundry annually. The 22 hospitals span Xenia Springfield Wilmington Hamilton Oxford Middletown Cincinnati and northern Kentucky. A May contract award for the study is hoped with operations possibly starting mid 1973. Financing would be via revenue bonds with hospitals paying based on laundry pounds. Other shared services are under consideration.
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Middletown Hospital
Cinday Shared Services
Xenia
Springfield
Wilmington
Hamilton
Oxford
Middletown
Cincinnati
Kentucky
Georgetown
Mischley
Mitchiey
Chicago
Phosphorus Threat to Lake Erie Urges Action
An international Project Hype report warns that phosphorus runoff must be cut to prevent excessive cleanup costs for Lake Erie. The American-Canadian scientific team spent nine months studying the issue and calls for immediate measures to curb pollution.
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Cleveland Ohio
Lake Erie
Hype
City opens South-Prospect site office for redevelopment info
The city will open a redevelop ment site office at 808 Ninth Ave in about two weeks. Robert Noel says the office will provide information on two federal projects, process loans and grants, and be staffed by Noel’s team with three residents hired as coordinators. The lease, signed by Noes and R Paul Christiansen and Tried Stone Lodge members, covers 1 300 annually with five-year city options. Hours are 8 to 5 with evenings and Saturdays by appointment.
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South-Prospect Area
Robert Noel
Ninth Ave
Noes
R. Paul Christiansen
Tried Stone Lodge
Charles D. White
Oliver D. Smith
Spring Hill Flower Festival and Fashion Show
Frost warning lifts May 15. Spring Hill School hosts a Flower Festival and Fashion Show featuring WLW V star Bob Braun. Sale starts at 11 AM with bedding plants roses and geraniums at low prices.
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WLWV
Bob Braun
Spring Hill School
Cheaper Riding School Bus Study for Middletown Plan
Middletown Board of Education weighed a transportation study showing potential annual savings of 75 000 to 95 000. Ohio Department of Education officials presented results from a survey of the district bus system indicating cost per student drops from 80 to 35 when using board buses, with four new buses likely aided by state funds. The plan calls for more routes per bus, a full time transportation administrator and secretary, fewer buses, higher pupil counts per bus, and fewer daily miles, plus centralized transportation development.
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Middletown Board of Education
Middletown
Darrell Courtney
Division of
Ohio Department of Education
Middletown Youth Appointed to CAC Board
Linda Hughley of Middletown was named youth representative to the Butler County Community Action Commission board of directors at the Courthouse Annex Building in Hamilton. The Middletown High School student and Middletown Community Center education corps worker becomes the board’s first youth member with full voting powers. The committee endorsed equal opportunity in recreation housing and employment and will send Irene Lewis and James Hinchberger to Hamilton City Council to present the endorsement amid concerns over recent disturbances.
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Linda Hughley
Middletown
Butler County Community Action Commission
CAC
Courthouse
Hamilton
Miss Hughley
17Th Ave
Middletown High
City of
Irene Lewis
CAC Board
James Hinchberger
Butler County
Air Force Academy to Welcome Two Area Seniors
Two area seniors, David A. Barnthouse of Lebanon and James S. Kleinfelder of Hamilton, were appointed to the Air Force Academy by Congressman Walter E. Powell. Barnthouse is a Lebanon High School senior active in National Honor Society, track, band, Civil Air Patrol, and works at Warren County Airport. Kleinfelder, son of Mrs. Robert Kleinfelder, is a Stephen T. Badin High School senior with a physics-teaching family history. Both will begin at the academy on July 5.
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Air Force Academy
Walter E. Powell
David A. Barnthouse
Lebanon
James S. Kleinfelder
Hamilton
Northwood Drive
Lebanon High School
Order of DeMolay
Kleinfeller
Robert Kleinfelder
Susan Drive
Middletown High School
Kleinfelder
Stephen T. Badin High School
Barnthouse Hamilton
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David Driver
Armco Steel Corp
George M. Verity
William S. Rose
Middletown Works
Jim Townsley
Carmel Mathis
Rose
Arm People
Peru
Pat Wilkerson
Ohio Valley Clinic
Vietnam
Polaroid
Optima
Afga Film
Beckwith's Camera Shop
Sion
Sheckler
Perry Jefferson
Reuben Doty
Annnally
Teen
The
Air Forces Academy
Consolidated Inc
First Ave
Devil’s Food
New England
Crawford
S. Breiel Trenton Center
Candymakers
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