Tall tree tradition honors Ben Bender Arbor Day gesture
The Bender family has given out more than 60 000 trees of 18 varieties to area children since 1943. This year fifth graders in Middletown Trenton and nearby schools will receive 1650 flowering dogwood seedlings wrapped at the Armbruster warehouse. The program includes past trees like Sandra Howard’s tulip tree now 30 feet tall and a note about a red bud replacement. Arbor Day is observed the fourth Friday of April with roots in Nebraska 1872.
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Ben Bender
Sandra Howard
Bender
Sandra
Jentzen
Flint
Mich
Ames Howard
Flemming Road
Howard
Robert Bender
Millie Wolff
Middletown
Trenton
Doty House
Frances Clark
U.S
Nebraska
Middletown City Will Not Mediate in Subdivision Road Fight
Middletown officials say they will not negotiate for developer Monumental Construction to resolve the dispute with Lemon Township over Saybrooke Lane in New England Heights. Ed Redwine warns delays could threaten FHA funding while the city studies alternatives to Jefferson Road access.
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Eric von Klinger
City of
Middletown
Lemon Township
New England Heights
R. Paul Christiansen
Ed Redwine
Monumental Construction Co
Cincinnati
Monumental
Jefferson Road
Saybrooke Lane
Christiansen
Planning Commission
Redwine
Federal Housing Administration
Court to Hear Cleveland Pregnant Teacher Rule Case
The Supreme Court will hear Cleveland board of education’s challenge to a rule barring teachers four months pregnant from the classroom. The court also agreed to review Virginia teacher Susan Cohen’s dismissal after pregnancy, while two Cleveland junior high teachers won their circuit court victory over the policy.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Cleveland
Board of Education
High Court
U.S. Circuit Court
Cincinnati
Virginna
Susan Cohen
Chesterfield County School Board
Jo Carol la Fleur
Ann Elizabeth Nelson
Circuit Court
Cleveland Board
New Orleans
Texas
Woman Hurt After Motorcycle Fall on Todhunter Road
Mrs Norma House riding with her husband David fell from the back of the motorcycle at 6 55 p m on Todhunter Road. She was taken to Middletown Hospital and treated for shoulder injuries.
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Monroe
Todhunter Road
Norma House
David
Middletown Hospital
Drive In murder trial set for Willis
A full week starting July 16 is set for the trial of Douglas W. Willis 23 Brookville Indiana charged with first degree murder in the shooting death of Paul C. Cole 34 at the Academy Drive In near Loveland. Willis is jailed in Warren County on a 100000 dollar bond.
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Lebanon
Douglas W. Willis
Sharonville
Willis
Brookville
Ind
Paul C. Cole
Academy Drive-In
Loveland
Warren County
Armco Awards Scholarships To Two Area Seniors
Two area high school seniors Matthew T. Bishop of Middletown High and Steve E. Orth of Madison High received Armco Steel Corp scholarships at Founder's Day. From 22 selected by ETS among 295 applicants, each scholarship up to 1250 dollars yearly honors need and merit.
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Armco Steel Corp
Matthew T. Bishop
Middletown
Steve E. Orth
Madison
Armco
Bishop
J. Paul Bishop
Wilton Court
MHS
Buckeye Boys
Orth
John Orth
Hetzler Road
Ohio State University
Man Charged With Theft At Exxon Station
Ronald Turner of Cincinnati, 23, was arrested Saturday afternoon on grand larceny charges for taking cash from the register at the Exxon Service Station on Ohio 63 and I-75 in Monroe. Police say he entered at 4:35 a.m. while the attendant was pumping gas, then fled the scene with the cash and was seen later on I-75.
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Monroe
Ronald Turner
Cincinnati
Exxon
Ohio 63
I-75
Turner
Tylersville Road
Germantown Spring Cleanup Exceeds Expectations
Germantown residents opened the village's first annual cleanup with two 40 cubic yard containers filled in half the village, equaling two railroad cars of junk. Village administrator Dan Anslinger praised the effort and plans four more containers next weekend for residents north of Market Street, with curbside pickup and self dump options available at Blaylock Trucking, the municipal building, and the treatment plant.
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Germantown
Dan Anslinger
Anslinger
Market Street
Village Service Department
Blaylock Trucking
County weighs leasing landfill land for farming
Hamilton Butler County commissioners consider leasing 50 acres of the 125 usable acres at the Woodsdale Road landfill site for farming. County sanitary engineer James Hinchberger told the court about 50 of the unused acres being suitable, with bidding and legal requirements to be reviewed with the prosecutor's office.
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Hamilton
Butler County
James Hinchberger
Woodsdale Road
Trenton
Hinchberger
Bowling lane suit settles out of court in Butler County
A $5 million breach of contract suit filed by Sports Enterprises Inc. against Robert P Doughman Dorothy Doughman Helen Doughman Ray E Doughman and Eastern Bowling Lanes Inc. was settled out of court for an undetermined amount. The case claimed the sellers violated a noncompetition agreement by starting Eastern Lanes within Middletown less than a year after sale. The matter was before Judge Fred B Cramer.
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Hamilton
Butler County Common Pleas
Sports Enterprises, Inc
Middletown
Fred B. Cramer
Robert P. Ponies
Dorothy Doughman
Pompano Beach
Fla
Helen Doughman
Ray E. Doughman
Whisman Drive
Eastern Bowling Lanes, Inc
Central Ave
Sports Enterprises
Street plan delays for Central Avenue closure
Plans to close one block of Central Avenue from Clinton Street to Verity Parkway and reopen another block near Verity were postponed due to weather. City traffic engineer Don Hill cites a possible Tuesday afternoon change. Dave Clark notes local traffic will use Central during closure and parking access will shift on Verity.
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Central Avenue
Don Hill
Clinton Street
Verity Parkway
Canal Street
Dave Clark
Central
Broad Street
Verity
Penney’s
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Woodlawn Avenue
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Middletown Federation of Women’s
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Pepsi Cc Cola
Tytus Avg
Middletown Works
Ohio State
S. Main St
J-J
Robert P. Doughman
Robert Doughman
Eastern Lanes Corp
J-r
Art Eliopoulos
RCA Zenith Admiral
Brown Electronics
Panasonic
Sony
Motorola
Hunter Area
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