Lebanon High Students Run City on Student Government Day
Lebanon High School seniors filled elective and appointive offices in a mock city government. Students filed petitions and were elected by seniors to council and a municipal judge, then council selected a city manager and staff. They toured the city and debated Old Fort Drive-In visibility and court resurfacing plans.
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Lebanon — Lebanon
Lebanon
Frank Green
Gary Groh
Tim Brock
Mike Amburgy
Rusty Glaser
Rose Mary Mann
Deck Shaver
Tina Schlagbeck
Franklin Optimist girl wins Zone 17 oratorical title
Candi Fletcher representing the Franklin Optimist Club won first place in the girls division at the Zone 17 oratorical contest held at the Congress Inn. Tom Jackson, 15, representing the Hamilton Inc. Optimist Club, won boys first. Both will advance to the district contest May 30 in Columbus with state competition in August at Toledo for a $500 scholarship.
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Monroe
Candi Fletcher
Franklin Optimist
Optimists
Congress Inn
Tom Jackson
Hamilton, Inc
Roosevelt Junior High School
Hamilton
Columbus
Toledo
Miss Fletcher
Middletown Christian School
Jr. Fletcher
Mossman Road
Jackson
Lana Dunaway
New Miami High School
Pam Mulhall
John XXIII School
Middletown Noon Optimist
Tony Kulick
Manchester Middle School
Middletown Noon
Randy McClain
Franklin Junior High School
Franklin
Middletown
Eaton
Franklin Township approves Bicentennial planning for Hunter Blue Ball
Trustees vote to sponsor Bicentennial events for Hunter and join Lemon Township in Blue Ball planning. They also join the Warren County Disaster Services Agency, bid on a Carlisle township garage, consider a leaf pickup machine, and discuss buying a new fire truck for the Hunter department serving Towne East Blue Ball area with a later meeting on truck specs.
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Franklin
Franklin Township
Hunter
Lemon Township
Warren County Disaster Services Agency
Carlisle
Hunter Fire Department
Blue Ball
Trenton Planning Commission Meeting Delayed To May 14
A special meeting to address Dale Richter's west side rezoning request on the north side of Ohio 73 was canceled after the City Council granted a 30 day extension. The proposal seeks to convert high density residential land to mixed commercial and low density residential, requiring a buffer under the zoning code. The next regular meeting is set for May 14.
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Trenton
City Planning Commission
West Side
Dale Richter
Ohio 73
Commission
Square D Earnings Decrease In First Quarter
Square D reports lower sales and earnings for the first quarter ending March 31. Sales were 105.344 million versus 108.295 million a year earlier, while earnings fell to 6.818 million or 29 cents a share from 8.750 million or 37 cents. The firm cites weak business climate and an inventory reduction program. The company, an international maker of electrical distribution equipment, runs a major Middletown plant.
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The
Square D. Co
Park Ridge
Ill
Square D
Middletown
Madison Township Barn Fire Destroys Barn and Equipment
Firefighters from North and South Madison responded to a blaze at 7570 Michael Road burning a barn to the ground. Two hogs died and riding tack valued at 500 dollars were lost along with 20 bales of hay. The Jerry Spencer farm, owned by Tom Baird, faced an electric origin in investigation as firefighters battled the flames for about three hours starting at 3 15 p.m. The alarm was triggered by Mrs. Spencer who found the blaze.
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Michael Road
Madison Township
Madison
Jerry Spencer
Tom Baird
Middletown Realtor
Spencer
Robert Ledford
North Madison
Ledford
Sennet Buys Share of Fairfield Echo Newspaper
Fred Sennet a local bookstore owner and former Journal staffer becomes part owner editor and publisher of the Fairfield Echo along with four Fairfield men buying Fairfield Echo Publishing Co Inc The paper published Tuesdays and Thursdays may revert to a weekly and had previously been a weekly for most of its 15 year run Sennet plans teaching journalism at Miami University and Hamilton campus.
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Fred Sennet
Journal
Fairfield Echo
Fairfield
Sennet
Fairfield Echo Publishing Co., Inc
Joseph Schwarz
Bruce Cunagin
Joseph Bayer
John Fetters
Frank Heck
William Overby
Middletown
Miami University
Hamilton
Cancer crusade aims for thirty thousand in Warren County
The Warren County Unit of the American Cancer Society seeks 29 900 from county residents as the 1975 crusade begins. Bevis Amburgy cites growing patient needs and lists township and city chairmen with volunteers still needed. Contributions can be sent to the Lebanon office at 127 N. Broadway during Cancer Week April 26 to May 3.
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Lebanon
Warren County
American Cancer Society
Bevis (Cotton) Amburgy
Crusade
Molly Puckett
Hamilton Township
Bonnie Sayre
Union Township
Connie Hight
Deerfield
Dennis Grizzell
West Turtlecreek
Jackie Allison
East Turtlecreek
Helen Scott
Dorothy Burns
Carlisle
Betty Osborne
Franklin Township
Jean Stepper
East Clearcreek
Francis Eves
Amburgy
N. Broadway
Middletown Campus Wins Grant for Bill of Rights Bicentennial
The Middletown Campus of Miami University received a 2625 grant from the George Gund Foundation Cleveland to fund a 1975 76 program on the Bill of Rights. The Ohio College Bicentennial Program will match funds for campus community lectures and displays. Mrs Clare Easton will direct the project through the MUM Bicentennial Committee with the regular Lecture Series Committee.
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Middletown
Miami University
George Gund Foundation
Cleveland
Ohio College
Clare Easton
Brada Miller Freight System Shut Down by Labor Dispute
A labor dispute has kept Brada Miller Freight System closed about a week. Teamsters local 836 is on strike at 2606 Jefferson Road, though a union spokesman was unavailable for comment.
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Brada Miller
Jefferson Road
Teamsters Local 836
Poets remarks highlight race and driving in Middletown visit
Arnold Adoff, NY-born poet and editor of black poetry, spoke to about 800 Middletown High School students about writing, race, and resilience. He recalled failing Ohio’s driving test five times, urged reading black poetry, and said his children's books aim to inspire youth as future hope.
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David Flick
Arnold Adoff
Middletown High School
Adoff
New Yorker
Yellow Springs
Ohio
New York
Middletown
Journal
Media Center
Adolf
Harlem
Malcolm X
MHS
Former Springboro mayor dies at 75 in Dayton area
Charles G. Gray 75 of 4460 Mad River Road died yesterday at Grandview Hospital Dayton after a long illness. A former Springboro mayor and Water Board member, he owned Charles Gray Printing Co. Survived by wife Ina daughter Alice Casey four grandchildren. Funeral 2 p.m. Friday Anglesby Funeral Home Springboro Cemetery burial. Call noon to 9 p.m. today. Also noted Middletown deaths and Hamilton notices with service details.
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Franklin
Charles G. Gray
Mad River Road
Grandview Hospital
Dayton
Mr. Gray
Water Board
Springboro
Charles Gray Printing Co
Franklin Rotary Club
Cavalry
Ina
Alice Casey
Cedarville, N.Y
Anglesby Funeral Home
John Wedgewood
Woodside Cemetery
CG&KE to Ask Gas Rate Hike in 63 Ohio Communities
Cincinnati Gas and Electric plans a late summer gas rate increase proposal for 63 communities including Franklin. The city’s gas rate ordinance expired in November 1973 and customers will stay on the old rate until PUCO approves the hike.
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Cg&ke
Franklin
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
PUCO
Two Area Men Pass Bar Exam in February Round
Ohio Supreme Court announced 312 of 393 applicants passed the February bar exam. Lawrence W. Hicks of Blue Ball and Emerson R. Keck of Franklin will take the oath May 10. Daniel Freytag of Columbus topped the results with 305.
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Ohio Supreme Court
Lawrence W. Hicks
Springgarden St
Blue Ball
Emerson R. Keck
E Village Drive
Franklin
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Fairfield Paper
Revis Amburgy Cancer Crusade
Etna Smith
Etna Louise Smith
Lafayette Ave
Middletown Hospital
William
John Frazier Jr
Louisville
Donald Frazier
Barstow
Calif
Virginia Dixon
Dolores Brown
Riverside
Luther Shivel
Prestonburg
George Shivel
Newport
Belle Parsons
Mt. Sterling
Sally Hardin
Gallup
Guy Riebel
Princeton-Glendale Road
Kingdom Hall
Roderick Sims
Hastings Ave
Klaus- Weigel
Herman
Daniel Freytag
Ohio State University College of Law
Ats
Converse
Monument CO
Manchester Rd
Fenwick High
Granite & Bronze
Nicols
Dale Converse
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