Registration Opens for Middletown Summer School
Middletown area students may register for summer school from now until May 7, under Thomas Webb. Parochial and non-residents in grades 7–12 register at Middletown High School or at nearby offices. tuition varies by residency and level, with seven week sessions for middle and high school from June 21 to August 6 and six week elementary classes ending July 30.
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Middletown Area
Thomas Webb
Webb
George Thomas
Middletown High School
Dle
$500 000 Asked Burglar Alarm Basis of Suit
Ada West files a $500000 negligence suit in Lebanon naming Willis Connors the City of Lebanon Irene Norman and Charles M Bellamy Burglar Alarm Co as defendants. The claim says an April 26 alarm at Lebanon Credit Bureau sounded without a burglary triggering Connors to collide his police cruiser with the Alvis car on Broadway. Mrs West seeks $475000 in damages and her husband $25000 for injuries and losses including earnings and medical costs.
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Lebanon
Lebanon Credit Bureau
Ada West
Alvis
Mar
Norman
Woodville Road
Willis John Connors
Warren
City of
Irene Norman
The
Charles M. Bellamy
Connors
Credit Bureau
S. Broadway
Broadway
West
Frigidaire
Dayton
Earth Week Contributor Misplaces Five Thousand Dollars
Gloria J. Anderson, 27, donated $5,000 more than planned to an Earth Week paper recycling drive in Rochester New York. She wrapped the cash in a plastic bag with papers during pickup, and the bag was collected. She discovered the loss on Wednesday and blamed herself for not bankin g the money.
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Rochester
N.Y
Gloria J. Anderson
Drive
Strike deadline near in Columbus as workers push for deals
Electrical workers at Western Electric Co in Columbus vote to authorize strike if reasonable contract proposals are not offered by midnight April 30, the expiration date of the current contract. The action signals possible labor disruption if talks fail to progress before the deadline.
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Columbus, Ohio
Western Electric Co
Workshoppers Set For Post Evaluation Open House
The 1970 Community Resources Workshop for teachers will host an open house at Middletown High School cafeteria at 7:30 tonight. Thirty area teachers registered for the 1971 Middletown study will attend with last summer's participants. John Thornberry will MC with committee members demonstrating applications of the prior workshop.
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Middletown High School
Middletown
John Thornberry
Doty House
John Trump
Paul Ruark
Industrial Council
Barn Fire Said Arson At Pennyroyal Road
Franklin reports arson as the suspected cause of a fire that destroyed an empty barn on Pennyroyal Road around 9 55 p m. Fire Chief Howard Harville said the blaze spread quickly with no damage estimate. Firefighters, aided by a Stone Container Co employee, fought the Sunday morning fire at the dump where waste materials burned after the dump was unattended.
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Franklin
Pennyroyal Road
Howard Harville
Harville
Stone Container Co
Roosevelt’s First Inaugural Address Quote Cited
The article recalls Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1933 inaugural address and his famous line that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself, emphasizing his call for courage amid the Great Depression.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Fire incidents and injuries reported across multiple city locations
At 11 08 a m a furnace motor overheated at 2601 Elmo Place causing 35 damage. At noon 2515 Tytus Ave leaves burning in gutter probably from a discarded cigar. At 5 50 p m 621 Moore St Mrs Ruby Hartsock 23 is ill semi conscious and taken to Middletown Hospital with fair condition. At 7 4 p m 1123 Park Lane Drive fire in a trash packet owned by Towne Properties Inc possibly from a cigarette. At 8 59 p m 116 Penfield Ave Mrs Thelma England 51 injured in a fall taken to hospital for nose and arm injuries.
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Tytus Ave
Moore St
Ruby Hartsock
Middletown Hospital
Park Lane Drive
Towne Properties Inc
Penfield Ave
Thelma England
Worst Hairdo Poll Sifts Martha Mitchell as Worst Do
Atlantic City AP report notes the New Jersey Hairdressers and Cosmetologists Association surveyed members to name Martha Mitchell as having the worst public hairdo. Phyllis Diller’s straw-like hair is labeled most hazardous to hairdressers.
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Atlantic City
Martha Mitchell
Phyllis Diller
New Jersey
Mitchell
U.S
Former FBI Agent Named to Head Ohio Tax Unit
State Tax Commissioner Robert J. Kosydar appoints a former FBI agent to lead a new unit overseeing internal security and auditing for the Ohio Department of Taxation.
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FBI
Columbus
Ohio
Robert J. Kosydar
Ohio Department of Taxation
Sweet to Address MADE Meeting in Middletown
David Sweet new director of Ohio Department of Development will address the Middletown Area Development Enterprise Inc meeting on May 5 at noon in the Junior Ballroom of the Manchester Motor Inn. He was appointed after the Gilligan administration took over in January and will meet Middletonians to discuss regional industrial development plans.
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David Sweet
Ohio
Department of Development
Middletown Area Development Enterprise Inc
MADE
Manchester Motor Inn
Sweet
Winterlike Weather Grips Western States With Snow
The Associated Press reports a winterlike grip across western regions with snow or cold rain from the central Rockies to the Sierra Nevada. Wyoming warns of heavy snow, six inches in Lander, while Ogden Utah and South Lake Tahoe Calief see heavy accumulations. Gusts reach 56 mph in Rock Springs Wyo as Midwest and Nebraska feel strong winds. South Dakota records swirling snow and dust.
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Associated Press
Rockies
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Wyoming
Lander
Ogden
Utah
South Lake Tahoe
Calief
Midwest
Nebraska
South Dakota
Wigs and Whisky Loot Hit Middletown Area Break-Ins
Wigs worth hundreds and 42 fifths of whiskey were stolen in Butler County break-ins over the weekend, with a Lebanon beauty shop owner reporting $3,000 in losses including wigs scarves and cash. A Franklin bar suffered 42 fifths of whiskey theft and $400 damage from forced entry plus additional cash missing. Tools and a chain saw were taken from a Franklin golf course shed, with about $25 in damage to a fuel pump.
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Middletown - Franklin
Butler County
Rachel Heizer
Lebanon
Central Ave
Franklin
American Legion Hall
E. Fourth Street
Franklin Golf Course
Stallworth Elected By VEW Post
Warren Stallworth of 2002 Minnesota St was elected commander of VFW Hunter Clark Post 6405 at the regular meeting yesterday. New officers include Darnell Cox senior vice commander Haywood Aldridge junior vice commander Clark B Johnson quartermaster Albert McCarty chaplain Theodore Bolden surgeon Bert Perkins trustee for three years. Ladies auxiliary officers elected are Mrs Charles A Carter president Peggy Griffin senior vice president Mildred Alexander junior vice president Martha McGuire treasurer Helen Frazier chaplain Hattie Hardeman guard Cecilia Snow secretary Edna Trammell trustee three years Betty Green delegate Phoebe Hunter alternate Eula Snow conductress Julia Ferguson Anna Long Julia Straws Vivian Mitchell color bearers Margaret Heard flag bearer Lucy Pearson historian Earlene Wilson patriotic instructor. All officers to be installed May 6.
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Warren Stallworth
Minnesota St
VFW
Hunter- Clark
Darnell Cox
Haywood Aldridge
Clark B. Johnson
Albert McCarty
Theodore Bolden
Bert Perkins
Ladies Auxiliary
Charles A. Carter
Peggy Griffin
Mildred Alexander
Martha McGuire
Helen Frazier
Hattie Hardeman
Cecilia Snow
Edna Trammell
Betty Green
Phoebe Hunter
Eula Snow
Julia Ferguson
Anna Long
Julia Straws
Vivian Mitchell
Margaret Heard
Lucy Pearson
Earlene Wilson
Spring Hill PTO aims high with Braun appearance May festival
Spring Hill School PTO led by Fred Hotchkiss plans a big event on May 15 featuring WLWT star Bob Braun at the Spring Flower Festival. The day includes a Kay's Shoppe fashion show, family activities, and two Braun appearances at 1 and 3 p.m. Tickets are $2 and available at multiple local outlets.
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Hotchkiss
WLWT
Bob Braun
PTO
Kay
Shoppe of
Lebanon
TV Channel 1
Braun
Fred Hotchkiss
Spring Hill
Inig
Readmore
Filson
Lewis Drugs
Middletown
House of Drugs
Franklin
Baptists Plan Start of Church Building
Members of the First Baptist Church will meet to discuss groundbreaking ceremonies for a new church building planned for early May. The congregation voted to begin construction on church property at Breiel Boulevard and Riverview Drive. The project, estimated at $850,000, emphasizes flexibility and multiple use of space per building council chair Ben Kitchen.
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First Baptist Church
Walter Weber
Breiel Boulevard
Riverview Drive
Ben Kitchen
First Baptist Secrating & Ofs
Kotouc Trial Starts Today
Captain Eugene M. Kotouc an intelligence officer goes on trial for maiming and assaulting a Viet Cong suspect after the My Lat village assault in 1968. He faces a maximum 10 year sentence if convicted before a military jury of seven Army officers.
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FT. Meepherson
Eugene M. Kotouc
U.S
My Lat
Kotouc
Humboldt
Neb
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Strassburger
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