Middletown Schools Save Big with All School-Run Buses
Supt. Robert K. Johnson says Middletown public and parochial students saved about 74 000 in operating costs by switching to an all school-run busing system. The district bought five new buses for 41 000 and will receive state reimbursement, allowing fewer buses in 1973.
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Robert K. Johnson
Middletown
Johnson
Johnson and
Ohio Department of Education
Ortman- Stewart Transportation Co
Ortman-Stewart
Board of Education
Ohio
Schoo
Downtown Mall Changes Hit Traffic and Work Routines
Motorists shoppers and city workers report altered traffic patterns and new parking. Holes on Manchester Avenue disrupted phone lines and caused brief outages as utilities work proceeds. Fire and police officials adapt routes and signage to manage the changes while planners say openings and signs will ease access.
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Manchester Avenue
Manchester
Genntown Girl Struck By Car Near U S 42
A 13 year old Genntown girl was hit by a northbound car on U S 42 near her home and transported in fair condition to the intensive care unit. Tamra Sue Masters daughter of Mr and Mrs Bobby Masters suffered abrasions and a back injury after the impact sent her about 60 feet. Driver Joseph G Kuritar 26 of Dayton told deputies he may have dozed off. He swerved to avoid the girl and hit a southbound vehicle with no injuries reported. No charges filed yet.
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Lebanon
U.S. 42
Here
Warren County
Tamra Sue Masters
Bobby Masters
Joseph G. Kuritar
Dayton
Kuritar
Silence, Seiden? A cryptic wise man weighs truth
A quip hints at a skeptical observer questioning whether quiet talk hides Seiden or mere cowardice, suggesting a riddle about trust and perception without explicit names or events.
Ohio Bell reports rise in nonwhite and women employees
Ohio Bell told the Federal Communications Commission that nonwhite staff rose from 3.7 percent in 1962 to 13 percent in 1972 and that women in managerial levels increased 56 percent from 1960 to 1971. The company outlined race and sex goals through 1980 and noted locally 56 percent of employees are women with 9 percent minority representation. Public hearings on EEOC charges are slated for Washington in October.
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Ohio Bell
Federal Communications Commission
Equal Employment Opportunities Commission
Washington
Robert O. Boyer
Boyer
Robert F. Watts
Lease Renewal on Revelos Building and Prospect Site
City commissioners planned to adopt a resolution exercising an option to renew the Revelos Building lease housing the City Building Annex. Another resolution would amend the South Prospect rehabilitation site lease at 608 Ninth Ave to include leasing the second floor. Meeting at 7 pm in the city commission chamber.
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Revelos
City Building
South Prospect
Ninth Ave
Commission Chamber
Vian Collision Injures Marshall and King
David W. Marshall aged 22 of 7252 Dickey Road and Robyn D. King aged 18 of 6551 Kalbfleisch Road were treated at Middletown Hospital after a collision on Kalbfleisch Road east of Dickey Road. Marshall’s car left the roadway and struck shrubbery and a tree. deputies reported no further details.
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David W. Marshall
Dickey Road
Middletown Hospital
Robyn D. King
Kalbfleisch Road
Sheriff's Deputies
Marshall
Youths To Make Pittsburgh Trip
Thirteen local youths in the Youth Development Program will travel to Pittsburgh from Middletown Aug 6 to 10 to attend the National Youth Development Conference. They raised 1077.87 through silk screening tee shirts dances concerts and church donations with about half the funds coming from donations. The group departs Sunday at 1 p.m. from the Middletown Community Center with Gordon Crawford and Donald Bryant accompanying.
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Pittsburgh
Gordon Crawford
Middletown
Crawford
Charles Hurst
Rhonda Peebles
17Th Ave
Jeff Mitchell
Vance Sr
Steve MecKelvin
Angie Hunter
Grove St
Diana Dodson
10Th Ave
Peggy Canada
Patt Weathers
Yankee Road
Debbie Hunter
District Court Upholds Boxwell Suit Settlement
Mrs. Mary Ann Boxwell of 406 Jackson Lane receives 332,500 from a U S District Court in Indianapolis for her husband Richard Chick Boxwell's death in a Sept 9 1969 mid air collision involving an Allegheny Airlines plane. The case cites alleged airline negligence.
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Mary Ann Boxwell
Jackson Lane
U.S. District Court
Indianapolis
Richard “Chick” Boxwell
Allegheny Airlines
Boxwell
Middletown
Allegheny
Butte County Common Pleas Court
Allegeny Airlines
Middletown High
Middies
University of Kentucky
Body Found Near Dam In Warren County
The Warren County sheriff's office seeks an autopsy after a 28 year old Miamisburg man James M. Brane is found face down in about 14 inches of water at the base of Chautauqua dam. Brane had been reported missing four days earlier and was found yesterday at 2 pm by an unidentified fisherman. He is at Eaton Funeral Home pending autopsy results.
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Franklin
Warren County
Skunk Stolen From Home Causing Sheriff Inquiry
Daphian Watson of 1729 Wizedom Road reported to sheriff's deputies that a pet skunk was stolen from a cage at his home. He said the skunk had been desensitized. Estimated loss is 40 dollars.
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Hamilton
Daphian Watson
Wizedom Road
Italians to Meet Gov Gilligan in Columbus Visit
Italians staying with local families as part of the Jayecees sponsored Experiment in International Living will tour the Ohio state capitol with State Rep David Armbruster and meet Gov John Gilligan at 11 30 a m They will lunch then tour museums and the Ohio Historical Society in Columbus before departing Friday The group arrived in Middletown July 14.
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Italy
Ohio
David Armbruster
John Gilligan
Armbruster
Columbus
Ohio Historical Society
Middletown
Fire incidents report multiple calls and injuries in Alta and city
Fire calls at 207 Curtis St Alta Doyle 58 treated and released after a 11 11 a m incident. A car fire at First Ave Canal St caused 75 dollar damage from engine backfire and a later fuel line gas ignition during towing. Clara Page 72 and Robert Thomas 49 were treated or declined assistance after incidents.
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Curtis St
Alta Doyle
First Avenue
Canal Street
Justin Micomonaco
Lopane Ave
North Ave
Clara Page
Miami Landmark Fisher Hall Wins HUD Grant for Preservation
Miami University receives 375000 federal funding toward an 892000 project to preserve Fisher Hall a pre Civil War building once housing Oxford Female College a men's dormitory and later a theater Officials plan to demolish the rear wing and convert the front area into a museum or other use with potential state aid and private contributions planned.
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Oxford
Miami University
Fisher Hall
Miami
University
Oxford Female College
Elam Fisher
Eaton
New
Center For Performing Arts
CPA
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Pete Chappars
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Verity Parkway
Larry White
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Clinton Street
Robert Watts Jr
William Chain
A&p
Verity
Sheckler
Genntown
Schirmer
POL
Ben Ligon
N. Main
Gulf Service
Vian
Community Action Commission
District Court
Xavier University
Xavier
Armco Steel Corp
Ralph Bays
Armco Research
Skunk
Teo
Gilligan
Tony
Penfield Ave
Robert Thomas
Miami Landmark
24Th District
Walter E. Powell
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Rogers Jewelers
Rogers
Youngert
Cee
McAlpin’s
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