Trenton to raise lighting bill under CG&E contract
City moves to accept a three year CG&E proposal that would lift Trenton’s annual lighting cost to $15,264, with a 30 percent rise on 2500 lumen mercury vapor units and 11 percent increases on 10000 and 21000 lumen poles. The council also studies a master lighting plan and approves budgetary motions while tabling Local Government Fund distribution.
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Trenton
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Thomas Stubbs Jr
Cg&e
Donald W. Strotman
Melvin Ruder
Ruder
Ryder
Council
Butler County Budget Commission
Butler County
James A. Tilton
Stubbs
City of
Hamilton
Deaths and funerals Azel Midkiff, 75, Middletown area
Azel Midkiff 75 of 3006 Ogden Drive died 7 10 p m yesterday at Middletown Hospital after a long illness. He retired in 1966 after ten years at Aeronca and earlier thirty years with C& O Railroad. Survived by wife Violet two daughters Mrs Marjorie Ventry and Mrs Wanda Fletcher a son William a foster daughter nine grandchildren and several relatives. Visitation and services will be at Chapman Funeral Home Huntington W Va burial White Chapel Memorial Gardens Barboursville W Va. Local arrangements by McCoy Leffler Funeral Home. Services are Monday at 11 a m at Mt Zion Baptist Church with burial in South Lebanon Cemetery. Rev Oliver Byrd to officiate. Friends may call Oswald Funeral Home Lebanon Sunday 6 to 9 p m.
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Azel Midkiff
Ogden Drive
Middletown Hospital
Mr. Midkiff
Aeronca, Inc
C&o Railroad
West Virginia
Violet
Marjorie Ventry
Wanda Fletcher
Trenton
William
Springboro
Anita Mathis
Middletown
Lennie Lender
Michigan
Ruth Bryan
Cecil
Rupert
Abraham
Florida
Chapman Funeral Home
Huntington
W. Va
White Chapel Memorial Gardens
Barboursville
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
South Lebanon
Oliver Byrd
Oswald Funeral Home
Lebanon
Steubenville police and firemen end walkout after court order
Steubenville police and firemen returned to work under a court injunction after a citywide walkout left only six on duty. Negotiators met and received a wage offer scaled back from a 20 percent demand to 12 percent, with city officials studying the proposal. The brief strike coincides with a historic note recalling Al Capone’s 11 year Alcatraz sentence in 1931, his 1939 release, and 1947 death.
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Steubenville, Ohio
Steubenville
al Capone
Alcatraz
Emma Bowman Dies At 66 In Clinton Memorial Hospital
Mrs Emma Bowman 66 of 424 Ohio 48 South Lebanon died yesterday at Clinton Memorial Hospital Wilmington where she was a patient nearly two days She is survived by two sons Harold and Donald both of South Lebanon six sisters Mrs Eugene Allen and Mrs Mamie Ledford both of South Lebanon Mrs Irene Rowland and Mrs Mae Hudson both of Island City Ky Mrs Mattit Gentry and Mrs Maude Olmoer both of Zoe Ky two brothers Ellis Oldham of South Lebanon and Boyd Oldham of Island City
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South Lebanon
Emma Bowman
Ohio
Clinton Memorial Hospital
Wilmington
Bowman
Harold
Donald
Eugene Allen
Mamie Ledford
Irene Rowland
Mae Hudson
Island City
Mattit Gentry
Maude Olmoer
Zoe, Ky
Ellis Oldham
Boyd Oldham
Betty Clooney Dies Sister of Rosemary Clooney
Betty Clooney Campo died in Las Vegas at 45 from a cerebral hemorrhage. A Cincinnati native, she sang with WLW radio in the late 1940s with Rosemary Clooney, left singing for family life, and later appeared on CBS TV and in Detroit. Survived by four children and siblings Nick Clooney Gail Stone. Funeral mass in Las Vegas, burial in Miami.
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Cincinnati
Betty Clooney Campo
Rosemary Clooney
Las Vegas
Nev
Maysville
WLW Radio
Cincinati
Betty
Betty Clooney
Pupi Campo
Caesar's Palace
Wkrc-Tvv
Nick Clooney
Miss Clooney
Jack Paar
Cbs-Tv
Detroit
Gail Stone
Miami
Fla
Hook arrives tomorrow at Pirate's Day event
The First Assembly of God grounds at 4915 Ronald Drive host a 10 a.m. event featuring Captain Hook portrayed by 29 year old Von R. Saum of Noblesville Indiana and his family. Activities include games guided horseback rides and a mock motorcycle race with Evil Rediver. Saum shares his life story at the 10:30 a.m. worship service. If rain, events move to Saturday August 14.
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Captain Hook
First Assembly of God
Ronald Drive
von R. Saum
Noblesville
Ind
Christ
Saum
Assembly of God
Ohio Sues Hunt-Wesson Over Grassy Creek Fish Kill
Ohio Attorney General William J. Brown files a 7 575 lawsuit against Hunt Wesson Foods Inc in Wood County alleging the plant discharged vinegar containing substances into Grassy Creek Perrysburg, polluting the stream and killing almost 5 000 fish in 1973. The suit rests on the state acting as owner in trust of wildlife and fish.
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Columbus, Ohio
William J. Brown
Hunt- Wesson Foods Inc
Wood County
Hunt- Wesson
Grassy Creek
Perrysburg
Brown
Oak Openings Park dunes near Toledo describe unique sand formations
Oak Openings Park lies between Whitehouse and Swanton southwest of Toledo. The area spans roughly 25 miles by 5 miles and rises up to 30 feet, home to Ohio’s only live or moving sand dunes showcasing distinctive dune ecosystems.
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Whitehouse
Swanton
Toledo
Ohio
Four-car crash injures three at Verity Parkway intersection
At about 10 40 p m four cars collided at S Verity Parkway and 14th Avenue. Willie Bomer 63 was admitted with a head injury to Middletown Hospital. David Vinson Jr 17 and Maria Parson 3 were treated and released. Witnesses say Bomer ran a red light. charges filed for failure to yield. Vehicle damage exceeded 150 dollars per car.
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Middletown Hospital
S. Verity Parkway
14Th Avenue
Willie Bomer
Ninth Ave
David Vinson Jr
Prospect Ave
Maria Parson
Bomer
Verity Parkway
Vinson
Widow wins life-long Ohio lottery prize in tragedy comeback
Celia McLaughlin, 62, of Richmond near Steubenville, widow of Wayne McLaughlin, won 1,000 a month for life with a minimum 400,000 in the Ohio lottery after buying a ticket her husband purchased before his July 18 death. She plans to use some winnings for her grandchildren’s education and possibly travel. Ronald Peck of Dayton took second in Buckeye 1,000 with 5,000, while other top prizes went to Marion Humar Euclid, Connie McCormick Akron, Frances Hellinger Brookville, and John Whitt Columbus. The Buckeye 1,000 ends next week.
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Cleveland
Celia McLaughlin
Richmond
Steubenville
McLaughlin
Ronald Peck
Dayton
Marion Humar
Euclid
Connie McCormick
Akron
Frances Hellinger
Brookville
John Whitt
Columbus
Stanley Otis Jr
Pittsford
Mich
Terrence Marks
University Heights
Alexander Mikula
Twinsburg
Lottery chief says he lacks control over agency staff
Ohio Lottery Director Gerald Patronite says lawmakers failed to substantiate corruption claims yet staff issues remain unsolved. He cites lack of authority to hire or fire, past harassment, and fears political interference could recur. He notes predecessor quit over denied hiring power and vows he needs decisive personnel authority.
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Cleveland
Ohio Lottery
Gerald Patronite
Patronite
Commission
James Rhodes
John Gilligan
Robert Chiaramonte
Chairamonte
Lottery Commission
Two Middletown Men Plead Guilty to Drug Charges
Ronald Lafayette, 33, pleaded guilty to sale of a dangerous drug and received a 200 dollar fine with a six month jail term suspended. Van Edward Davis, 22, pleaded guilty to sale of drugs and awaits disposition on August 31 after earlier pleading not guilty. Both were among 13 arrested in raids following a Butler County special grand jury indictments.
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Hamilton
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Robert Marrs
Middletown
Ronald Lafayette
Young Sr
Marrs
van Edward Davis
McGuire Sr
Butler County
Davis
King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia to visit France
King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia will be official guests of French President Valery Giscard d Estaing from October 27 to 29. It will be the king s second foreign trip since ascending the throne eight months ago following visits to the Dominican Republic and the United States last June.
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Madrid
Juan Carlos
Sofia
Valery Giscard d
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Mercy Hospital
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Hook
Tim
Norris Insurance
Verity Pkvy
Blaine Underwood
Buena Ave
Underwood
Clarence Robinson
15Th Ave
Woodside Boulevard
Tytus
Vanygen
Nings
Buckeye
d'Estaing
Dodds Monuments
Verity
14Th Ave
Woodside Cemetery
Charles
Bud) Steller Mor
Polaroid
ESCO
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S. Breiel Blvd
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