Nixon wage and price freezes raise local economy questions
The Middletown area waits for details after President Nixon orders immediate wage and price freezes for 90 days. Armco Steel and other employers weigh potential effects on contracts, layoffs, and water rate changes while officials seek clarity on whether existing raises and rates are grandfathered.
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David Driver
Middletown
Armco Employes Independent Federation
AEIF
Nixon
Armco Steel Corp
Armco
Big Steel
Secretary of Treasury
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Com
Bingo Returns in Warren County After Ban Lifted
The Society for Handicapped Children in Warren County resumes Thursday bingo at the Schemy Building near Chautauqua. Hamilton Police Chief McNally rescinds last week’s ban. Four local operations halted, spreading to Trenton and beyond. The group funds the School for Exceptional Children and a sheltered workshop in Carlisle. Police say charitable bingo complies with laws, but Middletown remains cautious after a 1964 policy.
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Middletown
Society For Handicapped Children
Warren County
Schemy
Chautauqua
Hamilton
George V. McNally
Trenton
Aclord
Mary Lou
Kelly
The
Carlisle
Police Department
Lemon Township Petitions Oppose Middletown Water Rates
Petitions with 1930 signatures from Lemon Township residents protested Middletown water rate increases. Dorothy Ingram presented the petitions, noting signatures primarily from Lemon Township except LeSourdsville and Monroe. County officials will study feasibility and may negotiate rates with the city.
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Hamilton
Lemon Township
Middletown
Butler County
Dorothy Ingram
S. Dixie Highway
LeSourdsville
Monroe
William Denham
Ingram
James Hinehberger
Hinehberger
Hydrant Flushing Expands Citywide Checkups
Fire crews continue the fourth week of hydrant flushing Tuesday to Friday taking tests to new city areas. Station 2 covers the Penn Central Railroad area north of Roosevelt Boulevard while Stations 3 4 and 1 test zones west of Yankee Road Kunz Avenue Bryant Avenue and south of Bryant Avenue. Station 5 works on Breiel Boulevard as Jess Border aims to inspect about one third of the citys 1500 hydrants this year.
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Jess Border
Flushing
Penn Central Railroad
Roosevelt Boulevard
Yankee Road
Kunz Avenue
Penn Central
Bryant Avenue
Breiel Boulevard
Franklin Man Recovering After Accident
A 22 year old Franklin man named Larry Creech remained in fair condition at Mid dletown Hospital after a car motorcycle crash on Trenton Franklin Road. The incident occurred at 12 43 a m Aug 9 with Warren County deputies continuing the investigation. Richard Cole 23 of Dayton was the other driver and uninjured. The motorcycle was destroyed and about $1000 in car damage reported.
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Franklin
Middletown Hospital
Warren County
Trenton-Franklin Road
Larry Creech
N. Main St
Richard Cole
Dayton
Great Lakes Officials Gather for Joint Water Standards
Delegations from eight U S states and two Canadian provinces gathered at Mackinac Island to press for unified Great Lakes water quality and pollution controls. They aim for a Washington Ottawa treaty creating a single watchdog agency overseeing Great Lakes and St Lawrence developments and a broad agenda including boat sewage tanks lamprey control shoreline protection air pollution offshore drilling and toxic fish concentrations.
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Mackinac Island
Mich
Great Lakes
U. S
Washington
Ottawa
St. Lawrence Seaway
Windsor
Ont
Detroit
Frozen food theft spree hits near four thousand dollars
Mrs Hila Flynn reported a wave of thefts over months ending with missing strawberries and frozen corn. Other losses linked to a St Main Street break-in could top two thousand dollars. a burglary at 216 S Main St involved a 112 piece silver set valued up to 1500 dollars and other items. Across numerous homes and vehicles, cash and valuables including rings, tapes, tools, and car parts were taken with one early morning theater break in yielding cigarettes and popcorn. Police noted a large volume of thefts across Butler County with various suspects and damaged property.
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Hila Flynn
Central Ave
St. Main Street
Diane Wacker
Norbert Wacker
S. Main St
Surfside Inn
Howard Tutt
Vanderveer St
Harry Higdon
N. Broad St
Yankee Road
Isabell Hunter
Russell Dambach
Woodlawn Ave
Evelyn Hensley
Morgan St
Fire runs report and minor injuries across two incidents
Fire crews responded yesterday at 2 30 p m Moore Street and Linden Avenue to an auto incident involving Dave Dearth 35 of 415 Moore Street who was nervous and complained of pains and planned to seek Dayton hospital care. Later at 5 56 p m Jim Lyons 6 of 511 Garfield Street fell from a bed with a head injury and was to be treated by a physician.
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Moore Street
Linden Avenue
Dave Dearth
Moore St
Dayton
Garfield St
Jim Lyons
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John Connally
Munications Workers of America
CWA
Ohio Bell
Dale Helsel
Bingo
Tilmon Ellison
Sol Riegel
Journal
Eee
Denham
County Budget Commission
Domestic Relations Court
Stanley M. Perin
Mill Road
Cotton Run Road
Ohio
Wayne Township
Perin
Cincinnati-Dayton
Mey
Life Insurance
Keyman Insurance
Wade
U.S
Utrion Sanitary
Oswalt
Reinartz Boulevard
University Boulevard
Reinartz
Verity Parkway
Kramer
Citizens Band
Larry Thurston
Larry Lane
Wayne Ave
Albert Proffitt
Crawford] St
Wayne Hensley
Woodridge Drive
Lindon’s Sales & Service
Germantown Road
Janice Johnson
Somerville
Bob's Superette
W. Ritter St
Seven Mile
Black & White Film
Beckwith
Tye
AYTAG
Melampy
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