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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1976
Page
2
July inflation rose another half percent with food costs up while gains in gasoline and medical care stood out. Prices are 5.4 percent higher than a year earlier, the smallest year-to-year rise since April 1973, and after tax weekly earnings edged up 0.1 percent after inflation.
Portable generators lined doorways and lights hung from ceilings as 470 students registered for the first semester at the New Warren County vocational school after a transformer fire darkened much of the building. Electric service was restored with a new transformer. replacement cost was 9500 dollars.
The Preble Shawnee board approved a revised behavior code detailing punishments for infractions to comply with state law. It also endorsed use of school buildings for swine flu shots, set tentative vaccination dates, agreed to split fence costs with the athletic club, and adopted a tuition rule for district residents over 21. The board hired several teachers, named cheerleader sponsor, accepted resignations, and approved the retirement of Nora Moore after 20 years.
The United States buys the Virgin Islands from Denmark in 1917 amid strategic and territorial negotiations. The transfer follows a treaty arrangement approved by both governments and completed with formal transfer documents.
On the Great Miami River in Franklin a celebrity canoe race is added to the weekend contests as part of the Bicentennial observance. The 4 p.m. Sunday prize is tickets to last year's World Series. Notable participants include Russ Dwyer Roy Wallace Bob Dalton Gerri Hart Corwin Nixon Stan Kolb O H Pete Egleston Warren Young Morris Turkelson Paul Harrison David Way Bob Turner Neal Bronson David Chicarelli P Daniel Fedders Jim Kirby H T Derivan Bernard Eichholz and Shelby Middleton will present trophies. Prizes include first place trophies and second third place tributes shaped like Franklin's 1805 log post office. Events run 1 to 5 p.m. daily.
Beth Back, former Lebanon deputy registrar clerk, faces theft in office charges tied to a $73,699.97 fund shortage. A motion to dismiss against Back due to lack of evidence is set before Judge William Young, while John Keller and Sue Newton face trials on Sept 27 and Sept 21.
A Butler County jury in Hamilton set the easement value at 44 900 for land owned by John T Nieman and wife at 3215 New London Road The 4 6 acre property was valued at 14 100 with damages to the rest at 30 800 The easement funds prepare construction of a 345 000 volt transmission line amid local opposition while the utility maintains access across a corn field and near the property owners
MacMullan, Armco Steel Corp. executive, becomes president of Job Opportunities Inc for 1977 replacing James Townsley. The program raised 33945 in contributions to pay wages for working youths, with 128 of 525 applicants finding jobs from local sponsors and private employers.
The Ohio Sons of Italy in America Association plans its annual scholarship awards banquet at the Manchester Motor Inn on Saturday Aug 28 at 6 30 p m. Frank D. Vitori Lodge 2142 Middletown hosts. Recipients include Valentino DeVito Girard Silvana Foti Youngstown Diana Paparone Akron Marcia Petrochello Ashtabula Raymond Rosso Lorain Catherine Serafin Bellaire Sue Ann Welker Ashtabula. Dancing follows with The Seven Sharp and The Internationals providing Italian selections. Banquet chair is Carl Amatulli contact Carl Amatulli or Dr Vincent Rivizzino by Sunday.
Los Angeles AP reports dancer Fred Astaire breaks his wrist after a fall from a skateboard. Details on his recovery or performance schedule were not provided.
Obituary notices report Glen H. Hoover 85 of 2205 Wellington Road died at Middletown Hospital after long illness. Survived by wife Lillie, two daughters, two stepdaughters, ten grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren. Funeral Monday at McCoy-Leffler. burial in Carlisle. Also noted are memorials, Violet West Norton 84, and Bobbie Blair Hill 44 with service details and survivors. Additional notices list Agnes I. Cole 56, William Bud Stempfley 70, and Medora Wilson 92 with burial or service details. Local arrangements by McCoy-Leffler and Oswald Funeral Home.
Aspen Colorado AP says Claudine Longet's manslaughter trial over the March 21 shooting death of skier Spider Sabich may not start Aug 30 as the prosecution appeals a ruling suppressing her diary and other evidence. Longet is 35 and was formerly married to singer Andy Williams and has pleaded innocent.
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