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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1971
Page
2
Toledo radio newsman Tom Young of WSPD reports he received aChristmas card mix up when a woman calling from a wrong Tom Young mailed him a card by mistake. He was awakened at noon by the call and plans to return the card.
Lebanon. The trial ended at 1 p.m. yesterday but Warren County Common Pleas Judge Lucian Young will not rule on control of the Lebanon Raceway until late January. The dispute pits two partnerships over leasehold rights to the raceway. The Lebanon Trotting Association, hosting racing at the fairgrounds for 20 years, clashes with the Lebanon Trotting Club seeking to replace it. Louis Carlo, nephew of John Carlo, a Lebanon Trotting Association majority stockholder, helped form the new club. John Carlo says the association's partnership will dissolve this year, while Dr. Peter L. Batista of Buffalo says the partnership remains valid and renewable. Judge Young will decide whether the Lebanon Trotting Association terminates this year and who gets the lease. In June, the Warren County Agriculture Society, which runs the fairgrounds, approved a six-year lease with the Lebanon Trotting Club, renewable up to 11 years.
Eleanor and Charles B. Martin owners of Martin's Grill Middletown and Barry Potters owner of Pottorf's Pick-Up Lebanon have filed court appeals challenging suspensions by the state department of liquor control The Martins face a 35 day license suspension at 1726 Central Ave and Potters faces a seven day suspension at 15 S Mechanic St
Christmas recess comes Friday December 17 with classes resuming Monday January 3 for Middletown students.
In Boca Raton Florida taxpayers can file federal returns by June 15 without prior permission. They must pay estimated tax by April 15 and 6 percent interest on any extra due at filing. Next year, form a late filing declaration and estimate suffices. If final tax is over 10 percent higher than paid by April 15, a late payment penalty applies. otherwise no penalty if under 10 percent and balance is turned in.
Ohio plans a training program to retrain unemployed teachers with bachelor’s degrees and student teaching in other areas to fill 20 to 40 vacancies in industrial arts. The Educational Professions Development Act funds will recruit 46 teachers who begin three quarters of instruction on January 3 at Bowling Green Kent State Miami and Ohio State universities.
Mrs. Mitchell says government heating plants near the White House and Justice Department violate the antipollution law. She cites a formal violation notice issued against the West Heating Plant whose steam lines heat the White House and Justice. She asserts federal agencies are regular violators around the capital.
In Darrtown a 12 year old boy, Ernest Pursifall of 3026 Apple Street, was found dead yesterday afternoon in a camper truck inside a garage at his home. Neighbor Walter Alston alerted Butler County police. An autopsy was ordered by county coroner Dr. Garret J. Boone to determine the cause of death.
The typical four person household consumes over 2 000 pounds of food per year, reflecting high overall household consumption and shifting dietary patterns across the United States.
BATAVIA Ohio AP A Milford teenager Patrick Howard 19 becomes the first person convicted under Ohio law banning growing and cultivation of marijuana His attorney Henry Sheldon says no prior conviction and plans an appeal He interprets the statute as targeting large scale growing for manufacturing.
Monticello New York AP reports members of the Sullivan County Sportsmen's Club held their annual venison dinner with roast beef instead. Only one of 198 members had shot a deer and the venison supply ran out as the usual supplier failed to bag a deer this year.
Butler County commissioners will continue paying the county share of the OKI regional budget into 1972, after deducting 2381 from the 38185 assessment to fund their own solid waste study. The total OKI budget was cut to 700000 from 853000, with nine counties expected to subscribe.
Hazel Mae Dearth 86 of Middletown died December 7 in San Antonio. She was a Navy veteran and retired registered nurse who trained at the Miami Valley School of Nursing in Dayton. No immediate survivors. Graveside services planned with calling hours Sunday at Wilson-Schramm Memorial Home 210 S Main Street from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Mrs. Vilele Begley 66 of 3725 Stahlheber Road to have services at 10 a.m. Saturday Webb. Mrs. Lou Fallon 87 of 428 Williams Ave. to have services at 1 p.m. Saturday Zettler. Charles Rader 51 of 473 Miach St. to have services at 10 a.m. Saturday Manchester Ky. Mrs. Cordelia Swafford 79 of (address incomplete)
Peggy Eda Karstoft a 32 year old former nun from Rawlins has joined the Army and will become a first lieutenant in the Woman's Army Corps early next year. She will start 18 weeks training at Fort McClellan Alabama in February. She holds a master’s in education from Kansas State Teachers College and a bachelor’s degree from St. Mary’s Xavier in Kansas.
The Ohio Department of Highways will open bids on December 14 for the 1.4 mile eight lane divided section and interchange of the Columbus Outerbelt. The project estimated cost is 6.7 million dollars.
Tickets for the Nutcracker Suite by Heiken Puppets tomorrow at Dave Finkelman Auditorium were selling rapidly. The Mid dletown Symphony Children’s Concert Committee added a third 11 a.m. 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. performance after swift sales. a few tickets remain at Davidson's Photo for $1 each with no door sales tomorrow.
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