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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1976
Page
2
Blanche Edwards 74, Cartersburg's sole businessperson, runs a store eight years after delivering newspapers. She manages a 100 mile daily paper route, delivering 375 papers, while townsfolk watch a dying town shift to suburbia. She plans to retire at 75 if her kids approve.
Middletown High School guidance staff arranged a talk by Dennis Smith, a Terra Technical College instructor and 1976 UC graduate, to explain two year nuclear technician programs. Smith described technicians as plant operators and noted Ohio’s growing nuclear plant construction.
Two men allegedly accosted Kenneth Wells age 114 in the Mid dletown Mall restroom around noon yesterday and robbed him of $10. Police caught two suspects but released them without charges.
Food baskets for signed up families will be distributed Thursday by the South Middletown Fire Department starting around 3 with house-to-house delivery. Toys and clothing pickups for those signed up will occur tomorrow at the fire station 1108 Forrer St in Amanda between 5 and 8 pm.
In a Friday 3 p.m. to Saturday period, Middletown police issued 205 moving traffic tickets and 155 parking tickets as part of an affirmative speedup to pressure wage talks for 1977. Court dates are Wednesday, with potential influx at Municipal Court.
Obituaries report the deaths of Mrs. Helen Moore 55 of 3613 Lewis Street and Mrs Eva Pierce 81 of Garden Manor Extended Care Center both in Middletown with services at Joseph R. Baker Funeral Home and burials at Woodside Cemetery. Additional notices include Jimmy Thomas 46 of 1730 Alamo Court Dayton, Marvin Brandenburg 61 of Franklin Lebanon Road, and Charles Byrd 57 of Robin Springs apartments with services at local funeral homes and burials in local cemeteries.
Cincinnati's Robert Braunschweig and Columbus's Vern R Cahill are named among 34 members of the National Cattle Industry Advisory Committee. They join other appointees to counsel the U.S. Department of Agriculture on programs affecting the cattle and beef industries.
Ohio distributed 5.3 million dollars to 88 counties and 369 cities and villages from 3.5 percent of the prior month’s state income, sales and corporation tax receipts. Auditor Thomas Ferguson stated the monthly distribution relies on these tax collections.
Two Cincinnati men were bound over to the Warren County grand jury for allegedly stealing a citizens band radio from a car at McAlpin's Towne Mall. Bond set at 2500 each for William Greer and Dan Flowers. Other local drivers faced various fines for traffic offenses. Sixty nine other speeding violators paid fines or forfeited bonds totaling 2081 dollars.
A house reported smoke at 4724 Manchester Road at 9:30 p.m. no fire or damage found. Nearby incidents include Clarence Buckhalter, 71, admitted in fair condition after arm pains at 829 17th Ave. and 305 Coopers Alley. Others: Laura Armitage, 92, ill, to hospital. Janie Quinn, 24, back pains, treated and released. James Irvine, 43, stomach pains, treated and released.
State troopers investigated a late evening accident on Cincinnati Day ton Road near Franklin. A 14 year old boy named Joel Smith on a skateboard was struck after leaving the King Kwik market. He was taken to Middletown Hospital for treatment. injuries and driver identity were not known at deadline.
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