First Reading On City Income Tax Hike To 1 Percent
City commission heard first reading of an ordinance to raise city income tax to one percent to fund emergency street building and capital projects. A passer comment urged better lighting on Baltimore Street. Officials backed the measure as a last resort after stagnation, with six tenths earmarked for capital improvements and four tenths for the general fund.
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City Diwimelonionee
Dan Rothe
Baltimore Street
Schenck
Sam
Mary Lord
West Virginia man absolved in service station slaying
Jackie Kuhn 20 of Hewitt West Virginia was absolved of suspicion in the killing of a Shell Station attendant near Tri County shopping center early yesterday. He was arrested by Butler County deputies minutes before the shooting and held on auto theft charges with warrants for auto theft and grand larceny. Dennis Madden 23 of Cincinnati was shot four times at Kemper Road and Springfield Pike during an attempted robbery at about 3 45 a m.
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Lebanon
Jackie Kuhn
Hewitt
W. Va
Tri-County
Roy Wallace
Warren County
Dennis Madden
Cincinnati
Kemper Road
Springfield Pike
Sheriff's Department
Kuhn
Wallace
Village Stompers to Play Two Miami Univ Concerts
Oxford reports the Village Stompers, popular recordings, will perform two one hour concerts at the Miami University Center on January 8 at 8 and 9 30 p m. The program board sponsors the events.
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Oxford
Miami University Center
The
Center
Two Officers Sue Dayton Newspaper for Libel
A Middletown police officer and a former officer filed libel suits against the New Ohio Eagle seeking 100000 each in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court. The petitions accuse the paper of false charges that Nichols and Pence beat Mary L Huff during an arrest and that she filed a court action against them. the suits note FBI and state police inquiries found the officers innocent.
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Middletown
Dayton
Montgomery County’Common Pleas Court
Ptl
Douglas, Nichols
Sandy Lane
Franklin
Priest Pence
la Porte
Texas
Ohio Eagle
Nichols
Pence
Mary L. Huff
Ohio
Plaintff
Newspaper account of assault on Mrs. Huff interview
The main Aug. 17 story cites an alleged interview with Mrs. Huff describing being dragged from her home. She was kicked struck with a night stick punched on the shoulder and lacked strength as her arms were twisted and she was carried to a police cruiser.
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Huff
Vandals Damaged Apartments and Burglarized Turner's Restaurant
Police report damage to an apartment project at S Broad and Vanderveer streets with a broken bathtub, opened windows, and frozen pipes after Sunday. Turner's Restaurant at 2908 Jefferson Road was burglarized with an undetermined cash loss from a jukebox, cigarette machine, bowling game, and a hidden bag.
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S. Broad Street
Vanderveer Street
Turner
Jefferson Road
Angered resident criticizes short notice on city tax talks
J J Atkinson Jr of 3609 Central Ave told the City Commission last night he was angry at the lack of advance notice on water rate increases and income tax proposals. Commissioner Donald Gose defended the heavy schedule and warned some matters cannot wait. The equalization board proposed no changes to downtown street lighting assessments.
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J. J. Atkinson Jr
Central Ave
City Commission
Donald Gose
Gose
Middletown
Equalization Board
City approves new pay scale amid heated debate
City Commissioners pass a 15 percent six year pay scale after a tense 3 to 2 vote. Gose and Clark oppose the plan citing cost, while Lord Curry and Denham defend it as aligning wages with industry standards. Gose votes against life insurance premium coverage for employees.
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Mary Lord
James Curry
William Denham
Curry
Gose
Miss Lord
Mrs Lyndon B Johnson Marks 52nd Birthday
Mrs Lyndon B Johnson observes her 52nd birthday in Johnson City Texas. A White House spokesman said she will spend the day wrapping Christmas presents and decorating the Johnsons ranch home.
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Johnson City
Tex
Lyndon B. Johnson
Franklin Considers Hike in Income Tax
Franklin councilors debate raising the city income tax from 0.75 to 1 percent to balance a budget pegged at 578,389 with fund carryovers. A special session is set for next Wednesday to formalize the budget and address rising city costs and employee health coverage.
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Franklin
Injured Armco Employee Moved To Cleveland Clinic
Grover Campbell aged 41 of 5723 Manchester Road was transferred from Middletown Hospital by plane to the Cleveland Clinic in critical condition from uremic poisoning. He was injured December 10 when pinned between air dump cars at Armco Steel Corp in the No 1 open hearth area, suffering internal and leg injuries. Earlier a 27 minute plasma relay run by Dayton area police aided a mass transfusion at Middletown Hospital. His condition later worsened to critical, officials said.
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Grover Campbell
Manchester Road
Armco Steel Corp
Middletown Hospital
Cleveland Clinic
Campbell
Cleveland Hospital
Dayton
Bobbie Brooks Reports Higher First Half Income
Bobbie Brooks Inc announces fiscal first half net income of 2.7277 million dollars or 0.84 per share, up 10 percent from the prior year. Sales of apparel for young women rise to 56.449 million, a 13 percent gain, with year-to-date momentum toward a 100 million sales target for the year ending April 30. In the quarter ended October 31, income rose to 1.3126 million dollars or 0.41 per share from 1.2175 million dollars or 0.38 per share a year ago.
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Bobbie Brooks, Inc
Maurice Saltzman
Robbie Brooks
Saltzman
Gardner Oil Buys Property In Gulf Coast Fields
Gardner Oil & Gas Co a New York City based firm has acquired the oil and gas property interests of J C Chance Well Service Inc in the Blue Marsh Field on the Texas gulf coast. Carl Gillespie operating vice president announced the undisclosed price and said negotiations for more producing properties in Louisiana and Texas coastal areas are underway. Edward Gardner Jr formerly of Diamond International Corp is president of Gardner Oil & Gas.
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Gardner Oil & Gas Co
Dayton
New York City
J. C. Chance Well Service, Inc
Blue Marsh
Texas Gulf Coast
Oklahoma City
Carl Gillespie
Gardner
Gillespie
Louisiana
Texas
Edward Gardner Jr
Diamond International Corp
Gardner Oi & Gas
City Council Acts On Ordinances and Contracts
Last night the council adopted an ordinance codifying existing city ordinances and an emergency ordinance awarding the 1965 gas and oil contract to Texaco. The body set rents for city property use and amended the electrical code to allow license renewals in December rather than before expiration.
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Last Night Council
Texaco
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Robert Harrison
Council
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