Middletown Cost of Living Below U S Average
Middletown's cost of living runs 2.2 points below the national average in the ACCRA study, ranking second lowest among six Ohio cities. The index reflects six categories and uses prices for 25 food items and 18 services. housing, utilities, and health costs are notably lower, while food and miscellaneous services run higher. Future quarterly surveys will continue.
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Ohio
Middletown
Dayton
Columbus
Kramer
ACCRA
Police Detective Byron Johnson Named Hospital Safety Director
Police Detective Byron Johnson, 47, retires from Middletown police and becomes director of security and safety at Middletown Hospital. The move, announced by hospital VP Thomas Wiley and Police Chief Russell Dwyer, pairs Johnson’s investigative experience with hospital safety oversight to strengthen ties between hospital security and local law enforcement. Johnson served 19 years in the police, including patrol, traffic, and 13 years in the detective division handling major cases and homicides. In the new role he directs hospital security and all safety regulations and compliance.
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Byron Johnson
Middletown
Johnson
Police contract talks and speedup actions continue
The Fraternal Order of Police attorney accused Middletown of dictating to the city as contract talks persist over a 1977 wage package. Meantime, municipal court hearings proceeded for speedup violators with suspensions and fines waived for lights and signal violations, as officers issued about a dozen parking and a similar number of moving tickets amid staffing constraints.
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Fraternal Order of Police
Middletown
Louis A. Rossi
Kossi
J. T. Lamb
Salvation Army
Fraternal Order of Police Lodge
FOP
Douglas Bench
Dayton
Bench
Burglaries Strike Homes Amid Holiday Thefts
Police report two Christmas tree thefts at Mildred Reading and Shirley Yoacum residences with watches toys and other items worth about 145 and an undisclosed number of toys from under the tree. A separate break in at Union Sanitary Laundry yielded 16.35 in change and about 175 stolen as suspects fled. Additional items recovered from 1805 Columbia Avenue tie to a December burglary with Le Ben McGlothin linked to 1807 Columbia. One suspect Bobby Jo Leturgez 19 was fined 200 for petty theft. items linked to John Andre's car were also recovered.
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Mildred Reading
Bavarian Drive
Shirley Yoacum
Woodridge Drive
Union Sanitary Laundry
Grand Avenue
Gideon Road
Harold Brewer
Glencoe Ave
Columbia Ave
le Ben McGlothin
Columbia
Bobby Jo Leturgez
John Andre
N. Grimes St
Deaths and funerals in Hamilton area
Obituaries list Effie Jane Ballard of Middletown with church ties and large family survivors. Also notes of Will Gordon of Columbus area and details of services at Woodside Cemetery and Murchison Chapel with multiple survivors and church affiliations. Additional Hamilton entries give Mass of Christian Burial times for Paul G. Ribar and Rev. Van B. Castleberry with church references.
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Effie Jane Ballard
N. Verity Parkway
Middletown Hospital
Ballard
Meadowlawn Church of God
Eileen Horn
Eaton
Grace House
Middletown
Sam Jr
Charles Current
Samuel
Joseph R. Baker
Thomas Shockley
Woodside Cemetery
Armco Steel Corp
Armco Veterans Club
Murchison Chaple Cme Church
Eddie
Columbus
Jessie Gordon
Mary Emma Echols
Hazel Smith
Cincinnati
Verna Carmichael
Heidelberg
Murchison Chapel
Glenn
Hall-Jordan Memorial Chapel
Hamilton
Paul G. Ribar
Southwood Drive
St. Peter In Chains Church
Proeschel- Crawford
Albert H. Mehl
Garden Manor
New London Road
Fire and medical calls report across five addresses
Fire crews responded at multiple times to incidents at 305 McKinley St 2902 Grand Ave 207 McKinley St 1809 Winona Drive 110 Webster St 1319 First Ave and 610 Catalpa Drive. Victims include Ruby Conley Katherine Zeller Thomas Walburg Dorothy Rider, all treated for chest pains or arm pains with hospital transport and varying admission status. A basement smoke from a overheated stereo transformer and furnace smoke were noted. a broken water pipe was shut off.
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McKinley St
Ruby Conley
Grand Ave
Katherine Zeller
Winona Drive
Webster St
First Ave
Thomas Walburg
Aberdeen Drive
Catalpa Drive
Dorothy Rider
YMCA Middletown Plans Overnight Programs for Youth
Overnights for boys and girls in grades 1 5 are planned next week by the YMCA in Middletown. The boys’ overnight runs from 8 p.m. Tuesday December 28 to 8 a.m. Wednesday with games in gym, pool and game room. cost 3 dollars for members 5 dollars for nonmembers. limit 125. Girls’ overnight runs from 8 p.m. Thursday to 8 a.m. Friday with similar activities. cost 3 dollars for members. limit 125. register by December 29. Sponsorship by Boys and Girls Leaders Clubs of the YMCA.
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Middletown Area
YMCA
Ohio library board awards service grants
The State Library of Ohio board of trustees approved grants totaling 1.1 million dollars to continue library services and develop an interlibrary teletype service. James Patrick of New Philadelphia was reappointed to a four year term as a library board examiner.
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Columbus, Ohio
State Library of Ohio Board of Trustees
James Patrick
New Philadelphia
Wittenberg extends half tuition to Lutheran children
Wittenberg University announced a tuition deal open to children of pastors and lay employees across all LCA synods from Caribbean to Western Canada. The extension broadens eligibility beyond the Ohio and Indiana Kentucky synods that previously funded the aid, according to President William A Kinnison.
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Springfield
Ohio
Lutheran Church In America
Wittenberg University
William A Kinnison
LCA
Caribbean
Canada
Indiana-Kentucky
Wittenberg
Furrier’s newspaper ad chides thief and girlfriend
In Birmingham a furrier ran a bold newspaper ad after a thief broke a show window and took a fur. The notice asks the thief’s girlfriend to return the mink and warns that if it does not fit, no one will believe it came from the store. It chides the girlfriend for associating with the thief, calling him too dumb for someone like her.
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Birmingham
Ala
Vian pleads guilty to marijuana sale
Clarence Angel of 5 N Second St Trenton pleaded guilty to sale of marijuana. He was arrested Oct 1 and will be sentenced January 10 by Butler County Common Pleas Judge Arthur J Fiehrer. He is referred to Adult Probation for presentence investigation.
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Hamilton
Clarence Angel
N. Second St
Trenton
Butler County Common Pleas
Arthur J. Fiehrer
Angel
Adult Probation Department
Probation Sweep Leads to Release in Warren County Case
Otis Hensley of 831 Union Road Franklin was released on his own recognizance after a hearing in Warren County Common Pleas Court for a suspected probation violation. A December sweep by federal and local agents found weapons at 16 locations, including Hensley’s residence, where weapons were seized and a probation rule barring weapons applies. A date for a regular probation violation hearing was not set.
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Lebanon
Otis Hensley
Union Road
Franklin
Warren County
Hensley
Bank Guard Slain in East Columbus Hold Up
Police searched Tuesday for two men and accomplices after a midafternoon robbery at an East Columbus Ohio National Bank branch. Bernie Davis, 74, the guard, was shot in the head and arm and died later at a local hospital. Robbers fled with an undetermined amount of money.
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Columbus, Ohio
Columbus
Bernie Davis
The
Ohio
National Bank
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Chamber OF Commerce
U.S
American Chamber of Commerce Researchers Association
Harold Kramer
Chamber
Rossi
FDP
Paul Lewis
Lewis
Fire Department
Wendt
Will Gordon
Kunz Ave
Mr. Gordon
Greenwood, Miss
Klaus-Weigel
van B. Castleberry
Azel Ave
Webb
Jacone Glass Shop
Ohio Library Board
Vian
Rinmast
S. Main Street
Riggs Funeral Home
W. Elm
Monroe
William E. Riggs
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