Blind Middletown man to gain guide dog to see again
Richard Rosson, legally blind from diabetic retinopathy, will study at Pilot Dogs School in Columbus for four weeks to learn with a guide dog. He already received support from the Middletown Lions Club, which helped cover travel and testing costs and aided him after eye problems began years ago.
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Rosson
Middletown Lions Club
Pilot Dogs School
Columbus
Lions International
Ohio
Middletown Club
Middletown Lions
American Retina Association
Boston
Darlene
Shannon
Richard
Madison High art students win second in county show
Madison High School art students placed second among four entrants in the Butler County Memorial Park judging of Christmas displays on Ohio 73 west of Trenton. Badin High School won first, Taft High second, Garfield High fourth. park plans an expanded contest next Christmas.
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Madison High School
Butler County Memorial Park
Ohio
Trenton
Badin High School
Hamilton
Taft High
Garfield High
Cive
Lebanon Man Killed In One Car Crash
Stephen Nickell 28 of 613 S East St Lebanon died in a one car crash on South East Street at 2 36 am. He lost control and struck a concrete abutment. Nickell was employed as a used car sales manager at Burnet Pontiac Cincinnati and was a Lebanon High School 1968 graduate and star fullback in 1967. Survivors include his wife two daughters parents three brothers and a sister. Services set for 1 pm Tuesday at Fellowship Baptist Church with burial in Lebanon Cemetery. Oswald Funeral Home hours Monday.
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Stephen Nickell
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Cincinnati
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Darlene
Mari
Mica
Clifford Nickell
Gregory
Tommy
Billy
Pamela
Fellowship Baptist Church
Wash Pennington
Lebanon Cemetery
Oswald
Derailed Baltimore & Ohio Train Leaks Vinegar Near Ravenna
Eighteen cars of a Baltimore and Ohio freight train derailed twelve miles east of Ravenna Ohio. A tank car leaked vinegar concentrate prompting no evacuations yet but officials monitor the area near the Ravenna Arsenal. A crewman was hospitalized after inhaling fumes. traffic was rerouted and authorities investigate the cause. The EPA and Coast Guard were summoned due to the chemical spill. The train was bound for Newcastle Pennsylvania.
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Here
Portage County
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US Coast Guard
West Branch
Newcastle
Christmas holiday closures and Monday open hours in Middletown area
Area businesses plan varied hours with many shops open Monday while government offices including Middletown city and Butler County offices postal service social security and military recruitment offices close. Banks utilities and the Middletown Journal also suspend operations with no print on Monday.
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Butler County
Social Security Administration
Middletown
Military Services
Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Financial i
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Middletown Journal
Schippers Returns to Music Roots in Cincinnati
CSO conductor Thomas Schippers speaks in Cincinnati about reviving his connection to music and the inspiration it provided him, reflecting on his artistic journey.
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CSO
Thomas Schippers
Jobless claims decline in Ohio amid gifts to Cincinnati Symphony
Ohio unemployment claims fell 11.3 percent last week to 24 909 from 28 085 while total claims rose 4.1 percent to 163 296. Albert G Giles credits the change to shifts in weekly totals and noted debt repayment to the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra with a bequest of at least half a million dollars. Margot Melniker, executor, said most of Schipper s estate goes to the orchestra s restricted endowment fund. Schipper died in New York City aged 47 from lung cancer.
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Columbus, Ohio
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Margot Melniker
Schipper
Schippers
New York City
Melniker
Ohio Bell to issue detailed revised phone bills
Ohio Bell will issue redesigned monthly statements starting next week that include detailed call information. The bill will have multiple pages showing name and address, total due, and itemized charges including long distance times and durations.
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Ohio Bell
Ann Baines
Baines
Bell System
Butler County approves partial 1978 budget amid clerk salary dispute
Butler County commissioners vote 2 to 1 to adopt a $3,393,575 partial budget for 1978 general fund operations, excluding the Clerk of Courts salary to avoid a potential appeals court issue. Commissioner Logsdon warns of payroll problems. Reiff objects to salary inclusion. Additional actions include annexation approval for a Fairfield tract and reaffirming plans to move the county law library, despite objections from the county bar and law library associations.
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Butler County
Art Reiff
Reiff
Edward S. Robb
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Commission
Dale Logsdon
Donald Schirmer
Robb
Fairfield
East River Road
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County Law Library
Court Street
Bar Association
Common Pleas Court
Richard A. Wilmer
The
Law Library Association
Butler County Law Library
Wilmer
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