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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1976
Page
13
City and county offices close Friday at noon for New Year’s Day Saturday. Banks open Friday morning then close. Post office lobby hours 8 a.m. to noon Friday. full closure Saturday. Middletown Public Library closes Friday noon and remains closed. Journal prints Saturday. ads for Monday due 9 a.m. Saturday. cancellations by 5 p.m. Friday.
A mobile home at 3350 S. Main St in Middletown Mobile Home Park, Lot 34, burned yesterday in a fire of undetermined cause. Damage estimated at 6,000 to 7,000 dollars. Sue Sneed occupied the home. no one was inside. South Middletown and Trenton firefighters battled the flames from 4:30 to 6:15 pm as wind drove smoke eastward. Initial furnace cause was ruled out. origin near the kitchen stove.
Negotiators for the Fraternal Order of Police and the city failed to reach a 1977 wage package agreement yesterday. The FDP pressed their latest offer while city negotiators said they were at their limit and urged mediation. A Jan. 3 bargaining session is set to resume with no other employee groups having a wage pact for next year.
The Division of Police shifts from five platoons to a three-shift plan due to retirements transfers and a February recruit class. The temporary change aims to spread officers evenly until the 16 week recruit school ends, with a potential peak unit for high activity once staffing improves.
Donald Johnson of 2976 Wilbraham Road told Butler County deputies that 495 in assorted tools were taken from the rear seat of his wrecked car. The vehicle had been towed to Countryside Body Shop after a Dec. 4 accident while awaiting repairs. Johnson said the tools disappeared when the car was moved for repairs.
Smith Pond opens for ice skating tonight after fresh snow. Supervised hours run 6 to 9 p.m. weekdays and 1 to 5 and 6 to 9 p.m. weekends with additional hours possible. Parks officials urge visitors to heed no skating signs when conditions are unsafe.
Richard Honeck, who began a life sentence for murder in 1899 and endured 59 years without a letter or visitor, died Tuesday in a Roseburg Oregon nursing home. An AP story in 1963 spurred parole and reunion with a long lost niece who cared for him.
Butler County commissioners ask Ford and Carter to freeze federal public works grants in Ohio and probe award criteria. U.S. Rep. Kindness and others report statewide interest in a freeze as more than 60 million dollars in local public works funds face scrutiny. Critics say awards hinged on a computer model and unemployment data, with calls for transparency.
A partial budget of 2,188,930 is approved pending final appropriations. The general fund items cover commissioners through contingencies with detailed allocations for offices, courts, services, public safety, health and welfare, education, and miscellaneous line items.
A 12 signature petition asks the Southwestern Butler County Water Association to supply residents in Middletown and Trenton. Commissioners will not act until the association makes an official service request. The county cautions no influence on timing or cost. Also discussed were welfare office relocation and a low bid of 47000 dollars from Mark's Tractor Equipment for an excavator.
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