Hope House in Cincinnati Closes Temporarily
Bob Hope House, a 1962 juvenile home run by Hamilton County Judge Benjamin Schwartz, is closed while the judge retires. The Drake Hospital site building is unsafe due to termite damage, 15 boys sent home and 10 moved to Woodmar Farm. The facility was funded by court support and a Bob Hope fundraiser.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Bob Hope
Hamilton County
Benjamin Schwartz
Schwartz
Drake Hospital
Woodmar Farm
Catholic Charities
Ohio
Lawsuit Challenges Forest Hills Country Club Use
Middletown couple Robert and Barbara Gordon sue Forest Hills Country Club in Butler County Common Pleas Court seeking 5,628 for home damage and 628 for car damage from golf balls. They allege the south edge of the course adjoins their property and that a September 15 hit damaged siding and vehicle, faulting the club for lacking proper fencing.
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Butler County Common Pleas Court
Middletown
Forest Hills
Second Avenue
Robert
Barbara Gordon
Sixth Avenue
John Doe
Middletown High seeks plan to curb absenteeism
Middletown High School plans to ask the school board to suspend current attendance rules and adopt the Ferndale plan for the last half of the year. The plan allows eight absences per quarter and drops the need for parent notes for readmission, but students with nine or more absences per quarter in any class would lose credit.
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Middletown High School
Ferndale
Michigan
MHS
Lewis Hill
Hill
Hamilton Taft
Hamilton Garfield
Parents Involvement Council
Man sentenced on drug charge in Hamilton case
A 23 year old Middletown area man, Bill Frisby, was sentenced to 30 days in county jail after pleading guilty to possession of marijuana. A second charge of possession for sale was dismissed.
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Hamilton
Middletown
Bill Frisby
Linn Road
Butler County Common Pleas
Arthur Fiehrer
Deadlines Move Earlier Around Middletown Journal
The Middletown Journal sets earlier deadlines tomorrow as staff take half a day off. Classified ads must be received by 10 30 a m for Thursday. Newsroom deadlines are 8 15 a m for sports and obituaries 9 30 a m for news. The women's department will be closed.
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Middletown Journal
BVR Accused of Falsifying Xenia Tornado Victim Records
The Dayton Journal Herald reports the Ohio Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation allegedly falsified records of tornado victims in Xenia to meet job quotas. The article notes the bureau’s actions affected hundreds of cases among the 682 tornado victims referenced.
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Dayton
Ohio
Ohio Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation
Dayton Journal Herald
BVR
Xenia
Ohio City
The
Journal Herald
Red Cross Disaster Center
Election board seeks supplemental funds for 1974 bills
Hamilton Butler County commissioners consider a $50 000 supplemental appropriation request from the Board of Elections to cover unpaid 1974 bills and may fund it from 1975 appropriations. A temporary $77 200 allocation for early 1975 operations was approved but charged to 1975 final funds. The Board cites legislative changes higher poll worker salaries and increased printing and contracting costs as reasons for the shortfall.
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Hamilton
Butler County
County Board of Elections
Board of Elections
Fire Runs And Medical Transports Reported In City
Emergency runs recorded for multiple residents including Robert Pieratt age 14 at Logan Ave choking and treated, Andy Banks age 10 ill transported, Alice Mowery age 23 fainted taken to hospital, and a nonfire incident at James Sexton residence with wiring issue but no damage. An emergency run at 905 Lincoln Ave noted with no transport.
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Logan Ave
Robert Pieratt
Garfield St
Andy Banks
Elmo Place
James Sexton
S. Breiel Blvd
Alice Mowery
Breiel Blvd
Lincoln Ave
Lame duck Lt. Gov Brown revokes emergency fund request
Ohio Lt. Gov. John W. Brown rescinded a $5,000 emergency transfer for office bills and criticized Lt. Gov.-elect Richard Celeste for seeking $26,000 before swearing in. Celeste’s pay will be $30,000 under a new law, up from Brown’s $21,000.
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Columbus
Ohio
John W. Brown
State Controlling Board
Statehouse
Brown
Richard Celeste
Celeste
Francis Keefe
110Th General Assembly
Gilligan to Deliver State of the State Address
Ohio Governor John J. Gilligan will give his final state of the state address to a joint session of the General Assembly on January 7. The speech will review his four year administration and propose the budget for 1976-77.
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Columbus
Ohio
John J. Gilligan
Fifth General Assembly
Gilligan
Cincinnati Man Arrested After Bank Robbery Cash Giveaways
Federal charges of unarmed robbery filed against Jesse K. Turner, 40, after he allegedly robbed a downtown Fifth Third Bank branch and began distributing cash to bystanders on the street. Police detained Turner outside the bank. officials did not disclose the amount stolen or handed out.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati
Jesse K. Turner
Fifth Third Bank
Man fires five shots after alleged attack near store
Danny Neal, 24, of 1808 Lawn Ave, told police three men attacked him returning from a store last evening. He broke a window to access a gun and fired five shots into the air as the trio fled down an alley.
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Danny Neal
Lawn Ave
Ohio opens four black lung centers for miners
Ohio will open four diagnostic and treatment centers for coal miners with black lung disease within 30 days. Centers will be at Good Samaritan Hospital Zanesville and Cincinnati, Bellaire Clinic Bellaire, Grant Hospital Columbus. A fifth site is considered in Athens with referrals in Cleveland and Dayton. About 9,600 miners are disabled. funding is 431000 from ARC and NIOSH.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Department of Health
John W. Cashman
Good Samaritan Hospital
Zanesville
Bellaire Clinic
Bellaire
Grant Hospital
Columbus
Cincinnati
Athens
Cleveland
Dayton
Man Charged in Hamilton Woman Slaying Granted $25,000 Bond
Roderick Ledford, 37, of Clifton, is charged with aggravated murder in the fatal shooting of Mary Couch, 49, found dead in her Hamilton apartment about 5 a.m. Saturday. A preliminary hearing was continued. Police found a .38 revolver in Ledford's pickup.
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Hamilton
Cincinnati
Roderick Ledford
Clifton
Ledford
Mary Couch
S. Fifth St
New Year’s Eve Service at Emmanuel Baptist Church
Dr. Gaar Davis of Bethel AME will speak at Emmanuel Baptist Church New Year’s service starting at 10 p.m. The event features participation from Bethel AME Tried Stone Second Baptist Mt. Zion and New Era Baptist churches.
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Gaar Davis
Bethel Ame
Emmanuel Baptist Church
Tried Stone
Second Baptist
Mt. Zion
New Era Baptist
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Suing Country Club
Automobile
Damagin
Xenia Records
Lame Duck
Keefe
Office of Budget and Management
Kenneth Miller
Jackson Lane
Becky Crouch
Grand Ave
Arlington Arms Apartments
Jeff Bush
Oxford Road
Sears
St. Main Street
Terrence Lattimore
Euclid Court
Mayfield
Jefferson Road
Sheffield Street
Cashman
Appalachian Regional Commission
National Institute For Occupational Safety and Health
Shopping Plaza
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