New $1.4 Million Center Opens for Mentally Retarded Children
Hamilton in Butler County opens a 1.4 million training center for trainable mentally retarded children next Wednesday. The facility at 282 N Fair Ave beside Garfield High School serves 106 students with plans for 180, featuring 15 classrooms a homemaking lab gym pool cafeteria and diagnostic center.
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Hamilton
Butler County
Western College
Oxford
Phil Estes
N. Fair Ave
Garfield High School
Estes
Center opens new school wing aiding independence for mentally retarded youth
The text describes a new center wing opening March 1 with a homemaking lab designed to teach self-sufficiency skills to mentally retarded children. Classes are held in churches and a courthouse annex. Staff member Estes emphasizes training to use public transport, shop, and work in sheltered workshops or outside jobs as adults.
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Hamilton
Estes
Monroe audit finds no irregularities in village funds
An Ohio auditor’s two day review of Monroe water sewer and garbage funds found no misappropriation or irregularities. The report cites billing lag and computer system setup for declines in revenues 1970–1972. Village Clerk Betty Ex and administrator Robert Holida said council will review the findings. state approval would be needed for changes.
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Don Soliday
Ohio Auditor’s Office
Soliday
Monroe
Middletown
Charles Rieger
Betty Ex
Robert Holida
Voters Pass Levy Funds Support Mental Health Center
County voters approved a two year eight tenths mill construction levy in May 1976 totaling 1.4 million dollars to build a new training center for mentally retarded adults at Middletown University Boulevard and 14th Avenue. The facility aims to serve about 60 adults and will open this summer aided by a 500000 state contribution. An operating two tenths mill levy, renewing in 1974, provided about 190000 last year to support the program.
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Middletown
University Boulevard
14Th Avenue
Two Men Move To Clear Records In Calcutta Case
Two men tied to the Ohio obscenity case over the film Oh Calcutta have filed actions to clear their records. Junior Edens, 42, of Middletown, appeals in the Ohio Court of Appeals First District Cincinnati after briefs. Alva Gene Mullins, 40, of Middletown, seeks reconsideration in municipal court as attorney Max Finkelman argues.
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Calcutta
Ohio Court of Appeals, First District
Cincinnati
Mary Lord
Middletown
Junior Edens
Cypress St
Miss Lord
James A
Wait And See Policy Adopted On Abortions
Butler County hospital administrators say they will wait for state level rulings following the Supreme Court abortion decision. They note effects will vary by state and seek local legal guidance while hospitals consider options under new state laws.
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Butler County
Supreme Court
Walter A. Mischley
Middletown Hospital Association
Mary Colette
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Mischley
Fort Hamilton-Hughes Hospital
Gaston Herd
Collette
American Hospital Association
Office of Legal Affairs
Superme
AHA
Miami Fee Increase Forecast For Autumn
Miami University faces a probable fee hike next autumn unless the Ohio General Assembly raises the subsidy level in Gov. Gilligan’s budget. President Phillip Shriver says the increase would be small, about six dollars per diverter or eighteen dollars yearly, depending on state subsidy and legislature approval.
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Oxford
Miami University
Ohioneral Assembly
John J. Gilligan
Phillip Shriver
Miami
Wmub-Tv
Wmubmm
Gilligan
Shriver
Ohio Board of Regents
M Wrn
Ohio
Middletown
Hamilton
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Kirk Strodtbeck
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Judy
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Clear Records
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Mullins
Colonial Theater
S. Main St
By Joy Jones
Vali
Crawford St
S. Breiel Blvd
Trenton Center
S. University Blvd
Dillman’s Foods
Candy Maker’s Special
Triple TV
Ewithade
Ben Ligon
N. Main St
Manchester
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