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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1976
Page
13
Ice covered roads halted nearly 1,500 Middletown Journal customers from receiving Thursday editions. Deliveries continued where possible as some readers awaited Friday papers. a truck to Gratis crashed into a tree with no injuries. Circulation director Robert Hedrick reported hazardous conditions hindered routes.
Two area games were postponed because of icy conditions. The Carlisle-Dixie game in Carlisle is rescheduled for Tuesday at 6 30 p.m. Oakwood versus Valley View at Germantown moves to Tuesday February 17 at 6 p.m.
At a two hour City Commission session three motions to approve or table Middletown Hospital’s expansion failed for lack of a second. A fourth motion to approve with five conditions was defeated 3-2 with Saunders Mack and Blake voting no. The plan would add a laboratory radiology and central supply block with a service court and surface parking. debates centered on traffic access and parking options. The matter is set to be reconsidered February 17 with a likely vote then.
Hospital officials, residents, and city leaders clash over expansion plans in the hospital area. Legal rulings say the parking garage and Orchard and Sherman access drives fall outside planning approval, while residents appeal these decisions. The hospital seeks block-wide land, buffer creation, and broader zoning compliance amid ongoing hearings and prior planning commission actions from 1974 and 1975.
Bus drivers refused to run routes as streets remained slick in Middletown. Superintendent Samuel Dalton canceled classes, delaying start times by an hour and pledging open operations on all days beginning Monday if conditions improve.
The Middletown Youth Symphony's rehearsal for tomorrow at Manchester Middle School is canceled by director Jim Veith because of bad weather. School closure also prevents many musicians from picking up instruments, Veith said.
Burglars broke into Forest Hills Country Club on Second Avenue overnight, tearing down ceilings in the hallway dining room and party room. A kitchen window was forced, freezers thawed with meat and frozen food on the floor, while a stereo was taken from an office. The American Legion Hall on Main Street was entered between 1 and 8 a.m., with a cigarette machine front pried off and about $30 stolen.
The Ohio House unanimously approved a bill allowing cities to tax merchants for heating and cooling municipal malls. Sponsored by Rep. William Donham the measure would shift mall maintenance costs from taxpayers to benefiting merchants. It faces Senate review with hopes for April passage.
Local briefs on February 6 1976 cover community events, school updates and municipal notices in Middletown. Separate items detail upcoming meetings, local sports scores and public announcements on the Area News Page 13.
Police and fire negotiators agreed to resume salary talks with the city after indicating a change in offer. Police leader Paul Lewis said the slowdown ended at 5 p.m. yesterday and a session without a federal mediator was planned for this afternoon. Firefighters family said they would make one last effort at the table, with binding arbitration not pursued.
Citizens band radios were stolen yesterday from two cars in Camden and at Binks. An acetylene torch and toolbox valued at 150 dollars disappeared from a truck storage compartment at Steve Bendel’s residence. Two fishing rods reels and a tackle box valued at 250 dollars were reported missing from Stanley Paynter’s garage.
This month's trustees meeting moved from February 18 to February 25 at 7 p.m. in the township hall due to scheduling conflicts among trustees.
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