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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1965
Page
5
Gov. James A. Rhodes unveiled a two year state budget described as a program for the future. He telecast the first governor budget message live, pledging record education funding and a $290 million bond issue to meet capital needs.
Gov. James A. Rhodes's budget message drew GOP praise from Senate Majority Leader Theodore Gray Lt. Gov. John Brown and House leader Robert Beckman while Democrats led by Michael V. DiSalle demanded equal time for rebuttal and charged the speech promotes a $290 million bond issue. DiSalle criticized the address as political and claimed it touted a surplus and denied a prior deficit outlook.
Ohio funding aims to bring higher education closer to residents by expanding branch campuses and community colleges. The plan, backed by Gov. Rhodes, allocates 15 million for new facilities in Portsmouth Chillicothe Zanesville Ashtabula Canton and Belmont County along with two new county colleges. Regents propose changing admissions to allow two year junior college or branch attendance before main campus enrollment.
John Paschal city recreation director and Ralph Connor recreation supervisor will attend the nineteenth annual Great Lakes Park Training Institute in Angola Indiana from February 22 to 26. The event offers training for directing all park and recreational administrative services and last year drew 403 delegates from 19 states plus the District of Columbia and five Canadian provinces. Institutions involved include Indiana University and the American Institute of Park Executives.
Southwest Ohio Television of Springfield filed with the Federal Communications Commission for a construction permit for a UHF station on Channel 76. The Monday filing requests authority to build and operate the outlet.
The Ohio House passed Rep. Walter E. Powell’s trimester and four quarter classroom plan 92 to 40 after brief debate. The measure would let school boards adopt staggered schedules to expand space, with a Senate vote pending. Governor Rhodes earlier unveiled a 4.19 billion spending package to accelerate budget actions.
Washington AP report shows 104000 Americans were killed in accidents last year, costing over 15 billion dollars and leading to about 2 million hospitalizations. Auto accidents killed 48000, up 5000, with deaths highest among ages 1 to 34 and 15 to 24 overall.
A break-in at Roemer Hardware, 2275 Pleasant Ave., Hamilton, yielded $68 cash, ammunition, four .22 revolvers, a .38 revolver, a deer knife, and other items. Entrance was gained by breaking a north side window and slipping between steel bars. total loss estimated at $497.
The first commercial aircraft carried only an altimeter and a compass for navigation. Modern commercial transport averages over 300 seats or tons of capacity, highlighting vast growth in air travel since then.
A U S Senate sub committee grilled Ohio care for the aged in Cleveland and set a 30 day deadline for a full fiscal year statement. Sen Young pressed for detailed aid for the aged breakdown under the lien law as critics labeled state homes firetraps. Vanik warned of disaster from inadequate fire rules citing the Fitchville 1963 nursing home fire.
Members of the Board of Education approved final working drawings for the Wilson Elementary School addition. Brandenburg & Switzer will advertise bids to be opened Friday noon March 19 at the board headquarters in the Administration Building, 1515 Girard Ave.
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