End of Black History Week Leaves Lingering School Issues
Middletown High School ends Black History Week 1973 with little violence after a tense week. About 37 black students were suspended and eight others arrested. the event prompted white and black parents to seek dialogue on curriculum inclusion and disciplinary policy review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Driver
Hill
Middletown High School
Lewis Hill
MHS
Frank Latimer
17Th Ave
Black Concerned Parents Group
Middletown High
Latimer
Butler County Common Pleas
Fred B. Cramer
Sunset Park
Middletown Toll-Call Plan Affects Springboro Customers
Ohio Bell proposes switching toll-free status for Springboro users to Middletown or Dayton based on a survey. The plan, tentatively set for January 1975, would require new numbers and slightly higher local rates, while preserving toll-free service to Franklin and including Tamarck Hills. Robert Watts notes interest in Dayton toll-free access due to population growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springboro
Middletown
Dayton
Ohio Bell
Robert Watts
Tamarck Hills
Franklin
Watts
Obituaries and Services for Middletown Figures
A string of death notices from Middletown and surrounding areas notes services and burial dates. Lizzie Banks 86 of Middletown dies, with services Monday at Emmanuel Baptist Church and burial at Woodside Cemetery. survivors include sister Annie Woofork and brother Edward Cherry of Atlanta, and 32 great grandchildren. Also listed are James Barker 70, Harold G Chandler 45, Charles Edward Little 83, Voss Walters 72, Gladys Bolin 69, and Jeannette McCall 76 with respective funeral details, survivors, and burial sites. The notices include several families from Middletown, Camden, and Hamilton with multiple funeral homes and cemeteries named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie Banks
Middletown
Emmanuel Baptist Church
Willie Bankston
Woodside
Joel F. Bailey & Sons
Banks
Middletown Hospital
Annie Woofork
Edward Cherry
Atlanta
Barker
Middletown Sand & Gravel Co
Martha
Edward
Elinor Draeger
Tude
Robert
Joseph K. Baker & Sons
Norman Haag
Charles Edward Little
Hamilton
Garden Manor
Bessie Robinson
Bertha Little
Ruby Zumbrum
Highland
Calif
Dorothy Little
Cincinnati
Billy
McCoy-Leffler
C.A
Voss Walters
Clark St
Veterans Administration Hospital
Dayton
Walters
Powell County
Margaret
Donald Griffin
James Jewell
Butler
Cecil
J. T. Walters
Stanton, Ky
Floyd Shoup
Marvin Hall
Wintergreen
Fla
Wilson-Schramm
James J. O'Connor
Woodside Cemetery
Four injured in three city traffic incidents
A 71 year old man on Central Avenue was in good condition at Middletown Hospital after being struck in a crosswalk by a car driven by Carl Reed who said sun glare hid him at the Central and Grimes intersection. Reed was not cited. A young woman was slightly hurt when her car hit hers while bus unloading on Central Avenue. Suzanne Nash treated and released. Carmie Moore cited for following too closely. In Ellen Drive area a funeral procession collision on Roosevelt Boulevard injured Helen Eckhardt and her son James. both treated and released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Avenue
Middletown Hospital
Kelly Haddix
Central Ave
Grimes Street
Carl Reed
Hamilton-Mason Road
West Chester
Haddix
Reed
Suzanne Nash
Carmie Moore
Arnold Drive
Miss Nash
Ellen Drive
Roosevelt Boulevard
Highland Avenue
Jacob Eckhardt
Roosevelt
William Moore
Goldman Ave
Eckhardt
Moore
Helen Eckhardt
James
Four Youths Sentenced For Lebanon High Bomb Threat
Four youths aged 13 to 17 convicted of telephoning a bomb threat to Lebanon High School on January 8 were ordered by Juvenile Court Judge William Flowers to pay $887.87 to cover police and fire runs and lost teaching time. The judge suspended 30 day jail terms and $50 fines. Three youths, all 17, have part or full-time jobs. the 13 year old must work for his parents at two dollars an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Lebanon High School
William Flowers
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Middletown Police Department
Earl Smith
Miami University
Lou Beck
Logan Johnston Hall
Betty Ellen Lamb
Germantown
Sheckler
James Barker
Gallagher Road
Monroe
Harold Chandler
Camden
Harold G. Chandler
College Corner Road
St. Elizabeth Medical Center
Mr.Chandler
Mt. Sterling, Ky
Delco Moraine Plant
Payton
Pauline
Rita
Ricky
Timothy
Shelby Brown
Charlotte Dellboy
Medway
Anis Rossitter
Wanda Anderson
Magetti
Forest Hill Cemetery
Vandalia
Charles Little
Gladys Bolin
Jeannette McCall
W. Market St
Chicago
John
Henry Crouch
Delhi, N.Y
Edmond Goodwin
Crystal Lake, Ill
Arthur Whiteman
Arthur Sanford Whiteman
Harrison, Ark
Whiteman
Tillie Miller
Lillie Patrick
Edith Haney
Christine Hudson
Omer and
Clyde
Castalia
Ohio
Paul
Tooele
Utah
McCoy- Leffler
William Clark Sr
Fairfield
Webb
Amalie Stock
Heoven Ave
Proeschel
Frank Rutherford
Knoxville
Tenn
the Jug
SAT
SUN
Adaya
Journal
Area News
Miss Moore
U.S
Baptist Temple
Main ST
Bible School
Jim Elliot
Don White
Harold Lewis
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