Middletown Construction Forecast Amid Slow Start
Middletown construction started slowly last month with 26 permits and one new dwelling totaling 61 680 dollars. January 1971 saw 24 permits including seven new dwellings valued at 221 100 dollars, while 1970 boomed and total year valuations reached about four times 1970. alias Hampton, commissioner of inspection, says housing activity may rise 5 to 10 percent this year as the city’s division reports 590 permits worth 13 million dollars in 1971 across residential, commercial, industrial, and semi public projects.
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Middletown
Alias Hampton
Division of Building Inspection
Station Hit Triggers New Policy at Clark Oil Station
A $38 armed robbery at 6:50 a.m. prompts Clark Oil Co to enforce a night policy at 3233 N. Verity Parkway requiring exact change or credit cards only. Attendant Rocky Rogers, 21, reported two men robbed him and fled with the money. Police say one city service station remains exempt from the policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark Oil Co
N. Verity Parkway
Rocky Rogers
Precedent-Setting JA Firm Is Honored
Jacom Junior Achievement, Co. tops January for the local JA program after declaring a 10 percent mid year dividend equivalent to ten cents a share on 424 candles sold through Dec 31 1971. Income was 1272 with 17 Achievers from Middletown Fenwick and Franklin high schools. Top salesman Tom Lairson of Sopaco with 60 in sales or 69 percent of Sopaco's January total. First runner-up Lou Ann Inwood Ceramco ITI. Second runner-up Myron Dixon Jacom.
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Jacom Junior Achievement, Co
Tom Lairson
Sopaco
Jacom
Middletown
Fenwick
Franklin
Armco Research and Technology
Margi Taylor
Paul Sternby
Richard Ross
Cathy Spencer
Ray Lynn Jena
Myron Dixon
Jarmco
Armco Metal Products Division
Armco
Sorg Paper Co
Ceramco III
Armco Association
Lou Ann Inwood
Ceramco Iti
Thirty One Women Compete In Miami Miss Miami Pageant
Thirty one contestants from Miami University's nine sororities and five academic divisions prepare for the seventh annual Miss Miami Pageant in the Heritage Room at Oxford Campus. Preliminary judges include Mrs. Katherine Kiracofe John Stalls and others with Ronald P. Helman as alternate. The event culminates next Saturday at 2 30 p m with ten finalists vying for the title Miss Miami 1972 following last year’s winner Judy Jones now Miss Ohio.
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Oxford
Miami University
Heritage Room
University Center
Miami
iMiss Judy Jones
West Alexandria
Katherine Kiracofe
John Stalls
Irene Wright
Kaye York
Jack Samuelson
Ronald P.helman
Dole challenges Democrats on peace plan at Lincoln Day dinner
Sen. Robert Dole urged Democratic presidential hopefuls to put country above partisanship and warned that claiming a better peace plan delays settlement with North Vietnam. He credited Nixon with progress toward peace and noted declines in crime and drug abuse under the administration.
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Republican National
America
Sen
Robert Dole
Kansas
Manchester Motor Inn
North Vietnam
Dole
Nixon
Johnson
United States
Kansas Republican
Vietnam
Middle East
Berlin
Democratic Party
China
Deaths and Funerals. Middletown area mourns several
Multiple obituaries from Middletown and nearby towns: Junie Birchfield 77 of Greenfield and Herbert Combs 60 of 3016 Queen Ave. death notices include survivors and funeral details. Harvey Glancy 67 of Lebanon dies after extended illness. Paul Stapleton of Middletown remembered for long Armco Steel tenure. Gertrude Wills 81 of Middletown dies after extended illness. Services set for Monday and Tuesday at local homes and churches with burial at Woodside and Golden Oaks Memorial Garden.
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Junie Birchfield
Greenfield
Middletown
Greenfield Memorial Hospital
Otis Robbins
Trotwood
Carl Wilke
Vandalia
Emery
Chillicothe
Murray Funeral Home
Herbert Combs
Queen Ave
McCoy-Leffler
Howard Sears
Woodside Cemetery
Combs
Lorg Paper Co
Garret Boone
Butler County
Mr. Combs
Martha Combs
Harvey Glancy Morrow
Harvey Glancy
Lebanon
Ivory
Larry
Mark
Glenn
Wayne
Stacy
Dover
Tenn
Otto
South Point
Ohio
Nevalee Smith
Clara Brannham
Ashland Ky
Charles Stapleton
Ashland
Gladys Stapleton
Catlettsburg
Joseph R.baker & Sons
Bernie Lovely
Golden Oaks Memorial Garden
Friends
Funeral
Infant York Graveside Services Held
Infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Barry York of 3012 Judy Drive had graveside services.
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York
Barry York
Judy Drive
Pie-Eating Contest Promises TV Prize at Wards Store
Early signups hint many will join a lemon cream pie eating contest Sunday at 2 pm in Middletown. The top prize is a black and white portable TV donated by Wards, with proceeds benefiting the Heart Fund. Entry fee is $1 or more, pies donated by Bluebird Pie Co. Second prize a Coca-Cola cooler.
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Wards
Middletown
The
Heart Fund
Ward
Bluebird Pie Co
Middletown Coca-Cola Bottling Co
Parnell Stapleton Dies at Middletown Hospital
Parnell Stapleton, 50, died at 4 10 a.m. today at Middletown Hospital where she was admitted yesterday.
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Parnell Stapleton
Middletown Hospital
Death notices for Nancy Burke and Selah Riley
Mrs. Nancy Burke, 83, of 110 Woodrow Street, will have funeral services at 10 a.m. Monday. Mrs. Selah Riley, 75, of Williamsdale, will have services at 2 p.m. Monday.
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Hamilton
Nancy Burke
Woodrow St
Webb
Selah_ Riley
Williamsdale
Grand Avenue Church Buys 85 Acres for Campus Site
The Grand Avenue Church of God has bought 85 acres near I-75 and Old U.S. 25 north of Blue Ball known as the pig farm. The site will host a campus style church youth center pastor’s home playground and picnic areas with a possible retirement center. An architect is drafting a plan for the 85 acre plot.
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Grand Avenue Church of God
I-75
U.S. 25
Blue Ball
Old 25
Billy T. Ball
Maineville Man Injured In One Car Crash
Elwood Elkins, 44, of Maineville, is in fair condition at Bethesda North Hospital with fractured ribs and a cut knee after a one car accident on U S 22 at Twenty Mile Stand in southern Warren County. He was alone at the time. the crash was reported at 4 30 a m. Police note the Lebanon post investigated 11 accidents last night, many due to slick spots on the roadway.
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Maineville
Bethesda North Hospital
U.S. 22
Twenty Mile
Warren County
Elwood Elkins
Elkins
Lebanon Post
Two Juveniles Held Over Break-In Span
A year and a half old boy and a nine year old boy were taken into custody at Central Elementary School after confessing to seven break-ins or vandalisms. They admitted targets including Kinser's Body Shop Joffe's Furniture Store Middletown Cycle Shop Bus Dempster's Tire Sales Carousel Camper Sales a Verity Parkway house and Certified Auto Parts. Two bicycles were recovered and they were released to their parents. They will face Buter County Juvenile Court in Hamilton next week.
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Central Elementary School
Kinser’s
Joffe’s
Middletown
Bus Dempster’s
Carousel
S. Verity
Fire Calls From Early Morning Across City
At 9 10 am an ambulance carried a 50 year old patient from 1330 Fairmount Ave Maynard Argo to Middletown Hospital in serious condition. Earlier at 1 26 am a 50 year old woman, Mrs Ruby Wills of 318 Harlan St, was transported by ambulance to hospital, treated and released.
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Fairmount Ave
Maynard Argo
Middletown Hospital
Harlan St
Ruby Wills
J Hospital
Wash rescheduled by Explorer Post 132 members
Weather cancels the car wash at St. Luke's Church planned for today. It is rescheduled for Saturday March 4 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The participation cost is $2.
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Explorer Post 132
St. Luke’s Church
Police Briefs Seize Tape Player and Car Break-In Reported
A $181 tape player and six tape cartridges were stolen from Kevin McMonigle’s car in the Middletown High School lot. A break-in at Clayton Street Church of God led to about $42 in cash and a $39 radio taken.
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Kevin McMonigle
Middletown High School
Clayton Street
Church of God
Presidents Day Closings Across County Offices
County offices including Butler and Warren courthouses will be closed Monday for Presidents Day with normal hours resuming Tuesday. The Ohio Bureau of Employment Services and Hamilton Social Security office will also close Monday and reopen Tuesday. Social Security claimants with numbers ending in 0 should report Tuesday and those ending in 1 on Wednesday. Middletown Miami University campus offers evening classes. library opens at 4 p.m. Monday, then normal hours Tuesday. Mail services operate with limited deliveries and early hours at the post office.
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Butler County
Warren County
Ohio Bureau of Employment Services
Middletown
Miami University
Man Threatens Store Official On Downtown Sidewalk
Keith Coffman assistant manager of the G. C. Murphy Store at 1044 Central Ave reported a thief followed him outside and pulled a knife threatening him after Coffman stopped a tall man carrying two picture posters on the sidewalk downtown.
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Keith Coffman
G. C. Murphy
Central Ave
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