Monroe Elementary kids aim for 100 books club win
Second grader John Trenaman and eight peers earned 100 books since Oct 1 in Monroe Elementary’s 100 Book Reading Club. Pupils receive blue and gold T shirts, with 35 students earning certificates for 50+ books. Principal Gene Best notes self paced reading, parental involvement, and growing enthusiasm aided by PTO and Monroe Optimist Club support.
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John Trenaman
Monroe Elementary
Jed. John
Gene Best
Ronnel
Amon
Best
PTO
Monroe Optimist Club
Train Collision Injures Three Conrail Workers near Sharonville
Three Conrail employees from Marion were injured in an early Friday morning rear end collision on the main line near Interstate 75 and Cincinnati Dayton Road. Maloney Grate and Rollins were treated at Bethesda North Hospital with rib fractures head injuries and back injuries respectively. Officials could not confirm how the crash occurred though initial reports suggest one train waited for entry to Sharonville yard while a second Buffalo bound train approached from behind. Two cars of the front train carrying new cars and the caboose were severely damaged along with three locomotives and two empty car carriers on the rear train derailed.
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MAUD
Conrail
Cincinnati-Dayton Road
John Maloney
Bethesda North Hospital
Cincinnati
Merle Grate
Bethesda
Marion
Everett Rollins
Maloney
Rollins
New Jersy
Doolittle seeks funds for Lindbergh Memorial Fund
San Francisco AP report says air hero Jimmy Doolittle seeks to raise five million dollars to establish the Charles A Lindbergh Memorial Fund. The fund would provide fellowships to support study in aviation conservation and related fields that interested Lindbergh.
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San Francisco
Jimmy Doolittle
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Three Car Crash Sends Man To Hospital In Middletown
A three car accident on Roosevelt Boulevard near Orchard Street last night around 8 30 sent Harry N. James 30 of 1321 Grove Street to Middletown Hospital where he was treated and released. James was in a stalled right lane when Carroll Williams 55 of Hamilton rear ended him pushing his car into Robert Hardy 45 of 6322 Hamilton Middletown Road. The first two cars were a total loss and the third car had only slight damage. James was charged with blocking traffic.
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Roosevelt Boulevard
Orchard Street
Middletown Hospital
Harry N. James
Grove St
Roosevelt
Carroll Williams
Hamilton
James Auto
Robert Hardy
Hamilton-Middletown Road
James
Jimmie Davis
Young St
Thomas FE. Wells
Navaho St
Baltimore Street
Woodlawn Avenue
Davis
Gas shortages hit Ohio schools and tripled shifts urged
Ohio education officials report a bleak gas outlook with Mansfield City Schools warned of a Feb 25 gas shutoff and districts converting buildings to alternate fuels. Some classes run in restaurants or via TV and radio as districts plan electric and coal heated sessions while police and parents adapt to reduced energy.
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Associated Press
Columbia Gas
Ohio
Mansfield
Columbus
Essex
Franklin High to Resume Normal Schedule After Fuel Aid
Franklin High School will return to a normal schedule for a one week trial as propane now arrives to supplement gas. The district previously used a noon to 5 pm routine due to a 20 percent gas curtailment by CG&E. Superintendent Middleton says the trial will test fuel stability while other district schools remain on regular hours. Lilian Sandburg, 93, suffragette and wife of Carl Sandburg, dies in Asheville after 59 years of marriage.
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Franklin — Franklin High School
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Cg&e
Shelby Middleton
Franklin
Cg&e Now
Ed Lynch
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Sandburg
Asheville, N.C
Lilian Sandburg
Carl Sandburg
Sandburgs
Presidents Day observes closures and class schedules vary
Several schools and offices will close or modify hours for Presidents Day. Middletown city schools Fenwick High and John XXIII Elementary hold normal hours, while Middletown Christian School runs 8 40 a m to noon with afternoon kindergarten canceled. Carlisle Clearcreek and Preble Shawnee districts close. Madison Edgewood Franklin Lakota Lebanon Valley View Butterwood districts keep regular classes. Public library banks and mail service are halted. Ohio Bureau of Employment Services claims office open but employment office closed. City Building open while Butler County Courthouse and county offices close.
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Fenwick High School
John XXIII
Middletown Christian School
Carlisle
Clearcreek
Preble Shawnee
Madison
Edgewood
Franklin
Lakota
Lebanon
Valley View
Butterwood
Middletown
Ohio Bureau of Employment Services
Butler County
Executives' anti trust sentences trimmed in Chicago ruling
In Chicago, two local paper product executives had work release and fines cut after pleading no contest to Sherman Act price fixing. Frank Bergstein of Interstate Holding Box Co. saw his 10 day work release reduced to two days and fine from 10,000 to 7,000. Paul Wilch Jr. of Diamond International faced a fine cut to 10,000 and work release reduced from 15 to five days.
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U.S. District Court
Frank Bergstein
Interstate Holding Box Co
James B. Parsons
Bergstein
Cincinnati
Paul Wilch Jr
Middletown
Diamondnternational, Corp
Chicago
Federal Correctional Center
Police briefs detail vandalism and theft incidents
Annie Brown reported sugar in her car gas tank and cut telephone wires at 1525 Meadow Ave. A canvas door was stolen from Steve Toms’s jeep at 3130 Elman Court. Don Flannery’s car at Midtonia Village lost eight-trac tapes a 23-channel CB radio and an AM FM tape player worth 257 dollars. Ricky Deaton, 14, reported a stolen mini bike from 2217 Pearl St after paying 10 dollars. Melinda Riley, 23, 616 16th Ave, suspects welfare check theft worth 167 dollars. A juvenile was assaulted near the north end of the downtown mall while entering the YMCA, five to six youths fled before officers arrived.
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Annie Brown
Meadow Ave
Steve Toms
Elman Court
Don Flannery
Hamilton
Midtonia Village
Ricky Deaton
Pearl St
Melinda Riley
16Th Ave
Welfare Department
YMCA
Big Brothers Big Sisters seek more volunteers in area
The Middletown Area Big Brothers and Big Sisters calls for more adult volunteers as Sisters month approaches in February. Director Steve Geckeler notes a growing list of children but a shortage of adults to pair with them.
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Big Brothers
Middletown Area
Steve Geckeler
Big Sisters
Armco Worker Injured at Coke Ovens
Warren Reed 21 of Middletown remains in Middletown Hospital ICU after a conveyor accident at Armco Steel Middletown Works. He suffered multiple injuries including broken collar bone and head, back, shoulder and chest trauma while cleaning the coal loading mechanism. A coworker shut off the belt to stop the incident.
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Warren Reed
Armco Steel Corp
Middletown
Middletown Hospital
Reed
Ruby Drive
White bird seen along Great Miami River in Middletown
People report a pure white bird along the Great Miami River near downtown Middletown all week. Callers to The Journal differ on identification with some saying Arctic swan and others placing it in the heron family. (Wendt Photo).
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Great
Miami River
Middletown
The
Journal
Wendt
Ex Mayor Dies in Falls at 76
Dent Lackey longtime mayor of this city from 1964 to 1976 died Friday night at age 76. He led the town during a period of growth and served on the council prior to his mayoralty. Funeral arrangements were not announced.
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Ee Falls
Dent Lackey
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