Middletown Campus Miami Univ ends Friday classes early
In a dramatic energy save, the Middletown Campus will end Friday class sessions on March 3 to cut consumption by about 25 percent. Bennett, campus director, says only 12 to 15 percent saved. classes will be rearranged, Saturday sessions moved to Monday through Thursday, facilities limited to library and two classroom buildings, and lights and heat reduced to maintenance levels.
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Middletown
Miami University
Iaetne Bennett
Bennett
Logan Johnston Hall
Miss America visits Washington to boost GOP image
Miss America Susan Perkins 23 of Middletown toured the White House and Capitol in Washington. She met press, lunched with Ohio lawmakers, and attended a GOP club reception. Perkins urged political clarity, supported the ERA with common sense, and spoke glowingly of women’s career opportunities.
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Washington
Susan Perkins
Middletown
White House
Capitol
Ohio
Republican Social Club
Jersiss Perkins
Columbus
Thomas F. Railsback
Moline
Ill
Railsback
Capitol Hill Club
Miss Perkins
Paul Perkins
Shawnray Drive
Service clubs invited to join Middletown CPR program meeting
Representatives of Middletown service clubs attend a Friday noon Middletown Area Survival Heartbeat meeting at the Manchester Inn to discuss CPR training sponsorships under MASH. Dr. Walter Roehl heads MASH aiming to teach CPR to area citizens and save lives. Rotary MASH committee members organizing include Akers Annenberg Dell Dowden Guyler Guyler Hanson Ireland Lewis.
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Middletown
Manchester Inn
Sam Dalton
Rotary Club
Walter Roehll
Roehl
Rotary Committee
William Akers
Bernard Annenberg
Robert Dell
Melvin Dowden
James Guyler
Michael Guyler
Erle Hanson
Jake” Ireland
Richard Lewis
Valley View lunch price discussion set
Valley View school board will meet tomorrow at 7 30 p m to discuss a 10 cent hike in lunch prices for all grades High school would rise to 55 cents middle to 50 and elementary to 45 Budget cuts proposed by the administration at the last meeting will also be reviewed The agenda includes make up day planning for weather disruptions and potential approval of a labor agreement on pay and contract provisions
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Germantown
Tae
Valley View School Board
Fire calls and medical assists logged across city
Fire units reported injuries and medical transports: James Arrowood, 8, wrist injury after truck strike at Charles Street and Reinartz Boulevard. taken to hospital. Andrea Brummer, 10 months, ill at 1803 Flemming Road. to hospital, treated and released. Several emergency runs at Woodlawn Avenue, Calumet Avenue, Freedom Court, Main Street, and FSL with treatments or no transport noted.
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Charles Street
Reinartz Boulevard
James Arrowood
Flemming
Woodlawn Ave
Andrea Brummer
Calumet Ave
Freedom Court
S. Main St
Faye Bolden
Illto Hospital
Star rank awarded to Scout by Edgewood Troop 2
William Hicks received star rank at a court of honor by Troop 2% at Edgewood Middle School in Trenton. John Stahl earned first class and tenderfoot went to Mark Wilson and Todd Nealis, while second class went to David Pierce and Jim Stewart.
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James Hibbard
Bobby Brown
John Stahl
David Pierce
Mark Carrozza
Jay Frisby
Chuck Ludwischer
Trenton Lions Club
Oscar Carrozza
Joe Jettery
Middletown library space bid reviewed by trustees
Middletown Historical Society asked for space in the proposed new library building at yesterday’s trustees meeting. Discussion covered library consultant interviews and the plan to carry the 1977 carryover through the first four months of 1978 before tax distributions arrive.
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Middletown Historical Society
Middletown Public Library
Fire damages home on Eighth Avenue
A morning blaze at 934 Eighth Ave, in a house owned by Viola Mitchell, caused about 3000 dollars in building damage and 1000 in contents. The fire started in a bedroom of Finley Cargill Jrs residence and was extinguished after about an hour. Firemen suspect an electric heater malfunction as the cause. no one was home.
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Eighth Ave
Finley Cargill Jr
Viola Mitchell
Eighth
Middletonian Sentenced to Prison for Robbery
David Whitaker, 21, of Middletown, was sentenced by Butler County Common Pleas Judge Fred B. Cramer to a two to 15 year term in the Ohio penitentiary for the Oct. 29 King Kwik robbery at 5034 Hamilton Middletown Road. He was convicted Feb. 7, having previously robbed another King Kwik in 1975 while on parole.
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Hamilton
David Whitaker
10Th Ave
Middletown
Butler County Common Pleas
Fred B. Cramer
Ohio
Whitaker
Cramer
Hamilton-Middletown Road
Monroe Council forms water use investigation committee
Monroe Council established a special committee to probe high water usage. William Riggs will chair with John Reese and James Waybright assisting. President Elbert Tannreuther noted the push for fair hearings and to correct any wrong findings as a couple without children reported 8000 gallons in 11 days. The meter was slow upon check. The meeting also rezoned 11 acres at Greentree and Cincinnati-Dayton to highway commercial for Berns 3214 Yankee Rd Middletown. The cemetery fund raised via fee changes and a five acre land purchase prospect were discussed.
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Monroe
Monroe Council
William Riggs
John Reese
James Waybright
Council
Elbert Tannreuther
Tannreuther
Greentree Road
Cincinnati-Dayton Road
Highway Commercial
Wilson Elementary PTO Meeting and Book Fair Notice
The Wilson Elementary School PTO will meet tomorrow at 7 30 p m with guest speaker Miss Rosella Harper and Don Bennie to discuss reading programs and testing procedures. The third annual Book Fair runs Feb 24 to Mar 2 with public viewing during after school hours and a Right to Read Week book sale. The Principal's Roundtable first meeting is March 8 10 11 a m in the library, with refreshments provided by the PTO.
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Wilson Elementary School
PTO
Rosella Harper
Stor
Middletown
Don Bennie
Wilson Pto
Seaver Named Honorary Chair for Read-A-Thon in Ohio
Tom Seaver the Cincinnati Reds pitcher is honorary chairman for the 1978 spring Multiple Sclerosis Read-A-Thon in Southwestern Ohio and Northern Kentucky. In Butler County, ages 6 to 14 may join the national reading program starting in March, registering to receive sponsor kits and books. Sponsors pledge per book read during four weeks, with rewards for completing the event. For information contact the MS office at 4201 Victory Parkway Cincinnati Ohio 45229 or call 281-0574.
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Tom Seaver
Cincinnati Reds
Ohio
Northern
Kentucky
National
Butler County
Victory Parkway
Cincinnati
Springboro boy wins Sertoma essay contest speech at Middletown luncheon
David Ralston, eighth grader at Springboro Junior High, won Sertoma's essay contest for "Our American Heritage" at the Freedom luncheon. Other winners from Manchester, Amanda, John XXII, Verity, Middletown Christian, and Roosevelt Middle schools were named. Archbishop Bernardin spoke on balancing individual freedom with institution and the need for secularism.
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David Ralston
William Ralston
Ohio
Springboro
Sertoma
Manchester Inn
Ralston
Middletown High School
Mary Ann Borland
Manchester Middle
Maudie Cox
Amanda
Michelle Fischer
John XXII
Jean Farmer
Verity Middle
Sherrie Wheeler
Middletown Christian
Gail Wright
McKinley Middle
Cathy Yaste
Roosevelt Middle
Tom Blake
City Commission
Welfare workers seek refund of hospital insurance payments
In Butler County Ohio a motion in Common Pleas Court seeks a total $60,896 refund of hospital insurance premiums withheld from May 1976 to November 1977 from county Welfare Department employees paychecks. Phillip Schaney filed on behalf of all affected workers, asking the court to order the auditor to refund and to hold the county commissioners in contempt for a December 5 court entry. About 190 workers are involved, with amounts ranging from $15 to $652.
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Hamilton
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Welfare Department
Phillip Schaney
Butler County Common Pleas
Arthur J. Fiehrer
First District Court of Appeals
Fiehrer
Court of Appeals
Appeals
Welfare Oe
Deaths and funeral notices from Middletown area obituaries
Obituaries report the deaths of Herbert Carroll Armitage 74 of Middletown Emma E Rhoten 82 near Seven Mile and Dennis Vileos 83 of Wayne Madison Road. Included are survivors, service times, funeral homes Inman and McCoy Leffler Webb and burial details.
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Herbert Carroll Armitage
Middletown Hospital
Mr. Armitage
Black Clawson Co
Breiel Boulevard
Barbara Purtee
Wilmington
Cecil
Stanley
Middletown
Catherine Gehm
Jean Thornsberry
Edith Armitage
Elizabeth Klaber
Franklin
MccCoy- Leffler
J. Herschel Caudill
Woodside Cemetery
Somerville
Emma E. Rhoten
Wayne-Milford Road
Seven Mile
McCullough-Hyde Hospital
Oxford
Trenton
Dennis Vileos
Wayne- Madison Road
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Vileos
Sts. Constantine and Helen
Greece
Ruby
Howard Burtis
Harvey Thompson
Forest Park
Helen Hagan
Webb Funeral Home
Ross Ave
James Karalexis
Greenwood Cemetery
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GOP
Republican Party
Ronald Reagan
Gerald Ford
Senate Republican
Valley View
Middletonian
U.S
Monroe Council States Water Use Investigation
Berns
Yankee Road
Monroe Cemetery Association
Joseph L. Bernardin
John Dobrozs Jr
Ins., Inc
First Ave
Herbert Armitage
Leonard Rogers
Leonard Leroy Rogers
Winton St
American Cancer Society
Emma Rhoten
Hawkins, Tenn
Milford Township
William H Khoten
Ethyl Barnett
V Pe Khoten
Helen Haefner
Ven Mile
Clifford
Crockett
Calif
Charles
Linton
Ind
Jack
Rosedale
Mich
Ralph
Versailles
Olivia Moorelock
Ki ‘ Tenn
Clyde Wallace
Science Hill
Inman Funeral Home
Butler County Memorial Park
Verity Pkwy
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