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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1968
Page
9
Tax help will be offered in Middletown each Thursday from Jan 4 to Apr 15. IRS official Wesley Page said hours are 8 15 am to noon and 1 to 4 pm with 422 6227 for questions. Taxpayers should prepare as much of their returns as possible before visiting the Schmidt Building at 1630 Central Ave.
An overheated furnace sparked a morning fire at 1207 8 Verity Parkway destroying the home and contents valued at 9 000. Middletown firefighters battled freezing temperatures for nearly two hours, two residents displaced with one man missing.
Deputy Registrar Mrs Kathryn Agee said the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles has moved to 102 S Broad St. The new office is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday and until noon Saturdays for license plate purchases and operator license renewals.
Recreation director John Paschal warned declining temperatures leave Smith Pond with only about two and a half inches of ice. He noted the recent thaw and forecasts of warmer days mean there may be no safe skating surface this week.
Two trucks collide at the Jefferson Road Cincinnati-Dayton Road intersection. James E. Combs, 22, stopped at a stop sign at 7:30 a.m. when his truck was hit from behind by Henry Osborne, 20, of 3203 Tytus Ave. Osborne charged with failing to keep a safe distance.
Multiple medical incidents reported today in Middletown. Margaret Graham 32 and Amanda Cox 57 at different homes were transported to Middletown Hospital with breathing difficulties and varying conditions. Glen Jackson 67 and Ida Wernock 50 were noted ill or in satisfactory condition and also taken to hospital.
Sheriff James F. Hixon announced he will not seek re election citing ill health though party pressure and criticisms over gambling enforcement in Butler County may have influenced his decision. He has a long history in Indiana and Ohio law enforcement and will remain in his Oxford home. Prospective successors include Robert McCardle and Jack Crocker among others from both parties.
The YMCA announces the second session of women’s morning trimnastics from Jan 9 to Feb 29. The eight-week course costs 15 dollars and runs Tuesdays and Thursdays 9 30 to 10 30 under Mrs Amy Bilich. A babysitting service is offered for 2 dollars deposit then 50 cents per visit with advance registration required.
The reorganized Trenton School Board meeting set for tonight has been moved to Wednesday at 7 30 p m. It will be held at the Board of Education office.
Loot valued at 4200 dollars disappeared from two Bunker Lane houses in the early hours. William O. Robertson and W. C. Payne reported break ins with TVs shotguns furs liquor and more. A nearby home at the Pague residence was also entered as police logged four weekend burglaries including J B Strickland's 3006 Milton Road with over 1250 dollars stolen.
Mary Lord begins her second term with Dudley Inwood and Raymond Brown as new commissioners. They attend oath ceremonies and face tonight’s meeting to elect chairman and vice chairman, with Lord favored to be the first woman vice chair.
City commissioners may adopt the 1968 operating budget if today’s labor talks with the AFSCME union reach final agreement. Affected are 75 hourly workers at the Municipal Garage and Sanitation Division, among 108 total. Budget caucus and agenda items follow at 5 and 8 p.m. including prison housing contract and weed enforcement ordinance.
Defective wiring caused smoke damage to the Louse trailer home of Ray Mulligan at Ada Lee Trailer Court in Butler County. Firefighters from Liberty Township checked the wiring after a 6 40 p.m. alarm. A prior fire damaged another trailer in the park two weeks earlier. Union Township firefighters checked James Cunningham residence at West Chester for smoke at 1 30 p.m. but found only steam after Cunningham reported potential smoke.
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