Mayor recalls Beverly Hills fire that changed Southgate
Southgate Kentucky mayor Ken Paul reflects on the 1977 Beverly Hi Supper Club fire that killed 164. He cites lessons learned, city council duty, and a push to rebuild with stricter codes, stronger public safety, and higher taxes to fund recovery. The tragedy reshaped plans for development and governance.
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Beverly Hi
Kentucky
Paul
Southgate
Beverly Hills
Ken Paul
Beverly Hills Drive
Franklin trustees debate fire levy and joint plans
Franklin Township trustees discussed seeking an additional fire levy this year to fund a $130,000 fire budget, up from a 37,000 annual 1 mill. They plan to align ballot timing with Franklin’s tax levy, review legal wording, and pursue a three year fire agreement with Carlisle for unincorporated west of the Great Miami River plus park development and a potential Miami Conservancy District lease. Baker was re elected president and Swiger vice president, with a police resignation moved up.
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Franklin
Franklin Township
Harold Baker
City of
the of Carlisle
Great Miami River
Carlisle
Baker
Miami Conservancy District
Twin Creek
Herbert Swiger
Bill Drake
Great Miami
Swiger
Fourth Street
Hager
Two Thousand Stolen From City Home Amid Holiday Break-Ins
A holiday weekend burglary spree saw $2,000 cash taken from a locked cedar chest at Mr and Mrs Ralph Carroll 1721 Winona Drive. The theft included a missing bank safe deposit key and several negotiable bonds. burglaries at John Tyree 4720 Bonita Drive and Sandra Reed 2109 Carolina St reported further thefts including electronics and firearms.
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Ralph Carroll
Winona Drive
Kentucky
Carrolls
John Tyree
Bonita Drive
Sandra Reed
Carolina St
Deaths Highlight Local Notables Across States
Obituaries from Middletown and surrounding areas note the passing of Mrs Mary M Conley 98 formerly of Middletown at Good Samaritan Hospital Cincinnati Mass at Holy Trinity Church Calvary Cemetery burial at family home services for Mrs Sue Foster 88 in Sarasota Fl and memorials for Dessie Lou Spears 80 of Pikeville Ky Helen Winglewich Ace McDougal Emma Medina Clarence Hymer Jessica Bowen and others with arrangements announced by local funeral homes including Wilson Schramm Bal Brown Dawson and Princeton Pike Church of God services calendar updates and survivor lists.
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Mary M. Conley
Middletown
Good Samaritan Hospital
Cincinnati
Margaret Hall
College of Mount St
Conley
Mother of
Glen Este
John
Dixie Highway
N. Leibee St
Holy Trinity Church
Martha Ann
S.C
College of Mount St. Joseph
Regina Mary
S. C
Kettering
Albert Schetter
Calvary Cemetery
Wilson-Schramm Memorial
Sue Foster
Franklin
Sarasota Hospital
Sarasota
Fla
Foster
Florida
Harry Beachler
Forest Beachler
Bradenton
Eer Freeman
Lew
Pikeville
Dessie Lou Spears
Middletonian
Douglas Spears
Pikeville Hospital
Spears
Ford
Kathleen Leslie
Tytusville
Elmo Ratliff
Shererville
Ind
Buell
Helen Winglewich
Baltimore St
Middletown Hospital
J R. Bal
Emma_ Jane Medina
San Juan Capistrano
Calif
Hamilton
Lindenwald United Methodist Church
Clarence Hymer
Parkwood Drive
Highway of Holiness Church
Brown-Dawson
Jessica Ruth Bowen
Elizabeth Bowen
Elenor Drive
Princeton Pike Church of God
Desegregation Era Drives Large Transfers from Columbus Schools
A migration study shows 5-year transfers totaling 36,601 from Columbus public schools with 15.2 percent Black and 82.9 percent White pupils leaving. From 1972-73 to 1976-77, 3,700 and 12,000 pupils moved out respectively, as families sought private, parochial, or other district schooling amid court-ordered desegregation filed in June 1973 by the NAACP.
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Columbus
Ohio
Franklin County
Columbus Public Schools
Madoffori Willis Reappointed In Trenton
John Madoffori and Ray Willis were reappointed sworn into two year terms as mayor and vice mayor at the 1978 city council organizational meeting in Trenton. Four year terms went to Hubert Adams Carl Ennis Madoffori and Oliver McKinney. Merl Garrett honored for service as he steps down.
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Trenton
John Madoffori
Ray Willis
Hubert Adams
Carl Ennis
Madoffori
Oliver McKinney
Merl Garrett
Carl E. Smith
Garrett
Exiled South African editor Woods flees to Lesotho
Donald Woods, 43, silenced at home by Pretoria, fled disguised over the weekend. He sought political asylum in Lesotho and planned to depart for Mozambique then Europe, aiming to continue his campaign against apartheid from the United States or Britain. He warned civil war looms if Nairobi government does not relent and criticized the October crackdown on opponents.
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Maseru
Lesotho
Donald Woods
Woods
South Africa
Transkei
Mozambique
Europe
United States
Britain
Eggs, Hands, Love, and Birds Adages From Baltimore Students
A Baltimore AP report highlights third to fifth graders at Cross Country and David E Weglein Elementary Schools who were asked to finish old proverbs. Phrases include Dont put all your eggs in your pocket Dont bite the hand that has your allowance in it and A bird in the hand is dead.
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Baltimore
Cross Country
David E. Weglein
Celestine Clark
Lisa Tidler
Lisa Ras
Stacey Bass
Nancy Slepinski
Rhonda Boozer
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Eve Stoe
Bas Richie
Central
Betty’s Uniform & Maternity Shop
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Prize Union Sanitary
Mary Conley
Dessie Spears
Ace McDougal
Wilson St
Larry Cunningham
Joseph L. Davis
Cunninghams
Willis
Butler County
Armco Steel Corp
Harold Byrd
Cecil Taylor
Planning Commission
Wilma Jean Johnson
Joe Pollack
Board of Zoning Appeals
Leon Campbell
Personnel Board
Frank Hoerst
Tax Board of Review
Ed Roth
Converse Monument
Manchester Rd
Kodak
Tim Ayreway
Syrenay
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