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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1977
Page
13
Four Public Service trucks will remove used trees from curbs this week. North of Central Avenue pickups occur Thursday and south of Central Avenue Friday, with residents urged to place trees by the curb the night before as no extra trips will be made.
Snow covered highways led to twenty accidents investigated by Highway Patrol Post 83 troopers yesterday. Four were injury crashes but only one person, a Wilmington man, needed hospital treatment. Most incidents involved single vehicles.
The Board of Zoning Appeals will meet Wednesday at 7 30 p m in City Building Chamber to consider variances for a two family duplex at 2401 Elmo Place a 12 unit apartment at 1515 Manchester Ave and a plant and gift store at 2313 Central Ave Also variances are sought by Stan Oil Co for signs at 3501 Roosevelt Blvd and 140 S Main St with permits denied for size in C 2 and CBD zones and for non permitted use in D 2 and C 1 zones.
Ralph Brumbach was elected the new president of Citizens Savings & Loan Association at the annual meeting where Erle Hanson was named board chair. Lillie Barnes became secretary and Phyllis Churchill VP and branch manager, with Phyllis Keeton treasurer.
Fire Deputy Chief William Erb begins posting NO SMOKING signs in two local theaters and restrooms as the city starts enforcing a state law requiring no smoking zones in public buildings with 50 or more seats. Health and fire departments will define no smoking areas. enforcement will hinge on complaints due to limited manpower. Bill Knapp's restaurant reports strong support for the option of smoking and non smoking sections with a larger non smoking area.
Parents of sophomores in six Warren County Joint Vocational School District districts are invited to attend orientation sessions on January 18 and 20. The January 18 meeting targets Waynesville Franklin and including Lebanon Kings and Little Miami high schools with a 7 to 8:30 pm window.
Butler County commissioners heard that Madison Township residents on Radabaugh Road near Trenton petitioned for improvement. County Engineer William Foster said the petition was sent to the prosecutor for legality of assessing costs. Also approved a deputy clerk position in the recorder’s office under CEP act at 250 dollars biweekly and a 350 dollar monthly lease of the Abe Brown building from Donald Scharnhorst, effective the previous Saturday.
City and police department failed to reach an agreement in yesterday afternoon talks. No new meetings have been set as FOP President Paul Lewis criticized the city for sticking to a 5.5 percent offer, focusing on uniform and gun allowances. Police employees accepted a 5.5 percent raise for 1977, the only group to do so.
Franklin Municipal Court sentenced six individuals for various offenses. Ran dall L. Eyre 18 from Miamisburg received a $100 fine and costs and a six month license suspension with work exceptions. Michael Allen 20 of Catskill Drive Middletown paid fines for reckless operation and extra penalties for resisting arrest and disorderly conduct. Mark Allen Hall 39 of Ottawa Street Middletown was fined $200 and costs and jailed 60 days with 58 suspended for petty theft of a credit card. Lloyd S. Philabaum 23 Middletown fined $50 and costs for fictitious registration. James Smith 65 Detroit forfeited a $50 bond for no valid operator license. Three speeding cases added $95 in fines or bonds.
The City Planning Commission schedules a second special session at 1 p m to discuss citizen comments from November and a master plan hearing. They will not decide until all items are reviewed, with concerns about changes between commercial and residential zoning on areas including Avalon Mobile Home Park and north Tytus Avenue. Next areas listed: Garfield Street Crawford Street Sherman Avenue Woodlawn Avenue Middletown Hospital area Yankee Road Lafayette Avenue Eighth Avenue and Ninth Avenue.
Police report two power saws and drills worth 250 dollars were stolen from the truck of Andy Dobrozsi at 616 The Alameda while parked behind his home yesterday.
Former Hamilton County Sheriff Paul Fricker remained in intensive care at Mercy Hospital after being admitted Monday with chest pains. He was stricken shortly before his successor Lincoln Stokes, a Republican, was to take office following Stokes victory over Fricker in the November 2 election.
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