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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1968
Page
5
New York AP report profiles young women braving zero degree winds in miniskirts. They describe varied coping methods from wearing bikini underwear and warm sweaters to relying on boyfriends for rides and pretending the cold won’t bother them while a passerby comments on the spectacle.
Republican Frank Mayfield Jr. defeated Democrat William Latimer in a Cincinnati special election to fill the 67th Ohio House district. Mayfield secured 3,149 votes to Latimer’s 1,387, succeeding Kohnen who left to join the city council.
Tarpon Springs in Florida earned its name in 1876 due to a mistaken belief that tarpon fish laid eggs in the bayou near the springs. The tale reflects early local lore about the sponge industry and the bayou’s role in settlement.
Butler county officials appoint Mrs. Mary D. Wagner as social worker in county program for mentally retarded children. Warren Harding, welfare director, notes she has visited classes since December to meet teachers and pupils and will work with teachers and parents to obtain creative teaching materials.
US traffic fatalities for the first 11 months of 1967 fell numerically and per mile driven, with 47,810 deaths by Dec 1, just 150 below the 1966 figure. Vehicle miles rose from 850 to 887 billion, and deaths per 100 million miles stood at 5.4 versus 5.6 a year earlier.
William F. Brodowski of Dayton will speak on mortgage money and interest rates at the January 16 dinner of the Dayton Cincinnati Chapter of the American Society of Appraisers at Congress Inn. Burt leads the 21 member chapter with Middletown and Chillicothe ties. the group cites a need for qualified appraisers.
A $2.36 million federal grant was approved for a neighborhood center in Cincinnati's Over the Rhine. The grant recipient is the Community Action Commission of Cincinnati.
Lebanon council approved a salary ordinance boosting city employees pay by five percent. Specific increases include $1,000 for the auditor $500 for the city manager and $300 for the engineer. The action accompanied a one year life squad contract with Turtlecreek Township for $25 per call and maintenance of equipment. Five residents were named to advisory boards and Tim Bashford was named to regional planning authority. A cost estimate for rebuilding S Mechanic Street and Wright Avenue was requested at about $30 per foot. A $435,065 general fund appropriation was approved alongside purchases of a police cruiser and water department truck. Street funds total $22,000 with major state road work planned on Main Street designated Ohio 63 and 123 including the Broadway bridge project.
Lawrence J. Hawkins longtime editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer Sunday Magazine died Tuesday at Cleveland Clinic Hospital at age 67. He retired in 1965 after a long career shaping the magazine’s voice.
City Safety Director Henry Sandman reported that police used proper and reasonable tactics to disperse a December mass sit-in at the federal building. City Manager William Wichman supported the findings citing no undue force after 86 demonstrators were arrested for trespassing assault and resisting arrest.
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