Fire destroys vacant Frisch's building on South Main Street
Fire gutted the vacant Frisch's structure at 3207 S Main St in the early hours. Firefighters faced thick smoke and intense heat, locating the blaze after 4 15 a m. Origin suspected in the basement as crews battled sub zero temperatures through the night. The former restaurant had been vacated last fall after the new Frisch's opened.
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S. Main St
Frisch
Brewer
Middletown
Trenton
Frisch's
Bill on silent meditation may not be revived
In Columbus Ohio the AP reports a stalled effort to resurrect a bill mandating a silent moment for prayer or reflection. The measure seeks to require school and public spaces to observe a moment of silence, drawing debate over religion in government.
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Columbus, Ohio
Dale Locker
D-Anna
Ocasek
Hustler Reward Offer Split Over Kidnapping Case
The father of Keith Holliday rejects Larry Flynt’s $20,000 offer citing strings attached while anonymous donors fund a no-strings $20,000 search reward in Cincinnati. Flynt maintains the offer stands as a public ad plans continue amid a nationwide outreach for the boy abducted near Alexandria Kentucky.
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Cincinnati
Keith Holliday
Larry Flynt
Flynt
Michael Holliday
Holliday
JoAnn Fairchild
Columbus
Ohio
Hustler
Alexandria
Kentucky
Keith
Los Angeles Times
New York Daily News
Carlisle board weighs advancing Martin Luther King Day observance
The Carlisle school board plans a 7 p.m. Thursday meeting to consider moving up MLK Day observance to today as classes remain canceled by bad roads. If approved, students would attend Monday and today would be paid as compensatory time off for staff.
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Carlisle
David Way
Snowbound lawmakers stall Ohio Assembly as Ocasek eyes veto override
With many senators snowbound, Senate leader Oli ver Ocasek prepared to unveil Democratic priorities for 1978 while a veto override on public employee collective bargaining remains in doubt. Three Senate bills passed, headed to the House, including civil service promotion credits, county utility rate talks, and real estate tax appeal evidence limits.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senate
Oliver Ocasek
Ocasek
James A. Rhodes
Board of Revision
House
Rep. Scribner L. Fauver
R-Elyria
John EF. Johnson
D-Orville
Misconduct proceedings against judge terminated
In Nashville the Judicial Standards Commission halted all misconduct actions against Judge Charles Galbreath. The chair Earnest Taylor announced the move in chancery court before a hearing on a suit Galbreath had filed to block a commission meeting. The record notes Galbreath’s earlier Columbus, Ohio conviction for jaywalking was reversed, and mentions a Hustler connection and bench conduct remarks as part of prior complaints.
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Nashville, Tenn
Judicial Standards Commission
Charles Galbreath
Earnest Taylor
Chancery Court
Galbreath
Commission
Taylor
Ben Cantrell
J.D. Lee
Madisonville
Kimoc
10Th District Court of Appeals
Columbus
Ohio
Hustler Magazine
Larry Flynt
H. Alfred Glascor
Deaths and funerals in Middletown and surrounding areas
Obituaries for Algin Barnes 63 of 36 Victoria Lane and Mrs Mary Belle Belcher 86 of 9846 Bellbrook Road, plus Winifred Mason 84 of 121 S Main St, and John M. Cupp 69 of 5133 Pleasant Ave outline funeral plans, calling hours, churches, and burial details. Surviving relatives and local church ties listed.
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Myers Construction Co
Barnes
Peasttown Church of God
Maxine
Robert M
Ronnie
Algin Jr
New Paris
Frances Ross
Lahoma Moore
Middletown
Lula Sparks
Dayton
Gracie Kerr
Polk
Ohio
John Hayes
Waynesville
Mary Belle Belcher
Bellbrook Road
Barbara Park
Russell County Funeral Home
Lebanon
Russell Memorial Cemetery
Russell County
Belcher
Emmanuel Baptist Church of
Ralph
Beulah Puckett
Altoona
Fla
Virginia Smith
Centerville
Eula Jessee
Cincinnati
Isa Cook
Woodstock
N. Y
Ruby Mosley
Akron
Osa Duty
Flint
Mich
Stubbs-Conner Funeral Home
Winifred Hartsock Mason
S. Main St
Springfield Community Hospital
Mason
St. Mary's Episcopal Church of
Stephen Williams
Miami Cemetery
Corwin
John M. Cupp
Pleasant Ave
Pentecostal Highway of Holiness Church
Colligan
OU Osteopathic Medicine names two new curriculum and simulation staff
Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine announces two appointments from the area. Paula J. Rhodes, Middletown, becomes curriculum specialist for education development and resources, handling materials for a sophomore medical practice course. James M. DeWine, Centerville, named simulation specialist to design freshman and sophomore medical student simulations while pursuing an instructional systems technology doctorate. DeWine’s wife Sue is a Miami Middletown speech instructor. Mrs DeWine assists OU’s speech program and continues study.
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Athens
Ohio
Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Middletown
Miami University
Paula J. Rhodes
Mildred Rhoads
Park Lane
Ohio University
Athens County Commission
James M. DeWine
Centerville
Sue
Miami-Middletown
DeWine
Indiana University
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Old Frisch
Clester Brewer
Eugene “Butch’’ Kelley
Sheckler
Bill
Senate Health and Education Committee
Jackson
M. Morris Jackson
Cleveland
Rita Warren
Brockton
Mass
Christian Civil Liberties Union
U.S
Plazer
Coats—Jr
Robes
Board of Tax Appeals
Hana
Kenneth R. Cox
Barberton
Cox
PUCO
Algin Barnes
Mary Belcher
Winifred Mason
Verity Pkwy
Montclovery
Montgomery Ward
Dept
Montonmer
N. University Blvd
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