Protests mark funeral of Nicaraguan publisher
In Managua fiery protests and teargas marked the funeral of Pedro Joaquin Chamorro, an outspoken critic of Somoza. Demonstrators wrecked buses and burned cars and buildings, while 30,000 mourners escorted the coffin to La Prensa. Police fired tear gas and bullets as crowds surged, with calls for a 24 hour business shutdown and a mass rally. Four suspects were arrested in the assassination as the National Guard seized vehicles and firearms.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Pedro Joaquin Chamorro
Citibank
Chamorro
Anastasio Somoza Chamorro
Bank of Central America
Somoza
Customs
Renault
Plasmaforesis
la Prensa
Europe
United States
Unera
National Businessmen's Council
Democratic Union For Liberation
National Guard
Domingo Acevedo Chavarria
Silvio Pena Rivas
Harold Cedenos Escoto
Silvio Vega Zuniga
Old Frisch's fire loss tops $75,000
Fire destroyed the vacant Frisch's Restaurant building at 3207 S Main St Wednesday with damage estimated between 75 000 and 80 000 Owner Steven Dyer a local real estate agent quoted the figure and noted insurance was carried Two tenants showed interest in the site while Jerry Brown's Frisch's to the north remains open Firefighters from South Middletown and Trenton battled the blaze from about 12 20 a m through daybreak rekindling later in the afternoon The cause remains undetermined according to Fire Chief Clester Brewer
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Frisch's
S. Main St
Steven Dyer
Oyer
Main Street
Middletown
Trenton
Clester Brewer
Fire calls report multiple city incidents across two days
Fire crews responded to eleven calls at varied locations including 1333 Central Ave and 1716 S Verity Parkway. Civilians George Creech Rosabell Smith Roger Act DeWay Williams and Ron James were treated for conditions from difficulty breathing and bleeding to illness and heat exposure with several transported to hospitals or intensive care.
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Central Ave
George Creech
S. Verity Parkway
Rosabell Smith
Baltimore St
N. Sutphin St
Chester Products
Lafayette Ave
Roger Act
Wyoming
Ohio
Holmes Hospital
Cincinnati
Armco
Ron James
Bavarian Drive
Marshall Road
Shelley St
Dewey Williams
Mart Hosts Anticrime Program At City Centre Mart
Middletown police crime prevention officers will run an Operation Identification at City Centre Mart tomorrow and Saturday from 10 am to 6 pm. Officers Paul Lewis and Ken Craig will inscribe owners Social Security numbers on CB radios and sign up residents for the neighborhood watch. A crime prevention literature display will accompany the event.
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Middletown
City Centre Mart
Paul Lewis
Ken Craig
Cbs
YMCA program rescheduled at Fairfield YMCA
The Transactional Analysis for Moms program, planned to start Jan 10 but postponed due to weather, now begins Jan 17 at Fairfield YMCA. The eight sessions run Tuesdays 9 45 to 11 15 a m, sponsored by Family Service of Butler County and the YMCA. Call 868 8920 to register.
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Fairfield Ymca
Family Service of
Butler County
YMCA
Aid workshop rescheduled at Middletown High School
A financial aid workshop postponed from tonight to January 26 from 7 to 9 PM in Room 212 at Middletown High School. C R Kinder, director of student financial aid at Miami University, will speak to parents and students about available assistance for further education.
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Middletown High School
C.R. Kinder
Miami University
Three Films Set for Middletown Public Library Event
Middletown Public Library will screen three children's movies on Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Community Room. Ali and His Baby Camel follows a young Moslem boy and his baby camel in a Pakistani desert town. Donald in Mathmagic Lane shows Donald Duck finding math in everyday life. Jack and the Robbers, told in Appalachian dialect, follows Jack and five bedraggled animals who encounter a robber’s hideout.
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Middletown Public Library
Ali
Pakistan
Donald
Donald Duck
Jack
Appalachia
City building permits dip in value for 1977 totals
Total permits issued 772 worth 12.35 million, down from 682 valued at 21.99 million or more in 1976. December activity included two solar and steel facility permits, six for commercial alterations, two industrial additions, and four single family home projects totaling 87.7 thousand. Last year December saw 42 permits totaling 1.16 million.
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Wicorf Street
Roosevelt Boulevard
Southwestern Ohio Steel Corp
Todhunter and
Yankee Roads
McDonald's Restaurant
N. Verity Parkway
Middletown School
Roy White Paint
S. Breiel Blvd
Jackson Watch
Logan Ave
Mays Music Store
S. Main St
Interstate Folding Box Co
Verity Parkway
Armco Steel Corp
Buildings win planners OK for two local projects
City Planning Commission approved plans for Converters Gravure Service light industrial building on Tytus Avenue and Mokry-Tesmer Corp machine shop rezoning from residential to industrial near Jefferson Street. Also approved a transformer install for Cincinnati Gas & Electric and denied two sign requests by Friendly Ice Cream and Sohio. Public hearing set Feb 8 at 7 30 p m in City Building on Oakland renewal zoning changes.
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a_ City Planning Commission
Tytus Avenue
Mary-Etta Avenue
Charles Street
Jefferson Street
Mokry-Tesmer Corp
Planning Commission
Bill Pauly
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Jackson Lane
Lewis Street
City Commission
Friendly Ice Cream Grant
Breiel Boulevard
Sohio Gas Station
S. Main St
Oakland
West Elkton Council reelects Talbert president for 1978
Corwin Talbert, owner of Beck Talbert Pontiac in Middletown, was reelected president of West Elkton Village Council at the 1978 organizational meeting. Four new members were sworn in Mitchell Merriman Fred Specht Talbert and Martha Gayhart Regular meetings set for the second Tuesday at 7 30 p m. The council approved patching material to fix a 50 foot drop on West Maple Street and planned a 25 gallon heating oil tank for the firehouse. It also authorised 1084 to cover the village share of the Ohio 503 project with the Ohio Department of Transportation.
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West Elkton
Ohio
Ohio Department of Transportation
Franklin Burial Notices and Funeral Services Summary
Death notices for Algin Barnes, 63, of Middletown, with burial at Mount Pleasant Cemetery Peasttown and services at Joseph R. Baker Funeral Home. Jeanette Martin, 79, of Garden Manor in Dayton, died in Middletown. burial planned near St. Louis. notices by George Martin and Kutis funeral homes. Ira Stacy, 64, of Franklin, died after a suspected heart attack. survivors listed. service at Woods Road Pentecostal Church with burial in Woodhill Cemetery. visitation at Eaton Funeral Home.
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Franklin
Algin Barnes
Victoria Lane
Middletown Hospital
Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Peasttown
Mr. Barnes
Joseph R. Baker
Middletown
Eugene Wallace
St. Louis
Jeanette Martin
Garden Manor
Ira Stacy
McGuire Lane
Middletownospital
Stacy
West Carrollton Parchment Co
Daisy
Edwin
Danny
Imogene Charlton
Emily Salyer
Carlisle
Mery Shearer
Janet Sparks
Gladys Lacey
Morehead
Betty Price
Turlock
Calif
Woods Road Pentecostal Church
Lonnie Mitchell
Woodhill Cemetery
Eaton Funeral Home
Funds UK'd to teach English to migrants
Washington AP reports Labor Secretary Ray Marshall allocates 500000 dollars to teach English to migrant farmworkers. The contract with Cesar Chavez and the United Farmworkers of America aims to boost language skills, enabling skilled workers to take supervisory roles on farms where fluency is required.
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Washington
Ray Marshall
Cesar Chavez
United Farmworkers of America
Chavez
Hong Kong Crackdown Against Immigrant Crime Ring
Police sources say immigrants from China trained there have formed the Tai Huen Chai criminal group. The organization is driving local gangsters from profitable rackets, prompting local leaders to warn members to avoid confrontations due to the immigrants' combat training.
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Hong Kong
Tai Huen Chai
Police Briefs: Several Thefts Reported Around Town
Three men in a dark blue car robbed a White gas station on University Boulevard this morning, distracting the attendant with talk and stealing $31. Ernie Turner’s wallet, about $180, was taken from the Point Cafe last night. A salesman’s car at Dillman’s Grocery on University Boulevard lost cigarettes and papers worth about $75 inside, and a gas can with spout was taken from a garage at 1319 Fairmount Ave yesterday morning after a forced entry.
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University Boulevard
Ernie Turner
Mohawk St
Point Cafe
Dillman’s
Connie Smith
Fairmount Ave
Optimist of Year Named Kenneth Tucker in Year
Kenneth Tucker of 6320 Model Lane was named Optimist of the Year for the year. Tucker joined the club three years ago, serves on the board and building committee, and acts as an inspector for the annual Soap Box Derby. He works for Valley Sheet Metal Works, is married, and has two sons.
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Kenneth Tucker
Model Lane
Richard
Tucker
The
Valley Sheet Metal Works
Parker Radio Club Announces 1978 Officers and Schedule
The Dial Radio Club of the Middletown Area names new officers for 1978 and sets monthly meetings at 7 30 p m in the United Way Building on the third Monday. New president Bill Parker and vice president Bob Rathbun head a slate including treasurer Jack Chamberlain and secretary Glen Jessup. An installation dinner at Alfy's Restaurant on Jan 20 at 6 p m requires reservations by Jan 16. Larry Koslick of the Montgomery County Red Cross will discuss amateur radio and the Red Cross.
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Anew
Dial Radio Club
Middletown Area
United Way
Bill Parker
N. Second St
Trenton
Bob Rathbun
Eck Road
Jack Chamberlain
Carson Road
Glen Jessup
Kristine
Jeeway Pakistan President backs Iran plan for regional common market
Nabi Bakhsh Zehri president of the new Jeeway Pakistan Party urged the martial law government to accept an Iranian proposal for a common market of Iran Pakistan and India. He said the group could later expand to Afghanistan Bangladesh Sri Lanka and Nepal.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Nabi Bakhsh Zehri
New Jeeway Pakistan Party
Iran
India
Zehri
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Sri Lanka
Nepal
Ice still troubles drivers on icy city streets
A Jacoby Avenue resident was in two crashes minutes apart as icy roads baffled motorists. Ruth W. Kindred, 48, slid into a utility pole on Breiel Boulevard near Roosevelt, damaging her 1977 car. James E. Shillinglaw, 39, rear ended Kindred’s car. his vehicle also suffered heavy damage. Another collision occurred when Judith A Jordan, 36, slid into a tractor truck at Roosevelt Boulevard and Kensington Street. neither driver was injured.
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Jacoby Avenue
Ruth W. Kindred
Jacoby Ave
Breiel Boulevard
Roosevelt Boulevard
Breiel
Kensington
Land of Roosevelt
Timothy C. Shoffner
Dayton
Health safety clinic set at City Centre Mart
A Public Health and Safety Clinic runs tomorrow and Saturday at City Centre Mart with the Cancer Society, violence factory, Middletown police and fire departments, Red Cross, Planned Parenthood and public health nurses. Activities run 11 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. Visitors may join the neighborhood watch, have valuables engraved, and learn from firefighting and first aid displays. A family planning quiz by Planned Parenthood is also featured.
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City Centre Mart
Cancer Society
I Nolence Factory
Middletown
Red Cross
Planned Parenthood
Citizens Band
Planned Parenthood Group
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Old Frisch
Mart
Fred
Talbert
West Maple Street
Jeannette Martin
Radio Club
Parker
Ice
Thomas E. Haines
Manchester Avenue
Jos. R. Baker, Jr
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