Middletown Schools Urged to Focus Curriculum After Crisis
North Central Association evaluator Alton Rudolph advised Middletown High and Freshmen High to shift from crisis thinking to curriculum emphasis. He praised faculty enthusiasm and called for better communication between the two schools and across the district, with more department heads input and teamwork.
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Middletown
Alton Rudolph
North Central Association
Rudolph
Middletown High School
Parents weigh end of non-graded report card at Preble Shawnee
At a district board meeting, parents urged reinstating letter grades for first grade and phasing out the county wide non grading report. A six parent six teacher committee is studying extending the system beyond first grade. Finance items approved include 1975 tax rates and bond retirement. Elizabeth Lane resigns for counseling. Barbara Collins hired as English replacement.
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Preble Shawnee
al Kiracofe
Kiracore
Preble County
Robert Barnheiser
Lewisburg
West Elkton
Desmond Stamper
Montgomery County
Elizabeth Lane
Barbara Collins
Eaton
Lane
Lakota band seeks world record marathon performance
Lakota High School band members aim to surpass a world record by playing continuously for up to 24 hours starting at 3 p.m. in the 5050 Tylersville Road auditorium. About 130 volunteers must play 55 minutes per hour with logs while pledges fund an upcoming band trip. Denver Noggle directs.
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Westchester
Tylersville Road
Denver Noggle
Lebanon Picketing by City Workers Continues
Former city workers and AFL-CIO supporters protest in downtown Lebanon for union representation rights. Lead organizer James Kilbane of the IBEW predicts hundreds could join Saturday. Picketing began after 18 workers were fired under Ohio Ferguson Act for striking.
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Lebanon
Afl-Cio
James Kilbane
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
IBEW
Lebanon City
Ohio
Jamaica’s Geography and Population Snapshot
Jamaica covers 4 400 square miles about Connecticut size with two million residents. The island runs roughly 146 miles long and 51 miles at its widest point.
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Jamaica
Connecticut
NAACP official attacks Ford in MLK Day talk
Alfred B. Lewis of the NAACP, 77, criticizes President Ford and his policies during a talk at Miami University as part of a King birthday commemoration. He cites unemployment gaps for Black workers, endorses a national health plan, and stresses integration while noting support for diverse civil rights actions.
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Alfred B. Lewis
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Gerald R. Ford
Nixon
Congress
Lewis
Logan Johnston
Middletown
Miami University
Martin Luther King Jr
The
Black Student Action Association
BSAA
Ford
Deaths and services in Hamilton and Oxford areas
Funeral services for Mrs. Mabel Bookwalter 86 of 5 Franklin St. will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Zimmerman Funeral Home with burial in Fairview Cemetery. Calling hours Friday 7 to 9 p.m. Rebekah Lodge 854 will conduct a service Friday at 7:30 p.m. Survived by brother Clifford Albaugh Dayton grandchild five great grandchildren and a great great grandchild.
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Mabel Bookwalter
Franklin St
Zimmerman
Fairview Cemetery
Rebekah Lodge 854
Bookwalter
McCullough- Hyde Hospital
Oxford
Clifford Albaugh
Dayton
Wales and Monmouthshire Area and Population
Wales and Monmouthshire in western Britain cover 8016 square miles with an estimated population exceeding 2 733 830.
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Wales
Monmouthshire
Britain
Juveniles Fail In Two Purse Snatch Attempts
Two attempted purse snatchings involving youths were foiled. Donna Barker reported a 14 to 17 year old grabbed her purse near the Knights of Columbus building, but it was recovered with no loss. A second attempt at Ayr-Way involved two youths, one about 12 and another 14 to 15, who fled after failing to seize the purse.
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Donna Barker
Ross St
Knights of Columbus
First Ave
Curtis Street
First Avenue
Don Lucarelli
Burbank St
Ayr-Way
S. University Boulevard
Mary Natalia
Victoria Ave
Morrow Man Shot in Thigh in Family Quarrel
A 39 year old Morrow man identified as Sonia Lascar was shot in the thigh by his brother Robert during a struggle over a 12 gauge shotgun at 8425 LaSeur in Warren County. Deputies report the shooting followed a quarrel about a call. the victim was listed in intensive care at Bethesda North Hospital after the 4:30 p.m. incident.
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Morrow
Bethesda North Hospital
Warren County
LaSeur
Roy Wallace
Sonia Lascar
Robert
DWI Charges Filed After Tytus Avenue Crash
Denzil Barnett 28 of 3508 Glencoe Street was northbound on Tytus Avenue at 2:20 a.m. when his vehicle crossed the road and collided with Joyce Metsker 1803 Tytus Avenue’s car. The impact demolished Ada Herb 1810 Tytus Avenue’s vehicle, sending both cars into 1812 Tytus Avenue yard. total damage about 1500 dollars. Barnett uninjured.
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Tytus Avenue
Denzil Barnett
Glencoe St
Tytus
Joyce Metsker
Tytus Ave
Ada
Herb
Barnett
Warren Nelson Attends Two Inaugurations in One Week
Warren Bud Nelson former highway safety director for Gov James A Rhodes attends Rhodes third inaugural in Columbus then flies to Atlanta for Gov George Busbee’s inauguration. A Republican who helped Rhodes in Warren County politics, Nelson notes Georgia ceremony’s patriotic tone and hints at a Rhodes administration role.
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Lebanon
Warren
Bud’’ Nelson
James A. Rhodes
Columbus
Rhodes
Atlanta
George Busbee
Nelson
Warren County
Georgia
Ohio
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Edward Kennedy
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Alfred Lewis “Ford
Hamilton
Glenn Pottenger
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Adelie Schneider
Carmen Ave
Colligan
Earl Blakely
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Sarah McQuire
Hanover St
Israel Baptist Church
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Busbee
Jimmy Carter
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Dodds Monuments
Verity
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Woodside Cemetery
Charles
Bud) Steller
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Central Ave
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Westinghouse
Melampy
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