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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1977
Page
13
Extreme cold blanketed southern Ohio for two weeks with a new low of 21 below zero and a wind chill near 40 below. Water mains ruptured leaving offices without water while crews handled outages and towing firms stopped taking stranded motorists. Armco Steel Corp. slashed operations due to fuel shortages as temperatures plunged.
Bitter weather shuts schools and prompts a flood of calls to The Journal requesting snowman photographs. Residents report whimsical displays from a bicentennial snowman on Village East apartments to a 12 foot showman on Wilson Street, with many homes showing snow sculptures and oddities as crews work to fix water mains and deals with frozen lines citywide.
January 17 1977 Middletown page13 reports community happenings including council actions, school notes, and upcoming civic events with brief updates from local organizations and residents.
Police questioned a 43 year old man over a stabbing of a 17 year old at his Middletown home after a disturbance at the Archway Cafe. The victim was treated for three back wounds and released from Middletown Hospital.
City planner Dave Clark will be guest speaker at 7 30 pm in the CG and F auditorium corner Main Street Middletown Mall for a Historic Preservation and Adaptive Reuse discussion. The PRISM group formed last May to promote preservation of the Main Street area designated a historic preservation area under the city's federal Community Development program and an application was recently filed to place it on the National Register of Historic Places.
Samuel Dalton will determine today whether schools will be open tomorrow based on tonight's forecasted cold, building heating, bus readiness, and potential unanticipated issues. About 6,000 non bus students may face frostbite risk if walking and district staff will brief Dalton and Herman Rottinghaus on conditions.
The city commission will discuss posting no smoking signs by building owners and an amended city REACT contract raising payments from 225 to 345 annually. A zoning ordinance change would shorten violation compliance from 90 days to 1–90 days, second reading following public hearing. Law Director Tilmon Ellison resigns at month end.
Most area 2A schools closed today while Middletown Christian remained in session despite the cold. Valley View stayed listed as open when others were scheduled to close.
Cold weather forces several Middletown gatherings to be canceled or postponed. The Middletown Public Library Bookmobile is not operating today. A public hearing on the City Community Development application for 1977 funding is canceled and may be rescheduled. Valley View classes and a school board meeting were called off due to extreme cold but may be rescheduled.
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