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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1962
Page
13
Mothers' March Chairman Mrs Donald Cross seeks volunteers for the 1962 New March of Dimes door to door march. About 30 workers will canvass city lanes wearing a golden key to symbolize unlocking progress in medical research for polio birth defects arthritis and related diseases. Contact Garden 83 1700 for details.
A five page letter from four sponsors to 2,200 residents south and east of Middletown outlines financial gains and more services from annexing 8,404 acres. It cites tax and utility shifts, water and sewer rate cuts, and reduced garbage charges while noting fire, police, street, zoning, and health services would join city offerings. no school boundary changes.
State county and local officials conferred two hours on removing a gravel bank blamed for the ice jam near Twin Creek west of Franklin. Miami Conservancy District chief Mitchell will hire a private amphi bus truck with drag line to clear the obstruction, then resume blasting if residents sign petitions limiting county liability. Officials debated responsibility and sought emergency action, with a February 2 meeting set to discuss flood control steps and costs.
Ohio highways official Joseph M. Unger announced a 22 mile four lane Dayton Belt Route to circle the city’s east side designated Interstate 675. The $42.95 million project, funded 90 percent by the federal government, includes eight interchanges and possible start in 1965.
The Franklin School Board approved a record 1,609,905.64 budget for 1962 with a general fund of 1,312,712.52 and a salary total of 786,000. The board also authorized a Franklin band trip to the Indianapolis 500 in May, saying it would be a feather in the cap for the local band. Contingency funds and capital outlay were outlined, with state foundation and local taxes listed as major income sources. The board also supported Ohio High School Athletic Association recruitment case, discussed a potential new league including multiple districts, and confirmed several staffing changes and new custodians.
Ashland Ohio AP Dr Hi ram Petty Ashland County health commissioner orders all Loudonville schools closed for the rest of the week due to high absenteeism from sickness.
Huntsville Alabama AP Kitchen police ends at the Army Ordnance Guided Missile School Redstone Arsenal commandant Col William J McPherson says KP duty wastes time away from missile maintenance work. Civilian contractors will wash dishes and swab floors.
Ohio Attorney General McElroy ruled boards cannot waive tuition for due payments, a policy Middletown districts have long followed. Foreign exchange pupils enrolled locally or living with relatives may attend without tuition. tuition applies to others, with approval by the district superintendent.
A cigarette started a fire yesterday in a storage building at the Wildwood Golf Club on Aberdeen Drive causing $150 in damage. The one story steel structure sustained $100 in building damage and $50 to contents. Firefighters also reported minor damage at the Fiessinger home on McKinley Street and responded to alarms on Columbia Avenue and N Main Street with no fire found. A car owned by Marilyn Buchanan had a steaming motor with no address listed.
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