Mansfield Dial-A-Bus program ends amid funding collapse
Ford initiated a year long Mansfield district dial-a-bus trial that will end Saturday after the city council failed to approve 44 000 for eight mini buses and residents saw higher tax rejection. Middletown approved a Ford feasibility study and local firms show interest in continuing mass transit experiments tied to private bus service.
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Middletown
Mansfield
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Ortman Stewart Transportation Co
Dayton Teachers Warn Of Fall School-Closing
Dayton teachers gathered at Roth High School where William Stoltz of the Ohio Educational Association warned the city’s schools may close next fall due to a $15 million debt. He said voters unlikely to approve a 25 to 30 mill levy and outlined a six day week for six months if closure occurs to meet 130 required school days.
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Dayton
William Stoltz
Ohio Educational Association
OEA
Stoltz
Roth High School
Smoking Hazardous To Wallet
Dayton imposes $100 fine and 30 days jail for smoking in public assemblies over 30 capacity. Ordinance exempts restaurants bars and night clubs and applies to stores and theaters. Fire Chief proposed after downtown fires in 1970.
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Dayton
Jerry L. Weissinger
Voting Hearing Opens
The first hearing by the Senate Elections Committee and the House Elections Subcommittee in Columbus considers extending rights to 18 21 year olds. Topics include legal contracts marriage property ownership and liquor sales. Ted W. Brown and John S. Andrews among witnesses with more hearings planned in major cities and universities.
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Columbus
Ohio
Statehouse
Senate Elections Committee
Stanley J. Aronoff
Cincinnati
Frederick N
Early Cancer Diagnosis Emphasized At Local ACS Meeting
Dr. Russell L. Malcolm Jr. urged early cancer detection at Middletown-Butler County American Cancer Society board meeting. He cited a rising lifetime cancer risk, noted progress in treatment, and stressed the role of ACS founded in 1913 and reestablished in 1945. Plans announced include a Phi Beta Psi style show on April 13, a Christmas card drive yielding 3200, and a crusade kickoff February 27 with April as Crusade Month and house-to-house canvassing on April 16–18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell L. Malcolm Jr
Middletown-Butler County
American Cancer Society
Malcolm
ACS
David Higbee
Phi Beta Psi
Cancer Society
Vangie Noll
Lloyd Nolan
Armco Reopens Middletown Plant After Last Recall
Armco Steel Corp. reports the final recall of 19 workers from layoff at Middletown Works, including 17 from Middletown and 2 from Hamilton plant. The move completes the 342 layoffs begun November 7. Townsley says the layoff is ended and new hires may begin in February.
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Armco Steel Corp
Middletown
Jim Townsley
Hamilton
Townsley
Car stolen in Middletown found along Ohio 122
A 1955-model automobile owned by Jack Tillett of 713 Perishing Ave was reported stolen from Dillman's Super Valu lot in Middletown. It was recovered about 11 p.m. yesterday along Ohio 122 one mile west of Middletown by County Deputy Gordon Schmidt.
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Jack Tillett
Perishing Ave
Dillman’s
Middletown
Ohio 122
Gordon Schmidt
Lamb seeks fourth six year term as municipal judge
Judge J T Lamb filed petitions at the Butler County Elections Office to run for a fourth six year term in the May primary. Filing deadline is 4 p.m. Wednesday. Lamb, Middletown native and 1947 U S Navy veteran, has served as municipal court judge since 1954 following Alton H Combs. He holds a Michigan BA and JD and is Naval Reserve lieutenant commander.
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J. T. Lamb
Butler County Board of Elections Office
Post Board
Lamb
Alton H. Combs
Middletown
Middletown High School
University of Michigan
U. S. Navy
Purse Taken By Thug On Wilbraham Road
An 18 year old Oxford State Road woman reported a man knocked her unconscious on Wilbraham Road after leaving a party at 2002 Wilbraham Road to retrieve her purse. She was found on the ground five minutes later by others searching for her. The assailant was described as having large hands and wearing gloves.
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Oxford State Road
Wilbraham Road
Pinewood Derby crowns Pack 13 winner at Spring Hill School
Bill Kent won first place in Pack 13 Pinewood Derby at Spring Hill School last night. Doug Yetzer placed second and Joey Curry third with Bobby Dietz fourth Tony Wilson fifth Bruce Hopper sixth. Awards went to Mark Brown Joey Curry Mark Hymer Doug Yetzer Doug Stumps Bobby Dietz David Perkins Buzzy Wright Beau Holiday Bill Kent Jamail Abusewai John Blythe David Hogin David Gomia Alan Cochran Tom Neal Tim Turner David Caldwell Jeff Clark Jimmy Pearson and Scotty Swarts.
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Bill Kent
Cub Scout Pack 13
Spring Hill School
Doug Yetzer
Joey Curry
Bobby Dietz
Tony Wilson
Bruce Hopper
Mark Brown
Mark Hymer
Doug Stumps
David Perkins
Buzzy Wright
Beau Holiday
Jamail Abusewai
John Blythe
David Hogin
David Gomia
I 75 Death Suit Filed Over Fatal Lebanon Collision
Peter Rudokas of Middletown sues Warren County Common Pleas for 252 352 in damages after the June head on crash near Monroe that killed his wife and four women. He cites funeral costs of 2300 and names Robert Ware of Florence Ky as sole survivor.
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Lebanon
Monroe
Peter Rudokus
Middletown
Warren County Common Pleas Court
Robert Ware
Florence
Ware
Alice Rowe
al J. Pfau
Pfau
Carol Anne Pfau
Elizabeth Spellmire
Rudokas
Rowe
Fenwick High School
No Skating At Smith Pond
John Paschal director of city parks and recreation said no ice skating on Smith Pond until further notice. He noted a 10 foot band of open water around the edge and open water and thin ice toward the middle preventing a clear skating surface.
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Smith Pond
John Paschal
City Parks and Recreation
Paschal
Deaths And Funerals Robert Stamper Sr
Services for Robert Raymond Stamper Sr. 33 Union will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at RL Ullmer & Son Kettering Chapel with burial in Evergreen Cemetery West Carrollton. Visitation Friday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Stamper died of pneumonia at Kettering Memorial Hospital after 12 days as a foreman at Dayton Plastics Co. He survived by wife Patricia a son Robert Jr two step-brothers and a brother among 15 grandchildren. The body will be taken to Richmond Kentucky for services and burial local arrangements by Anglesby Funeral Home.
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Robert Stamper
Robert Raymond Stamper
Union
Hubert Stamper
Middletown
RL. Ullmer & Son Kettering
Evergreen Cemetery
West Carrollton
Stamper
Kettering Memorial Hospital
Dayton Plastics Co
Patricia
Robert Jr
Larry
Lloyd Sexton
Willie
Royal Oak
Mich
Justice
Winterhaven
Fifa
Jasper
Kentucky
Charles Kindred
Dayton
Richmond
Anglesby
Mrs. Dora Foster 93 Dies at White Nursing Home
Mrs. Dora Foster, 93, formerly of 8470 Greenwood Drive, Franklin, died Wednesday at the White Nursing Home in Waynesville where she had resided two years. Surviving are two daughters Mrs. Grace Ross of Franklin and Mrs. Minnie Burrus of Richmond, Ky., and three sons.
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Franklin
Dora Foster
Greenwood Drive
White Nursing Home
Waynesville
Grace Ross
Minnie Burrus
Richmond
Charles A. Taylor Dies at 83 in Columbus
Charles A. Taylor 83 of Columbus formerly of Waynesville died Tuesday in Columbus. Services set for 2 p.m. Friday at Stubbs-Conner Funeral Home with viewing Thursday from 6 to 9 p.m. He is survived by a brother Clarence of Dayton.
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Waynesville
Charles A. Taylor
Columbus
Stubbs-Conner Funeral Home
Taylor
Clarence
Dayton
Obituaries of Mrs. Clare Becker Mrs. Mabel Hoffman and Marjorie Wells
Mrs. Clare Becker age 85 of 3620 Freeman Ave. Mass of the Resurrection 10 a.m. Friday at St. Stephen Church. Mrs. Mabel Hoffman 77 formerly of Hamilton now Coral Gables Fla services 9 a.m. Friday. Marjorie Wells five month daughter of Mr and Mrs Luther Wells Jr Williamsdale services 2 p.m. Friday.
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Clare Becker
Freeman Ave
St. Stephen’s Church
Mabel Hoffman
Coral Gables
Fla
Hamilton
Webb
Marjorie Wells
Luther Wells Jr
Williamsdale
Brown- Dawson
Local Boy 16 Dies in Falmouth House Fire
A Kirkpatrick family tragedy in Falmouth Kentucky leaves Middletown youth Calloway Combs Jr. 16 dead with siblings Lois Haddix 15 Karen 7 Patty 5 and David 14 among victims. Mrs Jessie Haddix 37 suffered severe burns and another son Paul Jr. 16 escaped with minor burns. The fire followed a kitchen explosion and the Combs house was owned by Stella Combs of Cincinnati. Services for Calloway Combs Jr. are set for Shackelford Funeral Home Campton Kentucky with burial in the Combs cemetery.
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Jessie Haddix
Paul Jr
Middletown
Falmouth
Calloway Combs Jr
Jill Combs
John Blanton
Stella Combs
Cincinnati
Paul
Combs
Janie Hollon
Yankee Road
Lois Haddix
Karen
Patty
David
Haddix
Blanton
Combs Boy
Shackelford Funeral Home
Campton
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Somat
Rte
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ARMCO
Ziya Ulgen
London
Cleveland
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Ulgen
Workers Insurance Association
Istanbul
Resat
Erden
Naval Reserve
C. W. Elliott
Tilmon ‘Ellison
Pack 13
Pinewood Derby
Bank Americard
G&g
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Central Ave
Lee
Arrow
Nunn- Bush
McGregor
Greathouse
Harry
C. E. Greathouse & Son. Inc
Maddie
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