Hill warns Middletown on state funding reliance at board meeting
At Middletown High School, Principal Lewis Hill urged taxpayers not to count on state funds, citing a proposed 14 million dollar Ohio schools allocation and noting it would be unlikely to significantly help each district. Superintendent Dalton urged community cooperation to boost financing.
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Middletown
Lewis Hill
Samuel Dalton
Stan Kjelby
Sands Ave
Kjelby
Dalton
Marion McEvoy
James Mack
Rossella Harper
Middletown Teachers Association
MTA
Ohio Association of Public School Employes
The
Association of School Principals
Patricia Tibbs
Gene Saylor
Police slowdown blurs extent as city weighs action
City officials plan to review the police slowdown with the law director and city manager after a midnight start. Fraternal Order of Police members halted most traffic stops and arrests unless safety was at risk, while AFSCME locals supported the action but postponed their own measures. Court data show police activity last period contributed about $175,000 to the general fund from fines and costs.
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City Commission
Tilmon Ellison
Commission
Tom Blake
Blake
Ohio
Fraternal Order of Police
Ta-Ho
Crawford Street
Dale Helse
Russell Dwyer
FOP
Lou Rossi
City to discuss mall citizen committee members
City Commission planned executive session at 5 p.m. to discuss proposed members of a downtown mall and parking garage study committee. Names were submitted by Commissioner Ray Fening, with others urging delay and seeking inclusion in selection.
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Ray Fening
Mary Alice Mack
Feniig
Middletown
Kindness Questions Kissinger Policy Shifts
U S Rep Thomas N Kindness in Topeka Kansas criticizes Kissinger policy of buying friends and questions the State Department head amid detente debate He says no inside info on a resignation but signals potential policy changes.
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U.S
Thomas N. Kindness
Topeka
Kan
Henry Kissinger
State Department
Kissinger
Secretary of State
Indictment Returned in Hamilton Slaying
Richard N. Wagner, 42, of Hamilton, was indicted by a Butler County grand jury on two counts of aggravated murder with specifications for the strangulation death of Mrs. Violette Schisler in her Hamilton home last week.
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Hamilton
Richard N. Wagner
Butler County Grand Jury
Wagner
Violette Schisler
Hughes re elected United Way head for third term
Gordon E. Hughes was elected to a third term as president of the Middletown Area United Way at the annual meeting though he could not attend. Armco vice president Hughes led a slate of re elected officers including Frank R. Myers first vice president James Saunders second vice president and KS Weatherwax Jr treasurer.
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Gordon E. Hughes
Middletown
United Way
Hughes
Armco
Steel Group
United Way Board of Governors
Frank R. Myers
James Saunders
KS. Weatherwax Jr
Arrell
Richard Leichty
Bill Best
James Kunkler
Bernard Annenberg
Lewis Weishofer
Saunders
Pat Beatty
Huber Newcomb
Joseph McKelvey
Myers
Weatherwax
Leichty
Calvin F. Lloyd
Peg Manning
Frank ©. Neal
William E. Rathman
Preble Shawnee Board Tables Tax Rate in Camden
The Preble Shawnee school board delayed mailing property tax bills after tabling a resolution to accept rates set by the Preble County Budget Commission. They seek more information on newly assessed values before a Feb 11 meeting at 7 p.m. in Camden. The district would gain about 250000 annually in tax revenue due to revaluation, but voting millage and state funding rules constrain further rolls.
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Camden
Preble Shawnee
Preble County Budget Commission
Larry Banfield
Banfield
Paul Buehner
Robert Shockey
Assault by hitchhiker reported in Butler County
Keith A. Lawson 2813 G St told deputies he picked up a hitchhiker at 1 a.m. on Ohio 744 west of Ohio 122. The man beat him robbed him of the vehicle and the car was later found on 744 east of Shurz Road with three flat tires.
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Middletown
Butler County
Keith A. Lawson
G St
Ohio 744
Ohio 122
Shurz Road
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Middletown High School
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Blue Shield
Mall Citizen Committee
Kansas Federation of Republican
Central Ave
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Hamburger
Preble
Civic Association
National United Way
Robert Arrell
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