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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 2004
Page
1
Local feature highlights Mippie Way and four Red players earning spots on the all star team. It notes Way’s coaching influence guiding athletes to top performance with emphasis on teamwork, discipline, and school spirit. Includes names of honorees and brief context from Page B1 and D1.
Takeru Kobayashi of Nagano Japan won the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating contest in New York. He ate 53 hot dogs in 12 minutes breaking his own record of 51.5 percent of the previous tally.
Pennsylvania lawmakers moved Sunday to authorize up to sixty one thousand slot machines to finance about one billion dollars annually for property tax reductions and public projects. Gov elect Ed Rendell expected to sign the measure as a major shift toward legalized gambling in the state. Local officials and supporters hailed the plan as recapturing money residents spend on slot play in neighboring states.
America marked its 228th birthday Sunday as Middletown unveiled a veteran memorial at Woodside Cemetery honoring 331 local servicemen and women who gave their lives and those serving today. The 54 by 8 foot granite wall caps years of planning by veterans groups, historical societies and citizens.
The family waits in fear as the militant Ansar al Sunna Army denies fatally injuring U S Marine Cpl Wassef Ali Hassoun amid reports and counter reports of his status from Beirut Tripoli and Baghdad. Hassoun was kidnapped a week ago near Iraq Syria border. relatives seek release and confirmation.
In a seven part series the Hamilton court system faces divorce chaos and calls for reform. Patricia Downing notes divorce cases reveal private lives before judges and jurists as the county weighs changes to domestic relations and juvenile court practices.
In Butler County a 2003 program from the Collaborative Family Law Association aims to ease painful divorces. Judges and lawyers acknowledge court battles can worsen family splits, though strategists say bulldog advocacy by attorneys is common.
Botkins businessman Tom Schnippel, longtime builder and head of Schnippel Construction, promotes National Capital I plans to create up to seven American Indian owned casinos in Ohio, including a Middletown project that could place a 25 largest US casino in the state. He frames his life story as rooted in northwest Ohio and family, with a firm history in churches, schools, and motels and stakes in Western Ohio properties.
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