Floridian generosity helps stranded family head home
A Middletown family stranded near Orlando with four dollars and a broken car received decisive support from strangers in Florida. More than $1,000 in cash and two bus tickets funded their return, with clothing, food, and job offers pouring in as drivers, motel staff, and a social service agency rallied around Robert Brewer, his wife Patricia, and their two children.
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Orlando
Fla
Middletown
Sunshine State
Robert Brewer
Patricia
David
Robert
Fort Lauderdale
Brewer
Middfest 78 Weekend Set With Games Rides and Music
Middfest 78 turns Middletown into a festival zone September 22 to 24. Events include an Appalachian Festival in City Centre Mart, children’s shows by Cincinnati groups, PRISM tours of historic homes, carriage rides, a mock Civil War battle in Smith Park, a southwest corner carnival, a German beer garden, two fun runs, a Sunday fly-in, Boy Scout demos, Pee Wee football and a parade. Race fees are 2.50 and 5.00. Contacts Cecil Runyan and Bill Uhl. Music by Local 321.
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City Centre Mart
American Repertory Theatre Group of
Cincinnati
Peanut Butter and Jelly Troupe
PRISM
South Main Street
Smith Park
City Centre
Middletown Area
YMCA
Athletic Attic
Towne Mall
City Centre Plaza
Middletown
Death of Morrow man ruled traffic fatality
Joseph Noesing of 7760 Gheils Carroll Road, 74, was found on Morrow Rossburg Road, autopsy showing internal injuries from a truck backing after he walked to close a gate. Troopers said he had been cutting wood and left the motor running when the pickup moved, dragging him about 150 feet before striking a culvert and post.
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Morrow
Morrow-Rossburg
Highway Patrol
Hamilton County
Joseph Noesing
Gheils-Carroll Road
Noesing
P&G Directors Vote Dividend Payment Details
Procter & Gamble Co directors have approved a 75 cent dividend per share payable on or after August 15. Owners of record as of July 21 will receive the dividend, the company announced from Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
Procter & Gamble Co
P&g
Middletown Board to review 1979 budget forecast
The Middletown Board of Education will meet tomorrow to discuss a calendar year 1979 budget that officials say may rise 6.74 percent due to inflation. Superintendent Samuel L. Dalton notes the budget depends on many ifs including property tax assessments and state funding, with a public hearing at 3 p.m. and a July 15 council deadline to approve and forward to the Butler County Tax Commission. Expenditures are expected to exceed 20 million dollars for the first time.
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Middletown Board of Education
Samuel L. Dalton
Butler County Tax Commission
Dalton
Downtown rezoning proposed to align plans by planners
The Department of Planning and Community Development urges six downtown zones to be rezoned to fit the master and urban renewal plans. Areas include City Centre Plaza and Main Street segments as well as the Trinity neighborhood. Officials cite demand for office space and higher density residential changes while noting a near 20 million dollar budget context and a tentative Sept. 13 public hearing.
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Department of Planning and Community Development
R Paul Christiansen
Planning Commission
City Centre Plaza
Reinartz Boulevard
Verity Parkway
Broad Street
City Centre Mart
Christiansen
Trinity
Manchester Avenue
Iglehart Street
Clark Street
Main Street
City Commission
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Fort Pierce
Ohio
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Kinser's Body Shop
Philadelphia Avenue
Christy Huang
Host Inn
the Journal
Phyllis Brewer
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Journal
Hazel Tolson
Deardoff Road
Franklin
Robert JR
Mnorlando Motel
Here
North Main Street
P&g Directors
C’s
Central Ave
Cecil Bishop
Sorg Mansion
Aya
Williams Termite and Pest Control
McGee’s Home & Garden
Jacksonburg
Eee
Vine
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