Cooperation grows between City and ConRail on Manchester crossing
City, ConRail and state officials met with residents to discuss the Manchester Road crossing. Topics included a crossing gate, track maintenance, and whistle noise. Proposals include funding part of gate costs around 45 000 to 55 000 with possible state help and softer whistle options.
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Karen Garloch
ConRail
Manchester Road
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
PUCO
Manchester
The
Journal
Dave Schul
City Commission
Schul
Doty fund drive extended to meet expansion needs
The Doty House campaign pushed to 85 percent of its $417 330 goal and extended the drive one more week at the First National Bank downtown. Total pledges reached 356 200 with the contractors division leading at 9152 over its 5000 goal.
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Doty House
First National Bank
Contractors
Marvin Keller
Middletown Hospital
Middletown Lodge of the Loyal Order of Moose No. 501
Middletown Lions Club
Military Order of Cooties
Shiloh Club
Henry C. Meece
Butler County Children's Home director resigns
Frank L. Peterson, executive director since 1971, will resign Aug 1 to become assistant administrator at Holly Hill Children's Home in Cold Springs. Alan R. Schneider will handle administration until a new director is appointed. Peterson began in 1968, with prior roles at Beech Acres and Covington Protestant. The agency, founded 1869, withdrew from United Ways while seeking broader funding.
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Hamilton
Frank L. Peterson
Children’s Home Association
Butler County
Peterson
Children’s Home
Holly Hill Children’s Home
Cold Springs
Bruce M. Johnson Jr
Children’s Home Association Board
Holly Hill
Fairfield
Alan R. Schneider
Beech Acres
General Protestant Orphan Home
Cincinnati
Covington
Kentucky
Johnson
United Ways
Hamilton Fairfield
Middletown
Fire at Armco Steel area causes smoke and injuries
At 2 11 a m grease and oil in a pit at Armco Steel Corp Area A ignited by workers using a cutting torch and was extinguished by two hose lines. At 1 28 a m a Margie Looney 71 of 1109 Calumet Ave suffered breathing difficulties and chest pain, given oxygen and admitted to hospital with condition not available.
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Armco Steel Corp
Calumet Ave
Margie Looney
Plumber Bond Increase Approved by County Health
Butler County Board of Health approved a $3,000 increase in the plumber performance bond, raising it from $1,000 to $4,000. Health Commissioner John Harvey said the higher bond, effective Sept. 1 and renew able annually, ensures plumbers meet county standards.
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Hamilton
Butler County Board of Health
John Harvey
Harvey
Middletown Area News Friday July 23 1976
Local page highlights community events and notices in Middletown area. Sheriff’s report and school activities are listed alongside upcoming meetings and local sports results.
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Middletown
Area News
Youth Service Bureau director quits in Butler County
George Sahker will resign as executive director of the Butler County Youth Service Bureau in early August. Jane Malloy will serve as volunteer interim director as the agency faces funding troubles after a failed levy. Sahker leaves to become assistant professor at Georgia Southern University. The bureau will continue crisis therapy, shelter care, and runaway youth counseling with no service interruptions, while funding for STAY runs out and plans to reopen a Middletown residential center remain uncertain.
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Hamilton
George Sahker
Butler County Youth Service Bureau
Ment
Jane Malloy
John Bookman
YSB Board of Trustees
Journal
Sahker
Georgia Southern University
Statesboro
YSB
Justice Division
Youth Service Bureau
Bookman
Middletown
Red Cross chapter short of disaster fund quota
The Middletown Area Chapter of the American Red Cross remains short of its $3,957 quota. To date $2,836.50 has been received. Chapter chairman Garwood Wells urges more assistance in any amount, noting the year has been especially hard on the Red Cross.
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Middletown Area
American Red Cross
Garwood Wells
Kindness votes to uphold public works bill veto
Rep. Thomas N. Kindness 8th District Republican joins 95 others voting to sustain President Ford’s veto of a $3.95 billion public works jobs bill. He argues for private sector lasting jobs and notes $21 billion already authorized. Democrats may delay appropriations until late September before new measures.
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Congress
Thomas N. Kindness
Hamilton Republican
House
Ford
Kindness
Democrats
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