Middletown School Board Approves Office Experience Equipment
The Middletown school board approved bids totaling 34380 to equip two intensive office classrooms at Middletown and Lemon Monroe High Schools. IBM bid 24910 for 46 typewriters and Office Outfitters 19470 for 50 desks and 50 chairs. The purchases fund simulated offices to teach secretarial skills with state support for teachers. The board defended higher bids for better service and performance. Dr. John Perkins will lead mandatory school bus driver examinations under state law.
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Middletown
Lemon-Monroe
IBM Co
Office Outfitters, Inc
N. Main St
Middletown High School
Lemon-Monroe High School
IBM
Office Outfitters
Herman Rottinghaus
Finnce
John Perkins
School Health Services
County to appeal air conditioner case ruling
Hamilton Butler County commissioners authorize the county prosecutor to appeal the air conditioner suit won by Area II Court Judge William Hendrickson over office cooling. They cite a constitutional separation of powers issue while approving funds for Domestic Relations Court and health services. A Bicentennial flag event is planned and Grunau Inc wins a fire protection contract for the new county administration building.
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Hamilton
Butler
William Hendrickson
Hendrickson
Clerk of Courts
Judicial Branch
U.S
County Health Department
Home Health Services Division
Butler County Fairgrounds
Grunau, Inc
Cincinnati
Fire damages Middletown Gospel Assembly Church furnace area
A late afternoon blaze at the Middletown Gospel Assembly Church on Oxford State Road caused about 4000 in damage mainly to the furnace room. Firefighters were called at 4 04 p m and contained the fire in 45 minutes with smoke damage elsewhere. Assistance came from Monroe and other departments. space was offered by Amanda United Methodist Church for services.
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Middletown
Colvin
South Middletown
Monroe
LeSourdsville
Trenton
Amanda _ United Methodist Church
Oxford State Road
Gospel Assembly Church
Fire damages 1966 auto on Nelbar Street. injuries report
Fire at 1100 block Nelbar Street damaged a 1966 auto owned by Lance Darnold causing $150 in damage. Earlier incidents include Floyd Curtis age 76 admitted with breathing difficulty after oxygen treatment and release. Katy Turner age 67 also treated and released after oxygen administration.
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Nelbar Street
Lance Darnold
Marty Lee
Ladder touches power line. two brothers injured in accident
In Cincinnati a 34-foot aluminum ladder contacted a 7 200 volt power line killing 21 year old Michael Schrader of Covington Kentucky and seriously injuring his 16 year old brother Ronald Schrader They were working on air conditioning units on a new four story apartment complex
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Michael Schrader
Covington
Ronald Schrader
Cincinnati
Friday and Saturday Book Sale for Arthritis Drive
The Arthritis Foundation hosts a two day book sale at its campaign HQ a former service station at Verity Parkway and Manchester Avenue to raise funds. General chair Joe Shepperd notes strong public support and volunteers including Girl Scout Troop 101 have sorted books by genre with prices from ten cents.
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Manchester
Verity
Sheckler
Arthritis Foundation
Verity Parkway
Manchester Avenue
Joe Shepperd
Girl Scout Troop 101
Metz Seeks Middletown School Board Seat
Robert A. Metz 36 longtime Middletown city planner announced his candidacy for one of three open seats on the Middletown Board of Education. He highlighted his planning background and commitment to diverse, well informed policymaking, noting extensive local civic work and a push to attract and retain quality teachers.
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Arthur Lennie
Samuel L. Dalton
Dalton
Robert A. Metz
Michigan
Cleveland
Shaker High School
Miami University
University of Oklahoma
Jane
Metz
YMCA
CB radio stolen from Trenton resident in driveway
Police investigate overnight theft of citizens' band radio equipment worth 240 dollars from Larry Beiser's car parked at 431 Kenwood Lane. Fingerprints have been sent to the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation for analysis.
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Trenton
Larry Beiser
Kenwood Lane
Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation
Cable TV technicians aid Canton after tornado damage
Two chief technicians from Miami Valley Cable Inc. were sent to Canton Illinois to repair disrupted cable and electrical systems after yesterday's tornado. Tele Communications Co. regional manager Jerry Blount said Greg Fawns and Kalvin Smith from Hamilton joined the emergency response.
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Miami Valley Cable Inc
Canton
Ill
Jerry Blount
Tele Communications Co
Miami Valley
Greg Fawns
Kalvin Smith
Hamilton
Tele Communications
Two Juveniles Nabbed After Eagles Lodge Burglary
Police arrested two boys ages 15 and 16 after they broke into the Fraternal Order of Eagles Lodge at 2907 S. Main St and pried open vending machines. They had stolen cash and change and admitted a prior burglary at the same lodge on June 4. They face juvenile court on burglary charges.
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Order of Eagles Lodge
S. Main St
Lemon Township
Trenton
Butler County
Eagles Lodge
Middletown
McConnell Radiator Service
Jefferson Road
Dune Buggy-Tractor Crash Kills Mason Man
A Mason man, Sherman E. Blevins, 32, died in a collision between a dune buggy and a tractor-trailer at 1010 Reading Road. His brother James, 39, was critically injured and moved to Providence Hospital Cincinnati after a Mason Life squad transport. Police said details are under investigation. no citations issued.
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Mason
Reading Road
Sherman E. Blevins
Western Row Road
James
Providence Hospital
Cincinnati
Mason Life Squad
Bethesda North
Newspaperboy Fractures Ankle In Bike Accident
Fourteen year old Mike Creech of 2801 Armco Drive was riding downhill on Aberdeen Drive toward University Boulevard when brakes failed and his bicycle struck a stop sign. He was taken to Middletown Hospital with a broken ankle.
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Mike Creech
Armco Drive
Aberdeen Drive
University Boulevard
Creech
Middletown Hospital
Middletown Plans 75 HUD Subsidized Housing Units
Seventy five subsidized housing units are to be developed in Middletown under HUD’s Section 8 program. Twenty five new units and fifty rehabilitated units will be built for low income families with HUD rent assistance. Proposals die by August 15.
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Middletown
The
Poggia of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Secion 8
H. J. Vaillancourt
Department of Community Development
Columbus
Police Briefs In Peastown Two Boys Seized On Bike
Two 14 and 15 year olds on a bicycle were stopped at Shafer Street and Miami Avenue at 6am. They claimed the bike was found in a ditch near the Peasttown railroad trestle after fishing in Twin Creek. Police confiscated the bike and contacted one boy's father.
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Shafer Street
Miami Avenue
Peasttown
Twin Creek
Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser by Mt. Zion Junior Choir
The Junior Choir of Mt. Zion Baptist Church will sponsor a pancake breakfast at the church this Saturday starting at 6 30 a m. Proceeds support church youth activities and programs.
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Mt. Zion Baptist Church
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Yandee Rd
Journal
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Gross Lumber CO
Carlisle
Illinois
Anchor
John Miller
Malvern St
Elmer Holbrook
Garfield St
John Pelfrey
Sidney Womack
Hawkins Road
Ayr Way
Virgil Ferris
Baltimore St
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SUVA
Dayton RD
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