Ford visit planning ramps up with city coordination
Middletown officials and Secret Service have been meeting since last Wednesday to stage President Ford's appearance. Traffic will be rerouted around Central Avenue and Verity Parkway as 90 to 120 water drums are placed for crowd control and a stage is erected for the address. A proclamation declaring President Ford Day will be read and a key to the city presented by City Commission Chairman Tom Blake.
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Washington
Russell Dwyer
Dave Schul
Central Avenue
Verity Parkway
Ford
Clinton Street
Manchester Avenue
Main Street
Manchester
Main
First Avenue
Vail Avenue
Public Service Department
President Ford
City Commission
Tom Blake
Secret Service
Hos En
Dwyer
Vic Anvil
Central
Verity
Middletown
Butler County
Ice Reserve
React Communications
Public Service Division
Summer school signup set for Middletown district
Middletown School District opens its summer school signup Monday at the high school summer office. Sessions run June 14 to July 30 8 am to noon for middle and high school. elementary instruction begins June 14. Fees: 45 residents 75 non residents 5 driver education 20 basketball clinics.
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Middletown
Johnny Paycheck Files Bankruptcy Petition in Nashville
Country singer Johnny Paycheck files for personal bankruptcy in Nashville listing assets of 153232 dollars and debts totaling 488611.29 dollars. The petition details a high debt load amid ongoing music career.
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Johnny Paycheck
Nashville
Ford Visit Prompts City Parking and Traffic Changes
Police announce parking restrictions for President Ford visit in Middletown. Mall garage to be primary parking with limited spots along Broad Street and Manchester Avenue. Traffic rerouted from 6 p.m. today. cars on Central Avenue will be towed if left by 8 a.m. tomorrow. Spectators barred above ground at the site and garage.
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Ford
Mall
Broad Street
Manchester Avenue
Earl Smith
Middletown
Smith
Bell introduces electronic switching at local exchange
Ohio Bell switches to the Electronic Switching System ESS end of operator era at the Middle town exchange. Call forwarding conference calling and international direct distance dialing become possible as the system aims to speed up service. Some delays may occur this weekend pending a Dayton area operators strike.
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Dayton
Bell System
United States
Bell
Middletown
Ohio Bell
Trenton
Monroe
Franklin
Springboro
Dayton Area
State Street to Close for Sewer Construction Next Week
State Street in downtown Trenton will close to through traffic starting Monday for sewer work. Contractors expect about one week of closure with detours set up. City Manager Melvin Ruder aims to lay lateral lines with trunk sewers to avoid a second closing. The council also scheduled a public work session for 8 p.m. Wednesday to discuss garage sale regulation and weed-cutting ordinance revisions.
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Trenton
Melvin Ruder
Ruder
George Jackson
Council
Albert to retire as House Speaker ending era
House Speaker Carl Albert announced plans to retire from Congress at year’s end. The 68 year old Democrat, nicknamed the little giant, cited reaching his 70th birthday as a limit after decades of leadership during Watergate and other crises.
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Washington
House
Carl Albert
Albert
Rep
John McCormack
Massachusetts
Thomas P O'Neill
John Rhodes
R-Ariz
Spiro Agnew
Richard M. Nixon
Wayne Hays
Fire destroys 1973 car owned by Allen Pell
Fire at 8:38 p.m. destroyed a 1973-model car valued around $3,000 due to a leaking fuel line. The vehicle owned by Allen Pell located at 301 Jamaica Road Carlisle burned under the hood and behind the dash at 1601 Tytus Avenue.
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Allen Pell
Jamaica Road
Carlisle
Tytus Avenue
Fire incident and car collision report
Fire ran yesterday at 4115 Roosevelt Ave with Donnie Forbes 19 admitted to hospital but released. A separate crash on 1004 Jackson St involved Dan Wescott of 2112 Cincinnati Road due to an electrical short causing 10 damage.
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Roosevelt Ave
Donnie Forbes
Jackson St
Dan Wescott
Cincinnat Oa Road
Deaths and Funerals Mention Harold Barnes and Ervin Jewett
Harold Barnes 62 of 420 E Fourth St died yesterday in Middletown Hospital after a stay since May 19. Retired from Miami Paper Co in 1962 he served 15 years as church clerk at Missionary Baptist Temple. Burial at Woodhill Cemetery Tuesday after 10 am service at the Temple. Also listed are Ervin Jewett 33 formerly of Lebanon who died in East St Louis with services set for Tuesday at Oswald Funeral Home and Lebanon Cemetery burial. He is survived by parents and siblings.
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Franklin
Harold Barnes
E. Fourth St
Middletown
Miami Paper Co
West Carrollton
Missionary Baptist Temple
William
Urbana
French
Sarasota
Fla
Anna Lewis
Eddie Bates
Woodhill
Lebanon
Ervin Jewett
East St. Louis
Oswald Funeral Home
Lebanon Cemetery
Vid Jewett
David Jr
Sylvia Heard
Ruby Shields
Delores Jewett
Cincinnati
Sharon Jewett
Miami University Middletown offers tennis courses
Three eight week tennis courses start tomorrow at the Middletown campus. Each class meets once a week on Mondays with times for beginners 10 45 to 12 15 advanced beginners 9 to 10 30 and intermediate 12 30 to 2 00 at the campus tennis courts. Fee is 30 dollars. Instructor is Larry Goldsmith. Call 422 2741 extension 214 to register.
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Continuing Situation Office
Middletown
Miami University
Larry Goldsmith
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Young
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Down
Mansfield
O'Neill
Eaton Funeral Home
Your Heart Association
Oscar Koeppel
Butter Co
Union Sanitary Sweepstakes
Fairmount
Park St
Ind Ave
Grand Ave
Gideon Ra
Trenton Shopping Center
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