Middletown approves bonds for Southwest Ohio Steel project
City Commission authorized an ordinance with a Hamilton firm to issue up to 3 million in industrial revenue bonds to finance land purchase and a plant for Southwest Ohio Steel in the MADE tract at Todhunter and Yankee. The bonds act as conduit financing with no city burden, while widening sewer and water mains and setting $1,000 per acre tap-in charges. SOS plans warehouse use and about 30 hires as construction proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Southwest Ohio Steel, Inc
Yankee and
Todhunter Road
Hamilton
Middletown Growth, Inc
Southwest
Ohio
SOS
Community Improvement Corporation
Armco
CIC
Southwest Ohio Steel
Middletown Area
East Middletown
Yankee Road
Armco Steel Corp
Ruthven First Aim to Open Limited Goldfinch Print Sale
John A. Ruthven unveils The Goldfinch at the Arts in Middletown Wildlife Ball launching a five year AIM Ltd Edition Prints series. Only 600 signed prints per painting, sold for 50 dollars with proceeds aiding AIM and Middletown groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Ruthven
Arts In
Middletown
AIM
Middletown Symphony Orchestra
Middletown Fine Arts Center
Campus Community Players
Ruthven
Compton
Joe Tuttle
Peggy Verity
Ann Browning
Sam Ashworth
Carol Ernst
Beth Ann Wilson
Carol Nan Wheat
Ayr-Way halts sale of Tris treated clothing in three markets
U S District Judge S Hugh Dillin ordered Ayr-Way Stores Inc to stop selling children's clothing treated with the flame retardant Tris. The injunction follows a Justice Department suit after the Consumer Product Safety Commission banned Tris-treated apparel for cancer and genetic damage risks. A 10 day moratorium is in place with a June 17 hearing set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ayr-Way Stores Inc
Tris
U.S. District Court
S. Hugh Dillin
Justice Department
Ayr- Way
Federal
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Ayr-Way
Louisville
Cincinnati
Dillin
Butler County Heart Association Passes $66 719 in Past Year
Butler County branch of the American Heart Association reports 66 719 total for the period July 1 1976 to May 30. Heart Sunday contributed 29 425 85 with bequests memorials and gifts also listed. The Middletown area received several awards and board members were elected including John Reznor and Joe Ann Keller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler County
American Heart Association
Charles Sutter
Middletown Hospital
Local Heart Association
Heart
Jackie McMurray
Middletown
Sutter
Kathy
Middletown Area
Raymond Brown
Fred Cooper
Cousins
Lee Dunlap
Gerri Hart
Mae King
Trenton
Charles Kresge
Russell L. Malcolm Jr
McMurray
Joe Schramm
Jack Sizer
Fred Wilson
Billy Carter to judge diving contest in Vancouver
Billy Carter will judge a belly flop and cannonball diving contest at the World Belly Flop and Cannonball Diving Championships in Vancouver on July 23, as promoter Tom Butler markets the event. The President's brother makes another public appearance in the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
British Columbia
Billy Carter
Tom Butler
Middletown Sertoma Club installs new officers
Lewis Hill of Middletown becomes president of the Middletown Sertoma Club at the Manchester Inn. Hill, former Middletown High principal, succeeds James Jordan and receives the club citizenship award from 1972. Others installed include Walter Cobaugh as president elect and officers Curtis Fay Finney Ludewig Gingerich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Hill
Middletown
Sertoma Club
Manchester Inn
Hill
Todhunter Road
Monroe
Middletown High School
James Jordan
Walter Cobaugh
David Curtis
Jack Fay
Fred Finney
Frank Ludewig
Ralph Gingerich
Sergeant At Arms Board
Dave Armbruster
Jim Armbruster
Bert Lerch
Jack Kuhlman
Fred Ziegler
Lynn Young Jr
Fire chief urges public exits announced at gatherings
Fire Chief Vic Anvil proposed that exit locations be announced at large gatherings. He cites the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire as the reason and plans to seek legislative support for required lighted and sufficient exits, with a five year rebuild window. City employees will also view fire extinguisher training films.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester Inn
Rotary Club
Vic Anvil
Beverly Hills
Anvil
Rotary
William Donham
Donham
Donald E. Lukens
Denham
Columbus
Paul Leonard
AUVIL
Walter Bailey
Combs Murder Trial Set After Suppression Denied
Hamilton Ohio The trial for George E. Combs 37 of 529 Garfield St Middletown is set for June 20 after his motion to suppress evidence was overruled by Butler County Common Pleas Judge Fred B Cramer The 1972 Surfside Inn shooting on Tytus Avenue Middletown left waitress Sylvia Rodgers dead and Combs faces a weapon under disability charge in addition to first degree murder allegations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
George E. Combs
Garfield St
Middletown
Butler County Common Pleas
Fred B. Cramer
Combs
Surfside Inn
Tytus Avenue
Sylvia Rodgers
Commissioners hear complaint on meal program move
Three Morrow residents tell Warren County commissioners that the relocation of the nutrition program for elderly lunches to Mason leaves Morrow seniors without daily service. They argue more local sites could be found as two other Morrow locations fell through. Council on Aging Director David Smith cites cost and coverage, noting Mason serves more elderly residents. Dial-A-Bus will transport Morrow and Lebanon areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Morrow
Mason
Warren County
Charles Klaserner
Edythe Snyder
Council On Aging
David Smith
Smith
Methodist Church
Engineers society installs officers at Monroe event
William Winegar leads the Miami Valley Chapter of the National Society of Professional Engineers at Congress Inn Monroe with Tom Kramer and John Eisenmann as officers. Residents to Mason site weekly. prior transport to Morrow three to five days weekly. Council on Aging faces funding and donation questions under Older Americans Act. Bridge repairs to Weisenberger Road near Pekin Road require a two week closure beginning Monday.
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William Winegar
el Camino Drive
Miami Valley
National Society of Professional Engineers
Congress Inn
Monroe
Mason Site
Smith
Morrow
Council On Aging
Klaserners
Snyder
Craig Pendleton
Weisenberger Road
Pekin Road
Deaths in Lebanon and Wayne County Obituaries
Obituaries note Ida W. Blaser 83 of Otterbein Home died there. services at Otterbein Chapel and burial in Otterbein Cemetery. Orpha N. Githens 74 of 8442 N Ohio 48 died at Washington Manor South. funeral Friday at Stubbs Conner with burial in Miami Cemetery Corwin. extensive survivor list. Hamilton area deaths list include Robert Lewis Shepherd 43 George S. Shelton 74 Charles Allen 80 Mrs Mary E. Dempsey 89 with service details and burial plans.
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Lebanon
Ida W. Blaser
Otterbein Home
Waynesville
Orpha N. Githens
Ohio
Washington Manor South
Githens
Springboro
N. Y
Martha J. Morgan
New Carlisle
Linda L Wasleff
Covington
Harold Mills
Franklin
Ralph Mills
Opal Harris
Otterbein
Stubbs. Conner Funeral
Melvin Alkire
Miami Cemetery
Corwin
Funeral
Hamilton
Robert Lewis Shepherd
Chestnut St
Hall-Jordan
George S. Shelton
Pleasant Ave
Zettler
Charles Allen
New Miami
Brown- Dawson
Mary E. Dempsey
Bradenton
Fla
Rose Hill Burial Park Chapel
Brown-Dawson
Argentine director Luis Amadori dies at 74
Buenos Aires reports the death of Luis Cesar Amadori journalist composer and one of Argentina s best known film directors at age 74. He passed away Sunday ending a noted career in cinema and journalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Luis Cesar Amadori
Singers from Middletown campus to tour Austria
The Campus Community Chorale of the Middletown Campus Miami University will take 35 singers and 47 family members to Austria for a tour, totaling 82 travelers. Chorale director Warren Parker leads a program of religious, folk, classical, and spiritual pieces across several Austrian cities. The four year old group draws members from Middletown, Monroe, Franklin, Germantown, and Hamilton. they depart Friday from the campus, drive to Detroit, then fly to Austria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Miami University
Erale
Janet Crawford
Bri
Austria
Monroe
Franklin
Germantown
Hamilton
Warren Parker
Detroit
Two Shot Through Window in Carolina Street Shooting
In a midnight Carolina Street home shooting, Ronald G. Gross 35 Germantown and Judy Taylor 31 were struck as seven shots fired from a side window hit the living room. Gross suffered two knee hits, Taylor a right arm wound and both were treated. Taylor released. A suspect was arrested 15 to 20 minutes later at a Jefferson Road bar and held for further investigation. No weapon recovered.
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Carolina Street
Middletown Hospital
Ronald G. Gross
Catherine Court
Germantown
Judy Taylor
Carolina
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John Ruthven
South Main St
Compton, Tuttle
Wilson
Mrs. Wheat
Jim Friend
Ashworth
Blasde Reardon
Bill Schneider
Judy
Georgetown
N. Verity Parkway
Join Ruthven the Goldfinch
Heart Association
John Dobrozsi Jr
Ins., Inc
First Ave
O. GA
Sertoma
Charles Cox
Sertoma International
Les Detrick
Kettering
Engineers Society
Winegar
Tom Kramer
Midwest Technical
John Eisenmann
City of
Ida Blaser
Orpha Githens
Cal
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