Middletown study urges $2.2 million in school renovations
Middletown Area Chamber of Commerce Education Study calls for $2.2 million in renovations to McKinley Roosevelt middle schools and Amanda Taft elementary schools including new heating systems and upgraded facilities. The report emphasizes a Greater focus on basic skills across grades and recommends reading labs and adjusted course structures to boost literacy and writing.
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Middletown Area
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
McKinley
Roosevelt
Amanda
Taft
Lemon-Monroe
Middletown
Middletown school report highlights discipline, staffing, and diversity
The report cites unexcused absences as the top discipline issue while praising cooperation among administrators teachers and law enforcement. It notes staffing gaps including few black teachers and calls for mechanisms to address discrimination and pay concerns amid budget cuts and workload challenges.
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Middletown
Dutch warn Moluccans to free hostages or face action
The Dutch government urged South Moluccan terrorists to release 55 captives held in a train and a schoolhouse near Assen. Officials fear hostage health declines as 51 on the train show stress related symptoms. Prime Minister Joop den Uyl seeks mediators to urge surrender of the captors' demands and political aims.
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Assen
The
Netherlands
Holland
Jakob Nieveen
Nieveen
Theo J. van Hattem
Joop den Uyl
Josina Soumakis
Hassan Tan
Justice Ministry
Amin Hoax Haunts London Trip Claim Amid Royal Jubilee Talk
Ugandan radio spread a tale that Idi Amin had flown to London for the Commonwealth summit and would be carried shoulder high by Britons, fueling suspicion of a hoax as officials denied any arrival. Britain urged calm as Uganda barred its residents from leaving until Amin returns.
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London
Idi Amin
Uganda
Amin
Foreign Office
Radio
James Callaghan
Elizabeth
Libya
France
West Germany
Ireland
England
Europe
Nairobi Daily Nation
Kenya
Kampala
Amir
Britain
Clear skies and mild tonight with pleasant Friday forecast
Tonight will be clear with a low around 49 to 48. Friday should be mostly sunny with a high near 75. Rain probability remains near zero both nights. Yesterday’s high was 72 and the overnight low 49 with rainfall measured at 0.90 inches.
Middletown newspaper fragment mixes sections and notices
A jumbled OCR snippet shows sections like Comics, Markets, Sports, TV, Theaters, and vital statistics. It hints at local notices and columns but lacks clear events, people, or dates to identify a distinct story. The readable elements indicate a typical community page layout rather than a single item.
Source of Beverly Hills Supper Club Fire to be announced
Kentucky officials said the origin and cause of the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire that killed at least 161 might be revealed today or Friday. Coroner Dr. Stine and Police Commissioner Bran denburgh faced questions about body identifications as two women remained missing and two corpses were unnamed.
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Southgate
Kentucky
Kenneth Brandenburgh
Beverly Hills
FBI
Stine
Brandenburgh
Ohio teen denied Legion Boys State invitation finds alternative
Vishnu Srivastava, 17, a Columbus high school student, was refused admission to the Ohio American Legion Boys State as a foreigner. He has been invited to attend the Illinois Legion Boys State at Eastern Illinois University.
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Vishnu Srivastava
Columbus
Ohio American Legion
Illinois Legion
Eastern Illinois University
Night club fire in Abidjan leaves many dead and injured
A blaze gutted the Pacha Club in Abidjan early today. The French consulate reports 4 killed and four seriously injured after patrons trampled at the only exit. The center city club stood in a shopping center owned by Ismaili businessmen with no clear link to Aga Khan funds.
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Abidjan
Ivory Coast
Pacha Club
The
Accident of history reveals mom’s murder secret after 50 years
Clifford Doze, an Buffalo exterminator, finds a 1927 Buffalo News front page detailing the unsolved murder of his mother Grace Doze and the death of her husband Chester. He recalls his childhood and learns the case remained unsolved.
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Man
Mom
Buffalo, N.Y
Clifford Doze
Chester Street
Doze
Buffalo
Buffalo Evening News
Charles Lindbergh
Atlantic
Lindbergh
France
C.G. Doze
Lieved
Grace Doze
Chester
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Middletown Teachers Association
Miami University
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LMHS
Fenwick
Ohio
Alverna Williams
Lancaster House
Seychelles
Ann Landers
Heloise
Women’s New
African Club
Burns
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