City eyes minibus cost for Ford Dial-A-Ride plan
City officials pressed Ford consultants for a total outfit cost after a private briefing. Four Ford experts said the program could work here but urged a staged rollout with three minibuses on one route. Estimated Mansfield cost was 400000 with half from federal grants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Commission
Ford
Ortman. Stewart Bus. Co
Clark
Ortman-Stewart
South End
Mansfield
Mansfield Bus Co
Eaton Man Bilked In Card Shell Game Confidence Scam
Three men nicknamed confidence men swindled an elderly Eaton resident of more than 15090 yesterday using a card based shell game. The victim gave them 15000 after they claimed they had 17000 and fled as luck turned. Police issued a statewide APB for the trio toward Widdletown on Ohio 122. no suspects yet.
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Eton
Eaton
Eaton Bank
Butler County
Widdletown
Ohio
Youths Grab Purse, Woman Is Injured
Police search for three or four young muggers who knocked 54-year-old Mildred Shoemaker to the pavement on Broad Street near the Manchester Motor Inn. They fled north with her purse. witnesses saw the incident. Firemen and medics treated her on scene before transport to Middletown Hospital for hip and leg injuries.
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Mildred Shoemaker
Malvern St
Manchester Motor Inn
Shoemaker
Worker Burns Across Sorg Plant in Accident
A 22 year old Dix Road man, Thomas Schmitt, employed at Sorg Paper Co, is in serious condition at Middletown Hospital after a kerosene and electrical transformer enclosure mishap at 12 30 p m yesterday. He suffered burns on both legs and his left shoulder and was scheduled for surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dix Road
Middletown Hospital
Thomas Schmitt
Sorg Paper Co. Employe
James C. Schmidt
Sorg Quality Control 8
Louise Schmidt
Middletown Public Library
Schmitt
Schmidt
Taft Director Leaves Hospital After Accident
Miss Rossella Harper aged 50 of 913 Delaware Ave was discharged from Middletown Hospital following injuries from a Tuesday afternoon automobile crash at University Boulevard and Manchester Avenue. She is director of Project Read at Taft Elementary School.
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Rossella Harper
Delaware Ave
Middletown Hospital
University Boulevard
Manchester Avenue
Japanese Ambassador Ushiba to Speak During November Observance
Nobuhiko Ushiba, the Japanese Ambassador to the United States, will speak in Middletown on November 6 during a 10 day Japan Week observance sponsored by the Council of World Affairs and Miami University Middletown Campus. The program runs through November 15 and includes Edo performers from Tokyo with public and student appearances.
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United States
Nobuhiko Ushiba
Japan
Middletown
Council of World Affairs
Miami University
Ray Fening
World Affairs Council
Charles Terhune
Ambassador Ushiba
Dave Finkelman
Edo
Tokyo
Feniig
Miami
Tri- Arts Council
Washington
Ushiba
Dentials
Phillip Shriver
Charles B. Fahs
Oxford
Fahs
Welcome Wagon Announces Middletown Hostess Mrs Shirley Shrout
Mrs Shirley Shrout is named Welcome Wagon hostess for Middletown by Welcome Wagon International based in Memphis Tennessee. She has served as an assistant hostess with Welcome Wagon for the past year. Her assistant is Mrs Marsha Goode who completed training in Columbus.
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Shirley Shrout
Middletown
Welcome Wagon International
Memphis, Tenn
Shrout
Jackson Lane
Welcome Wagon
Marsha Goode
el Camino Drive
Columbus
Columbus Lt. Voorhis Reinstated To Columbus Police
Common Pleas Judge Clifford Rader ordered rein statement for Lt. William Voorhis, a figure in last year's gambling payoff case involving police. Voorhis, 40, had been dismissed by Safety Director James Hughes on February 17, 1970, about two months after acquittal on federal gambling conspiracy charges.
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Columbus
Ohio
Common Pleas
Clifford Rader
William Voor
Voorhis
James Hughes
Children s Home Employee Charged With Embezzlement
A warrant charging two counts of embezzlement was served yesterday at the Butler County Children s Home. Joseph Elwood Hershy, 62, a house parent, was arrested. He had worked about a month at the 425 5. D. Si location. The charges arise from Miami County Common Pleas Court where he had been superintendent of the Miami County Children s Home.
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Hamilton
Butler County Children’s Home
D. Si
Joseph Elwood Hershy
Miami County Common Pleas Court
Hershy
Miami County Children's Home
Middletown High School Holds 1971 Commencement
The 554 member Middletown High School class of 1971 received diplomas in a dignified ceremony led by Principal Lewis Hill. Pamela Kay Gunter, 18, a National Honor Society member who has been bedridden since birth, was among the graduates as the band and Girls Glee Club provided music.
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Middletown High School
Pamela Kay Gunter
National Honor Society
Pamela
Carl Gunter Jr
Wicklow Lane
Clyde Gentry
Crawfordsville
Ind
George Thomas
Middletown Board of Education
Howard Schueller
William Schaefer
Carol Turrell
Robert Cordray
Jerry Brown
Lewis Hill
Denver Noggle
Girls’ Glee Club
Helen Weinberger
Sharon Trinkle
Robert Kramer
Walk for Mankind Fund Drive Lags Behind
Project Concern officials report less than half of Walk for Mankind participants have turned in money with a day left before the extended deadline. Regional director Mrs. Paul Garnett says about $16,000 to $17,000 is in, with $18,000 hoped for. Only about 18 percent responded by the May 28 deadline after an earlier shift, and officials have not decided on another deadline but will accept donations.
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Project Concern
Walk For Mankind
Paul Garnett
Fire Destroys Car On Shaker Road At Night
Firefighters extinguished a car blaze on Shaker Road near the 175 crossover at 9 50 p m. Robert Mapel of 4659 Union Road said his engine overheated and caught fire. Officials estimated the vehicle was a total loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Robert Mapel
Union Road
Shaker Road
Solows Taking No Chances in Redistricting
Rep. Samuel Stratton of New York explained his Paris trip as a plan to see what his newly redrawn district might include. He spoke to Siena College graduates about potential future reapportionment and his cautious approach to travel.
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Albany
N.Y
Samul Stratton
D-N.y
Stratton
Siena College
Paris
Indicted in Diamond Theft at GE Plant
Five persons faced charges for stealing up to $1 million in industrial diamonds from a General Electric plant in Worthington. Robert Eugene Wilson of Columbus was arrested on three counts of receiving stolen property. The remaining four suspects, including three former plant workers and a private security employee, were unnamed. The thefts spanned Jan 15 to March 1970, with $250,000 diamonds hijacked from a Delaware County truck in April 1970.
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Columbus, Ohio
General Electric
Worthington
Robert Eugene Wilson
Columbus
Delaware County
Agricultural Post Filled In Ohio
Gov. John Gilligan and Agriculture Director Gene Abercrombie announced Stephen Eldred as coordinator of the Mid American International Agri Trade Council in Ohio. Eldred, a University of Nebraska graduate, recently was discharged from the U.S. Coast Guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, Ohio
Stephen Eldred
Disturbances Close Middletown Freshman School
Police were called as disturbances persisted at Middletown Freshman High. Principal Don Reedy and Supt. Robert K Johnson ordered dismissal early after a white student and four Negro students fought. Report cards will be mailed. awards list to be announced.
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Middletown
Robert K
Johnson
Don Reedy
Middletown Board of Education
Charles Ewalt
Roeck
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Ford Motor Co
Walter Burkhart
Ortman Stewart
Board of Education
Thomas Ortman
Ortman - Stewart
Ortmann
Ortman
Man Bilked
Sorg
Taft
Children’s Home
MHS
Sheckler
Solows
Fiamanteen
Spencer Jewelry
Central Ave
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