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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1977
Page
9
Middletown residents face injuries as seven safety rules are urged by Fred Sennet of the Safety Council of the Middletown Area. He cites national NSC data showing nine fatalities elsewhere and 27,500 injuries in 1975.
The S Main Street Historic District on several blocks of S Main St from U S Hotel to 704 S Main St earned final Ohio approval. The district dates back to the late 1890s and may gain federal listing after state action. Residents asked city leaders to lower speed to 25 mph and curb truck traffic.
Middletown Campus of Miami University runs SummerArt Workshop '77 under Julie Nickell starting July 20 for grades 1 through 7. Classes meet weekdays 10 to noon, offering drawing painting sculpture ceramics crafts and more. Limited to 18 per grade, 12 days cost 10, registration ends July 13. An art show for parents closes the program August 4 in Johnston Hall.
Ohio Supreme Court upheld most parochiaid provisions while denying loaned equipment and field trip funding. Archdiocese officials and school principals weigh implications for speech services and remedial aid, with Middletown Christian and John XXIII considering future access under the ruling.
Benson Wolman of the ACLU of Ohio said the Supreme Court ruling is a mixed result with lingering disputes over state aid for parochial schools. He cited textbooks and medical services as allowed while field trips and equipment were denied and urged clarification on curbside mobile classrooms.
Police Chief Robert Reichard moved from intensive care to satisfactory condition at Middletown Hospital after two gunshot wounds. Brenda Lofland Prether is jailed on 60,000 bond, charged with attempted aggravated murder and aggravated arson after allegedly firing a pistol and starting a fire in Reichard’s Franklin apartment. A preliminary hearing was postponed to Tuesday.
Police and resident reported a five foot black snake under an air conditioner on S Breiel Boulevard. Officer Gary Gingerich used a stick to remove and relocate the reptile to a nearby field.
State Auditor Thomas E. Ferguson turned over the names of nine persons suspected of welfare fraud to the Stark County Prosecutor as part of a statewide probe begun last December. Approximately 16,448 dollars in welfare funds have been misused in Stark County, the 87th of 88 counties checked. Statewide, 304 persons in 28 counties are suspected of illicitly receiving 884,319 dollars in welfare payments.
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