Inflation And Budget Projections Highlight Middletown City Budget
Middletown officials warn continued inflation could force budget cuts in coming years. Finance Director Robert Ritter outlines a 1979 estimated budget of 9.6 million in revenues and 10.6 million in expenses, with a 1.3 million 1978 balance to bridge the gap. The general fund balance is projected to shrink to about 416000 by December 1979, but remains in balance.
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Middletown
Robert Ritter
Ritter
General Fund
Spaeth Elected as Boys State Closes Parade Sets Record
BOWLING GREEN Ohio AP All 1400 delegates to Buckeye Boys State and 100 counselors and Legionnaires joined a closing parade during nine day event at Bowling Green State University first held here. Chester Stellar president of the American Legion Boys State Inc praised the turnout as one of the largest demonstrations for America. Lester Spaeth of Middletown Warren County auditor was elected to succeed Stellar as Boys State closes. Homer Able Wallace Hart Luther Liggett Pete DeWeese named to key posts.
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Bowling Green
Ohio
Buckeye Boys State
America
Chester Stellar
American Legion Boys State Inc
Stellar
Boys State Board of Trustees
Bowling Green State University
Boys State
Nine Day Boys State
Lester Spaeth
Middletown
Warren County
Homer Able
McArthur
2Nd District
Luther Liggett
Marysville
Wallace Hart
Coldwater
Pete DeWeese
Columbus
Hospital admissions after chest pains reported
Fire department records show at 2 51 p m ambulances to Armco Hospital with Norvil Caudill age 65 of 1603 Lawn Ave in serious condition admitted to coronary care unit for chest pains. At 1 08 p m Jackie Mitchell age 14 of 810 14th Ave was taken to hospital in satisfactory condition with pains.
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Armco
Norvil Caudill
Lawn Ave
14Th Ave
Jackie Mitchell
Final Watch meeting set July 6
The final Neighborhood Watch meeting for the summer will be held July 6 at 7 pm in the city commission chambers. Middletown police crime prevention officers will present a program for blockwatchers and those interested in joining. Officer Paul Lewis urged attendance for all interested residents.
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City Commission
Middletown
Deaths of Glenn Tullis and Ida Belle Whipp Noted
Glenn J. Tullis 62 of 4401 Poppy Drive died Saturday at Grandview Hospital Dayton after eight weeks as a patient. An insurance agent since 1964 with Moon and Adrian, he led local associations and served as church council president. Survived by wife Jane, daughters Janet Minnich and Nancy Tullis, and sister Ruth Brown. Ida Belle Whipp 102 of Germantown Route 2 died yesterday at Cedar Springs Nursing Home New Paris. She leaves two daughters Gladys Hall and Valeria Dowson, 12 grandchildren, 26 great grandchildren, and 21 great great grandchildren. Services pending with Zimmerman Funeral Home West Alexandria. burial at Fairview Cemetery Gratis.
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Glenn J. Tullis
Poppy Drive
Grandview Hospital
Dayton
Tullis
Middletown
Jefferson Lodge No. 90
F & AM
Middletown Commandery No
Moon and Adrian Insurance Agency
Middletown Association of Independent Insurance Agents
Jane
Janet Minnich
Springboro
Nancy Tullis
Ruth Brown
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
Germantown
Ida Belle Whipp
Germantown Rt. 2
Cedar Springs
New Paris
Ohio
Gladys Hall
Valeria Dowson
West Alexandria
Zimmerman
Jon Gustafson
Fairview Cemetery
Gratis
Armed robber flees Weatherwax Golf Course after heist
Middletown police and Butler County sheriff's officials searched the Weatherwax Golf Course area late tonight for an armed man who escaped with the day’s receipts. The robbery around 10:15 p.m. left the suspect wearing a T shirt and black mask, fleeing on foot from the clubhouse with the money in a bank deposit bag possibly taken from a car in the lot.
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Middletown
Butler County Sheriff's
Weatherwax Golf Course
Liz Taylor Hospitalized For Viral Infection
Los Angeles AP reports actress Elizabeth Taylor has been hospitalized at Cedars Sinai Hospital for treatment of a viral infection. A spokeswoman confirmed the admission and said the condition is not life threatening and her status is stable.
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Los Angeles
Elizabeth Taylor
Cedars- Sinai Hospital
Home break in at Sylvan Kavanaugh residence
Ammunition, guns, a color television, leather coat and jewelry valued at 800 dollars were taken from the home on Garfield Street. Kavanaugh found both doors open about 2:45 Saturday morning and a cuckoo clock lay on the back porch. A bedspread with food and utensils was in the kitchen.
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Sylvan Kavanaugh
Garfield St
Kavanaugh
Kennedy daughter joins Santa Fe Somoza protest
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend daughter of Robert F. Kennedy was among 40 demonstrators outside a Santa Fe home where Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza was entertained. Townsend and her husband David are neighbors of a judge and his wife who hosted a dinner for Somoza in a rural area southeast of Santa Fe.
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Santa FE
N.M
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend
Robert F. Kennedy
Anastasio Somoza
Townsend
David
Somoza
Harmony Broken Ocasek Riffe Rift Strains Ohio Democrats
In Columbus Ohio the normally united Ohio Democrats show strain as Sen Oliver Ocasek and House Speaker Vernal G Riffe clash delaying a major school funding package. The dispute centers on a homeowner tax break bill and a costly education loan program amid partisan tension and questions over revenue impacts.
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Columbus
Ohio
Oliver Ocasek
Akron
Senate
Vernal G. Riffe Jr
D-New
Boston
Ocasek
Riffe
House
Charles L. Butts
Cleveland
Thomas J. Moyer
Fee eyed for Ciney ambulances
Cincinnati may charge a fee for its free ambulance service as City Manager William Donaldson notes that costs could be partially recovered with user charges. He cites private systems in other cities and warns that restoring private EMS at city levels would be unlikely or of lower quality.
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Cincinnati
William Donaldson
Salónica Aftermath Brings Good News For Ververis Family
Nick Ververis of 5065 Mossman Road learned his brothers in Salonika Greece survived Tuesday’s earthquake. George Ververis, living in a hillside tent outside the city, connected by phone to confirm safety. The other brother left the area. Nick says the town is a ghost town but his relatives are alive and plan to rebuild.
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Nick Ververis
Mossman Road
Salonika
Greece
Armco
George Ververis
Middletown
George
Athens
Ververis
Jobless claims decline in Ohio in May
The Ohio Bureau of Employment Services reports a continued drop in unemployment benefit claims in May. An average of 74,425 people filed weekly, down 26 percent from April.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Ohio Bureau of Employment Services
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