City firemen reach agreement on pay
After four months of haggling over an increased pay and shorter work hours, City firefighters reached a 1977 pay deal. They get the 5.5 percent raise granted to other city workers plus a two hour weekly reduction. A top paid firefighter will earn about 14 362 yearly while a starting fireman makes about 11 951. The reduction shifts hours from 24 on 48 off to a new schedule, risking reduced manpower. Police negotiate separately with a Fraternal Order of Police meeting set this evening.
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International Association of Firefighters
Vic Anvil
Anvil
Middletown High School orchestra and band concert Sunday
Middletown High School presents a combined concert by its 60 piece orchestra and 60 piece symphonic band Sunday at 3 p.m. in the MHS theater. The orchestra debuts tuxedos and performs Gliere Firebird Suite Berceuse and Finale Stravinsky and Tschaikovsky pieces, plus Feelings and Oliver. The band opens with Jerry Smith Fanfare and Celebration and features Concertino for Band Manilow medley Gallant Seventh and Lawrence of Arabia selections. Tickets are 2 dollars for adults and 1.50 for students at the box office.
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Middletown High School
MHS Ter
The
Musical Arts Associates
James Veith
Gliere
Igor Stravinsky
Tschaikovsky
Alfred Reed
Oliver
Ken Amburgey
Jerry Smith
Fritz Welke
Barry Manilow
Mandy
Sousa
Four Firefighters Appointed by City Commission
The City Commission named four new firefighters to fill recent vacancies. They began work this morning after completing 200 hours of state required training. Those appointed and tested were Donald R. Cox 27 John J. Sauter 20 and Michael D. Worth 27 all of Middletown.
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Donald R. Cox
John J. Sauter
Michael D. Worth
Middletown
Ohio trims foreign trade staff and consolidates offices
Ohio plans to merge Brussels and Dusseldorf foreign trade offices into a single European office in Brussels by July 1 due to budget pressures. The staff will drop from seven to four, with West Germany activities reassigned from the Brussels unit. The move follows retirements and staff promotions in related departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Brussels
Dusseldorf
James Duerk
Department of Economic and Community Development
Duerk
West Germany
Mechanicsburg school levy passes by slim margin
In Mechanicsburg Ohio a six mill operating levy for the Mechanicsburg Exempted Village School District passed by a narrow 11 vote margin in a special election on Tuesday. Unofficial tally showed 462 for and 451 against.
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Mechanicsburg, Ohio
Echanicsburg
Kidney Day drives raise funds in eight Ohio and six Kentucky counties
Volunteers will house to house solicit in Middletown and nearby areas on Sunday March 20 as part of a regional Kidney Foundation effort to support disease research and patient assistance. National Kidney Disease Awareness Month is observed in March with 21 Butler County residents affected including Middletown patients on dialysis and two receiving medication aid. Funds stay local to support research and a fellowship while backing the Gift of Life donor program. Middletown coordinators include Mrs. Betty Easter and Mrs. Marie Stafford and members of the Women of the Moose Chapter 183 assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Ohio
Kentucky
Kidney Foundation of
Greater Cincinnati
Cincinnati
Stan Stock
Butler County
Stock
The
Gift of Life
Betty Easter
Marie Stafford
Burglars Target Ex-Judge Home In Springboro
At 10:06 p.m. alarm at the home of attorney and former Franklin Municipal Judge J T Riley on West Lower Springboro Road triggered a response by Clearcreek police and Warren County deputies. They found silverware and a box of tools left behind. a window was broken to gain entry. Tools were sent to the Bureau of Criminal Investigation for forensics. suspects were not located.
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Springboro
Franklin
J.T. Riley
Lower Springboro Road
Clearcreek Township
Clearcreek
Everett Manning
Warren County
Manning
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
First phosphorous friction match patent issued in 1836
The first patent for phosphorous friction matches was granted on October 24 1836 to Alonzo Phillips of Springfield Massachusetts.
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Alonzo Phillips
Springfield
Mass
School Police Say Reported Freshman Attack Was Not Proved
School and police officials said they determined a reported attack on two Freshman High School students on February 22 did not occur. The two girls aged 14 and 15 had claimed five girls with chain belts assaulted them in a third floor restroom but were not in school that day. One girl later alleged the assault happened days earlier in an alley nearby.
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The
Journal
CAC officers elected for 1977 by Butler County CAC board
The Butler County Community Action Commission elected officers for 1977 at a monthly meeting. Richard Johnson was reappointed president, Faye Walker was chosen as vice president, and Tony Blaine will serve as treasurer. No secretary was chosen as nominee Nathaniel Sherman was absent. vote postponed to March.
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Blaine
Booker T. Washington
Hamilton
CAC
Nathaniel Sherman
Development head named Donald L. Davis appointed Ohio Appalachian Office manager
Donald L. Davis of Logan has been named manager of the Ohio Appalachian Development Office. He will oversee regional coordination with local groups and state and federal partners in Washington D.C.
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Columbus, Ohio
Donald L. Davis
Logan
Ohio Appalachian Development Office
Davis
Ceveeoreee Satacie
Wakeington
D.C
Police Briefs and Crimes Reported Across City
Four people were arrested after a police stop on Charles Street at Casper Avenue at 2 10 a m. Chester Haw 25 was charged with careless driving and marijuana possession. Roger Wells 26 faced multiple charges including possession of an unlabeled drug and obstructing police. Donna Helton 22 was charged on a warrant for passing bad checks and an open flask. Kenneth Davis 19 charged with an open flask and carrying a concealed weapon. Burglars stole 400 dollars of carpet from a Kay Drive house and tried another break in. An AM FM TAPE unit and a citizen band radio were stolen from Larry Morris s van valued at 300 dollars. A 19 year old woman was treated after taking sleeping pills and drinks but released. Walter Arvin 51 was treated for a nose wound after a robbery at 1 155 dollars. A man exposed himself along Manchester Road near the city limits.
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Charles Street
Casper Avenue
Chester Haw
Foster St
Franklin
Roger Wells
Baltimore St
Donna Helton
Cleveland St
Chargin
Kenneth Davis
Tytus Ave
Fire Smoke At Arthur Treacher's Fish and Chi on Breiel
Police and firefighters report light smoke at 711 S Breiel Blvd in a routine incident at Arthur Treacher's Fish and Chi. No fire damage. Other calls include multiple hospital transports for pains and head injuries from falls and a false alarm.
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S. Breiel Blvd
Arthur Treacher
Fish and Chi
17Th Ave
Lucretia Watkins
Wayne Ave
Anita Hyer
Main St
Diane Cass
S. Sutphin St
Sand and Gravel founder Russell Stevens dies at 85
Russell David Stevens Sr of St. Petersburg Florida founder of Middletown Sand and Gravel Co died today at Palms of Pasadena Hospital in South Pasadena at 1 15 a m He was 85 A native of Cynthiana Kentucky he founded Middletown Sand and Gravel in 1926 and moved to Florida in 1950 Survived by wife Lorene three sons R D Tootie Stevens Jr Joseph M Stevens and Hal Stevens a sister and four generations of relatives Arrangements are incomplete at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home.
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Russell David Stevens Sr
St. Petersburg
Fla
Middletown Sand& Gravel Co
Palms of Pasadena Hospital
South Pasadena
Cynthiana
Stevens
Middletown Sand & Gravel
Florida
Dixie Highway
Hickory Hill Farm
S. Main Street
Arlington Avenue
Mr. Stevens
Jefferson Lodge 90
F & AM
Scottish Rite Valley of
Cincinnati
Syrian Shrine of
Lorene
Middletown
R. D. ‘’Tootie ™ Stevens Jr
Middletown Sand & Gravel Co
Joseph M. Stevens
Franklin
Hal Stevens
Danville
Alice van Doren
Covington
McCoy- Leffler Funeral Home
Sewer Line Sought at Springboro
Dr. Fred Guenther urged the Springboro Village Council to extend a sanitary sewer line west along Ohio 73 to his office. Council has approved extending services from Clearcreek Franklin Road to properties owned by George Henkle Associates Spring Farms Inc and Midway Meadows Inc. Action at Thursday’s meeting hinges on obtaining signatures from three homeowners Cecil Logsden Donnie Phelps and Calvin Kirk between the office and the approved properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springboro
Fred Guenther
Ohio 73
Clearcreek-Franklin Road
George Henkle Associates, Inc
Spring Farms, Inc
Midway Meadows, Inc
Guenther
Governors amend clean air request to aid auto industry
Governors Rhodes Milliken Bowen and Lucey urged Congress to act quickly to relieve auto manufacturers from Clean Air Act auto emission standards for 1978 car production. The National Governors Conference committee urged rejecting any amendment addressing only auto emission standards.
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Washington
James A. Rhodes
National Governors Conference
Rhodes
William Milliken
Michigan
Otis Bowen
Indiana
Patrick Lucey
Wisconsin
Congress
Committee On Natural Resources and Environmental Management
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Danny Neil
Jack Williamson
Kidney Research Collection
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Kay Drive
Blanton Real Estate
Larry Morris
Curtis St
Middletown Hospital
Walter Arvin
Manchester Road
Middletown Mall
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Columbia Ave
Charles Weidner
Casper Ave
Mary Smith
S. Main St
Margaret Rider
Catalpa Drive
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Sand & Gravel
Russell Stevens
Irene Steinmetz
Irene
Betty’’ Steinmetz
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Ariz
Mt. Lookout
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Kettering Medical Center
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John D. James
Montgomery County
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Wright- Patterson Air Force Base
Ohio State University
Fairmont West High School
University of Cincinnati
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Kettering
Carol Davis
Mountain City
Tenn
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Woodside Cemetery
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Ora B. Thomason
Janet Ave
Kettering Hospital
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Arthur C. Thomason
Andrew Thomason
Lenoir
Ruby Lanham
Aileen Gilbert
Ruth Smith
Evelyn Pemberton
Middlesboro
Vera Ball
Brookside
Joe Parris
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