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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1976
Page
2
The Middletown Area Mental Health Center outlined four yearly goals focusing on cation treatment rehabilitation and staff action. The $228830 budget was reviewed noting more staff due to rising client numbers and a seminar by Robert Ryan on accountability and public relations.
Obituaries list Howard L Turner 83 of 600 N Verity Parkway Middletown died 6 15 p m at Middletown Hospital after a year long illness. Survived by six daughters six sons and many grandchildren. services at Leffler Funeral Home. Also listed Dudley Bowman 64 of 17 Ross St Middletown died at Middletown Hospital. Effie Campbell and Jean Campbell notices. memorial and burial details in Stanton and Franklin. Roy Craig 69 of 1007 Reservoir St and Leonard Lockard 80 of 2927 Benninghofen Ave noted with private or scheduled services in Cahill and Jackson Kentucky respectively.
At the Blue and Gold banquet for Cub Scout Pack 63 held at Wildwood School several Webelos inductees were Rick Brewer Danny Whitman Paul Hayes Greg Gunderson Roger Smith and Stephen Charles. Bobcat badge went to Mike Carder. Bear badges were earned by T Hagins Steve Bowden and Greg Gunderson. Danny Whisman received an arrow point and Webelos badges went to Shawn Hershner Jeff Cox and Mark Current.
Discovery of gold on the Klondike River in the Yukon Northwest Territory spurred a massive migration to the region as prospectors flooded in during the rush for mineral wealth.
Two young women were treated at Middletown Hospital after a car ran off Germantown Road and struck a utility pole. Loretta Smith 18 of Franklin and Trudy Dean 19 of Germantown Road were released after treatment. The 1967 vehicle was totaled and pole damage was $25.
Cincinnati judge Rupert A. Doan was ordered by the Ohio appeals court to jail seven drunken driving convicts. The decision followed an appeal by City Prosecutor Paul Gorman accusing Doan of failing to impose required jail terms under state law.
Three women told police that welfare checks and related benefit cards were taken from their mailboxes over weekend. A Queen Avenue resident reported a $204 check and a $130 food stamp card stolen from her front porch. A Garfield Street resident said an ADC check for $105 was taken, and a neighbor saw a woman remove mail and drive away. A Webster Street box also lost a $168 check and a $92 welfare card.
Police report two homes hit on Monday night. At 191 Logan Ave burglars ransacked the house and took a set of wrought iron furniture including two chairs a table and a love seat chained together from Edwina Williams yard at 4620 Creekview Drive.
The Middletown Lions Club will hear Marilyn Moran a veteran teacher in visually handicapped education at 6 30 PM Thursday at Alfy's. Moran is a 1963 Ohio outstanding teacher of the visually handicapped and has long served in Illinois Ohio and Michigan programs. The club advances Rose Day on March 26 with a 50 for 50 goal aiming to sell 5050 dozen roses for sight saving and community service.
Warren County commissioners set a 9 a.m. meeting to choose a county voting system. Three bids include Computer Sections System Co automatic tabulator option at 83 300 and National Graphics Corp option at 71 455. Elections board favors no tabulator this year and plans to tally votes with a future county computer.
Middletown faces a tight 1976 budget as inflation and higher salaries push expenses up while income growth remains modest. Revenue sharing, a federal program since 1972, has kept city finances afloat, though the balance is not excess and could be used up in 1976 if revenues lag.
Madison Township Fire Chief Dee Harlan warns residents against open burning without a permit amid a string of grass fires. Stray sparks blamed for several blazes during dry days. crews fought a fire at 7489 Michael Road burning logs and grass.
West Elkton council authorized street committee urged repairs to alleys and chuckholes after paving. The village solicitor was empowered to negotiate a contract with county commissioners to cover legal counsel for cases in municipal court, amid depleted funds and possible state or federal funding for test wells and a local water system.
Franklin merchants heard a proposal to install canopies and promenades along Main Street from Second to Sixth, with red carpet inside sidewalks. Joe Baxter Jr. outlined a prefabricated canopy solution and related amenities. Budgeting via stock sales or yearly assessments was discussed. Baxter resignations noted.
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