Trenton weighs village income tax proposal again
Trenton officials reopen talk of a village income tax at a council meeting. Village Administrator Lavonis Little reports a small voluntary survey shows 535 workers with 439 full time and 96 part time, most paying taxes outside the village. 90 percent of employed residents work outside Trenton. The council requests Solicitor Jack Thomas to study county taxing power and potential impacts.
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Trenton
Lavonis Little
Council
Jack Thomas
General Assembly
Herb Kelhoffer
Little
Middletown
Division Headquarters Scene Of Hot Words Again
Lebanon The State highway department and labor squabble over delays in a 2 million division headquarters project west of Middletown. Contractor Edward Brose Jr. blames bidding and subcontractor coordination, aiming for late July or August completion after a revised schedule pushed the finish into summer. Union reps cite worker shortages but say local carpenters and laborers are plentiful, while electricians and ironworkers struggle to staff the job.
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Lebanon
Highway Department
Here
Edward Brose Jr
Cincinnati
Brose
Divison 8
N. Verity Parkway
Middletaum
Rante
Electricians
Steelworkers
Hamilton
Dayton
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers No. 648
Iron Workers Local 20
Laborers & Hod Carriers
Carpenters Local Union
Fire destroys barn on Earl Streit farm
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed a $10,000 barn and farm equipment on Earl Streit’s Seven Mile farm at 8:30 p.m. Wayne and Milford firefighters battled the blaze. Streit said five horses were inside but were saved. only a small amount of hay and the barn’s equipment were lost.
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Hamilton
Earl Streit
Wayne-Trace Road
Seven Mile
Wayne
Milford Township
Streit
Car Rolls Downhill and Hits House in Butler County
A 17 year old Madison Township youth escaped injury when he jumped from his father's car as it rolled downhill and crashed into the front of his house. Deputies said Greg Deaton 4820 Messiman Road had parked on the berm heading downhill and the vehicle struck the home knocking in the front door off the hinges and cracking wall plaster. In a separate incident a Middletown area woman backed into a large plate glass window at Bob's Sohio Service causing $50 damage. Mrs Gertrude Frye 58 06755 Allen Road was not injured.
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Madison Township
Butler County
Greg Deaton
Messiman Road
Middletown Area
Bob's Sohio Service
Germantown Road
Gertrude Frye
Allen Road
Two Die In Warren Crash Near Clarksville Intersection
Two persons were killed in a morning traffic crash at the Ohio 30 and U S 22 junction near Clarksville at the eastern edge of Warren County. State highway patrolmen reported the call came in at 9 50 a m and suggested a car and a truck were involved with few details released.
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Ohio 30
U.S. 22
Clarksville
Warren County
Meeting Set On Black Grievances At Middletown High
Cromwell and student representatives plan a Tuesday 3:30 PM meeting to discuss 12 grievances presented by Black students after a walkout at Middletown High. A prior meeting ended in stalemate with adults present.
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Cromwell
Howard Cromwell
Middletown High School
Human Relations Council
Lynn Rankin
The
Journal
Evacuations Ordered as CG&E Work Tracks to Hurst Building
A three story structure at 21 North Main Street was evacuated after foundation movement from the CG&E seven story, four million dollar office project next door. Fred Hampton ordered four apartments vacated and the Hurst real estate offices tied to the stabilizing work. An early next week inspection will decide if occupants can return.
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Cg&e
Charles Hurst
Middletown
Fred Hampton
Hurst
Hampton
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Central and
Main
N. Main St
Frank Messer & Son
Inmate With Cancer Granted Temporary Release From Ohio Penitentiary
George William Turpin a 64 year old former Carlisle resident is being released on parole due to terminal cancer. Turpin was sentenced to life for the 1965 fatal shooting of Harry Crum after an argument at the Corner Cafe Middletown. The release comes on governor warrant citing imminent death from an unusually virulent cancer and is not a pardon or commutation.
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Hamilton
Carlisle
Ohio
George William Turpin
Central Ave
Middletown
Turpin
Butler County Clerk of Court
W.H. Walker
Harry W. Crum
Woodlawn Ave
Fire Destroyed Garage and Car at Baltimore Street
A morning blaze at 519 Baltimore St. destroyed a garage, a car, and lawn furniture. Firefighters arrived at 2 35 a m to the scene owned by Mrs. Verchie Parrella. No damage estimate yet as investigators plan later today.
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Baltimore St
Verchie Parrella
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Uphurst
Jim Friend
Ficials
William Brashaw
Obert Ogers
DIAL
Warren
the Gas and Electric Company
Bohman
Crum
N. Clinton St
Middletown Hospital
Elite’s
Logan
S. Breiel Blvd
Trenton Shopping Center
Candy Maker
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