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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1978
Page
17
The Middletown School District with 23 schools faces costly repairs as thawing reveals roof leaks and ice damage. Potholes, canopy removals, and bus misalignments add to expenses while energy upgrades push door and structural renovations.
Butler County Commissioners postponed approving the purchase of a Seven Mile house to serve as a residential facility for four women with mental retardation, pending a resident survey expected Monday. The plan includes two live-in supervisors, funded by a state grant, with opposition from some neighbors who fear devaluation of property.
At a public hearing on the 1978 county budget, residents from senior groups, the League of Women Voters and NOW urged that more than 1 percent of 1.2 million federal revenue-sharing funds be spent on social services. Commissioners noted flexibility in allocations and highlighted higher overall human service spending within the general fund. Two local residents filed for bankruptcy in U.S. District Court in Dayton, listing small assets and debts.
Saturday service hours at area post offices have been cut as energy conservation measures ordered by the U S Postal Service in Washington. Middletown will offer service 9 30 to 11 30 am with lobby 7 30 am to 12 30 pm. Monroe 9 11 am service and 9 am to 4 30 pm lobby. Trenton 9 to 11 am service and 9 am to noon lobby. Franklin 9 30 to 11 30 am with lobby 8 30 am to 4 30 pm. Springboro 9 30 to 11 30 am with lobby 7 30 am to noon.
Soroptimist International of Middletown invites all three to five year olds from Monroe, Trenton, Franklin, and Middletown to a free one day hearing clinic at Verity Hall Middletown Hospital from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Co-chairmen Helen Davis and Janet Walsh say tested children may receive a recheck and treatment by their physician if needed. equipment provided by the state and administered by Soroptimist members and registered nurses.
FBI probes disappearance of Miami University freshman Joseph Balint who vanished Feb. 10 near Oxford and was found Feb. 15 in Indiana. He underwent surgery to amputate both feet at the ankles after frostbite and possibly faces further losses. His parents say he was lured by four men in a car, then subjected to a gas and masked assault before being held in a farmhouse. Sheriff George Boggs notes no solid leads and FBI involvement due to cross‑state origin of the case.
William Keeton 22 of 4575 S Dixie Highway Middletown was charged by Trenton police with aggravated vehicular homicide and reckless driving after a March 1 two car crash that killed John Tharp of Trenton and injured his wife Sarah Anne and two passengers in the Keeton vehicle Keeton was treated and dismissed at Middletown Hospital on Hamilton Avenue near Lee Place Charges were filed in Middletown Municipal Court for the upcoming hearing.
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