Middletown group pushes to keep Monroe rail link
A Middletown delegation urged Columbus officials to preserve the 3 mile Middletown to Union Village rail line amid USRA recommendations to abandon it as excess track. Harold Kramer cited errors in carloadings and revenues, and noted the line serves 400 acres of industrial land with growing potential. Monroe officials and area businesses supported the retention effort.
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Ted Pollard
U.S. Railway Association
USRA
Monroe
Middletown
Columbus
Services Planning
Interstate Commerce Commission
Union Village
I-75
Harold Kramer
Middletown Area
Wickes Lumber
Heidelberg Distributing
Miami Valley
Stearns
Kramer
Texas Eastern Transmission Corp
Heidelberg
Wentz
Local Obituaries and Funeral Notices Summary
Mrs. Mary Jane Cass, 45, of 201 N Leibee St, Middletown, died after a 10 week illness. Survived by husband Frank, four daughters, parents, siblings, and one grandchild. Funeral 10:30 a.m. Friday at Joseph R. Baker & Sons. burial Woodside Cemetery. Mrs Edna Kendall died in Timmons Ontario. services held. Pauline J. Kirby Franklin, 56, Springboro, died at Grandview Hospital Dayton. Hamilton area deaths include Dan Stewart 54 Buckeye St, Woolery Eversole 69 Vine St, Albert Fortner 68 Huntsville AL, Mike Reid 87 Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jane Cass
N. Leibee St
Middletown Hospital
Moose Lodge 501
Frank
Cindy Stagmyer
Middletown
Diana
Cathy
Tracy
Louis West
Louise Hamilton
Pauline Kennedy
Rita Sorrell
Roberta Kennedy
Trenton
Richard West
Richmond
Ind
Louis
Robert West
Joseph R. Baker & Sons
Denzil Brandenburg
Woodside Cemetery
Edna Kendall
Timmons
Ontario
Louella le Mieux
Bliss, N.Y
Franklin
Pauline J. Kirby
E. Central Ave
Springboro
Grandview Hospital
Dayton
Hamilton
Dan Stewart
Buckeye St
Colligan
Woolery Eversole
Vine St
Young
Albert Fortner
Huntsville
Ala
Mike Reid
Cincinnati
Laura Farrell School Reopens After Fire Vandalism
Franklin superintendent Shelby Middleton said Laura Farrell School resumed operations after two days closed due to four fires in the building. Principal Heart Hager reported intact student records and ongoing inventory as repairs and repainting plans proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Heart Hager
Laura Farrell
Hager
Shelby Middleton
Middleton
Valley View OKs teacher pay bonus settlement
Valley View school board unanimously approved a one time $240 bonus for teachers funded from surplus state money. The bonus will be indexed in the salary schedule and paid from March 31 to August 31, totaling $39,364. The Valley View Classroom Teachers Association had threatened a 6 am March 12 strike before settlement. A special board meeting was set to discuss lifetime sports programs and 1975 appropriations.
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Germantown
Valley View
Valley View Classroom Teachers Association
Teachers Association
Emily Bruns
Widow awarded 159000 in 1972 motorcycle crash case
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court awarded $159,000 to the widow of Gerald A. Jacovetty who was killed in 1972 when his motorcycle collided with a car driven by Huntington Kelley then 17. The suit named Kelley as the at fault party.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court
Gerald A. Jacovetty
Huntington Kelley
Sons of Italy elect officers for Frank D. Vitorio Lodge
The Frank D. Vitorio Lodge of the Order Sons of Italy in America in Middletown elected Dr. James Puccio venerable and named two year term officers including Louis Rossi as assistant venerable Dr. Vincent Rivizzino as orator James Donisi treasurer Mike Diorio Lou Agoston Louis A Rossi Mike Castellano Fred DeBiasi trustees Carl Amatulli Dick Capozzi delegates to the Grand Lodge of Ohio and re elected recording secretary Frank Capozzi finance secretary Hal Pearce Masters Anthony Donisi Steve Daley. The lodge formed in 1963 and has 45 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Puccio
Tullis Drive
Frank D. Vitorio
Order Sons of Italy
America
Louis ‘Ae Rossi
Vincent Rivizzino
James Donisi
Mike Diorio
Lou Agoston
Louis A. Rossi
Mike Castellano
Fred DeBiasi
Carl Amatulli
Dick Capozzi
Grand Lodge of
Ohio
Frank Capozzi
Hal Pearce
Anthony E. Donisi
Steve Daley
Frank D. Vitori
Middletown
Manchester Middle School presents Never Spindle operetta
The annual Manchester Middle School operetta produced by seventh and eighth graders is set for Friday at 7 30 p m in the school gym. Admission is 50 cents.
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Manchester Middle School
State issue removed from June primary ballot
The proposed constitutional amendment to tax outdoor recreation land on its use rather than market value was withdrawn from the June primary ballot. State elections counsel James R. Marsh confirmed the action. A related note says Warren County commissioners set a special election for mental retardation and health levies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
James R. Marsh
Marsh
Warren County
Barberton
Senate Finance Committee
Harry Meshel
Youngstown
Springboro group plots Bicentennial museum plans
The Springboro planning group for the American Bicentennial discusses creating a local museum in the old village hall and proposes a monthly main project during 1976 centered on the village festival. They seek festival booth space for Bicentennial games and plan a multi media history project with memories of long time residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springboro
Thomas Smith
Booth
Steven Mousa
Weidner Road
Fire damages Franklin house. attic and kitchen heavily damaged
A night fire at 126 E Fifth St Franklin heavily damaged the kitchen and attic of a one story aluminum sided frame house. Twenty two Franklin firefighters with four units fought the blaze from 1 30 am and returned at 7 50 am to extinguish rekindling along the attic eaves. The vacant house was owned by Frank Smallwood of Middletown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
E. Fifth St
Frank Smallwood
Elwood St
Middletown
Church to Build in Flood Plain in Locust Grove
The Butler County Board of Zoning Appeals approved a conditional use for Trenton Baptist Mission to construct a church and parsonage in the Locust Grove subdivision on Oxford State Road. The land may only be used for church and parsonage per title stipulation. progress reports due within two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Butler County Board of Zoning Appeals
Trenton Baptist Mission
County Flood Plain
Locust Grove
Oxford State Road
Anthony P. Cecere
Building and Zoning Department
Cecere
Pope Paul VI urges Knights of Columbus to face moral questions
Pope Paul VI told the Knights of Columbus to address the great religious and moral questions of the day during a Vatican City audience. The Roman Catholic lay group was urged to focus on urgent ethical issues and spiritual guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Paul VI
Knights of Columbus
Appeals court to hear Monroe police pay case
Eight Monroe patrolmen pursue wages for 40 hours of training per state code. First District Court of Appeals in Cincinnati will hear the case April 28. Council previously upheld 1974 trial ruling that pay was due, then appealed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
First District Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
Ken Dahms
Council
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Fred B. Cramer
Robert Holida
LCI ends inmate college program at Miami Middletown campus
Lebanon Correctional Institution will stop sending inmates to Miami University Middletown. Officials cite statewide economic concerns and a shift toward vocational training at Laurel Oaks, with plans to expand brain injury clinic work and in-house programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon — Lebanon
Middletown
Miami University
Imon Mobley
LCI
Miami
Laurel Oaks
Wilmington
Mobley
Bennett
Duty House Developmental Center
Ellerton
Germantown
Society For Handicapped Children
Carlisle
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Foster Co
Mason
Pauline Kirby
Anglesby
John Wilson
Barbara Weadick
Richard Jordan
Dayton Power & Light Co
Sons of
Italy
Manchester
General Assembly
Springboro Group
Pope
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Butler County Manpower Office
Elm Street
Main Street
East Avenue
John
Schraffenberger
L.T. Shull
Old St
Holda
Street Committee
A. Seth Johnston
Johnston
William Dallman
Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections
Dallman
C. Eugene Bennett
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