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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1977
Page
2
Middletown police seek citizen support as they press for a 5.5 percent pay raise and to keep raises within 15 percent of sergeants. Officers plan to write to and call city commissioners and appeal to influential residents, with some considering arbitration if no acceptable offer emerges.
Central Avenue from Breiel Boulevard to Marshall Road will be closed to through traffic for three months starting Monday to allow lowering of water lines and removal of pavement for curb and road work. Emergency vehicles and residents on Central and nearby streets retain access while buses are detoured and a specified detour guides all other eastbound and westbound traffic.
Jack Ashman 59 of 124 Beasingee died after a short illness at Christ Hospital Cincinnati following a Middletown Hospital stay. Memorials to First United Presbyterian Church Middletown. Burial Kirkwood Cemetery London. Survived by wife Ann, two sons Steve and John, daughter Martha, brother Harold. Arrangements by Wilson Schramm Memorial Home. Former Miami Carey Co lant controller and WWII veteran.
Judge John Sirica on January 8 1975 freed John W Deane Herbert W Kalmbach and Jeb Magruder and commuted their Watergate penalties to the time they had already served in prison The act closes a portion of the Watergate prosecutions with clemency based on time served.
A fire call yesterday involved a burning truck with two patrolmen credited for rescuing a man. The Journal and fire department note the officers played a key role in the extraction before flames spread further.
Valley View school board will meet Monday at 7 30 p m to discuss adopting the 1977 78 calendar with August 30 first day and June 5 1978 last day and to approve a lawsuit filed against the U S Department of Health Education and Welfare over a sex discrimination complaint. In Germantown a driver was rescued from a smoking truck after a fire at Weber's Party Room. Police say the man, Gene Geisler, 29, was revived and released after treatment. a $400 damage estimate was placed on the vehicle.
Former U S senator James Buckley will lecture Wednesday at 7 30 p m in Patten Auditorium on Miami University Oxford Campus. The talk is free and open to the public Buckley served from 1971 to early this year as a Conservative Party and third party senator with focus on environment and national issues.
McComb school district residents will vote May 17 on a 3.9 mill operating levy to fund the district for the 1977 78 year. Officials say approval is needed to avoid school closures around Thanksgiving. a 2.3 mill request last November failed by 51 votes.
At 5 51 p m a fire emergency occurred at Baltimore Street and 14th Avenue with Evelyn Stone 55 suffering ankle pains after a stairs fall and admitted in fair condition at hospital. Earlier at 10 53 a m on Yankee Road and Ninth Avenue Kimberly Collins 6 injured leg and hip after a vehicle strike left the scene police report unavailable treated and released.
The Middletown Area YMCA will open at 6 30 a m starting tomorrow to let exercisers use facilities in the early morning. The hours will run for several weeks to gauge demand before deciding on a permanent change, with a return to 8 a m on May 14 if not kept. A survey found at least 100 people interested in morning use.
A March 26 sale at Middletown Mall runs 10 am to 5 pm with 25 Middletown and Hamilton vendors offering jewelry wind chimes and more at reduced prices. A coloring contest features Ronald McDonald with prizes for all entrants. Slap Shot from Cincinnati Stingers appears 3 pm to 5 pm and Uncle Freddie Pierre LeSourd and Rocky Raccoon appear 11 am to 2 pm. Dee Gutshall chairs the event with Cisco Achievers and advisory from nn Research and Tee She.
Michael Ledford facing charges of assault on an officer resisting arrest intoxication and running a stop sign after a Riverview Breiel collision. Ledford released after hospital treatment. Allen Lawson 33 held for resisting arrest and facing felonious assault warrants in Tennessee after a chase from Central Avenue. Jim Hood treated for a facial injury at Hood's Market. Springfield woman arrested after erratic driving and overdose claim involving sleeping pills. Property theft includes an AM FM TAPE deck four speakers and a tool box valued at 200. Wilson Elementary School search follows glass break report. no suspects or missing items identified.
Dam starts construction of the Boulder Dam near Las Vegas Nevada on September seventeenth nineteen thirty marking a major project milestone in the Hoover Dam era with wide regional impact and federal sponsorship.
A 6:20 p.m. shooting at an Avalon Trailer Park mobile home left Ernest Roth 26 in fair condition after lower stomach surgery and his father Carl Roth 49 with a gunshot wound to the left ankle. A woman was arrested at the scene and held without charges as detectives investigate. A .22 revolver was recovered. Neighbors called police. two emergency squads treated victims.
The Trenton Pee Wee Football Association moved the Reider concert to April 8 at Edgewood High School due to weather. Tickets cost 3 dollars for adults and 2 dollars for students, available at local stores and Edgewood band members. Proceeds fund uniforms and equipment for Pee Wee players.
The Germantown Village Council will discuss pay raises for village employees and Planning Commission recommendations to amend zoning to allow second-hand merchandise sales in community business districts. The meeting at the Municipal Building starts after a 7 p.m. recreation committee session.
The Middletown High School class of 1947 announces its 30th reunion on Saturday July 23 at 6 30 p.m. at the Hamilton Elks Country Club Ohio 4 between Middletown and Hamilton. Ron Purvis and his band will provide music. Several class members remain unfound and notices will go out with invitations. contact Esther Chaney Johnson or Patsy Bowling McGraw with any locating information. Co chairs are Richard Reck and Fred Howard.
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