Florida spring break shifts from protests to beer and beaches
Thousands of college students flood Fort Lauderdale for semester break focusing on sun and partying. Police note arrests drop from 50-75 daily for drug charges to eight to ten for disorderly intoxication as revelers seek cheap food, beach parking, and nightlife. Many travel 1000 miles or more to join the crowded scene.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Florida
Vietnam
Ed Dela Vergne
Bob Eberhardt
Peter Dectic
Allentown
University of Maryland
Lynn Snyder
Baltimore
Oceanside Strip
Ethics vote Friday on contentious Senate disclosure code
Senate leaders plan a final Friday vote on a sweeping ethics code amid 70 plus amendments. The plan tightens disclosure rules, bans gifts from lobbyists, limits outside income to 15 percent of pay, and tightens staff fundraising while sparing heated debate on earned versus unearned income.
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Washington
Senate
Lame Duck
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Muskie
Grass fires keep firemen busy across area
Fire crews battled several grass fires yesterday afternoon. The largest, on 5630 Trenton-Franklin Road near West Middletown, burned about eight acres in rough woodland, with 15 to 20 firefighters from North and South Madison Township working over 90 minutes to quell the blaze. Franklin and Middletown units also tackled fires on Olive Avenue and at properties on Gideon Road, while a cigarette sparked a blaze at 2007 Tytus Ave damaging a lattice porch with about 100 dollars in damage.
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Trenton-Franklin Road
West Middletown
Don Schaeffer
Madison Township
Franklin
Olive Avenue
Sherry Richardson
Tytus Ave
Middletown
Fire and medical calls report city incidents
Emergency runs include a Manchester Avenue fire with no transport, a high fever case in Englewood California, a nosebleed in Columbia Avenue, and a George Johnson residence fire traced to a water heater. Other calls note John Bevis aged 53 in coronary care and a five year old hit by a reversing car with head cuts.
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Columbia Ave
Eileen Hotarick
Leland Court
George Johnson
Central Ave
John Bevis
Milton Road
1603 Park Drive
Robert Walton III
City seeks public design for Middletown buses contest
Middletown invites residents to design exteriors for 10 new transit buses funded in part by an UMTA grant. Entry forms are available from drivers or at the City Building with a deadline of April 8 and a winner to be announced April 15.
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Middletown
Department of Public Service
Public Service
Dick Goecke
UMTA
Burglars Hit Multiple Local Homes and Businesses
A string of burglaries reports thefts from a veterinary hospital and several residences. At Lynch Animal Hospital $150 in drugs and $3 cash were taken plus $200 damage. Items stolen include three canisters of dangerous anesthetic and five narcotic antagonist vials. In other incidents, tools were stolen from C and C Garage, a motorbike from a shed, a knife-delay break in at Ken Jones home, and valuables including stereo equipment jewelry and coins taken from Anthony Park apartments. Authorities reported multiple entry methods and no further details.
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Lynch Animal Hospital
Tytus Ave
Curtis St
Burnis
S. Sutphin St
Ken Jones
S. Breiel Blvd
Jones
Anthony Park
Roosevelt Board
Deaths and funerals span three families in Ohio area
Niel Page 32 of 416 Aberdeen Dr Middletown died after a burn at Air Products & Chemical Co and is to be buried at Butler County Memorial Park with services at Joseph R Baker Funeral Home in Middletown. Lida Peck 79 of 502 Aberdeen Dr Middletown died after a lengthy illness with arrangements pending at the same funeral home. Mary Talbert Portis 90 of Newberg Ore widow of Rev Elbert Portis died at Friendsview Manor with services set April 3 at West Elkton Friends Church. Troy Shambaugh two months old of Buckeye Lake died on arrival at Middletown Hospital after being stricken while visiting relatives.
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Trenton
Niel Page
Aberdeen Drive
Joseph R. Baker
Middletown
Wesley Poole
Butler County Memorial Park
Nancy
Jeffrey
Faris D. Williams
Myra Wentworth
Lida Peck
Middletown Hospital
West Elkton
Mary Talbert Portis
Elbert Portis
Friendsview Manor
Newberg
Ore
Edith B. Talbert
Margaret T. Thorp
West Elkton Friends Church
Fairmount Cemetery
Troy Shambaugh
Buckeye Lake
Ohio
Writer Workshop at Edgecliffe April 12 May 10
A writers workshop offering instruction in fiction nonfiction and marketing runs at Edgecliff College Tuesdays from April 12 to May 10, 7 to 9 PM. The noncredit course, cost 30, is presented by Women in Communications Inc. Register by check to Edgecliff College 2220 Victory Parkway.
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Edgecliffe
Cincinnati
Edgecliff College
Women In Communications, Inc
Victory Parkway
Ohio
Louise Doering
Grace Hall
Cyclist Collides With Van Near Ohio Route 4
A Hamilton motorcyclist is in critical condition after a collision with a van at Ohio 4 and 63. John Nohrer, 53, was routed from Middletown Hospital to Cincinnati Good Samaritan Hospital with chest neck skull arm leg and abdominal injuries. James Hacker, 16, of Monroe drove the van. state troopers report the incident at 2 p.m. No charges have been filed and the crash remains under investigation.
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Hamilton
Cincinnati
Nohrer
Police brief corrects name in accident report at residence
A police brief yesterday corrected a name error in a report about a truck fleeing after striking a tree at the residence of Albert McCarty on 1205 Baltimore St. The brief notes the initial information was incorrect.
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Albert McCarty
Baltimore St
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Mabley & Carew
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Englewood
Calif
Ethel O'Neill
Roosevelt
Mary Portis
Troy
Kensington St
Union Chapel
United Methodist Church
Kiester Road
Paul Johnson
Union Sanitary Sweepstakes
Samuel Dalton
Longford
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Gideon Rd
Trenton Shopping Center
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