Middletown Teachers Association backs leaders with 518 signatures
A petition signed by 518 Middletown teachers in support of MTA leaders was presented to board Vice President Joan Compton. MTA PR chairman Michael Stratton says the action responds to recent attacks and a Journal letter questioning teacher finances literacy.
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Middletown Teachers Association
MTA
Joan Compton
Michael Stratton
Compton
Middletown
Stratton
James Stork
City eliminates penny parking meters in Cambridge
Cambridge, Massachusetts moves to remove penny meters. Motorists now pay 10 or 20 cents per hour depending on location. Traffic Commissioner George Teso calls penny meters a nuisance due to slug coins and fake cents.
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Cambridge
Mass
George Teso
Deaths and funerals list local residents
Obituaries note the deaths of Arley Thomas Hudson 74 Louise May Newcomb 72 Myrtle Reeg 90 Hildegarde Semmler 60 and Martin Cooney 65 with details on residences, survivors, and funeral arrangements in Franklin Middletown and Hamilton. Services listed with times and burial sites and church or funeral home names.
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Louise May Newcomb
Aeronca
Middletown Hospital
Myrtle Reeg
Orchard St
Barbara Park Nursing Home
Reeg
Ashland
Middletown
Selby Shoe Co
Portsmouth
Homemaker Circle 10
WCTU
Walter
Harold
Sandy Dresback
Wilson-Schramm
Irvin Emmons
Floral Hills Memory Gardens
Hildegarde M. Semmler
North Ft. Myers
Fla
Lebanon
Lee Memorial Hospital
Ft. Myers
Walton, Ky
Edward
Trudy Ann Semmler
Henry Munson
Wilson- Schramm
Hamilton
Martin Cooney
Millikin St
St. Peter In Chains
Cleveland Transit System Posts $6.9 Million Deficit
The Cleveland Transit System reported a deficit of 6.9 million dollars for the last year after including depreciation and other noncash expenses. Revenue totaled 29.2 million while costs reached 31.2 million, a 2 million shortfall.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland Transit System
Gunman robs Blue Ball King Kwik store
A lone gunman robbed the King Kwik in Blue Ball just before 9 30 pm taking cash. Deputies found no information this morning. The clerk says the suspect entered, bought a six pack of beer, showed a gun, demanded cash, and fled with no customers present. Roadblocks failed to locate him.
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King Kwik
Blue Ball
Butler County Sheriff's Deputies
Motorist charged in wreck near Yankee Road
Franklin Isom, 36, of 3001 Judy Drive, was charged with driving while intoxicated after a crash at Yankee Road and Meadow Avenue yesterday. His northbound car crossed the center line and struck Walter Crenshaw’s southbound vehicle, forcing Crenshaw to swerve and spin, with Isom’s car ending in a yard and damaging a fence.
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Yankee Road
Meadow Avenue
Yankee
Franklin Isom
Judy Drive
Walter Crenshaw
Elmo Place
Crenshaw
Isom
Glen Risner
Prisoner claims jail door injured wrist after car crash
Omer Dunn 31 of 201 Garfield St was jailed after a ditch crash on N Verity Parkway and charged with intoxication and concealed weapon. He alleges a jailer crushed his wrist in a door. Police dispute the claim as another prisoner supports Dunn or contradicts. Dunn to be rechecked at Middletown Hospital. Driver Lloyd Griggs 24 also jailed for intoxication and Donnie Wells 22 charged with drunk in motor vehicle and concealed weapon.
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Middletown Hospital
Omer Dunn
Garfield St
N. Verity Parkway
Dunn
Ptl
Donnie Owens
Lloyd Griggs
Donnie Wells
Park St
Lebanon and Ironton deputies face large cash shortages
The Lebanon Bureau of Motor Vehicles reports shortages of 90650 in John Keller accounts and 80756.44 in Arthur Harmon accounts, former deputies registrar in Lebanon and Ironton. Sue Newton faces tampering charges. Keller resigned as Civil Defense coordinator. Other shortages include 325422.13 from Elyria’s Anthony Marshco, with probes in Columbiana and Franklin counties ongoing.
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John Keller
Lebanon
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Arthur Harmon
Ironton
Sue Newton
Warren County
Keller
James Rhodes
Curtis Andrews
Anthony Marshco
Elyria
Andrews
Columbiana County
Franklin County
Two Girls Hurt In Grimes Street Collision
A two car crash at Grimes Street and Columbia Avenue yesterday afternoon injured two girls. Pam Esposito age 17 pulled from a stop sign into Bobby Campbell's eastbound car. Esposito and passenger Lisa McIntosh were treated. neither driver was cited. Campbell's car suffered $1000 damage.
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Grimes Street
Columbia Avenue
Pam Esposito
Creekview
Somerville
Grimes
Bobby Campbell
Clark St
Columbia
Esposito
Intruders burglarize two local residences
Police report burglaries at the homes of Richard Sagar at 2112 Tullis Drive and Tim McNutt at 808 B Fourth Ave. Sagar’s basement window was forced. a color television, fireworks, two shotguns, and jewelry were noted missing as drawers and closets were ransacked. McNutt’s front window was broken. a tapestry was cut from a wall and the door left open. Authorities found the apartment ransacked and television and other items left behind.
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Richard Sagar
Tullis Drive
Tim McNutt
Fourth Ave
Sagar
McNutt
Fight at Blac-Lite Lounge Leads to Arrest and Injuries
One man, David Hannum 32 of 802 Malvern St, is charged with disorderly conduct after a fight at Blac-Lite Lounge 1211 Jackson Lane. Charles Rice was treated and released. A .22 rifle was taken from Kevin Sorrells truck at 3914 Vannest Ave. A motorist hit a gas pump at Sohio on Second Ave and Main St and drove away.
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Jackson Lane
David Hannum
Malvern St
Charles Rice
A.m
Kevin Sorrell
Vannest Ave
Sohio Station
Second Avenue
Main Street
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Arley Thomas Hudson
Beech St
Franklin
Barbara Park
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Miamisburg
Dana Callahan
Washington Court House
Robert
Anglesby
Woodhill Cemetery
Louise Newcomb
Woodside Cemetery
War Mothers
Ladies Auxiliary
VFW
Franklin Furnace
Hildegarde Semmler
U.S
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Central Ave
Transit
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Dodds Monuments
Verity Pkvy
14Th Ave
Charles
Bud) Steller Mor
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