Middletown Cost of Living Below National Average in 174-City Survey
The Middletown Area Chamber of Commerce released a report showing Middletown's overall living cost index at 96.3, the lowest among four Ohio cities, with Springfield 99.3 Columbus 101.7 and Youngstown 103.5. The food and miscellaneous services categories raised Middletown above peers while housing utilities transportation and health care lagged. Price data are gathered quarterly by local chambers and compiled by the American Chamber of Commerce Researchers Association.
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Middletown
Middletown Area
Chambers of Commerce
American Chamber of Commerce Researchers Association
Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry
Ohio Music Teachers district auditions crown top local talents
Lisa Centers of Franklin won senior high first place while Deidra Taylor and Brenda Young of Middletown took junior high first and second. Twenty two students competed as judges named Charles Smith of Miami University. Winners advance to the June state convention at Wooster College and a April 24 Taft Museum recital in Cincinnati.
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Middletown
Franklin
Ohio Music Teachers Association
Miami University
Lisa Centers
Deidra Taylor
Brenda Young
Ohio
Wooster College
Taft Museum
Cincinnati
Charles Smith
Applied Music
Oxford
Bill Stiehl Wins Brass Competition at Cincinnati Event
Middletown High School sophomore Bill Stiehl topped eight rivals to win the brass division in the Contest for Young Instrumentalists sponsored by the Cincinnati Alumnae Chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota. He earned 50 dollars and will perform April 17 at 2 15 p.m. in the Bath Room of the College Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati.
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Middletown High School
Bill Stiehl
Cincinnati
Sigma Alpha Iota
William Stiehl
Bendel Drive
Middletown
Young Stiehl
Bath Room
College- Conservatory of Music
University of Cincinnati
Stiehl
MHS
Campus
Lakota Westchester Liberty Junior School Opens This Fall
Lakota school board named the new building Westchester Liberty Junior School in Dutchland Woods. Lakota Junior classes move in, with the current Lakota Junior building becoming a ninth grade site. Contracts totaling about 108 000 dollars approved for furniture and equipment. A 1977 78 calendar set first and last days September 7 and June 8, with Christmas and spring breaks. James R Cox hired as science teacher to fill the vacancy. Federal guidelines adopted for handicapped student education.
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Liberty
Dutchland Woods
Lakota School Board
James R Cox
Lakota
City Commission to Hold Informal Talk Session Today
The City Commission will meet for an informal discussion at 5 p.m. in the conference room on the second floor northeast corner of the City Building. No formal business will be transacted.
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City Commission
County hopes to meet welfare payroll Friday
Hamilton Butler County commissioners seek to meet the Welfare Department payroll Friday as a cash flow crisis endangers general relief and welfare payments. State funds have not arrived and the county audits into funding options, including about $65 000 due from the state. biweekly welfare payroll is about $71 000 and Friday relief disbursements total roughly $75 000.
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Hamilton
Butler
Dale Logsdon
County Auditor's Office
Logsdon
State Controlling Board
State Welfare Department
Ogsdon
Log
County Welfare
Wilma Ruth
Verity Middle School wins recycling contest
Verity Middle School wins a 50 dollar prize for collecting 641 pounds of aluminum, the top total in a two week MARC contest among six Middletown districts sixth graders. Amanda, Manchester, Roosevelt, and McKinley middle schools also won prizes for their aluminum collections.
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Verity Middle School
George M. Verity
Middletown Area
Marc
Middletown City
Virginia L. Seamon
Verity
Amanda Middle School
Mary Ann Schlenk
Manchester Middle
Christine Reedy
Roosevelt Middle School
Richard Palmer
McKinley Middle School
Iva Guenther
Marc Board
Sue Chenault
Campus Players Cancel A Midsummer Night Dream Schedule
Campus-Community Players cancel the production due this weekend. The show planned for April 1 and 2 is dropped due to time lost in the February energy crisis and cast members prior commitments preventing continuation.
Black police officers threaten discrimination complaint in Dayton
Two black officers plan to file with the Ohio Civil Rights Commission after claiming no minorities hold supervisory or nonuniform roles in the Division of Police. They cite recruitment concerns and lack of promotions despite testing for sergeant. Police Chief Dwyer denies discrimination and cites varied factors and pool quality. If filed, the OCRC would conduct on site investigations and pursue conciliation or hearings as needed.
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Division of Police
Ptl
Ron Sloan
Tom Gentry
Ohio Civil Rights Commission
Dayton
Sloan
Gentry
OCRC
Stolen Sports Car From Howe Motors Body Shop
A 1977 sports car valued at 10500 was stolen from Howe Motors body shop on N Verity Park way during the weekend. Entry was through a northeast garage door. The car owned by Beverly McGuire of Hamilton was driven away. The theft was reported yesterday morning.
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Howe Motors
N. Verity Parkway
Beverly McGuire
Hamilton
Central Avenue
Clarence Brate
Central Ave
Brate
Germantown Recreation Commission Sets Special Meeting
The Germantown Recreation Commission will meet tonight at 7 in the Municipal Building to discuss hiring a recreation supervisor for all programs and leaders for a proposed youth center.
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Germantown
Germantown Recreation Commission
Fire and injuries reported across multiple addresses
A 3:57 a.m. fire on 4412 Miller Road sent Clayton Hale, 72, to hospital ICU. Earlier at 7:20 p.m. a fall victim, Mattie Dennis, 83, was treated and released after arrival at 1511 Fairmount Ave. At 4:30 p.m. Robert Swain, 75, went to hospital with back pains and was treated and released. Geraldine Smith, 28, at 1:17 p.m. from an auto accident at 14th Avenue and Curtis Street was treated and released after arrival at 1119 Kunz Ave.
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Miller Road
Clayton Hale
Fairmount Ave
Mattie Dennis
Nelbar St
Robert Swain
14Th Avenue
Curtis Street
Geraldine Smith
Kunz Ave
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Journal Middletown
Chamber OF Commerce
Ohio Music Teachers
Miss Centers
Wilburn Centers
Kaye
Carlisle High School
William Kenney
Ohio Music Education
National Federation of Music Clubs
Guild of Piano Teachers
Miss Taylor
Tom Taylor
Cambridge Drive
Miss Young
David Young
Tremont Court
Harold Conn
National Guild
American Music Scholarship Association of Cincinnati
Lisa
Carlisle
Middletown Shopping
Westchester
Commission
Russ Dwyer
Dwyer
Doug Sheley
Roosevelt Blvd
Adam Cristo Company
Greenfield
Baltimore
Mohawk
Saxony
Thad
Rass Et Te
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Tangaia ST. Rt
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