Systemwide repair plan tapped for city schools
Middletown schools will launch a comprehensive rehabilitation this year funded by new taxes. The program covers plumbing, roofs, window shades and equipment upgrades across all buildings, with costs expected at $300,000 or more. Board president Howard Schueller says the district shifts from patchwork to proactive maintenance to avoid costly, repeated repairs.
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David Driver
Middletown
Howard Schueller
Schueller
Amanda Elementary
Monroe
McKinley
Garfield
Jefferson
Maple Park
Sherman
Lincoln
Oneida
Roosevelt
Taft
Wilson
Manchester
Amanda
Mayfield
Rosedale
Springhill
Amanda Middle
Spring Hill
Lemon-Monroe
Wildwood
Middie Chess Team Tops Lebanon 5-3 in Final Meet
Middletown High School completed its season with a 5-3 victory over Lebanon High. The Middies finished 23-1-1, losing the division crown to Madison High. Winners included Tim Holman, Keith Spencer, Mark Triplett, and Robin Busby. Bill Gibbs and Steve Hollingsworth won for the Warriors. Keith Powell drew with John Eltzroth. The article also lists extensive proposed repairs across multiple schools with estimated costs and timelines for 1974 and 1975.
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Middletown High School
Lebanon High
Middies
Madison High
MHS
Tim Holman
Keith Spencer
Mark Triplett
Robin Busby
Warrior
Bill Gibbs
Steve Hollingsworth
Keith Powell
John Eltzroth
Lebanon
Sterilization case settled in Ohio federal court
Carolyn Wade of Muskingum County reached an out-of-court settlement in a $3 million federal suit against a judge and two doctors. Wade, 24, alleged she was forced to undergo a court-ordered sterilization at 16 after being diagnosed mentally retarded. Defendants included Dr. Stanford Daw, Dr. John Seaton, Judge Holland Gary, and Muskingum County Child Welfare Board associates.
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Columbus, Ohio
Carolyn Wade
Muskingum County
Wade
Stanford Daw
Zanesville
John Seaton
New Concord
Holland Gary
Muskingum County Child Welfare Board
Ohio Engineers back bill on product design responsibility
The Ohio Society of Professional Engineers supports a bill requiring each company to designate a licensed engineer who would bear personal responsibility for the safe design of consumer products. The measure aims to assign accountability for design decisions to a specific engineer within firms.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Society of Professional Engineers
Science Day Saturday at Middletown Campus
High and junior high students from Adams to Warren counties will showcase self-developed projects at the 26th Annual Southwest District High School Science Day on the Middletown Campus of Miami University. Projects span 10 fields and will be judged by three judges with certificates awarded. top seniors advance to State Science Day in Columbus on April 14.
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Middletown
Miami University
Adams
Brown
Butler
Clermont
Clinton
Hamilton
Highland
Montgomery
Preble
Warren
Columbus
Ohio Academy of Science
Miami Middletown
Miami
Oxford
MUM
Logan Johnston
Paul M. Daniel
Ohio Junior Academy of Science
Southwest
Dick Marshall
Princeton High School
Ground broken for county's adult center in Garfield Park
Ground was broken for a $500 000 sheltered workshop for mentally retarded adults at Garfield Industrial Park near University Boulevard and 14th Avenue. The center will, upon completion this summer, create up to 60 jobs and ease crowding at the New Miami sheltered workshop.
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Garfield
University Boulevard
14Th Avenue
Miami
Hamilton
Garfield High School
Butler County
Kentucky AG says retired Black teachers not eligible for higher retirement benefits
The attorney general’s office states that Kentucky’s retired Black teachers cannot receive enhanced retirement benefits to address past pay inequities. The ruling clarifies limits on postemployment compensation adjustments for past wage gaps.
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Frankfort
Attorney General’s Office
Kentucky
Ohio Bureau of Employment Services to cut staff
William E. Garnes administrator says the agency chose staff reductions over closing offices. Remaining OBES offices in Cleveland and statewide stay open with fewer personnel.
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OBES
Cleveland, Ohio
William E. Garnes
Ohio Bureau of Employment Services
Garnes
City Paving Projects Start Next Week In Local Area
City officials announce paving at the Nelbar Street and University Boulevard intersection with traffic disruptions for about two days. Additional work will begin next week on Tytus Avenue from Verity Park Way to Nelbar Street, finishing parts of last season’s program. City engineer Bob Weineke comments that the project continues last season’s effort and the annual program will start mid June.
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Nelbar Street
University Boulevard
Tytus Avenue
Verity Parkway
Bob Weineke
Burglary Fails to Lock Safe in St Paul Firm
A St Paul firm reported its safe battered open by a burglar who ignored a large sign stating the safe was not locked and took a small amount of money. Police are investigating the bungling break in.
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ST. Paul, Minn
St. Paul
Lyndon B. Johnson Undergoes Routine Physical
Mrs Lyndon B Johnson had a standard annual physical Thursday at Brooke Army Hospital in San Antonio Texas. The examination focused on routine health checks rather than any known illness. Military doctors conducted the evaluation at Brooke Army Medical Center.
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San Antonio, Tex
Lyndon B. Johnson
Brooke Army Hospital
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