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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1978
Page
13
The Middletown Youth Symphony will rehearse Saturday at Manchester Middle School starting at 10 a.m. The two hour session was previously canceled due to school, but will now proceed with students and conductor James Veith directing.
The Ohio Department of Education notified Middletown City School District it will get extra funds next school year for special education units. Director James Mack said the figures did not include all requested, with the largest increase seen in learning disabilities funding.
Fire Chief Vic Auvil says city commissioners will consider a contract with Mary Thompkins of Urbana to lead a paramedic training program. The Urbana trainer has run similar programs in Springfield and Hamilton, where the course lasts about one year with 160 hours classroom and 100 hours clinical work in Middletown Hospital ER. Deputy Chief William Erb notes trainees will actively assist in the ER rather than observe.
A full house is expected for the Amazing Kreskin's 8 p.m. show in the Dave Finkelman Auditorium with all tickets sold. Clare Easton asks unused tickets be returned to her at the Middletown Campus or by calling 424 4444 Ext 214. A committee plans to hide the check during the performance and Kreskin allegedly forfeits his pay if he cannot locate it.
Police arrest a 15 year-old boy after a clerk reports money missing from a cash register. The youth says another boy gave him a key to the registers. A separate report details a woman robbed and assaulted in the West Gate Cafe parking lot around 2:30 this morning, three rings taken, hospital treatment given, and four hubcaps stolen from Barbara Fultz’s car on Selden Ave.
A woman on Central Avenue says a man in his early 20s snatched her purse as she exited Lamark drug store yesterday around 12:20 pm. The suspect fled into the rear alley toward Edgewood Street. police nabbed a man in the area but the victim did not positively identify him.
Fairfield fire officials say a child playing with a cigarette lighter caused a Tuesday morning blaze that gutted 12 units at the Governor's Manor complex. A separate Tuesday night explosion at Tedia Co. sent 55-gallon drums of chemicals into the air, injuring eight firefighters and three workers. Damages estimated at 100000 and 300000 respectively. Authorities seek to identify chemicals used and note lack of clear permit records for the plant in Moon Park Fairfield.
Armco will receive seven thousand tons of coal from West Virginia for Middletown Works with rail deliveries by weekend. While coal shipments resume, Armco keeps electric conservation until the emergency ends, aiming for full production soon. Some plants run on reduced schedules as miners remain idle and pollution controls stay off for now. CG&E notes coal inventories rising and expects deliveries next week, with normal operations returning gradually.
Bruce Edward Klug 30 was found dead on the living room floor of his McGonigle mobile home after a domestic quarrel. His wife Kathy 27 was questioned but no charges filed. An autopsy was ordered as officials consider presenting the case to the Butler County grand jury. The couple were in the process of divorce. the weapon was a single stab wound at 54 Lakeside Drive Island Lake mobile home community.
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