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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1978
Page
15
The Middletown Youth Symphony will rehearse Saturday morning at Manchester Middle School starting at 10 a.m. The two hour session proceeds after school cancellations, with Director James Veith noting initial cancellation but now schedule restored for performers.
The Ohio Department of Education notified Middletown City School District it will receive increased funding next school year for special education units including learning disabilities. Director James Mack said allocations did not cover all requested. The largest rise is for learning disabilities with a sizable increase noted.
Middletown fire department plans to launch a paramedic training program next month pending a contract for a classroom teacher. Fire Chief Vic Auvil notes Mary Thompkins of Urbana, who has run similar programs in Springfield and Hamilton, would lead. The course spans about one year with 160 hours of classroom and 100 hours of clinical instruction at Middletown Hospital, where squadmen will assist in the emergency department.
The Amazing Kreskin’s 8 p.m. show at Dave Finkelman Auditorium is sold out with a long waiting list for extra tickets. Clare Easton asks unused tickets be turned in at Middletown Campus, Miami University, or by phone. A student faculty committee plans to hide his check on stage as part of the act.
Police report a 15 year old boy apprehended at Ayr-Way after a clerk saw him take money from a cash register. He claimed another boy gave him a key to the registers. A separate attack in the West Gate Cafe parking lot left a woman with head cuts after being robbed of three rings. Four hubcaps were stolen from Barbara Fultz’s car on Selden Ave near her home.
A woman reported a purse snatching yesterday near Lamark drug store on Central Avenue. She described the suspect as a man in his early 20s who emerged from a telephone booth, took the purse at 12:20 p.m., and fled toward Edgewood Street. Police detained a man in the area but the victim could not positively identify him.
Fairfield fire officials say a child playing with a cigarette lighter started a Tuesday blaze that gutted 12 Governor's Manor apartments on Nilles Road. A separate explosion at Tedia Co. caused by unidentified chemicals injured eight firefighters and three workers, with damages around 100000 and 300000 dollars respectively.
Armco will continue electric conservation while coal shipments of seven thousand tons head to the Middletown Works for steelmaking. Mineside coal from West Virginia arrives by weekend, aiding restart after a three month mine tie-up. Some reductions persist as miners stay idle and pollution controls remain off during the emergency.
Bruce Edward Klug a 30 year old man 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. Autopsy to determine exact cause of death planned. The couple were in the process of divorcing.
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