Trucker strike near Middletown could end by Monday
Reports from Middletown and Franklin describe a tense standstill as 180 truckers gathered at the plaza to hear a Washington update on the national Teamsters agreement. A peaceful meeting followed with officials predicting ratification by mail ballots and possible return to work soon.
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Elkin
Washington
Middletown
Teamsters
Freightside
Jerome LeForce
Loca
Senators Glenn Metzenbaum Call for Vietnam War End
John Glenn and Howard Metzenbaum address the Butler County Jefferson Jackson Day dinner urging Congress to regain war powers, halt moves into Cambodia, and speed a U S pullout from Vietnam. They criticize Nixon policy and favor redirecting funds to domestic needs.
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Glenn
Metzenbaum
Butler County
Democrat Party
Congress
U. S
Cambodia
Market Area Coin Trick Confuses Vending Machines
In Brussels the Common Market borders are down yet coinage tricks confound machines. Belgian 10-franc coins and French 20-centime pieces can substitute for coins in German and Belgian machines, drawing note of coin value differences among shoppers. A dinner at the Manchester Motor Inn featured political chatter on Vietnam, Cambodia, and Ohio 1970 races, with remarks from Metzenbaum, Gilligan, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Cambodia
Senate
John J. Gilligan
Gilligan
Ohio
Woman Burned In Flash Fire In Middletown Kitchen
A 22 year old housewife, Mrs Charlotte Cox, was in critical condition with extensive burns after a flash fire in her kitchen at 7 43 p m when fumes from a flammable paint roller ignited by a gas range pilot light. Fire damage to the building was estimated at 100 dollars and contents at 10 dollars.
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Middletown Hospital
Charlotte Cox
William Cox
Jewell
Ave
Helen Keckler
Jewell Ave
Widow sues over fatal collision on U S 27 in Butler County
Mrs Marietta M Broughton widow of Clarence Broughton 50 sues Richard Kenneth Peck and Gosling Co Lancaster seeking 628414.92 damages in Butler County Common Pleas Court claiming Peck drank at a cafe nearby and failed to stop after striking Broughton who was at his mailbox, with bounty of injuries and a second alleged incident cited.
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Hamilton
Butler County
Kenneth Peck
Carlisle Ave
Gosling Co
Lancaster
Broughton
Clarence
Gosling Firm
Peck
Hringe Artian An
Youth May Get Life For Murder
Cincinnati judge to sentence 21 year old Charles Helton to life imprisonment after his first degree murder conviction in the beating death of service station attendant Troy Carr during a 1970 robbery in Fairfax. Co defendant Robert Mack age 18 of Milford faces Juvenile Court action. Helton was a Milford High School basketball player.
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Cincinnati
Robert Wood
Charles Helton
Milford
Hamilton
Carr
Fairfax
Mack
Helton
Milford High School
Franklin Teachers, Board Reach New Pay Agreement
After a 32 hour bargaining session, Franklin schools settled on a new teacher contract. Starting pay with a B A rises to 6200 from 5800, hospitalization for families is added, class sizes capped, and a plan for degree completion required for some teachers. Ratification vote set for Monday. Harry Huntoon endorses acceptance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Thornton
Franklin
Franklin Education Association
FEA
Harry Huntoon
DeWitt Terry
Middletown Teachers Approve New Salary Package
The Middletown Teachers Association and board of education agreed to sign the newly approved salary fringe benefits package after months of negotiation since December. The MTA warned they would seek other means to enforce the contract if violated. President James Stark was unavailable for comment as about 40 teachers met to discuss the development.
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Board of Education
MTA
James Stark
Middletown
Congress Inn
Butler County Tuberculosis and Health Assn Meeting Highlights Environmental Concerns
The Butler County Tuberculosis and Health Association at the Elks Club heard dire warnings about earth pollution and reaching the planet’s carrying capacity. Richard A. Wilmer was re elected president with Lou Florio as vice president, and Ted Adkins of WLW T warned that mankind risks extinction if pollution continues.
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Butler County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Elks Club
Rt. 4
Richard A. Wilmer
W. H. Spindler
Richard J. Fitton
Hamilton
Lou Florio
Middletown
Board of ‘Trustees
Jerry Brown
Joe Gividen
C. Huselton
Herbert McBain
Mark Walke
Logan T. Johnston
E. Clifford’ Roberts
Ted Adkins
Wlw-T
Earth
Adkins
Blacks Pick Solidarity Speaker
The Rev. B. W. Smith of Operation Breadbasket Cincinnati will address Solidarity Day on May 9 at Old South Park. He outlines boycotting tactics to press for Black hiring and black-owned product use, with Mid dletown leaders echoing SCLC aims for unity across races to advance lawful change.
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B. W. Smith
Cincinnati
Old South Park
Mr. Smith
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
Middletown
James Holloman
Holloman
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Frank E. Fitzsimmons
National Teamsters Union
Armco Steel Corp
Wikoff Gate
Armco
I-75
ONG
Don Whitaker
Dayton-South Pure Oil
836
Ed Elkinting
Whitaker
Demos
Fred Sennet
Journal
John Glenn
Howard Metzenbaum
U. S. Senate
Vietnam
United States
Glenn Spears
Wendt
Manchester Motor Inn
Pete O’grady
O’grady
Howard
Manchester
Lincoln School
Central Ave
Marietta M. Broughton
Millville
Oxford Road
Richard
Huntoon
Terry
By Joy Jones
Solidarity
Elite’s
Sele
S. Breiel
Crawford Trenton Center
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