Insulation makers dispute safety claims in AP report
Local cellulose insulation producers and installers in Southwestern Ohio reject an Associated Press dispatch alleging fire hazards. They cite testing practices, labeling, and safer materials, noting few untreated products remain and vowing to follow established standards from NBS and ASTM.
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Ohio
Roger Gillespie
Kindness
National Bureau of Standards
American Society For Testing Materials
Slough and Myers
Journal
Three Middletown Boys Charged In Diamond Paper Fire
Three Middletown youths aged 12 13 and 14 were arrested over a Saturday blaze at Diamond International 407 Charles St causing an estimated 100000 in damage to stored paper. A 13 year old appeared in juvenile court plea innocent claiming he stomped out his cigarette. All three will have preliminary hearings before Juvenile Court Judge David L. Black as officials continued to haul smoldering bales from the barn and assess potential damage to stored pulp.
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Middletown
International
Charles St
Butler County Juvenile Court
Paper Company
Diamond
Chase Ends in Springboro Arrests After Car Theft
Springboro law enforcement detains two suspects after a pursuit and wreck, while a third suspect remains at large. Officials report the trio initially damaged one vehicle and then stole another during the incident. Police continue to investigate leads and locate the remaining suspect.
Woman Hurt in Two Car Crash at Ohio 4 and Carmody
A 19 year old Middletown woman Teresa L Long was treated at Middletown Hospital after a two car crash at Ohio 4 and Carmody Boulevard. Long allegedly failed to yield as she turned into the path of Randall L Heizer a 19 year old Franklin man. Heizer was not treated. In a separate Saturday night incident a stolen car fled police on I 75 near Ohio 73 with a 100 mph plus escape. The car spun into a ravine while occupants fled leaving a 17 year old girl in the vehicle. The group then stole a second car at Midway Plaza Franklin, the girl released to her parents this morning and a male suspect jailed in Warren County. The driver of the first car remains at large, suspected to be an escapee from a Michigan prison. The Singer auto had its ignition forced but no damage occurred.
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Middletown
Middletown Hospital
Ohio 4
Carmody Boulevard
Teresa L. Long
Malvern St
Randall L Heizer
Todd Road
Franklin
Heizer
Long
Charles Reedy
Ohio 73
Midway Plaza
Springboro
Lois Singer
Clark St
Franklin Reedy
Cleercreek Township
Warren County
Shorts Road
Reedy
Ann Arbor
Mich
Singer
Block watchers to meet Tuesday in Middletown
A Middletown Neighborhood Watch meeting of block watchers will be held tomorrow at 7 p.m. at Christ United Methodist Church located at 700 S. Marshall. Ken Craig, city crime prevention officer, will speak.
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Middletown
Christ United Methodist Church
S. Marshall Road
Ken Craig
Tomorrow's Meetings For Middletown Springboro and Trenton
Middletown City Commission meets at 6 p.m. in the City Building. Springboro Clearcreek School Board gathering at 7 p.m. in the school administration office. Trenton Area CADIC meets at 7:30 p.m. in the Municipal Building.
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Springboro Clearcreek School Board
Trenton
Homestead Exemption Applications Due in June
Hamilton residents must apply at the county auditor’s office by Monday June 5 for 1978 property tax homestead exemptions. Eligible applicants must own and occupy the property as of January 1, 1978, be 65 in 1979 or totally disabled, and have combined income under $10,000. Applications are at the county center office and Middletown branch. total annual savings average $112.65 for about 7,095 residents, funded by the state.
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High St
Middletown
Freshman High School Window Break-In Reported
Police said the Freshman High School at Girard Avenue and Baltimore Street was broken into over the weekend. Several windows shattered and a Coke machine change box taken in the cafeteria. The shop area and offices were entered and items possibly taken. No other losses known at this time.
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Girard Avenue
Baltimore Street
Fire destroys car on Terry Drive and multiple injuries
A car fire on Terry Drive yesterday at 10 2 pm destroyed the vehicle valued at 100 dollars. Ester Guthrie 78 of 621 Garfield St admitted to hospital in fair condition at 4 25 am with pain. Harvey Clements 27 of 711 1th Ave same time to hospital with pain but no treatment record. Mike Bendel 29 of 2612 A St to hospital bleeding treated and released from Office Lounge 124 Charles St.
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Terry Drive
Garfield St
Ester Guthrie
Harvey Clements
Charles St
Mike Bendel
A St
Service contracts on commission's agenda tomorrow
City commissioners will meet at 6 pm in the City Building to review annual service contracts for the Social Service Center on St Main Street and Unity House on Curtis Street. They will discuss renewals, leases, and psychiatric services, plus sewer rate relief for seniors and project repayments on Germantown Road, Clinton Street, and Columbia Avenue. A public hearing on a proposed gas station at Jackson Lane and Roosevelt Boulevard is slated, with a Meet Your Commissioners session in the second floor conference room at 30 pm.
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Social Service Center
St Main Street
Unity House
Curtis Street
S. Maincline
Germantown Road
Clinton Street
Columbia Avenue
City Commission
Jackson Lane
Roosevelt Boulevard
Police briefs report stolen tape player and property damage
A tape player valued at 135 dollars was stolen from a car owned by the father of William Honechul at 616 Young St. A motorist damaged yards at 3104 and 3102 Shadow Hill Rd, with damage around 30 dollars. A large pane of thermal glass at 4201 Grand Ave, Frank Stricklett residence, was broken, glass valued at 250 dollars.
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William Honechul
Young St
Forest Avenue
Young Street
Shadow Hill Road
Frank Stricklett
Grand Ave
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