Butler County set to build new jail with mixed bids
Apparent low base bids reached 1 141 864 for the Butler County jail project as four bids each came in for general construction and for prison and kitchen equipment with three for electrical work. The estimated total cost is 1 242 000 not including about 80 000 in architectural fees. Commissioners will review bids with architects at 4 p m Monday.
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Hamilton
Butler County
Carl J. Conradt & Sons
Fries & Sons Steel Co
Covington
Great Lakes Hotel Supply Co
Detroit
Mich
Hamilton Mechanical Contracting Co
The
Alright Electric Co
Brown Recluse Bite Leaves Child in Critical Condition
In Cleveland Ohio AP report, five year old Todd Quester of Amherst remains in a coma after a suspected brown recluse bite on April 18. Hospital spokesmen say his condition worsened with progressive circulatory failure and no response to stimuli despite Brazilian serum treatment.
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Babies and Childrens Hospital
Todd Quester
Amherst
Lorain County
Lieved
Brazil
Todd
NASA Plans Job Cuts At Cape Kennedy Center
NASA intends a 5000 job cut at Cape Kennedy within 13 months after a 45 million dollarOperations budget reduction. Dr. Kurt H Debus says turnover allows reductions with no mass layoffs and staffing will drop from 23500 to 18500 by June 1970, with gains to 21000 plus in 1971 after program launches. Across the nation 24174 space jobs are set to be eliminated.
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Cape Kennedy, Fla
This Space Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Cape Kennedy
Kurt H. Debus
Center
Space Agency
Debus
NASA
Middletown Law Day Awards Honor David L. Smith
The Midddletown Bar Association awarded the Liberty Bell Award to David L. Smith for his leadership of the Middletown Council of Human Relations and community service. The event at Rosevelt Junior High included poster contest results for local students and remarks by Rep. Donald E. Lukens. A mock Russian murder trial and musical performances accompanied the program.
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Middletown Bar Association
David L. m
Rosevelt
H. T. Derivan
Smith
Chamber of Commerce
Council of Catholic Men
Southwestern
Ohio
Diocese of
Cincinnati
Committee For
Columbus
Middletown
Clifford Hutchinson
Jesse Mayable
Ralph McKenzie
Patricia Frost
Middletown High School
Chuck Rigg
Fenwick
Donald E
Buz) Lukens
Mike Bartlett
Manchester
Cornerstone of Citizenship
Middletown Optimist Club
United States
Mary Lord
Sounds For America
Easter Seals aided 253 313 crippled Americans in 3 states
Butler County Easter Seal Society reports 253 313 disabled Americans helped nationwide in 1968 in three states plus DC and Puerto Rico. Frank Dobrozsi notes local grants to Doty House and several hospitals and film access for schools, while warning needs grow faster than resources. The national 1968 report outlines steps to expand services.
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Easter Seal Societies
District of Columbia
Puerto Rico
Butier County
Easter Seal Society
Doty House
Middletown Hospital
Mercy
Fort Hamilton
Hamilton
Frank Dobrozsi
Dobrozsi
Butler County
National
Brakes fail triggers truck crash on I-75 ramp
A Goshen truck driver Delbert W. Filsher said his brakes failed as he entered the exit ramp at Ohio 123 on I-75. He crossed into the northbound access ramp, hit a second truck driven by Leiland Alltop, 28, of New Carlisle, causing $1,750 in damage before his vehicle overturned. Police charged Filsher with driving with unsafe brakes.
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Franklin
Delbert W. Filsher
Goshen
Filsher
Ohio 123
Daytona Ray
I-75
Alltop
New Carlisle
Welfare Has Failed To Do Its Job
Ohio State University economist Peter S Barth told the Ohio Citizens' Council for Health and Welfare that welfare has become a demeaning handout system. He argued rolls grow despite its purpose and urged alternatives that guarantee income to prevent rapid separation of the poor from earnings.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio State University
Peter S Barth
Ohio Citizens’ Council For Health and Welfare
Barth
Diamond brings top bid at Geneva auction for Nina Dyer gem
A 32.07 carat diamond left by British model Nina Dyer sold for 264,500 at a Geneva jewelry auction that grossed over 2.9 million. The gem came from her second husband Sadruddin Khan, with Dyer dying by overdose in 1965 at 35. Also offered were jewels from ex-Queen Marie Jose of Italy and unnamed European royals.
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Geneva
Nina Dyer
Sadruddin Khan
Aly Khan
Miss Dyer
Heinrich von Thyssen
Sacred Dance Choir Plans Concert As Arts Festival Opens
The Sacred Dance Choir from First United Methodist Church presents A Service in Dance at Wesley Methodist Church Aurora Illinois as part of a five day religious arts festival. PROMISES and the rhythmic choir join for the second year with exhibits tours drama and concerts. Dancers include Clem Burton Debbie Boonstra Debbie Fletcher Natalie McCoy Dave McGraw Bonnie Murphy Becky Perkins Dodee Saylor Becky Schanke Ed Seamon Mickey Schwing. Singers include Nina Burton Norman Harsh Marian Locke and Bill Shafer.
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First United Methodist Church
Wesley Methodist Church
Aurora
Ill
Promises
Clem Burton
Debbie Boonstra
Debbie Fletcher
Notalie McCoy
Dave McGraw
Bonnie Murphy
Becky Perkins
Dodee Saylor
Becky Schanke
Ed Seamon
Mickey Schwing
Nina Burton
Norman Harsh
Marian Locke
Bill Shafer
Keep Off The Grass at WSU Planters Identified as Marijuana
At Washington State University a campus mall features decorative planters with a crudely painted sign reading Keep Off the Grass. Marvin R. Gibson, a pharmacology professor, identified the new plants as marijuana during a Thursday briefing.
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Pullman, Wash
Washington State University
Marvin R. Gibson
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Sherry Mitchell
Manchester Junior High
Thomas Eckhardt
St. Mary’s
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Howard
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Moon & Adrion Insurance Agency, Inc
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