City Receives 104 662 EEA Funds to Phase Out Program
City officials announce 104 662 in state and county Emergency Employment Act funds to wind down the program by next June. The city has 66 960 from Butler County EEA programs and 37 702 in state funding. A plan calls for phased layoffs or transfers with possible use of federal revenue sharing for salaries. Last year 225 564 funded the EEA with 90 percent salary support. 59 people participated, 17 remain now in parks, streets, and other departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randy Forrester
Dale Helsel
EEA
Hessel
Odor Fixes At Miami Conservancy District Plant
Corrections indicate the odor on the south side is being halted at the sewer plant operated by the Miami Conservancy District, not at the nearby solid waste plant as yesterday's Journal reported. The article also notes that in 1921 Dr. Fred G Banting and Charles Best discovered insulin's value against diabetes.
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Franklin
Miami Conservancy District
Canada
Fred G. Banting
Charles Best
Monroe charter group adjourns without certificates of election
The Monroe charter commission met and adjourned after heated discussion over required certificates of election for members. Joe Newlin noted no certificate was needed, but the majority overruled him. A second meeting was planned for Wednesday at the Monroe branch of the First National Bank if available.
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Monroe
Mission
Lemon Township
Joe Newlin
Village Council
Edna Fath
Butler
First National Bank of Middletown
Seven Dolors Church Hall
Commission
Board of Elections
Newlin
Shots Fired At Car On Yankee Road Verity Parkway
Henry Dishman 32 of 1407 Woodlawn Ave told police late yesterday that four shots were fired at his car at the Yankee Road Verity Parkway intersection. He and a friend were waiting at a red light when a man approached asking what they wanted. The attacker, about 190 pounds with pigtail hair in a white coat, fired four times but missed the vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Dishman
Woodlawn Ave
Yankee Road
Verity Parkway
Local incidents report from Franklin St and nearby streets
At 9:05 a.m. Grace Simpson, 73, at 311 Franklin St., was taken by ambulance to Middletown Hospital in serious condition. At 3:09 p.m. a car owned by Lenita Lyle, 2213 Central Ave., had an under hood fire with no damage estimate. At 4:37 p.m. a car owned by Frank Bates Jr., 1815 Clarendon Ave., suffered a fuel leak causing a fire and $100 damage at Clark St. and Columbia Ave. At 6 p.m. James Hess, 21, was ill at 1118 Garfield St. and treated and released.
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Franklin St
Grace Simpson
Middletown Hospital
Central Ave
Lenita Lyle
Jackson Lane
Clark Street
Columbia Avenue
Frank Bates Jr
Clarendon Ave
Garfield St
James Hess
Body in river remains unidentified near Hamilton
The identity of a man found Sunday in the Great Miami River north of Hamilton remains a mystery. Butler County sheriff department officials say the body has not been identified and Coroner Dr. Garret J. Boone notes the badly decomposed remains may never be identified.
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Hamilton
Great
Miami River
Here
Butler County
Garret J. Boone
Multiple Middletown area deaths and funerals listed
The notice lists Charles E. Lawson age 33 died of a heart attack at Middletown Hospital with services set for Friday at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home. Also listed are Rozell Lindsay 68 with funeral at Hall-Jordan Memorial Chapel and burial at Woodside, the infant daughter of Donald E. Mack who died shortly after birth with arrangements at Riggs Funeral Home, William McCutcheon 87 former Armco employee who died at Mercy Hospital with service at Joseph R. Baker & Sons, Goebel Cornett 73 died at Middletown Hospital with services at Wilson Schramm Memorial Home, Noah South 62 died at Grandview Hospital with funeral at Oswald Funeral Home, Kevin Taylor six weeks found dead and several Hamilton area obituaries including Mrs Jane Beacher and Warren Gillespie.
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Charles E. Lawson
Glen Ave
Middletown Hospital
Christ Hospital
Cincinnati
Mr. Lawson
Middletown
Foley Construction Co
Carolyn
Carlotta
Cassandra
Cynthia
Grant’ Lawson
Hamilton
Shelby
Elizabeth Lawson
Rebecca Trent
Wilma Blanton
McCoy- Leffler
James Sutton
Woodside Cemetery
Hall-Jordan Memorial Chapel
F. H. Hampton
Lindsay
Donald E. Mack
S. Dixie Highway
Franklin
Children’s Medical Center
Dayton
Homer Brate
Scott Banks
Mississippi
Riggs Funeral Home
Armco Steel Corp
Edna
Robert
Chester
Joseph R. Baker & Sons
Edwin Bobbitt
South Lebanon
Noah South
S. Main St
Grandview Hospital
Charles
Pleasant Plain
Norma
Laura Roark
Frances Hughs
Sheril Howard
Carolyn Lake
Lebanon
Lou Woodley
Florence McDonah
Mason
Ray
Reading
Meritt
Boston
Oswald Funeral Home
Kevin Taylor
Ernie Taylor
E. Warren St
Malcolm Johnson
John Taylor
Maineville
Rose Hill
Ohio tax returns backlog to be processed by June 15
About a million state income tax returns remain unprocessed in Ohio. The Ohio Department of Taxation expects to complete the work by June 15. So far 2.7 million returns have been processed with around $322 million in collections. About half of the returns request refunds totaling $19.3 million, averaging $14.39 per refund.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Department of Taxation
Bank merger closer between First Citizens and Barnitz Bank
Stockholders of the First Citizens Bank of Oxford voted unanimously to approve selling the western Butler County bank to the Barnitz Bank of Middletown. Barnitz reported 100 percent stockholder support and now awaits regulatory approval before finalizing the acquisition. First Citizens has $10.4 million in resources and will become Barnitz fifth office, with Barnitz reporting $55 million in resources at year end 1972.
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First Citizens Bank of Oxford
Butler County
Barnitz Bank of
Middletown
The
Barnitz Bank
Barnitz
First Citizens
Powell questions on Watergate coverup and Vietnam policy
Rep. Walter E. Powell said he believes the President had no prior Watergate knowledge but is unsure about a coverup. He opposed continued Cambodia bombing, voting against a funding cutoff for budget reasons, and favored Senate confirmation of the OMB director. Powell criticized Roy Ash and Haig, urging stronger civilian control of the military.
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Washington
Walter E. Powell
Powell
Cambodia
Defense Department
Pentagon
Southeast Asia
Nixon
Senate
Office of Management and Budget
OMB
Roy Ash
Litton (Industries
Alexander M. Haig
White House
Principal Geckeler to Retire After 38-Year Career
Walter S. Steve Geckeler longtime Middletown educator will retire at the end of the current school year. He has been Creekview Elementary principal for six years and previously led Blue Ball and Sherman Elementary schools. Geckeler 62 of 4312 Walton Court begins a 38 year public school career after teaching at Roosevelt and serving in multiple educational and community roles.
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Walter S
Steve”’ Geckeler
Creekview Elementary
Geckeler
Middletown School Board
Walton Court
Creekview
Blue Ball Elementary
Hamilton
Miami University
Roosevelt
Sherman
Jefferson Elementary
Ohio Classroom Teachers’ Association
Middletown Teachers’ Association
Middletown
Sunset Park
Defense
Armco Steel
Ohio Supreme Court Hears Lukens Case
The Ohio Supreme Court will hear oral arguments today on State Sen. Donald Lukens bid for next year. Lukens was removed from the ballot by Secretary of State Ted Brown for filing his 1972 Senate campaign expense statement 12 days late. Lukens, R Middletown, is an announced gubernatorial candidate who might seek the U S Senate if Saxbe does not run. The Lukens matter is third on the docket and could start after 11 a.m.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Supreme Court
Donald ‘Buz
Lukens
Ted Brown
Brown
U. S. Senate
William Saxbe
Ohio highway work in 1972 totals 774 miles completed
Ohio reports 774 miles of highway finished in 1972 at a cost of 228.8 million dollars. The gains include 131 miles of new construction 50 miles of reconstruction and 593 miles of resurfacing.
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Ohio
Man Critical After I-75 Collision Near Monroe
Cincinnati man Jimmy Shelton age 25 is in critical condition at Middletown Hospital after a 3:15 a.m. crash on I-75 north of Monroe. His southbound car struck a tractor-trailer outfit, crossed the median and guardrail, then was hit by a second tractor trailer.
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Cincinnati
Middletown Hospital
Monroe
Jimmy Shelton
Shelton
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Monroe Charter Group
Cleveland
Charles Lawson
Rosell Lindsay
Rozell Lindsay
Eighth Ave
William McCutcheon
Mercy Hospital
Garden Manor Extended Care Center
Mr. McCutcheon
Goebel Cornett
Douglas St
Trenton
Mr. Cornett
Perry County
Hazel
Bobbie Riddle
Wanda Larsson
Betty Cornett
Stanton
Sam
Bill
Charlie
Hazard
Paul
Madison
W. Va
Maria Risner
Wilson- Schramm Memorial
Henry Howard
Jane Beacher
Haven Ave
Klaus- Weigel
Warren Gillespie
Eaton Ave
Colligan
Olive Brown
Fairfield
Herman Huber
Resor Road
Brown- Dawson
Steve Geckeler
Wendell
Diehl
Manchester Middle
Roosevelt Middle
Carl McVay
Amanda Middle
Robert Helsinger
Walter S. Geckeler
Welchade
P.O
Clinton
Iowa
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