Municipal income tax reform push gains regional support
Trenton Mayor Ron Specht says he is pleased with the reaction as a coalition of small Ohio cities pushes to reform municipal income tax. The Perrysburg Plan seeks a fairer share of local tax revenues and House Bill 781 is now sponsored in the General Assembly by Rep. Bob McEwen. Fourteen area communities met in Monroe at the Congress Inn to discuss proposals, with only Sharonville and Woodlawn opposing according to Specht.
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Eric von Klinger
Trenton
Ohio General Assembly
Bob McEwen
Hillsboro
Congress Inn
Monroe
Sharonville
Woodlawn
Specht
Ohio
Cleveland
Columbus
Youngstown
McEwen
Perrysburg
Middletown
Carlisle seal redesigned and council actions outlined
The Carlisle seal will feature straight lines and top placement of the village name with a motto from a second place entry. Council approved hiring two auxiliary policemen and a $4,661.13 bid for radios, contingent on a federal grant. Drainage complaints were discussed, along with a Dial-A-Bus start and village clean up results. Legislative reform talks on municipal income tax continued with Perrysburg Plan and TEA Committee momentum.
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Jeff Callahan
Chautauqua Road
Carlisle
Ohio
Clyde Eldridge
Lucille Black
John Edwards
Roger Stebelton
Steve Colton
Charles Cundiff
Council
Cincinnati
Police Department
Ted Burgess
B&o
Gross Lumber Co
David Smith
Warren County Council On Aging
Franklin City
Springboro
Council On Aging
Bay
Ohio Bell
TEA backs bill on local tax sharing and commuter rights
TEA argues in Trenton that House Bill 781 would alter the local government fund distribution, urging residents to contact State Rep William Denham. The campaign cites reciprocal tax agreements and exemptions for Columbus officials as areas for reform, plus concerns over commuter taxpayers losing a voice in tax decisions. Ruth Witzeman highlights commuter impacts and fund mechanics.
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Trenton
William Denham
TEA
Ruth Witzeman
Deputy Richter Killed in Montgomery County Shooting
Slain deputy Randall Richter aged 23 was shot while investigating a suspicious driver he had arrested. A statewide alert was issued for a Dayton man wanted for questioning in the case.
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Montgomery County
Randall Richter
Dayton
Otterbein approves Phillippi Building remodeling plan
The Otterbein Home Board of Trustees approves a $585000 project to remodel the Phillippi Building into 35 independent living units. It will include single rooms with baths and some apartments with cooking facilities. Construction is by Otterbein Home crew, designed by Al Voorhis, with completion targeted mid 1976.
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Lebanon
Otterbein Home Board of Trustees
Phillippi
al Voorhis
Mason
Otterbein Home
Miami University bids electrical system upgrade at Peabody Hall
A figure of 256800 from Wente Construction Co. of Hamilton is recommended as apparent low bid for the electrical system overhaul at Peabody Hall on the Western College campus of Miami University. Bids opened Tuesday in Columbus in the offices of Carl Bentz, state architect and engineer.
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Oxford
Wente Construction Co
Hamilton
Peabody Hall
Western College
Miami University
Lloyd A. Goggin
Miami
Carl Bentz
Columbus
Climate Control Co
Progressive Plumbing Co
Charles Beltz & Co
Grosse Point Park
Mich
Knowlton Construction Co
Bellefontaine
Middletown Beta Delta Chi to hold campus car wash
The Beta Delta Chi sorority at Miami University will sponsor a car wash Saturday at the University Shell station on University Boulevard and Shafer Street. Exterior washes are one dollar and inside outside cleans are one dollar fifty between 9:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
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Beta Delta Chi Sorority
Middletown
Miami University
University’ Shell
University Boulevard
Shafer Street
Miami University to begin ice rink construction by mid June
Area contractors reported acceptable bids on three more items for a proposed Miami University ice rink project. Low bids total $2,394,507 for two rinks, seating 2,000, with parking, plus a 300 by 220 foot building between the stadium and Swing Hall.
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Oxford
Miami University
Lloyd Goggin
Miami
High Street
Craft Fair at Hueston Woods June 1 in Oxford
The 10th Annual Art and Craft Fair will be June 1 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Pioneer Farm and Home Museum grounds on Brown Road near Hueston Woods State Park, rain date June 8. About a hundred painters and craftsmen exhibit with demonstrations in broom making macrame dyeing spinning weaving and wood and metal crafts. Exhibitors and visitors come from over 50 miles. sponsored by the Oxford Arts Club and the Oxford Museum Association. The King of England in 1696 sent an officer to hunt pirates. Capt William Kidd later turned pirate and was hanged in 1701.
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Oxford
Pioneer Farm and Home Museum
Brown Road
Hueston Woods State Park
The
Oxford Arts Club
Oxford Museum Association
England
Commissio
William Kidd
I-75 Cincinnati Repairs to Begin Next Week
Ohio District 8 officials announce major I-75 repairs from Paddock Road to I-74 with one to two lanes open daily. The W L Harper Cincinnati won a 745 890 contract and will start in the northbound lanes Tuesday, with completion planned by August 8.
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Cincinnati
District 8
The
Ohio Transportation
Paddock Road
I-74
W.L. Harper Construction Co
Mitchell Avenue
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Chamberlain Road
Gross Acres
Safety and Service Committee
Jim Gross Jr
Stebelton
Franklin Township
Little League Field
Taxation Equity Action
Journal
State News
General Assembly
Otterbein
MUM Sorority
Hueston Woods
Charles A. Witte
State Transportation Department
Hills
Norelco
Mee Proctor -Silex
Cobffee II
Rede 1
Middletown Hills Plaza
South Brezel Blvd
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