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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1970
Page
13
In Trenton a dedication ceremony for Edgewood High drew about 800 adults. The event featured student performances and a sermon urging timely purpose and renewal, with speakers emphasizing the value of dedication to youth and community progress.
A Saturday evening one car crash near Sharonville killed two Butler County teens and injured two others. The dead are Joseph G. Nickel Jr. and Robert Dale Noe. other passengers, Paul Miller and James Steed, are among survivors and witnesses to the dedication ceremony at a new high school.
Middletown's HOPE hotline logged 11 legitimate calls on its first service day with nine volunteers over three three hour shifts. The line 422 HOPE 422 4673 operated 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. and three calls were drug related, one requiring an ambulance.
Franklin police report weekend break ins yielded minimal thefts. At Fiber Ware on Bridge and Art streets thieves tore a rear window screen and took $3 or $4 from a soft drink machine and a $6 roll of postage stamps. A vacant house at 6100 Franklin Lebanon Road suffered about $100 damage with no items taken. Thieves also pried locks to enter three semitrailer trucks and three house trailers at a Farm Avenue construction site, with no property loss confirmed yet.
Board of Elections official J Brack Little forecasts about 60 000 of 85 000 registered voters in Butler County will vote tomorrow. He cites past primary 40 percent turnout and potential mudslinging as factors with weather unlikely to deter turnout. Democratic Party chairman David L.
Community voters confront a 1 mill fire levy proposal to fund Madison Township fire protection for five years amid aging equipment and volunteer departments. Fire Chief Robert Ledford says funds are direly needed, with the levy costing the average property owner about $8 yearly and potential annual fire department spending around $25,000.
Tomorrow's voter count in Butler County will begin shortly after 6 30 p m when the first punch card ballots arrive at Miami University computer center in Oxford. The first significant results are not expected until 8 30 and The Journal will open its annual election service. Results of all area races and issues will be available by dialing 422 3611.
Twelve members of Boy Scout Troop 1 hiked La Trainee De l Explorateur a 10 mile trail through Mt. Airy Forest in Cincinnati on Saturday. The group gathered at First Presbyterian Church and traversed the 1 500 acre park, with the route meeting Second Class hiking requirements for Boy Scouts.
One of three people remained hospitalized in serious condition after weekend traffic incidents. William G. Fischer 25 of 313 S Main St is in serious condition after his car left Ohio 122 and struck a light pole. Mildred Baker 54 of 506 Stanley St improved to fair after being struck while walking Verity Parkway and Central Ave. Robert Daniel Schouse 22 of 1812 Winton St improved to good after his car left Roosevelt Ave and hit a light pole. Robert E Schul 33 of Middletown Rt 2 was dismissed after treatment though listed as serious Saturday following a tire blowout on Jacksonburg Road.
The Butler County grand jury recalls today to review 24 new indictments including a second degree murder charge against Milton Good 19 of Middletown. Also under consideration are two Middletown juveniles charged with armed robbery and wounding a theater manager in Oxford.
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