School Issue Easy Winner
Voters in the Middletown City School District approved the 2.9% operating levy renewal by about 63.8 percent, with 10 831 Yes and 6144 No tests. The levy will raise 745000 for 1963, reflecting strong community support and praise from the board and citizens committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown City
Jefferson School
Garfield School
Arlington Ave
James 0. Finley
Board of Education
Citizens Committee
Charles 8B Palmer
R. C. Dowling
Middletown Teachers’ Association
Palmer
Middletown Gives Levey Victory in State Race
A GOP sweep in Butler County yields Middletown support for Barry Levey for state representative, defeating Democrat Gordon Augspurger by a narrow margin. Incumbent Edward Dell loses Senate seat, with Democrat Alton Combs failing in Court of Domestic Relations bid. Levey and Walter Powell advance to the state legislature. Middletown turnout runs 70.2 percent, and voters back school bonds while rejecting court-jail, park district, and Sunday amendment measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Barry Levley
Gordon Augspurger
Walter Powell
Hamilton
Edward H. Dell
Alton Combs
Court of Domestic Relations
Levey
Powell
Augspurger
Richard Koehler
Dell
Charles Jones
Butler County
Warren County
Clermont County
Brown County
Park
Combs
David Black
Statehouse
Butler
Warren
Clermont
Brown
Jones
Ohio Senate
Barry Levey
Ohio House
Walter F. Powell
Fairfield
Black
Paul F. Schenck
Dayton
Congress
Montgomery Counties
Martin Evers
Centerville
Schenck
Evers
Montgomery County
Koehler
Reiff
Bacon
Tilton
Smith
Hixon
Joyce
Isaacs
County Court
Oxford
Infeld
Goldner
Hendrickson
Butler County Voters Go GOP Amid Turnout Upswing
Butler County swung Republican in Tuesdays election with 60,731 ballots cast from 84,447 registered voters, 71.7 percent turnout. Republicans carried most state and county races while voters rejected a jail levy, a parks levy, and the Sunday closing amendment. Key figures: Governor Rhodes and Lt Governor Brown led ticket. Sheriff Hixon won another term. Arthur Reiff re-elected county commissioner. Schenck defeated Evers in Congress race with strong Montgomery County support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler County
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
U.S
Arthur Reiff
Don Bacon
A. R. Tilton
R. W. Smith
GOP
15 Area School Levies Pass 4 Lose
Fifteen area school levies were approved while four were defeated in Butler and Warren counties. Notable results include Lit tle Miami 8-mill renewal losing by five votes and multiple renewals with margins ranging from a few to several hundred votes across Clear Creek Springboro Mason Franklin Wayne Madison Township Middletown Germantown Jackson Township Farmersville Eaton West Alexandria Janier Shawnee Camden and surrounding communities.
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Butler
Warren
Little Miami
Clearcreek
Springboro
Kings Mills
Mason
Franklin
Wayne
Waynesville
Madison Township
Middletown
Germantown
Jackson Township
Farmersville
Eaton
West Alexandria
Janier
Shawnee
Camden
Little, Miami
Morrow
Fairfield
Riley
Talawanca
Planning Growth Must For Middletown Downtown Survival
Middletown Rotarians heard President Dudley Inwood of the Downtown Retail Merchants Association urge long range planning for central business district growth. He cited west Middletown’s water program as a catalyst for future residential expansion and noted absentee ownership hampers modernization, urging aggressive merchandising and coordinated development to attract traffic and raise area vitality.
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Middletown
Dudley Inwood
Downtown
Retail Merchants’ Association
Rotary Club
Inwood
Miami River
West Middletown
Middletown Area
Parks In Trouble Another Try Vowed For Jail Proponents
Proponents of a 1 mill county jail and courts building vow to return after defeat. In Middletown the levy failed 8 985 to 9 423 while county totals showed 23 158 for and 35 584 against. A 2 tenth mill park levy fared worse with 6 957 for and 11 289 against in Middletown. countywide 18 724 for and 39 696 against. County officials say economic conditions explain the losses and consider future steps for parks and jail plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Casper
Butler County Bar Association
Middletown
Butler County
Huntley Reports Voter Confusion Over Dirksen A Neighboring Illinois
NBC newsman Chet Huntley, amid a wall of equipment at NBC election HQ, relayed a Middletown voter’s puzzled remark about not finding Dirksen’s name. A precinct worker explained Dirksen is Illinois’ senator, and Huntley noted a telegram clarifying Indiana neighbors Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chet Huntley
Nbc-Tv News
David Brinkley
NBC Election
Middletown
Journal
Associated Press
Cincinnati
Huntley
Dirksen
Everett M. Dirksen
Senate
Ilinois
Indiana
Ohio
Illinois
Local Election Notes by Page and County Mentions
Other results mention Warren County and Preble County on page 14 Franklin on page 8 Trenton Madison Township on page 6 and Germantown Montgomery County on page 28 with sidelights and brief notes about election coverage across the area.
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Warren County
Preble County
Franklin
Trenton
Madison Township
Germantown
Montgomery County
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Favor
Ray Tilton
Robert W. Smith
Hamiltton
Lausche
DiSalle
Rhodes
Gallaher
Sweeney
Saxbe
Donahey
Tracy
Babcock
Ferguson
Herbert
U. S
Briley
Kennedy
Taft
John W. Keefe
Appeals Court
Supreme Court
Weygandt
Kingsley Taft
Mayer
Mathias
Cole
Court of Appeals
Hoffheimer
Long
Keefe
Hover
di Salle
James F. Hixon
Bearl Joyce
Russell
Red) Isaacs
U. S. Senate
James Hixon
David Black Topped
Casper
William Robinson
Robinson
Edward Hopple
Ievy
Nn al Weniy
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