Major Streets Planting Underway Across City
City planner Warren Klink says about 280 trees and 1,000 shrubs are being planted along major streets in a $73,000 project funded by federal Community Development funds. Franchi Landscaping Co. of Cincinnati is the contractor. trees include many Norway maples. The work covers downtown and several arteries and should finish in a few weeks.
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Warren Klink
Klink
Franchi Landscaping Co
Cincinnati
Yankee Road
14Th Avenue
University Boulevard
First Avenue
Roosevelt Boulevard
Central Avenue
Goldman Park
University
First
Roosevelt
Carlisle juveniles charged in robbery
Three Carlisle youths were taken into custody for a Wednesday robbery at King Kwik Market on Dubois Road. One youth was charged with aggravated robbery and two others with complicity according to police.
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Carlisle
King Kwik Market
Dubois Road
Lawyer Szold Dies at 88 in New York
Robert Szold a renowned lawyer who helped shape the nation’s child labor law and led in the Zionist movement has died in New York at age 88.
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New York
Robert Szold
City to consider sale of city land for office building
A $1.5 million three story professional office building is proposed at the corner of Manchester Avenue and Main Street by attorney Jerry Bryant. The site now a city owned parking lot will be sold by ordinance at Tuesday's city commissioners meeting. Completion is set for January 1 1979.
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Manchester Avenue
Main Street
Jerry Bryant
Madison Sports Club Plants Sale Benefit Knothole Kids
The Madison Sports Club auxiliary sponsors a plant sale from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Peastown firehouse to raise funds for Madison Township Knothole and softball programs.
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Madison Sports Plant
Madison Sports Club
Peasttown Firehouse
Madison
Ohio energy umbrella collapses in legislature
A proposed Ohio energy umbrella to consolidate state energy work collapsed under Senate subcommittee scrutiny. The plan would have merged duties from the Public Utilities Commission and natural resources department, but retained only a coal research tax and laboratory.
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State Energy
Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Department of Energy
Senate
Ohio Energy Resources and Development Agency
Ohio Power Siting Commission
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Natural Resources Department
Ohio
Ohio State University
Columbus
Ohio University
Athens
Energy and Public Utilities
Sen
Neal F. Zimmers ,Jr
Dayton
New CAC Chief Identifies Problems at First Board Meeting
Hamilton. After four days on the job Michael Reach the new executive director of the Butler County Community Action Commission told the board he found serious problems. He said board and staff roles were unclear and asked for clarification. The board authorized hiring a deputy director at 8500 to 12500 annually and accepted Ann Napier of Hamilton as Head Start Policy Council representative. The board also asked the attorney be informed about the termination of Leslie Caldwell by the Head Start director and policy council.
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Hamilton
Butler County Community Action Commission
Michael Reach
Oxford
CAC
Rench
Ann Napier
Head Start Policy Council
Leslie Caldwell
Policy Council
Three Middletown figures honored by American Legion Post 218
Robert Q. Millan president of First National Bank of Middletown received the Coffey Award for outstanding service. Herbert W. Lanier, Armco Steel supervisor and Post 218 commander, got the Edward B. Sickle Award. George C. Crout, longtime local historian and author of Middletown Diary, earned the Americanism Award for promoting patriotism and community history. The awards are presented at the Veterans Day luncheon.
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First National Bank of
Middletown
Post 218
The
American Legion
the Legion
Coffey
Robert Q. Millan
Herbert W. Lanier
Edward B. Sickle
Legion Committee
George C. Crout
Lanier
Armco Steel Corp
Legion
Crout
Potemon
Mayfieldlementary School
Hisorian
Robert Millan
Herbert Lanier
George Crout Coffey
Sickle Award
Chew Newspapers names new executive editors and posts
Two senior Chew Newspapers of Ohio editors receive new CNO vice president roles Frank R. Myers becomes finance and planning chief and Jack D. Jordan takes operations post J. R. Harris moves to director of sales overseeing regional and national advertising CNO aims to streamline operations from Xenia headquarters
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Chew Newspapers of Ohio
CNO
W.S. Siebenthaler Sr
Xenia
Frank R. Myers
Middletown Journal
Jack D. Jordan
Xenia Daily Gazette
J.R. Harris
Piqua Daily Call
Harris
Chew
Middletown
Franklin Chronicle
Walter A. Langen
Brownie Troop 1414 Welcomes 21 First Grade Girls
Twenty one first grade girls were invested yesterday into Brownie Troop 1414 from Wildwood School. The new scouts receiving pins included Amy Brittain Michelle Christy Kimberly Clark Jennifer Coffey Shelli Combs Jodi Fall Debbie Farrow Julie Gibson Tonya Gregory Carrie Gullette Donna Guthrie Alecia Haney Kathy Kroger Jennifer McCormick Rhonda McQueen Nicole Meier Holly Melton Kelly Melton Daniine Nolan Tammy Roseberry and Marnie Welsh.
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Wildwood School
Amy Brittain
Michelle Christy
Kimberly Clark
Jennifer Coffey
Shelli Combs
Jodi Fall
Debbie Farrow
Julie Gibson
Tonya Gregory
Carrie Gullette
Donna Guthrie
Alecia Haney
Kathy Kroger
Jennifer McCormick
Rhonda McQueen
Nicole Meier
Holly Melton
Kelly Melton
Daniine Nolan
Tammy Roseberry
Marnie Welsh
Man Found Dead Near Carlisle Shot and Stabbed
Bruce Earl Mathews 26 was found in a field near Carlisle with three gunshot wounds and a stab wound. Deputies believe he was killed elsewhere and died three to four days before discovery. sheriff's department and Middletown police investigate the homicide.
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Lebanon
Bruce Earl Mathews
Carlisle
Warren County Sheriff's Department
Mathews
Lynn Ertel
Sheriff's Department
Ertel
Middletown
Central
Ohio Jobless Claims Jump 48 Percent to 19000
Nearly 19 000 Ohioans filed first unemployment claims last week, the highest since February. The rise signals worsening labor market conditions amid cold winter effects and ongoing economic pressures.
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New Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
Boy Dies From Apparent Personal Safety Related Gunshot
Dana A. Dix aged 16 son of Virgil J. Dix of 5677 S. Dixie Highway died from an apparent personal safety related gunshot wound to the head. Butler County Coroner Garret J. Boone said the ruling is unofficial and final results await more tests. He was found in a field on Dixie Highway east of Manchester Road and was a Fenwick High School junior active in athletics.
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Dana A. Dix
Virgil J. Dix
S. Dixie Highway
Butler County
Garret J. Boone
Dixie Highway
Manchester Road
Fenwick High School
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Sheckler
Szold
William J. Brown
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Zimmers
General Assembly
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Middletown Hospital Association
Middletown Public Library
American Red Cross
Middletown Area
Robert M. Stauter
Lawrence A. Booker
Myers
Journal
Piqua Call
Ordan
Xenia Gazette
Long- Meady
Call
W.A. Sebenthaler
Frank Myers Finance
Jack Jordan
J.R. Harris Sales
Brownie Troop
Ave
Wellington Road
Middletown Police
Boy
Central Ave
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