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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1976
Page
2
An unusual math teaching device, the Classmate 88 from Monroe, was purchased by the Verity PTO for 750 dollars. The computer calculator drills students in 70 math areas, generating unique problems and printing progress.
Ohio's Supreme Court agreed to review lower court rulings on permissive taxes. Fairfield in Butler County challenged a 1972 $50 building permit fee intended for park and recreational improvements. Towne Properties pressed a $9,700 fee recovery for 194 units in 15 buildings. trial and appellate courts ruled park maintenance exceeded state law. Fairfield argues statutes do not limit municipal funding by alternate tax methods.
Neal Bradley Long 49 pleads guilty to Dr. Charles Glatt murder in a federal case and awaits mid December sentencing. State court sniper charges against Long remain pending as prosecutors keep him in custody until sentencing.
Death notices report Effie Myrtle Elam 84 of Middletown found at home by grandson with services set for Wednesday at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home. Survivors include daughters Delores Tirey Alma Thompson and sons Joseph Arnol F. Elam. Thomas Elam died 1965. Also listed are Kraus family deaths and other memorials with funeral arrangements and burial details.
Hamilton High 12 Club elects HAMILTON-Floyd A. Brown retired vice president and circulation director of the Hamilton Journal News as president. The club, an affiliate of International High 12 Clubs in Kansas City, supports community efforts and Wolcott Educational Foundation programs for college men and women entering government service. Brown is a 33rd degree Mason and former treasurer and past worshipful master of Washington Lodge 17 F and AM.
Butler County deputies investigated three thefts on Elk Creek Road. A CB radio worth 130 stolen from Jimmy Fay’s Jeep at 6185 Elk Creek Road yesterday. Tools worth 118 stolen from Elmer Hagen’s parked truck at 6260 Elk Creek Road yesterday. A CB radio worth 149 stolen from Michael Garner’s van in the driveway on Elk Creek Road Sunday or Monday.
A man around 18 to 20 robbed The Donut King on N Verity Parkway last night at about 7 p.m. He demanded money after displaying a gun and fled on foot with cash. Detectives have no leads, joining three prior robberies including The Jug, Hi-Fi station, and King Kwik all within a week. An earlier Union Sanitary hold up remains unsolved.
An action committee of volunteers formed at the Cincinnati Gas & Electric building to plan an emergency social service network. About 50 attendees discussed funding, service overlap, community commitment, volunteer screening, and after hours coverage using Middletown Area Mental Health Center facilities. Mrs. Margaret Mosby will convene the first action committee meeting soon.
Camden officials will review a street visibility hazard at McKinley Drive near Donna Drive after a council member cited blocked sightlines from a driveway at 200 McKinley. The street committee will assess the yellow curb painting rule 30 feet from stop signs and devices. Action on water and sewer rate revisions was delayed for corrections and will be treated as an emergency at the next meeting. Christmas decorations were approved and a request was made to decline in to the Nov 10 special meeting alley be by Williams Grain.
The Sylvester Lowman Memorial Spiritual Life Conference concludes tonight and tomorrow at Grace Brethren Church in Camden. The 60th anniversary revival features Rev. Forrest Jackson of First Brethren Church Dayton and includes special music.
Kroger Co. posted sales of 1.8 billion in the quarter ending October 2, up from 1.6 billion a year earlier. Net earnings reached 12.7 million or 94 cents a share versus 7.5 million or 55 cents a share last year.
A hearing in Area I Court on charges against former Sheriff’s Colonel Gerald Taylor continued as Taylor countersued, with details of the case not fully disclosed. The proceedings focus on alleged official misconduct during his tenure and related civil actions.
Sheriff Robert Walton announces a Nov. 28 change in the Hamilton-A department making patrol officers rotate into detective duties for up to 18 months. The plan ends with reassignment to patrol or jail, aiming to broaden investigative experience and foster officer contacts and information networks. It follows yesterday’s events and notes Deputy Gerald Taylor’s arrest and related charges alongside two others. Accidents remain the leading cause of death for ages 15 to 24 per the National Piety Council.
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