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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1976
Page
2
Monroe Elementary hosts a 3 to 7 p.m. festival featuring Verity Middle School puppets with shows at 3:15, 4:15, 5:15 and 6:15. About 250 small puppets on sale, plus a haunted house, games, bake sale, crafts, and food in the cafeteria run by PTO organizers.
Burglars disabled a second story window from the mall roof to enter the Murphy store in etown Mall and steal 650 dollars worth of items from the camera and records department or later. Four cameras 25 60 70 and 140 dollars a 90 dollar television a 70 dollar AM FM tape player a 25 dollar tape recorder 15 tapes 95 dollars a 40 dollar electric guitar and a 9 dollar flash unit were taken. The break in occurred after 8 p m Sunday and was found Monday morning. Gerald Jackson reported a weekend break in at his apartment and a stereo system was taken. A 17 year old youth was arrested and charged with breaking and entering at the Highley Sohio station at Sutphin Street and Central Avenue. Three car batteries taken from the station were recovered after a citizen saw someone load them into a car. Police traced the license plate to the batteries.
Equipment valued at 2875 dollars was stolen from the administrative office at 610 Hill Street West Middletown. A small storage room window was broken and four calculators a radio a projector and a typewriter were missing after the break in discovered Monday morning.
An advertisement from Beltone offers a free non-operating model hearing aid to readers who respond. It claims many hearing problems can be helped and urges writing to Beltone Fleetronics Dept 901 in Chicago to receive the tiny device at no cost and with no obligation.
State officials seek a preliminary injunction to stop Chem-Dyne Inc and related firms from dumping toxic wastes into the Great Miami River. Butler County Common Pleas Court suit filed Sept 29 charges 15 environmental and public nuisance counts tied to three fish kills destroying over a million fish and aquatic life.
City Planning Commission set a public hearing on Middletown s five year master plan revision begun in 1971 and due for final steps. Chief Planner Bob Metz notes the plan emphasizes land use policy with reduced technical detail and invites realtors developers contractors and large landowners to participate.
Middletown Park Board moves to study costs for a Maple Park School site recreation area and joins city commissioners on a tour of Sunset Yankee and Douglas pools. A steering committee may be formed to review pool facilities while 77 655 people used all three pools this summer.
Jeffrey St John syndicated columnist and commentator will speak at the Congress Inn in Monroe next Tuesday Oct 19 at 7 30 p m He describes himself as independent conservative in the tradition of the Founding Fathers and has appeared on NBC TV Today Spectrum and his own Opinion Plus program. The talk is sponsored by the Women s Republican Clubs of Butler County with no admission charge.
The Mike Kiniyalocts memorial barbecue will be held at Camp Hook on Saturday October 16 in the camp dining hall rain or shine. The Kiniyalocts Memorial Fund supports Boy Scouts needing financial aid for long term summer camping. 41 scouts benefited last summer at a cost of 1450 and 181 over seven years at 5142. Dinner runs 4 to 6 30 p.m. with a 3 p.m. arrival for hikers. donations of 3 are requested and Camp Hook sits on Morningstar Road near Carlisle.
Obituaries list Esther Sadler Bell 77 of Colonial Manor died at 6:25 p.m. Services Thursday at McCoy Leffler with burial in Woods Cemetery. Also noted Tom Dunaway 79 of Blanchester died at Middletown Hospital. services Thursday at Anglesby Funeral Home with burial in Springboro Cemetery. Additional entries include Fred J. Jones 83 Mass of Christian Burial Thursday at St Peter Church and Mollie Spurlock 97 Richmond Ky with services Thursday. Alberta Schawe 72 Mass of Christian Burial at St Joseph Church tonight.
An electric range valued at 350 dollars was reported stolen yesterday from a house under construction at 7505 Strebee Road. Ken Craig of Courtney Duff Construction Co. said deputies the door was kicked in at the site.
The Middletown Republican headquarters at 12 N Main St opened with a keynote by State Senator Donald F. Lukens endorsing President Ford and his Senate bid. Incumbent candidates for county offices also spoke, with the event organized by the Middletown Area Women's Republican Club led by Mildred Conn. The office will operate weekdays 10 am to 4 pm. phone 424-2917.
Middletown High School to stage How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying next week. The production runs Oct 21, 23 at 8 pm and Oct 24 at 3 pm in MHS Theater with a 28 member cast led by Mike Davidson as J Pierrepont Finch Nancy Raiche as Rosemary Pilkington and Jenny Nickel as Heddy LaRue. Tickets at box office or by phone 424 5030 with prices 2 for adults and students 5 for patrons.
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