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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1978
Page
16
Public notice items include a proposed Middletown City School District tax levy of up to 3 mills for current expenses in Warren County Ohio. The page also lists multiple domestic relations actions in Hamilton and Middletown courts with dates and names, including divorce filings and required court answers.
The Supreme Court ruled 7 to 2 to uphold lower court rulings that allowed Nazi demonstrations in Skokie Illinois. Justices Blackmun and White dissented on review. The decision applies to Illinois Indiana and Wisconsin, setting precedent for similar clashes between officials and Nazis.
James O Moore announces that on August 25 1978 Reno Moore filed in Case OR78 08 1756 an object and demand for grounds of gross neglect of duty as demanded in the complaint Edward S Robb Jr and Terrence M Wilacker filed at 1221 First Ave Middletown Ohio
State of Ohio Department of Transportation notices contractors to submit bids for highway work in Columbus Ohio processing details dated September 29 178 revised 8 17 73 and October 9 16 with timetables and bid instructions for the project bidding period disclosed in the public notice.
Three Middletown youths won age divisions in the Punt Pass and Kick zone event held Saturday at Princeton High School in Cincinnati. Brad Uhl, 10, Mark Walter, 12, and Avery Mitchell, 13, were top finishers among competitors from 12 zones across southwestern Ohio, northern Kentucky and southeastern Indiana. They advance to the regional round held Saturday at the same high school.
Legal notices announce sealed bids to buy items including a one ton truck with lift and shop equipment with specifications and bidder instructions available from the Buyer. Bids due November 6, 1978 at 12 Noon EST. Also listed is a separate notice for fertilizer bids opened October 25, 1978, with details from the Buyer.
Madison Local School District proposes a bond issue and levy to fund constructing and remodeling school buildings purchasing equipment and furnishings and developing sites in Butler County Ohio. The plan totals 350000 dollars with a tax levy outside the ten mile limit averaging 1.78 mills per dollar of valuation for up to nine years to cover principal and interest. The notice cites Ohio Revised Code 121.22 and indicates a vote date of September 16, 2023.
The Supreme Court rejects the United Methodist Church central treasury's bid to escape a $360 million breach of contract lawsuit tied to Pacific Homes bankruptcy. The case involves 1,900 residents of 14 California retirement and convalescent facilities and life care contracts priced up to 150,000 dollars.
Middletown police linked two Saturday armed robberies to the same gunman a tall thin man in his mid twenties. The Clark Station at Central Avenue and Charles Street and the Citgo station on Roosevelt Boulevard were robbed within five minutes of each other. About $43 was taken from the Clark Station, along with a calculator a tape player and tapestry. At Citgo the suspect robbed two men of about $300 after buying ounces of something else. A van believed to be linked to the robber arrived to pick him up after the second holdup.
A stray dog is epileptic and a small brown white dog and a miniature poodle are missing in Trenton and Oneida areas with rewards offered. Other notices include a mother poodle and puppy missing near 15th Ave, a beagle hound litter lost in Elk Creek Cemetery area, a calico cat missing near Chauvtavave, and a brown Chihuahua with white face lost in Mayfield. A separate entry offers $1000 reward for information leading to vandals at 1410 Villa Ct. Call provided numbers to report recoveries or information.
Obituaries list multiple local residents including Mr Cari 78 of Poppy Drive Mrs Stella Mae 76 of Victoria Avenue and Mrs Carrie Clemons 93 formerly of Ellen Drive, with funeral services and visitations scheduled at McCoy Leffler and Joseph R Baker Funeral Homes. Interments at Woodside Cemetery and Clemons Family Cemetery in Kentucky.
The Trenton City Council will revisit a dispatching agreement with the Trenton Rescue Squad at 7 30 p m in the Municipal Building after a prior 3 3 vote with one abstention. Also under consideration are a four wheel drive pickup truck a cargo van and a salt and sand spreader. First reading will cover accepting streets and utilities in Linda Vista and Trenton Place subdivisions for public maintenance. City Manager Melvin Ryder will present 1976 Ohio population estimates an Ohio business tax guide and an Ohio DOT walking routes to schools plan.
The log records various 911 style calls and incidents including several individuals treated and released at hospitals or admitted in serious to fair condition. Notable entries involve Garfield Street, Roosevelt Boulevard, and Taylor Avenue addresses with ages from teens to eighty, plus a car fire at Moore Street totaling $250.
Bobby Brewer, 22, arrested by Lebanon police and charged with grand theft from the Shaker Inn on Cincinnati Avenue where items were reported missing. John Nichols, 22, of Shawhan Road Lebanon, arrested on a rape charge and held in the city jail with bond set at $20,000.
Directory fragment lists McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with phone 423 9443 Riggs Funeral Home Inc at 210 S Main St and 54W Elm St next to Middletown Monroe Wilson Schramm Memorial Home at 3805 Roosevelt Blvd with phone 423 6516 and 420 4545 in the region.
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