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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 18, 1977

Page

2

Middletown Officials to Attend Steel Aid Meetings in D C

Two Middletown city officials Dale Helsel and Tom Blake will join a four man Ohio delegation led by Gov. Rhodes to hear federal aid options for steel industry downturns. The group will meet with the Federal Energy Administration and hear from Commerce Secretary Kreps as they explore programs from Commerce HUD Labor and Transportation to ease layoffs and fund growth.

Middletown William Denham Eis Oat D.C Dale Helsel Tom Blake Federal Energy Administration Denham James Rhodes Ohio Bennett J Cooper Department of Economic Community Development Harry Meshel Youngstown George Dd Tablack Campbell Secretary of Commerce Juanita M Kreps Helsel The Journal Departments of Commerce, Housing and Urban Development, Labor and Transportation

Bandage Making Planned by Monroe Grange Group

The county Women's Activity Committee of the Grange will meet Monday at 10 am in the REA Building Hamilton to make bandages for the American Cancer Society. On Nov 5 a 50th anniversary banquet of the county seventh degree Grange will be held at 6:45 pm at Redeemer Church of Christ on Hamilton- Middletown Road.

Monroe the Grange REA Hamilton American Cancer Society Monroe Grange Seventh Degree Association of the Grange the Redeemer Church of Christ Hamilton- Middletown Road

Middletown Arts Guild to Sponsor Show at City Centre Mart

The Middletown Arts and Crafts Guild sponsors a show at City Centre Mart November 11 to 13. Open to the public. Booth space costs $10 for dues-paying guild members. Contact City Centre Mart offices for details. Applications must be filed by November 4.

Middletown Arts & Crafts Guild City Centre Mart

Defense witnesses take stand in Franklin Project drug trial

In Cincinnati U S District Court the Franklin Project case enters its fifth week as defense witnesses prepare to testify. Ten defendants face conspiracy racketeering drug and stolen property charges arising from a July federal crackdown that led to 37 arrests. Mary Lou Hensley testified she handled 13207 in January including 6290 from an insurance settlement and payments from her father's estate. Otis, 29, of Franklin faces 41 counts including 20 for possession of stolen firearms.

Cincinnati U.S. District Court Carl B. Rubin Mary Lou Hensley Otis Franklin James Ruppert Andrew Dennis Samuel Harris

King Kwik Market Robbery Reported in Franklin

Franklin police were told of an armed robbery at the King Kwik Market on East Sixth Street. Two masked men demanded cash, assaulted a female clerk, threatened her with a knife, and fled on foot with money from the register and a floor safe.

Franklin King Kwik Market E. Sixth St

European and Asian eel trade relies on flood hull ships

Specially designed ships flood their hulls to transport live eels across Europe and Asia. These vessels have carried as much as 100,000 pounds of eels in a single voyage to major European fish markets.

Europe Asia

Deaths and funeral notices in Middletown and area

Victor Leo Babe Gilbert 49 of 2620 A St died on arrival at Middletown Hospital after a home collapse. He worked at Armco Steel from 1945 to 1966 and later ran the Pavilion Restaurant in Myrtle Beach. Surviving relatives include his mother, siblings and four sisters. Services Thursday at Wilson Schramm Memorial Home. Burial Woodside Cemetery. Also listed are Lloyd Greene 57 of West Carrollton and several Hamilton area obituaries with service details and burial plans.

Victor Leo Babe Gilbert Middletown Hospital Mr. Gilbert Armco Steel Corp Pavilion Myrtle Beach S. C Army Air Corps Woodside Cemetery

City Planning Commission to Hold Meeting on Subdivision Plats

Planning commission meets tomorrow at 1 p.m. in City Building fourth floor conference room. discussion will cover subdivision improvement ordinance and four plats by Courtney Duff Heatherwood Heights Adams Cristo Oaks New England Heights and Dixie Commercial Park.

City Planning Commission Commissioners Courtney Duff Heatherwood Heights Ronald and Arcadia Drives Adam Cristo Oaks Marshall and Manchester Roads Gerber Joe Lewis Development Co New England Heights Hendrickson Cincinnati-Dayton Chet Miller Dixie Oxford State Cincinnati- Dayton

Ohio State Association Mid-Fall Planning Conference Hosts

Silver Leaf Lodge 456 and Minne Ha Ha Temple 263 will host the Ohio State Association Mid-Fall Planning Conference at the Manchester Inn October 21-22. About 350 delegates are expected with city officials welcoming Saturday morning. A Saturday dinner honors Carl O. Dickerson of Philadelphia, followed by a 9 p.m. dance and show by the Dark and Beautiful band. Public invited to dinner and dance. tickets from local members. Bowling tournament scheduled Saturday and Sunday. information from bowling team members.

Silver Leaf Lodge Ohio State Association Manchester Inn Carl 0. Dickerson Tom Philadelphia

Balcon, British Film Producer, Dies at 81

Sir Michael Balcon, famed British film producer of Whisky Galore and The Lavender Hill Mob, and The Cruel Sea, died at his Sussex home Sunday at age 81.

London Michael Balcon

Two plead guilty in Butler County robbery case

Wilma Purdue and Randy Stidham pleaded guilty to obstructing justice after a police raid linked to the Duff's Cafe holdup on Charles Street. They were sent to pre sentencing evaluation with sentencing set for November 2. Michael Webb remains hospitalized after a gunshot wound and faces armed robbery and felonious assault charges.

Earl Smith Butler County Common Pleas Court Robert Marrs Wilma Purdue Fourth St Chautauqua Randy Stidham Winchester Grimes Street Flemming Road Duff Charles Street Marrs Adult Probation Department Michael Webb Bridge St Franklin Middletown Hospital Webb Smith

Ohio governor signs liquor law expansion bill

Gov. Rhodes signs a measure expanding local option liquor laws allowing two contiguous precincts in a township to put on the ballot liquor and beer sales at all times on Sundays within the area. The bill takes effect Jan. 16 and excludes precincts surrounded by a municipality.

Columbus Ohio James A. Rhodes Rhodes Hamilton County Cincinnati U.S

Lukens weighs 1978 run for governor

State Senator Donald E. Lukens of Middletown says he will seek the Republican gubernatorial nomination in 1978 if he can raise 200000 and recruit 5000 workers by January He has half the workers and has retired his 1970 campaign debt to begin fundraising via direct mail.

Donald E. Lukens Middletown Lukens Ohio Senate

Minister's Elvis sermon sparks debate on salvation and judgment

Trinity Baptist Temple pastor Joe Lewis says his October 9 sermon on why Elvis Presley couldn’t reach heaven used the star’s death as a timely teaching aid. He insists the five reasons apply to everyone and that God will judge Elvis, not him.

Joe Lewis Trinity Baptist Temple Elvis Presley Heaven Lewis Elvis Jesus Christ Presley God You Christ Simon the Sorcerer

Akron woman claims first Mrs America title in 1938

The first Mrs America was Margaret Chamberlain of Akron who won the title in 1938, marking a historic milestone for the pageant.

America Margaret Chamberlain Akron

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Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co Armco Washington Helsel and Blake Secretary of Commerce Steel Communities Consortium National League of Cities William Donham Monroe Country Estates Harris Dennis Edwin Adams King Kwik DODDS Verity 14Th Ave Charles Bud) Steller Mor Monthlu Victor Gilbert Lloyd Greene West Carrollton Lizzie Booth Germantown Nellie Young Swart Funeral Home Evergreen Cemetery Greene Kettering Memorial Hospital Oxford-Miami Paper Co Edith Colligan Elizabeth Carpenter Progress Ave Golden Years Nursing Home West Side Baptist Church Ruby H. Baker Morgan-Ross Road Klaus-Weigel Walter Croucher Central Ave Pentecostal Church of God Brown-Dawson Stanley M. Dunmyer Dayton St Schroder Manor Zettler Reeves Jewelers Central Stidham Purdue American Paper Recycling CO Dayton Needmore Sat S. Dixie Hwy Franklin City Limits Charles Kurfess Sandy Pawelkoski Hare Oe Richie Sher Conrail Woodlawn Wicoff Middletown
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