Ohio colleges seek 21 million for facilities funding
Ohio colleges and universities request more than 21 million dollars for libraries and science buildings, with only 9 million available for the current fiscal year. The State Board of Regents will decide allocations at a November 13 meeting, using the approved plan to distribute funds among campuses statewide.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Colleges and Universities
State Board of Regents
John Millett
Regents
Community College
Board of Regents
Millett
Armco Expansion To Bring Big Growth To Middletown
Middletown faces a dynamic five year period as Armco Steel Corp plans a 250 million expansion. The chamber report projects construction period effects with 2,500 workers and 4,905 population, plus 11.16 million extra personal income and 3.8 million more bank deposits. Permanent effects include 1,650 new jobs and population rise to over 54,000, with higher car ownership, income, deposits, schoolchildren, and retail sales. Investment climbs from 325 million to about 600 million by 1969.
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Middletown
Logan T. Johnson
Armco Steel Corp
Middletown Area
Armco
Speeders Clog Franklin Court
Franklin court docket reports 40 speeding cases in Municipal Court Judge J T Riley imposed fines and bond forfeitures totaling 703.50. Radar in a school zone fueled the list with multiple offenders named and fined for varied violations.
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Franklin
J. T. Riley
Highway Patrol
Kenneth Day
South Ave
Maynard Johnson
Wisconsin
Sandra Stumbo
Todd Road
Allen Bosco
Dayton
Vaughn Oliver
Bellbrook
Vernon Lay
Goshen
Jerry Crone
Natrona
Penn
Johnny Frederick
Dixie Highway
Linda Prickett
Fourth St
Robert Storey
Pulaski
Tenn
Obituary for Mrs Mabel Wells 59 Beloved West Virginia Native
Mrs. Mabel Nancy Wells 59 of 422 Park St. died at Middletown Hospital at 12 10 p m Saturday after she was found unconscious likely from a stroke. She leaves Porter Wells a husband two daughters Mrs J E McKinney Anderson Indiana and Mrs Burnie Barry Brentwood Maryland three sisters Mrs Josie Davenport Georgetown New York Mrs Gordon Morris Erieville New York another sister in California two brothers Jess Simmons Georgetown New York Ralph Simmons St. Louis six grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral services are 2 p m Tuesday at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home Rev Edwin Bobbitt officiating. Burial in Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call 2 5 and 7 9 p m Monday at the funeral home.
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Mabel Nancy Wells
Park St
Middletown Hospital
West Virginia
N.Y
California
Jess Simmons
Georgetown
Ralph Simmons
St. Louis
McCoy- Leffler
Edwin Bobbitt
Woodside Cemetery
Four Spanish Soldiers Die in Pyrenees Blizzard
A blizzard trapped a company of Spanish soldiers in the Pyrenees. Four froze to death, about a dozen were missing, and the remaining 61 found safety or were rescued. The incident occurred Saturday near Mauléon, France.
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Mauleon
France
Pyrenees
Hay Load Fire Causes Two-Car Crash On I 75
A truck hauling about 250 bales of hay caught fire on Interstate 75 north of Route 122, destroying the rig and triggering a second collision that injured four people. Driver William Cockendorfer from Falmouth Ky was not hurt. Grover Herst of Detroit and Clyde Martin Jr. of Curtice Ohio were among the injured. Police and fire crews investigated the blaze and crash details. hospital officials reported head injuries for Donald Martin, 15, and other injuries for two Herst passengers.
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Rt. 122
Franklin
William Cockendorfer
Falmouth
Grover Herst
Detroit
Mich
Clyde Martin Jr
Curtice
Ohio
Martin
Herst
Middletown
Donald Martin
Highway Patrol
Man Cited On 3 Counts After Crash
Middletown police filed charges of driving while intoxicated fleeing the scene and driving while under suspension against 44 year old Elmer Holbrook after a minor three car crash on Sherman Avenue. He backed into two parked cars owned by Curtis Eudel Rich and Roy Williams.
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Middletown
Elmer Holbrook
Waite St
Sherman Avenue
Holbrook
Curtis Eudel Rich
Logar Ave
Roy Williams
Sherman Ave
Former Hiram mayor and long-time math chair dies
Dr. Albert H. Clarke a former mayor of Hiram and 40 year head of the mathematics department at Hiram College died Saturday at a Mantua rest home. He had retired from the college earlier.
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Hiram
Ohio
Albert H. Clarke
Hiram College
Mantua
Hearing Set On Rezoning In Madison
The Butler County Rural Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing Monday at 8 p.m. at the courthouse on a rezoning proposal for Madison Township. Milfall Development Co. seeks to reclassify a 900 by 500 foot tract at Trenton Franklin Road and Route 4 from F-1 flood plain to B-3 general business for commercial development. The Planning Commission withheld recommendation pending site inspection by its members.
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Butler County Rural Zoning Commission
Butler County
Madison Township
Francis Rosebud
Milfall Development Co
Trenton-Franklin Road
Rt. 4
County Planning Commission
Oldest Republican to Ride in Goldwater Parade
Palmer Wells, 93, longtime Republican who first voted in 1892 for Benjamin Harrison, will ride in a Monday night parade promoting Barry Goldwater. The Bath County native, living with his daughter in Middletown, will join a route through several city streets ending at Gardner hall park. He notes a life of voting Republican since 1892 and recalls past politics, still proud of Bible reading and old-fashioned habits.
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Benjamin Harrison
Barry Goldwater
Palmer Wells
Ruby Gibbs
Trenton-Franklin Road
GOP
Gardner Hall Park
Main Street
Gay
Wells
Bath County
Peasttown
Board of Education
Menifee County
Bullet Just Misses Boy Near Jacoby Avenue
A bullet narrowly missed an eight year old boy lying in bed at 1405 Jacoby Avenue when it pierced an upstairs wall. Eleanor Arnold reported two men fought briefly before fleeing after a car dispute during which a woman was dragged from a vehicle. Delbert Arnold saw them flee as police identified the two men involved and continued investigation.
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Jacoby Avenue
Eleanor Arnold
Jacoby
Rodney Arnold
Delbert Arnold
Franklin Crash Injures 2 Youths
Two Franklin youths sustained minor injuries when a car overturned in a yard at 679 East Fourth Street. Driver Jerry Lee Varney, 16, lost control on a curve. passengers Bill Berutti and Gary Wolfinburger, both 15, suffered minor abrasions but were not hospitalized. Varney cited for careless driving.
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Franklin
Frankln
Fourth St
Jerry Lee Varney
Joan St
Bill Berutti
Arlintgon Ave
Gary Wolfinburger
Christine St
Varney
Cemetery Association Seeks Court Aid in Fund Disposition
A Butler County petition asks the court to determine how cash funds and securities of Monroe Cemetery Association should be handled after the group transferred real estate to the village of Monroe and agreed to maintain the cemetery. President Dougla Byers notes total funds at 20635 dollars, including 11285 dollars bequeathed. The filing records 29 original subscribers with 100 dollars or more and 27 under 100 dollars.
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Hamilton
Butler County Clerks Office
Monroe Cemetery Association
Monroe
Dougla Byers
Minor fire damages at Olga Barber Shop and grass fires reported
An estimated 35 dollars in damage occurred at the Olga Barber Shop on Germantown Road where a light in the shop sparked smoke. The light was the only damaged item in the shop owned by Clayton Hobart. Firefighters also fought a grass fire along the railroad tracks at Vannest Avenue with no damage, suspected to be started by a cigarette. A second grass fire behind 1610 Lafayette Avenue drew crews from the South Middletown department after remaining outside city limits.
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Olga
Germantown Road
Clayton Hobart
Orchard St
Vannest Avenue
Lafayette Avenue
Halloween Party Plans Shape Up
Gary Given outlines the sixth annual Mardi Gras Halloween event next Saturday from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. across six parks and venues including Middle town Shopping Plaza and the city parking area at Manchester and Main with games, costume judging, prizes, and a teen dance at the American Legion from 8 to 11 featuring The Intruders six piece band. Admission is 50 cents per person or 75 cents per couple with chaperones listed and merchants donating 50 merchandise certificates worth $2.50 each. winners to be notified by telephone.
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Goldman, Gardner
Sunset
Barnitz
Middletown
Manchester
Main
American Legion
The
Intruders
Ralph Connor
Dave Ballard
Jack Bates
Legion Auxiliary
Given
Younsters
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Speeders
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Mabel Wells
Parmer Wells
Dohna Emrick
Goldwater
Weith
James W Day
Stevens Ave
Stanley Griggs
Omaha St
Manchester Avenue
Iglehart Street
Griggs
Lela Sanders
Burton Road
Neibar St
Frank Dalton
Maple St
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Guy Isaiah
17Th Ave
Yankee Road
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Garfield St
Chester Watters
South Avenue
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Madison
Middletown High
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Investment For Youth Committee
Joseph Woodruff
Pol. Adv
Briel Boulevard
Central Avenue
Aberdeen Drive
Stevens Avenue
Stevens, Sutphin
Doty Street
Charles
Cemetery Assn
Union Sanitary
Union Sanitary Sweepstakes
Cecil Logsdon
Springboro
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Finest Cleaners & Launderers
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West Central Avenue
Grand Ave
Gideon Rd
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