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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1978
Page
13
Safety chief Chiaramonte notes 14 of 17 crash fatalities had a belt available but none fastened. He cites that belt users in crashes are six times less likely to die and reports 95 percent of Ohio deaths involved unfastened belts. He urges motorists to buckle up and protect passengers over the long weekend.
An 85 year old Camden area woman Olivia J Logan died Thursday in a two car collision at Ohio 177 and Oxfordmantown Road four miles southwest of Camden. Logan reportedly failed to stop at a stop sign causing a broadside by a car traveling south on Ohio 177. Gerald M Jordan 24 of Richmond Indiana was not injured. Logan pronounced dead at McCullough Hyde Hospital. Funeral arrangements at Marshall Smith Funeral Home Oxford. Logan's husband Paul died in 1970.
Clearcreek Township trustees in a special meeting refused to place a 1 mill operating levy for the police on the November ballot citing to avoid placing both the life squad levy and police levy on the same ballot. Police Chief Everett Manning said he may reapply later.
Middletown weather observer C T Morningstar notes August rainfall near average at 5.15 inches, pushing the year total to 30.94 inches while last August recorded 4.52 inches. Temperatures ranged from 52 to 92 degrees with three days over 90 as humidity heightened the feel. Rainfall records by the Miami Conservancy District show 6 inches in the east end, nearly four inches since Sunday.
Henry Cahill age 41 of 116 Grant Circle was shot to death at about 1 am in his Hamilton home after a domestic quarrel. His wife Nona 38 is being questioned but no charges filed. Police reported the victim died at the scene.
At Stahlheber Road crossing in Hamilton stop signs with flashing red lights were installed after a collision last Saturday that killed two local men. County officials pursue immediate signal action and a 24 hour flagman while PUCO and Chessie System plan longer term safety work.
Middletown High School will host a state funded learning center to assist 10th graders deficient in basic math and grammar. About $50,000 of Disadvantaged Pupil Funds will finance California Achievement Tests for all 10th graders, two teachers, an aide, and materials. Gene Saylor says final approval from the Ohio Department of Education is expected next week with potential implementation soon after. The program, prompted by Principal George Thomas and counselor Willa Crone, uses CAT test item analyses to place identified students into targeted small group sessions and will be fully funded by DPPF without local money. The CAT tests will also be administered to third, fifth, sixth, and eighth graders this year for detailed skill breakdowns.
Two days of hearings on the Butler County plan for social services concluded with sessions at the City Building. Agencies testifying included the Department of Social Services, Middletown Day Care Center, Alternatives, Counseling Services of Butler County, Planned Parenthood, United Way affiliates, SOS Hall, Council on Alcoholism, the Butler County Council on Aging, Salvation Army branches, and Doty House. Robert Bender outlined that federal Title XX funds are administered by Ohio.
The Society for Creative Anachronism will meet at Middletown Public Library Community Room from 7 to 8 30 p m Tuesday to discuss Shoes of the Middle Ages. The invitation invites anyone interested to attend and learn about the group.
At 7:52 a.m. a fire response was recorded for 2419 Roosevelt Blvd where Arthur Darrell, 57, was ill and admitted to hospital. Earlier, at 8:41 p.m. yesterday, Daisy Chandler, 28, fainted at 1326 Fairmount Ave and was treated and released. A third entry notes Reo Hockaday, 56, from 214 Bavarian Drive Poplar Bluff Mo, ill and treated then released.
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