Middletown Leads Area in Per Capita Property Taxes in 1975
The Ohio Public Expenditure Council reports Middletown had the highest per capita property tax collection in 1975 among 10 area cities at 310 dollars. Statewide per capita taxes averaged 235 dollars, with Dayton 282 and Cincinnati 218. The share going to schools was highest in Franklin 85 percent and lowest in Cincinnati 56 percent, while county and township shares edge up toward 14.7 percent. Property tax receipts rose in most area cities from 1974 to 1975, driven by rate changes or property value growth.
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Middletown
Expenditure Council
Ohio
Dayton
Cincinnati
Scheols
OPEC
Franklin
Trenton
Lebanon
Oxford
Hamilton
Eaton
Miamisburg
Middletown opens with quiet first day across 23 buildings
Across Middletown, 11,645 students reported for classes as 23 schools opened smoothly despite a few hiccups. New Middletown High principal George Thomas described the day as about expected and hectic, while at Lemon-Monroe High a surge of new registrations occurred and an PA system failure prompted shouting through the remainder of the morning.
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Norman Hayes
George Thomas
Middletown High School
Lemon-Monroe High School
Don Altstaetter
Altstaetter
City plans hearing on zoning changes and housing projects
The Planning Commission holds a public hearing on a proposed zoning ordinance amendment to shorten 90 days to a reasonable compliance period for violations. Also on the agenda are Round Tree apartments by Mason Hornbeck in Eaton Helton area, eight single family lots near Manchester Marshall, a 34 lot Ronald Drive subdivision, a rear family room addition, a paint shop at 2234 S Main in the urban renewal area, and an efficiency apartment project at Eaton and Helton.
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City Planning Commission
City Building Commission
Eaton and
Helton Drives
Planning Division
Mason Hornbeck
Round Tree Apartments
Helton
Courtney Duff Jr
Ronald Drive
Kay
Arcadia Drives
S. Main St
Planning Commission
Three more Middletown teachers to regain positions
Middletown Board of Education plans to rehire three of forty laid off last spring as turnover in high school English art and music persists. The district starts the year with 40 fewer teaching positions and adds one vocational shop teacher and an intern psychologist funded mainly by state money. Life insurance for all employees may rise to 11 000 dollars.
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Middletown
Charles Knopshield
Patricia Turner
Beverly Wittenhagen
Glenda Brandenburg
Susan Holman
Jetty Middleton
Jo Anne Pratt
Pamela Chapman
Middletown High School
Wilma Gehm
Mayfield
One-car Crash Injures Family Near Central Avenue
Four people including two children were treated at Middletown Hospital after Derald Conger, 38, swerved to avoid a bump and hit a manhole ring at Central Avenue and Clinton Street at 5:40 p.m. Patricia Conger, 35, and Melanie, 10, were rearward and front seat impact. Tina Conger, 16, was also treated. car damage was about $300.
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Middletown Hospital
Central Avenue
Clinton Street
Derald Conger
Shawhan Road
Morrow
Conger
Patricia
Melanie Conger
Tina Conger
Man mugged after leaving Horseshoe Bar
A patron reports he was mugged at 12:15 a.m. near Horseshoe Bar on Main Street. Walter Hackney, 56, of Second Avenue, was found unconscious with a cut above the eye. His wallet with $60 was stolen. he received hospital treatment and was released.
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S. Main St
Walter Hackney
Second Ave
Hackney
Middletown Hospital
One car crash injures two men on South Main Street
At 2:10 a.m. on South Main Street a one car crash injured Victor Long and Steve Johnson. Long 21 of 8730 Thomas Road was admitted to Middletown Hospital after being thrown into the back seat. Johnson 23 of 312 West Place Trenton was treated and released. The 1973 vehicle, valued at 1800, struck a tree after Long lost control near 15th Avenue.
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South Main Street
Victor Long
Thomas Road
Middletown Hospital
Steve Johnson
West Place
Trenton
15Th Avenue
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Don Reedy
Charles Ewart
Fenwick High School
Tom Meyer
Manchester Middle School
Manchester
Marshall
Olde Towne
Samuel Dalton
Dalton
Educators Mutual Life Insurance Co
Symphony
Reeves Jewelers
Central
Mike Jones
Brien Owens
Miss Holmes
Wilson School
Long
Tamous Recine
Reg. Price
S. Breiel Blvd
Shopping Plaza
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