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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1975
Page
13
Winter Time has chipped away at the U.S. Hotel for 144 years and a fresh coat of white paint hides the scars. The lobby remains gloomy as wallpaper peels and carpets fray, signaling a potential restoration effort by city planners and preservation groups.
Orville Adams among six candidates for three city commission seats pledges to cut federal and city tax money for Middletown Mall and other projects. He criticizes lighting at the municipal airport and city support for Weatherwax Golf Course, and questions a $22 million community development grant and a $17,500 police survey. Adams contends spending increases taxes and shifts control from residents, while promising stricter oversight and a private-sector approach to historic district renovations and downtown revitalization.
Public school officials canceled the shuttle system to Middletown Christian Schools after four days causing disruption for several hundred students. Fifteen routes were affected and Superintendent Samuel Dalton said the board will consider reimbursements to parents for transportation costs.
Michael Johnson 23 of 1218 Lind St. was trapped about half an hour after his car left Yankee Road south of Monroe. His vehicle struck a bridge and ended in a creek. he was treated in Middletown Hospital emergency room.
An informational session on the Archdiocese of Cincinnati Adult Education Program will be held tomorrow evening at John XXIII Elementary School west campus. Catholic adults may attend at 7 30 p.m. in the music room to learn about available programs.
A traffic accident at Ohio 4 and Carmody Boulevard sent an unnamed person to Middletown hospital. Highway patrol details were not available at press time.
Fire at 1300 Avalon Drive started by a discarded cigarette destroyed a 1964 auto owned by Osa Barnett of Catalina Mobile Home Park lot 220. Other incidents include Theresa Fouch 17 treated after hospital visit, Rick Fouch 18 nervous at Fernwood Street, Sadie Glass 47 diabetic shock, Bruce Wyatt 61 bleeding eye injury, and a 27 year old woman who reportedly overdosed and was treated and released.
Deputies, coroner, and sheriff arrival awaited as digging began at a dense woodland site off Wayne Madison Road north of Ohio 73 believed to be a shallow grave marked by logs bearing Tony Armstrong. A sleeping bag covered by dirt lay atop, with a strong odor indicating possible decomposition.
Local page 13 item provides brief notices from Middletown area including community updates and upcoming events. Details are limited due to OCR readability.
George Brown 39 of 1820 First Ave was shot in the left hand by Officer Doug Hampton after Brown seized a loaded rifle and refused to drop it amid a stairwell standoff. Brown’s finger was later amputated. charged with felonious assault.
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