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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 13, 1978

Page

2

Former FBI Director Kelley speaks at Miami U on trust and surveillance

Clarence Kelley, a former FBI chief, addressed Miami University students amid protests from a socialist leaflet alleging harassment and domestic spying. He defended the bureau, discussed surveillance guidelines, and recalled Hoover's influence and the era's changes.

Oxford FBI Clarence Kelley Miami University Kelsey Husky Kelley Chicago

Dance and baton classes slated by Middletown Parks

The Middletown Division of Parks and Recreation offers eight week dance and baton sessions at Goldman Park. On Wednesdays Joan Ritter leads tap for ages 4 5 6 at 5 30 to 6 15 and various taps for older children. disco for eight and up runs 8 45 to 9 15. Tuesdays start Sept 19 Ginny Friend teaches ballet and baton with multiple age groups and times, with registrations at the parks office or in person.

Middletown Ginny Friend

Planned Parenthood training schedule offered in Butler County

Planned Parenthood of Butler County will run two six week volunteer training series this fall. Education coordinator Chessie Icinopulos presides with sessions in Oxford on Sunday evenings and Hamilton on Friday mornings. Topics include human sexuality physiology and birth control. Qualified graduates may work as volunteer receptionists interviewers or exam room aides at Hamilton Oxford or Middletown clinics.

Planned Parenthood Butler County Chessie Icinopulos Oxford Hamilton Holy Trinity Episcopal Church Poplar Walnut Streets Front St Middletown

Dwyer resigns from Middletown mental health board

Middletown Police Chief Russell Dwyer resigned last night from the Middletown Area Mental Health Center board due to multiple obligations. Marietta McMontgie will fill the seat. Director Barry Cobb announced staff member David Miller will resign next month to become director of the Preble County Mental Health Center in Eaton. The center serves 347 clients with 43 new cases last month. Joe McNamara and Rev Wayne Morgan led a staff discussion on psychology and religion.

Middletown Russell Dwyer Middletown Area Center

Archbishop Valerian Gracias Dies at 77 in Bombay

Cardinal Valerian Gracias, Bombay's first Indian archbishop, died of cancer Monday at age 77 in Bombay. His death marks a major loss for the Catholic Church in India and the archdiocese.

Bombay India Valerian Gracias

Kinivaloets Memorial Fund Barbecue Tickets Available

Tickets remain for the annual Mike Kinivaloets Memorial Fund barbecue to aid Scouts. The event Saturday at Camp Hook begins at 5 pm with meals served in the dining hall if rain arrives. Tickets cost 3 dollars for adults, 1.50 for children, free for under 6, with scholarship donations accepted at the Scout office.

Mike Kinivaloets Camp Hook United Way

Hallie Bryant to perform Harlem Globetrotter exhibit at Towne Mall

Hallie Bryant, original Globetrotter and former Indiana University star, appears in a one man show at Towne Mall. He will display fancy ball handling, conduct shooting contests with prizes, demonstrate fundamentals, and autograph photos. Exhibitions scheduled 1, 4, and 7 p.m. Friday and 1, 12:30, 2, and 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Interstate 75 and Ohio 122 shopping center.

Hallie Bryant Harlem Globetrotter Indiana University Sta Towne Mall Bryant Globetrotters Interstate 75 Ohio

Three United Way leaders named for 1978 Middletown campaign

Samuel L Dalton announced three experienced persons named to leadership roles in the 1978 Middletown Area United Way VLP campaign. Weatherwax as treasurer, Welshofer as special adviser and Mrs Patricia Smith Weatherwax as orientation lead will guide financial transactions leadership and volunteer familiarization with United Way agencies programs.

Middletown Area United Way Samuel L Dalton Caign R S. Weatherwax Lewis E. Welshofer Patricia Smith Weatherwax Barnitz Bank Weatherwax Smith Armco United Ww

Hoerner Waldorf contract vote set tomorrow

Striking United Paperworkers Local 310 members will vote tomorrow morning on a new Hoerner Waldorf contract offered after mediation in Cincinnati. About 130 workers, unresolved since the July 13 strike began two months ago, will decide at 10:30 a.m. at the local multiwall bag plant. Hoerner based in St Paul is a subsidiary of Champion International Corp.

United Paperworkers Local 310 Hoerner- Waldorf Co Cincinnati Hoerner St. Paul Champion International Corp

Califano proposes crackdown on drug label price hikes

HEW Secretary Joseph A Califano urged a rule to stop brand-name firms from buying generics and relabeling them at higher prices. A House subcommittee demanded internal manufacturing policy documents, and California Democrat Rep. John Moss pressed for FDA input to curb abuse. The rule could take effect early next year as investigations reveal firms inflating prices on identical generics.

Washington (Ap HEW Joseph A Califano Califano House Department of Health, Education and Welfare Subcommittee Gets Congress House Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee John E. Moss Calif Moss Susan Leal Food and Drug Administration FDA

Water heater crack brings fire call

Water heater at 310 Pagett Drive cracked and rattled loudly around 11:27 a.m. yesterday, prompting a fire call to Douglas Collins’s home. Firefighters found no blaze, noting a rusted bottom in a closet caused the crack, with leaking water causing little damage.

Germantown Douglas Collins Pagett Drive Richard Zechar

Automobile stolen from Chrysler Products dealership

A 1974 car valued at 5695 was reported stolen from Chrysler Products at 6239 Germantown Road. Butler County deputies said the vehicle appeared hot wired and the keys were not left in the car. The theft occurred late Monday night or early Tuesday, according to manager Jim Weihrauch.

Chrysler Products Germantown Road Butler County Jim Weihrauch Weihrauch

EPA chief: Ohio utilities must scrubbers if miners lose jobs

EPA director Douglas Castle said Ohio utilities are obligated to install scrubbers rather than switch to low sulfur coal if it prevents miners' job losses. He noted aggressive cleanup programs correlate with strong economies and warned of economic harm if native coal is discarded. Castle also announced an Agricultural Lands Protection Policy to safeguard productive farmland from development.

Worthington Ohio Environmental Protection Agency EPA Douglas Castle Castle Cleveland St. Clairsville National Association of State Departments of Agriculture

Multiple Local Injuries and Illnesses Reported Across City

A series of dispatches from various addresses list residents ranging from children to seniors treated or admitted to hospitals after falls injuries illnesses or medical reactions. Names ages and locations include Lena B James 99 at 300 N Marshall Road Sally Deaton 11 at 3109 Finley St Everette Gibson 57 at 717 Waite St and Garnett Matthews 55 at 4107 Lewis St among others.

N. Marshall Road Lena B. James Skateway Sally Deaton Finley St Second Avenue Main Street Paul Bamerlin S. Main St Gee Waite St Everette Gibson Vance St Denelle Gurule Convenient Food Mart Ge Stevens Crawford St Lewis St Ken Lawson Casper Ave Garnett Matthews

Rail strike may widen as Judge refuses order

The judge refused to ban expansion of the N and W strike as unions threaten action against 72 railroads. BRAC leader says workers have right to counteraction while noting no coast to coast strike plans.

Washington Norfolk & Western Railway Fred J. Kroll The Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks N&w Chicago Buffalo Kroll BRAC

Walkout Restraint Extended Over Norfolk and Western Strike

In Cincinnati AP reports Judge Rubin extends restraint against three unions amid obstruction claims around Portsmouth Ohio. Hearing set for Monday in Dayton. The Brotherhood of Railway Airline and Steamship Clerks has been on strike since July 10.

N&w Cincinnati Norfolk and Western Railway Dayton U.S Carl Rubin Portsmouth Ohio The Brotherhood of Railway, Airline & Steamship Clerks

Planning panel backs zoning permit fee set at $10

A Village Council meeting report notes the Planning Commission recommended a zoning permit fee of ten dollars plus expenses, and the council approved the recommendation.

Carlisle Planning Commission

Auto mishap injures boy on Howard Avenue

A five year old boy named Jerry Vail of Hamilton was treated and released from Middletown Hospital after being hit by a car backing out of the G and G Garage on Howard Avenue. The driver was Elizabeth A Lawwill, 17, of 2221 Winton Street, who said she did not see the boy as she prepared to leave the garage.

Middletown Hospital Howard Avenue Jerry Vail Hamilton Howard Elizabeth A. Lawwill Winton St

Ex Lakota basketball player dies in Butler crash

Sharonville violence tragedy reports Steven W. Jones 23 of Maud formerly Lakota High School basketball player and Union College staffer killed when a dump truck jackknifed into his car on Cincinnati Dayton Road north of Crescentville Road Butler County. Richard M. Butler 63 of Cincinnati charged with failure to maintain distance and vehicular homicide after the 7 45 a.m. crash. Butler treated at Bethesda North Hospital and released.

Sharonville Steven W. Jones Cincinnati-Dayton Road Crescentville Road Butler County Mr. Jones Union College Barbourville Richard M. Butler Cincinnati Butler Bethesda North Hospital

Germantown Library reports 176 children in summer reading program

Germantown Library trustees heard that 176 children participated in the summer reading program. Librarian Robert Ammerman called the effort very successful under direction of Louise Addieman. Trustees reviewed a Xerox offer to sell an aging copier and a proposal to refinish woodwork on the Children's Library stairway.

Germantown Robert Ammerman Louise Addieman Xerox Corp

Juvenile Suspect Ap pre hended for Fire Alarm Vandalism

A juvenile boy was apprehended yesterday after allegedly pulling fire alarm boxes at Central Avenue and Curtis Street and First Avenue and Baltimore Street. He is due before juvenile authorities this morning.

Central Avenue Curtis Street First Avenue Baltimore Street

Deaths and Funerals of Local Residents

Riggle Gail Jim Hayes 77 of New Carlisle father of Middletown resident El Bayes died at Mercy Medical Center Springfield after four days as a patient. Retired 1967 machinist for Omco Co. Survived by Grace his wife five other sons 21 grandchildren 21 great grandchildren two sisters. Services Friday 10:30 am Trostel Chapman Funeral Home New Carlisle burial Glen Haven Memorial Gardens Donnelsville. Harold E Musselman 41 of 58 Woodrow St services today Brown Dawson. Walter H Jack Simpson 72 of 635 Belle Ave services 10:30 am Friday Fairfield Wesleyan Church Brown Dawson. Olive E Hudson 62 of 638 Laurel Ave services 2 pm Thursday Colligan.

Riggle Gail Jim’ Hayes New Carlisle Middletown el Bayes Mercy Medical Center Springfield Grace Trostel- Chapman Funeral Home Glen Haven Memorial Gardens Donnelsville Harold E. Musselman Woodrow St Brown-Dawson Funeral Home Walter H Jack"’ Simpson Belle Ave Fairfield Wesleyan Church Brown-Dawson Olive E. Hudson Laurel Ave Colligan

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