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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1978
Page
9
Middfest officials announced additional attractions and advance ticket sale locations for Middfest 78 on September 22 23 and 24. The event highlights new entries and venues expanding access to advance sales and performances.
CORVA Northern Subarea Council approved the Otterbein Home Training Center for nurses and aides in southwestern Ohio and outlined long range planning. Officials discuss a CAT X-ray unit and dialysis machine for Butler County hospitals and a computerized body imaging device. Tickets for Middfest carnival and events go on sale with various attractions and a Meet the Candidates rally sponsored by the Jaycees and Chamber of Commerce.
DAYTON Ohio AP striking teachers ignored a Montgomery County Common Pleas Court order not to picket and defied Judge Carl Kesslers limit on pickets at one per school. Association officials said the walkouts remain solid with Roberta Hunter leading pickets as teachers report to the lines across Dayton schools.
The Journal retracts an earlier report about two petitions in the East Plains subdivision. In 1975 a single petition signed by 23 of 31 landowners, or 74 percent, supported annexation from Warren County to Middletown. No other petition is known.
Carlisle resident Carl Sizemore, 56, received his World War II medals thirty three years after service as a combat infantryman. He was shot in the back in Germany on April 7, 1945, and later earned the Bronze Star and Combat Infantry Badge, among other honors, after filing for his discharge papers.
A ninth unit joins the lineup for the annual Spectacular in Sight and Sound at Barnitz Field. Hamilton Taft joins host band Middletown and area high school bands including Franklin Lakota Lemon-Monroe Fenwick Edgewood Madison and Princeton. Robert Cordray guest announcer. The Star Spangled Banner conducted by William Stiehl. Tickets 1.50. children under six admitted free.
A Butler County jury convicted 22 year old Conrad Gregory Peaks of grand theft carrying a concealed weapon and aggravated robbery in the April 27 killing of Robert Ledford at a Madison Township grocery and Sohio station. The verdict could lead to life imprisonment or execution and the court will hear mitigation at the October 27 sentencing. Authorities seek a second man believed to have accompanied Peaks during the holdup.
Four of eight planning commission ers attended yesterday delaying reviews of bikeway studies ridership and district changes until next Thursday work session. Several zoning matters progressed including approvals and variances for businesses homes and offices along Main Street Breiel Boulevard Jefferson Road and Ninth Avenue with a public hearing on a Clark Plum street zoning change postponed to November 8.
Three Hamilton area women picketed in front of the Butler County Courthouse charging that Domestic Relations Court’s Bureau of Support will not let them sign warrants against husbands for non support. They distributed flyers questioning why taxpayers should fund another man’s family. Richard S. Jackson Jr. said his office oversees about 4,000 support cases at once and that about 100 men monthly are ordered to appear for hearings. If a man refuses to pay, a contempt order is filed and criminal action begun.
A Clearcreek Township man allegedly tried a swindle against his former roommate that failed when Dayton police helped arrest Michael Peace, 18, after a meeting to recover a $700 diamond pin stolen from Paul Larson, last Friday. Peace was held overnight and transferred to Warren County Justice Center for grand larceny charges.
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