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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1976
Page
2
Hamilton voters reject a 17.5 million bond to build a central high school near Miami University Hamilton Campus. Only 2,953 yes votes to 9,443 no, with 12,396 of 24,387 registered voters participating. Opponents argued taxes would rise about 12 percent.
Former Butler County Sheriff Harold J. Carpenter is set for release May 13 from Federal Prison Camp in Allentown Pennsylvania about five months early under good behavior credits. He began his sentence last April after pleading guilty to two counts of income tax evasion and faces a 15 count indictment for embezzlement and accepting bribes while in office.
Ethel Kennedy was found guilty in Barnstable Massachusetts and paid a 31.25 dollar fine after a conviction for mutilating a parking ticket.
The former W. T. Grant store at Middletown Shopping Center hosts a new Village mini center with 13 shops planned. Current tenants include The Linen Closet The Village Men's Shop and Basher Greenery with others like Murray Brothers General Store Leather Express Manchester Station The Village Wine Cellar and Sue Ann's Fabrics to open. Grand opening slated Oct 9 as Manuel Mayerson Associates Cincinnati renovates space into a village motif center with Duff's Smorgasbord in rear.
Archbishop F Gerald Ensley senior active bishop of the United Methodist Church died in Dublin Ireland after a liver problem at age 69 He served 12 years as resident bishop in Iowa and 12 years in West Ohio with headquarters in Columbus Funeral plans in Columbus Ohio were pending Burial slated for Oak Grove Cemetery Delaware Ohio and he had delivered a World Methodist Council address before hospitalization The article also notes an October milk price support increase to 8 26 per hundredweight by Secretary Butz to support manufacturing milk.
The Germantown Recreation Commission targets November 1 to open a Valley View youth center in the township hall at Center and Main. Students Nancy Watkins and Kevin Keister presented plans from an adult youth committee. The panel assigns tasks to commissioners and trustees. proposals include fire escape entry, canopies, and safety grills.
Police report a burglary at Danny's Train Shop on 208 Bellomonte St yesterday. About $1,900 in items were stolen including twelve model airplane engines two airplane kits two five channel radios and a three channel radio plus $45 cash. The break in was found at 9:45 am after the burglar shattered the front door glass and moved it aside.
Katharine Hepburn will shift from the strenuous film Olly Olly Oxen Free to a lengthy stage tour. She notes rehearsals are already underway without her as she wraps up the movie in Los Angeles. The production will feature her performing while suspended from a flying gas balloon.
Robert C. Bush 81 of 2332 Middletown-Eaton Road died on arrival at Middletown Hospital after being stricken at home. A 60 year Armco Steel foreman, he was former Armco Association president and Armco Vets ballclub manager. Survived by his wife Margaret, son Charles FE of Rockledge Florida, three grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Services at Grace Baptist Church with burial at Elk Creek Cemetery. Burial rites by American Legion. Funeral home visiting hours listed.
Two men injured in an electrical accident at the Sorg Paper Co. were listed in fair condition at Cincinnati General Hospital. Clyde Irwin of Hamilton and Roy Setser of Fairfield, both 48 and 49, suffered facial burns after a 11:05 am explosion during installation of a 480-volt line for pollution equipment. Charlie Brown of Hamilton and firefighter Roger South were also treated for burns and breathing difficulty.
The Environmental Protection Agency sponsors a 13 month Battelle Memorial Laboratories study to analyze human and environmental exposure to at least eight toxic substances. The program totals $796 674 and is managed by the EPA Office of Toxic Substances.
About 500 damage was counted in a scrap pile fire yesterday evening inside the Janesville Products plant at 415 Oxford Road. Plant manager Melvin Harrison said a hot roil system touched off the fire in jute insulation material and Franklin firemen, called at 8 41 p m, controlled the smoke. The plant resumed normal operations about 3 a m, Harrison said.
Agriculture Director John M. Stackhouse reports red clover seed output is ahead of recent years in Ohio and urges local producers to note the trend. He couples the outlook with a reminder for farmers to monitor crop conditions and market opportunities.
Multiple obituaries list Mrs Catherine Culbertson 72 of Fayetteville and Edwin H. Dorenbusch 83, along with Anna M. Helton 77 and Miss Beatrice South 55. Services scheduled at Wilson Schramm Memorial Home and Hall Jordan Memorial Chapel with burials at Woodside and Riverside Cemeteries.
Ohio State University will host a Friday conference titled Energy Today and Tomorrow at the Center for Tomorrow. Government industry and university representatives will speak on energy needs and future solutions.
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