Recreation squeaks by in Liberty Union vote issues
In Liberty and Union Townships voters approved a .5 mill recreation levy by seven votes 1 393 1 386 and a $50 000 five year fire bond in Liberty Union Township defeated a 1 5 police levy 1 435 1 314. Rezoning along Tylersville Road was rejected Dull scrutiny on police chief Noland cited as factor.
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Mike O'Connor
Liberty
Union Townships
Union Township
Liberty Township
William Noland
Deborah
Brown County
Ohio
Tylersville Road
Lakota Hills
Butler-Warren Road
Rosenberger Wins Union Township Trustee Seat Upset
Raymond Rosenberger edges incumbent Emile Munch to win one of two trustee seats in Union Township. David McGinnis tops vote-getters in reelection, with Jerome Donnellon and Brent DeLay far behind. Voter turnout runs 45 percent as levy for police protection fails. McGinnis and Rosenberger will join board president Larry Gandler in January.
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Hamilton Journal-News
Union Liberty Journal
Larry Gandler
Gundler
Noland
Raymond Rosenberger
Blue Spruce Court
Union Township
Emile Munch
David McGinnis
Pilgrim Court
Jerome Donnellon
Brent DeLay
McGennis
Rosenberger
Munch
Donnellon
McGinnis
James Richards
Jim Williams
Butler County Board of Elections
Voter Turnout Dips in Union and Liberty Townships
In Union Township only 2 704 of 5 968 eligible voters cast ballots while Liberty Township saw 756 of 1 536 participate. Leaders blamed general distrust of politicians as candidate margins tightened on close local races.
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Union Township
Liberty Township
Larry Gandler
Union ‘Township
Gandler
Union
Crestview
Church
Hopewell School
Lakota
Nazarene
Township
Liberty School
Four Area Court drug convictions overturned on appeal
A First District Court of Appeals panel reversed a January 1973 Butler County Area Two Court ruling. It voided drug convictions of Kent Baker, Donald Kelly, Randy Rogers, and Mark Banks, arrested December 24, 1972, after Monroe police found marijuana in a van they were in.
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First District Court of Appeals
Butler County
William R. Hendrickson
Kent Baker
Donald Kelly
Bonita Drive
Middletown
Randy Rogers
Oxford-Middletown Road
Mark Banks
Wayne- Madison Road
Trenton
Monroe
Liberty Two Baird Breezes To Win Magie Board Seat
Incumbent Arthur Baird wins Liberty Township trustee race in a four man field with 492 votes to John Magie 411. Sherman Reed 214 and Lon L Keith 177 also receive votes. Baird to join Morris VanGorden and Magie on the January board. turnout 49 percent.
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Liberty Township
Arthur Baird
John Magie
Cincinnati-Dayton Road
Jack Shannon
Baird
Magie
Sherman Reed
Lon L. Keith
Morris VanGorden
Lakota School Board Members Re-Elected In Landslide
Three incumbents faced no opposition for Lakota School Board seats and were re elected. Robert Niederman led with 2472 votes followed by Roy Maddox 2453 and Robert Wasson 2307.
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Lakota
Robert Niederman
Robert Wasson
Roy Maddox
Niederman
Maddox
Wasson
Monroe elects four to village council
Four candidates were elected to fill four Monroe Village Council seats from a field of nine. William E. Riggs and Gordon A. Doty secured the top two spots with 582 and 508 votes, followed by Edward Lewis Woodward with 427 and Joe Tuttle with 360. Other contenders trailed, as turnout remained light in Butler County.
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Monroe
William E. Riggs
Gordon A. Doty
Edward Lewis Woodward
Joe Tuttle
Riggs
Doty
Woodward
Tuttle
Paul Rolich
Thomas
Butler County
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West Chester
Levy
MR. Rosenberger
MR. McGinnis
Magie Board
MR. Magie
MR. Baird
Vic Muhlberg
Pisgah
Muhlberg
Journal
Union-Liberty Journal
Unorty
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