The Cincinnati Post from Cincinnati, Ohio • 15

Tha Cincinnati Post Wednesday July 23 1975 1'5 The Dem governors favor Humphrey for President A iis Rhodes' bond plan endorsed All nine Republican Gncinnati City Council candidates today endorsed Gov James A Rhodes S4S billion bond package They announced their support at a press conference with Rhodes at the Midwestern Conference at the Netherland Hilton Hotel Rhodes needs about 307000 signatures on petitions to get the issues on the November ballot Kennedy began to catch on with large numbers of voters Accident victim vwa Pft Jenny Aldridge 10 of Greenville Olio who was trapped for an hour in a car crushed by an oil tanker July 13 on 1-7S continues to improve and is listed in fair condition today at General Hospital Her father Milton Dale Aldridge 37 and Lori Hanes 11 her friend also of Greenville were killed They had attended a Gncinnati Reds baseball game and were enroute home when their car was crashed near Hopple Street Maurice Hamel 33 Ontario Canada the truck driver has been charged with two counts of vehicular homicide Ex-Chcnault aide 'no-show' neip lieve any of the announced candidates are capable of developing around them a consensus among Democrats "At this point President Ford is very strong Kneip said reason he's strong is that the Democrats have not been able to build around any onecandidate' Like Link Kneip said he thinks Humphrey is the best avail- able choice ANDERSON WHO is from home state voiced strongest support for the former vice president He said he believes Humphrey would be less likely than the other potential candidates stumble along the Humphrey ran a good race in 1968 when he narrowly lost to Richard Nixon Anderson said was dealt a very difficult hand by being vice president during some very turbulent he said "I think he could wage a very effective campaign against President he said going to be tough" Anderson also said he would like to see one or more Democratic governors enter the party primaries None of the governors said they believe Wallace will win the nomination but they were not certain how much power he will wield at the national convention in naming the presidential and vice presidential candidates A warrant for the arrest of Donald Leonard former aide for Gncinnati Councilman William Chenault was issued yesterday when Leonard failed to show up in court for the second time Leon- 1 ard was to have appeared before Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Robert Wood on a charge of breaking and entering in connection with the theft last year of a tape recorder from the -University of Gncinnati Leonard did not appear in court on July 8 when he was scheduled to appear for sentencing on his conviction of auto theft The suburbs Core center opens Monday LEX suxaows Swinging Angel Beyond the calf of duty Nate Beavers recreation commission leader at Wintoo Commons Park Winton Plaice allows the kids to roughhouse with him Here be gives Angel Armstrong 8 a swing through the air -'A p-tss fx IS Its is Montgomery Care Center a new skilled nursing facility for 102 residents will open Monday at 7777 Cooper Road Montgomery Open house will be from 2 to 8 pm Sunday Gary Rahner administrator said he and his staff have planned the center over the past few months the best of all the many nursing homes toured both here and abroad" The U-shape one-story brick building has SI double occupancy patient rooms with nursing stations therapy room barber and beauty shop large bath center and lounges in two wings flanking the central lobby activities center and dining area Micki Smith former activities director at Hyde Park Villa will be in charge of activities at the center A five-meal plan new to nursing homes will be implemented with a continental breakfast mid-morning branch 2 pm light lunch the ntain meal at 4 pm and a night-time snack at 8 pm The five-meal plan is being used Rabner said because it gives additional opportunities to get patients to take more fluids breaks up the institutional aspect and gives more opportunity for Socialization-Residents will be members of a council" with their own officers and representatives at administrative meetings Rabner said They will select names for the two wings and offer suggestions nr complaints about service and living conditions New path to east offered for relocation of US 50 Aroundabout BY BILL FURLOW Three Democratic governors here for the Midwestern Governors Conference say they are not ready to support any of the announced Democratic presidential candidates and would prefer to see Sen Hubert Humphrey nominated again Govs Arthur A Link of North Dakota' Richard Kneip of South Dakota and Wendell Anderson of Minnesota agreed that none of- the candidates currently seeking the nomination have shown much support among the voters And they agreed that President Ford will be a difficult candidate to beat in 1976 "I think you could say there is a single candidate who has caught the imagination of the people as a Link said neither am I apprehensive that we see a good candidate or two develop and catch the imagination'' Link said candidates need time to project themselves to the nation's voters and that images can change DEMOCRATS WHO have announced their candidacies for President are Sen Henry Jackson Wadi Sen Lloyd Bentsen Tex US Rep Morris Udall Ariz former Gov Jimmy Carter Ga former Gov Terry Sanford NC and former Sen Fred Harris Okla Alabama Gov George Wallace is expected to enter the race soon As an example of how a -stature among the populace can change Link pointed to President Ford who not long ago regarded as a rather commonplace type of everyday public servant His popularity has fluctuated up and down but people are beginning to talk about him and see him as the But Link said he views Humphrey the 1968 party- presidential nominee as the person with die and concern for people that come closest to what I think die die country would look Humphrey 64 has said he will not ran in the Democratic primaries i for Presi- but would be willing to run I dent if die party convention nominated him next summer ANDERSON AGREED with Link while Kneip disagreed saying LI seeding that the candidates already the Democratic nomination still have time to become attractive to the voters Anderson recalled that in I960 the Democrats had a large field of candi-- dates and that it was late in the cam--pafgn before then-Sen John Local firm violated law NLRB rules The National Labor Relations Board in Washington DC has ruled that theH Nutting Co a Cincinnati construction materials testing firm violated 'the law when it fired an employe last summer for union organizing activities Ajjigee-man panel of the NLRB reaffirmed an April decision by NLRB Judge Thomas Bracken and ordered that- the company rehire the em- Lloyd Denton of Amelia and pay him back i pay him bade wages plus six per cent interest Denton was fired last August Dining a bearing here in January Denton and other Nutting employes charged that they were ordered to perform work which they felt unqualified on projects at the Greater Cincinnati Airport Zimmer Nuclear Power Plant Christ Hospital and the Riverfront Coliseum The company denied that the men performed work for which they were unqualified Bracken said in his April decision that company does not demand quality performance by its employes on all jobs that it undertakes' Nutting employes rejected representation by the Carpenters Union during an NLRB election in June The company has offices at 4120 Airport Hoad near Lunken Airport i A r-1 fry i fci! a (4 iifi ''V city i improving issue defeated build dam in cistern Fairfield school BY TOM FORTNEY A new plan for relocated US SO stymied a few years ago by environmental concerns in the Terrace Park-Milford area has been developed by Vogt Sage Pflum a Cincinnati consulting firm The and some less-favored was unveiled yesterday by Robert Vogt at a meeting sponsored by die Clermont County Chamber of Commerce at Clermont College Under the favored proposal US' SO -would be moved eastward from the confluence of the Little Miami River and its East Fork near Milford and essentially follow the present route of Round Bottom Road westward from the clover leaf at 1-275 (Hillsboro exit) Ohio 32 would be moved north of its present route and intersect new US SO at a point just about apposite Avoca the section of the Anderson Park and Connector yet to be built would intersect U-S SO diagonally across from the Only a third of Fairfield Local School District's voters went to the polls yesterday and they turned down a S49- -million bond issue for a new junior high school by a vote of 16S2 to 993 In addition to the construction of a new junior high school bond issue passage would have provided funds for the renovation of the present junior high School bond issue rejected KeeMer plant The proposed relocation has been planned so that these two major intersections can be accomplished without crossing the river although across-the-river access is planned Relocated US SO would connect on the west with the modified Redbank expressway and Columbia Parkway extension Vogt said he believes the major interests of transportation 'service to the industrial area near Newtown and recreation would be served by this concept The plan which Vogt stressed is conceptual in nature would give leeway for vastly expanded recreation areas along the river augmenting those such as the existing golf courses At one point on the river Vogt envisions a crossing for pedestrians and horses to give access to recreational areas on both sides of the stream and Loveland expects to match this amount The Bishop family helped found Loveland in the 1880s and Bishop heirs donated the three parcels Lcweland has to get the rest of the needed property before the park can be built Niemi said In other actum Council heard complaints from citizens concerning the policy of not collecting grass clippings Citizens can dump their clippings at the Loveland landfill on Harp- KINGS MILLS-Voters in Deerfield-Union School District rejected a $1 06-million bond issue yesterday by a vote of 330 to 225 The bond issue would have been used for construction of a multi-purpose building at Kings Mills Elementary sewage treatment facilities furnishings and repairs at Kings Mills and South Lebanon grade schools Coble TV hearing set Loveland accepts parcels of land to be used for a riverbank park A public hearing will be held here Aug 4 on proposals to allow Miami Valley Cable Inc to increase its rates by about 40 per cent The company has approximately 1000 cbble TV units in tiie area City Council this week gave the first reading of an ordinance to approve the rate increase but will give the public a chance to speak out at the hearing Proposals are to increase rates from $495 to S69S a month for one unit in a single-family home and from $1 to $2 for the second unit Installation rates would go from $750 to SIS Council has also set age limits for appointees as policemen or firemen: New policemen must be between 21 and 36 years old and firemen between 18 and 36 The former limits were 21 to 31 for both firemen and police Lowrcnccburg pares budget The -major advantage of die plan he said is that it puts negotiation for the necessary land within the realm of reasonable possibility It also would remove the necessity for any rechanneling of the river the main objection to the original plan advanced by the state talked to enough people' 1 of think Vogt said "so that we kind i are at least getting into the ballpark in serving the highway industrial and recreational needs of the lot of questions said Vogt particularly is going to pay for in the project but he added that the problem can be solved by cooperative effort on the part of all concerned: The meeting was attended by local chamber of commerce members -representatives of several industries in the Newtown area and public officials of the affected er Avenue but one resident said the landfill road is in poor condition Niemi said the city will try to repair the road Vice Mayor Ronald Binegar also announced that he will seek re-election In addition Council was told by Clermont County officials that Loveland will not be able to withdraw from Miami Township until about the first of the year It will take that long to make record changes Councilm ember Ronald Boike said were to be the Democratic choice IN OTHER ACTION Council approved taking bids for 50000 square yards of asphalt for street resurfacing Ted Rusen Jr city engineer said today his department has not decided exactly which streets willbe paved The choices involve Section Avenue from Maple to Sherman avenues Lafayette Avenue from Monroe Avenue to Montgomery Road Forest Avenue from Williams Avenue to Smith Road Ivanhoe Avenue from Montgomery to Hopkins Avenue and all of Carthage and Fenwick avenues within Norwood Rusen does not expect resurfacing to start until September The black asphalt being used is similar to the Montgomery Road surface in front of Surrey Square to complaint employes ances which include charges that two Cincinnati liquor stores are operated in condemned buildings which are rat ami roach infested Miss Phelan said Rhodes told her yesterday he had been told that Gifford Reich state director of liquor control had met with the union to discuss greivances Miss Phelan said she replied that Reich had not spoken with union officials in grievance session Miss Phelan said Rhodes assured her that Reich would meet with the union to discuss the problems She said the union is trying to contact Reich to arrange a meeting buy land for new park City Council members here have pared more than $30000 from the proposed 1976 budget to enable the city to operate on the same S196 per S100 valuation property tax rate it has this year The budget of about $400000 has remained the same for three years This austerity budget is expected to mean that a 32-cent hourly wage increase proposed for utility employes will not materialize If workers demand the wage increase it will result in either layoffs or a cut in working hours for some employes the city cleric said Council also voted to close alleys between High and New streets and Charlotte and Maple streets to make room for construction of a 24-unit apartment building Hamilton may At its meeting at 7:30 pm today Hamilton City Council will consider a bill to authorize a contract with Miami Conservancy District for construction of a low-level dam in the Great Miami River The area around the dam would be used for recreation The contract would be conditioned on voter approval of a tax levy at a special election Sept 9 Council will also consider a plan to reduce transit fares for' the elderly through a federal grant to provide subsidies City Council accepted last night three donated parcels of land that are expected to be used for Bishop Park a senior 'citizen facility planned for the east side of Riverside Avenue next to the Little Miami River Bridge The proposed 14-acre riverbank park is expected to have a pier picnic tables horseshoe pits and shuffleboard courts City Manager Raymond Niemi said today Loveland received S952S from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources to build the park Norwood to City Council gave plans for a new park a major boost last night when it agreed to buy 16000 square feet of land for the park for $12000 Community Development Director Darrell Maxwell said today Norwood hopes to start on park construction this fall Norwood still needs to buy land for a park entrance Maxwell said The proposed park to be called Burwood Park is bordered by Morton Avenue on the north Burwood Avenue on the east and 1-71 on the south ship in Hamilton County which has been taken under advisement Loveland officials said that once the city becomes a township its present mayor-council form of government will replace township trustees and clerk Section of 1-75 will be closed Southbound I-7S will be dosed to all traffic from the Norwood Lateral to the Paddock Road interchange from 8:30 pm today until 5:30 am tomorrow North and southbound I-7S will be restricted to two lanes of traffic indefinitely between the Norwood Lateral and Paddock Road The extreme left lanes are dosed Sunmon youth faces rabies shots Loveland files petition to establish township VERNON SENNETT JR Ward Two Council member has spearheaded tiie park drive for his south Norwood ward Sen 1 Sermett hopes the park will have a medium sized swimming pool a tennis court and a shelter Council earlier allotted $100000 in Community Development Act funds for the park Park plans estimate it will cost $400000 to build but Sermett thinks reductions will put the park in the $200000 range South Norwood is the only city section without a park Sermett who earlier withdrew from the mayoral race said he expects the Norwood Democratic Central Committee to endorse him for the Ward Two seat Saturday Robert Tepe the Ward Two Democratic nominee would have to drop out of the race if Sermett Rhodes listens of liquor store Union state liquor store employes here are hoping a meeting yesterday with Gov James Rhodes while they were picketing the Midwest Governors Conference will lead to a resolution of their complaints about local liquor store operations Maureen Phelan president of 80-member Local 7711 of the Ohio State Government Employes union with members at 30 state stores here said she spoke with Rhodes while about a half dozen union members picketed yesterday Hie union has been using picket lines and sit-ins to protest the refusal of local supervisors to discuss greiv- SUNMAN Ind A call has gone out for a motorist whose Air- dale dog bit Scott Ammerman IS of Sunman who must begin taking rabies shots unless tiie dog is found Ammerman was bit by the dog while at the Outpost service station and restaurant just south of 1-74 at Indiana highways 46 and 101 He was pumping gas into a 1973 or 1974 Toyota Corolla' station wagon silver colored when the dog inside the car reached out and bit Ammerman on the arm The station is owned by his parents Mr and Mrs George Ammerman The car was believed to have Ohio license plates Anyone with information about the owner of the dog is asked to call Ammerman at 1-812-623-3504 immediately Mon electrocuted BY TOM FORTNEY Clermont County consented yesterday to a petition by the City of Loveland for establishment of a township within its corporate limits There was a condition however set by Prosecutor Robert A Jones: He advised the officials of the city the trustees of Miami Township from which the city seeks to withdraw in Clermont and the county auditor to sit down and come to an agreement on the apportionment of any indebtedness such as a fire tax levy now in effect Once this is done the commissioners agreed they will complete the necessary legislation tentatively effective at the end of this year THE CITY also has made the same request to withdraw from Hamilton Township in Warren County which has been granted and from Synunes Town WEST Arthur E' Bourquein 62 was apparently electrocuted at 1:30 pm yesterday while repairing an electric pump in a water cistern at his home on White's Hill Road Bourquein was standing in about two feet of water when he called to his wife Freda to turn on the switch according to the Dearborn County coroner Mrs Bourquein heard a scream and found her husband's body floating in the water An electrician said there was a short circuit in a wire on the pump Besides his wife Bourquein leaves a daughter Mrs Willia Wright a son Arthur Bourquein two brothers Ernest and Forest and a sister Miss Hannah Bourquein Services will be at 2 pm Friday at the Jackman Funeral Home Harrison Visitation will be from 6 to 9 pm tomorrow A.