Existing segregation at Washington School and proposed consolidation of the Lemon Township and Middletown school districts grabbed the most attention of Board of Education candidates last night at the annual "Know Your Candidates" meeting. This discussion by Harry E. Hadley, J. Howard Stalker and incumbent Jack D. Christy, competing for the two four-year openings on the board, and a talk by Superintendent of Schools Earle R. Seidner on the proposed two-mill tax levy were highlights of the public forum's school side. In response to a query, Christy and Hadley expressed qualified approval of consolidation. Stalker explained that he would not take a stand until a report is made by the citizens committee studying the financial set-up of a combined township-city school district...

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