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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1974
Page
2
Germantown Village Council approved a new nine step pay plan for all village positions effective immediately. The ordinance includes semiannual reviews to advance within steps and expands the village administrator post into the pay schedule for the first time.
A 24 year old woman held on disorderly conduct and resisting arrest slit her wrists with a broken light bulb but sustained only superficial cuts and was placed in solitary confinement for observation. Freshman High School on Girard Street reported a break in with a cafeteria window broken and small items stolen. A 521 dollar television was stolen from Janice Shipman at 819 15th Ave around 5:30 p.m.
Enos Spurrier II of West Chester was sentenced by Common Pleas Judge Arthur Fiehrer to 110 years in Ohio Penitentiary with a $1000 fine and costs after being found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the beating death of his wife Arlene last summer.
The State Controlling Board voted to move 4 million dollars from Department of Rehabilitation and Correction funds to operate a centralized medical facility at the old Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus, delaying a plan for a new northeastern facility. The move leaves 120 honor dormitory inmates and about 148 staff at the Columbus site, which also runs the prison’s steam plant. The board also approved a 120 thousand dollar consulting fee to E S Preston after he resigned from the Power Siting Commission, and other expenditures including highway posts, school buses, education TV facilities, and a housing purchase in Summit County for state property.
Butler County residents pledged about $2,500 with some pledges called in to Cincinnati. Warren County line at Lebanon Correctional Institution raised about $2,375, not counting north and south Warren County pledges. National totals cited reached $1.5 million as the telethon ran from 11 p.m. Saturday to 7 p.m. Sunday.
In Orland Park Illinois two masked men who bound and gagged an elderly bank executive and his wife abandoned the extortion after feared FBI and police pursuit. The victims Richard and Lou Ella Schussler aged 76 and 69 were held for hours while authorities investigated and monitored the car.
A Salvation Army cadet, 21, Tom Rainwater of Santa Barbara, was killed on Geary Boulevard with a woman cadet, Linda Story of Hayward, critically wounded. Police call the spree Zebra, the ongoing series of shootings in December and January that killed 10 people.
Nomination of officers for American Legion Post 231 will be held tomorrow at the post home. The meeting at 702 Lincoln St. begins at 6 p.m. Nominating committee members are Leon Hull Van Domineck Walt Turner Syl Walton and Howard Griffin.
Cincinnati IRS announces extension for political organizations and parties to file calendar year 1973 corporate tax returns by April 15. Like other taxpayers, parties may seek further extensions, but requests must be filed by April 15.
Springboro Lions last night chose Frank Woodward as president with Lowell Haws Robert Armbruster Elton Tibbits and Jim Roepher as vice presidents and secretary. Claude Kendall treasurer Don Cotterell and William Querner as chaplains with Ray Perez lion tamer Lynn Eaton and Richard Wade on the executive board. The Easter egg hunt sponsored by the club is canceled due to rising costs and waste.
Fire crews responded yesterday to several minor incidents including a grass fire on Bonita Drive and Breie Boulevard with no damage reported. A home at 717 Sixth Ave. and another at 4626 Riviera Drive had no fire. An odor of smoke at 46S Broad St. prompted no blaze. Elanora Burg, 39, of 415 McGuire St., was treated and released after an ambulance transfer from 1309 Yankee Road. A false alarm occurred at 2086 Clark St.
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices report deaths of Luther McPherson 72 in Auburndale. Paul Steigerwald 69 in Middletown. Kenneth Horn 83 in Lebanon. and other Hamilton area residents. Details include burial plans at Centerville Cemetery, funeral homes handling arrangements, surviving spouses and family members, and memorial contribution suggestions. Additional notices list services for Harry Goss 95, Nellie Spaulding 4 50, Anthony Michalski 81, Cleada Wheeler 66, Frances Dargue 75, Albert Winkeljohn 45, with churches and service times noted.
Two legal defense funds are formed for eight Ohio National Guardsmen indicted over the Kent State shootings. Donald J. Ruzicka opened an account at Cleveland Trust Co for the guardsmen while Lawrence Luck organizes anonymous deposits in a Kent bank. Funds will be distributed by need. Ruzicka argues self defense amid rock throwing.
Fenwick High School will present Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Sound of Music this Friday through Sunday in the school auditorium. Shelley Whitt stars as Maria with Dob Donisi as Captain von Trapp and Dee White as the Mother Abbess, joined by a 100-member cast and a full student crew. Tickets are $2 adults, $1.50 high school students, and $1 grade school students, available at the school or from cast members.
Funeral services for Jimmie L. Watkins 75 of Atlanta will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Mt. Gilead Baptist Church where he served on the Deacon Board. He died Sunday at Grady Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Survived by wife Elizabeth mother Laura Huff of Winder brother George of Winder four grandchildren and four other relatives.
The Trenton Church of God will host a worldwide revival starting tonight at 7 30 p m and continuing through April 7. Evangelist Larry Flannery will preach each service known for his direct style applying Scripture to current events and individual needs. Special music will accompany each meeting and the church nursery will be open.
Tickets remain for the Candidates Country Social hosted by State Reps William Donham and Corwin Nixon at the Congress Inn in Monroe. Donham and Nixon face no opposition in the Republican primary. Statewide Republican candidates will attend. tickets cost 10 dollars and are sold by Brack Little at 501 Aberdeen Drive.
Metropolitan Life presents a computerized Estate Conservation Analysis demonstration showing how the service helps clients protect and preserve more of their accumulated estate. The program promises clearer guidance on asset optimization and future planning.
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