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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1969
Page
9
Sgt. Larry White reports new traffic signs on Central Avenue and Verity Parkway alter the intersection pattern. Westbound left lanes must turn left while right lane drivers may turn right or go straight. bus activity risks accidents if directions are ignored.
Leonard Franklin Manning 73 of 216 Young St died at 1 05 a.m. yesterday at his home after an extended illness He was born in Morgan County Kentucky a World War I veteran and retired from B D Morgan Construction Co He is survived by his wife Goldie three sons Day South Lebanon Lexie Middletown and Robert Orlando Fla two daughters Mrs Pearl Rose Louisville Ky and Mrs Betty Stacy Middletown a brother Curtis German town a sister Mrs Hazel Cole Fayetteville 28 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren Services Monday at 10 am at McCoy Le sfer Funeral Home with the Rev Henry Howard and Rev John Carter officiating Burial Woodside Cemetery Visitation tomorrow 3 5 and 7 9 p m at the funeral home
Willie Ashley, 49, formerly of West Alexandria, died Thursday in Tyler Texas. Survived by wife Louise and five daughters including Mrs Ethel Hollenbaugh of Gratis and Mrs Mollie Horton of Dallas.
Mrs Lourisa McKibban 61 of 425 Shorts Road Franklin died this morning at Kettering Memorial Hospital where she had been a patient since Monday. Survived by husband Everett a daughter Wanda Stettmeir Scottsdale Ariz a son Ralph D Hatfield Franklin two brothers Wendel Eckler Las Vegas Nev Ernest Eckler Middletown two sisters Loretta Denisi Dayton Martilian Adams Chicago eight grandchildren two great grandchildren. Anglesby Funeral Home Franklin.
A list of obituaries and funeral details includes A W McKiddy age 63 at St Mary Church Requiem High Mass 10 am Tuesday. Infant twins Samuel and William Murphy of Grissom Air Force Base Peru Ind graveside at Rose Hill today. George Kemp 94 at Westover Retirement Home services 10 am Monday Klaus Weigel. William C Dornberger 75 Corwin Ave Requiem High Mass 10 am Tuesday at St Ann Church. Sheldon E Schwab 57 Bunkerhill Woods Road Oxford services 2 pm Monday Marshall Smith.
Bryant Curtis Riley 10, a Taft Elementary fifth grader and student council president, was dragged four blocks to his death on Main Street near Ninth Avenue. Suspect James Wade Romans, 21, fled the Middletown police station but was recaptured. he faces escape charges and vehicular homicide inquiry. The red convertible hit the boy at 7:50 p.m. and the car was found behind the Old Crow Bar. He leaves parents two sisters and grandparents. services arranged at Bailey Funeral Home.
Four persons treated and dismissed from Middletown Hospital after four collisions caused $5,050 in vehicle damage. Marguerite Scheibert 65 of 205 N Main St injured in a rear from a private drive into Richard P. Gorman 24 of Cincinnati. Scheibert cited for failure to yield. damages listed. Myrtle J. Martin 19 of 133 Skokiaan Drive complained of back pains after colliding with Elvin Nickell 47 of 1002 Auburn St. damage 1 400. Allan Hannah 12 of 200 Ross St treated for knee injuries in crash involving Nancy Hannah, car struck by Mary E. Williston 17 of 316 N Marshall Road. Williston cited for failure to yield. damage 1 800. William G Judd Jr 16 of 107 John St Franklin injured in crash with Ermon Roy Taylor 60 of 2303 Christell Ave. Taylor cited for failure to yield. damage 1 100.
Prague AP report says top Communist leaders rebuked the Czechoslovak Journalists Union for resisting the Soviet dictated crackdown on the occupied nation’s news media. Rud Pravo published a statement by the eight member Executive Committee condemning the union’s stance as irresponsible amid post demonstration censorship.
A stereo tape player valued at 113 dollars was stolen from Fred Smiths car parked at Girard and Park Street. A portable stereo worth 245 dollars was taken April 3 from Theresa Crafts home on Vannest Avenue. An 80 dollar tape player and head rests were taken from Roberts Lindsay car on Park Street.
Rep. Robert Taft Jr. named James P. Sheehy as director of the Environmental Control Administration's labor atory in Cincinnati. Sheehy had been acting director of the administration's training institute in Cincinnati.
A gasoline filled bottle with a handkerchief was hurled at Walter Rhodes of 1120 Kunz Ave at 11 05 p m last night. Police report the device failed to ignite or explode.
A diamond ring valued at 250 dollars was stolen from a car owned by Ken Johnson 2656 Cincinnati Dayton Road at 3 a.m. at the Hy-Fy Service Station on S Verity Parkway.
Vandals broke windows and windshields in five cars during the overnight hours between midnight and 3 a.m. The damaged vehicles belonged to Ivor Robert at 4010 Vannest Ave, Jim Wood at 2846 Sharle St, Mrs. Kenneth Selby at 108 Lorg Place, and David Henderson at 2002 Oxford State Road in front of 2814 Shartle St.
Timeline shows trash burning in truck beds at Verity Parkway and 17th Avenue and at 2316 Grand Ave. A 19 month old child, Scottie Gray, suffered convulsions and was taken to Middletown Hospital by private car. Additional reports include a gas leak at 602 Catalpa Drive and Minnie Bevis, 44, with stomach pains at 1320 Grove St.
Hamilton investigators await crime lab results from London Ohio that may reveal a motive in the double slaying of dentist Dr Bertram H Roden and his wife Leona at their Picadilly Drive home. Each victim suffered multiple blunt instrument wounds. no weapon is found. Private funeral services set for Monday.
A Butler County Common Pleas jury acquitted 55 year old Hamilton resident Mrs. Julia Hacker of arson. The fire destroyed the home of her son-in-law and daughter Mr and Mrs James Sasser of 6011 Gray Road Fairfield last Aug 10. Similar charges against the Sassers were dismissed.
The car of Theodore J. Dearth at 1341 Woodlawn Ave was broken into before 7 30 A M and a stereo tape player along with 15 tapes totaling 150 dollars were taken from a vehicle parked in the 500 block of Young Street.
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