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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1968
Page
11
About 2000 people gathered at Douglas Park for a three mile walk in Middletown honoring Dr. Martin Luther King. Rev James Holloman urged silence but noted the event still served as a public demonstration of community feelings and unity.
About 3,000 Middletonians joined a three mile march from Douglas Park to City Hall in tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. The Rev. Mr Holloman led prayers urging white and black citizens to unite for King’s dream and brotherhood. In Lebanon a memorial service lauded King as a great warrior in a great battle, uniting Negro and white congregants.
Public and parochial schools in Middletown will close tomorrow to honor Dr. Martin Luther King and to let students watch services on television. No local church service is planned. The Middletown Campus of Miami University will hold classes with a campus memorial service possible if students want it. A banquet for top high school scholars is canceled and will be rescheduled. Nearby districts like Trenton and Franklin will remain open.
Army announces that Pfc. Andrew Richard Smith Jr. 19 of Middletown, reported missing in action March 21, has been declared killed. He attended Middletown High School and enlisted August 23, 1965. Survived by his mother Vera South and wife Marilda of Alaska, four brothers and four sisters, plus grandparents. Arrangements pending at Bailey Funeral Home.
Thousands marched in Middletown in tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King with nonviolence as the aim. A woman was cut by flying glass. a firebomb damaged a home. cars were stoned. Police blamed outside agitators and vandals, with out-of-town cars seen near Yankee Road and 14th Avenue. Opal Ballard had windows broken. Gilbert Sheard’s home at 400 S Main St sustained fire damage worth 20 dollars. Cars driven by Arthur Burton and Jethro McQuinn were struck by rocks with minor damage.
Fire dispatcher records show at 11:58 a.m. a backyard fence on 619 Malvern St burned due to a trash fire. At 9:40 p.m. a garbage can fire at Union Sanitary Laundry on 4221 Grand Ave with unknown cause. At 2:04 a.m. a window frame and curtain fire on 1403 Fairmount Ave caused by a discarded match with $125 damage.
Middletown and Springboro carry smokeless powder in small cans while black powder is rare locally. Officials note gunpowder storage is tightly regulated under national codes and a Richmond disaster likely had causes beyond powders. Store managers caution about volatility and insurance factors influence stocking.
Eight Madison Township burglaries appear solved with three juveniles and two adults in custody. Loot valued at about 3000 includes items from Madison High and West Middletown Elementary, plus homes in Madison and Middletown area. Police recovered four televisions, firearms, a rifle, radios, trophies, and a movie camera among other items.
City commissioners meet at 6 p m to consider ordinances including renaming York Avenue to 14th Avenue due to street linking in the construction plan. Also on the agenda is a second reading regulating knothole baseball and other sports in city parks and a resolution of necessity for the 1968 sidewalk curb and gutter repair program.
The Miami Chapter of the Ohio Society of Professional Engineers will meet at 8 p.m. tomorrow in the Berkley Building, Lebanon. Robert H. Swanberg of Westinghouse Corp., Lima, will speak at the event.
A six year old child was struck by a car on Curtis Street at 6 30 p m. Linda K Martin of 320 Curtis St suffered a nose bleed after stepping into the path of Harold Fitzwater 45 of 1307 Woodlawn Ave who was driving the vehicle at 323 Curtis St The mobility incident left the child untreated.
Retail stores and financial institutions in Middletown will close in the morning for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. funeral services. Banks including Barnitz Bank First National Bank Middletown Federal Savings Loan Citizens Savings Loan and American Savings Loan will reopen at noon.
A short circuit sparked a blaze at the home of Thomas Hogan, 4800 Earl Ave, at 3:35 p.m. The fire, confined to the kitchen dining room and den, caused $6,000 total damage with $4,500 to the structure and $1,500 to contents. Hogan, his wife, and their grade school son were away about 30 minutes. neighbors reported flames. Two pumpers and the emergency squad responded. damage could exceed the estimate as heat and smoke spread. The family moved to a motel temporarily.
A Rosedale School PTO delegation asks to address the Park Board at its monthly meeting tomorrow about Dowling Park development. Realtor Bob Keays will report on land use for park purposes. The board will review a summer operation plan for Smith Fish Pond.
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