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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1975
Page
2
James A. Ruppert, 40, charged with killing 11 relatives on Easter Sunday, pleads not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity at arraignment. Details indicate multiple homicides and a major criminal proceedings proceeding in Hamilton.
Three area entrants won in the Butler County Hemisphere Beauty Pageant at the Manchester Motor Inn. In a separate courtroom scene, Ruppert pleaded mute as Judge Fred B. Cramer ordered psychiatric evaluation and held him without bond after indictments for a mass family murder.
Preble County deputies confiscated two films Deep Throat and The Devil in Miss Jones from the Cinema 35 drive in theater on U S 35 east of Eaton. Operator John Holohan 52 of Dayton charged with pandering obscenity and released on 3000 dollar bond as his Eaton Municipal Court case set for April 22.
The Rev. John Reble aged 87 died Monday in Kitchener Ontario He was the first full time president of the Canada synod of the Lutheran Church in America His ordination came in 1909 and he served three Ontario parishes during his pastorate.
Rebecca Penneys, laureate of major Polish and Portuguese piano awards, will give a Miami University Artists Series concert tomorrow at 8 15 p.m. in Hall Auditorium. Tickets cost 2 dollars for adults and 1 dollar for children and seniors. students with IDs must pick up tickets before the event as seats are reserved.
The Butler County Chapter of the National Organization for Women hosts a panel on men’s liberation Sunday at 7:30 p.m. at the Hamilton YWCA. The program is presented by a Oxford group, with meetings held the second Sunday monthly and open to the public with child care.
Police report several break ins and vandalism incidents Sunday night into Monday. Items stolen or damaged include a white paint vandalism on Pil Tom Gentry’s car, a $200 toll box from Joyce Mullins’ car, a 150 dollar CB radio from Walter Shields’ camper, batteries from Betty Station’s car and Greg Brewer’s truck, a damaged gas cap from Doug Roland’s car, and a torn steering wheel cover plus horn unplugging on David Haddix’s car.
Margaret Deatherage Ward reports the death of Margaret Kindred Deatherage, 86, of Blacksburg Virginia. She was a former Middletown resident, widow of P E Deatherage, and a retired secretary at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Services set for 11 a m Wednesday at Hoy Funeral Chapel in Blacksburg.
Two year old Kevin Curry was struck and killed near his home in Elyria as he stepped into the street. Police said the driver was not held and the child was the son of Mr and Mrs David Curry.
Verity Middle School Players stage Frank Luther's musical Tom Sawyer at 7 30 p.m. Thursday and Friday with a large cast led by Pat McClish Becky Boonstra and Ron Joseph. Dawn Malarkey and Stephanie Whittlesey head dance captains. Dessert art exhibit and style show precede admission priced at 1. Tickets available from cast or school office.
U S Senator John Glenn will address the Butler County Democratic Jackson Day Dinner on May 9. Glenn won a Senate seat in November by defeating Ralph Perk after three Ohio runs, and rose from Mercury astronaut to Royal Crown Cola executive before politics. The Hilton Inn event in Hamilton County charges 15 dollars a ticket and tickets are sold at Sennet's Bookshop.
Mrs Myrtle Alexander, 61, of 3648 Middletown Road, died at Kettering Memorial Hospital from a lifelong lung ailment not related to injuries from last week’s tornado. She and husband Ocis, 59, suffered minor injuries when their home collapsed. Services set for 11 a.m. Thursday at the Dodds Pentecostal Church. burial in Miami Cemetery at Corwin. Arrangements by Stubbs-Conner Funeral Home.
Funeral services for Harry T. Clendening, 82, of 112 Art Ave., will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Anglesby Funeral Home.
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