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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1977
Page
15
Snippet shows a mix of 6:00 to 2:00 broadcast listings with programs from ABC NBC and CBS. Notable items include Sanford and Son at 6:00 and Perry Mason at 1:30, plus quiz and variety shows and a Charlotte area bulletin.
CBS aired the first Television Critics' Circle Awards at KTTV Stage 4 Hollywood. Eleanor and Franklin won five critics' awards. Hoots also earned five for its producer. A total of 27 trophies slowed the program, with Stage 6 hosting press activities and industry figures noting the Emmy threat amid New York Hollywood tensions over academy control.
In Butler County Ohio a sealed bid opening is scheduled for April 27 1977 for laboratory supplies and a rotary mower at 1765 Sealed Items office with details available at The Office of the Power. Ronald C Partin seeks authority to adopt Paul Craig Pressley age 13 with a court hearing set for May 16 1977. Also Lemon Township invites bids until April 28 1977 for one police cruiser with specifications from the Clerk at 127 Lebanon Street Monroe Ohio.
A series of separate incidents includes a chair cushion fire at 2018 Arlington Ave caused by a cigarette reignited after being placed outside with $20 damage, a scrap paper fire at Diamond International Mill 1 extinguished by sprinklers and hose line, and a grass fire at Columbia Avenue near the hydraulic extinguished by police. Additional injuries and hospitalizations involve Volney Mullins 53 with breathing difficulty, Louis Denton 13 after a bike fall, Maudie Peppers 86 ill and admitted, Homer Alderton 86 possibly stroke, and Robert Jackson Jr 40 ill and admitted in critical condition.
Two 16 year olds were found with a .22 rifle after residents on the 3600 block of Vannest Avenue heard gunfire last night. One witness said shots passed near her head and the youths were referred to juvenile detectives.
Henry Murphy a 58 year old resident of Catalina Mobile Home Park was injured in a two vehicle crash on Reinartz Boulevard near N Main Street as Sherri Bush age 17 driving a car suffered no injuries. Murphy was charged with failure to yield on a left turn. A separate notice announces a public sale in Middletown Municipal Court on April 27 1977 involving a 1973 Volkswagen automobile.
Obituaries and funeral notices list Shirley Forest Thomas 67 Raymond Dr Cincinnati and Phyllis Gene Towson d 50 Short St with visitations at Wilson Schramm Memorial Home and services at Woodside Cemetery interments at Woodside. Also Paul Albert Hannah 65 Middletown DOA Middletown Hospital services by McCoy Leffler and Leslie Joseph Ogle 90 Garden Manor Graveside Ferncliffe Cemetery and Anna Kisor Schaffer 84 Grayson with services in Ashland Kentucky and interment Springhill Huntington.
The Ashcraft family expresses sincere thanks to relatives friends the Public Health Dept Middle town Hospital and staff for sympathy during the illness and death of Lyman B. Ashcraft. A special thanks to Rev Bruce Powell for prayers and to pallbearers and McCoy Leffler Funeral Home.
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