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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1967
Page
11
Middletown Bureau of Motor Vehicles reports two missing truck license applications. Deputy Registrar Kathryn Agee requests the holders of license numbers 4E1465 and 4E1508 to return their applications immediately to the Bureau at 1836 Central Avenue. The forms were dropped off with plates on Friday and Saturday.
Three Middletown students from John Sowers at Roller Haven won at the Tri-State Invitational Skate meet held yesterday at Dave Debs Rink in Dayton Kentucky. Jeannette Brown 16 of Norman Knott won Novice Ladies. David Scott 13 won Junior Boys Figures and was second in Junior Boys Singles. Kristie Barnes won Junior Dance and Denise Miller took Sub Novice Ladies Dance second. Terry Dean placed third in Sub Novice Dance.
The City Commission moves its caucus from 6 p.m. at the city manager’s office to noon on Mondays in the Manchester Motor Inn dining room. Commissioners say the change increases public access, with press openness and no closed sessions. They plan a trial run of three to four weeks and may revert if needed.
An altercation outside a cafe left an officer injured and seven people under arrest. Among the detained are Dennis Pieratt Andrea Childers David Childers Nora Colliver and Teddy Colliver for offenses including resisting arrest and assaulting police. Police used a chemical mace during the incident near Chatterdine mission.
The 1967 Sebald Self-Reliance finalists from Middletown High are ten senior girls recognized for work thrift and character. Names include Shelia Banks Vickie Cornett Jennie Estill Sandra Fisher Betsy Geckeler Deborah Herr Deborah Miller Fern Wills and others. The group will receive public recognition April 27 at the Manchester Motor Inn banquet.
A renewed legal bid seeks permission to sue Ohio over a valuable wedge of Lake Erie in a 131-year dispute. The action centers on who holds rights to the contested waters and shorelines.
The Dayton Montgomery County Park Board ruled there will be no swimming at Germantown dam this summer. Park rangers will enforce the no swimming policy to keep people away from the prohibited area where dove are approved swimming places nearby.
A suit alleging alienation of affections notes the defendant does not live at 2307 Oxford State Road, despite the address appearing in the filing. Local residents report she has never resided there, raising questions about the address's accuracy in the case.
A New York Central freight train struck a car at the Tylersville Road crossing in Maud shortly after 1 40 am killing Alfa Marie Rowlett 27 of 326 S Front St and a passenger identified as Baker of Seymour. Coroner Dr Garret J Boone said both suffered multiple injuries and the driver’s identity was not confirmed. The incident raised the county fatality toll to 20.
Two men held Arnold Hughes at Pleak's Shell Service near Verity Parkway and Manchester Avenue about 3 30 am taking 199 dollars after showing a 25 caliber revolver wrapped in candy papers. The incident follows another robbery at Economy Savings and Loan Co. where a lone bandit seized more than 500 dollars on Friday.
Benjamin Shepherd’s five room frame home at 619 Blk Creek Road was destroyed by a morning fire caused by an electric heater in the bath room. The loss, estimated at $10,000, occurred while the family was at church. A neighbor and passerby helped force entry. no injuries reported. Twelve South Madison firefighters battled the blaze with aid from neighboring Madison.
Francis Ditmer, an electric shop instructor at Middletown High and operator of a Cana da hunting and fishing resort, will discuss The Pleasure of Hunting and Fishing at the Rotary Club luncheon tomorrow at the Manchester Motor Inn. Sam Boeke serves as program chairman.
Fred Finney of 3204 Barbara Drive, an Armco Steel employee, was elected president of the Mayfield Elementary School PTO succeeding James Shrout. John Reese was chosen vice president, Mrs. Donald Miller secretary, and Mrs. Julia Lato treasurer.
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