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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1978
Page
17
Ruby Hurley of 323 Curtis Street reported a man who offered to fix stained glass in her door and two windows removed the glass and drove away in his car. Police said the man needed to take the panes out to work. The value of the glass was not determined.
Koehring Canada and FM Insurance sue the city of Middletown in Butler County Common Pleas Court seeking 18767 for a landfill compactor damaged by a fire on August 19 1976. The firms allege the city failed to maintain required insurance and adequate protection per the April 1976 lease, with losses partly covered by Koehring and FM Insurance and partly by the equipment company.
Oxford police and officers from the Bureau of Criminal Investigation Miami University Security and Indiana State Highway Patrol raided four residences in Oxford and one in College Corner following an eight month drug trafficking probe. Nine Miami University students were arrested on drug offenses and about five pounds of what is believed to be methaqualone were seized along with other illegal drugs. Twelve others were taken in for questioning.
Middletown school board will consider a proposal to raise middle school promotion standards. The plan tightens retention rules for grades six to eight, emphasizing English and core subjects, with new prerequisites and a potential placement option for students not meeting requirements.
Todhunter Road between Britton Lane and Cincinnati Dayton Road will close tomorrow from 8 am until about 4 pm for village repair work. If weather delays occur, the closure may extend until conditions improve and crews resume work.
Two men arrested April 2 for breaking into Edgewood High School were placed on five years probation by Butler County Common Pleas Judge Fred B. Cramer. John Tirey 18 of Hamilton and Frank Rowland Jr 20 of Trenton pleaded guilty to breaking and entering. The judge sentenced them to 18 months to five years in Mansfield Reformatory but suspended execution and imposed probation with restitution and counseling at the county forensic center.
A state audit of the Middletown City School District found about $97,297 in payments over three years were contrary to statute. Recoveries were sought for $1,195. officials say no funds were missing and procedures have been corrected. The largest amount, $64,801, covered teacher college course reimbursements.
State auditor reported one finding of 77 dollars in the Lebanon Public Library audit tied to registration fees for a Southwestern Ohio Rural Library meeting, a routine expense since 1975, with repayment already made. Three other area units had no recovery findings.
Eugene W. Gall, a former Middletown man known as the Friday Night Rapist, will plead insanity at his Thursday arraignment in Boone County District Court for the April 5 murder of 12 year old Lisa Jansen of Columbia Township. He faces a capital murder charge and possible death penalty if tied to rape in the first degree. additional counts include first degree assault regarding a trooper shooting during a Pendleton County grocery store robbery. Gall’s attorney Wilbur Zevely requests psychiatric evaluation to determine fitness for trial and mental state at the time of the alleged crime. He previously served five years of a 10 to 25 year sentence for armed robbery, rape, assault with a deadly weapon, and abduction, and was released last April.
An Ohio 63 accident near Markey Road is blamed for a morning power failure in the Monroe area with possible impacts extending to Middletown and Mason. Cincinnati Gas & Electric official Dave Altemuehle said details were unclear but power was restored by late morning.
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