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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 01, 1969

Page

8

Local Man Turns Coins Into Jewelry For Profit

Bruce Cramer, a 35 year old car salesman from Middletown, spends two hours daily sawing coins to craft cufflinks tie tacks necklaces pins and earrings. He displays pieces at the First National Bank downtown and says the venture is legal with intent to profit, though inventory building is slow.

Bruce Cramer Cramer Renee Drive Buller County First National Bank The Middletown

Bike 500 All Set To Roll

The first annual Junior 500 bicycle race will be held at Roosevelt Junior High track 2701 E Central Ave at 10 a.m. tomorrow. Twenty playgrounds entered with more than 120 riders aged 12 to 16. The race covers 25 miles 100 laps with teams of five plus an alternate.

Department of Parks, and Recreation Roosevelt Junior High Central Ave Mike Bonham

Moose Lodge 501 Approves Social Room Addition

At a special meeting last night Moose Lodge 501 members approved a 60 foot cement block addition to the social room at 3010 S Main St costing 25000 dollars. Miles Haddox chairs publicity and Reynold Nairn heads the building committee as membership growth drives the project.

Moose Lodge S. Main St Miles Haddox Reynold Red) Nairn Haddox

Rotary Will Hear Bengals Speaker at Manchester Inn

A Cincinnati Bengals representative will show a film and speak on Professional Football in Action during the Rotary Club meeting Tuesday at noon at the Manchester Motor Inn.

Cincinnati Bengals Rotary Club Manchester Motor Inn

Vietnam battlefield lull continues with scattered clashes

In the seventh week of the lull, allied commands report 128 enemy killed across Vietnam. Heaviest toll 77 Viet Cong near Rach Gia 110 miles southwest of Saigon. 20 in Bac Lien. 13 in Long An. U S forces tally 18 killed in various engagements, six in a Marine ambush. Five U S soldiers wounded in the ambush. Two American sailors among casualties. US says helicopters lost total 2,893 with 254 shot down. Public note on troop withdrawals and Thai stance on Vietnam.

Saigon Vietnam Rach Gia Mekong Delta Bac Lien Long An U.S Demilitarized Zone Okinawa United States 56Th Air Defense Artillery da Nang Chu Lai South Vietnam Nixon Thanat Khoman Bangkok Thailand Thanat Laos Meredith Hoi North Vietna

Merger Approval Hit By Power Shakeout At Hearing

Public Service Commission chair Taylor said the transfer to Southern Edison Co was approved after a thunderstorm caused a power failure at the hearing. The session ended in the dark as city utilities faced the outage amidst the merger proceedings.

Tonopah Nec Sierra Pacific Poupey Cistly Statt Southern Edison Co Pr Electricity Seee Reese “Taylor The Public Service Commission

Concert Tour Takes Youths To Mexico

Three Middletown youths embark on a two week concert tour to Guadalajara Mexico with the Saging Brewer Family of Dayton and Byron Wright of Cincinnati. Dan Adkins 16 will sing his song Lord Make Me Closer and Jim Howard 17 will speak at each stop. They travel by private car and return August 14.

Middletown Guadalajara Mexico Dan Adkins Floyd Adkins Malvern St Jim Howard Douglas Howard Vannest Ave Dave Moberly Carl Moberly McKinley St Uree Texas Adkins Howard

Contracts Set For tk OFC Hall

Middletown YMCA Day Camp reports a record enrollment of 24 children ages 6 to 10 on the grounds of the Middletown Sportsmen's Club. Tom Bricker leads the camp with Bill Sanderson Jim Tudor Kenny Blevins and Donna Soule as leaders. The season ran four two week periods with overnight endings for visiting parents.

Middletown

Butler County Ties for 10th in Ohio Traffic Deaths

Butler County ranks tied for tenth in Ohio traffic fatalities in the first half of 1969 with 30 deaths, alongside Mahoning County. June totals, monthly breakdowns, and sex and role of victims are provided, showing 1,240 deaths for six months and a rise from 1968.

Butler Ohio Butler County Warren C. Nelson Mahoning County Warren County Preble County Nelson

Auto Horn Sends Moose Swimmer Toward Lodge

Mrs. Helen Helderman, Rainy Lake Lodge cook in International Falls Minnesota, sounded a kitchen horn to summon an employee. Five minutes later a bull moose swam into the bay, stepped ashore within 15 feet of the lodge, then wandered back into the woods.

International Falls Minn Helen Helderman Rainy Lake Lodge

The Earl of Harrington’s Brown Wardrobe and Livery Tribute

A historical note recalls how the 4th Earl of Harrington favored brown clothing brown livery for his servants and brown horses and carriages. He supposedly dedicated this brown homage to widow Mary Browne whom he courted his entire adult life.

Earl OF Harrington Mary Browne

Movie Set Blows Down After Sale

Rob ert Shelton bought an entire Western town movie set on a desert site 15 miles from Tucson for 205000 dollars as a tourist attraction. Half an hour later a thunderstorm with winds up to 60 miles per hour collapsed 18 of the town’s 26 buildings. Cinema Center Films built the set at a cost of 17500 dollars for the film Monty Walsh starring Lee Marvin and Jack Palance. Shelton said he bought it on one condition and warned of possible changes if unmet.

Tucson Ariz Robert Shelton Cinema Center Films Monty Walsh Lee Marvin Jack Palance Shelton

Law student sparks ten thousand fine in Oregon beer case

Oregon case stems from a thesis by Harry T. Evans of the University of Oregon that followed a boycott campaign by the Oregon Restaurant and Beverage Association. Jack Nasheim and Fred Feller, both association officials, plus Evans, were convicted activities alleged as Sherman Antitrust Act restraint of trade.

Portland Ore Oregon Restaurant and Beverage Association Jack Nasheim Springfeld Fred Feller Salem Harry T. Evans University of Oregon Eugene Springfield Evans

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