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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1976
Page
2
Franklin Paul R. Smith resigns from City Council effective immediately, triggering a 7 p.m. Monday special meeting to interview applicants for the vacancy. Vice Chairman Swiger says bylaw requires naming a successor. contact council members or City Manager Eichholz.
Obituaries report Herbert Carter 57 of 312 Harlan dying at Middletown Hospital after a coronary care stay and World War II veteran. Survived by wife Louise, two sons John and Darryl, daughter Gretchen, three sisters and a grandchild. Funeral 2 p.m. Thursday at Joseph R. Baker with burial at Woodside Cemetery. Also listed are Ellis S. Halsey 69 of Hamilton and Elmer E. Decatur 80 of Columbus with funeral details and survivors. George Arthur Soter 80 of Springfield, Greek Orthodox services and family survivors noted.
A fire at a one story aluminum sided frame house at 9237 McGuire Lane caused about 5000 dollars in damage. The Ronald Davis family owned the home and no one was home. Fire officials believe the blaze started in the rear from electrical causes. Thirteen Franklin firefighters with three trucks responded at 5 18 am and fought the fire for about two hours.
Dan Gibbs of 611 Clara Drive Trenton was slashed on the left wrist at about 11 30 p m as he attempted to hitch a ride near the West Middletown Bridge. Deputies report Gibbs could not identify the car’s occupants before they drove off. He was treated and released at Middletown Hospital.
The Southwestern Ohio Chapter says county branch offices are closed and operations run by volunteers. Contact remains via collect 1-721-1027 with post office box active. Services like literature, home visits, equipment loans, Juvenile Arthritis Center, and UC Medical Center Immunology division continue.
The Independence Factory a non profit group opened at 45 N Verity Parkway in the Arthritis Foundation building. Volunteers run the operation free of charge aiming to design develop promote and distribute assistive devices for all handicapped people awaiting their charter from Columbus to become a nonprofit.
Sheriff deputies report an attempted theft at the home of Melvon Nixon on Germantown Road. Three men were seen near Nixon’s car and fled after he chased them away, leaving the eight track stereo badly damaged.
Frank Denison 64 of Farmersville Rt. 1 died at 1 50 a m today at Middletown Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete at John A Arpp Funeral Home Germantown.
Lang,Vienna born and famed for suspenseful thrillers, died at 85 in Los Angeles after years of illness. He directed Metropolis The Spy The Big Heat Liliom M and other classics shaping early sound cinema with star collaborations including Gary Cooper Marlene Dietrich Edward G Robinson Barbara Stanwyck Marilyn Monroe and Henry Fonda.
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