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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 04, 1977

Page

2

Insanity Pleas in Ruppert Case Amid Ohio Ruling

Cincinnati reports that Ohio faces a state Supreme Court decision on insanity pleas as James Ruppert, accused of killing 11 family members on Easter 1975, may face a retrial after his 1975 trial in Butler County rejected his insanity plea.

Cincinnati James Ruppert Ohio Supreme Court Ruppert Butler County Common Pleas Court Ohio Court Y Appeals Hamilton Bachelor John Holcombe State Supreme Court Holcomb Hugh Holbrook Hamilton Holbrook Lima State Hospital

Deaths and funerals in Hamilton area

Obituaries list Dwight L. Lawson 68 of Barbara Park Convalescent Center died after an extended illness. Survivors include son Richard Westport Connecticut and sister Emma Clark Middletown. Services 10 a.m. at Wilson Schramm Memorial Home with burial at Woodside Cemetery.

Dwight L. Lawson Barbara Park Middletown Stal Pomeroy Lawson Ohio Illinois U.S Salvation Army Moody Institute Chicago Richard Westport Homer D. Leffler Hamilton Mr. Leffler Mick Thousand Oaks Calif United States Europe McCoy- Leffler Lewis H. Thompson Park Drive Walter F Bauer Hamilton-Eaton Road Mercy Hospital Seven Mile Collinsville Champion Paper Co Buckeye Mini-Tractor Pull Association St. Mary's Church Oxford Clara Mary Jo Kurtz Samuel St. Mary’s Church Raymond Learch Butler County Memorial Park Inman Funeral Home Somerville Lebanon Alfred Kirken Cloke Jr N. Ohio Greene Memorial Hospital Cloke Ohio State Council of Carpenters Betty Carol Gallagher Xenia Christine Cloke Utah Marilyn Miller Quincy Ill Mildred Cloke Cincinnati Louis Cloke Patrick Cloke Harrison Cloke Stewart Calvert American Diabetes Association, Inc Reading Road

City Drug Treatment Faces Methadone Committee Review

A Butler County Mental Health and Retardation Board committee will study local methadone needs at Middletown's drug treatment center. The panel, chaired by Richard Vaaler, will interview police, clinicians, judges, and users and report in nine days for board action.

Butler County Mental Health and Retardation Board 648 John O'Bryan Middletown Timothy Moritz Ohio Department of Meta Mental Health and Retardation Butler County 648 Board Moritz Bureau of Drug Abuse Richard Vaaler Miami University Steve Geckeler Barbara Whelpton Oxford Vaaler O'Bryan

Trenton races see filings by council candidates

Fred Wilson, councilman 1968 to 1971, expects to file today with Butler County Board of Elections for council in November. Mayor John Madoffori also plans to file. incumbent Oliver McKinney and former police chief Hubert Adams already filed. Carl Ennis circulates petitions. Four seats open. incumbents Ron Specht and Ed Roth not seeking re election.

Trenton Fred Wilson Butler County Board of Elections John Madoffori Oliver McKinney Hubert Adams Carl Ennis Ron Specht Ed Roth

Mrs. Dornon to present piano recital

Eleanor Dornon pianist and wife of Dr. Ivan Dornon United Methodist Church missionary to Japan will present a recital tomorrow at 8 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church. She is a Miami University Juilliard Yale graduate with a master in music. She and her husband have been missionaries in Japan since 1956 and five children were born there. Harriet Palmer chairs the reception. Mrs. Dornon stays with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Crocker.

Eleanor Dornon Ivan Dornon United Methodist Church Japan First United Methodist Church Miami University Juilliard School of Music Yale University School of Music Harriet Palmer Dornan Jack Crocker

Gold production highs and lows through 1940

Gold output shows a historic dip to 16 000 fine troy ounces in 1837 and a peak at 4 900 000 ounces in 1940 highlighting dramatic shifts in the sector over more than a century.

Heavy damage in church break in at St Luke United Presbyterian

A break in at St Luke United Presbyterian Church 4311 Walton Court caused extensive damage to the basement area used for brain damaged children care. Front door appeared used for entry or exit and losses were not yet tallied.

St. Luke United Presbyterian Church Walton Court

Gratis village aims cleanup after weed and junk complaints

About 20 property owners received letters urging weed removal and cleanup. Council plans to authorize mowing and bill noncompliant owners, while sidewalk repairs and sewer line plans face delaying decisions until routes are finalized. A park board funds 660 feet of fence for the Ohio 122 Brubaker Rd park.

Dan Ritchey Gratis Scot Cuncil Roscoe Elam Russ Wilson George Howard Ohio 725 Village Park Board Ohio 122 Brubaker Road Donald Sunderhaus

Car crashes topple tombstones at Dodds Memorials

A vehicle struck three tombstones at Dodds Memorials on Verity Parkway near 14th Avenue at 1 40 a m. John W Pelfrey 56 of 312 Garfield Street was turning onto 14th Avenue when he lost control. He escaped injury.

Dodds Memorials Verity Parkway John W. Pelfrey Garfield St 14Th Avenue

Freon Tank Explosion Hurts Man On Kensington Street

Daniel Wagner 47 of Germantown Road was injured when a freon gas bottle outside 526 Kensington exploded while leaking. He was treated at the scene and later at Middletown Hospital for hand and wrist injuries with a metal fragment in his chin. The blast also toppled a television antenna and hurled the tank onto Kensington Street around 2:50 p.m.

Kensington Street Middletown Daniel Wagner Germantown Road Wagner Kensington Sherry Barker

Open House for John XXIII Kindegarten Program

An open house for parents of 5 year olds to enroll in the new morning kindergarten at John XXIII Elementary School is set for Sunday at 2 p.m. in St Mary parish hall Central Avenue. Principal William Kunzler and kindergarten teacher Cynthia Monter will explain the program and answer questions. The John XXIII PTO sponsors refreshments and the kindergarten opens Sept 6 at the East Campus with bus service from public schools.

St. Mary Central Avenue Cynthia Monter Centerville William Kunzler John XXIII Pto St. Mary's

Women Protect Yourself Tips Prompt Safer Home Visits

Advice urges women to avoid walking alone after dark and to vet visitors carefully to reduce risk of violent crimes. It emphasizes awareness of who enters the home and personal safety precautions.

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