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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1978
Page
21
In 1955 a Denver cab driver schemed to help struggling comic Flip Wilson by arranging a nightclub spot. Wilson recalls the man, about 30, and his four brothers, who heard a rumor and asked the club owner to let Wilson perform. The owner agreed and he was hired for a two week engagement.
In Edmonton, England's Prince Andrew faced a motherly rebuke from Queen Elizabeth II after he distracted harpist Gianella Baril during Handel's Passacaglia at Government House. Baril, 17, broke a sixth octave string on a final note, and Andrew later consoled her saying his mother blamed him.
Gov. James Thompson interrupted his re election bid for the birth of his first child Samantha Jayne by Caesarean section. The 20 inch newborn weighed in as a healthy girl. Thompson at 42, nicknamed Big Jim, praised the baby saying she is beautiful and will be tall.
In Santa Rosa California Francois Picart a 30-year-old French entrepreneur transformed a former butcher shop into an escargots factory He pays 25 cents a pound for garden snails delivered locally and imports more from Pescadero farmworkers He feeds the snails cabbage bran and corn meal then 24 hours on a water diet before three to five minutes of cooking They are shelled washed recooked with herbs and butter and finally frozen labeled These escargots are claimed to be born in California from French ancestors and produced for a premium delicacy market.
In Nashville Howard Baker, regarded as Tennessee’s most popular senator, dominated the Republican Senate primary as a record GOP turnout occurred. Jane Eskind won the Democratic nomination to face Baker in November, defeating Bill Bruce in a crowded field. Jake Butcher captured the Democratic nomination for governor, narrowly defeating Bob Clement.
Jerry D. Roberts of 6678 Stonyrill Lane will lead the American Cancer Society Bike-A-Thon on Sept. 0 as chairman. He is a computing security administrator at Armco and holds degrees from Kansas University and Xavier University. Roberts has led local parent groups, served as a Boy Scout volunteer, and is a church deacon. Vice chairs are Al Calabria and John Sawyer with Patty Enright as donor relations chair. Akers Packaging Team members and knothole players plan to ride in uniform in memory of Kevin Leigeber, a rider who died recently. About 30 boys have signed up with sponsors and some donations already received, including a father offering bicycles for riders without bikes.
Birth announcements list Mr and Mrs James Hutchinson 6354 Hetzler Road a boy yesterday and several others from Franklin Carlisle Trenton Germantown and Waneta Ave. Dismissals include Jewel Frazier Marvin Henson Brosse Jones and Shanna Godanour among others. Hospital visiting hours are Monday through Saturday 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 5 to 8 p.m.
The Northcutt and Powers family reunion will be hosted August 12 at Dr. Harley Northcutt’s ancestral home in Tarr Ridge Menifee County Kentucky near Mariba. All relatives and friends are invited for a noon pot luck dinner and a Blue Grass musical program.
BATAVIA Ohio AP Larry Ralston of Norwood was convicted of aggravated murder in the 1975 sex slaying of 16 year old Linda Kay Harmon and sentenced to three consecutive life terms. A Clermont County jury also sentenced him to life terms for two other murders this summer. He faces another murder charge in the 1976 death of a 23 year old woman.
The local Parents Without Partners chapter approved plans at the board meeting for Kings Island Day on Sept 9 hosted by the Southern Ohio Regional Council. Group rate tickets are 7.50 for adults and guests, 3.50 for members' children, with reservations due by Aug 16. Contact numbers are 424-6832 or 422-1690. A children’s event is scheduled for Monday at J&E Root Beer Stand on Germantown Road, with a meal allowance of 1.50 per child.
The Living Proof of Mount Vernon Nazarene College will present a six voice gospel program at 6 p.m. Sunday at the Trenton Church of the Nazarene 220 North Miami Street. The group has performed across Ohio West Virginia and Kentucky in churches camps malls and civic functions during the last seven years. Mount Vernon Nazarene College is a four year liberal arts college in central Ohio.
A mix of lost and found notices including a large German Shorthaired Pointer lost on Kaibfreisch Road in Mate with a reward. calico mother cat with orange and black and white striped kittens missing from near Beachier or Carlisle with a contact number. a red Doberman male about 42 months lost East end near 25 with a reward. found declawed calico cat at Armco General Offices with owner contact. Irish Setter male lost in Amanda area with contact numbers. Husky female with red collar lost in Franklin. found miniature Schnauzer near Trenton Park with reward and contact.
The death of Emerson F 61 of 822 Aeronca St Middletown is announced. The family will receive friends Sunday 5 to 9 p.m. at McCoy Lefficer Funeral Home. Lincoln Lodge 693 F&AM will conduct memorial services Sunday evening. Interment Woodside Cemetery. Arrangements by McCoy Leffler 423 9443.
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