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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1960
Page
2
Joseph Nelson ordered concrete but canceled the delivery and kept a six ton load in his car. Driver Robert Porter, an old friend, waited about 45 minutes and believed Nelson was joking about the bet over payment. Nelson was away at a neighborhood ball game when the truck arrived.
Porter says he dumped the wet concrete into the back seat of Nelson's car, then moved the truck to the company garage and went home.
The Butler County sheriff’s department boat patrol and rescue squad will demonstrate flood rescue procedures tomorrow at 9 30 a m at Middletown Sand and Gravel on Main Street A dummy will be thrown from a boat to measure response time The unit includes 12 boat owners and five divers and will be used in flood rescues and operations.
The list details thefts reported to police including a check book from John Marcum s car on Henry Ave 140 gallons of gas two electric drills a level a tractor battery and two car wheels from Johnson Construction Co at Manchester and Marshall Roads a garbage disposal from a house under construction on Burwick Lane and a transistor radio from a son for Patrol Marvin Amburgey Barnitz Park.
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Ray Chibas, once Castro's treasurer, now in exile in the United States, says a growing resistance movement in Cuba fears the Cuban prime minister. He notes Castro's shift toward communism and recounts his own fallout and surveillance by Castro's secret police. Chibas traveled from Cuba to Key West with his wife by watercraft.
A seven story federal building in downtown Toledo is planned to cost 5 642 000 dollars with work starting about November 1 and completion aimed for August 1962 Downtown Toledo Associates says bids will be advertised by the General Services Administration.
Services for Mrs Viola Doench Ward age 71 of 13 Harrison St will be at 10 pm tomorrow at St Paul Evangelical and Reformed Church with burial in Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call McCoy Leffler Funeral Home today 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 pm and at the church tomorrow after 9 am. She died Wednesday at home. Survivors include two daughters Mrs Marjorie Ditmyer and Mrs Merle Zacche, both of Middletown.
H Arthur Brown 80 of 227 W Market St died 12 50 am Today at Middletown Hospital after surgery July 26 He was a former farmer near Gratis and tobacco buyer for 40 years Survived by two sons Russell L Gratis Ralph Brown Easton one grandson two great grandchildren Funeral 2 pm Monday John Arpp Funeral Home Rev Donald Esslinger Burial Fairview Gratis Friends may call after 2 pm Sunday
Mrs. Jean Carpenter aged 75 of 528 N Sixth St has a service at 10 30 a m tomorrow at Brown Dawson. Mrs. Mary A Dixon aged 77 of 3636 Mason Rd has a service at 7 30 p m Monday at St Mary Church.
J Stuart Russell 63 farm editor of the Des Moines Register and Tribune was killed in a four car crash near Cedar Rapids Thursday. Also reported is Bradley 49 former managing editor of the Antioch Daily Ledger who died after a long illness. Kennedy 65 former editor of the Waukegan News Sun died after a long illness. The notices mention past positions at Hastings Nebraska Daily Tribune Scottsbluff Nebraska Daily Star Herald Green Bay Press-Gazette and other outlets.
Milton Klinka aged 67 and Richard Reynolds aged 21 were feuding over a dog. They met in a North Side apartment where Klinka fired a shotgun after Reynolds challenged him. Reynolds was killed. Klinka was held without charge.
Arthur Meighen, 86, twice prime minister, former Conservative leader and long serving senator, died today in Toronto. He was regarded as one of Canada's great orators and a prominent political figure.
Stephen Threno a 55 year old Warren Ohio theater owner was found slumped over an electric dryer in his basement on Thursday. Investigators say he used soapy water to hunt for a gas leak and the dryer cord was plugged into a wall socket at the time of his death.
In Tunbridge Wells England Dr Eric St John Lybumm accuses the town council of injuring his practice with signs reading to the crematorium and cemetery. He says hundreds mistake his house for the crematorium and estimates losses around 5000 pounds. The council says the signs help avoid mistakes and removed his counter sign.
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