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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 06, 1960

Page

2

Autopsy Report Sent To Grand Jury In Police Death Case

A Hamilton man identified as Roy House 29 died after an alteration with police. The coroner says autopsy results will be given to the Butler County grand jury with no prior public disclosure. House had been in custody after striking his sister and attacking officers at his home. He died after surgery for a head injury and earlier intoxication, resisting arrest and assault charges.

Hamilton Butler County Grand Jury Garret Boone Saa Waay Robert Marrs Grand Jury Roy House Walnut St House Mercy Hospital McCook Neb Harry D. Strunk McCook Gazette Water St

Fifteen Youths Earn Lifesaving Certificates at Sunset Pool

Fifteen youths yesterday were awarded senior lifesaving certificates after a two week course sponsored by the Red Cross and YMCA. Five others received junior lifesaving certificates. Senior recipients included Mike Baber and John Conley among others. juniors went to Mike Gibboney Pat Mohan Rick Radabough Becky Welsh and Connie White. Chief instructors were Sam McAdow Don Hardesty and Jan Knepshield.

Red Cross YMCA Sunset Pool Mike Baber John Conley Dallas Coughman Jan Draut Paul Enright Kathy Hall Linda Kash Jerry Kerr Tim O'Connor Joan Needy Betty Robinson Karen Skinner Mildred Ward Rick Williams John MacGlesson Mike Gibboney Pat Mohan Rick Radabough Becky Welsh Connie White Sam McAdow Don Hardesty Jan Knepshield

New Miami Cafe Raided Again Early Today

Sheriff Paul Pell state liquor agents and New Miami police raided Slim's Place 134 Joe Ave about 3 30 am. Three people Harold O Bannon 30 Dolores McDonald 28 and Allan Warford 18 faced charges as liquor and gambling paraphernalia were seized.

Hamilton

Police assist agents in bust at Beckman's Cale arcade

Middletown police aided two state agents after noon as they confiscated a pinball machine at Beckman's Cale on 1826 Central Ave. The agents said the device was used for illegal payolis.

Middletown Beckman's Central Ave

Thieves Enter Trenton Church

Mt. Olivet Presbyterian Church was entered by unknown thieves last night, the fourth break this week. Eugene Fifer reported the crime, and Sgt. Carl Enns said a side door allowed entry with fingerprints found. Missing items include a nursery movie projector a microphone an amplifier and a tape recorder. An investigation continues.

Trenton Eugene Fifer Mt. Olivet Presbyterian Carl Enns Sat. Ennis

Circus circus with Beatty lineup to play Middletown

Mrs. Charles Wilmore will head a 10 member ticket sales committee for a Clyde Beatty Cole Bros Circus event in Middletown on August 20 at Buena Vista Park S Main Street. Proceeds support the Miami Valley Humane Association animal shelter equipment.

Charles Wilmore Miami Valley Humane Assn Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros Middletown Richard M. Wilson Humane Association Wilmore Lewis Drug Stores East End Davidson's The Buena Vista Park S. Main Street Clyde Beatty Paustres Gallasso Josephine Berosini Hugo Zacchini

Ronald Lawrence Wins Ohio DeMolay Honors

Ronald Lawrence from Middletown received the George M. Cordner Award as Ohio’s outstanding DeMolay representative at a Toledo banquet. He was also elected secretary of the Ohio State Court of Chevaliers. The event featured leaders from the International Supreme Council and Ohio DeMolay.

Ronald Lawrence Trict Ohio Middletown Trict International Orton - Springfield - Troy DeMolay Toledo H. H. Lawrence Wildwood Rd George M. Cordner Ohio DeMolay Robert Zerbe International Supreme Council of DeMolay The International DeMolay Ronald Ohio State Court of Chevaliers Highest Order

Driver 17 Charged After West Middletown Crash

A 17 year old, Larry Brown of Dickey Road West Middletown, was charged with reckless operation after his 1950 auto left Ohio 122 on a hill and overturned. He suffered abrasions to both arms and the right elbow and was treated at Middletown Hospital. State patrol said excessive speed caused the crash. Dudley C Hall, 55, of Trenton, was treated for an ankle sprain after falling from a motor bike in Tren ton and dismissed after foot X rays.

West Middletown Larry Brown Dickey Road Middletown Hospital Dudley C. Hall First St Trenton

Truck Crash Damages Two Parked Cars After Pipe Scrapes

Two accidents occurred within a block involving the same truck loaded with a 70 foot pipe. Each parked car suffered $200 in damage after the pipe scraped them on separate right turns. No injuries were reported.

Death of Charles E. Banta Inferred Suicide In Park

Charles E. Banta 41 of 313 Young St was found dead in a park on S Main St. Private services at McCoy Leffier Funeral Home. Coroner Dr Garret Boone ruled death by self inflicted gunshot. Memorials to Otterbein Horne. Flowers omitted per family request.

McCoy-Leffier Charles E. Banta Young St S. Main Street Garret Boone Banta

Mrs Virginia Walton Centers dies in Middletown

Mrs. Virginia Walton Centers aged 67 died yesterday at 6 15 p m at Middletown Hospital where she had been a patient since July 27 A native of Jackson Kentucky she had suffered ill health the past year She was survived by her husband Edward Centers Sr three daughters three sons one sister four brothers a step brother and sister 23 grandchildren and one great grandchild Arrangements are incomplete at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home.

Virginia Walton Centers Carolina Sr Middletown Hospital Jackson Edward Centers Sr Elzie Keeton Eugene Doughman Middletown Warren Miller Hamilton Lexton Donald Edward Jr Lizze Dunn Jackson, Ky Morgan Cleve’ Neal Ed Neal West Elkion James Neal McCoy-Leffler

Mrs Harriet Buvinger dies at 76 in Dayton

Harriet Buvinger 76 of the Otterbein Home Dayton died yesterday. She was a member of Trinity EUB Church Dayton and is survived by two sons two sisters and one grandchild. Services 11 am Monday Morris Sons Funeral Home Dayton with burial Woodland Cemetery. Visitation Sunday 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 at the funeral home.

Harriet Buvinger Lebanon Otterbein Trinity Eub Church Dayton Robert H Paul W Grace Jorden Gertrude Tippy Morris Sons Funeral Home Woodland Cemetery Funeral

Kautz matriarch dies. Hamilton notices mourned

Frances Kautz 77 of 665 Shady Lane Fairfield died Thursday at home of her daughter Mrs. Margaret Johnson 3951 Dixie Highway She widow of E J Kautz noted Hamilton attorney Survivors include husband daughter son Sam F Kautz four grandchildren and two great grandchildren Services 10 am Monday Kraus Funeral Home burial Rose Hill Memorial Park Visitation 4 9 pm tomorrow at the funeral home Several other Hamilton area deaths services announced for Mrs Violet Miriam Cooley 25 and Mrs Katie L Eichhorn 75 in related notices Also obituary notes for Mary E F Tusch 83 Mother Tusch to fliers and World War II era aviation links

Hamilton Frances Kautz Shady Ln Fairfield Margaret Johnson Dixie Hwy E. J. Kautz Butler County Common Pleas Georgetown Johmsmm Sam F. Kautz Washington Mary EF. Tusch Tusch Berkeley Calif School of Military Aeronautics University of California Charles A. Lindbergh Amelia Earhart Billy Mitchell

Tomatoes Threaten Drivers On Cincinnati Dayton Freeway

State patrols were alerted at about 3 30 a m to tomatoes thrown onto passing cars from an overpass near Franklin. The youths responsible had fled before officers arrived.

Cincinnati-Dayton Franklin

Franklin Man Sought In Slug Case Is Caught

A 25 year old Franklin man accused of making quartersize slugs while employed at a Dayton plant was arrested by Secret Service agents in Hazard Kentucky. Billy Couch fired from NCR July 18 for making 3500 slugs on a punch press will be returned to Dayton for a hearing before U S District Judge Carl A Weinman next month. Secret Service charged Couch and sold slugs to an unnamed buyer for two cents each. He reportedly admitted to placing two slugs in a vending machine at the plant. Several other fake coins appeared in a West Carrollton cafe vending machine frequented by Couch.

Franklin Dayton Secret Service Hazard Billy Couch National Cash Register Co Couch U. S Carl A. Weinman NCR West Carrollton

Man Fined and Jailed on DWI Count

FRANKLIN Jean Adams 23 of Carlisle was fined 200 dollars plus costs with 100 dollars suspended on a DWI charge and sentenced to three days in city jail. License suspended one year except for work travel. State patrol arrested Adams on U S 25 Sunday. Wesley Arbuckle Jr. 45 of Dixie Highway also faced DWI charges with a 150 dollar bond forfeiture. Several others received fines or bond forfeitures for traffic and related offenses.

Franklin Jean Adams Carlisle J. T. Riley Adams U. S. 25 Wesley Arbuckle Jr S. Dixie Hwy

Car Theft Suspected Linked to Eaton Plant Burglary

Middletown police traced a car reported stolen near midnight Thursday to the Eaton area burglary at Artyle Industries on the northwest edge of town. The vehicle was found about 2:35 a.m. near the plant. workers reported a safe battered and about $3 taken from a vending machine including a stopwatch and candy bars.

Middletown Eaton Allen Lunsford Rhea Peck Cox Hill Ave Artyle Industries Artyle

Tank Fire Near Shafer Street Repaired by Fire Units

Fire crews were called at 4 56 a m to the New York Central Railroad near Shafer Street to extinguish a blaze in a tank car caused by packing in a journal box that overheated. No damage was reported.

New York Central Railroad Shafer Street

Two Held For Jury Safe Burglary After Preliminary Hearings

Ralph Stephens 25 of 2104 Winona Dr was bound to Butler County grand jury on a burglary charge after a July 16 break in at the Weathers Pool Room. Elmer Gibbs 23 of 2838 Burbank St saw his burglary charge dismissed for insufficient evidence. A lie detector test and a witness’s description linked Stephens to the scene. Gibbs denied involvement. Other defendants faced lesser actions with suspended jail terms for trespassing and assault and battery.

Butler County Ralph Stephens Winona Dr Elmer C. Gibbs Burbank St Stephens Gibbs Weathers Pool Room Central Ave

Slagle Elected Vice President of Executives

Richard Slagle manager of the Middletown Chamber of Commerce was elected vice president of the Chambers of Commerce Executive of Ohio yesterday. Arthur C. Kochendorfer of Toledo was elected president during the Warren meeting. J. Paul Mossman of Youngstown was named secretary treasurer.

Richard Slagle Middletown

Parking ticket on hydrant sparks urban irony

In Manhattan a patrolman tickets a car for parking too close to a fire hydrant. Two hours later the car is gone and the summons hangs from the hydrant top, but police say the ticket remains in force.

New York Manhattan

Expansion At Ashland Armco Set Expansion Plan

Armco Steel's Ashland Kentucky Works announces expansion of storage for iron ore taconite pellets ingots and scrap. A larger ore yard will hold 1 050 000 tons with a new ore bridge to start in six weeks and finish next spring at an estimated 3 450 000 dollars. A creek relocation and new culverts to avoid flooding will cost about 500 000 dollars and take three months.

Armco Steel Ashland Cr. G. Davies Armco Davies Plant Proverty Greenup Ohio River

Hawaiians Found Cooling Roof Feature Long Before A C

Generations before air conditioning, Hawaiians used a high slanted roof to keep a house interior cooler. The design channels heat and creates shade effects that reduce indoor temperatures. The finding highlights traditional architectural ingenuity and climate adaptation in historical Hawaiian homes.

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