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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1965
Page
9
City commissioners will hold a public hearing at 7 30 pm on rezoning Armco Park land from R 1 to R 3 for the Armco Girls Club. They will also review objectors to proposed assessments for storm water retention basin G in North Middletown and may appoint an equalization board.
Police report three car accidents in Middletown yesterday with total damage exceeding $1,000. Vernon Ran son, 24, hit a parked car owned by H M Johnson, causing $550 damage. A second crash damaged a house at 830 16th Ave after a car jumped the curb. homeowner James Whitaker listed as the owner. Thomas R Edwards, 20, was cited for license violations following a collision with Jerome A Clark, 22, at Central Avenue and Grimes Street. damage $225.
Mrs Anthony Damele reported $80 worth of fishing gear stolen from her car parked on Lanes Mill Road near Four Mile Creek. The car battery was loosened. Otis Oliver of Fairfield reported camping gear a $130 cash purse a $300 wedding ring and glasses taken from his car on West Elkton Road while fishing at Seven Mile Creek. He saw three juveniles on bicycles nearby before the theft.
John Q. Hammons and Roy E. Winegardner announce a 100 unit Holiday Inn motel and cocktail lounge to be built on a 23 acre site at the Rt 122 and Interstate 75 interchange. The Springfield Missouri developers say opening is set for February 1, 1966 with 250 person banquet facilities and a Red Slipper lounge.
Walter Crenshaw of Middletown High Band Parents says Band Day at Frisch's on South Main Street is canceled for now. Promoter Jerry Brown felt promotional efforts were insufficient. 75 band members and 25 parents were to act as carhops and staff to raise funds for band uniforms and Camp Camp Campbell Gard expenses.
Ralph K. Burton of 22 Baltimore St was arrested by the Ohio State Patrol on Rt 4 south of Middletown at 12 10 a m yesterday and charged with driving while intoxicated.
A 37 year old woman is in fair condition at Middletown Hospital after taking an overdose of medication at 8 40 p m yesterday.
Dr Frank Simon former Armco bandmaster had vacation cut short by a wreck in Clovis New Mexico five hours from his Tucson Arizona home Friends say his car was looted at a Clovis motel with five cars ransacked Among stolen items were musical arrangements a camera a typewriter and souvenirs from concerts in Dayton and Cincinnati
Loyce Ann Carpenter 23, Armco advertising producer, was crowned Miss Armco 1965 at the Armco Girls Jam at Armco Diamonds Crawford Street. Rain canceled day one events. Discotheque 65 followed. Carpenter, a Farmersville High School graduate, receives a $50 savings bond a trophy and roses, with 23 contestants earning charms. Second and third place receive trophies, charms and $30 scholarships. Judges included Mrs Ed Mynhier and Bob Kohls.
Fairfield resident Donald S. Bacon was named Ohio runner-up for the Robert A. Taft award at the Ohio League of Young Republicans convention in Cincinnati. The honor recognizes all around performance in Republican politics. Bacon was last year’s Ohio Young Republican of the year. Phyllis Painter of Stark County won the Taft award this year.
In Albany a merchant with 38 years in business reports a surge after New York State introduced a two percent sales tax. Herb Kass sells cash registers and notes demand for tax separating machines rising from about one per day to as many as 30 daily in early July.
Washington AP reports Echo I, one of the world’s best known satellites, marks its fifth anniversary this Thursday. Goddard Space Flight Center notes the satellite is pitted from dust, its aluminized skin wrinkled, and predicts eventual reentry and burn up, possibly next year or decades hence.
The American Conservative Union blasts Abe Fortas for the Supreme Court appointment saying it may invite political mischief and cites his left liberal views. The group is led by former Congressman Donald C. Bruce.
Trenton police hunt two youths seen leaving the scene of a crash involving a stolen truck. The vehicle struck two parked cars on State Street and was found demolished near a tree. An eight pack of beer was found. occupants last seen east on State Street toward Miami Street.
An abandoned car with a missing rear seat and wired ignition was found along Yan kee Road by Russell Fletcher. No license plates or papers were in the vehicle as Sgt. Cliff Dye investigates the serial number to locate the owner.
Funeral services set for Irene Ball 25 of Waynesville Mary Helen Bower 23 of Morocco Indiana and Dewey R Jewell Jr 22 of Lebanon after a one car crash on Rt 42. The weekend toll in Warren County reaches four and the year total 17. Ray Bailey 21 of Oregonia injured and not sure who drove.
The American Meat Institute reports total U S meat packing sales reached a record 14.6 billion dollars last year, up two percent from the 14.25 billion-dollar record set in 1963.
Five persons were transported to Middletown Hospital by Tri-County Ambulance. Four from Middletown had breathing difficulties and a Trenton woman suffered injuries after falling from a horse. Frank Lambert, 67, admitted at 10 29 am in fair condition. Imogene Crouch, 34, treated and dismissed. Marvin Amburgey, 41, admitted in good condition. Vireeda Haddix, 56, with severe knee lacerations, admitted in fair condition.
The Lemon Monroe Board of Education will review working drawings for a 27 room addition to Lemon Monroe High School at the regular meeting at 7 30 tonight at 1515 Girard Ave. The agenda also includes personnel matters.
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