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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1967
Page
2
Mrs. Irene Murray 78 of 616 16th Ave died last night at Middletown Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete at Bailey Funeral Home.
Mrs Beatrice Betty Young 76 of 207 McKinley St died yesterday afternoon at the Willows Nursing Home after a two year illness. Survived by three sons Kenneth and George Middle town Bernard Lancaster Pa. one daughter Bernadine Corrill Overpeck. one brother William Pearce Middletown. five sisters Edith McCellan Laura Franklin Eleanor Turner all California Dorothy Rose Texas Mabel Lester Bethel. 15 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Arrangements incomplete at Wilson Memorial Home.
Mrs. Delilah Lovely 62 of 172 S Third St Waynesville died yesterday at Miami Valley Hospital Dayton. She leaves a daughter Lenora Harri son a sister trio two brothers and a grandson. Services at 2 p m Monday at Church of Christ. Burial in David Cemetery Dayton. Friends may call Oswald Funeral Home Lebanon Sunday afternoon and evening.
Theodore A. Jones resigns as staff director of the Presidents Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders after less than two weeks in the post. Jones says he must remain in Illinois where he serves as revenue director, citing commitments to his state job and tax‑driven complications under Gov. Otto Kerner. Roles shifted after White House appointment without Kerner’s knowledge.
Basil Fleming of Middletown was appointed lieutenant governor of Toastmasters Area 11 by new area governor Robert Albright. The Middletown club president since 6 years leads Area 11 covering Middletown Franklin Lebanon and 10 Dayton clubs. Fleming's term ends in October, the same month NCR Toastmasters Club in Dayton concludes its presidency.
Police report three tire slitting incidents after two nights of window breakage. At Mindlin's Scrap Yard on E Sixth St the three gas tanks were dirt filled and gas caps removed from a tractor trailer and a 1959 auto. Vandals entered the office and scattered papers. nothing reportedly stolen. Several residents also reported tire damage on cars and trucks around Franklin.
A Dayton man Alexander K. Young 21 son of Howard Young Montgomery County Republican leader was killed in a Danish rail crash that also claimed 10 others. Lynn Northwood 22 of Kettering injured but not seriously. they were part of a 28 member Miami University sightseeing group touring Europe. Mrs Julia Lato a Mayfield Elementary teacher and her daughter Sally 14 survived in Denmark with other group members. The tour led by Prof Russell Griffith left June 20 visiting London Paris Madrid Lisbon Rome Vienna Budapest Stockholm Oslo and Copenhagen. Young and Northwood were to rejoin in Copenhagen.
Butler County deputy Cpl. Bill Fisher shot a large barn owl reported with a 36 inch wing span. Mrs. Janet Blake of 4691 Elk Creek Road called in fear for her family and pet safety after a large bird loitered around the residence.
Black Power advocate H. Rap Brown will return to Cincinnati to address an SNCC meeting on August 19. Leonard Ball says the national SNCC chairman will headline a fundraising rally open to all, with the site yet to be chosen.
State Senator Walter E. Powell, a Fairfield resident and former three term representative, is named principal of Hopewell Elementary in the Liberty Union School District. Powell, 36, has taught history and government at Fairfield Junior High and holds degrees from Heidelberg College and Miami University.
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