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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1965
Page
2
A shooting case against Andrew Gomez 18 of 611 Ninth Ave. was continued until next Friday in Municipal Court after he requested the adjournment. He is accused of shooting Charles Fuller 24 of 818 17th Ave. in the 1200 block of Michigan Avenue Monday evening. Fuller remained in Middletown Hospital in critical but improving condition with a gunshot wound to the neck.
The article claims Genghis Khan may be the first conqueror to employ gunpowder in warfare. It notes scholarly debate and references to early military technology developments in Mongol campaigns.
Birmingham based Ku Klux Klan attorney Matt Murphy Jr. was killed in a car truck collision near Cottondale six miles north of Tuscaloosa. Coroner Rufus Strickland confirmed the death after Murphy arrived in Birmingham to notify relatives. Murphy, 51, had recently gained national prominence defending a Klansman in the Liuzzo case.
Middletown coroner Dr Garret J Boone will conduct an autopsy on Norman F Beatty a 34 year old cab driver from 2132 Brentwood St to determine if his death at 3 am Wednesday was the result of a Tuesday crash Beatty died after his 77 Taxi cab collided with two other vehicles at 3 05 pm on Tuesday at 100 N Main St Police charged Johnny W Paynter 21 with unsafe lane change The accident details were not known to the physician who certified Beatty's death Beatty had been ill for years
Titanium lightweight braces, as strong as steel but half the weight, are being used to assist polio victims in mobility devices and leg support.
Graveside services for the infant son of Mr and Mrs William Baudendistel 404 Baltimore St were held at Woodside Cemetery with Father Timothy Fry officiating. The infant died at birth. Surviving are the parents a brother William Jr and a sister Dora at home and paternal grandmother Mrs Floyd Slone Middletown. Arrangements by Schramm Funeral Home.
Lena Link 77 died at 11 15 p m yesterday at 412 Baltimore Street after five years of illness. Born in Dover Tennessee she lived in Middletown five years and was a member of Grand Avenue Church of God. Survived by son Roy Middletown daughter Mrs Henry Howard Middletown brother Varney Wallace Miami Florida two grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral services Monday Grand Avenue Church of God officiated by Rev Henry Howard and Rev Clifford Hutchinson. Burial Woodside Cemetery. Calling hours Sunday 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p m at Mc Coy Leffler Funeral Home and Monday at the church after 9 a m.
Joseph P. Gardner aged 69 of 613 Cereal Ave. Requiem High Mass set for 10 am tomorrow at St. Peter's Church. Infant son of Mr and Mrs Charlies Angst of 45 Wayne Trace Road, services today at Colligan’s.
ASHEVILLE NC Margaret Henderson Sawyer 83 who aided her husband Dr Wilbur Augustue Sawyer in public health research died Wednesday after a long illness Paris AP Pierre Denoyer 63 editor in chief of the French edition of Reader's Digest and former Washington correspondent for the Petit Parisien died Thursday AP
Mrs Bessie Lee Moore of 1314 Woodlawn Ave died 10 46 pm yesterday at Middletown Hospital after seven years ill. She lived in Middletown 2% years. Husband Robert died last year. Survived by sisters Katherine Hackney Middletown Dale North Carmel Ind and brother Everett Downs Ashland Ky. Services 10 am Monday Riggs Funeral Home with Rev Herschel Caudill officiating. Burial Woodside Cemetery. Funeral home hours Sunday 2 to 6 and 7 to 9 pm.
Ed W Rathbun, a retired superintendent in the Gardner Division of Diamond National, joined Middletown’s Butler County Auto Club this year and sold 141 AAA memberships last month the best Ohio record. He also surpassed 100 in June joining the Century Club. Rathbun resides at 3709 Grand Ave.
In Chau Thanh District the PF popular forces and RF regional forces step up night patrols and ambushes against Viet Cong units. Lt. Col. Roberts and Capt. Orr laud PF RF fighters as loyally defending their hamlet. The district seeks pacification and hopes to curb VC tax demands and gains in harvest loyalty.
Robert Manry and his family paused in Cornwall before a London stop as the 13 and a half foot Tinker Belle, the craft that crossed the Atlantic in 78 days, went on display in the Daily Mirror window. They plan to sail home on the Queen Mary after visiting Arthurian sights.
Cecilia the seal died at Lincoln Park Zoo after an autopsy showed she had eaten plastic cups and sacks. The incident underscores dangers of ocean litter for marine animals.
About 5300 inmates at Louisiana State Penitentiary Angola began an overnight sit-down strike in protest of inmate guards. By morning more than half left the yard as guards remained posted and 30 inmates suffered safety related injuries.
The distribution of 40 million 322 thousand 513 dollars and 42 cents in Ohio intangibles tax yields Butler County 461 thousand 629 dollars 10 cents Preble 71 thousand 323 dollars 08 cents and Warren 105 thousand 225 dollars 72 cents. Financial institutions tax total 98 million 865 thousand 225 dollars 12 cents a gain of 2 million 876 thousand 752 dollars 60 cents over last year while dealers tax rose 1 thousand 457 dollars 2 cents up 71 thousand 348 dollars 39 cents according to State Auditor Chester W Goble.
A two day workshop on opacity in paper drew three paper technologists and participants from nine states. Larry Koverman of Howard Paper Mills Franklin and Leonard Fugale of Wrenn Papers Middletown attended alongside Paul G. Marsh of Black Clawson Middletown. Director C Edwin Brandon and Dr. Andrew G Lang led discussions with Fred F E Culp of Mead Corp.
Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara testifies to a Senate hearing that a strike by KR jet bombers against Viet Nam guerrilla targets costs about one million dollars. He says the action is expensive but warranted to disrupt infiltration and supply lines into South Vietnam.
Eva J. Phelps of Maud, 37, was listed in fair condition at Mercy Hospital after a one car accident on the Cincinnati Dayton Road south of I 75. Her car skidded 90 feet, hit a guardrail, overturned and landed 27 feet from the road.
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