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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1966
Page
11
A four room house owned by John McGuire on Klaber Lane was destroyed by fire early yesterday in Franklin. Firemen responded at 3 15 a m and the cause is under investigation. Fire Chief Richard Berger said contact with McGuire is pending as the family is reportedly in Kentucky.
The 116th Butler County Fair in Hamilton drew 12 360 attendees on opening day with under 18 admitted free. Activities include youth jamboree and style show tonight at 7 30, plus FFA and 4H judging, harness racing, tractor pulling, and a Community Theater talent contest through midweek.
A 1957 Indiana car was hit by a Baltimore and Ohio freight train on Rt 73 in Trenton. Cpl. Cram Fisher and Trenton officers searched for occupants after the crash but found no one. The car was ripped apart with debris scattered, and five loadings moved the wreckage. Wanda Johnson of Richmond, Indiana owns the car but authorities cannot reach her.
Picketing may arise at six major Middletown sites including the Miami University Middletown campus and the Miami Carey plant in Monroe if Western Electric and AT&T fail to reach a national contract. CWA Local 4317 president Joseph Ponder Jr notes broader action could follow if no wage fringe benefits agreement is reached, with Ohio Bell workers exempt while honoring picket lines.
Second degree murder charges filed after Howard Estil Bowling died in Dayton police say a 32 caliber gun shot him once in the left chest. Stamper 46 of Dayton was arrested after calling police. Bowling owned a Howard Sohio service station in Carlisle. Private services to be held at Anglesby Funeral Home in Franklin with calling hours tomorrow evening.
Pokey Griffith District Cub Scout swim meet held yesterday at Camp Hook with 18 packs participating. Pack 3 sponsored by Franklin Methodist Church won. Pack 2 tied for third. Pack 6 and Pack 9 received sponsorship from local churches and Crystal Tissue Co. Individual winners include Biff Martin Jim Mull and Jim Reece in freestyle. David McChesney Chamberlain and Bill sweatshirt relay team members. plus divers Jim Roberts David Elmone and Steve Norvell.
City commissioners meet at 8 PM at the City Building to discuss vending machine funds allocations levy assessments for Euclid Kensington and Park streets and zone changes approved at last week's session for three parcels on Yankee Road at its junction with Smith Avenue.
Two youths were ordered by the Juvenile Court to cleanup paint from 20 signs on S Verity Parkway after admitting they sprayed the signs weeks earlier as a joke. Police said the incident stemmed from a desire for humor.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Frazier Reams Jr arrived in Middletown for Reams Day but a rainout forced a change of plans. Attorney George Elliott and Ted Repper drove to Columbus to fetch Reams, then returned for a Armco Steel Corp tour and a Butler County Democratic luncheon at the Manchester Motor Inn. Humphrey, in Columbus for Amvets, endorsed Reams and pledged to campaign again before election day.
Fred A. Rice aged 49 of 400 Hickory Street West Middletown was treated at Middletown Hospital Saturday night for cuts and abrasions after being accosted by six men in a Main Bar parking lot on South Main Street. Deputy Mullins said the other men claimed Rice stumbled and fell against a car bumper and denied assault.
Lu Ann Evans of 401 Gideon Road won first in advanced solo for 12 year olds and fourth in the 12 to 14 combined strutting division at a USTA baton twirling meet held Saturday at the Northern Lights Shopping Center in Columbus.
Diane Cape, a 20 year old Armco employee two months in, was named Miss Armco at the Armco Girls Jamboree held after an 8 p.m. show at Middletown Works on Crawford Street. First runner up was Joyce Dineen and second runner up Marcia Shibley, with auctioned gifts and trophies awarded by Armco officials and judges.
Ola Baker of 2018 Waneta Ave reports a man asked to use the phone and left with $405 from her pocketbook after she stepped away. She told Deputy Ronald Parsley she identified a suspect and provided a name.
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