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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1969
Page
3
Four others were injured in a Columbus house fire that killed 13 year old Darrell Napper. The victim was staying at the home of his aunt, Mrs. Caroline Andrews, 38, when the blaze began early today. Fire officials reported the incident as a fatal residential fire with multiple injuries.
Notice in Court of Common Pleas Butler County Ohio cause 86324 First National Bank of Middletown seeks to settle clouds and register title to land described as parts of Lots 13073 through 13079 Bachmann Subdivision Section 9 Town 2 Range 4 Lem on Township Butler County Ohio and adjacent Breiel Boulevard right of way. Defendants listed with long addresses include Barry J Levey Trustee and many Middletown residents. Court requires answer by September 29 1969 and warns default will bar contest.
Mary Jo Kopechne’s parents win a postponement in Pennsylvania court of the exhumation petition filed by Massachusetts DA Edmund Dinis. The judge sets hearings on the motion to dismiss and may rule after brief arguments, delaying the inquest originally slated for early September.
Transfer students at Middletown High School are asked to pre register in the counseling offices next week. Assistant principal George Thomas says all new students should register to be ready, with about 100 transfer students expected from 8 a.m. to 3 30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
About 4 500 Ohio National Guardsmen will return home after a two week summer camp in Lower Michigan. Col John H Neff called the session highly successful with 1 001th Field Service Company receiving a superior rating and 59 excellents awarded to units from Lakewood and Newark. Returning troops will bivouac at Fulton and Lucas County fairgrounds, then finish travel to Northwest Ohio by Sunday morning.
Ohio State Fair opening day drew 140 202 visitors, 73 417 more than last year, under blue skies and 80 degree temperatures. Today Toledo Day features acts including the Baja Marimba Band and John Davidson as the fair extends a 12 day run toward a possible two million total. Kathy Stoller, 17, was crowned Future Farmers of America Queen, with a court of three others, and Richard Blayney, 15, won first gate position after waiting 72 hours last year earned him a handshake and a stuffed bear from Gov James A Rhodes. Large crowds filled the grandstand for performances.
Edna Marie Hoskins, 18, of West Chester, was arrested in Hamilton on charges of intoxication disorderly conduct and resisting arrest after a disturbance at the Port Union Café. Sheriff's Detective Harold May said chairs and bottles were broken and Hoskins allegedly tried to fight in the parking lot.
The Iroquois Confederacy, a historic Indian alliance, united five nations: Mohawks Oneidas Onondagas Senecas and Cayugas under a single political framework.
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