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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1977
Page
2
A robber flashed a gun at the Airport Inn barmaid on Germantown Road around 10:30 p.m. He demanded cash, paid for a beer, and fled with $392 in a cigar box. Police and a K-9 unit searched nearby yards and the Aeronca lot but found no suspect.
Deaths and funeral details for Mrs. Doris King 58 of Lakewood Mrs. Sara Laughlin 88 of Germantown Carl J Spivey 80 of Seven Mile and other local figures include service times burial places and memorials on cancer society and Ohio Pythian Home. Memorials may be sent to designated charities. Local services list arrangements across multiple towns.
Fire caused an estimated 5000 damage to Letitia Folmer's residence at 839 Ninth Ave rear while she was away since 2 p.m. The blaze began in a second floor bedroom and smoke damage was extensive. Firemen rescued a dog and left around 9 p.m. Structural damage estimated at 3000 and contents at 2000 with electrical cause under investigation.
Peasttown Elementary Principal John Rudd urges early kindergarten registration for Madison School District students. Registration runs weekdays 8 am to 3 30 pm at Peasttown or West Middletown Elementary. Children must be 5 by Sept 30 and up to date on immunizations. class assignments will be announced after Aug 24.
The Middletown Area Chapter of the American Red Cross will hold its 59th annual board meeting as a noon luncheon on Sept. 14 at Forest Hills Country Club. Walter J. Lincoln from Cincinnati will discuss the Beverly Hills disaster. Luncheon chair Mrs. Don Perkins is aided by Mrs. Joseph Caldwell, Mrs. William Harrison and Mrs. George Morgan.
Former Dayton Ohio mayor Dave Hall died Monday at age 71 reportedly from a heart attack. He joined the Dayton City Commission in 1962, won election in 1965, and was appointed mayor later that year serving until 1970 when ill health forced his resignation. Hall was a Republican and the father of Senator Tony P Hal of Dayton.
Gov. Rhodes signed an emergency measure creating Crawford Hocking and Jackson county courts with six new judgeships. Other provisions expand Canton Chillicothe and Portage County courts and reposition Lodi Medina Wadsworth. Aug 22 effective date plus related budget bills totaling cap projects and financing for small business development.
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and attorney general file in Butler County Common Pleas Court seeking closure of the Skinner landfill on Cincinnati-Dayton Road West Chester. They charge about 100 metal barrels with industrial wastes, some broken, containing cyanide cadmium lead mercury and phenol. Violations include unlicensed operation and open burning on multiple dates. The suit seeks removal of wastes to an approved disposal site and an injunction against further solid waste disposal at the site.
A joint survey by the city Division of Traffic Engineering and the South Main Council PRISM will count trucks on S Main Street next month. Officials plan to interview drivers about origins and destinations and explore routing alternatives to reduce heavy traffic and noise on the street, part of a broader effort linked to the National Register district nomination.
Middletown K-9 Smokey and handler Russ Hess won first place in attack work at the national K-9 Dog Trials in Peabody Massachusetts. Hess and Smokey finished 10th overall among 72 teams while Thor and Bill Hollister placed 27th. The event featured dogs from several states and branches and was run by the U S Police K-9 Association.
A public address system was taken in a break in at Clayton Avenue Central Baptist Church overnight. Two four foot high speakers worth 500 and a microphone valued at 100 were missing. Vandals pulled battery cables from two Board of Education trucks after breaking in at the north stadium Barnitz Field early yesterday.
Steve Haugen and 13 other forestry students from Hocking Technical College joined two teams battling major California fires. They worked on Marble Cone and Bear Trap fires with professional guidance from Wayne National Forest staff. Crews log long shifts, sleep scarce, and cleanup efforts include fighting mudslides and replanting after containment.
At Verity Parkway and Carmody Boulevard yesterday at 10 50 pm a two car collision injured four people. Phillip Lykins 20 and David Hatton 42 were treated for minor injuries and Lykins was cited for failure to yield and license suspension. Kimberly Stanifer 16 slowed for the crash and was rear ended by James Cook 30. Stanifer and passenger Jennifer Jones 17 reported head and neck pains but refused hospital care.
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