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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1963
Page
9
Three Springboro residents travel to Newport Kentucky to view the body of Frederick Neal 34 shot by police in Harrodsburg Kentucky after a chase. Warren County Sheriff Byron Kennard says the investigations connect Neal to Springboro gunfire and local break-ins amid a broader manhunt.
Frederick Neal 34, a Middletown native and parolee from London Correctional, led a two hour kidnapping spree across Kentucky and Ohio before being shot by police near Harrodsburg. He previously served time for a 1954 West Chester tavern robbery and had lived in Newport Covington and Price Hill Cincinnati.
Susan Tilton at 3005 Goldman Ave began the first spadeful for the Civic Association project, after a journal misidentified her as Susan Tulton in yesterday’s report.
The article explains how medieval monks managed timekeeping through monastic schedules and liturgical hours, shaping daily life, work rhythms, and religious observance across European monasteries. It notes methods such as bell ringing, seasonal calendars, and the influence on civic life.
Middletown Fine Arts Center aims to broaden its curriculum and raise membership. Director Richard J. Boyle announced at a drive meeting that the nonprofit offers professional instruction at modest costs with lectures museum trips library use and discounts on supplies. Located at 116 S Main St basement of the American Legion Building the center offers drawing painting ceramics sculpture jewelry making and metal work.
The city commission will hold a public hearing tomorrow at 1 p m on vacation of part of 18th Avenue between Minnesota Street and Verity Parkway and a rear alley at N Verity Parkway and Tytus Avenue at public housing sites. It will also consider resolutions to appropriate two properties Breiel Boulevard right of way and an elevated storage tank site in Warren County. Also on the agenda are ordinances to lower Yankee Road speed from 35 to 25 mph and to authorize sale of 40000 in notes and purchase of the old post office.
Three thefts were reported to the Butler County sheriff's office. Robert Henderson on Cincinnati Dayton Road found his home ransacked and coins and a jewelry box missing. John Kauffman on Roosevelt Avenue reported four hubcaps stolen from his 1963 car at J and J Bowling Lanes. Elmer Langdon on Elk Creek Road reported a patio light fixture taken valued at about $20.
In Nakarta Indonesia Foreign Minister Subandrio reported that Chinese Ambassador Yao Chung Ming assured China has no plan to resume military action against India. The statement comes amid regional tensions and calls for restraint.
Four city officers have applied to take the civil service exam for police chief. The four candidates are Sam Moore acting police chief James Howerton acting captain of detectives Douglas Barrett and Harold Gray detectives. The two part test begins 7 p.m. Thursday with a second part at 7 p.m. Friday. Scoring includes 100 points for written effort and 10 points for both seniority and efficiency.
At Panmunjom the United Nations command charged North Korea with 259 violations of the Korean War armistice from May 1 to August 20. North Korea countered with 907 alleged UN violations from July 11 to August 15 and four more last week, during the armistice commission’s 260th meeting.
Douglas Hampton of Wilbraham Kean reported he surprised a thief in his garden. The intruder threw tomatoes at him as he yelled, and fled. Hampton noted the thief’s aim was poor in the encounter.
Middletown School District voters will decide on Nov 5 whether to renew two operating levies totaling 5.66 mills, expiring this year, with no new levy. The combined levies are expected to raise about 1.427 million dollars, based on the 1962 tax duplicate. The ballot also covers staff appointments, building repairs at McKinley Junior High and Wilson Elementary, and extended YMCA pool use for Middletown High School practice sessions.
Gary Iles Burba 17 of Eaton was killed in a 2:10 p.m. truck accident on US 127 north of Eaton. He fell from the back of a brush loaded truck when a gust toppled him, fracturing his skull. Survived by mother Marjorie Burba and siblings. services set at Barnes Funeral Home Friday at 10:30 a.m. Burial in Mound Hill Cemetery.
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