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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1968
Page
18
In this condensed ninth installment Jim Bishop moves to Washington DC where planning unfolds surrounding the Kennedy assassination coverage. The piece outlines the tense buildup among officials and journalists as details emerge.
The scene centers on the Kennedy assassination aftermath with Mrs Kennedy at Bethesda and President Johnson at The Elms. It chronicles Arlington plots, cadet details, Secret Service actions, and Johnson's solitary resolve as aides discuss funeral timing and address to Congress.
Raw steel output in 1968 is projected at about 130 million net tons, potentially the third highest year after 1966 and 1965. Defense orders and mill stock buildup bolster activity while shipments lag, with finished steel totaling around six million monthly and mill shipments near 91 million tons for the year.
Mark Rudd the student reformer declares he will join the U S Army to aid fellow Americans facing oppression He snaps a swagger stick over his knee denouncing it as a symbol of military power at a New York news conference on Saturday Rudd is the son of a retired Army lieutenant colonel.
Firemen investigated a Saturday morning blaze that damaged a single-engine plane tied at Hamilton Airport on Bobmeyer Road. The aircraft owned by Charles Pomeroy of Cincinnati sustained about 6000 dollars in losses with no other planes harmed.
The New York market opened with more advances than declines as stock prices moved higher. Leading stocks included Gulf & Western up 1 at 50, Du Pont up 1 at 171, American Telephone steady at 57, Union Carbide up 1 at 48, Johns-Manville up 1 at 81, while General Electric and Cook Coffee posted declines. The AP average of 60 stocks rose 3.6 to 368.8, a yearly high.
From Jim Bishop's The Day Kennedy Was Shot, the hour by hour account covers November 22, 1963, detailing the nation changing events. The book, published by Funk Wagnalls and distributed by King Features, carries World Copyright 1968.
Ohio and Southern Indiana price survey shows eggs paid to packing plants for delivery to major Ohio cities with U S grades. Carton sizes Large A 48-53 cents, Medium A 43-49, Small A 38-45, with retailer deliveries 53-58 for Large A, 42-53 for Medium, 49-51 for Medium mostly. Poultry prices at farms: fryers 13-16 cents, hens heavy too few to report, light 6-9, mostly 7-2. Potatoes range 3.25-6.50.
The Dayton livestock market notes hog ranges with bids 210 to 240 and price drops from 18.75 to 19.00 and 18.50 to 18.75 per hundredweight across lots 1 and 2. Market activity details appear in the daily listing.
A reader outlines long term goals including real estate and stock holdings Sears Texaco IBM and others. Advice covers diversifying around retirement income taxes title insurance realtor referrals and resources including Spear's guide and regional realty associations.
Albert C. Hetzler, 29, of 125 W Market St Germantown escaped injury when his eastbound car on Trenton Franklin Road near Rt 4 ran off the road struck guardrail posts. The vehicle traveled 135 feet along the berm hit twelve guardrail posts in total before landing in a corn field about 126 feet away.
Mrs. Jean Blazer Butler County recorder elect attends the 42nd annual Ohio Recorders Association convention in Columbus running today through Wednesday. The event draws reps from 868 counties and offers workshops for counties by population and for registered lands. She is accompanied by Mrs. Edna Bowyer Warren County recorder and treasurer of the association.
Mrs Karen R Clair 28 of 2133 Highland St was listed in fair condition at Middletown Hospital. Her daughter Terry 9 was in good condition at Miami Valley Hospital Dayton after a Saturday night head on crash into a tree on Yankee Road near Cherry Street when the car went out of control on a curve.
An air force pararescue team recovered eight bodies with fractured skulls from the Amazon jungle near the Atroari territory, part of a missionary expedition led by Rev. Joao Calleri to pacify tribes and clear a Manaus to Boavista road.
Sgt. Jim Williams of Wright Patterson Air Force Base Dayton will address the High Twelve Club in the Commercial Building at Wednesday noon. He will discuss training seven astronauts in desert survival before their suborbital flights.
Hazel R. Sivill 62 of Painesville Ohio was found dead Sunday in a smoke filled camper at Cumberland Falls State Park near Corbin Kentucky Troopers say she suffocated and the fire cause is under investigation
At 11 30 a fire call to 1705 Bayview Street involved Kris Kincaid 12 months. The child experienced possible convulsions was treated and dismissed from Mid Idletown Hospital.
Police report a break in at Ralph Caudill's residence on Warren Road between 7 and 8 p.m. Saturday. Entry via pried rear bedroom window. burglars left a concrete tool mark and footprint. About $85 in cash, two watches, a .38 automatic and a .45 revolver were stolen. total loss $215.
Richard Black of the University of Dayton will give a portrait painting lecture demonstration tomorrow at 8 p.m. at the Middletown Fine Arts Center 116 S Main St. His works appear in private collections and he has completed commissioned pieces for the U S Department of Agriculture. The free event is open to the public.
Butler County deputies report a 2 a.m. scuffle at Kip's Go Go on Oxford State Road led to three arrests. Mrs. Bobby Jo Taylor 23 from Trenton sustained head neck and hand wounds while Katy Duhamel 21 of Yankee Street also injured. Two others Mary Kramer 18 and Joann Ingram 23 of Trenton were charged with interfering with a police officer.
The Middletown Republican Club Christmas dinner has a Wednesday cutoff for reservations. Social chairman Mrs. Jan Dunbar says the event is set for December 10 at 6 30 p.m. at the Congress Inn in Monroe.
A woman and her husband, Estel Reed aged 28 and Dolores Reed aged 25, were arrested about 5 40 p m yesterday on charges of intoxication disorderly conduct and resisting arrest after a family argument at the Butler County address 1801 Sheridan Ave Lemon Township police had earlier arrested the husband Deputy Bill Campbell was bitten on the right hand during the arrest.
A pellet rifle was used to break a plate glass window at the Checker Store 655 S. Brief Blvd. valued at 150 to 200 dollars setting off a burglar alarm at 8 20 p m Sunday. A beer bottle from a passing car struck the home of Robert E Brown 600 Staney St at 10 55 p m Saturday.
Vandals broke a rear garage window at 421 Yankee Road the day Saturday. About 5 dollars worth of gasoline was siphoned from a truck owned by John Thomas at 1310 Baltimore Street while parked at the rear of his residence Saturday night.
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