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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1967
Page
15
WAPAKONETA Ohio AP The city council will pay December electric bills for its electric company customers as a Christmas gift. The cost is estimated at 32000 dollars with a 490000 dollar balance voted in the electricity fund. The practice started twenty years ago and is continued this year.
Roger E Spear notes a reader comparing American Hospital Supply and Ampex. He cautions against chasing quick gains, says American Hospital is more stable with a steady growth pattern in earnings and dividends, while Ampex has no dividends and only recent turnaround potential with tech applications. He advises a cautious, balanced approach and warns that predicting two-year market moves is not reliable.
The reading advises starting new ventures in the early day and finishing projects in the afternoon. It notes favorable periods for money in mid March early May July late September and mid October and social gains May to mid September and next December. It mentions travel in the first three weeks of July and a leadership child born on this day.
Walter Sawchuck fretted as fire destroyed his six room frame house four miles north of Hot Springs. With power out to his water pump and city firemen unavailable, Sawchuck and volunteers used the roof to wet down the house using cases of soda and beer to try to save the cafe nearby.
Franklin police say Tayor Parsons 64 of 736 Clark St faced reckless operation and failure to maintain an assured clear distance after a three car crash at Union Road and Anderson Street damaging two parked vehicles and a 1965 car. A second incident on S Main Street at 8 15 a m left Diane Laughner 19 of 908 S Main St with a stalled 1965 model car causing $950 in damage and she was charged with failure to maintain an assured clear distance.
In Cincinnati fourteen year old Willie DuBoise rescued his invalid mother but could not reach his sister Maxine Ervin and her two sons Charles four and William fourteen months. The victims died of heat and smoke inhalation in the upstairs bedroom. The fire started in a first floor kitchen near the water works plant causing nine thousand five hundred dollars in damage.
Lawrence Kansas AP Douglas County District Court Judge Frank Gray sentenced Donald Lynch of Dayton Ohio to two terms in the Kansas State Penitentiary for robbery and kidnapping. Lynch 26 and Bruce Sparks 18 of Dayton were accused of robbing a liquor store and a motel in Lawrence last June wounding the motel owner's wife. They took Thomas Daniels 25 a University of Kansas graduate student as hostage and were captured in Salina after a 140 mile ride. Daniels was fatally shot as police fired at the stolen car. Sparks pleaded guilty November 30 to robbery assault with intent to kill and aiding with kidnapping. He received 52 years. Lynch was sentenced to 10-21 years on robbery and life on kidnapping after pleading guilty November 29.
Franklin police said Darlene Proffit of 1008 S Main St reported a theft of a metal box with about 40 in halves and a barrel bank with about 40 in mixed change from her bedroom yesterday between 6 30 a m and 6 50 p m. A second thief took a Christmas wreath from the back door at noon yesterday from 846 S Main St where Mrs Charles Byrd lives.
Phillip M. DeLaine a 14 year Cleveland Police Department veteran resigned Monday to run for the Ohio House seat vacated by Mayor Carl B Stokes He has been executive director of the Police Athletic League for five years DeLaine 39 a Democrat took out petitions at the board of elections shortly after he resigned
A Cincinnati AP report says a group of about 20 young men opposed to the Vietnam War will surrender their draft cards today at the induction center. The demonstrators, led by John Leininger a former Hiram College student, plan daily protests through the week. Reverend Maurice F McCrackin, a local pacifist minister, will join the action.
In Cincinnati AP reports contract negotiations between Formica Corp and International Union of Electrical Workers resume to avert a strike. Local 757 president Al Leigh said 92 percent of attendees voted Sunday to strike the two Formica plants on December 10. The contract covering 1,350 employees expired Sunday with wages and language changes as the main issues.
A grey striped female cat with a red collar and tag is reported missing in the Roseda Road area. A medium sized black notebook listing names A through M is also found, with contact numbers 422-4643 and 422-5884 or 423-4629 for return.
Several obituaries detail services for Delma Mae Byrd Christine Herman James Thomas McCarthy Violet Rizzo Slimak arranged by McCoy Leffier and Schramm Funeral Homes. Events include wake times, funeral services at Woodside Cemetery, and interment plans with listed contact numbers in early December.
A local notice lists multiple rewards and lost items. Jim Clerk cancels a $500 reward for a lost ring and urges recovery. A male Beagle hound with no ears is missing near LeSourdsville. Boys frame glasses lost between Franklin High and David Bird, with reward. A billfold with important papers and money reportedly lost near the 725 block of Yankee Adantains. call 423 6089 after 9 PM.
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