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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1965
Page
2
William Mignery 59 formerly of Hamilton Kaimea Michigan died. A high Mass is set for 9 30 am tomorrow at St Ann s Church.
Butler County sheriff's office logged three theft reports and two vandalism reports yesterday. Items stolen include tools and two snow tires from Melvin Larson in Blue Ball, a car battery and tires from Edward Shaw at 1494 West Elkton Road, and a Morgan Township resident reported Christmas tree lights taken. Vandalism included a window impact at Harriet Kineval lods and mail hex damaged at Carl Bake residence with small loss.
A 31 year old West Middletown woman Ercell Hill bound over to the Butler County grand jury on impersonation charges in Hamilton Municipal Court. Hill allegedly represented herself as Marcella Matthers to the Butler County Probate Court clerk on April 10 1955 to aid in a matter. She entered a not guilty plea and was released on bond.
Petty officer third class Sam R. Shepherd, 24, son of Mr and Mrs William R Shepherd of Franklin, is hospitalized in Portsmouth Va with burns from a fire aboard the aircraft carrier Independence. The ship arrived in Norfolk from Viet Nam and the blaze started when a ruptured fuel tank on a departing plane sent flames along the flight deck. Shepherd, a Middletown High School graduate, served with the fighter squadrons aboard the carrier.
The Butler County sheriff reports a spike in burglaries focusing on hand tools. At Elk Creek service station on Route 122, Leo Davis owner of 2148 Riddletown-Eaton Rd, found the front door damaged and a sizable theft of tools missing after arriving early Tuesday. Police note at least five similar thefts in four days.
Off duty Lt. Clifton Hyde and deputy John Mullins spent over five hours erecting a Christmas tree and lighting the jail front yard facing the courthouse. A sign reads Season's greetings from Sheriff Jim Hixon and staff.
County commissioners discussed remodeling the Fair Avenue Juvenile Detention Center to add three inmate rooms and two interview rooms at an estimated cost of about 3600 dollars. The center would then house 10 boys and five girls, with two new rooms for boys and one for a girl. In a separate matter, a 7.5 acre tract at Ohio 747 and Mulhauser Road was rezoned from agricultural to heavy industrial at the request of Fifth Third Union Trust Co. of Cincinnati with no objections.
A garbled item lists births and parental names including Mr and Mrs Lawrence Stacy and Mr and Mrs Tom Powell with partial addresses and references to Archie Carter and Jobe T Johnson in London. It mentions paternal grandparents Edwin T Johnson and an address at 153 Woodvan Ave, with scattered fragments of other lines.
A collage of names including Mrs William Banks Harold Keister Edward Norton and Samuel Cox Jr appears in a dismissals roster alongside multiple street and place references such as Prank Eiman Camden Yankee Camro Yankee Busier Pima Ave Auburn and South Ave. The fastest nerve signals note suggests a human physiology aside concluding with a line about 283 miles per hour.
A Middletown driver George A. Tipton charged after colliding with a funeral procession at N Verity Parkway and Germantown Road causing 175 dollars in damage. Moore and Sagraves cited for unsafe backing and following too closely with insufficient lights.
SANDUSKY Ohio AP The new Thomas A Edison Memorial Bridge spanning the bay was dedicated by James A Rhodes as a multi million dollar tourist mecca opens. The 3.2 million bridge part of a 15.5 million project eases bottlenecks linking U S 6 Ohio 2 and Ohio 269 from west of Sandusky to east of Port Clinton.
Yesterday in Manchester Avenue and Wall Street area a collision damaged several vehicles. Frank Blaine and Joseph F Mahan were involved, with Blaine charged after pulling from a stop. James Lecomte and others reported as witnesses or involved, with cars owned by Richard Reed and Richard Combs also noted. The incident occurred in the 29th block of Sherman Avenue around 23 am.
West Chester resident Arve L. Mardis of 679 Cresh Avenue files a suit in Butler County Common Pleas against Joan G. Hill of Dayton seeking $100,000 for alleged negligence after a Dec 14, 1983 collision on a one way Milein Road bridge, claiming medical expenses and damages from the accident.
Washington obituary notes the death of economist G. Moulton 2, a longtime public servant who reorganized the ten and served 33 years. He worked on a hospital project and led studies on economic, social, and policy issues for the government and a private study group.
The NAACP plans a public meeting at 3:00 pm Sunday at the Holness Temple of the Universe located at 08 18th Ave. President Dr E W Washington announced the event and urged public attendance.
The Ohio Highway Director announced a seven mile stretch of Interstate 90 in Lorain County will begin construction next year at a cost of 9.24 million dollars. Bids for a 2.7 mile segment between Ohio 57 and near Ohio 244 are due April 19, with bids for the remaining 4.3 miles to Ohio 76 due August 9. A 1.2 mile tie-in with Ohio 254 near Ohio 57 started last August for completion by October 31. The overall 29 mile portion from the Ohio Turnpike west of Elyria to downtown Cleveland carries a 135 million dollar price tag, with final sections slated to start in 1969.
An AP poll shows President Charles de Gaulle with 55 percent of the decided vote in Sunday's runoff against Socialist Francois Mitterrand in Paris.
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