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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1975
Page
2
As the Christmas season arrives the Middletown Area Neediest Fund reports strong generosity with funds used to buy coats and shoes for those in need. Local donors and organizations contributed to fill winter needs and support families facing cold months.
Salvation Army kettle collections show gains over last year with $4,231.94 raised to date versus $3,487.98 then. The year’s target mirrors last year’s $18,743.18 total as volunteers continue collecting through Christmas Eve for baskets toys and gifts.
Officials from MANY and United Way note coats and shoes are the top needs as funds, already used this winter, supply area youth. Clavin Verity says donations from Circle 2 and Circle 5 churches support buying clothes, patterns, and materials through area schools.
Keith Smith, 21, of 905 Young St., arrested at Middletown Mall at 12:30 pm for armed robbery of Meadowlawn Cafe at 1523 Lafayette Ave. William Wilson, owner, signed affidavit charging Smith with aggravated robbery. Three men in stockin masks involved. patrons robbed and locked in basement. Case continued to a later Municipal court date.
Two Hamilton men George Couch 36 and Gene Couch 39 were arrested on charges of receiving and concealing stolen property after Butler County detectives recovered about $10 000 worth of goods from their homes. Items included guns televisions stereos tape recorders CB radios and an antique lock. Detectives also found merchandise at the father’s Somerset Kentucky home. The arrests stem from a juvenile tip and investigators say the brothers made weekend trips to Kentucky to move items with some sold locally.
Overnight Tuesday two refrigerators were stolen from Lamplight Apartments on Main Street as two stores and the apartment units were broken into. Police say windows were forced in the rear units and a chandelier and carpeting may be missing. Earlier, King's Kitchen at S Main Street and First Avenue was burglarized with a cigarette machine pried open and unknown amount of change taken. An employee reported both doors damaged between 6 and 6:40 a.m.
Timmy Million and Debbie Johnson faced aggravated robbery charges in Middletown Municipal Court after Lemon Township police linked their car to a Dixie Motor Court heist. The suspects allegedly brandished a .38 revolver, fleeing with about $100 and a portable color TV from the Trenton motel.
A series of brief notices from Middletown and Franklin report several deaths. Ralph DeBord 80 of 4722 Jefferson Road died on arrival at Middletown Hospital, survived by wife Margaret, funeral arrangements by Joseph er & Sons. Marion L. Batey 86 formerly of Springboro died at Otterbein Home. services at Eaton Funeral Home, burial Springboro Cemetery. Mrs Daisy Tutt Moore 71 of 919 14th Ave died at Middletown Hospital after an extended illness. funeral at McCoy Leffler with graveside Woodside Cemetery. Ledman Reed 63 of 4010 Middletown Oxford Road died on arrival. services at Joseph R. Baker & Sons. Robert W. Reedy 58 of 1264 E Second St died at Kettering Memorial Hospital after heart attack. services at Anglesby Funeral Home. Bertha J Woolard 95 formerly Germantown died in Bradenton Florida. graveside Germantown Cemetery with John Arpp Funeral Home in charge.
Carlisle officials are urged to define sewer boundaries within 30 days for a planned system led by Wes Flower of the Miami Conservancy District. A map extends beyond village lines as hookup decisions hinge on a trunk sewer from Germantown to the regional plant in Franklin.
John William Boyd 49, Middletown unemployed, charged with the kidnapping and slaying of University of Cincinnati coed Susan Gorman, will plead innocent at a Pendleton County preliminary hearing in Falmouth Kentucky set for next week. Boyd’s court appointed attorney Robert Bathalter plans a psychiatric exam after the hearing.
Arthur Keller aged 80 of Hamilton mass of Christian burial at St Peter's Church Saturday at 10 a.m. Dora Patierno age 65 of 4045 Hamilton Mason Road services Saturday at 2 p.m. McKee Kentucky Emerson Pierson age 62 of 106 N Washington Blvd services Saturday at 10 30 a.m. Proeschel
Kentucky burley growers sold 18.3 million pounds across 28 of 30 markets as prices slipped to 103.14 per hundred pounds. Auctions pause for two weeks with sales resuming January 5. The state logged 21.4 million pounds the day prior.
Lebanon patrolman Lionel H. Lawhorn received the Ace honor for recovering five stolen vehicles and making four arrests on I-71 and the Three-C Highway. He is the Lebanon post’s fourth Ace this year and 41st in the state. Lawhorn, originally from Loveland, joined the patrol in 1968 and lives in South Lebanon with his wife Sharon and two daughters. Col. Frank Blackstone presented the award, along with special plates, a certificate, and a ribbon.
A wallet worth 118 dollars disappeared from Jim Combs's YMCA locker on Michael Road. Donald Parsons, 34, of Vannest Avenue, is charged with carrying a loaded concealed weapon after a gun was found in his car near Perkin's Pancake House. Police investigated a youth with a citizens band radio at Lamark's Drugs parking lot on University Boulevard. Alice Callahan of Pleasant Valley Road Camden reported a broken window on her truck and a missing CB antenna.
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