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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1971
Page
2
FBI halted a hijacking on Christmas Day after the suspect surrendered with $900,000 in ransom. The incident began when the hijacker fired twice aboard the plane near Chicago O’Hare and demanded money and parachutes. Police pursued, the aircraft landed safely, and the suspect faced imminent federal arraignment.
Big Brothers offering Rose Parade programs on New Year's Day 1972. The program includes history of the profession and profiles of key contributors. Fund-raising is led by the Madison Trenton Monroe committee. potential volunteers are screened by the executive director and social worker. Copies are available for a $5 fee.
William Walter Arkill 74 of Dayton and formerly of Middletown died after an extended illness. Surviving are his wife Fannie and two daughters Marjorie Dorothy. Services Monday at 2 pm at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home officiated by Rev Clifford Stearns. Burial in Woodside. No visitations.
Mrs Elizabeth Bush 67 of 2306 Woodlawn Ave died at 7 20 p m Friday at Middletown Hospital Survived by daughter Phyllis McKee of Middletown three sisters Anna Adams Glayds Perry Malvadeen Markle all of Trenton and two brothers Harry McGuire of Trenton Morton McGuire of Miami Fla. Funeral p m Tuesday with Rev Donald McCombs officiating Burial Miltonville Cemetery Calling hours Monday 3 5 and 7 9 p m at funeral home
John Hammonds aged 58 of Diamond Mill Road German town died Thursday in Chicago after a sudden illness. He was a truck driver for Carolina Freight Carriers. He is survived by his [text incomplete].
Harry C. Miller 80 of 2950 E Rahn Road Kettering died Friday at Kettering General Hospital. A retired time repair foreman at Delco Moraine he belonged to Eastgate Lodge F&AM No. 63 Columbus Scottish Rite Squaremens Club Dayton Foremens Club and was a World War I veteran and American Legion Post 5 member. Survivors include his wife Anne C. Charles two daughters Frances Cohoon and Vivian Duff both of Middletown two granddaughters and three great grandchildren. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. tomorrow at Tobias Funeral Home 648 Watervliet Ave Dayton with Rev. Winfield F. Ramish officiating. Burial Miami Valley Memory Gardens. Visitation 2-4 and 7-9 today.
Thelma L Miracle 57 of 3715 Vannest Ave with services at 2 PM Tuesday at Joseph R Baker and Sons Funeral Home Reverend Herschel Caudill of Woodside Cemetery to officiate.
Kelly Wills Jr 43 of M01 Lewis St died yesterday. A World War I aviation buff he attended a Nesberst Germany reunion of Baron von Richthofen’s Flying Circus pilots last April. He is survived by Mary Hall Wills his father Kelly E Wills Sr of Mt Clemons Mich and five daughters Marilyn Carolyn ete and Penny and three sisters Norma Sylvester Juanita Moore and Betty. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Wilson Schramm Funeral Home Clark Street with services pending.
Tobe Wright aged 69 of 2614 Oxford State Road died at Cincinnati General Hospital where he had been treated since December 6 for burns from a gasoline fire. He was a farmer survived by wife Hazel two sons Marvin of Middletown and Donald of Trenton five grandchildren and three brothers Pearl William and Lonnie of Middletown. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home.
Camden officers report two suspects jailed in connection with a death in Camden on Thursday. Police did not release additional details pending investigation or formal charges.
A 3 year old Daytonian was jailed Friday afternoon to be charged tomorrow with the third armed robbery of a downtown finance office in six weeks. Roderick C. Bradley was arrested at the Welfare Finance Co offices at 1053 Central Ave. A companion escaped but the money taken and a weapon were recovered. Employees held up were Melvin C. Miller and Foster Evans. On Nov 2 and Dec 10 another man fit Bradley’s description according to cashier Mary Mikula who was not working Friday.
At 12 43 p m on Crawford Street a trash fire caused no damage. At 1 39 p m on Erie Avenue a car owned by Ronald Ely of West Carrollton sustained 20 dollars in damage from a flooded carburetor due to the blaze.
County police report Igene Barker, 3 percent in Shandon, died after his car left the left side of Oxford Road near the Butler County line and overturned while driving north at 9 40 p m Zelma Barker, 33, was taken to a hospital after the crash.
Stanley Wilson 20 told Middletown police he and his brother Charles Wilson wrestled at a Middletown home party at 1 a.m. a gun discharged and he was not aware of the wound until nine hours later. He was admitted to Middletown Hospital at 10 a.m. and listed in good condition last night.
A Hamilton Ohio woman was accidentally shot to death by her sister during a pistol demonstration. Margaret Sears aged 56 died of a head wound at General Hospital. Marie Ball 52 admitted she did not know the pistol carried a chambered round. The shooting occurred during a Christmas visit.
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