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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 27, 1968

Page

13

Losses From Three Accidents Top $3,000

Auto and property damage from three yesterday accidents exceed 3000 dollars with two injuries. icy streets blamed for two wrecks including a Baltimore Street crash involving Marguerite Snodgrass’s 1968 car causing 1200 dollar damage to her vehicle and 500 for a home porch while Snodgrass faced excessive speed charges.

Baltimore Street Marguerite Snodgrass Shelley St A. D. Johnson Baltimore St Charles McLinch Manning L. Courtney Snodgrass Middletown Hospital Germantown Road Nelson Smith Jr Germantown Clyde Phillips Dorothy Lane Middletown Smith L. D. Conley Tytus Ave N. Verity Parkway

Yale blessings Winner's Theme shines in Christmas display

Mrs. Earl Arthur of 405 Jackson Lane won first place in the Christmas Lighting Contest general classification with a display featuring Mary and the child Jesus in a picture window and stained glass windows lit from inside. Second and third places went to David Eich and Jack Vonderhaar, with honors and other winners named across several categories. Judges included local residents and the event was sponsored by the Town and Country Garden Club and Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co.

Earl Arthur Jackson Lane Brosee Jones Waneta Ave Bob Wilson Bayview St Trimble Croydon Lane Harold Aoy Brell Drive Mrs. Arthur Dudley Inwood Todd Gardner Thomas Leight Town and Country Garden Club Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co Glenn Selby

Counterfeiting of Ohio unemployment checks grows

Ohio State Treasurer John D. Herbert reports 131 counterfeit unemployment warrants totaling 10 494 dollars have been found with 19 recent cashe s. The fraud targets Fairborn Dayton Cincinnati Springfield Franklin and Kettering areas with stores cashing mostly small purchases. The blue fraud checks misread State of Ohio and Bureau of Unemployment Compensation against genuine Ohio Bureau of Employment Services wording.

Columbus Ohio John D. Herbert Herbert Fairborn Dayton Cincinnati Springfield Franklin and Kettering State of Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation Ohio Bureau of Employment Services

Intruder Injured During Break-in at Northway Inn

Police report a break-in at the Northway Inn on Tytus Avenue netting about 190 dollars in loot. Detectives found blood near a restroom window believed to be the entry point, suggesting an intruder may have been cut by glass.

Northway Inn Tytus Ave John May Boylston St

Air crash rates by region show higher North American deaths

North America records the highest air crash rate with an average 33 accidents annually over five years and 291 deaths. Europe reports 22 accidents yearly and 257 deaths, reflecting the continent's travel volume.

London North America Europe

Flying Out For Crash Survivors

Leo Byrd of Mentor Ohio says his wife and two daughters survivors of a Christmas Eve plane crash near Bradford. Mrs Byrd 29 and daughters Brenda 7 Betty 9 are hospitalized recovering from injuries among 27 survivors of Allegheny Airlines crash that killed 20. Byrd stayed behind for work and drove to Bradford after news.

Bradford Leo Byrd Mentor Ohio Byrd Brenda Betty Bradford Hospital Allegheny Airlines Harrisburg SCM Corp Cleveland

Physicians warn certain drugs raise sun sensitivity

Chicago doctors caution that some medicines including certain chemicals can alter the skin’s natural UV shield, increasing sun sensitivity and risk of sunburn for patients taking them.

Chicago John Madison United States

Middletown Christmas Lighting Contest Routes Listed

Local committee outlines two viewing routes for the annual Christmas Lighting and Decorating Contest in Middletown. Twenty one decorated stops are on route one starting at 2002 Brell Drive, with addresses across Croydon Lane Manchester Road and nearby streets, plus a second set of twenty two entries in picture window doorway and group displays including McCoy Leffler Funeral Home Sherman School and Sherman School as noted across Central Avenue Roosevelt Avenue and other neighborhoods.

Middletown Brell Drive Croydon Lane Manchester Road Alamo Road Kenwood Drive Central Ave Gideon Road Roosevelt Ave Bayview St Barbara Drive Carolina St Park St Jackson Lane Highland St Waneta Ave Ferrer St S. Main St Catalpa Drive Winona Drive Jewel Ave Barnitz St Wildwood Road Windridge Court Harden Ave Hannah Drive Timber Trail Brentwood St Ross Ave Grand Ave McCoy Leffler Funeral Home S. Sutphin Street Sherman School Grove St Calumet Ave Minnesota St Yankee Road Elsmere St

Aeronca workers help craft Apollo 8 capsule panels

Aeronca Middletown employees including about 60 production staff and engineers assisted in manufacturing two layer stainless steel walls for the Apollo command module. Panels used honeycomb steel and were brazed in ovens as a subcontractor to North American Rockwell.

Aeronca, Inc Germantown Road Aeronca Armco Steel Corp Paul Moore Moore Middletown Carman Apollo North American Rockwell Downey Calif

Winners At Monroe Named In Christmas Lighting Contest

Monroe Kiwanis and Garden clubs sponsored the contest. Mr. and Mrs. John Baker won the overall prize at 537 Fox Run Road. Best door display went to Edward Woodward of 263 Carcer Road. Best window display honored Don Cunningham of 330 Sunset. Honorable mentions included Paul Ruark, Dave Follmer, and Rex Wireman.

Monroe John Baker Fox Run Road Monroe Kiwanis and Garden Clubs Ronald Conley Dorothy Lane Elizabeth Detmer Cyril Reisert Edward Woodward Carcer Road Don Cunningham Paul Ruarks Dave Follmers Rex Wiremans

Middletown Miami Campus Sees Little Enrollment Change

About 147 new students join the Middletown Campus for winter trimester starting Jan 8, not altering overall enrollment. Total daytime and evening enrollment last trimester stood around 2,200, with 80 women and 67 men among the new admittees. admissions from several area high schools are listed. Registrations for returning and evening students run Jan 3 to Jan 8 with advisers available Jan 3 4 and Jan 6 9.

Middletown Miami University Carlisle High School Clearcreek High School Kings Mills High School Lakota High School Preble Shawnee High School Trenton High School

Ice Causes Multiple Crashes in Warren County

Warren County motorists battled ice causing five injuries in two accidents as eight crashes were logged by Lebanon Post 83 from 3:30 p.m. to midnight. Betty Fee, 37, of South Lebanon, was hurt when her car overturned on Mason Morrow Milgrove Road near Route 48 and taken to Clinton Memorial Hospital. In another locality four people were injured on Route 22 two miles west of Route 350 after a driver stopped to aid the first crash. Ronald Flint, Vera Poe and two passengers were hospitalized at Clinton Memorial Hospital.

Warren County The Lebanon Post 83 Betty Fee S. Mary Lane South Lebanon Mason-Morrow- Milgrove Rt. 48 Fee Clinton Memorial Hospital Wilmington Ronald Flint Pike St Morrow Vera Poe S. Ward Road

Retired Farmer Is Club Speaker

Joseph W. Baird a retired farmer will address the Rotary Club Tuesday noon at the Manchester Motor Inn on Problems of Farmers Ray Brown will serve as program chairman The meeting will announce an essay The Meaning of Rotary in the Community by Rev Robert Clark is entered in a Rotary International contest to be concluded next spring Rev Clark is pastor of St Luke United Presbyterian Church

Joseph W. Baird Union Road Rotary Club Manchester Motor Inn Ray Brown Rotary Robert Clark Mr. Clark St. Luke United Presbyterian Church

Ohio State Band Named for Nixon Inaugural Parade

Ohio State University's marching band, fresh from the Rose Bowl, will represent Ohio in President elect Nixon's January 20 inaugural parade. The 120 man all brass unit marks the first non athletic Ohio appearance abroad in 35 years.

Columbus Ohio Ohio State University Nixon

Trailer Hits Car Injuring Three On Icy Bridge

Three people including a 5 year old were admitted to Middletown Hospital after a tractor-trailer out of control on ice on Trenton bridge struck their car. Driver Samuel Ballard and his wife Ruby were in fair condition. son Scott in satisfactory condition. James Foster, driver of the out of control truck, was treated and released.

Middletown Hospital Trenton Samuel Ballard Charles St Ruby Scott James Foster Vance St. Foster Ballard Foster

Duke's Game Ties Namesake to Badminton Rules

The article explains badminton named for the Duke of Beaufort's Gloucestershire estate where current rules were agreed. It notes the sport's origins are believed to be in the Orient and traces the naming as a geographic association rather than a birthplace.

Badminton England Duke of Beaufort Gloucestershire

FBI arrests third man in liquor hijacking case

FBI says George Lemak was arrested in suburban Pittsburgh as agents recover most of the $100,000 worth of liquor and wine stolen from a Charleston warehouse. Two others, Thomas Balent and Paul Vokovich, were already in custody after a pre dawn raid in Westmoreland County, West Virginia and Pennsylvania operate the hijacking ring.

Pittsburgh FBI West Virginia George Lemak Westmoreland County Pennsylvania Thomas Balent Turtle Creek Paul Vokovich Columbus Ohio Charleston W.va

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