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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1973
Page
11
Danny O Neill newly elected president of Local 336 IAFF said the 7 percent wage increase plus benefits is fair but city offers 12 percent take it or leave it. Firemen walked out as negotiations began November 3 with a one year contract expiring Monday.
Butler County police paused the search for James R. Mays who disappeared after a report he jumped from the West Middletown bridge. His family continues to believe he is in the river and has hired a private helicopter to survey the area. The Dec 12 incident left his car and a death note, with additional sightings tested by a Middletown patrolman and a waitress identifying him. If alive, officials face questions about motive. relatives cite a work injury as a possible cause of disorientation. Civil defense walkers may be posted along river banks next weekends. The search cost an estimated $7,000.
An Akron apartment fire claimed two lives, a 58 year old woman and her 23 year old daughter Gloria Norris. Helen Heizel, the mother, died in the blaze along with her daughter after the fire broke out Thursday night.
The city will collect Christmas trees January 3 through 7 in four sections divided by the Penn Central tracks and Central Avenue. Northwestern area pickup is January 2, northeastern January 3, southwestern January 4, and southwestern January 7, with a citywide run January 8 through 11. Trees must be stripped of metal. most trees become mulch for park use.
Providence report states former Rhode Island Gov Christopher Del Sesto 66 died Thursday He served two terms from 1959 to 1961 as a Republican and led the state during the early 1960s.
William C. Akers of Akers Packaging Service Inc was chosen as president of the Middletown Area Chamber of Commerce for 1974 succeeding Wilbur M Cohen of Cohen Brothers Inc Long William D Long and Robert B Crooke were named vice presidents with Mildred F Conn re elected secretary treasurer Crooke advances from an executive committee seat to lead policy making for community and economic growth during the coming year
A 15 year old Franklin girl, Elizabeth Kay Davis, died when a car she rode in crashed into a tree on Robinson Vail Road near Ohio 122. The driver, 17 year old Carl M. Hunter, was seriously injured with a broken hip. He was hospitalized in the intensive care unit. The crash occurred around 7 p.m. after a passing maneuver on wet pavement. The two youths were extricated with a cutting torch as investigators from Franklin police pursue the case. Davis was a Franklin High School sophomore. survivors include her parents, two brothers, and two grandfathers. Funeral plans are pending.
A 22 year old former Carlisle man Joel Greer was killed in a three car Dayton crash on Ohio 741 near the Dayton Mall. Another fatal accident on Hoover Avenue claimed four more lives including Margene Wright Loretta Johnson and Jerrie Ray Jr. A railroad crossing collision killed Willie Vickers and a final crash near a pole left Katherine James dead and Elmer Landers seriously injured. The toll marked the worst day in Montgomery County since 1969.
A Butler County suit filed by Gene R. Abercrombie director of the Ohio Department of Agriculture demands that the National Farmers Organization Inc and its agents apply for dealer or broker licenses. The action cites state law requiring licensing for those who buy sell or move large livestock volumes and seeks protection of Ohioan interests and disease control.
Police reported Margarete Miles and Dorothy Miles living at 220 Garfield St had their home broken into with a rear door jimmied. A neighbor saw three boys on the porch. Thefts also included 225 dollars, a tape player, and 10 to 15 dollars in quarters from an apartment at 1402 First Ave and a stereo from Gerald Burke at 2210 Linden Ave.
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