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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1975
Page
2
Middletown opens a $2 million four level parking garage with a 752 space capacity. Free parking for the first month applies to the first three levels during a shakedown period. City will set hourly and monthly rates soon.
A fire at 51 Lincoln St started by a two year old playing with matches damaged a mattress and wall. contents losses $75 and building damage $25. A resident, Mary Allen, 19, sustained first and second degree burns. Earlier, at 9:09 a.m., Ollie Wright, 73, was hospitalized in fair condition after a fire at 2209 Queen Ave. Police investigated two separate break ins: a welder worth $150 stolen from Central Ave/Carmody Blvd building owned by the Miami Conservancy District and an air compressor valued at $70 taken from 2101 Logan Ave. a window was broken to enter.
Montgomery County coroner's investigator Mary Garrison said 44 year old Mary Trent of 10647 Gay Road Pennyroyal area was killed yesterday when her car slid on a slick spot on the Mi amisburg Springboro Road overpass of I 75 and struck Marvin Bowling of Blanchester. Bowling and a passenger in his car had minor injuries. Trent was en route to her Elder Beerman job near the Dayton Mall. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
United States and Soviet representatives opened top level discussions in Geneva on terms of a new treaty to limit offensive weapons. U.S. Ambassador at large led the U.S. delegation as talks began Saturday with the Soviet side seeking rapid progress.
A Trenton woman Sharon Cline 30 was cited for blocking a traffic lane after her car backed into the left lane in front of the Rinks department store 3200 Roosevelt Blvd last evening. Police said her vehicle halted in the median while she waited to turn, causing Douglas Cundiff 16 to brake and swerve into Leroy Hardeman Jr. 20, with damages of 200 and 50 dollars.
A twin engine executive plane carrying Ebco Manufacturing Co. executives from Columbus, Ohio, crashed while approaching Atlantic City Airport. Chief pilot Gilbert Stine, 30, and copilot Ken Morgan, 46, were killed. The Lockheed Super Ventura, recently converted from a Navy bomber, disappeared from radar at 10 45 a m and wrecked in a wooded area after burning. FAA officials cited no distress signal. Local authorities and FAA investigators examined the scene.
Obituary notices list George Hart 75 of Bradenton Florida former Middle town resident died Friday. Services set Tuesday at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with burial in Fairview Cemetery Gratis. Hart was a Diamond National Corp. employee for 22 years and member of Camden Lodge F&AM and Scottish Rite Dayton. Survivors include eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren. John A Leger 85 dies at Middletown Hospital after Jan 14 admission. Leger from Knox County Kentucky, survived by wife Bertha and another daughter, plus seven grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Arrangements incomplete at Croley’s Funeral Home Williamsburg Kentucky. Eugene Smith 46 of 613 E State St Middletown dies Friday in Mount Vernon Kentucky of apparent heart attack. Services 2 p.m. tomorrow at Home in Middletown. burial Miltonville Cemetery. Smith was city of Trenton employee, member of police auxiliary and Amanda Athletic Club. Mrs Mary Weober 61 of 4528 Creekview Drive dies yesterday at home. Survived by husband Eugene (d. 1969), stepson Jack Webber of London England, and brother Robert Sutphin of Tucson. Arrangements incomplete at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home.
Roger S. Ahlbrandt, Middletown native and CEO of Allegheny Ludlum Industries, was named the 1975 Pittsburgh metropolitan chairman of the National Alliance of Businessmen. Ahlbrandt attended Middletown High School 1926–1929 and the U.S. Naval Academy, graduating in 1934 before joining Allegheny Ludlum.
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