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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1968
Page
2
A call to the 2900 block of Plymouth Ave at 8 am reported a vicious dog tearing a front door. Officers found a cold hungry puppy, owner unknown, and took it home for the weekend before turning it over to the dog warden.
Union pressure prompts Colt Heating and Ventilation workers to drop the extra half hour pledged earlier in the year. Typists at the Surbiton head office stay with the pledge as management disputes the plan. Trade leaders urge smarter labor use while noting the split inside the company and across British industry.
Two women were treated and dismissed from Middletown Hospital after an 11 a.m. crash on Superior Avenue at Stanley Street. Irene McKenzie, 45, of 5625 Manchester Road, cited for failure to yield, suffered head injuries. Passenger Phobie McKenzie, 81, of 112 Shafer Street, had facial cuts. The McKenzies’ car struck a side of a car driven by Jesse Bendel, 69, of 121 Orchard Street. damage totaled about $1,000.
A battery valued at 415 was stolen from a car owned by Richard Capozzi at 4418 S. Dixie Highway while parked in city lot No. 6 yesterday. A reverberator valued at 20 was stolen from a car owned by Jim Yocum at 612 Young St while parked in front of his house Friday night.
Gerald Ellen reported three men jumped him as he entered Corner Cafe on Central Avenue at 10 50 am yesterday stealing his wallet containing 50 dollars and personal papers. The incident is under police investigation.
The final forum at Temple Beth Sholom is postponed due to the death of Esther Schwartz, wife of Hamilton County Juvenile Court Judge Benjamin Schwartz. An announcement will be made soon on rescheduling the last part of the forum, which was to start at 7:30 tonight.
Howard's coffee house returns with a new home at 2632 Totus Avenue and Enoch Drive next to Cassano Pizza King. It will host weekly and weekend programs for college students featuring jazz poetry folk singing and film screenings with a Vietnam documentary on Feb 18.
At 6 14 p m a fire incident at 1726 Central Ave Martin's Bar and Grill involved Doris Cottrell 39 of 1312 Central Ave who suffered head neck and chest pain and was taken to Middletown Hospital where she was admitted in undetermined condition
Maude L Prater 58 of 4830 Canal Road Hamilton died at 9 30 a m yesterday after two years of illness. She lived in Middletown 35 years before moving to Canal Road a year ago. Survived by husband Kiser one son Bill seven daughters and many relatives. Services 1 p m Tuesday at House of Prayer Yankee Road Rev T L McIntosh officiating Burial North Monroe Cemetery Friends may call Joseph R Baker Son Funeral Home Monday 3-5 and 7-9 p m.
Charles A Beatty 47 of 205 Renee Drive died Friday at Middletown Hospital. Funeral services set for 9 a m at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with Rev J C McKinney officiating. Burial in Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call today 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p m.
In Concord New Hampshire moves to draft Kennedy and Reagan for the presidential primary were dropped. A full slate favored to Rockefeller was filed while Kennedy shifted support to McCarthy and Nixon led a pledged Republican slate.
Ninth graders Sally Owens and Danny Manley were named queen and king at Amanda Junior High School's annual Sweetheart Ball. The Frantic Banana provided rock and roll music for the event.
Bowling Green State University will raise room and board costs next fall as it shifts from semesters to quarters. Trustees approved an 80 dollar annual increase, making three quarters cost 930 dollars versus 850 for two semesters.
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