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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1972
Page
2
Chris Johnson, 21, a Kent State junior from Pittsburgh, spent 93 minutes in a snow and ice filled bathtub to set a world record after confirming no prior claim. Friends tested his numb body with pins and he planned to seek 1000 pins next week to push the challenge further.
Obituaries note rates for Rose Ellen Carrozza 67 of 312 Park Street with funeral at Yankee Road Church of God and burial at Woodside Cemetery. Harold Klapper 51 of 3117 Roslyn Drive dies at home after five weeks illness. services at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with burial at Monroe North Cemetery. survivors include wife Edith two sons and siblings. Additional death notices mention Betsy Wyllie and multiple Stallings relatives with arrangements pending at Wilson Schramm Memorial Home.
Mrs. Robin Banford 68 of 1007 Second Ave. died at 5 30 am at Middletown Hospital after an extended illness. Born in Salisbury North Carolina she had lived in Middletown 31 years and was secretary of the Banford Heating Co operated by her husband Ralph before her death.
E. Greene Trimble, brother of W. Kelly Trimble of Middletown, died at his Lexington home. A University of Kentucky professor for 35 years before retirement, he was a Cornell and Berea College alumnus. Survived by daughter Ruth Timberman of Arvada, Colorado, son Robert of Henderson, Kentucky, brother Madison of Trotwood, and sister Mrs Spencer of Frenchburg. Funeral services and burial set for Saturday in Kentucky.
Four funeral notices list Elijah Messer age 84 of Williamsdale with a 10 a.m. Saturday service at Webb. Grace Bisdorf age 72 of 622 Cleveland Ave with a 10 a.m. Monday service at Campbell. Sarah Emmett of 2538 Bell Road with a 2 p.m. Monday service at Webb. Mare Massie age 57 of 2356 Elmo Ave with a 10 a.m. Saturday service at Zettler.
The annual card party by the Young Democrats Club of Butler County is set for Tuesday at Waldo's Supper Club in Hamilton. The event starts at 7 30 p m and public admission is one dollar at the door.
Guerrillas of FRELIMO aided by locals blew up a Portuguese army truck on a highway near the Zambia border in northwestern Mozambique. Nine people were killed and five wounded, including five soldiers and four civilians. The attack marked the first guerrilla action in that district since last September.
Washington AP Pat Nixon plans to visit a mainland China children’s hospital and hopes to see acupuncture demonstrated. She aims to bring a birthday present for daughter Tricia, who will turn 26 on February 21, the Nixon arrival date in China.
Ant ic h California. Ruby Vanderhave a blonde grandmother of three earns a living by raising and lowering a drawbridge to permit ships on the Antioch River to pass. She says the job comes naturally from farm work and operating heavy equipment. Vanderhave once served as relief tender on four California bridges before permanently taking over at the Antioch Bridge near San Francisco.
Lloyd Golding of the National Association of Truck Stop Operators says the traditional greasy spoon truck stops are fading as modern auto truck plazas rise. New facilities include barber shops post offices grocery stores banks clothing stores and Western Union, attracting more than truck drivers.
Dr. Joseph Krall, a Baltimore dentist, said a man he treated and a companion waiting outside held him up at gunpoint and took his wallet. The pair fled with over 500 dollars in cash and 30 mutual tickets from Bowie Race Day, but none of the horses won.
Sharon Ann Flaughter, 20, was placed on three years probation after being found guilty of first degree manslaughter in the July 26 suffocation of her newborn. She testified she believed the baby was dead at birth. The child was discovered in a suit case the same day she and husband Rob ert Flaughter, shortly after their Hillsboro marriage, were admitted to a Portsmouth hospital.
Fifteen members of Junior Girl Scout Troop 468 from Jefferson School toured Middletown Hospital yesterday afternoon. The girls, escorted by junior volunteers, visited the emergency room and intensive care unit then stopped in the cafeteria.
Ten Middletown area high school seniors join statewide finalists in the 1972 Betty Crocker Search for the American Homemaker of Tomorrow. The state winner earns 1500 dollars and a trip with 50 others to Washington DC in April. top four receive 5000, 4000, 3000 and 2000 dollar scholarships.
Evangelist Billy Graham visited the Ohio Reformatory for Women and said he was moved by a single sentence from a black inmate. He contrasted prison reform needs with criticisms from inmates and prefaced a fall tour of prisons with Johnny Cash.
Alan J. Rich an 18 year old YMCA member was in good condition at Middletown Hospital after being struck by a car driven by 67 year old Michael Rakinski at 3 15 p m on N Verity Parkway Gordon Alley Rich ran into the street from in front of a stopped pickup and was thrown 15 feet according to police reports
Authorities in Ye men enforce a policy allowing firearms only for police and soldiers, restricting civilian possession. The rule aims to curb unauthorized gun ownership and reduce potential violence.
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