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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 13, 1970

Page

2

Deaths And Funerals Woodrow Griffis

Woodrow Griffis fifty of Corbin Kentucky died at 10 45 am yesterday in Corbin He is survived by his wife Maxine a son Hilary of Corbin his father Dennis Griffis of Smithtown Kentucky and four sisters including Mrs Cleta Ulery of Springboro Services and burial will be held in Whitley Kentucky with arrangements by Hickman Funeral Home also noted are the infant daughter of Lt and Mrs Carl Stein Tarawa Terrace North Carolina stillborn Wednesday at the Navy Hospital Camp Lejeune and the paternal grandmother Mrs Dorothy Stein and maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Edwin Tyson of Middletown Arrangements were by McCoy Leffler Funeral Home Also listed are Stanley Rice sixty two of 1150 Colonial Infant Stein Drive with services at 10 am tomorrow and private graveside services for ? Webb.

Woodrow Griffis Corbin Franklin Area Maxine Hilary Dennis Griffis Smithtown Cleta Ulery Springboro Whitley Key Hickman Funeral Home Carl Stein Tarawa Terrace N.C Woodside Cemetery Irvin Emmons Navy Hospital Camp LeJeune Dorothy Stein Edwin Tyson Middletown McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home

Six youths injured as car hits stump near Preble County

Early today five Trenton teens and a child were hospitalized after a single vehicle crash on Wayne Trace Road. Driver Harold J. Coldiron, 18, and four passengers were treated. Miss Tabor and Lois Haller, aged 12, released with minor injuries. Coldiron cited for no license. In a separate wreck on Howe Road, Donald Ledford, 21, was treated for a right hand injury after sliding into a guardpost while avoiding a westbound vehicle.

Wayne Trace Road Rt. 744 Preble County Harold J. Coldiron Johnns St Kenneth R. Bennett N. Main St Judy Patterson Elaine Tabor Lois Jane Haller Second St Miss Tabor Haller Mercy Hospital Fort Hamilton Hospital Howe Road Trenton - Franklin Road Donald R. Ledford N. Leibee St Middletown Hospital Ledford

Guns Ring Liquor Stolen In Several City Thefts

Thieves took items from multiple homes and stores including an automatic shotgun from Alvin Miller’s residence and a diamond ring with whisky from Mrs. R C Mack. A chain saw and paint sprayer were stolen from Fred Taulbee’s car in an Armco lot. A .38 revolver was taken from the Ward Store and two men fled with cigarettes from United Dairy Farmers on Vail Avenue. The report notes two time measurements used in calendars.

Alvin Miller Lafayette Ave R.C. Mack Grand Ave Fred Taulbee Lamberton Street Armco Ward Carl Hammonds Harmon St Franklin United Dairy Farmers Vail Avenue

Middletown Attorney Bender in Serious Condition

Walter R. Bender a prominent Middletown attorney collapsed with a heart attack yesterday afternoon and was admitted to the intensive care unit at Middletown Hospital where his condition is listed as serious.

Walter R. Bender Middletown Middletown Hospital

Lemon Monroe High stages Portrait of Jennie play

Lemon Monroe High School junior class presents Robert Nathan's Portrait of Jennie this Saturday at 8 p.m. The romance spans two worlds as Jennie Applleton reappears for Eben Adams. Cast includes John Shumate, Nancy Ellis, Gus the taxi driver, and others with Don Baker directing. Tickets from cast members or at door. $1 for students $1.25 for adults.

Lemon- Monroe High School Robert Nathan Jennie Jennie Appleton Eben Adams Roberta Smith John Shumate Nancy Ellis Gus New York Glenn Williams Jenny Hay Don Irwin John Singleton Monica Manasco Sally Owens Cam Petrocy Trebbie Blount Don Baker

Gimmick Contests Fade as Firms Abandon Preselected Winners

Rep. John Dingell reports most of the 198 largest users of preselected winner sweepstakes have halted the practice since a congressional probe. He cites only about 10 percent of advertised prizes inwarded and 90 percent of awarded prizes as worthless trinkets, with a few firms planning changes or continuing with secondary drawings.

Washington John D. Dingell America Michigan Democrat Dingell House

Knife Wielder Robs Cabbie In Trenton Streets

Taxi driver Earl H. Carter of Yellow Cab Co. was robbed at knife point of $8.60 by four men on Yankee Road and Verity Parkway around 11 p.m. Carter, 27, of 3146 Wayne Madison Road, reported the incident to patrolmen Glen Shortt and Donnie W Owens at 11:05 p.m. The men, described as Negroes, entered his stopped cab after flagging down a cruiser at 29 S Broad St.

Earl H. Carter Wayne-Madison Road Trenton Yellow Cab Co S. Broad St Glen Shortt Donnie W. Owens Carter Yankee Road Verity Parkway

Draft numbers inch toward 90 as March calls loom

Washington AP reports draft officials expect the lottery number cap to reach 90 by March, moving at about 30 numbers per month. The shift from oldest-first to lottery selection aims to keep calls steady while deferred low numbers become available and states adjust to monthly quotas.

Washington Pentagon White House Selective Service Defense Department

Columbus police push back on shotgun ban and badge rules

About 400 officers from Capital City Lodge 9 of the Fraternal Order of Police met to demand a reversal of the city ban on shotguns in ambulance cruisers and to require no visible identification beyond badges. They urged the city to continue granting authority for warning shots and to restrict ambulance crews from carrying shotguns.

Columbus Ohio Capital City Lodge 9 Order of Police A S James Hughsmagnes Oraerea Pouce Shatewne Addi

Pentagon report urges group singing to ease racial tensions in military

The Pentagon civil rights chief L Howard Bennett proposes white troops sing spirituals and blacks country-western tunes to reduce tension. He calls for group dancing and multiple measures including education in human relations, panels and roundtables, open channels for complaints, and human relations councils to foster harmony in the armed forces.

Washington Pentagon L. Howard Bennett Bennett Defense

Congress Goof Not Ours Doctors Claim In Ohio

Dr. Robert Smith of Ohio says Congress underestimated Medicare and Medicaid costs, blaming doctors for rising expenses. He notes doctors’ fees are 24 percent of Medicare and 11 percent of Medicaid, with Ohio doctors charging about 60 percent of their usual fee in low income areas. He cites no irregularities and mentions some physicians received large sums from medical programs.

Columbus, Ohio Congress Ohio State Medical Association Robert Smith Toledo Smith Ohio The Medical Association

Fire responses near two addresses report two patients

At 9:10 p.m. yesterday Mrs. Esther Short, 73, ill, was taken by ambulance from 11388 Lafayette Ave to Middletown Hospital and treated and released. At 12:36 a.m. today Ollie Jackson, 37, ill, was taken by ambulance from 1501 Flemming Road to a hospital and treated and dismissed.

Lafayette Ave Esther Short Middletown Hospital Flemming Road Ollie Jackson

Snow Caused Two Car Crash on Verity Parkway

Two people were treated at Middletown Hospital after a two car crash on snow covered Verity Parkway at 7 45 a m. Miss Patty S Bennett 19 of 117 Baltimore St spun out south of 18th Avenue and was struck by a northbound car driven by John F Lindsey 19 of 9 Old Farm Road Oxford. Bennett had a possible neck injury and Lindsey a forehead laceration left knee injury and left elbow injury. Each car valued at about 500 dollars. Bennett cited for excessive speed for conditions.

Middletown Hospital Verity Parkway Patty S. Bennett Baltimore St 18Th Avenue John F. Lindsey Old Farm Road Oxford Bennett

Senior Citizens Center Sets Up Week's Program

Middletown Senior Citizen Center announces a February birthday honoring this Wednesday at 1 45 p m followed by a travel talk on Japan by Mrs Margaret Stratemeyer Other week events include chorus rehearsal radio program taping and discussion groups Monday needlework service circle Tuesday sewing and dancing Thursday and bowling Friday at J J Lanes The center at 1905 Columbia Ave is open 10 a m to 5 p m Monday through Friday for people aged 60 or older.

Middletown Senior Citizen Center Middletown Civic Association Columbia Ave

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Stanley Rice Hamilton Coldiron Bender TORO Husky NH1 Dason Schrock’s Inc Springboro Hardware Armbruster Hardware Franklin Conover Store Jacksonburg Jim Conrad Schip Monroe Dodds Monuments Verity Pkvy 14Th Ave Charles Bud) Steller Mer Middletown Dog Training Club Armory St. Main Street Charlotte Wagner Steigerwald Hughes Haan Nlauad Sk Vici Cievubund Gls Fred S. Hoffman Chari Bank America AD Ene Price Cash & Carry Rory Oye Middletowns First Ave Ohi Senior Citizens Center
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