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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 13, 1972

Page

2

HEW bans smoking in most government buildings

The Department of Health, Education and Welfare ordered a partial smoking ban affecting its 107,000 employees. Smoking is forbidden in conference rooms, auditoriums, clinics and elevators with no smoking sections in cafeterias and work areas where feasible.

Washington Department of Health, Education and Welfare Elliot L. Richardson Richardson John F. Banzhoff III Action Defense Department Public Health Service Veterans Administration

Finance Chief Defends Closing Of State Parks In Ohio

Ohio Finance Director Harold Hovey defended last fall’s park closures as the least painful austerity move, noting welfare and education cuts would be worse. Lt. Gov. Brown urged more local control and less board burdens, while Meeker pushed environmental agency consolidation and more open space for public recreation across Ohio.

Columbus Ohio Harold Hovey Hovey John W. Brown W. Brown David Meeker Department of Natural Resources Brown Jmany Meeker

Obituary for Jack Arrowood at Church of God service

Jack Arrowood 3S of 3223 Jefferson Road dies after surgery at the Cleveland Clinic. Services set for 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Hand Avenue Church of God with Rev. Henry Howard and Rev. Ira Mills officiating. Burial in Woodside Cemetery. Visitation 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at McCoy-Leffier Funeral Home and after 9 a.m. at the church Tuesday. Survived by wife Vivian, a daughter, four brothers Fred Charles Lawrence B John, and three sisters Rosie Steaks Lily Walters Myrtle Leach.

Jack Arrowood Jefferson Road Cleveland Clinic Hand Avenue Church of God Henry Howard Ira Mills Woodside Cemetery McCoy-Leffier

Obituary for Frederick Noyes at Ft Hamilton Hospital

Frederick Noyes 87 of 1217 Sipple Ave Hamilton died at 4 40 p m yesterday at Ft Hamilton Hughes Memorial Hospital. He was a retired machinist. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home.

Frederick Noyes Frederick Vincent Noyes Sipple Ave Hamilton Ft. Hamilton-Hughes Memorial Hospital McCoy-Leffler

Trailer Fire Fatal Claims Life in Jefferson County

Paul G. Dallas, 72, a retired farmer, died Friday night when a fire swept through his house trailer near Hammondsville in northern Jefferson County near the Columbiana County line.

Steubenville Ohio Paul G. Dallas Hammondsville Jefferson County Columbiana County

Store Owner Struck With Pistol Robbed at Cleaners

William G. Kash, 43, a dry cleaners proprietor at Oakland Cleaners on Yankee Road, was pistol whipped by two youths wearing gray nylon stockings. They robbed about 200 dollars from the register at 2:55 p.m. and fled west toward an alley, possibly to a waiting car. Kash described the attackers as bearded Negroes about 5 feet 7 inches, nervous, and possibly under drug influence.

William G. Kash Oakland Cleaners Yankee Road Kash Idrugs

Nude on a Cycle Case Upsets Wimbledon Common

Miss Ma bel Petley 63 sued after a naked girl on a motorcycle rode past while she walked her two terriers on Wimbledon Common. A judge ordered Leigh Rogers 24, photographer and motorcycle owner, to pay 46.80 in damages, noting the scene on Wimbledon Common was indecent.

London Mabel Petley Wimbledon Common Miss Petley Leigh Rogers

Five Juveniles Held For Glue Sniffing

Police arrested five youths at a Grimes Street home on Friday night for glue sniffing. Two were 14 years old, one 15, and two 16, all taken into custody by juvenile officers.

Grimes Street

Ben Ligon's Gas Service Announcement

Ben Ligon's Gas Service located at 42 N Main, Manchester, offers fueling and related services. Contact phone 423 9581 for inquiries and assistance.

BEN Ligon’s N. Main Manchester

Tot Hurt Only Slightly By Car

Shelly Smith, 3, of 816 16th Ave., was treated at Middletown Hospital for a lip injury after being struck by a car near her home yesterday. She ran from between parked cars into the path of a westbound route operated by Bert Bothwell of 807 16th Ave.

Shelly Smith 16Th Ave Middletown Hospital Mary Smith Bert Bothwell

NLRB Sets Vote At Mosler

The NLRB announced a collective bargaining election for 900 Mosler Safe Co. employees in Hamilton and Fairfield Ohio. Safe Workers Organization Chapter 2 and the United Auto Workers Union will contest for bargaining rights.

Cincinnati Mosler Safe Co Hamilton Fairfield Ohio National Labor Relations Board Safe Workers’ Organization Chapter 2 United Auto Workers Union

Ohio Bus Line hearings to pick temporary operator

Public hearings begin in Cincinnati to decide which firm should temporarily run the suburban routes of the bankrupt Ohio Bus Line Inc of Dayton. Megacity Transit Lines currently serves under a PACO emergency order as the commission weighs extension or a more suitable successor.

Columbus Ohio Ohio Bus Line, Inc Dayton Cincinnati Public Utilities Commission of Ohio Megacity Transit Lines of Commission Henry W. Eckhart Megacity

Pearl Bailey Recovering After Heart Attack

Hollywood AP reports singer Pearl Bailey 53 was hospitalized Thursday night at Cedars-Sinai Mt Sinai in coronary observation. A spokesman said she is in good condition Friday night and has a history of heart trouble.

Hollywood Pearl Bailey Mt. Sinai Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Miss Bailey

Abandoned Car Fire as Children Play with Matches

A fire yesterday at 3:37 p.m. on Forest Avenue and Young Street involved an abandoned car started by children playing with matches. At 5:39 p.m. at 910 S Main St William Hurley age 22 of 1107 Second Ave was ill and transported by ambulance to Middletown Hospital for treatment.

Forest Avenue Young Street S. Main St William Hurley Second Ave Middletown Hospital

Sparma Named Service-Safety Director in Massillon

Massillon City Council President Blase Sparma, mayor from June 1962 to January 1965, was named service-safety director on Friday to replace Willard Geis, who resigned after one month on the job at age 61.

Massillon, Ohio Blase Sparma Willard Geis

Miss Elaine Hackney to compete in Miss Miami pageant

Elaine Hackney a Miami University sophomore from Middletown will compete in the seventh annual Miss Miami Pageant on the Oxford campus late February. She majors in accounting at the School of Business Administration and represents Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority. The event runs Feb 22 23 prelims and Feb 26 finals with ten finalists to be chosen.

Oxford Elaine Ann Hackney Eastline Drive Middletown Miami University Miss Hackney School of Business Administration Alpha Sigma Alpha Sorority Miami Cedar Point Sandusky Atlantic City N. J University Center Program Board Center Heritage Room Middletown High School Byron A. Hackney

March 7 Set For Contracts On Roosevelt

The relocation of Roosevelt Avenue between Breiel Boulevard and Ohio 122 will be included in the March 7 contract setting by the Ohio Highway Department. The project costs about $600,000 for a four lane divided highway intersecting Ohio 122 near Boylston Avenue, funded entirely by bonds approved in 1968.

Roosevelt Avenue Breiel Boulevard Ohio 122 Ohio Highway Department Grand Avenue Boylston Avenue Robert F. Bevis Highways Department Division 8

Two Die In Springfield Airport Collision

Two people were killed when two small planes collided in the air over Springfield Municipal Airport Saturday night. One aircraft plunged to the ground while the other landed safely.

Springfield Ohio Springfield Municipal

Ohio GI pleads guilty to avoid death risk in case

A black Army prisoner accepted a guilty plea to rape and related charges aimed at his wife of a white officer at the Disciplinary Barracks. He faces a maximum life sentence. earlier petitions sought to block a death penalty if innocence seemed proven. The court will hear mitigation evidence next week before sentencing.

Ft. Leavenworth Kan John Henry McCutchins Sidney Ohio Army McCutchins U. S Ft. Lewis Washington Armed Forces McCutcchins Martin Garbus New York National Committee

Educator Levels Gun At Teachers Unions

Philadelphia AP Kenneth Clark a noted psychologist and educator blames teachers unions for neglecting children in favor of union interests at an Education Writers Association meeting. He says unions reduce accountability and push administrations and school boards aside while advocating incentives, ongoing training, and classroom supervision.

Kenneth Clark Clark Education Writers’ Association City College of New York U.S. Supreme Court Brown Board of Education

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