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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1977
Page
2
Franklin School District says all schools resume normal schedule except Franklin High School which will run noon to 5 pm. The cafeteria will be closed, snacks provided. Bus routes start four hours late. revised timings not needed as four hour delay holds.
Middletown woman Diana Day, 21, is held for questioning after her husband Charles Day, 35, of 1006 Drive, died from a chest stab wound. Police and medics responded to a 5 p.m. call to Catalpa Drive. Autopsy planned today. no further details released.
Findlay High School, shut due to a natural gas shortage, will resume regular classes Monday as work begins to switch boilers to burn fuel oil. The system will be able to use either gas or fuel oil based on availability, with 85 percent curtailment already in effect by Columbia Gas of Ohio.
Yesterday at 5:52 p.m. a fire at 119 Baltimore Street caused $100 in building damage and $150 to contents. Melodie Hartman reported as involved. blame placed on children playing with matches. No injuries reported.
Indiana Governor Otis Bowen announced a reorganization of the Indiana National Guard reducing elements in Ohio and adding units in Michigan and Indiana. The plan to March 1 creates an infantry brigade based in Kokomo, increases authorized strength from 10,514 to 11,962, and adds about 16 supply and maintenance positions.
Obituaries report deaths of Frederick L. Conklin 82 of 4418 Poppy Drive died at Middletown Hospital. Services 10 a.m. Tuesday Riggs Funeral Home burial Butler County Memorial Park. Also William Henry Hicks 80 215 Curtis St funeral 10 a.m. tomorrow Middletown Cemetery. Harry Hartman 53 Franklin Miamisburg struck by car bicycle Ohio 4 Jefferson Twp Navy veteran. Tony Dale Sanders 5 burial site Woodhill Cemetery after illness.
Washington AP reports that Cabinet members may be asked to read all their department's new regulations before release to cut red tape and ensure clarity, a task that could demand extensive hours as HEW alone produced about 91 000 words weekly.
A 61 year old Middletown man, Dewey Lawson of 221 Park St, suffered burns covering 90 percent of his body in an explosion and fire caused by a space heater igniting gas fumes from a tabletop cooking unit. Firefighters and youths from a downstairs apartment helped remove him. Building damage was about 1500 dollars with 500 dollars to contents. One ladder truck and one squad vehicle responded.
Sharon Itch a 12 year old sixth grader at John XXIII Elementary School will represent John XXII and Region 1 in the regional Spell-Down sponsored by Scripps-Howard Newspapers on March 19. The event at WCET TYV studios in Cincinnati follows her winning the John XXIII title at the West Campus parish site. First runner up is Chuck Cramer an eighth grader and son of Charles Cramer of Baltimore Street. Winners aim for a national spell-down in Washington DC in June.
Middletown Lions Club announces Rose Day selling roses at six dollars a dozen as a community service. Orders via Timothy A Cole 423-1151 Bob Reiner 422-1793 Ray Moyer 424-3190 or any Lions member before May 10 for delivery within city limits May 20 and surrounding area May 21. Proceeds fund sight programs and other community projects. goal is 6,000 dozen.
Damage was heavy in a two car collision at the First Avenue and Canal Street intersection yesterday afternoon. Darlene Cope, 34, entered the intersection on a red light striking Ron Ashley, 31, of Oxford. Cope was charged with running a red light.
San Francisco AP reports the Pacific high sitting northwest of San Francisco for a second winter blocks Pacific storms, causing eastern heavy snow and West drought. Economists warn drought raises prices and slows spending while Californians conserve water and farmers worry about irrigation and crops.
CHESAPEAKE Ohio AP A Huntington West Virginia taxi driver James Edward Star Jr a father of seven was robbed of 45 tied shot in the back of the head and died hours later in a Huntington hospital A shell casing was found in the taxi Star had radioed his dispatcher that he had been robbed A toll taker on the 6th Street bridge saw Star driving toward Ohio and looking nervous
Four wheel covers valued at 125 dollars each were taken from the garage of Robert Jordan at 913 14th Ave. The theft occurred sometime late Friday night or early Saturday morning from Jordan's car parked inside the garage.
U S envoy Andrew Young, first black U N ambassador, returns from a 10 day Africa trip asserting Henry Kissinger abandoned Britain over Rhodesia. He suggests Kissinger hoped Republicans would win the presidency and notes Britain faced a vacuum after Democratic victory. Young plans to brief Secretary of State Vance on the tour and discuss Rhodesia policy.
Walter T. Brahm, former state librarian in Ohio and Connecticut, is named director of development for the Ohio Library Foundation. The foundation, formed in 1963 by library and school representatives, aims to promote library service in Ohio. Brahm served as Ohio state librarian from 1942 to 1963 and as Connecticut state librarian from 1964 to 1975.
Bob Bliss and Brian Kinal set out at dawn to cross frozen Lake Erie toward Long Point Ontario 24 miles away. They used a rope linked to shore by a Citizens Band radio with a tent food and a boat, expecting to reach Canada in about eight hours but were slowed by broken ice and had gone only about six miles. Bliss 31 a Findley Lake handyman and Kinal 29 Erie Daily Times copy editor wore ski jackets thermal underwear knit caps and boots with inflatable life preservers. Coast Guard warned the ice thin and life preservers would help only a few minutes if the water proved deadly.
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