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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1969
Page
16
Miami University student Carl Fisher told Butler County deputies that a rifle-wielding occupant in another car fired a shot at him as he stepped from his vehicle on Route 177 in Darrtown. He escaped injury after the other car had earlier hurled beer bottles at his vehicle.
A 1969-model pickup driven by Albert Bay House, 2, Falmouth, Ky., collided with a station wagon operated by William A. Murray at the 1700 block of Germantown Road. Damage: about 1200 to 1500 for the pickup and 300 for the wagon. Murray cited for failure to yield the right of way.
Sealed bids for thirteen school bus bodies are invited by Middletown City Schools with bid bonds required and March 12 1969 deadline. Legal notices include divorces for Stanley McDaniels and Arthur Jernigan and a will contest involving Esther Murat McKinnon against Indiana University and others. A court sale in Trenton Butler County Ohio is scheduled for March 11 1969 with property at 602 Third Street listed at 14600 dollars.
A scrambled crossword list presents clues and partial answers with numbers in a single page. The entries range across abbreviations and definitions from stutter to digit with terms like Noahs, fluid rock, meditation on tense words, and athletic pursuits.
Industrialist Howard Hughes purchased 15 mining claims near the Utah border in Ely Nevada, records filed with the county recorder show. No price was listed, as rising gold and silver prices revive interest in claims once thought exhausted.
A petition filed in Bellefontaine seeks to rename the village Russells Point to Indian Lake Ohio. Signed by Mayor Jack Woods and 11 residents, the move argues the land is known as Indian Lake and would boost tourism and growth. A March 17 court hearing is set by Common Pleas Judge Richard Finefrock.
A 20 year old Miami coed was assaulted by three men in the driveway of an abandoned house on Oxford-Millford Road near Oxford. Deputies said her Cincinnati-born boyfriend and Miami student drove her to the site around 9:30 p.m. Police report a gun was shown and the attackers forced the couple to disrobe before assaulting the girl.
Hamilton youth Forrest Wysong aged 21, released Jan 16 from Mansfield Reformatory under shock treatment, arrested after three youths found inside Mrs. Florence Portwood’s Lindenwald home. Wysong and two 18 year old suspects face burglary charges. Wysong was on probation after a prior sentence for breaking and entering and carrying concealed weapons.
A batch of funeral notices lists names including Kathryn Bailey Dewey Carroll William W. Cottongim George Hummel Sadie Jane Lathey Ruth Lawson Ruth Sexton Margaret Williams and others. Services are at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home and Joseph R Baker & Sons with interments at Woodside Miltonville Rose Hill Pleasant Hills and other cemeteries in Ohio. Interment and service details vary by individual with receptions at the funeral home and church services scheduled through mid February.
Psychic palmist Madam Clark advertises free wigs and wig parties at home. Contact numbers listed include 422-1974 7 8 am 1-733-5322 6 pm 539 7427 anytime. Taxes prepared.
Local tax return and bookkeeping listing featuring Laura Williams, Inez We Idle, Roy Purcell, and Sharon Haas. Includes addresses in Crawford, Pleasant Valley Rd, Malvern St, and Franklin with phone numbers for federal tax prep and information.
An extensive local advertisement reel offers kitchen cabinet installation, vanities, appliances, and water softeners with free planning estimates. Listings promote financing, free estimates, and various trades including brickwork, rooms added, siding, cement work, and complete remodeling services by multiple contractors in Middletown and surrounding areas.
Interior and exterior painting available with free estimates. Includes spray painting and Lowe Brothers Paints references. Several contact numbers listed for painting work and service requests.
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