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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1969
Page
9
The McKinley Junior High Booster Club sponsors a spaghetti dinner at 6 p.m. Thursday in the school cafeteria. Dinner is 50 cents per plate with reservations to Grover Moore at 423 2765. A regular monthly meeting follows the dinner. All local parents guardians and residents are invited.
A panel of three Common Pleas Court judges in Columbus Ohio sentenced John Wesley Grady ITI 20 to life in prison for the slaying of 76 year old grocery owner Hadley Campbell last Sept 14. Grady and two other youths Jewell Hale 18 whose trial is set for March 17 and Jesse James Wiggins 19 awaiting trial were charged with first degree murder. An armed robbery charge against Grady was dropped after the judges found him guilty and recommended mercy sparing him from the electric chair.
Butler Countians registered 808 new autos in January, the highest January total since records began, with Chevrolet leading at 200 and Ford second with 145. Truck sales totaled 92, Chevrolet at 39 and GMC 22 led the trucks.
Franklin Warren County court binds Wayne Bailey to grand jury on assault counts. Detainees face fines totaling 432 dollars for multiple offenses including assault and speeding with a 14 year old victim. Judge J. T. Riley presided. bond set at 7000 dollars per count. charges filed by the girl's mother.
Bea Keeton, a senior at Middletown Hospital School of Nursing, was crowned queen of the Penny Queen Snowball Dance sponsored by the Student Nurses Association of Ohio. The event at Wampler's Barn in Dayton drew student nurses from 14 schools. her date was George Sowards of Middletown, who departs for Vietnam next week. Miss Keeton's hometown is Bethany.
Gov. James A. Rhodes eases criticism over higher education proposals by moderating plans on branch campuses and subsidies. He keeps out-of-state graduate aid for two years while delaying action on undergraduate subsidies. Legislature shows signs of opposing his gross receipts tax, favoring a services tax to back technical vocational programs.
Inland Container Corp, the third largest corrugated maker, reports 1968 earnings of 9.82 million dollars or 3.25 per share, up from 9.76 million or 3.24 in 1967. Pre tax earnings climb 10 percent. 1968 sales hit a record 170.179 million, aided by a division sale in late 1967. The board declares a 40 cent quarterly dividend payable March 17, 1969 to holders of record March 3, 1969, marking the 144th consecutive payment.
Demonstrations and violence rocked Pakistan's major cities as Ayub Khan faced growing opposition. Five people were killed in riots in Lahore, Karachi, and Hyderabad as Bhutto supporters clashed with security. Bhutto's aide described a gunman’s attack during a Bhutto procession in Larkana. the president, isolated in Rawalpindi, moved toward easing emergency rule and freeing detained leaders.
Cincinnati man James J. Higgins sues in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court seeking the unexpired portion of his prepaid subscription after the Saturday Evening Post ceased publication last month.
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