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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 23, 1971

Page

2

Love Made Me Do It Kidnapping Case In San Francisco

Wanda Shelbourne 21 pleads innocent to a kidnapping charge claiming she took the infant Kimberly Dawn to give her love. She was jailed on $12,500 bail after saying the act was impulse and that the baby seemed abandoned by a hospital doctor. Police later said the child was cared for and gained weight.

San Francisco Wanda Shelbourne Fastian Tle Kema Norris Brthers

Deaths and Funerals: Noble Infant and Molly Curlis

Noble Jerri Lyn Noble four months old dies in sleep at home. Survived by parents two brothers and maternal grandparents. Services Thursday at Mt. Pleasant’s Mt. Pleasant funeral home with burial at Mt. Crab Cemetery. Molly Curlis 85 of 312 N Cherry St dies after extended illness at Oakland Nursing Home Eaton. Survived by two sons Ralph and Floyd and sister Mrs Bertha Chaney. services Wednesday at Thompson Funeral Home Mt Crab. Burial Mt Crab Cemetery.

Jerri Lyn Noble Joeinson Ralph Young Warren County Euanut Thomas Y ‘Noble Paula Thompson Rebecca Noble Sart Ffler Mt. Pleasant Lana Peasttown Tir Op Germantown Molly Curlis N. Cherry St Thompson Funeral Home Mt. Crab

Services for John M Walker at local funeral home

Funeral services for John M. Walker, 79, of 309 Webster Street, are set for 2 p.m. Friday at Joseph R. Baker & Srs Funeral Home with Rev. Harry Jackson officiating. Friends may call Thursday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home. Mr. Walker died Monday at Middletown Hospital.

John M. Walker Webster St Joseph R. Baker & Srs Harry Jackson Woddisige

Services for Otis T. Sims Held in Lebanon

Otis T. Sims 85 of Lebanon Rt. 3 died Sunday at Christ Hospital Cincinnati. Funeral services set for 1 p.m. Thursday at Oswald Funeral Home with burial in Lebanon Cemetery. Visitation Wednesday from 6 to 9 p.m. Sims leaves two sons George and Gerald and a large extended family including nine grandchildren and several siblings.

Lebanon Otis T. Sims Oswald Sims Christ Hospital Cincinnati George Gerald Honor Herman Norman Wesley Dayton Edith Morgan Mary Baker Xenia Louise Blackwell Oklahoma Opal Hunter Goldie Stevens

James C Totten to be laid to rest this Thursday

James C Totten aged 87 formerly of 182 Charlotte Drive will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Oswald Funeral Home burial will follow in Lebanon.

James C

Bobby Darin Undergoes Heart Surgery in Los Angeles

Los Angeles AP report states 34 year old entertainer Bobby Darin is in very good condition after a major heart operation at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital. A hospital spokesman refused to disclose details and noted the surgery was not an emergency. Darin has been in Las Vegas shows and wrote hits like Splish Splash and Dream Lover.

Los Angeles Bobby Darin Cedars of Lebanon Darin

Man Held in Dayton Shooting Case

Police in Dayton questioned a man in connection with the fatal shooting of 47 year old Eugene Lee Stanley. Stanley died at the hospital from wounds suffered during an argument outside a west side case.

Dayton, Ohio Eugene Lee Stanley Stanley

Totten Dies at Garden Manor Middletown

Mr Totten died Sunday at Garden Manor Nursing Home in Middletown. Surviving are two sisters Mrs Sarah Totten of Lebanon and Mrs Susie Miller of Dayvon.

Totten Garden Manor Middletown Sarah Totten Lebanon Susie Miller Dayvon

Hamilton Deaths Gather at Local Services

George Martin, 56, of 1156 Central Ave, will have services at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. Imogene Ruby, 78, of 918 Ludlow St, will have services at 10 a.m. Thursday.

George Martin Central Ave Green Imogene Ruby Ludlow St Webb

City to appoint nine member Drug Abuse Coordination Committee

City Commission plans to appoint a nine member coordinating committee on drug abuse tonight. The panel includes James Carson Armco Steel Jack Fitzpatrick Community Center director Richard Lewis pharmacist Walter Mischley Middletown Hospital director Dr Charles Patterson psychiatrist Richard Jones YMCA Ed Swain Butler Mental Health and Retardation Association Sgt Russell Dwyer Middletown police and Larry Smith Armco. The committee will study and report on prevention and treatment and act in an advisory capacity. A public hearing on a conditional use sign for C E Taulbee at 1601 Germantown Road is also on the agenda, starting at 7 pm.

City Commission Dale Helser James Carson Armco Steel Corp Jack Fitzpatrick Richard Lewis Walter Mischley Middletown Hospital Charles Patterson Richard Jones YMCA Ed Swain Butler Mental Health and Retardation Association Russell Dwyer Middletown Police Larry Smith Armco Hessel James Saunders C. E. Taulbee Germantown Road Commission

Retired Bill Collector Helps Foreign Families

President Nixon honors Philip Westerman of Connecticut for sending 163 a month to support 21 people in Korea Greece the Philippines and Colombia since 1968. Westerman says he adopted four families and funds food clothing housing and education while his son notes he cared for up to 53 foster children.

Washington Nixon Korea Greece Philippines Colombia Philip Westerman Byram, Conn Westerman Lowell P. Weicker

Armco Sued Over Railroad Wheel Derailment Claim

Penn CentralRailroad sues Armco Steel Co of Middletown for 100000 alleging negligence in wheel production. Suit filed in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court. Wheel bought by Penn Central derailed a train in Muirkirk Ontario Canada on February 1 1969.

Dayton, Ohio Armeco Steel Cop Middletown Penn Central Railroad Montgomery County Common Pleas Court Penn Central Armco Muirkirk Ontario Canada

Program On Drug Abuse Starts Monday At MHS

A drug abuse education program begins at Middletown High School on Monday and runs through Friday March 12. Assistant principal Walter Miller and Richard Lewis of Lewis Drugs co plan with Rotary Club and community groups to deter student experimentation and encourage help seeking.

Dletown High School Walter Miller Richard Lewis Lewis Drugs Rotary Club Russell Dwyer Dwyer Lewis Miller Camille MecCartt

Jury Seated for Murder Trial of James E. Ward

A Butler County jury panel is being formed in the first degree murder case against James E. Ward 22 of Norwood linked to the Oct death of Harry J. Flaig Sr. 82 of Fairfield. Florida coroner ruled suffocation. Ward and two companions charged. scene tour planned if jurors seated. Ward is defended by William F Foss Hopkins. state represented by Richard J. Wessel and John F. Holcomb.

Hamilton James E. Ward Ward Harry J. Flaig Sr Mack Road Fairfield Flaig Butler Garret J. Boone Grandview Place Norwood Court of Butler County Common Pleas Fred B. Cramer William F Foss) Hopkins Cincinnati Richard J. Wessel John F. Holcomb

Judge Permanently Bans Jack Young From City Council

Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Fred B. Cramer issued a permanent injunction barring Jack Young from sitting or voting on the Hamilton City Council. The suit, brought by Mayor Mark Petty, argued Young’s council seat violated the city charter. Young teaches at Taft High School in Hamilton.

Hamilton Butler County Fred B. Cramer Jack Young Mark Petty Young Taft High School

Zodiac Horoscope March 21 to March 20

Horoscope offers daily guidance for each sun sign with cautions and prompts. Aries to Pisces cover intuition imagination risk taking financial prudence and adherence to rules across the cycle.

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