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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1977
Page
2
William Stuckey who built a nationwide chain of pecan shops and candy stores from a $35 loan died after a short illness at 67. He started the business in 1931 with his grandmother's savings and opened his first candy store in Eastman Georgia in 1938.
Robert Wientzen, chair of the Ohio Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee, urged reforms at a Butler County Youth Service Bureau dinner. He outlined a 90 page plan with public hearings in seven Ohio cities to improve preventive programs and tailor responses to children, including deinstitutionalizing status offenses like truancy. He urged citizen groups to engage and noted upcoming hearings in Dayton January 19 and Cincinnati February 1.
A Butler County grand jury indicted a Hamilton man on felonious assault kidnapping and escape related to a Dec 18 jail escape attempt at the county jail. The panel returned 25 indictments after a two day session that questioned 85 witnesses.
Mrs. Stanley D. Hall 66 of 1320 Hood Ave died at 11 30 a m yesterday in Middletown where she had been a patient one week She was a member of Amanda Baptist Church Survived by two sons David and Charles both Middletown a daughter Mrs Mattie Wyatt Lexington Ky four sisters Clara Caldwell Lexington Ruth Martin Pilot Celia Friend Pine Ridge and Inez Williams Newport Ky and four grandchildren Her husband Emmit died in 1975 Services 10 30 a m Monday at Joseph R Baker Funeral Home.
A sequence of city report items covers fires, injuries, and deaths. Entries note 87 year old Walter Guthman hospitalized after breathing difficulty. 24 year old Phyllis Gayheart treated and released. 62 year old Esther Williams and 33 year old Emma Martin treated and released for pains and falls. a coal car fire at Black Clawson Co caused by torch heat, with coal cleared and fire extinguished. false alarm at Graydon Drive. a non-transport auto injury where the victim refused transport. burial plans for Ethel M. Duvall with services and funeral details. obituaries for William A. Schul Nova Bailey and John J. Gebhart with service times and locations.
William F. Buckley Jr. spoke at the University of Dayton Fieldhouse urging renewed focus on free markets as essential to freedom. He criticized Soviet and Chinese rights records and questioned liberal calls for Nixon’s pardon and CIA and FBI excesses, defending agency actions against ideological attacks.
Hamilton report notes audit of the Butler Law Library Association shows about 35 000 in findings for 1972 to 1975. County commissioners say bids were required for large purchases such as 12 000 in steel shelving and may need recovery funding. Baden plans appeal, citing a use dispute over capital improvements.
Jacksonburg earned Bicentennial Community status and will display special signs at the village limits. The village plans a big parade with signs ordered by the village clerk-treasurer Mrs. Ruby Brown. Council organization remains unchanged with meetings at 7 p.m. on the first Wednesday. Harold Brown as president pro tem if the mayor is absent.
The Air Force Stage Band will perform at LMHS in an all school assembly Tuesday at 10 a.m. Sponsored by the senior class, the event will be followed by a lunch prepared by the home economics classes.
Hamilton Butler County Treasurer Mark G Wendel says over 400000 in delinquent real estate taxes have been collected since the last half collection. He notes mail contact with owners has been successful and payments will reduce the delinquent balance first before the rest is published later this month.
Ohio residents including Beulah Knore of 11806 Schul Road and Edith Nemckc of Middletown stand a chance at the $1 million prize in the Columbus drawn millionaire event. The drawing selects 1 top winner and several smaller prizes with televised coverage.
Dayton Ohio AP Reverend Richard Righter a coffee abstainer urges a boycott twist by asking people to drink more coffee to aid poor coffee producing nations. He says high prices deny fair pricing and argues buying coffee can bring justice for producers.
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