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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1975
Page
12
David M. Williams known as Carbine Williams died in Raleigh at age 74 from bronchial pneumonia. The World War II light semiautomatic rifle designer had been a Dorothea Dix Hospital patient since August 1972 after a career as a gunsmith near Godwin in Cumberland County.
HEW Secretary Caspar Weinberger calls malpractice insurance a major national crisis as doctors in seven states face nonrenewal risks. HEW plans standby federal reinsurance for private insurer losses and seeks antitrust clearance. Chubb officials warn rising judgments threaten insurer solvency. New York doctors face July 1 policy expirations and steep premium hikes.
Ohio residential construction in 1974 fell 18 percent from 1973 levels as of November. McGraw Hill reports total contracts through November at 1.51 billion versus 1.84 billion in 1973. November alone shows a 35 percent drop from 1973. Nonresidential contracts rose year over year, while nonbuilding construction increased 8 percent.
A 17 year old youth was arrested and charged with passing forged prescriptions and possession of a dangerous drug after attempting to use a forged prescription at Lamark Discount Drug Store. Police traced him via a license number and say he bragged of a prior similar attempt. He was released to relatives pending juvenile court.
Raymond Conrad a 40 year old state employee from Barberton drowned at Findlay State Park in Wellington after the ice under him between a dredge and a crane broke. Another worker attempted a rescue but the ice failed to support him.
Warren County deputies investigate two armed robberies. At the Holiday Inn on Ohio 122 175 $150 was taken by two men in their mid-20s using a small caliber revolver at 6:35 a.m. The second hold up occurred at King Kwik Market 4379 A Dixie Highway Franklin around 7:50 p.m. Wednesday with a ski masked suspect wielding a double barrel shotgun and an unreported amount taken.
A car struck a stopped B&O train on the Forrer Street crossing near Ohio 4 early today. Passenger Robert Zapp, 27, of 1301 Eaton Avenue, was treated at Onidletown Hospital and released. Driver David Peck, 24, of 1102 Forrer Street, was charged with failure to stop within an assured clear distance.
Connecticut town grinds on with no funds as Willimantic officials including Mayor David Caldera grapple with a rejected 2.2 million budget and a 30 thousand weekly payroll gap. He warns the city cannot die for a vote and plans a smaller mid January budget while paychecks loom.
Roger Miller spoke at the Middletown Public Library about interurban traction cars and regional service. He noted 34 cars operated through Middletown around 1900 with routes to Cincinnati and Dayton, the first line arriving in 1897, expansion to Cincinnati by 1898, 276 routes across four states by 1926, and the last Middletown passage in 1939.
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