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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1976
Page
9
Butler County Auto Club reports a surge in calls as sub-freezing weather freezes car locks and batteries. Manager Ben Hoyer advises heating the key to thaw locks, using hot water for frozen latches, and towing to a warm garage if doors stay sealed.
The Vocational Industrial Clubs of America program at Middletown High School operates a busy student run auto body shop charging only for parts. Senior and junior students inspect each car before work. They handle collision damage preferred and maintain a long waiting list while offering substantial savings over commercial garages.
Drivers slid through city streets with about 20 minor crashes yesterday and today. A four car chain reaction occurred at Goldman Avenue and Highland Street around 11 30 a m. Two people were injured in an early morning crash on Grand Avenue near Highland Street when Joseph Plumbo lost control. Plumbo and two passengers were involved and Brown was treated at Middletown Hospital. Police cited excessive speed for road conditions. Lonnie Carpenter was uninjured after jumping into a snowbank as his stalled car was hit by Joan Haynes on Grand Avenue near Marshall Road. No injuries or citations.
Lebanon man Jobie Bishop, of 322 Hoffman Ave, indicted by Warren County grand jury for establishing or promoting a criminal syndicate to steal gasoline and building materials during 1974 and 1975. Indictments also filed against 11 others. Bishop held in the Criminal Justice Center after bond reductions.
Dr. Harold Rothermel of Middletown files a $3.6 million damage suit in Warren County Common Pleas Court against Wilmington businessman Charles Bush over an Aug 29 airport assault that left him permanently disabled. The suit seeks $1.6 million compensatory and $2 million punitive damages. Bush was fined $500 on a related misdemeanor charge by Judge P Daniel Fedders, with $400 suspended on a two year no-repeat condition.
The Missionary Society of the Trenton Nazarene Church seeks donations after a Dixie Condominiums fire in Blue Ball destroyed the Ron Burggraf family apartment. The couple has two children aged 6 and 8, with all furnishings and clothing lost. Inquiries to Jessi Miller at 539-8105.
Local page notes events and notices for Middletown area on Saturday January 10 1976. Column highlights community activities school sports and civic announcements with brief updates for residents.
The city police department faces a sticky issue as shields applied to cruiser doors peeled after a car wash. Officials will keep cars hand-washed until decals cure the problem and heat the metal properly.
Fire units rushed to Garfield Street and Baltimore Street houses for stove and TV fire incidents. A Rose Hogan residence fire caused $100 damage but did not spread. Minnie Williams, 61, experienced chest pains and breathing difficulty, received oxygen, and was admitted in serious condition at the hospital.
The Journal states an accident on Highland Avenue at Goldman Street at 5 p.m. involved Beth Rose and Charles Grunner with Rose striking Grunner. Police say Grunner hit Rose from behind. both cars stopped on the street. Rose and her son went to Middletown Hospital by private car, not an emergency squad transport.
National Cash Register Corp. in Dayton cuts production staff from over 9,000 to fewer than 1,000 as it shifts from mechanical to electronic equipment. The layoff of 380 more workers reduces production staff to about 900, with all mechanical lines ended last year. The move centers on three electronic bank teller models requiring only a quarter of prior labor, while many managers engineers and office staff from mechanical lines face potential job losses in coming months.
Police picked up Robert Lacy after a 9 p.m. incident when he refused to leave the Middletown High School basketball game and claimed he drove from Dayton to attend. He was charged with criminal trespassing after being escorted out and returning.
Franklin Rowe, 50, of Belpre, Ohio, was charged in Wood County Circuit Court with the fatal beating of Floyd Malone, 52, of Waverly. Bond set at 30000. Judge Donald Black appointed attorney Joseph W. McFarland. Malone and Rowe were among four inmates in the detox unit when a fight broke out. Ardell Braden, 62, of Parkersburg, was critically injured.
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