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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1965
Page
15
The first Job Corpsmen and Outriders begin training at a mountain retreat in ThURMOND Maryland. The pioneer group includes 11 Baltimoreans and 19 youths from Virginia and Kentucky, housed in CCC built chestnut cabins in Catoctin Mountain National Park near Camp David. They will be sworn in at Baltimore City Hall before a 40 mile bus trip.
Police administer polygraph tests to the first people to reach the garage where Mr and Mrs Dennis Coby were found after their murder. The Cobys were shot in their station wagon parked in the family garage last November 25. Authorities initially suspected carbon monoxide poisoning.
Agreement cuts 38 million dollars yearly from Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co rates. Average CEI customer in northeastern Ohio saves at least three dollars annually. Mayor Locher supported larger cuts and may back the compromise as Council could approve next Monday, with hinges on suspension of rules.
Oregon legislators rejected a Portland nightclub owner's request to use the state penitentiary gas chamber for entertainment. With the death penalty abolished in November, the chamber is unused and should be destroyed, lawmakers argued, amid plans for a club under construction.
Simba the lion, a 10 month old, 200 pound creature, is being transferred from the Herman Dail home in Williamsburg to the Norfolk Zoo. He refuses to eat during the move, even ice cream cones, and had enjoyed a kitten like life at home before the zoo took him in. The Dails say he rode in their car and slept at the foot of their bed until he grew too large to play with. The Norfolk Zoo previously had no lion.
In Panmunjom Korea the United Nations Command rejected a Communist demand to halt introducing new weapon types into the Korean theater. The exchange follows ongoing tensions and stalled talks aimed at easing hostilities on the peninsula.
Rep. Albert Watson of South Carolina resigns from Congress to Gov. Russell effective when a special election is called. Governor says election cannot be set until unconditional resignation is received. Watson, reelected as a Democrat, later switched to Republican and aims to regain his seat. Russell questions timing and legality of the plan.
In Cleveland, Harris Clark 23 was cleared of second degree murder charges after a judge commended his actions. Clark shot and killed Sherman Porter on October 25 as Porter attacked Boykin Peters with a knife, following Peters' refusal to stop the assault.
Ohio Bell Telephone Co and AT T subsidiaries face a $150 million conspiracy suit filed by Marconi Inc of Oakland California. The charge says Ohio Bell refused to provide lines for a Marconi exhibit at the 1964 Ohio Independent Telephone Companies convention, alleging restraint of trade.
Orville E. 68 of 2309 St Sutphin St Middletown died Tuesday January 12 at Middletown Hospital at 8 40 am. Family gathers at McCoy Leffier Funeral Home Thursday 2 5 and 7 9 pm. Lincoln Lodge 693 F and AM service at 7 30 pm with Scottish Rite Ring Service. Prosser Chapter 367 Order of the Eastern Star service at 8 pm. Middletown Commandery No 71 Knights Templar Honor Guard at service Friday 2 pm officiant Co E Wintringham. Interment Woodside Cemetery Arrangements by McCoy Leffier. Dial 423 9443.
Expressions of thanks from the families of Thurmon Cook Lva Holloway and Emma Tuttle note appreciation for sympathy, floral offerings, meals and funeral home services. Special mentions include Rev Herschel Caudill Dr Gilbert Wagoner McCoy Leffler Funeral Home and local neighbors. Families named Myrtle Nichols Otho Tuttle James Patterson Fred Patterson.
Auction of a 1964 JD 4020 Diesel RC with power shift and many attachments plus a grain setup and baler. Leads list 80 acres beans and 425 acres corn, plus a Case and Allis-Chalmers compatibility note. Auctioneers Reitz Kramer Hudson with Van Ausdall Fudge clerks and church lunch.
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