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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1949
Page
13
Norman Green, 56, was found dead in a sleeping bag inside a snowbound high Sierra cabin after being unreported since December 23. A big shepherd dog crawled in half starved and with worn footpads, highlighting a frantic rescue attempt by the pet as six rescuers reached an emergency shelter through seven-foot drifts.
Coroner George Cogan estimated the Pacific Gas and Electric Company veteran snow surveyor and lake tender died of a heart attack caused by exhaustion and exposure after struggling through ice and snow. A winter shelter cabin held emergency rations and a broken second story window suggested entry by the dog Rover who chewed at a first floor shutter in an effort to reach his master.
A new Division of Juvenile Research Classification and Training was organized with Gov Lausche's approval. J H Lamneck, former Tuscarawas County Juvenile Court judge, outlined plans to consolidate three state facilities into the new division and use the Bureau of Juvenile Research as a receiving and classification center for juvenile court commitments. The unit aims to coordinate efforts, aid rehabilitation, and study child care institutions to prevent delinquency.
Hamilton Shelby Muncy 25 pleaded guilty in Butler Common Pleas Court to second degree manslaughter for a pedestrian death and argued defective sight contributed to the crash. He received six months in jail and life driving privileges forfeited.
John C. Beacham, former Middletown High School and Withrow High School instructor since 1945, was elected alumni secretary of Wittenberg College by the board. He will join March 1 to direct a 30 point alumni relations program as part of the college’s public relations effort. Beacham served as a Coast Artillery private, later major, in World War II with the Third Armored Division earning the Presidential Citation and Belgian Fourragere. He taught at Franklin and Wapakoneta before Middletown.
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