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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1948
Page
4
Philadelphia butcher George W. Rookstool implements a weekly 1.25 dollar plan allowing customers to buy all meat at cost. With 360 members, he boosts weekly gross from 800 to about 2,500, claiming 28 to 33 percent savings for families while critics call him an agent for consumers.
Kenneth V. Zappone, 20, of Wooster, pleaded guilty to auto theft and shooting with intent to wound and was sentenced to two to 40 years in Mansfield Reformatory by Judge Dana F. Reynolds. He and Roy E. Butler, 16, were captured after a running gun battle in Columbus. Butler shot and listed in fair condition at St. Francis Hospital. They also face armed robbery charges in Wooster.
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