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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1977
Page
9
Armco officials admit the New Miami coke plant is not in compliance with the July 1 deadline. Negotiations with EPA continue for a modified water permit while a recently installed blast furnace water treatment unit remains short of meeting standards.
A sequence of city emergency runs with details including names ages and addresses. Incidents cover a mattress fire at 2000 Yankee Road causing $150 damage and multiple medical transports with patients treated or admitted.
Two motorcyclists were injured in separate crashes yesterday. Larry Johnson, 23, of 511 Mossman Road, is in fair condition at Middletown Hospital after being thrown from his motorcycle on University Boulevard when a front tire came off at about 11 50. William Rogers, 29, of 5637 Hendrickson Road, was treated after rear ending a car on Roosevelt Boulevard at 5 10 and released.
A list of multiple death notices includes Paul Allen Davis 71 of 2302 Woodburn Ave who died at Middletown Hospital after a June 9 stay. Carolyn Merle Gast 40 of 3923 Lewis St who died at University Hospital Columbus after leukemia. Eleazor Holdbrooks 51 of 808 10th Ave. whose services are incomplete. Cara B Lehmann 85 of Mt. Pleasant Home Monroe with services pending. Ora Little 83 of 523 Garfield St with funeral arrangements. Donald Riley 29 of Miamisburg. Odus Sams 63 of 7430 Mentz Road Franklin. and several other survivors and service details listed for each. Private and public services scheduled across Hamilton, Monroe, Franklin, and surrounding counties. Memorials to Faith Alliance Church or American Cancer Society mentioned for Davis.
A CBAM-FM radio unit valued at 265 dollars was taken from Patrick Lydell’s car on 4000 Tytus Ave. A welfare check for 145 dollars was stolen from a Woodlawn Avenue mailbox after delivery yesterday. A cassette recorder and 20 tapes were stolen from Mark Schirmer’s car on Park Lane. Flower pots and plants vanished from porches of Catherine Holcolm on Tytus Ave and Ernest Burchan on Sheffield St. Vandals broke John Barnes’s windshield on Lamplight Court early today.
The Division of Fire warns fireworks are illegal and will be confiscated from unauthorized users. Fire marshal Curt Peck defines a firework as any combustible explosive or similar item and includes blank cartridges and sparklers. Only caps for toy guns are allowed. it is illegal to sell store or possess fireworks under state law.
Tragedy hit Warren and Butler counties with four deaths last night and this morning. A Morrow mobile home fire in which Buddy Collins, 3, died and his mother Josie Collins was hospitalized followed heavy smoke and a rear bedroom blaze. In Morro James Alcorn, 39, died from a bullet wound, and Linda Alcorn, 29, is charged with voluntary manslaughter. In Hamilton James Lang, 26, was found dead from a gunshot near the Turf Club. A teen driver, John Edward Whitlock, 17, died after a two-car crash on Ohio 177 near Darktown. Police investigate.
Butler County Council on Aging now operates from the City Building with a direct Middletown telephone line 424-5590 serving the Middletown area and facilitating county wide coverage for seniors. The move, funded by revenue sharing and cooperative purchases with Middletown, includes info and referral, transportation, protective services, outreach, and staff names such as Willeen Smith and Jean Perry and RSVP director Ebie Banks.
John Dolibois aged 58 and his wife Winifred aged 56 of 118 Hilltop Road were reported in fair condition at Ft Hamilton Hughes Hospital. They were injured in a two car crash on U S 27 south of Ohio 130 near McGonigle. A Miami University student died in the crash.
Franklin police report Clinton Bray Jr. 47 of 534 Kristine Lane and his son David 24 of 104 W. Bryant Ave. in fair condition after Wednesday night stabbing at the Dream Bar 140 S Main St. Both were in the intensive care unit and listed as serious as investigations continue with no suspects identified.
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