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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1969
Page
2
Los Angeles based Hitco and Armco Steel Corp announce a merger in principle. Hitco would become a separate unit with Armco backing research and development in non metallic composites. Exchange would be one Armco preferred share for each Hitco common share tax free.
A youthful driver suspended from driving July 11 was arrested six days later on Casper Avenue. Judge J. T. Lamb ordered three days in jail and a 200 dollar fine plus costs. Greg D. McFarland 18 of 121 Leibee Street was stopped by a Butler County deputy and arrested by a local police officer for driving as a suspended driver on Casper Street. Patricia Hawkins 36 of 4236 Marvel Drive Franklin was fined 50 dollars and costs and ordered to restitution for a 15 dollar check cashed without sufficient funds. Joyce Tussey 23 of 426 Vanderveer Street, charged with assault and battery, was dismissed at the complainant's request.
Two traffic crashes in Butler County injure three people. Jim Hoelle 18 of Fairfield and John Clemmons 17 of Fairfield were hurt when their car hit a guard rail on Millikin Road near Ohio 4 and were hospitalized. In a second crash Delmer Asher 47 of Somerville sustained minor injuries after his auto was struck on Ohio 503 Tolbert Road by a turning car driven by Carl Grollmus 57 of Hamilton. Asher declined medical care.
Hamilton County deputies say two break-ins yielded loot over 700 dollars. Intruders climbed to a second story balcony to pry doors at Highland Greens Apartments on Cincinnati Dayton Road, taking three air conditioners and an electric carpet sweeper valued at 419.40. In a second break-in at the concession stand of Art County Speedway on Cincinnati Dayton Road thieves took six half barrels of beer and taps worth 300.
The Golden Age Club will hold its monthly dance next Thursday at 7 p.m. in Room 113 B, Logan Johnston Hall on the Miami University campus due to heat at the usual center. Joanne Brooks pupils perform earlier on Wednesday at 2 30 p.m. and center chorus rehearses at 10 30 a.m. and the club at 1 45 p.m.
Parkersburg West Virginia teenagers Roger and Susie Bailey pleaded innocent to 12 counts of murder in the deaths of their parents and 10 siblings who died in a fire police say the children admitted starting. Susie 15 and Roger 13 appeared with four defense lawyers in Wood County Circuit Court before Justice Donald F. Black. A trial likely after the September fall term. the blaze occurred before dawn on Sunday June 8 in their seven room frame and tarpaper home.
The Lemon Monroe High School 1953 graduates picnic is scheduled for Saturday July 26 at 5 30 p m in Armco Association Park. Several alumni including Melva Jane Farmer Margaret Ann Firte Larry Gilvin Bob Manns Ronald Montgomery Delores Roberson Glazer Claudine Smith Skaggs Harold Leo Tucker and Delores Vanderpool Lewis are unlocated and to contact Mrs Ed Gunderson at 422 9566 with any information.
Articles totaling 252 dollars were stolen in three vehicle break ins last night. Suzy Richter reported a pry window loss at LeSourdsville Lake lot with a wallet purse watch and class ring taken. Jerry Maddox said his Cincinnati auto was ransacked with cash and a pocket watch stolen. Paul Banks reported keys and a wrist watch stolen from a car at Four Mile Creek Park.
An ammonia leak at Cape Pond Ice Co in Gloucester Massachusetts sent fumes over a square mile area. About 200 people were evaluated as firefighters contained the plume amid high humidity and calm winds. Four people including two firefighters were overcome. one hospitalized with severe burns. A January leak previously caused a fatal explosion.
A 17 year old Middletown youth James Rembert was found delinquent and ordered committed to the Ohio Youth Commission in Columbus for a May 28 break in at New Miami High School. Companions Carl Jones and Gregory Hart were also ruled delinquent. Jones and Hart received suspended commitments and probation. Deputies found the building entered at 2:30 a.m and retrieved some change.
Mrs. Margaret P. Moore of Dayton, a former Middletown resident, receives the Silver Zero Defects award for high quantity and quality performance at the Aeronautical Systems Division. She works in Subsystems Management at Wright Patterson Air Force Base.
NASA reports Mariner 6 and Mariner 7 head to Mars, will pass within 2000 miles, record and return over 200 pictures. Flybys set for July 31 and August 5 with full planet TV pictures starting July 29 and three days before encounter.
Miss Catherine S. Grooms and David Roy Fouch win the 1969 1970 Middletown Campus Opportunity Scholarships. Each receives 500 toward first year costs at the Middletown Campus of Miami University based on scholastic achievement character and ambition.
Soviet physicist M. V. Keldysh assured astronaut Frank Borman Luna 15 would not intersect Apollo 11’s path. Luna 15 orbits 62 to 75 miles above the moon while Armstrong Aldrin and Collins prepare to launch the lunar module Eagle to the surface and conduct early exploration.
In Britain more than 7,000 people hold diplomatic immunity through foreign missions or international organizations. The figure covers diplomats, their dependents, and staff, reflecting the scope of legal protections in place.
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