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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1966
Page
8
The Middletown campus housing shortage at Miami University limits options as 15 sleeping rooms and one apartment are registered with the Chamber of Commerce. Slagle says students seek shared apartments with cooking facilities. average rent is 10 dollars per week.
A 38 year old truck driver was bound over to the Butler County grand jury on a second degree manslaughter charge after Kathy Daley, eight, was killed when she ran into an empty dump truck on Lafayette Avenue and Baltimore Street. Winifred Conley entered an innocent plea with bond set at 2500. In separate actions Judge J T Lamb fined James Wallace 200 and costs for DUI with a year license suspension, Corrine Bratcher 200 for petit larceny, Kermit Waillen 100 for assault and battery and menacing, Irvin Gregory 100 for giving false information, and Rev Kenneth Martin 50 for insufficient funds.
Middletown area service stations are expected to stay open tomorrow despite earlier plans to close in protest of rent hikes by Standard Oil. Dealers say lease terms allow the company to cancel, and local operators report company pressure to keep stations open while a Dayton area plan to close is noted.
United Dairy Farmers on Verity Park Way reported missing two days receipts totaling 720 dollars. Supervisor Robert Watson said bank deposits for June 18 and June 24 were not in the store's safe and had not reached the bank, discovered by bookkeepers.
A series of small fires occurred yesterday and today including a grass fire at 401 Gideon Road with undetermined cause and no damage, a false alarm at Tenth Avenue and Lincoln Street, a fire in scrap cardboard bales at Akers Packaging Service possibly caused by a cigarette, and a utility room fire at 2039 Howard Avenue damaging clothing and costing $225 where an electric heater was accidentally turned on.
The 9 member Frankford High School choir departed for a 23 day South American tour after raising 55000 dollars toward the 92000 dollar cost. Members backed by students and school funds aim to perform across multiple cities during the 36 concert itinerary.
Heinz H Becker 41 of Dayton fined 50 dollars and costs for careless driving. Thomas Edwards 21 of 707 Orchard St fined 50 dollars and costs for disorderly conduct and 25 dollars and costs for possession of fire crackers. Jamie Engle 30 of 1814 North Ave received a suspended 30 day jail sentence for assault and battery.
Two boys on a bicycle escaped serious injury when struck at Baltimore Street and Girard Avenue. The 19 year old, Leroy Puckett, suffered a leg bump. John Williams, 11, was unharmed. Driver William Phillips, 26, was cited to bicycle court after the crash at 5 44 p m.
Vehicles driven by Mildred Campbell and Robert Harmon suffered damages of 100 and 475 dollars after holes and alley collisions near Highland Roosevelt and 1955 Central. Michael Selby and Larry Love ly sustained 575 dollars in a Second Avenue Verity Parkway crash. Lovely cited for failure to yield. A parked car at 1104 Calumet Ave was damaged by an unidentified motorist. parked owner's details listed.
Two members of the First Baptist Church in Franklin sue the church trustees seeking open sessions to discuss building program funds. Plaintiffs Dr. Dale Hubbard and Enoch Chamberlain allege funds are being kept secret from the congregation as rebuilding studies proceed after last year’s fire.
Brenda Sue Winkler 14 was critically injured with internal injuries and multiple lacerations. Mary Winkler 9 sustained head, right leg and ankle injuries as they walked along Hamilton Scipio Road near their home. Everett Ison 47 Metamora Ind was charged with operating a vehicle at unsafe speed after his car struck them from behind around 6 30 this morning.
Miss Lucy Banker, 76, was struck by a backing car while sweeping her gutter on Christel Ave. She died at Middletown Hospital at 9 15 am. The driver Karl Baker 19 of Ohio Ave was charged with careless operation and may face second degree manslaughter. The city’s second traffic fatality of 1966 follows July 7 death of 8 year old Kathy Daley on Lafayette Ave. Funeral arrangements by McCoy Leffler Funeral Home.
Two Middletown boys, both 15, were taken into custody over a Mayfield vandalism case. County authorities say Robert C. Ritter's home on Highland Drive was ransacked with damages over 1000 dollars. a revolver and 65 dollars in coins were reported stolen. The youths are held at the juvenile detention center in Hamilton after an over month investigation.
Seven year old Mark A Kibbey son of Mr and Mrs Harry S Kibbey of Morrow was fatally struck by a car on Route 3 near his home while talking with neighbor Darrel Rowe about a Little League game. Driver Bernard Schiake 20 of Woodville Road remained at the scene and investigation continues. Burial at Morrow Cemetery after services at Yale Funeral Home Monday.
A 78 year old man is in good condition at Middletown Hospital after an apparent self harm attempt yesterday. Carl F. Pack, 42, of 4027 Roosevelt Ave, was arrested at the Dazzling Donkey, 204 Crawford St, and charged with selling alcohol to a minor.
Middletown High School class of 1961 organizers report plans for the August 20 reunion. Committee co chairs urge the remaining about 60 classmates to confirm attendance by calling Frances Bolen at 423-1225 or Heather Lawson at 423-0679.
Franklin police report estimated damage at $300 after a two car collision at Second Street and River Street Friday afternoon. Carolyn S. Thomas, 21, of 10 Hudson Ave., pulled from a service station into the path of William J. Berutti, 17, of 147 Arlington Ave., who was traveling west on Second Street.
Judge Arthur J. Fiehrer set August 1 for a contempt hearing in a dispute between Hillsboro Community Church and Middletown Full Gospel Tabernacle over radio broadcasts. Hillsboro had won a temporary restraining order July 5 to stop the Middletown church from airing or sponsoring a program under Times of Refreshing. D. E. McEwen, Hillsboro church chairman, filed the contempt petition.
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