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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1970
Page
15
Report on Armco Steel Corp testing a 16 acre lagoon with 2 000 hatched bass and other species to gauge water treatment effects. Technicians explain acid treatment and neutralization, fish supply from Hebron hatchery, and planned future stocking while photographers document the setup.
Sixty five applications for Middletown city manager position at 24000 dollars a year. California leads filings while Alaska Hawaii and North and South Dakota are absent. City clerk Mrs. Sylvia Hughes says selection may take a month to narrow the field with interviews possibly in October. Interim manager Dan Rothe will stay through June 30.
Ohio Joint Legislative Committee on Campus Unrest schedules a Miami University session in the Heritage Room at 9 p.m. Testimony should be written in advance and mailed or presented to staff Monday afternoon for inquiries. The visit follows hearings at Akron and other campuses as part of a statewide review.
Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana regional planning authority faces a leadership gap as Ray Brown, Middletown city commissioner and OKI finance chief, says resumes will be held and interviews delayed until finances are straightened out. HUD audit looms over alleged mismanagement, and OKI plans an unofficial internal audit. Brown notes $112,000 in overdue assessments and borrowing of 25,000 to cover salaries, rents, and bills, with only 2,000 in one account and 15,000 in another. He vows a fight to restore fiscal control and ensure member governments pay up before grants.
A 2% year-old babysitter called police from a Girard Avenue home reporting a bath tub faucet would not stop running. Officers turned the water off, ending the problem. No other details were provided.
Two Middletown residents were injured about 1:20 p m yesterday in a traffic accident on Ohio 744 at Paullin Drive near Jay County Pal. Robert J Belcher 45 of 801 Auburn St was east bound and forced to stop when another car turning left in front of him caused Belcher and passenger Stokely Belcher 72 of 802 Elwood St to suffer arm and shoulder injuries. David Belcher 21 of 801 Auburn St escaped injury.
Two armed men robbed a Parkway Motel night clerk at 12 30 a m escaping with 114 dollars. Witnesses including Gary Standafer 23 of 212 N Marshall Road and Dwight Moody chief clerk described the suspects as young Negroes wearing rose tinted glasses light shirts and dark trousers fleeing toward Winona Drive. The robbery occurred after two visits to the motel office with the men noting room rates.
Five persons with minor injuries were treated after a two car crash at noon yesterday at Roosevelt Avenue and Kensington Street. The injured include Mrs. Glenda Haines 21 Roger Smith 15 Jack Haines 4 Joy Lucinda Haines 2 and Darlene Haines 1 all of 422 Vanderveer Street. Wick Cornett 62 of 6134 Middletown Hamilton Road was cited for failure to yield right of way.
Germantown police recovered a 1966 model auto abandoned in a gravel pit last night. The car had been reported stolen Tuesday from James Lewellyn on N Verity Parkway. Police said 16 stereo tapes worth 80 dollars were missing from the vehicle.
Armco Steel Corp announces a regular quarterly dividend of 40 cents per share payable Sept. 8 to holders of record Aug. 7. The board also declares a 52.5 cent quarterly dividend on cumulative convertible preferred stock payable Sept. 30 to record date Sept. 4.
Roy J. Benecchi announces formation of a Middletown Miami Campus Advisory Board to channel community service opportunities at the branch campus. The group would include citizens from northern Hamilton, southern Montgomery, Warren and Butler counties and meet in early fall with possible committees on curriculum and campus relations.
Tools valued at 2450 dollars were found at Mokry Tesmer Machine Shop after a break in at 1804 Jefferson Ave. Keith Rigsby 13 and Craig Rigsby 11 found the boxes along Wayne Madison Road. Two Middletown men Louis Cooper 23 and Andrew Gomez 23 were charged with receiving and concealing stolen property in connection with the A&P theft at 1300 First Ave. Police recovered .24 cartons of cigarettes and an adding machine. Detective Lt Roy Crout said a license plate led to the arrests after a search warrant. A shop window was shattered and suspects fled in the parking lot.
A fire call at 6:49 a.m. at 816 15th Ave in Elgin involved Marshall, 53, who was ill and taken by ambulance to a hospital. Another call at 9:20 a.m. at 821 Ninth Ave linked Richard Lampley, 46, of 814 16th Ave, ill and transported by ambulance to a hospital.
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