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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1970
Page
2
Fenwick High art students won the overall award for a blazing sunburst design at the Downtown Summer Festival. Middletown High placed runner-up with a “squares” design as Guyler Buick awarded $25 bonds and color photos for national Buick Opel Contest scholarships.
Army Sgt. Jack Nelson completed a five day 130 mile trek across Death Valley carrying an American flag. He started Monday and finished Saturday, shedding weight and enduring extreme heat with a final 14 hour push aided by a light tail wind. Nelson, a Vietnam veteran from Cleveland, plans to return with his brother Arlen to rest and sightsee.
Pt James Malott reported finding razor blades in a man's socks during a shake down at the Albers Store on 181 Manchester Ave. Charles Williams Jr., 30, of 106 N Sutphin St., charged with petit larceny of three items and resisting arrest.
The Atomic Energy Commission announced evidence of another underground Soviet test, the second this week and the 41st since the 1963 treaty. The estimate placed the yield between 20 000 and 200 000 tons of TNT, with signals traced to near Semipalatinsk.
Ohio University students surveyed on reforms favored a governing council with equal student faculty and staff seats and supported using student evaluations in tenure decisions. They also backed a junior control center, volunteer marshals, and expanded rumor control. Opinions varied on council veto power, security, and judiciary leniency.
A 54-year-old Camden man Roy A. Puckett was found Friday night after an apparent self inflicted gunshot wound and hanging, near a farm field. He had a prior severe injury from a fall and survived by four brothers and a sister. Services set for 2 p.m. tomorrow at R. C. Nein & Sons Funeral Home with burial at Sugar Grove Cemetery.
The Rev. Bernard T. Lomas aged 45 has been named president of Albion College succeeding retiring Dr. Louis W. Norris. Lomas, senior minister at Epworth Euclid United Methodist Church in Cleveland, will assume the post for the fall term. He is a Mackinaw City native and Albion graduate of 1946. He serves 48 percent as vice president on the college's board of trustees.
Dayton man Aubrey Gandy, 30, arrested by Ptl. James Daniel for forgery after attempting to cash a $130 check stolen from Stenger's Ford on Dixie Highway. Police say the check may be one of 6,000 blank checks reported missing from Stenger's.
Germantown native and U S Radiator Co engineer Gertmantown F Emrick of Warminster Pa died Friday afternoon aged 73. He is survived by his wife Ursula a daughter Jean Belt three sisters Mrs Orpha Antrim Mrs Sylvia Stewart and Mrs Margaret Askins and three grandchildren. Visitation is 6 to 9 p m today at John A Arpp Funeral Home with Rev J C Herbert officiating and burial in Germantown Cemetery tomorrow.
A preliminary hearing for 18 year old Lauren Rhoads on marijuana possession was continued to Friday by Judge J. T. Lamb. She remains in city jail for failing to post a 5 000 cash or 10 000 property appearance bond after arrest at Sunset Park by Patrolman James Malott. A tentative analysis found marijuana in a package of material in her clothing, Sgt. Russell Dwyer reported.
The body of Edith Baumaster, 42, was found in her home pool in Washington Township, south of Dayton, late Friday night. Her husband Eugene reported she had gone to bed then apparently got up to swim. An autopsy will be conducted.
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat invited Fidel Castro to visit Jordan to benefit from Cuba's revolutionary experience. The outreach signals Aleppo style diplomacy amid broader Arab solidarity discussions.
Mrs. Mildred Rhoads secretary for Teamsters Local 836 reported a break in at the Labor Hall 815 8 Main St. A soft drink vending machine was tampered with and cash or coins were taken. Police were alerted yesterday.
President Nixon’s special adviser on student unrest told reporters on Saturday that awareness of campus disaffection has grown. He noted students want their views considered in policy, but if they clash with the President’s views, the President’s stance prevails. Vanderbilt’s Alexander Heard, back from a Washington assignment, said ending the Vietnam War could ease campus unrest, the era’s defining issue.
The July 11 head on crash on the Golden Gate Bridge approach killed ten people and injured others. John Simer, 19, of San Francisco died in hospital after the wreck that involved two cars en route to a rock festival in San Rafael.
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