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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1971
Page
2
Mrs. Ruby Jane McCloud, 57, of 408 McKinley Street, died at home. Funeral details pending as authorities investigate.
David Arnold, 19, son of Mr and Mrs Charles Arnold of 904 Ellen Drive, was named the first J Brack Little Scholarship winner at Middletown Campus of Miami University. The award, funded by Middletown Republicans in honor of former Elections official J Brack Little, honors campus service and political involvement. Arnold, a 1970 Fenwick High School graduate and a political science major, will receive 109 toward tuition next fall.
Mrs Ida May Mikesell aged 9 of 111 North Main Street died at 5 a m after an extended illness. Her husband Elmer died in 1962. Survived by son Dale of Youngstown sister Bessie Gray of Hamilton three grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Funeral held with R C Nein Sons. Also notices for Donald Vereker Paul Baden Lurley Bennett infant son Donald Korn and Mrs Cora Elston with respective service details.
A yard fire at 4816 Primrose Lane was started by a person who tossed a flammable liquid. No damage occurred but officials warned it could have been serious. Firefighters and police responded after officers called at 1 32.
Funeral services for Charles R. Horn 19 who died in a one car crash near Ross will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Camden Baptist Church with Rev. John Turner and Rev. Charles Haney officiating. Burial will be in Fairmount Cemetery. Friends may call at R. C. Nein & Sons Funeral Home today from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. and at the church tomorrow after 1 p.m. Surviving are his parents Mr. and Mrs. Albert B. Horn of 168 South Main Street two brothers Roger serving in Germany and Albert at home a sister Glenna at home maternal grandfather E. P. Moreland of Camden and paternal grandmother Mrs Liza Horn of Irvine Kentucky.
A strong quake near Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, registered 6.5 on the Richter scale at 8:56 a.m. EDT. The National Earthquake Center said the temblor was felt as far as San Juan, Puerto Rico, but there were no reports of injuries or damage.
Summer instructional swim starts Monday at 9 45 am for Y youth members at the Middletown Area YMCA. Classes progress from Learn to Swim to Shark over a five week session with a second session in August. Boys and girls must register in advance at the Youth Department desk and new members should consult the physical department staff for placement.
Three University of Miami freshmen were arrested and charged with possession of hallucinogens after police found dried marijuana and hashish and six plants in tin cans in their dorm rooms. The suspects, Michael Arthur Forbus 19 John P Selegue 18 and Stephen Lee Gresham 19, were released on bonds totaling 500 and scheduled to appear in County Area I Court in Oxford on June 21. The investigation began after Oxford police entered Stanton Hall rooms at 9 a.m. and confiscated the material.
Seventeen Middletown Business College students were graduated at the 21st annual commencement dinner at the Women's Center. A slide show "Behind the Iron Curtain" by Andrew Roper preceded honors. Valedictorian Ellen McIntosh, salutatorian Deborah Hubbard, and scholarship honoree Bonita Woods led a class listed by diploma categories including stenographic secretarial executive secretariat junior accounting and general business.
In Cincinnati nearly 500 business and industrial leaders viewed a four hour closed circuit TV program on the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act. Kim Chapman Armco Steel safety manager led a live follow up panel with Howard Krise Philip Redick and Howard Kusnett discussing act requirements and upcoming 1974 deadlines as inspectors and workers join in with management.
Two Middleton residents were among several injured in Butler County crashes last night. A northbound car on N B Street struck multiple objects, overturned and slid 81 feet, injuring four. Driver William Kelly, 23, of Lafayette Avenue, was treated at Mercy Hospital and released. Passengers Lawrence Rice, Robert Wagner, and Russell Farris were treated at Fort Hamilton Hospital. Two Camden youths aided victims at the scene. Earlier, James Carson, 25, of Park Lane, suffered minor injuries on Trenton Franklin Road after losing control while avoiding another vehicle.
William Baldridge of 5847 Fairham Road told Butler County police he was harassed by pickets outside the Kroger on Oxford State Road south of Middletown yesterday afternoon. He parked at 4:15 p.m. to drop a passenger, and while leaving his exit to Main Street was blocked by pickets a log was placed under his wheels, preventing departure until he was allowed to leave after much discussion.
Dr. Donald Christianson a Mason physician resigns as commissioner and secretary treasurer of the Warren County Park Board. Judge H William Bowers says no action yet and has called a June 23 meeting expecting Christianson to attend. Christianson was appointed to a one year term in 1969 and is in the first year of a three year reappointment. Other members are Corwin Fred and Fred Byers.
An earthquake of undetermined intensity shook northern Peru including Piura Province at about 8 00 p m EDT with no immediate damage reported. Earlier, another tremor near Canta caused no casualties or damage.
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