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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1977
Page
2
Salt Lake City AP report details Gary Gilmore’s 1977 firing squad execution and its aftermath. The piece covers lasting fame, books and a play in development, a planned movie, and $1 million lawsuits against Gilmore’s estate. It notes witnesses, family responses, and the ongoing public interest in his life and crimes.
Los Angeles AP reports television star Farrah Fawcett-Majors says she was stunned by a published claim she shoplifted seven years ago. She says she took clothing from two California shops in 1970 to protest exchanges, calling it a demonstration.
Six Middletown area musicians join 90 members of the Cincinnati Youth Symphony Orchestra for a 3:30 p.m. final concert at Corbett Auditorium UC. The group, featuring Klosterman, Musgrove, Hamilton, Todd Monroe, Elias, and Current, will then tour Europe for two weeks as goodwill representatives.
Susan Perkins 23 year old singer from Middletown was crowned Miss Ohio after three days of pageantry at Malabar High School. Final rounds included evening gown swimsuit and talent with finalists and hosts from WPFB and Dayton TV. Perkins is a 1976 Miami University graduate and legislative intern in Columbus.
Fire crews responded to three incidents. At 6 28 pm at 805 Second Ave a grill fire caused minor damage with no transport. At 5 18 pm 110 Park St Lucille Bell 56 assisted by Squad with no transport. At 11 02 am 3001 Grand Ave Helen Doughman 76 ill taken to hospital in fair condition.
At 6 35 p m on Cincinnati Dayton Road at Garver Road a two car and semi truck crash left Ralph Foley 49 his wife Mary 48 and his mother Mary 69 hospitalized at Middletown Hospital. Ralph Foley and family were in one car while Joseph E West 16 drove another. The truck driven by David Talbert 29 Independence Ky could not stop and sideswiped West then struck Foley. Talbert cited for failure to maintain assured clear distance. Separately Robert Perry 20 Keister Road was uninjured after his car ran off the Breiel Oxford State Road intersection into a creek.
Friday's Journal incorrectly spelled the graduate Steven Wade Johnston as Johnson. Johnston is the son of Mr and Mrs David B Johnston of 4205 Fisher Ave.
The Middletown Journal runs its first teen classified program on June 22 featuring services from teens such as pet sitting lifeguarding bookkeeping typing and babysitting. Teens ages 18 and under can save a dollar with a two or three line ad. Deadline is Monday at 3 p.m. and coupons help youths craft their ads at the newspaper offices.
Investigators inspected a possible blunt weapon used in the deaths of three Girl Scouts near Camp Scott. Crime lab technicians examined the instrument as tracking dogs pursued clues at the scene. Divers searched a nearby pond with no evidence found. Local authorities offered few new details on suspects or exact locations.
Obituaries list several local deaths with funeral times and burial places. Harry F. Duane of Florida and Donald F. Laut of 4530 Poppy Drive receive 7 p.m. and 10:30 a.m. services at Wilson-Schramm Memorial Home. Hilda P. McKay aged 81 dies Middletown Hospital with services Monday Oswald Funeral Home. Raymond A. Theiss 67 died Franklin Nursing Inn with private services Tuesday Eaton Funeral Home. Edith E. Hayes 92 dies Middletown Hospital with services tomorrow McCoy Leffler Funeral Home burial at its own funeral home hour before service.
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