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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1977
Page
13
Semi annual firearms qualifications for local officers showed higher scores with a new Duelatron decision making test. Eleven of 58 earned master scores and Chief Russell Dwyer praised the system for sharpened reflexes and safer judgment.
The Middletown Public Library board of trustees will hold its monthly meeting tomorrow at 4 p.m. in the library's community room.
Local briefs from this page cover community events and notices. Read across the column for short items involving area residents, scheduling notes, and service updates.
Franklin service station owner Orville Hamlin shot Michael McGuire after McGuire allegedly struck him with a pop bottle at 2:50 p.m. Hamlin and McGuire were hospitalized in Middletown. deputies planned interviews before charges.
George E. Combs, 37, faced a first degree murder count in the 1972 Surfside Inn shooting of waitress Sylvia Rodgers. The trial was halted after a key state witness, held at a Minnesota prison, refused to testify amid threats to him and his family. Combs now faces a weapon under disability case scheduled for tomorrow.
In Lemon Township an argument among Propane Transport drivers on Oxford State Road escalated into a brawl. James Dyas 33 of Midland was shot in the lower abdomen with a .22 revolver and Ross Weber 29 of Trenton was treated for head injuries after being struck with a billy jack. Dyas hospitalized. Weber released. No charges filed as police investigate.
A Montgomery County recount at the Board of Elections found no change in the Republican primary finish for Germantown village council. The recount this morning confirms Lester Mears’s continued position after the official tally.
Middletown officials said React will assist police with Fourth of July traffic control. React also hosts car washes July 2 and July 9 at Corky’s Marathon Station on Roosevelt Boulevard from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The article also notes a local election recount near completion with several Republican candidates and close vote totals before official certification.
Susan Perkins, 23, was named Miss Ohio in Mansfield after finishing first runner up last year. A Lemon Monroe High School and Miami University graduate, she will compete in Atlantic City for Miss America this fall. Perkins plans to upgrade the program and dispel pageant misconceptions. She sang Good Morning Heartache for her talent and previously won Miss Clayland and North Butler County Junior Miss titles.
Franklin residents seek help after a late Saturday fire at 822 Park Avenue that damaged Jesse Turner Jr. and his family. Donations of women’s size 16 and various men’s and children’s clothing are requested to aid the family, with drop off at Betty Turner, 805 South Ave. Contact 746-1124.
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