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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1965
Page
2
A 14 year old boy admitted to robbing a Crawford Street couple with a knife early Thursday morning. He was arrested Friday and referred to Juvenile Court after being identified by the victims and officers.
A 27 year old Middletown woman reported to the Butler County sheriff that after an evening of drinking and dancing she was assaulted by a youth who drove her to a Ross driveway and a service station on Hamilton Cleves Road where he beat her before fleeing. Deputy James Parsons took her to Mercy Hospital in Hamilton for treatment.
Mrs. Ora E Cox 69 of 101 Gideon Road died at Middletown Hospital. Survived by husband Robert. two daughters. three sons. 15 grandchildren. services at Crawford Street Church of God with burial at Woodside Cemetery. Mrs Doris Catchpole 30 a Lebanon Junior High teacher died from a car crash near Amherst Virginia. husband Thomas and son Tommy injured. She was a vocalist. husband and son also teachers in Lebanon public schools.
Mrs Lula Jo Giles of 3904 Warren Road dies at 8 11 p.m. Saturday at Middletown Hospital. Born in Georgia she had lived in Middletown since 1947. Survived by husband James a son Jerry of Dayton four sisters and three brothers. Services at 2 p.m. Wednesday Crawford Street First Church of God with Rev Herschel Caudill officiating. Burial Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call Mc Coy Leffler Funeral Home tomorrow 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. and at church Wednesday after 1 p.m.
Elza H Williams 59 of 1612 Meadow Ave died at 10 25 am yesterday at Middletown Hospital after a two month illness. Born in Hazard Kentucky he lived in Middletown 25 years and worked 20 years at Armco Steel cold strip mill. Surviving: wife Nazzie two sons Lonnie and James of Middletown two daughters Carolyn Clemmons and Leandra Green of Middletown three brothers Arza Franklin George of Middletown Fer n of Russell Kentucky and three sisters Lana Williams Fairbern and Cora Strickland of Somerset Kentucky. 14 grandchildren. Services 10 am Wednesday at Joseph R Baker & Lone Funeral Home Rev Howard Sears officiating. Burial Riverside Cemetery Hazard Kentucky. Friends may call tomorrow 2 5 and 7 9 pm.
Roland Callahan Franklin 52 of 98 F Second St SE died upon arrival at Middletown Hospital after suffering a heart attack on the job at Monsanto Chemical Corp in Miamisburg where he worked as a foreman.
Services for Miss Edna Proctor former head nurse at Otterbein Home will be held at 10 am tomorrow in Otterbein Chapel. Burial follows in the home cemetery with visitation after 8 am. Proctor died Saturday at Otterbein Home after 18 years of hospital service. Oswald Memorial Home in charge.
Mrs. Carrie Sims died early today at Westview Nursing Home. Survived by brother Lewis Igleburger of Dayton. Services at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Oswald Memorial Home. Burial in Lebanon Cemetery. Friends may call tomorrow after 4 p.m. at the memorial home.
William Gillespie aged 61 of 781 New London Road is scheduled for 10 am tomorrow. Mrs Hildred Campbell aged 60 of 5320 Kennedy Road has services at 10 am tomorrow. Mrs Nannie Nobel aged 81 of New Miami Haz ard Kentucky has services tomorrow. Charles Bowling aged 61 of New Miami has services at 10 am Wednesday. Mrs Lillian Horgson aged 78 of 1968 Southern Hillle Road has services today.
Harry N. Allen 8, founder of New York's first taxicab business, died Saturday at his home after soliciting 3 million dollars in underwriting for his venture. Thompson 67, a Pittsburgh modern art collector and stock broker, died Saturday from a heart attack. He owned antique furniture American glass and Chinese pottery.
All truck traffic returned to normal as Teamsters Local 107 workers ended a week long wildcat strike and resumed deliveries of food and merchandise across the Greater Philadelphia area. About 13 000 members moved mountains of piled up goods to factories and retailers, replenishing exhausted supermarket and grocery store shelves after the stoppage. The back to work order was approved by Michael Heassion, local secretary treasurer, over the weekend.
Ohio weekend toll includes at least 18 traffic deaths and 10 drownings with seven drownings among swimmers and three among boaters. Victims ranged 22 to 41, including Ivo Gergurevic a Yugoslavian immigrant who drowned at Mosquito Lake. Some bodies remained missing and coroner's work could add one death.
Three Hamilton companies face strikes with union rejections and stalled talks. Over 809 workers idle as negotiations loom in one plant while Hamilton trade group notes record industrial employment above 14 000. Bus strike offer declined over part time clause and Mosler Sale workers press for negotiations before talks with a federal mediator in Cincinnati.
Helen Keller marked her 85th birthday with a simple gathering of relatives and friends in Easton Connecticut. The blind and deaf author, noted for her lifetime of advocacy for the disabled, enjoyed a cake and a champagne toast.
In Dayton Ohio the Montgomery County branch of the National States Rights Party promoted a plan to label blood donations by donor race. Organizer R D Eldridge urged a law to tag blood, claiming Negro blood transfusions would cause mixed race offspring. Health Commissioner Dr Robert A Vogel dismissed the claim as ridiculous, saying genes determine race, not blood.
Benjamin Games of Elkhart Indiana completed a solo four-seater amphibian flight from Boston to St Pierre Greenland Iceland and Scotland claiming three records though not officially recognized by the NAA His journey included an ice storm fuel shortages and navigational hazards described as flying almost on the sea surface and flying blind at times during a perilous crossing.
Geneva man Peter Zorbas sues the city and a police officer for 109000 alleging a Feb 23 beating at the police station left him with a broken nose two chipped teeth and facial bruises according to a Jefferson County Common Pleas Court filing.
The ad promotes GALLA HER store items for summer fun including patio furniture with rust resistant finish, folding chairs, and hostess gear from Hallmark. It also touts Fourth of July themed tableware and nationwide traveler’s checks from First National Bank through discounted coupons and savings.
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