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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1967
Page
2
Services for Marine Cpl. Phillip E. Dennon of Clarksville will be held Friday at 1 30 p m at Oswald Memorial Home with burial to follow. In another obituary, Washington Davis aged 71, renowned as a science interpreter for the layman, died Tuesday from cancer.
Jack South of 516 Granada Ave died at 10 am. Services set for 2 Friday at Joseph Baker & Sons Funeral Home with Rev. Howard Neal officiating. Burial in Woedemte Cemetery. Calling hours 5 to 7 pm and 9 pm to unspecified end.
Miss Nellie Wells a native and former Friend will have friends call at the memorial home tomorrow from 6 to 9 pm for a memorial service and burial arrangements to follow.
Dwight Wells aged 80 of 1045 Hoover Avenue is listed for a service at 10 am with a note indicating a borrowing request for Praeechel.
New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison told Mike Wallace that the real Kennedy conspirators used Lee Harvey Oswald as a decoy to lure police and jail transfer risks. He claimed the plan hinged on Dallas officers avenging a fellow officer and noted Oswald’s role failed when police showed humanity. Wallace noted CBS found Tippit and Oswald had no proven conspiracy link.
A nominating committee selected five Monroe residents to lead Monroe's first Chamber of Commerce. The slate will be sent to members by mail with an installation banquet planned for July 25. The chamber aims to boost the village's commercial, industrial, agricultural and civic interests.
Funeral services for George L. Frazier 28 of W Silver Street Clifton Tenn will be held Local arrangements are by Oswald Funeral Home He was killed in a Monday night one car crash on US 67 two miles south of there The car struck a guardrail then hit an electric light pole causing a power outage for over an hour Coroner Ralph Young said death was due to massive head injuries He is survived by his parents and two children Becky and Byron The divorce between the two (note: OCR fragment obscures final details)
Ohio legislators abandon plans for an official state song with a 1 vote margin. The newly created Ohio Arts Council now must recommend a song to the 1969 General Assembly after Rep. Gordon Scherer of Cincinnati sponsored the resolution following a stalled Interstate Cooperation Committee.
Roger Craft president of Middletown Jaycees and directors Bill Davidson and Ron Wood attend the United States Jaycees annual convention in Baltimore with more than 10,000 members present. The organization is in its 48th year and sessions run through tomorrow.
Secretary-General U Thant told the United Nations that Egypt fired the first shot in the six day war between Israel and the Arab states. He criticized Egypt’s withdrawal of the UNEF force, saying it revealed the deepening conflict and rendering the UN emergency force largely useless.
A 1000 year old cedar on a steep Fox River bank in LaSalle County was chopped by vandals. Two main trunks about 25 feet tall were severed, apparently with a power saw. no other damage occurred on the slope. The tree, discovered last fall, was the oldest known in the area and attracted visitors along a seven mile river strip. The property is owned by Curt and his sister, 17, whose family holds the land.
A burglar shattered the front window of Jerry's Market at Garfield Street and Woodlawn Avenue at 1 30 this morning. The thief entered the store and was seen leaving with an arm load of merchandise, fleeing south on Garfield Street per a witness.
David Wittman 19 of 3114 Bexley Drive improved and in satisfactory condition at Good Samaritan Hospital Cincinnati after head injuries from a May 25 motorcycle collision with a car at Wildwood Road and Enoch Drive.
The Prohibition party, fading on ballots, opened its national convention a year ahead of schedule in Detroit. Leaders blame ballot-access laws for dwindling votes and expect former Michigan Hillsdale College dean to lead. they advocate moral principles against liquor interests and criticize both major parties. The party’s peak came in 1892 with John Bidwell’s 264,133 votes.
The emergency squad treated Laura Hummel, 80, at her home on 1825 Sherman Ave after a 5:25 a.m. call reporting trouble breathing. They administered oxygen for 20 minutes and advised her to go to Middletown Hospital, which she declined.
A Navy C2A transport flying at 9400 feet collided with a 12 ounce pigeon fifty miles south of Alameda near San Jose. Lt. Joseph Rozic of Butler Pennsylvania landed the damaged plane with 10 aboard after the collision caused a fist sized puncture and heavy bulkhead damage. The pigeon, described by Rozic as a handrail that can fly at 9408 feet, was noted by Golden Gate Audubon Society.
Martin Linglen reported to Butler County deputies that his farm tractor was looted yesterday afternoon. Spark plugs coils and wires were removed, with an estimated loss of $4953 by Cpl. Bal Fisher.
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