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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1971
Page
11
Journal Staff Photographer John Sheckler captures a downtown fire escape in two photos. Subtle camera angle and darkroom wizardry transform a common scene into an artful study of urban anatomy.
City Manager Dale Heisel backs applying for a federal grant to acquire two police helicopters, citing surveillance value but questioning affordability. A Kettering pilot program shows 60 percent federal funding and a $50,000 yearly cost, prompting debate over crime control spending and city priorities.
A heat wave pushed Middletown to record highs with 99 degrees yesterday and forecasts for hotter days. Police logged incidents from tense arguments at home to a pool altercation, theft at a downtown store, and overflowing crowds at Hueston Woods Park, while officials warned relief would not arrive until late in the week.
Hamilton An Ford destroyed by fire last night on Windisch Road north of Crescentville Road in Union Township Butler County police said. John Ellis of 2680 Lehman Road Cincinnati reported seeing the vehicle burning in a lane and called the Union Township Fire Department. Officers found burning newspapers inside and said the fire appeared intentional as they checked the vehicle registration.
Twenty five teachers participate in a Middletown area Resources Workshop visiting Doty House Ohio Bell Co and Lebanon Correctional Institution. Seminar leaders B Chandler Huselton Roy J Benecchi and Robert White discuss Involving People in Community Growth with local business and organization tours guiding teaching about the city.
A quip notes that some people refuse to listen to both sides of a phonograph record, reflecting a bias that blocks fair consideration of opposing viewpoints.
Butler County police report a man about 24 in hippie attire robbed Dixie Cruise-In Theater manager Scott Sands on Saturday night, taking 1293 dollars as he was preparing a deposit. He fled north on Main Street. Middletown police later found an abandoned car on Mth Avenue, probe ongoing.
Tragedy at Armitage gravel pit near Stubbs Mill and Morrow Millgrove roads ends when Hubert Michael Duff 16 of South Lebanon drowns after peers mistake his plea for help as a joke. Body recovered about 6 30 p m in about 10 feet of water. Survived by parents two brothers and two sisters. Funeral services set for 2 p m Wednesday at First Baptist Church South Lebanon Yale Funeral Home in charge. Second drowning that weekend cited as Rose Marie Kuhn 44 of Kettering in canoeing accident on Little Miami River near Waynesville.
Carl Theiss reported a 38 caliber revolver a .22 caliber rifle and six boxes of shells stolen from his home on West Alexandria Road. Miles Haddix said a sports coat with checks leather briefcase and real estate pamphlets were taken from his car at the Moose Lodge parking lot. Mrs Ray Schmidt reported her daughter's bicycle stolen from a bridge on Howe Road near Elk Creek.
At St. Clair County Park near Williamsdale more than three hours of dragging failed to find a body of a possible drowning victim. Joann Bolden reported seeing a boy struggle in the lake and vanish. Divers and firemen continued searches, with dragging to resume if a missing person is reported.
Gratis Fire Chief Herb Shanefelt’s 19 year old son Ron Shanefelt was treated and released from Middletown Hospital after a confrontation with Gratis Police Chief Ed Prater who stopped him for loud motorcycle operation. Prater says the youth resisted and he struck him with a nightstick. the elder Shanefelt took his son to the hospital and no charges will be filed.
Randall Oditt 21 of 2302 Byron St Middletown died Sunday near Troy when a loaded shotgun packed in a bedroll aboard a bus discharged as he pulled the bedroll toward him. Funeral services set for Wednesday at Joseph R. Baker & Sons Funeral Home with burial in Hillcrest Cemetery Lexington. Oditt, a Kroger stockman and Marine Corps veteran, is survived by his wife Deborah, mother Mary Gunnells, brother Glenn, a half brother Donald Oditt and three half sisters. The funeral home will host viewing Tuesday afternoon and evening.
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