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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1974
Page
2
Ada Rurode of Brookville celebrated a 50th anniversary at the Middletown farmers market on Vail Street behind the Studio Theater. The 77 year old has traveled 25 miles each Saturday since marrying, selling bread noodles cookies pies eggs and produce, while keeping busy and social.
Cincin nati motorist Stephen Johnston aged 25 was fined 100 and jailed three days by Municipal Court Judge John B. Tracy for driving intoxicated. His license is suspended for six months. William Anderson 46 of Cincinnati fined 50 and suspended six months for reckless operation. Others, David Owens 25 Cincinnati, failing to register, and Michael Couch 21 Miamisburg, red light violation, were fined 50 each and had driving privileges suspended. Nine speeders were fined a total of 257.50.
Chalmer Allen aged 69 formerly of Middletown and now of West Liberty Ky died yesterday in Tampa Florida. He is survived by his wife Selma a sister Lenna Wilson of Middletown and several nephews and a niece. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Potter Funeral Home West Liberty.
A Democratic poll of 353 voters in Ohio shows grand jury indictments of Nixon aides shifting sentiment toward impeachment and helping Thomas Luken defeat Willis Gradison Jr by 51.9 percent. Hart notes independents tilt impeachment, inflation and energy cited as top issues, while trust in Nixon remains low.
A 17-vehicle crash on I-75 near the Hiwassee River left three dead when a station wagon slowed in dense fog and was hit from behind by a tractor trailer. Names Isaac Chappell and Doris Calhoun, both of Ohio, were identified among the victims.
Kevin Johnson, 19, of 1018 Park Lane, treated at Middletown Hospital after his motorcycle skidded into a car turning into a driveway from Nelbar Street near Tytus Avenue at 5 45 p m. Sandra Sandlin, 17, of South Lebanon, drove the car with only minor damage, police said.
Negotiations resumed over a dispute triggering a strike by 2,800 UAW Local 1714 workers at GM Fisher Body in Lordstown Ohio. A Vega plant shutdown idled 5,600 others due to parts shortages, with potential further idling at Chevrolet van and Vega plants if talks fail.
Police say three daytime and overnight shootings in Dayton, Ohio appear unrelated with a tan car possibly linked to a Canadian motorcyclist’s fatal shooting and a Dayton rider’s leg wound. A separate shot to a mobile home injured Otis Morgan. Evidence scarce. city sees fifth shooting death in a week.
U S Rep Shirley Chisholm of New York will speak at the Jefferson Jackson Dinner of the Butler County Democratic Party on April 19. The event begins at 7 30 p m at the Mancester Motor Inn with Jim Reuss of Oxford serving as executive director in charge.
Ohio Lung Association reports fewer emphysema cases in the 1970s with national increases of 5.7 percent versus Ohio’s 0.8 percent. Disability payments for the disease total 4.4 percent of Social Security benefits in Ohio, with about 16 000 such payments in 1970. West Virginia has the highest rate, over 12 percent of disability payments traced to lung disease.
Middletown man Phillip Reichter, 35, remained hospitalized in the ICU at Halifax District Hospital after a motorcycle crash on Tomoka Farms Road near Daytona Beach. He followed another cyclist who signaled slow down, glanced back, and struck the rider ahead. Jerry Martin of East Point, Georgia, escaped injury.
Larry McQuinn aged 26 of 611 Malvern Street was injured Friday night when his motorcycle struck a car at Woodlawn Avenue and Young Street. He was treated at Middletown Hospital and released. Ernestine Cobb 21 of 316 Curtis Street drove south on Young Street and failed to yield, later cited.
The state Auditor's Office disbursed 177,533 in criminal costs subsidies to 67 county clerks of courts for February.
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