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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1961
Page
2
Mary Louise Johnson, 23, awaiting another child, received a five-year suspended sentence after a jury found murder without malice in the Dec. 13 death of her infant daughter Janice. Johnson did not testify. a signed statement read by an assistant district attorney said she threw the baby on the floor twice due to crying.
Trenton village council approved a 453 share of Ohio 73 improvements inside the village with the state highway department covering five percent of total costs. The meeting also authorized 13.90 for materials for a country-wide car safety check in May and discussed John Street burbs and gutters. Sergeant Carl Ennis was granted a second 30-day leave, Willmar Addition plat was approved, and two buildings planned for razing to permit a new municipal building may be advertised for bids.
The Army awards a $5,361,619 contract to Ford Motor Company's Newport Beach plant for continued development of the Shillelagh lightweight missile. The weapon targets enemy troops tanks and fortifications, and the program advances on St Patrick's Eve.
Two children were treated for fractures at Middletown Hospital yesterday. Dallas Jackson, 14 months, daughter of Mr and Mrs Low ell Jackson of South Ave suffered a fractured left collarbone after a crib fall. Suzanne Neff, 6, daughter of Mr and Mrs William Neff, fractured right wrist from a fall at Blue Ball School.
Plans for a one day event on Friday November 17 will let high school juniors and seniors in Butler County gain on the job exposure to health fields. Middletown Hamilton and area schools will participate with Middletown Hospital officials coordinating the Middletown portion and about 120 students expected in Middletown.
Christina G Christofferson of Oxford died at 65 after a yearlong health decline. She and Halbert C. Christofferson taught in Minnesota and Wisconsin and were active in local medical and church groups. Memorial services planned at Memorial Presbyterian Church with cremation.
Mrs Elva Marie Ruble 68 of Middletown Rt 1 died at Middletown Hospital at 3 40 pm after a six month illness. Born and raised in Middletown she was a member of St Paul Evangelical Reformed Church. Survived by husband Floyd E two daughters Dorothy Denis of Middletown and Glenna Marchall of Hamilton four grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Services Monday at 2 pm McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with Rev H C Grunewald officiating burial Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Sunday 2 5 and 7 9 pm.
Mrs Laura French Miller 86 of 119 Cincinnati Ave Lebanon died yesterday at East Orchard Nursing Home. Survived by daughters Marion Mulford Lebanon and Joan Ward Seattle son Dudley FE San Francisco two sisters Miss Charlotte French and Mrs Ray Herrick Lebanon eight grandchildren. Services 1 p m tomorrow Oswald Funeral Home Rev J T Mc Hendry officiating Burial Ferncliff Cemetery Springfield. Friends may call today 7 to 9 p m.
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