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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 21, 1962

Page

14

Sanity Tests Slated For Man Charged In Shooting

Henry Marcum 64 was ordered to Lima State Hospital for 30 days of sanity tests after pleading innocent by reason of insanity to second degree murder in the fatal shooting of his 21 year old granddaughter Loretta Mize. Marcum fled to a neighbor’s garage and tried to shoot himself. a .22 rifle bullet fractured his jaw. He was treated at Veterans Hospital Dayton before returning for court. Mize was mother to two small children and had been staying with the Marcums.

Hamilton Henry Marcum Lima State Hospital Marcum N. D S&t Loretta Mize Veterans’ Hospital Dayton Robert Marrs Mize Chhildren Marcums Haman Persia Mordecai Esther Ahasuerus

Ashland Slaying Probed In Highway Couples Killing

Deputy director Col James W. Hughes Frankfort arrived to assist in the investigation of the shooting of Donald Ray Howard age 20 of Ketova West Virginia and Brenda Lou Fraley Howard age 17 of Ashland on a lonely road near Vyhere last Thursday.

Ashland Kentucky State Police James W. Hughes Frankfort Donald Ray Howard Ketova W.va Brenda Lou Fraley Howard Vyhere

Minutes to Survival shown at Lions Club meeting

The Ohio Bell Telephone Co presents Minutes to Survival to be shown at the Lions Club gathering Thursday night at Manchester Motor Inn. The event showcases a telecommunication themed film for club members and guests.

Ohio Bell Telephone Co Lions Club Manchester Motor Inn

Towns vie for General Foods Jell-O plant in 250 mile radius

Hudson and Amsterdam towns vie to lure General Foods Jell-O plant with skywriting and letter campaigns. Amsterdam offers 50 acre tract and gifts to attract the project while Le Roy Hoboken Dorchester and Orange await potential consolidation sites. Spokesmen warn campaigns raise town profile and attract other firms even if a plant may not be built locally.

Jell-O New York City Amsterdam N.Y General Foods Burke Giblin Jello Hudson le Roy Hoboken Dorchester Orange Mass

Really Big Band Surprises John Gooch in Maine

John B Gooch of S D Warren Paper Co led a 110 piece band in a surprise birthday concert at Warren Memorial Library in Westbrook Maine Musicians from southern Maine gathered to fulfill his dream of conducting a really big band The event drew many colleagues and friends who filled the small auditorium and opened windows to share the music Gooch aged 62 called it one of the happiest hours of his life and said it would stay with him for a long time

Westbrook Maine John B. Gooch Gooch S. D. Warren Paper Co Warren Memorial Library John Gooch

Purim Service Aboard Long Island Rail Train

Jewish commuters on a Long Island Railroad train celebrated Purim with a Hebrew Megillah reading led by Rabbi Theodore Jungreis of the Bethpage Jewish Community Center. Hamantaschen passed to worshipers as a mobile synagogue marked deliverance over destruction per ancient Esther story.

Bethpage N.Y Long Island New York City Persia Theodore Jungreis Jungreis Esther

Poles Rescued From Polish Freighter on Thames

Three exhausted Polish seamen were rescued from the lower hold of the 3,218 ton Jaroslaw Dabrowski tied at the River Thames. British dockers heard their cries and alerted police who removed them and took them away while Home Office officials review asylum requests. The ship had arrived Monday night from Gdynia in the Baltic.

London Thames Jaroslaw Dabrowski Home Office Gdynia

Bank Bandit Escapes In White Cadil lac

A 22 year old East Side man used a white Cadillac convertible in a $749 armed robbery at Cleveland Trust Co on East 116th Street and Buckeye Road. Teller John Vargo 50 stayed calm, pressed the alarm. Branch manager John Rada 63 triggered another alarm as the robber fled with a bag of cash. License number was recorded by two line workers who saw the getaway car. The car owner 27 said he lent it to a relative.

Cleveland (Ap East Side Cleveland Trust Co East 116Th Street Buckeye Road John Vargo Vargo John Rada

Second Teenager Dies Of Car Fumes

Medina Ohio AP reports the second member of a teenage couple overcome by car fumes has died. David Pickero, 19, was found dead in a car Monday at his home in Wadsworth. His fiancée Lora Huffman, 17, of West Salem, died Tuesday in Medina Community Hospital.

Medina Ohio David Pickeroy Wadsworth Lora Huffman West Salem Medina Community Hospital

Cleveland Hotels Face Deepening Slump Says Industry

Cleveland hotel leaders report a severe downturn with occupancy among downtown hotels averaging 54.2 percent last year, far below national norms. Ernest Wunderly of Horwath & Horwath cited Cleveland’s peak in 196 as 95 percent occupancy. Association head William Lanham warns of a third consecutive record low, while Gene Bostrom notes new motel and hotel buildings contributing to the slow recovery.

Cleveland Ernest Wunderly Horwath & Horwath William T. Lanham Cleveland Hotel Association Hotel Auditorium Gene Bostrom Hopkins

Racine man drowns after falling from towboat in Kanawha River

A 25-year-old Miles Huston Childress Jr. of Racine Ohio fell from a towboat and drowned in the Kanawha River near Charleston West Virginia on Tuesday. Authorities investigated the incident and identified the victim.

Charleston W. Va Racine, Ohio Miles Huston Childress Jr Kanawha River Here

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