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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1969
Page
2
Mrs. Ella Hines, director, appeals for used children’s furniture and toys to furnish a steel playhouse donated by Armco for Fresh Air Camp opening June 9. Donors in the Middletown area may contact her at 243-5825 with tables chairs cabinets trucks and sandbox toys.
Middletown will close its city offices at noon on Monday with the library keeping normal hours. Franklin votes a 30 day mourning period and half mast flags in honor of Dwight D. Eisenhower. Preble County schools and the Carlisle PTA cancel Monday night meeting in observance.
At 12 16 p m an injury occurred at 416 McQuire Street Arvelle Crawford 20 cut on arm treated and dismissed at Middletown Hospital. At 3 09 p m Lora Jo Johannes 87 from 207 Curtis Street was found lying on floor and admitted to Middletown Hospital in serious condition.
In Rome ex-chaplain Monsignor Gio vanni Musante married Giovanna Carlevaro in a brief Lenten ceremony at Santa Maria Della Pace. The 49 year old former papal aide left priesthood after a Vatican inquiry citing a spiritual crisis.
Police report a .45 caliber automatic pistol valued at 150 dollars was taken from a desk inside Stine's Coiffures at 2014 Tytus Ave during Saturday morning burglary.
A gasoline pump at the rear of Price Electric Co at 1821 Howard Ave was knocked over by vandals early Saturday causing about $25 in damage.
Henry Thompson died at 340 Oxford State Road leaving few relatives. Ten to eighteen year olds collected 17 dollars to honor him with flowers, inscribing the arrangement For Old Tom. The youngsters had long depended on his help and hospitality, a quiet testament to his fatherly generosity.
James H. Ballard died at 8 45 am yesterday in Owensboro Kentucky after months of illness. He lived in Middletown 39 years before moving to Owensboro in 1953 and was a member of Masonic lodges in both cities as well as a Scottish Rite Mason and Shriner. He is survived by his wife Christine three daughters Mrs Walter Harder Jr Mrs Richard Milburn Jr and Mrs Larry Newcomb all in Owensboro one son Frank also of Owensboro his mother Mrs A J Ballard of Middletown two brothers Joe and Paul of Middletown four sisters Mrs Walter Boone Miss Cledith Ballard Miss Mary Ballard and Mrs Ruby Lindaaer of Cleveland Services will be held at 10 am Tuesday at the Davis Funeral Home in Owensboro Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery Friends may call from noon today until time of service.
Mrs Margaret Fouts 60 of 20 Shafer Street Middletown died yesterday at Daytonview Nursing Home after an extended illness. Survived by two daughters Barbara Kash Franklin and Joyce Caudill Dayton, two sisters Ada Smith and Marian Davis Middletown, and one grandchild. Services Tuesday 10 a.m. at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home Rev Jack Lawson officiating. Burial Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call 3-5 and 7-9 Monday at the funeral home.
A panel of scientists and former officials urged immediate arms control talks with Russia before new weapons advances lock in. They urged postponing ABM deployment and a new multiwarhead missile while talks proceed, with Congress risking surtax funds for defense. They also pressed for public education on Vietnam settlement and possible reexamination of CIA NSA and Defense.
Hubert Hill of New York labor relations secretary for the NAACP announced at the North Carolina Teachers Association convention that the organization will seek a court injunction to terminate federal contracts with textile plants and industries not complying with antidiscrimination guidelines. The remarks were made Friday night in Raleigh North Carolina.
Mrs Mayme Norris 72 of 723 Yankee Road died at 12 45 pm yesterday at Middletown Hospital after an extended illness. She was a native of Nicholas County Kentucky and lived with her son Dillard. Survived by husband John died 1950 two other sons David of Hazel Park Michigan James Dennis of Middletown and John Rogers and Jerry Manning of Arcadia California one sister Catherine Daunce of Cynthiana Kentucky two brothers Russell Gilbert of Cynthiana Jess Gilbert of West Palm Beach Florida seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral services Tuesday at 2 pm at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with Rev Henry Howard officiating. Burial in Woodside Cemetery.
Wesley Davidson a 20 year old Prairie View A and M athlete dies after a dorm hallway knife incident. Herbert Lee Thompson 26 Beaumont Tex is charged with murder as four wooden campus buildings are set ablaze by fellow students. The campus reports a tense but stabilizing early morning period following the incident.
Grace Moore, celebrated opera star, perished in a plane crash after a concert engagement in Denmark. The accident ended a high profile international career and shocked fans worldwide.
Donald G. Tipton 22 of 261 Yankee Road was treated at Middletown Hospital for jaw injuries and facial cuts after a 2:50 p.m. collision at 315 North Main Street. Tipton said a passing vehicle forced his southbound car off the road, sending it into parked cars owned by Ruth Banks of Carlisle and Alex Mosley of Sutphin Street.
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