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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1978
Page
6
McKenzie Tennessee AP reports 18-year-old Jodie Elizabeth Gaines vanished after leaving Carroll Lake Golf Club near a tree lined road and her cousin’s home two miles away. Lights stayed on late Sunday night in the Gaines residence as the family awaited word.
Cincinnati prosecutor Simon Leis, famed for convicting Hustler founder Larry Flynt, faced a pointed letter from Xavier College president Rev. Robert Mulligan urging focus on serious national issues. Mulligan cited a prior judge ruling on Last Tango in Paris and urged Leis to address violent crime and case backlogs instead of pornography.
Births list several couples reporting newborns: Johnson, Justice, Selsor, Harris, Sostrom, Dannis, with locations in Camden Germantown Circle Kelly Jo Dannis, and a Cincinnati out of town birth. Dismissals list numerous patients from The Alameda Eaton Franklin Clarksville Jefferson Mount Vernon Hamilton Keister Road etc with visiting hours noted.
A diamond ring valued at 1400 dollars was among items stolen from the Loweene Hatton residence at 119 N Sutphin Street. Jewelry coins 10 records and 12 tapes were also reported missing. The theft was discovered after a rarely used kitchen glass went missing a week earlier prompting inventory.
The 1928 Ford trimotor airliner, nicknamed the grand old lady of the Great Lakes, is being rebuilt after a July crash. Island Airlines in Port Clinton will replace 40 to 50 percent of structural parts at about 150000 dollars in Kalamazoo. The aircraft will be restored to its original design with durable alloys and electronic pumps. Pilot Dave Martin was injured in the July takeoff crash at Put-in-Bay amid severe winds.
Entertainer Ben Gage, a baritone voice featured with several big name bands, died Friday in Los Angeles at age 63. He was married to Esther Williams for 14 years and later served as a radio announcer for NBC.
Santa Monica memorial for Will Geer features friends and co stars from The Waltons. An urn of his ashes was scattered over a San Bernardino Mountain park where the series was filmed. Co stars Ellen Corby and Ralph Waite recall his dedication and humor as they honored him with music and reminiscences.
Police report a rifle and portable television valued at 543 dollars were taken from the David W. Robinson home at 1227 Jackson Lane Apt. 156 sometime over the weekend.
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