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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1966
Page
8
Eight city workers urged council to alter the Franklin retirement ordinance citing a need for a policy with flexible dates. The council gave the ordinance a second reading, keeping 65 as a retirement baseline but allowing two one year extensions for managers. The final reading is set for May 16.
The Supreme Court refused to reconsider the Ginzburg obscenity conviction in Philadelphia sentencing him to five years and a $28,000 fine. It also declined to review Mishkin’s New York obscenity conviction and upheld a deputy sheriff badge surrender order in Florida. The court barred poll tax voting in Texas local elections and declined Baier’s loitering case. A memorial service was held for Justice Sherman Minton who died in 1965.
Eight Soviet military men return to their regular duties after more than three months observing mud dredging in West Berlin. They watched the Lake Stoessen crash site salvage where a Yak-28 jet went down on April 6 killing two crewmen.
A late bid for a new trial is filed in Butler County Common Pleas Court challenging Judge John Houston’s ruling on a contract to buy Coyle voting machines. The filing alleges insufficient evidence and cites alleged legal errors in the injunction decision. Paper ballots were used in parts of the county with Stroup machines in service elsewhere.
Franklin faces a setback as Stone Container Corp and Howard Paper Co. inform the city they will not contribute to the new Warren County Airport planned nine miles from Franklin. Stone Container notes minimal current use of Lane Airport and expresses general support for airports, while city officials acknowledge potential public objection.
The Men's Horticultural Society of Greater Middletown will hold its annual plant sale tomorrow night at 8 at the Firemen's Club on Carmody Boulevard. The event accompanies the club’s monthly meeting which will also feature a display of vehicles for inspection and discussion of the Jacot Park planting project and a schedule for 1966 plantings at Doty House. Members are asked to bring surplus plants to auction.
The Automotive News report notes serious fuel inlet plug issues on early 1966 Quadrajet carburetors causing gasoline to spill onto engines and ignite. Rochester Products Division of GM supplied the carburetors used on Oldsmobile models Cutlass Starfire Ninety Eight and Tornado, with a February bulletin urging inspectors to check fuel inlet plugs on incoming service vehicles.
Elwood Boso aged 40 of Cincinnati died after being pinned between a tank truck top and a loading chute at Alpha Portland Cement Co. plant on his first day on the job. Police report indicates the accident occurred Monday.
A wrist watch and six packs of cigarettes were stolen yesterday afternoon from Gerald Pergram’s apartment at 50 S Main St. A bogus $20 bill was passed at Liberal Market on S Verity Parkway and Girard Avenue yesterday. Pickets at Hoover Ball Division reported at 7 p.m. yesterday that children threw rocks at the picket line on Wildwood Road.
Britons staged a last minute spending spree to dodge higher sales taxes in the new budget. Commentators expect Chancellor James Callaghan to announce 560 million dollars in tax increases with aims to curb domestic purchases, finance expanded social services, and boost exports. Stores report high demand for durable goods while fuel, liquor, and tobacco sales hold steady amid betting tax plans and payroll tax speculation.
General Motors officials had no comment on Automotive News report citing Oldsmobile carburetors that allowed gasoline to leak or escape emissions. The trade publication described potential defects, while GM did not provide a formal response or statement.
Maple Park Elementary School hosts an annual spring program It s a Small World with first to third graders presenting the story of a retired couple Mr and Mrs Jones planning a world trip They receive information from ticket agent Jonathan Lawson and the script is prepared by Mrs Carl Bauer with help from several teachers.
AP reports 100 victims recovered after Mt Kelut volcano eruptions in East Java and floods in Lesser Sunda Islands killed 32. Lava reached Blitar area. villagers trapped on rock for hours. last eruption cited as 1951.
A three judge panel in Toledo will decide if Lawson Schaber who spent 40 years on death row in Ohio Penitentiary may enter a guilty plea to a lesser homicide or face a new trial. Schaber, 28, was convicted for the February 19, 1960 murder of taxi driver Velma Byers in suburban Oregon.
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