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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1970
Page
2
Obituary notices for Carl Hogg 62 of Middletown, John Andrew Race 66 of Middletown, and Robert Lawrence Stephenson 42 of Middletown list their deaths, funeral details, and survivors. Hogg suffered a stroke in March. Race died at Mt Pleasant Home Monroe. Stephenson died at home from a heart attack.
Mrs Bertha Elizabeth Woods 75 of 3012 Flemming Road died yesterday at Garden Manor Nursing Home where she had been since 1969. Surviving sister Edith Keene and brother Ralph Rupp. Funeral Mass Friday 9 30 am at St Johns Church burial St Stephens Hamilton. McCoy Leffler Funeral Home hours. Mrs Laura Hull 90 services 10 am tomorrow at 1201 Dayton Street. Infant son of Mr and Mrs William Cope graveside today Rose Hill Memorial Park. Roy Rose 67 of 88 Williams Avenue services 10 am Friday at Zettler.
Hawaii couple addresses Nixon and urges support as their son Wayne Hedemann, 24, Hawaii’s first casualty in Cambodia, expressed pro Nixon in a May letter. Hedemanns battle against anti Cambodia moves continues despite grief and political pressure.
A HUD team arrived in Warren County to probe the $1.2 million water project. Officials and residents questioned on assessments financing and water source while HUD confirms routine inspections led by a finance officer a water engineer and record inspectors.
Middletown Department of Parks and Recreation opens registration at Park Administration Building for junior and senior bands. Directors Wayne Markworth will lead both groups. Concerts of light and pop music run Fridays June 19 through July 31 with rehearsals Tue Thu. First rehearsal June 9. regular members receive swim passes.
Douglas A. Fraser and Leonard Woodcock, longtime UAW leaders and close friends, vie to succeed Walter Reuther. Both bring extensive bargaining experience with General Motors Ford and Chrysler as contracts near expiry, with Emil Mazey acting as president after Reuther’s death.
Miami University officials explained the campus fee structure to about 80 Middletown students led by Lloyd Goggins. He described three main fees including the general fee, tuition, and a out of state surcharge, and outlined how the general fee funds counseling, cultural activities, recreation, student centers and other campus programs. The meeting emphasized student input and budgeting processes overseen by campus administrators and the board of trustees.
Seattle teen and Army helicopter gunner Brandy Kittleson, 22, applied for a hardship discharge after his mother and two younger brothers died Feb 26 in a car exhaust tragedy. The King County medical examiner cited a garden hose connected to the car. Kittleson was killed in action last Friday and his discharge request was approved on Saturday.
For the summer at all city pools, interested persons should register by calling the park department at 423 5771 extension 21. There is no registration fee.
About 1500 students gathered in Oxford streets last night provoking detours at High and Poplar for over two hours. The crowd dwindled to about 500 by 11 30 as they played volleyball at a traffic light and tossed Frisbees. No injuries were reported though three students said they were hit. A minor fire at Fisher Hall storage shed caused little damage as maintenance workers called the fire department.
Central Avenue pawnshop owner Ronald Gray and manager James Pieratt were arrested after a six month surveillance. IRS agents and a local officer seized shotguns rifles and handguns and took them to Cincinnati for federal prosecution.
Anne Peskoe a 17 year old junior files 10 non negotiable demands at South Dade High including Hebrew classes 51 percent Jewish student body kosher cafeteria Saturday prayers and Moshe Dayan led security. Principal Howard Crabtree laughs at the filing while broader conflicts over school songs and black identity efforts continue.
Eugene Bennett director of the Middletown campus of Miami University will address the Kiwanis Club at noon tomorrow at the Manchester Motor Inn. Charles E. McGee is program chairman.
Former Chief Justice Earl Warren urged a reassessment of American policy in Indochina to end the war. Speaking to about 1,000 lawyers in New York he linked the conflict to racial tensions crime poverty inflation and environmental harm and urged stopping the war rather than escalation.
Lebanon’s Gas Appliance Supply Corp plans to lay off its remaining 125 workers as the plant reportedly closes this Friday after earlier cuts. CIDC vows to form a new firm to employ about 200 displaced workers, with talks on loans or stock sales to start a fresh venture. The plant on W Main Street makes manifolds for gas stores and furnaces.
A Lukens Appreciation Rally is planned in Columbus on Friday at the Imperial House West to help offset campaign debts from his bid for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. Tickets cost 15 dollars, and Lukens is expected to speak at 8 p.m. about supporting his public service career.
A 20 year old Middletown man Jettie Harold Bailey Jr. of 1207 Elm St. was found guilty by a Butler County jury of robbing Nancy Chenault of 85 dollars from her purse on September 2 at Ninth Avenue and Yankee Road Middletown. Judge Arthur J. Fiehrer referred the case for pre sentence report and no date for final disposition was set.
Madison High School Class of 1965 plans a July reunion. An organizational meeting is set for 7 30 p m Friday in the high school cafeteria, chaired by Douglas Ponder, with the reunion date fixed for Saturday July 25.
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