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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1962
Page
2
Fifty thousand insecticide bombs made in Neodesha were airlifted to U S Marines in Thailand. John Matthews, president of Alrosal Co Inc, said the firm filled a government rush order within 24 hours and the bombs departed on three C-464 cargo planes.
Intruders unlocked a kitchen door stole 30 silver dollars 20 in quarter coins from Herbert Clark at 46 Lewis St and a personalized check from Stanford Hall of 3616 Lewis St. Sheriff detectives link the break ins to Hall who reported 230 dollars and 24 checks missing May 18 and bank notified. Lester Theodore at 1514 Hood Ave reported a window break at 9 30 p m Sunday with a youth seen fleeing. a description could not be given.
Mrs. Louisa Bors 78 of 1218 Calumet Ave died at Middletown Hospital four hours after admission. A native of Austria-Hungary she lived in Middletown 50 years and was a St. John's Church member. She leaves four sons and three daughters, plus siblings and many grandchildren. Funeral arrangements include Rosary recitation and Solemn Requiem High Mass at St. John's, with burial Woodside Cemetery.
Mrs Ethel Stamper aged 66 a former resident of Middletown was described yesterday as a sister in law of Mrs Virgil Combs of 1602 Park Drive not a sister. She died Sunday in California and funeral services were held today in National City California.
Carroll Howard Storey 50 of 718 Seventh Ave died at 9 am in a Cincinnati hospital while on sick leave from Armco Steel boiler house. Born in Sherburne Kentucky he lived in Middletown 37 years. Survived by daughter Laura Hunter of Detroit mother Cora Storey two brothers Frank Lebanon John New York City four sisters Leroy Hardeman Middletown Thomas Knight James Love Dayton Paul McAkeight Harveysburg. Arrangements incomplete at Bailey Funeral Home.
Mrs Cora Rich 83 of Waynesville dies at home. Survived by daughters Irma Frye and Hartley Moss both of Waynesville, five grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Services 3:30 p m Thursday at Stubbs Funeral Home with burial in Mi ami Cemetery Corwin. Friends may call after 4 p m tomorrow.
The janitor James Merriman saw youths loitering near an outside window at Maple Park School at 8:15 pm last night. one window was smashed and the culprits fled. Residents Mrs. John Schaffer and Mrs. Bert Canney reported attempted break ins and noises, with police notified. A car pillaging incident at McAlpin's Store involved keys left in a car ignition. a window at a service station on Grand Avenue and Kiesel Boulevard was smashed, a car body dented, and a mower wire incident near the Medical Arts Building caused window damage. Transistor radio stolen from Robfat Klackner’s home Sunday night.
Coast Guard vessels recovered wreckage and a tire as the hunt for the Air Force 133 cargo plane, missing with six aboard since Sunday, continued 50 miles from Dover. A raft and nose wheel were found. one raft later sank, and VM Sgt William P Wert of Poland Ohio was among the missing.
Police arrested Jeff Miller and William Miller both 23 and 20 of Germantown Rt 1 yesterday in connection with a series of rental frauds dubbed the apartment painter bandit cases. Landlords say the suspect took $3 to $10 per incident after agreeing to paint apartments before moving in, but the brothers have not been charged yet.
Police recovered two runaways from Grimstown near the Armen Research plant on Curtis Street yesterday afternoon. The girls had been missing for a day. Officers located them uninjured after most workers left the building, with no further details on the disturbance or any drug-related activity disclosed.
A brief history traces Decoration Day from a 1865 field ritual by women and children in the South to General Logan's 1868 order designating May 30 for honoring fallen soldiers. It notes observances across the nation, including Arlington and the USS Arizona, and mentions state observances in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, the Carolinas, Louisiana, and Tennessee.
Lebanon school cafeteria workers and clerical staff won pay raises though not to their full request. The board approved a five cent per hour increase now with potential extra next year, plus a five dollar monthly clerks raise. Holidays pay for cafeteria and bus drivers was approved, and salary tweaks for others were promised.
Hamilton resident Lawrence Ruhl 35 was ordered hospitalized for observation after pleading guilty to embezzling about 19000 from Harrys Corner Middletown. Judge Fred B Cramer committed him to Lima State Hospital for observation and imposed the sentence. Kenneth Briscoe 2 Middletown pleaded guilty to operating a vehicle without the owner’s consent and was fined 250 and four days in the Cincinnati Workhouse.
Police wounded 25 year old William R. McNair as he fled a clothing store burglary carrying suits and jackets. Officers fired a warning shot. McNair was hit by three bullets while scaling a fence and is hospitalized under guard. He faces burglary charges.
PARIS AP An all-out gas and electric strike hit Paris today halting many commuter and subway trains and cutting the gas supply for cooking. Traffic was chaotic as lights failed and workers sought higher wages and better conditions. Police were deployed to replace disrupted traffic signals.
Paris reports General Francois Partiot retired from active duty instead of forming a firing squad to execute traitors. Le Monde linked the move to the condemnation of several convicts including ex General Edmond Jouhaud, a peer from St Cyr. The Defense Ministry did not confirm the story.
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