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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1978
Page
2
Joanne Lakes of 600 S Main St displays four works in Sinclair Community College’s Eighth Annual Student Art Show. The fine arts major won third place in sculpture for The Dancer and also entered painting and drawing. Art on view in Green Room Building 2 room 2333 through June 2.
Germantown firefighters sponsor a carnival starting Wednesday and running to Saturday on a lot north of the Twin Valley Aluminum Co. on North Cherry Street. Hours are 6 to 11 pm weekdays and 1 to 4 pm plus 6 pm to midnight Saturday. Four major rides four kiddie rides a funhouse and a Moonwalk provided by Kissel Rides & Shows of Montgomery Ohio. Ride tickets cost one dollar for five bought in advance. during the event 50 cents each. Special Saturday matinee tickets are 2.50 for all rides from 1 to 4 pm. Free parking at The Dupps Co. lot.
Warren County Commission meets at 9 a.m. in the County Administration Building. Germantown Village Council sewer committee convenes at 7:30 p.m. in the Municipal Building.
A Hamilton couple, Michael and Angela Swaim, both 31, died at the scene when Archie Taylor, 20, crossed the center line at high speed on Ky 338 west of US 42 in Boone County. Taylor died later at St Elizabeth Medical Center in Covington. A third car struck the Swain vehicle. its driver was uninjured. Swain was a former security guard for Pease Co. in Hamilton.
A barn fire on Ada Doty Street near West Street was allowed to burn while water sprayed to cool the structure. Shortly after, a second fire in Ruth Heller’s attic at Franklin and Ada Doty streets caused about 10 000 in damage. Fire Chief Larry Hollenbaugh was bruised by a falling ladder. Captain Otto Combs injured a hip slipping from a back of a fire rock. An auxiliary fireman, Marshall Hamilton, was treated at scene. Ruth Heller escaped uninjured. another woman was moved from the home in a wheelchair. Rescue crews from Gratis and West Elkton contained the attic fire to the attic with extensive water damage to the rest of the house.
A string of incidents includes fires at Sorg Paper Co and Wicklow Drive, multiple injuries and illnesses with hospital transport, a backfire causing 250 dollars damage, and a high school auditorium incident. Names include Charles Combs Cathy Skinner William Sparks Jr Lila Lee Diana Patterson Elden Houston Jr Edna Holcomb Denny Henry Harry Zapp Sara Kraft Edith Githen and Vicki Norman. Locations cover 101 N Breiel Blvd 107 Charles St 809 S Main St 115 McKinley St 616 Wicoff St 4816 Klare Court 4300 Lewis St 901 Ellen Drive 4509 Hannah Drive 4817 Grand Ave and Freshman High School.
Doyle Frederick Browning of 913 Brookwood Drive earned a bachelor’s degree in pre law from Georgetown College in Georgetown Kentucky. A 1974 Edgewood graduate, Browning plans to enter law school in the fall.
Clifford Harris Jr. 18 of 416 Curtis St. is held in Middletown City Jail on breaking and entering and grand theft charges after a break in at Bob's Body Shop on N Verity Parkway. A 1972 car owned by Clifford New was reported stolen. entry via door panel removal. Police say several other break ins occurred over the holiday weekend, including a Citgo station window, Whilt's Auto Sales offices, and Midway Lincoln Mercury ransackings. The Meadows burglary involved minor cash and goods. doors and alarms tripped.
Baton Rouge Louisiana State University owner of a 10 by 6 by 8 foot weathered cypress outhouse purchased for 15 dollars. The single seater will be placed in the Rural Life Museum along the Mississippi River area, part of LSU's effort to recreate 18th and 19th century Louisiana country life. The 75 year old outhouse features an oval seat and a decorative arc cut out on its rear and side walls.
Waynesville pilot Bill Schieman 30 ran out of wind during the Wright Memorial Glider Contest on Oxford State Road. Police and rescue teams found him unharmed with his sailplane intact aside from a dented left wing. He heads to Hook Field as weather hampers flights and seeks heat from Armco smokestacks before landing in a vacant field.
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