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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1973
Page
2
Middletown officers face digesting a 1000 page Training Manual on criminal code changes distributed by the Ohio Peace Officer Training Council. The new material reaches all Ohio police departments and requires officers to study up.
Charles Barker Jr. and Tim Hamilton received life scout ranks at Amanda Elementary School. First and second class ranks went to several scouts, with tenderfeet awarded to multiple Os. Police assess changes to Ohio Criminal Code and new traffic crash report rules, with training underway for Middletown officers ahead of January 1 effective date.
Robert C. Mokry of Franklin among those filing bankruptcy petitions in U S District Court Dayton earlier this week. He listed assets of 1799 dollars and debts of 9192 dollars.
A boiler explosion at Midletown High School occurred yesterday morning when a faulty safety valve allowed one boiler to fill with gas and ignite another. Windows cracked and damage reported as firefighters and Cincinnati Gas and Electric Co. workers checked for gas leaks.
The Middletown Jaycees Haunted House attracted about 16 000 people over ten days with daily turnout averaging 500 to 600 on weekdays and 1 000 to 1 800 on weekends. Project cost was around 7500 dollars and will contribute about 8500 dollars to a local charity yet to be chosen. The publicity chairman Al Decatur noted the venture may continue but holds an uncertain future.
Death notices and funeral schedules for Edna Marie Gruver Lona Baker Robert C Mers Bernard R Worrell and others list services in Franklin Germantown and Lexington with dates times and burial sites. Survivors spouses children siblings and grandchildren noted where available with call hours and home addresses.
Campbell County Grand Jury indicted 17 persons tied to Harmony Loan Co in Newport. Among defendants is former Hamilton County Domestic Relations Court Judge George S Heitzler who was suspended by the Ohio Supreme Court last December. The 128 counts across four indictments accuse fraud in securities sales and filing misstatements.
General Cornwallis capitulates to American and French forces at Yorktown on October nineteenth eighteen hundred eighty one yielding about eight thousand troops. The surrender marks decisive close of the American Revolution.
Ohio Education Association leaders oppose a Republican campaign finance reform bill, criticizing a provision allowing earmarked donations to a party or candidate. The House backed a Democratic reform version without that clause, and a conference committee will try to reconcile differences.
Eighth grade English teacher Michele A. Clark 24 of Hamilton was hurt when her car hit Raleigh Bailey 52 of Middletown on Ohio 122 west of Trenton Franklin Road. Bailey uninjured. Clark taken to Middletown Hospital. Deputies said no charges were filed and the wreck remained under investigation.
At 12 02 p.m. a fire near 1911 Hill Ave sent Russell Maurice 25 to hospital with stomach pain by ambulance. At 12 59 p.m. Conley Ledford 63 of 1403 Yankee Road was taken to hospital by ambulance.
Ohio state senator M Morris Jackson asks the Legislative Service Commission to decide whether the Ohio High School Athletic Association or the Department of Education regulates league alignments after seven Lake Erie League members join two new leagues for 1975 76, leaving East Cleveland Shaw Shaker Heights and Cleveland Heights racially isolated. He plans legislation to curb racial exclusion in league realignment.
Ann Phiffer of 644 Auburn Street was treated at Middletown Hospital for first and second degree burns after gasoline used to clean the kitchen floor ignited by a pilot light on a gas stove at 1 30 yesterday afternoon.
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