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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1965
Page
2
Season tickets for the YMCA Travel and Adventure series remain available at the Roosevelt Junior High auditorium tomorrow night. Col. John D. Craig, host of television's Execution series, will lecture at 7 30 p m on the Caribbean film Over and Under the Caribbean.
Two 16 year olds from Middletown were found delinquent by Judge Day Black after a Wildwood Golf Course break in. Cecil Oberts of 230 Park St and Michael Terrell of 903 Ellen Drive received permanent custody measures at Airfield School for Boys under the Ohio Youth Commission.
County by county results show Clarence Brown Jr. leading Republican across most counties against James A Berry in the Ohio 7th District race. Totals listed for Champaign Clark Clinton Kaserner Toga Matison Union and Wayne counties reflect Brown's margin in this AP summary.
The text lists extensive precinct tallies for Middletown across 1st 2nd 3rd wards with numerous numbers and identifiers. It reads like raw election data, showing counts per precinct and irregular groupings scattered through the page.
Four juvenile suspects, led by 16 year old Gary Tarter, are jailed after solving three auto thefts and a burglary in Middletown. Tarter, arrested in a stolen car October 30, admitted to stealing a vehicle and a garage break in on October 26 and stealing a bicycle. Two younger brothers and a 17 year old aided in thefts. Tarter has a long prior record and multiple arrests including auto theft and burglaries.
Washington AP reports Griffin Georgia Police Chief Leo Blackwell testified to the House Un American Activities Committee about the arrest of five armed Klansmen for cross burning. Committee members praised his cooperation while Wesley Bailey II refused to answer, invoking the Fifth Amendment. Bailey attended multiple Klan schools and participated in training on rifles and bombs, with investigators noting his ties to violent actions against Negroes and segregation efforts.
Virginia voters chose Mills E. Godwin Jr. as governor with 47.7 percent of the statewide tally as a Conservative slate led by U.S. Senator Harry Byrd claimed the contest. Republican A Linwood Holton Jr. followed with 37.6 percent and John Birch Society ally William J Story Jr. took 13.5 percent. A Nazi party candidate, George Lincoln Rockwell, also ran and garnered 6,312 votes.
In a Bucks County township residents elected Eli M. Myers, a dead man, to the Board of Supervisors with 591 votes to 463 for Democrat J Earll Yerkes. Myers, a former police chief, was killed in a Sunday car crash and the supervisors will appoint his replacement.
A 16 year old youth watching television with lights off stopped a burglary after intruders forced the front door and cut the screen at 5757 Cotton Run Road. Deputy Harry McDaniel noted two youths in black jackets fleeing toward a waiting car. A separate line notes Stonewall Jackson was killed by his own troops while inspecting lines at night.
Rev Francis H Lutmer 53 pastor of St Marys Church dies funeral Requiem Mass 10 30 a m Friday at St Marys Church George Fordyce 76 721 Ross Ave services 10 am tomorrow Cahill funeral details listed in column obituary notices
Washington AP reports Myron Cowen 67 former U S ambassador to Australia the Philippines and Belgium died Monday after a brief illness. Wilmington Del AP notes Robert Wheelwright 81 a landscape architect died Tuesday. New York AP says Michael Griffin 63 director of the staff that prepares New York Herald Tribune newscasts for WPAT died Tuesday while supervising election coverage.
In Middletown and neighboring Lemon and Madison townships, Denham Lewis led the city park board race with 5 666 votes while Armbruster had 5 398 and Glenn Clemons 1 751. In the Middletown School District, Finley led with 8 215, Brown 8 163, Selby 7 036. Judge J T Lamb ran unopposed and won 13 110. A statewide sales tax increase No 1 failed 8 937 to 4 100 with four of 62 precincts in favor. Issue 2 constitutional amendment failed 7 177 to 5 058. Issue 3, wider county courts, passed 6 454 to 5 949.
A 40 year old Hamilton man, Robert A. Agnew, died after his eastbound truck was struck from behind by a tractor trailer driven by Lester M. Hart on the Harrison Pike at the Miamitown Bridge. Hart, and a passenger James Hampton, 18, were treated for minor injuries. The wreck damaged both vehicles and left Agnew's truck perched on the bridge railing before falling back onto Hart's truck.
Four Ohio University students including two from Middletown were injured on Rt. 73 near Wilmington when the driver Timothy Trent 19 lost control at high speed. Trent treated at Middletown Hospital for arm injuries and facial lacerations after transfer. Bob Ziegler 19 admitted to Miami Valley Hospital Dayton with head lacerations. Charl Channy 20 Elida in Clinton Memorial Hospital with chest injuries. Linda Foams 18 Sistersville West Virginia in Clinton Memorial Hospital with multiple abrasions. State highway patrol investigates.
Two women, Jewell Chamberlain and Laura Gilbert, were treated and released after a taxicab they rode in collided with a car at Goldman Avenue and Park Drive at 7 53 am. Driver Kenneth Gray was charged with failing to yield at an un marked intersection. Total damage estimated at 1000 dollars.
Yesterday's incidents list Howard Bowling and William Highley as involved in a collision at Yankee Road and Hanover Avenue at 8 20 pm causing 325 dollars in damage. Bowling faces a charge of failure to yield to John Lovely and Harold Back at S Leibee Street and Philadelphia Avenue at 11 30 am, with 110 dollars in damage. Harold Back cited for failure to yield.
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