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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 04, 1965

Page

32

Passenger Hurt In Miamisburg Auto Crash Mystery

Bertha Potts a Middletown woman was injured in a car crash near 6 15 p m. The Mid dletown resident, listed at 1310 Girard Ave, is in fair condition at Middletown Hospital with possible head injuries and neck back and left arm injuries. Police did not know of the crash until hospital reports arrived. Potts was a passenger in a car driven by Bess Smucker of the same address when the vehicle hit a tree and was removed from the scene. The incident was not reported to officers at the time.

Miamisburg Middletown Bertha Potts Girard Ave Bess Smucker

Two Minor Fires Reported in Middletown

Middletown firemen responded to two minor fire alarms yesterday afternoon. At 1:18 p.m. burning limbs ignited a telephone pole on Tytus Avenue. At 2:18 p.m. a grass bush and leaf fire spread to the rear of 1016 Yankee Road after starting in the rear of 1000 block Centennial Avenue. A cigarette or match was listed as the cause. No losses were reported. Later at 2:49 a.m. today, firefighters assisted Fred Burns, 63, who felt ill at 132 Park Street. Burns was not taken to a hospital.

Middletown Tytus Avenue Centennial Avenue Yankee Road Park St Fred Burns Burns

Turner to Seek Re-Election in New 14th District

Republican Sen. Robert Turner of Tiffin announces moving to Marion to run again under a federal court reapportionment order. He currently serves the 13th 31st District covering Hardin Logan Union Seneca Wyandot Crawford and Marion counties. the 14th District includes Marion Union Delaware Knox Morrow Wyandot and part of Richland. Turner aged 34 was elected to a four year Senate term in 1964 after serving in the Ohio House since 1960.

Columbus Ohio Robert Robin Turner Tiffin Marion Turner Hardin Logan Union Seneca Wyandot Crawford Delaware Knox Morrow Licking Richland

Boy Hurt Jumping To Avoid Being Hit

A 13 year old youth suffered a leg wound after leaping into a ditch along Pershing Avenue to escape an oncoming car yesterday evening. Gray Simpson of 1420 Pershing Ave reported walking facing traffic and jumping at the last moment to avoid being struck. The vehicle fled and could not be identified. The injury required eighteen stitches at Middletown Hospital.

Pershing Avenue Gray Simpson Pershing Ave Middletown

Picasso Sparks Robert Q Lewis Into Art Collection

Hollywood AP reports Robert Q Lewis began art collecting after meeting Pablo Picasso in Paris. As a child, Lewis and his uncle visited Picasso, who drew him a sketch inscribed to Robert as “my most honest critic.” The anecdote marks the start of Lewis’s private art collection.

Hollywood Robert Q. Lewis Pablo Picasso Bob Paris Picasso Robert

Leave Mama Home AF Dates Warned

CHICAGO AP The Women's Committee for the Army Air Force dance after Saturday's football game advises 2000 cadet dates chosen from 5000 applicants. The committee says mothers cannot attend the dance and female chaperones will accompany the party.

Mama Chicago

Fourteen enlist in U S Army in area last month

Staff Sgt. James F. Smith reports fourteen area men enlisted in the U S Army during the last month. Local recruits include John David, Rodney Morrison, Dale Kraft, James Baltzell III, Gary Brewer, James Prater Jr, Larry Hunt and others from Middletown. Additional enlistees come from Franklin, Lebanon, Trenton, Waynesboro, Oxford and surrounding towns.

U. S. Army James F. Smith Middletown John Davidson Kyles Station Road Rodney Morrison Oxford State Road Dale W. Kraft Carroll Robert Lindsey Alyce St Franklin Milton D. Carpenter Grandview Drive Laurence Kirkpatrick Rt. 2 Lebanon Bruce W. Miller Oxford Donald Canter Rogers St Trenton John H. Cox Middletown Road Waynesboro Charles M. Ludlum Oregonia Rt. 1

Kennedy couple tours Hong Kong refugee aid sites

Senator Edward M. Kennedy and his wife visited a Maryknoll hospital in a refugee resettlement area and the Bishop Ford Memorial Center in Hong Kong. They toured a vocational school and a kitchen serving refugees, and were welcomed with a display of firecrackers before departing for Tokyo en route home.

Hong Kong Edward M. Kennedy D-Mass China Kuala Lumpur Tokyo Kennedy Maryknoll Bishop Ford Memorial Center Kennedys

Jolly urges tightening of scholastic deferments for students

Santa Fe New Mexico AP reports that selective service director Maj. Gen. John P. Jolly asked local draft boards to frown on deferments for students with no clear goals beyond staying in school. A spokesman said scholastic deferment criteria, once liberal, are being tightened to meet higher draft quotas.

Santa FE N.M Selective Service John P. Jolly

Ohio off year turnout falls short of record

Columbus Ohio voters did not reach anticipated turnout for a off year election. Secretary of State Ted W Brown announced the official tally for Issue No 1 at 2 511 447, well under the projected 2 638 484, suggesting most expected voters did not go to the polls.

Columbus Ohio Ted W. Brown Brown

Police Briefs Highlight Local Incidents and Arrests

Alvin Hall, 8, of 416 Weaver St, treated at Middletown Hospital after a brick struck his nose at 6:02 p.m. yesterday. A 17-year-old girl was arrested for shoplifting at Fashion Fair, 2600 Stevens Ave, at 6:45 p.m. yesterday and released to a relative. Jack Feezor, 26, of 2316 Hill Ave, arrested by Ohio State Patrol on Lafayette Ave at 2:55 a.m. today for driving while intoxicated.

Alvin Hall Weaver St Middletown Hospital Stevens Ave Jack Feezor Hill Ave Ohio State Patrol Lafayette Avenue

Birth Control Need Told To Health Confab

Dr. Leslie Corsa Jr of the University of Michigan told the White House Conference on Health that scientists and industry must find and produce better contraceptives and that federal support is needed to expand family planning nationwide especially for the poor. He urged preserving families freedom to decide timing and number of children with no coercion and respect for religious beliefs.

Washington Leslie Corsa Jr Center For Population Planning University of Michigan White House

Country Boys Missing Out On Youth Aid

Ohio youth programs in nine metropolitan areas cover only 55 percent of 16 to 21 year olds. Willard P. Dudley chief of the Bureau of Unemployment Compensation, urged the U S Labor Department to expand youth opportunity centers and add technical training centers in Jackson and Youngstown areas and elsewhere to reach rural youths.

Columbus Ohio Willard P. Dudley Bureau of Unemployment Compensation U. S. Labor Department Jackson Youngstown

Canine Cops Owner Admits Metal Thefts

London AP reports Brian Nixon, 30, who hires out 11 guard dogs for five pounds a week, confessed to stealing brass and copper chippings from a suburban factory guarded by his dogs. Magistrate H C Beaumont jailed him for six months. an assistant was assigned to care for the dogs.

London Brian Nixon Nixon H.C. Beaumont James Simpson

Draw Day In Jail In Kentucky Klan Rally

Two Kentucky men, Richard J. Hannah and William E. Greene, were fined 100 dollars and sentenced to one day in jail for striking WCPO-TV cameraman John Schaffer during a Ku Klux Klan rally near Covington. They received 49 days probation after conviction. The rally was sponsored by the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, with another rally planned near Dillsboro, Indiana.

Covington, Ky Northern Kentucky Here Richard J. Hannah Newport William E. Greene South Fort Mitchell John Schaffer Wcpo-Tv Cincinnati Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Dillsboro Ind

Galileo and Michelangelo Born and Died on Feb 18

Galileo was born February 18 1564 the same day Michelangelo died. The date links two famed artists and scientists, highlighting a shared calendar moment between the Renaissance figures.

Gallileo Michaelangelo

Lost items and rewards roundup from local notices

RUNYAN Driving School sign last Sat night. An information call 423.0451 Reward black brown white walker hound near Baltimore and Jacoby Reward Jacoby. Calico cat black white and orange wearing white collar lost from 200 Harrison. Has kittens 424 4 1475. Found boy's bicycle on Alamo Rd Dial 423 8213. Purse taken from S Main Kroger keep money but return valuables Lillian Cooper 810 Yankee Rd. Boy's bike lost 24 Firestone 00 model gold vicinity Christel Sutphin 424 1595.

Firestone Christel & Sutphin

Funeral notices from Caney and Middletown Kentucky area

Obituaries announce deaths of Lula Myrtie Benton at Middletown Hospital and William Harrison at another Middletown hospital, with services at Redeemed Baptist Church and Woodside Cemetery respectively. Also Mary Louise Fuller and Elva Pochel plus Katie Rasner memorials list funeral home arrangements by McCoy Leffier and Wilson Memorial Home, with service dates and interment details.

Benton Lula Myrtie Illinois Middletown Hospital Noward McCoy - Leffier Redeemed Baptist Church Caney Kentucky Sun Henry Howard Flatwood Cemetery Morgan County McCoy-Leffier Cox William Harrison Manchester Rd Woodside Cemetery Dial Fuller Mary Louise Renee C. E. Wintringham DD McCoy Leffier Pochel Elva Britton Lane Monroe Friendly Oaks Nursing Home Ralph Poche Wilson Memorial Home Robert Ward Rasner Katie Keister

Thank You Notes For Powell Family Losses

In sorrow the Powell family expresses thanks to relatives friends and neighbors for kindness after the death of RHODA POWELL and to Reverend clergy donors of floral offerings and medical staff at Middletown Hospital. Also grateful to Eaton Funeral Home pallbearers and staff. E P Powell and Family. In sorrow the Shotts family thanks relatives friends and neighbors for sympathy after the death of MRS MARY L SHOTTS with thanks to Rev Kent D Moorehead floral donors pallbearers and local organizations and the Rigas Funeral Home for services. The Children Mrs Laura Payne and Harry Wesley Shotts.

E. P. Powell

Memory Lane- McGUIRE Memorial Message

In loving memory of Noah McGuire who died November 4 1964 one year ago. The doctor said he was critical, but we trusted God. The chair is empty, we miss his jokes and smile. We long for the day we join him. Loved by his children and grandchildren.

McGuire Noah McGuire God

Piano Tuning and Repair by Sidney Vinnell at Gage Dr

Sidney Vinnell a Boston Mass trained piano technician offers tuning repair and appraisal services. Works on any make and guarantees quality. Piano buying and selling also available at 1618 Gage Drive call 423 6990.

Sidney Vinnell Boston, Mass Technical School Gage Dr Dial

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