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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1970
Page
2
Cleo Emmitt Allman aged 80 of 4902 Roosevelt Ave died Wednesday at home. Services are set for 2 p.m. tomorrow at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with Rev Howard Sears officiating. Burial will follow at North Monroe Cemetery. Friends may call today from 3 to 2 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
Mrs. Margaret Johnson age 82 of Dayton died at 1 30 p.m yesterday at Franklin Nursing Home where she had been a patient for a year. Survived by Earl Johnson Middletown three other sons Audie Dayton Woodrow Youngstown Allie Chicago two sisters Gladys Hamilton West Virginia Betty Arapis Las Vegas and 16 grandchildren Services set for 1 30 p.m Monday at Union Chapel Community Church Dayton Burial Willowview Cemetery Dayton Friends may visit at John Arpp Funeral Home Germantown 6 to 9 p.m tomorrow and at the church Sunday after 2 p.m.
William Fischer 25 of 313 S Main St dies from injuries from an Oct 31 one car crash at Ohio Rt 22 and Cincinnati Dayton Rd. Funeral service 10 am tomorrow at Vorhis Funeral Home Norwood with burial at Arlington Memorial Gardens Mt. Healthy. Visitation today 4 to 9 pm. Survivors include step son Doris Adams and step daughters Kara and Kim Adams at home.
Mrs Pearl Binkley aged 92 of Lebanon Rt 2 died early today at Middletown Hospital where she had been a patient a week. She was born in Red Lion. Her husband Wright died in 1941. Survived by a single son Marvin who made his home with her.
Emmett Corbin aged 84 of 631 Foster Ave dies with services at 10 a.m. tomorrow. Ethel Guy age 78 of Fairfield Nursing Home to be remembered at 10 a.m. tomorrow. Mary Saner, 62 of Springdale, formerly Hamilton, Mass of the Resurrection at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow at St. Gabriel's Church. Infant twins of Mr and Mrs Robert Egelston of 2310 Grand Blvd have private services at Rose Hill Memorial Park.
A Middletown pair seeks 30000 in damages in Butler County Common Pleas Court over a December 22 1968 traffic crash. Ethelene Felts and her husband Jack of 2400 Browning St sue Keith L Bier of 830 Jane Court, alleging neck and back injuries and loss of the wife’s services after their car was rear ended on University Boulevard at Shafer Street.
James Guyler, 54, president of Guyler Buick Inc., 612 Ken Ridge Drive, was admitted to Middletown Hospital for observation after ill health at about 8 30 a m at the end of a Rotary Breakfast at the Manchester Motor Inn. He was taken to the hospital by private car.
A fire call at 7 10 p m yesterday at 612 16th Ave in Sonni Hill involved a two month old infant ill and taken to Middletown Hospital by private car for treatment.
Four people died in a pane gas plant explosion at Hudson as firemen suspected a spark from a passing car in which three victims rode may have ignited leaking propane gas. The Blachly family of Hudson, including Bonnie 30 Audra 3 and Paula 2, were in the car. Robert Blachly 31 was seriously burned. C C Williams 46, Fuelgas service manager, also died, and his son Donald 24 was seriously injured. Fire officials said three Fuelgas buildings burned and five trucks damaged though main storage tanks holding about 6,000 gallons of liquified gas did not explode. Police and witnesses described fog and gas leaks near the loading dock, with initial blast possibly sparked by the car or nearby overhead systems.
Butler County Community Action Commission directors met at Trinity parish house in Hamilton for three hours and outlined topics for next month. They will discuss staff participation with Welfare Rights Organization and act on Head Start policy advisory recommendations. A Dec 10 meeting in Middletown is planned, with a five member nominating committee and CAC training sessions beginning Dec 4 conducted by Control Research System of Cleveland.
John Beasley of the Warren County Community Action Commission tells the County Resource Development Committee that low income housing in Warren County is strained. He proposes a county housing authority, notes a non profit elderly project in Franklin funded by the federal Housing Bill 231, and outlines urban renewal with federal grants and code enforcement. He cites Ohio law limitations and the potential for a county wide authority modeled after Clermont County.
In Keeneland Hall at the University of Kentucky a strict no pet policy is enforced except for goldfish. A clever coed arrived with a dog claiming the animal's name was Goldfish. The episode highlights campus housing rules and student improvisation.
Pinkerton guard exchanged shots with a would be thief in the Central Avenue parking lot of Diamond National Corp police reported today. Lenice Brewer said he was fired at twice by the young man who then fled as Brewer fired three shots at about 7 40 p m. Brewer found wheel covers removed and a car jacked up.
London reporting confirms 71 year old Bessie Braddock, famed as a 200 pound fighter in British politics, died after a long illness in Liverpool. A Labour MP since 1945, she retired from the House of Commons last June, known for blunt wit and clashes with Churchill and Bevan. Her husband Jack Braddock died in 1963.
The Pentagon seeks discounted return travel for U S servicemen taking ordinary 14 day home leave from Vietnam to the United States. Space on military flights is scarce and servicemen must be able to return to Vietnam before their leave expires. One way economy fare from Vietnam to the U S West Coast runs about 510 dollars.
An asphalt laden dump truck was struck by a tractor trailer on I 75, crossing six lanes and tipping over. Damage totaled 21 000 with 18 000 on the truck and asphalt loss. Both drivers treated at Middletown Hospital for minor injuries. Darrell James cited for unsafe distance.
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