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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1967
Page
2
Mrs Arlire Moore 50 of 65 Maple St Germantown died after a car she rode as a passenger skidded on wet pavement and struck a pickup driven by John Gray 45 of 352 Edison St Germantown. Her husband James 58 and Gray were hospitalized with head injuries.
Randolph T Taylor of Columbus age 63 died Saturday at University Hospital Columbus. Survived by wife Lorraine three sisters and another brother. Graveside at Woodland Cemetery Dayton 10 am Thursday. Call Jones Brothers Funeral Home Dayton 7 to 9 pm tomorrow and John Arpp Funeral Home Thursday. Rev C Marvin Brads officiates. Burial Germantown Cemetery. Other obituaries list Alice Emmert Fred Pennington William Butler with service details from Mt Healthy and Young locations.
Harry Friend 82 of 142 Plum St Germantown will receive services at 2 p m tomorrow at John Arpp Funeral Home with Pastor Paul Bressler officiating Burial will be at the funeral home after visitation today from 4 to 9 p m He died Sunday at Grandview Hospital Dayton after a three day illness He was a lifelong Germantown area resident Surviving are two brothers Allen Farmersville and Robert Waynesville
Mrs Bessie Lakes 81 of 324 S Walnut St German town died yesterday at Rust Nursing Home Eaton where she had been patient since July 31 Surviving are three daughters Mrs Paul Moses Mrs George Focht and Mrs Roy Barnhart a son William 10 grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren Services will be held at 2 p.m.
Sgt. Herbert H. McGee 29 a Seven Mile High School graduate and career soldier was killed in action November 7 in Vietnam with the 14th Infantry Division. He had served nine years in the Army and had been in Vietnam since August. His parents Mr and Mrs George McGee of 522 Seven Mile Ave were notified. His wife and three children live at Fort Bragg North Carolina. His body is being returned for military services and burial.
William Aftinger aged 64 was found dead in the yard of his Loveland Ohio residence on Tuesday morning. He had been under a doctor's care for a heart ailment and apparently died of a heart attack.
William Harvey, an English physician, demonstrated that the heart functions as a powerful central pump circulating blood through the body, marking a landmark in medical science.
A South Lebanon man Clemmen Hacker, 56, was charged with first degree murder in the death of his wife Eva Mae Hacker 50 at 245 Pike St. The shooting occurred at her home before 9:15 am. She died en route to Cincinnati’s Epp Memorial Hospital from wounds to the chest and abdomen. Bail set at 1500 on other charges.
Two persons escaped serious day injuries after two cars collided at Grand Avenue and Orchard Street last night. Rita Warmoth, passenger in a Mary C. Popp driven car, sustained forehead abrasions. Gene King and Ella Birch suffered arm and knee injuries. all treated at Middletown Hospital. Police cited Mrs. Popp for failure to yield. both vehicles were demolished.
Cub Scouts from Den 3 Pack 72 at Creekview School cooked a spaghetti supper last night at the den mother’s home 310 Regent Drive. The meal followed the November theme Around the World in Eighty Days with cooks Doug Bland Billy Hasmann Pat Holloway Roy Hatfield Jr Richard Hatfield Richard Shackelford and Scot Knepshield.
Junior Girl Scout Troop 1609 presented a 15 dollar check to Helping Hand to Youth to buy shoes or boots for needy school children. Twenty Lincoln School students organized the calendar sale as a service project guided by leader Mrs Charles Hattery and assistant Mrs Richard Leasure.
Mrs. Ola Reed reports a teenaged driver in a hot rodding car struck and killed her Terrier on Dickey Road in Butler County. The motorist did not stop, deputies were told yesterday.
Commanders of veterans organizations met with Congressman Lukens to finalize two Veterans Forums set for Nov 25. About 35 to 40 representatives from American Legion Disabled American Veterans Veterans of Foreign Wars and other groups attended the dinner in Miamisburg. The forums run 9 to 11 a.m. at Post 702 Trotwood and 2 to 4 p.m. at the VFW Post on South B Street Hamilton. Lukens and district manager Morris Turkelson will be at both sessions to explain veterans services and pending legislation. The meetings are open to the public and to veterans organizations and auxiliaries.
Degree work will be conferred on six candidates for membership in Alpha Council 326 Junior Order of United American Mechanics on Thursday at 7 p.m. in the hall at 19 N Broad St. The initiation follows a council drive started Oct 1 to run six months under captains William Jolliff and Samuel West. Arthur Richardson is lodge counselor and Robert L Miller secretary.
The 45 member industrial committee of the Safety Council of Middletown will tour the Middletown Journal plant on Thursday at 1 30 p m. This replaces the regular meeting and marks the first visit by the committee to the Journal as part of its inspection program of local businesses.
Four US Navy sailors from the aircraft carrier Intrepid deserted while in Yokosuka seeking political asylum, opposing the Vietnam War. The men left their uniforms, did not report back to the ship, and were confirmed absent without leave after the carrier sailed from Yokosuka on October 25. The Japan Peace for Vietnam Committee announced the defection and said antiwar leader David Dellinger was informed. Names given: John M. Barilla, Richard D. Bailey, Michael A. Lindner, and Craig W. Anderson.
Ohio Patrol awaits FBI help over a Newark Trust Co. cash theft after finding a military-style duffle bag in Dry Run along I-71. The bag held checks and depository receipts for 25 000 in cash, but the money is missing. A witness reported seeing a man near the interstate and noted a license plate. Police have a lead and withheld further details.
Mid dletown resident Will Dan Owens seeks 75000 in a Butler County Common Pleas Court suit filed after a April 27 1966 car bus collision at the Erie Highway Hanover Street intersection. Evans Fairfield driver Robert C. Evans is named as the defendant. Owens alleges spinal injuries loss of earnings and medical expenses.
An Akron man, 26, was shot to death Sunday night in front of a social club on North Howard Street. James Langston, 24, surrendered and was charged with second degree murder after a three week feud with the victim, Davis.
Two candidates filed for recounts with the Butler County Board of Elections after the November 7 general election. Paul B. Becker seeks a recount of 32 Hamilton precincts with a $320 deposit, while Edmund C. Carey requests a recount of Union Township clerk race with a $40 deposit.
Election officials will flip a coin to decide the tie in the write-in race. Ruth Richardson and Howard Bishop each received four votes, with recounts expected to confirm results. Ballots were counted by computer after county voters used Coyle voting machines for the first time.
Rep. Donald E. Lukens of Middletown will discuss The Role of the Physician in Politics at the Butler County Medical Society monthly dinner. The Hamilton Elks Club hosts the 6:30 event with Dr. Brady Randolph presiding and Dr. Walter Roehll Jr. as president-elect of the 186-member society.
Republican nominee Seth C. Taft said he would ask the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections for a recount of last Tuesday’s mayoral election. He lost to Carl B. Stokes by 1,644 votes after a late official count reduced Stokes’ margin from 2,501.
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