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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1969
Page
14
AP analysis notes consumer mood darkens into the holiday season with inflation and recession fears. Retailers push sales via longer hours, promotions, and credit availability while Santa may appear early to spark buying interest.
A pet timber wolf imported from Canada attacked a 3-year-old boy on his front lawn in Santa Cruz, injuring him severely while his mother was bitten. The 6-month-old wolf, owned by Harriet J. French, was captured and taken to an animal pound after being chased away by a neighbor.
Six month old Melissa Bonamassa died October 10 after three intestinal surgeries. A donor fund was set up to aid her parents Michael and Sandy Bonamassa with mounting hospital bills and to support research. Melissa was born premature at Greene Memorial Hospital Xenia and treated at Barney Children's Medical Center Dayton before her death.
Ohio Kentucky Indiana regional planning board rejected two airport proposals and deemed a three state Greater Cincinnati Airport plan too legally complex for current action. The OKI plan foresees satellite cities to handle a 41 percent population surge in Boone Kentucky Dearborn Indiana Clermont near Milford and Warren near Mason.
Twenty-year-old Billy W Kennedy of Cleveland received life imprisonment after a Cuyahoga County jury found him guilty of first degree murder with mercy recommended. He was convicted for the July 4 shooting of 10-year-old Calvin Smith in Cleveland. The prosecution said the boy died in revenge for a prior argument between Kennedy and the father. Kennedy's stepfather, Saylus Bell, went on trial on the same charge.
Ohio officials heard calls for harsher penalties to reduce a rising traffic toll. Judge Otis R. Hess proposed jail terms and fines for major violators while Municipal Judge Richard Cole urged mandatory traffic schools to deter repeat offenses. About 100 people attended the highway safety session in Columbus.
Hamburg Germany AP reports West German researchers found freshwater rainbow trout survive and grow in the Baltic Sea and some nearly double their weight within 50 days after planting.
Ohio School Supt. Martin W. Essex urged starting vocational training in seventh grade to provide work skills. He told the commission that 45 percent of high school leavers should have employable skills, noting current pathways yield few college graduates. Essex argued to redesign programs to keep students in school and make vocational education a factor.
Washington AP reports that U.S. corporate profits before taxes declined in the July to September quarter for the first time since 1967. After tax earnings fell to about 50 billion with retained earnings dropping and dividends rising. GNP was revised up to 942.8 billion, while the federal surplus for the quarter fell to 7.3 billion. Manufacturers’ profits dropped despite gains in autos, which had recovered from earlier strikes.
In Forsyth Georgia a man abducted two school hens named Breakfast and Dinner from Tift College sparking campus alarm. The birds were later returned to the cafeteria feeding routine as students and staff noted the incident across the state.
State Auditor Roger Cloud reported Ohio has retired 696.265 million in bonds and notes from a total authorized debt of 1.62 billion. Since 1954 the state has paid 203.736 million in interest across six bond types, with major thoroughfare bonds 97.89 million outstanding and related bonds showing various remaining balances.
The Air Force temporarily suspended flights of 224 F111 aircraft including eight newer bomber versions after a heat duct leak appeared in two F111s and one engine during ground tests at Nellis Base Nevada. Repair method chosen, planes to return as fixed. More than a dozen F111s have crashed in past deployments, including three in Southeast Asia.
Notable events include the 1777 Articles of Confederation by the Continental Congress, Lewis and Clark reaching the Columbia River in 1805, Pike's Peak discovery in 1806, Brazil founded in 1889, Mussolini's Il Popolo d Italia in 1914, and the 1942 Guadalcanal naval action. Also mentions Dag Hammarskjold in Laos, a 1974 crash near Las Vegas, and 1969 bishops on birth control stance.
North Vietnam hails U S antiwar marches urging Nixon to end aggression and bring home troops. The piece also lists multiple Ohio estate notices from Middletown and Farmington with executors and dates, ending with Judge Parry F. Walsh.
East Palestine residents will vote on a six mill levy, Columbiana Exempty Village on a five mill levy, and Fairfield Waterford on a four mill levy in special elections December 9. The Board of Elections scheduled the polls Friday.
Public hearings set by the Butler County Board of Zoning Appeals on December 2 1969 at 7 30 PM and 7 50 PM in the courthouse Fourth Floor. Property 3914 Trenton Franklin Road Madison Township zoned A 1 seeks a variance to split frontage and 2 acres for a conditional use landfill for the Village of Trenton Ohio owned by Angeline Ross and Lora D Keith with applicants Village of Trenton and the village.
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