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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1962
Page
2
Middletown faces a proposed dramatic water-rate increase debated by city commissioners and the public. A 3 PM Monday open meeting with Black and Veach engineers will explore feasibility of changing construction or rate scale.
Pamela Mason, 46, files in Santa Monica Superior Court alleging James Mason has had illicit relations with three women over three years in Malibu, the San Fernando Valley, and Los Angeles. She cites lack of support for herself and their children and says she has considered divorce for a long time.
A cloudy cool front blankets the country with snow and rain. Central and North Atlantic states see flurries, while Michigan and western New York report snow totals up to four inches, with three inches in Green Bay. Scattered showers reach the lower Mississippi Valley Texas and Pacific Northwest.
Police and FBI say get away car leads to arrests of four Cincinnati men Daniel Henderson 31 Raymond McWhorter 33 John Korovesi 37 in connected Clifton Heights Building & Loan and Mutual Savings & Loan robberies. Henderson and McWhorter bond set at 10000 each. Korovesi charged. Henderson’s brother Joseph earlier arrested face robbery charge and mental evaluation ordered at federal hospital.
In Alpena Michigan an osteopathic physician Dr. George W. Kantzier 38 Birmingham Michigan calmly directed rescue for himself and four passengers after a twin engine plane wreck Friday. His three sons Paul 10 Mark 9 and Willis Rothgeb 12 survived while Rothgeb died en route to hospital.
Hamilton Joseph M. Bowman fifty nine former president and general manager of the Hamilton Transit Co was found dead yesterday at his daughter Mrs Herbert Senfts home 437 Forest Ave Coroner Dr Garret J Boone said Bowman suffered a self inflicted gunshot wound to the left chest He had been ill for months and was found on the kitchen floor by his daughter a 12 gauge shotgun was nearby Bowman headed the transit company until the city lines took over the operation last year
William H. Smith aged 47 of 32 E Pleasant Sr died today at Deaconess Hospital Cincinnati. WWII veteran survived by wife Elizabeth daughter Loretta and brother Harry Dayton. Services Monday 1 p.m. Oswald Funeral Home. Burial Lebanon Cemetery. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Sunday.
Obituary brief listing multiple Butler County residents including Alison Smith infant daughter of Prof and Mrs Richard Smith of Oxford with a 0 a.m. Monday service at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church. Harry N Clark 56 of Millville Shandon Road with 2 p.m. Monday service at Pentecostal Highway of Holiness Church. Grover Shafer 77 of Princeton Road with 10 a.m. Monday Campbell. infant son of Bobby Bowling of Hamilton with today service Col ligan. Edna Estelle Wisecup 67 of S Main Street Oxford with 2 p.m. Monday Marshall Smith. Waldo G Stumpf 65 of Beisinger Road Hamilton with 2 p.m. tomorrow Marshall Smith. Clifford A Benzing 409 Dick Avenue Hamilton with 2 p.m. Monday Webb. Marion W Belle 72 of Eaton Road Gastonia North Carolina with 2 p.m. tomorrow. Orville H Rose 60 of Cole Drive Fairfield with Monday service Springfield.
James Bone aged 90 long time London editor and critic died at home in Tilford. John Bowditch Jr aged 79 pioneer in fabricated steel development died Friday in Belmont. Robert J Buckley Jr age 51 public relations adviser for Du Pont and son of former senator Buckley died Friday in Wilmington. Leo Egan 55 political reporter for the New York Times died Friday in Massapequa of a heart attack while visiting his son. The Celtic languages are spoken by about three and a half million people.
Gregory Pascoe an 11 year old from Miamisburg Ohio died after being shot in the head by his uncle Donald Haskins 20 of Harper Woods Michigan. The shooting occurred in Cheboygan County Michigan as the two men hunted near Little Traverse Hospital where Gregory later died.
Police logged eight crashes in the city causing about 1500 in damages. Sandra Kaye Huddleson Lebanon was injured slightly when her car collided with a second car after Arthur Thomas ran a red light. Thomas was cited for failure to yield. Buell Burns was charged with failure to yield after a stop sign collision with Ralph White. James W Bethel slept at the wheel and struck a parked milk truck. Floyd Bar rett backed into a parked car. David Shepard cited for driving without an operator license after a rear end collision with Stanley Carpenter. no damage in that crash.
Ohio Bus Lines Co. offers a wage package after a nearly hourlong walkout by about 100 drivers and repairmen. Negotiations with a federal mediator had stalled, ending with a temporary agreement and a return to work by 6 p.m. The union had pressed for 17 cents more per hour while the company proposed six cents. The firm serves 35 routes between Cincinnati, Hamilton, Middletown, Dayton and Richmond Indiana.
Food service workers at Armco Eves Independent Federation and Armco Steel faced layoffs after vending machines were installed. They say they filed a grievance 15 days before termination and waited 12 days to file NLRB charges, with notification of AEIF hearing only after charges. Signers include Mayme L. Shouse Ruddie Collier Betty Walters and Delial Adams, represented by a Cincinnati attorney.
In a head on collision on Stubbs Mill Road near Wood Road at 11 40 last night Ralph Belcher 40 and his wife Mazel 39 of Waynesville Rt 2 were hospitalized with multiple injuries Their son Randy 12 and daughter Caroline 18 were present Boby Hill 32 of Lebanon drove away with injuries treated at Miami Valley Hospital Dayton Hill was later released Belcher in good condition Mazel Belcher in fair condition
Bob Wagner of 1923 Flemming Road said two hub caps were stolen from his car parked at Eighth Avenue and Main Street around 9 30 last night. H T Farr of 996 Long Place reported his car damaged with antenna windshield wipers broken seats slashed and gear shift arms wrapped around the steering column while parked in front of his home last night.
Godwins at 31 N Broad St faced a hearing before the Ohio Liquor Control Board on November 30 on a complaint of delinquent sales tax assessments. The report notes eggs, like meat and milk, offer high quality protein.
The Butler County PTA Council meets tomorrow at 8 p.m. in the Rural Electric building at 1382 Main St Hamilton. W E Steed coordinator of special services will discuss curriculum development in secondary schools. Richard Block is council president.
A 16 year old babysitter Barbara Allen was found fatally hurt at 3 15 am in a third floor Toledo apartment after being strangled and stabbed with an eight inch butcher knife. Coroner time of death given as 11 30 pm Friday. Police questioned residents as detectives investigated the two child occupants.
A collision of two strings of mine cars at Island Creek Coal Co Mo 28 mine near Mud Fork in Logan West Virginia killed three men and injured at least eight others late Friday night. Deceased are Howard Hicks 35 Verdunville Arthur J Finley 48 Chattaroy and Charley Marcum 49 Crum. One mine trip carried men the other supplies.
A Franklin man is bound over to the Butler County Grand Jury on 2500 bond for allegedly aiding his 15 year old son to escape confinement from Middletown Hospital where the youth had swallowed razor blades. The younger Ward remains at large.
The Associated Press reports highway deaths rose during the 102 hour Thanksgiving holiday as multi fatality crashes increased. For 6 p.m. Wednesday to midnight Sunday, 458 highway fatalities, 30 fire deaths, and 113 miscellaneous deaths total 602.
Hamilton Butler County commissioners approved a study for a proposed contract with the City of Hamilton to extend water service to outlying areas. The plan envisions selling water through county mains to the county areas, with maintenance by Hamilton, over a 25 year term. They objected to a clause linking annexation to feasibility and city request, noting they could not require annexation.
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