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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1964
Page
2
Los Angeles AP report notes the American Institute of Hypnosis advises hypnotizing turkeys before slaughter to reduce panic and improve flavor. Dr. William J. Bryan outlines simple methods such as chalk lines and sleep-inducing tricks, warning of practicality concerns for large flocks.
Gov. James A. Rhodes announced a crash program to rehabilitate the overcrowded Boys Industrial School near Lancaster, renaming it the Fairfield School for Boys. Jerry O’Hara will be acting superintendent with Maj. H. T. Cowell as deputy. William Browning and Eugene Wejecki hold key roles. The overhaul follows Supt. Gibbs’s resignation amid reports of deplorable conditions and crowding.
James H. Martindale plant manager of the Shattle Pandia Division of Black Clawson Co. is elected to the Middletown Federal Savings board, replacing retirement A R Morris. A Middletown native and University of Virginia graduate, he serves a second term as Middletown Red Cross chapter president and lives on Thorn Hill Lane with his wife and three children.
On November 24, 1964, historical notes mark events from 1869 women suffrage delegates in Cleveland to Lookout Mountain captures in 1863, birth anniversaries of Zachary Taylor and Alben Barkley, postwar Tokyo battles, and notable 20th century incidents including Remington's perjury case, a Chicago air crash, and the JFK assassination aftermath.
Robert E. Fitzer, 35, of MorTon, was fined and jailed in Norwood mayor's court for four counts of indecent acts after posing as a physician under the alias Dr. West. He reportedly examined four girls seeking jobs in Norwood industry and was arrested after a summons from a suspicious applicant. Mayor Joseph Shea Jr. imposed 100 dollars and 90 days in county jail on each count. Fitzer pleaded not guilty and waived a jury trial.
Bruce E. Hansen, 29, of Cleveland, was sentenced to 1 to 20 years in the Ohio Penitentiary after pleading guilty to manslaughter in the stabbing death of his wife Betty last November. Judge Victory Cohen imposed the sentence after the charge was reduced from second degree murder.
Mrs. Dorothy Argo 49 of 2005 Sherman Ave died this morning at Miami Valley Hospital Dayton after hospitalization since Sunday. Survived by daughters Katherine Betsy Schneider and sons Dale Stephen Charles Schneider and Gordon Schneider. brother Gene Monger and two grandchildren. Arrangements incomplete at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home. Mrs Goldie Throckmorton of Lebanon to be buried at Lebanon Cemetery at Oswald Memorial Home service set for 2 p.m. tomorrow. calling hours today after 4 p.m. Mr Kennedy died Sunday at his home in Cincinnati.
Mrs Ruthven 38 formerly of Excello dies at home in Cincinnati. Funeral 2 p.m. Friday at W Mack Johnson Funeral Home with burial in Spring Grove Cemetery. Visitation Thursday 4 to 9 p.m. at 1309 E McMillan St Walnut Hills. She is daughter of Mr and Mrs John Walck of Excello.
Funeral services for Otis L. Trammell 44 of 1116 Baltimore Street will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at Second Baptist Church with Rev. Rollen F. Hans officiating. Visitation Friday 6 to 9 p.m. Burial in Woodside Cemetery. arrangements by Bailey Funeral. Three other crash victims remain in Middletown Hospital in varies conditions.
Mrs Lena Miller age 92 died yesterday at her daughter's home Delbert Muchmore 8757 Morningstar Road Survived by another daughter Mrs Miles Gardner Hamilton six grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren Services at 1030 a m tomorrow Blair Strawser Funeral Home Blue Ash burial Rest Haven Cemetery Funeral home hours today 4 to 9 p m
Obituary notices list Martin J. Wys age 79 of 224 Eaton Avenue with a service at 2 30 p m tomorrow in Webb. Clyde Calihan age 53 of 7596 Cincinnati Brookville Road with a service at 1 p m tomorrow at Scipio United Baptist Church. Harry Hussong age 81 of 701 Chase Avenue with a service at 2 p m tomorrow in Dayton.
Hamilton officials say George Wahl aged 25 of 428 Park Ave Allen Z Shazier 27 of 725 S Fourth St and William Taylor Bowling 25 of 1023 Reservoir St were arrested yesterday on unlawfully obtaining paregoric and held under 10000 bond. Butler County Prosecutor Robert Marrs notes a 1 preparation per 48 hours limit not to exceed two grains of a narcotic per period and that purchases require a sign in registry.
Rev. Harold H. Jung of Central United Church of Christ, Dayton, urged service club members at the Noon Optimist Club luncheon to practice gratitude. He said saying thank you and sorry enriches others and oneself, and cited Paul’s teaching on anxiety and prayer.
U S Air Force reconnaissance focuses on Laos routes carrying men and supplies from North Vietnam to South Vietnam. Two U S jets were shot down near Highway 12 in Laos panhandle. The Ho Chi Minh trail through Laos connects North Vietnam to Viet Cong operations in South Vietnam.
A local man was injured in a traffic accident on Oxford State Road yesterday morning. John A. Goldshot, 27, of Xenia slowed to turn into Seneca Street and was rear ended by Carl J. Carpenter, 21, of Hamilton. A passenger, Gerald Pergram, 24, of 1000 Lafayette Ave., suffered a left leg injury and sought medical treatment. Carpenter was cited for following too closely.
In Butler County Common Pleas Court Judge Arthur J. Fiehrer sentenced Taddeus Shields 18 of Middletown to an indeterminate term at Mansfield Reformatory for burglary and related damage and ordered probation for co-defendant Sylvester Brown 21 of Middletown.
The Rev. Howard Sears of Grace Baptist Church will headline five evangelistic services at Centerville Town Hall Auditorium from November 30 through December 4 starting at 7 30 p m each night. Emmanuel Baptist Church of Centerville sponsors the event.
Thanksgiving services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at First Church of Christ Scientist 200 S Marshall Rd. Members will individually give thanks in their own words and a sermon titled Thankgiving will include Bible readings and selections from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.
AP reports Walter Leckrone an Ohio native and editor of the Indianapolis Times from 1942 to 1960 died in a city hospital at age 67.
The Pentecostal Church on Young Street invites Hunter-Clark VFW Post 6405 members as guests for a dinner at 4 p.m. Thursday at the church.
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