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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1966
Page
2
Samuel L. Burt 70 of 119 N Oakland Sharon Pa died today at home of a heart attack. Funeral services set for 11 a m Friday in Sharon. He is survived by his wife three daughters two brothers and four grandchildren.
Mrs Daisy Briggs 61 of 800 Welliver Drive to be laid to rest with services at 11 am Thursday at Pilgrim Baptist Church. Mrs Mary Alcorn 35 of 927 S Ninth Street has services at 11 am tomorrow at Israel Baptist Church. Theodore Cotton 65 of 317 Ninth Street also listed with services at 11 am tomorrow Klaus Weigel officiating.
A U S Army Caribou transport with 29 aboard including wounded servicemen crashed during landing at An Khe about 250 miles northeast of Saigon. No fatalities reported initially as a military spokesman said the craft on a medical evacuation mission had four crew and 25 passengers. Cause not disclosed.
Hamilton police seek a $1000 a year across the board pay raise. Attorney Henry Massana for the Fraternal Order of Police said he will present the request to the city council meeting on Wednesday night.
Lemon township trustees reported to the sheriff's deputies that vandals damaged a family cemetery off Sycamore Road outside of Trenton. Ten or 11 head stones were knocked from their bases in the Augspurger family plot and several stones broken. Small footprints were found by deputies around the graves.
Middletown launches Hire Handicapped Week with support from state and federal officials. Ohio Employment Service reports 227 handicapped workers placed in 1966 first nine months, 73 still job-ready. Governor Rhodes backs the program and urges schools to back the Ability Counts essay contest offering $650 in bonds and a Washington trip for the top state winner.
A trainload of 10 boxcars with food medical supplies and equipment donated by Lafayette Louisiana residents remains in the Southern Pacific yards near the Mexican border awaiting Mexican approval. The Tarahumara of northern Chihuahua are believed malnourished and a priest had raised the alarm prompting aid. El Paso attorney Joseph Rey said a permit from Mexico City was expected soon.
New York AP reports jazz singer and composer Dave Lambert died at 49 after being struck by a truck on the Connecticut Turnpike while changing a tire. He belonged to Lambert Hendricks and Ross and helped translate pop ideas into vocal jazz. Survivors include his daughter Dee.
Police found what appears to be part of a dynamite fuse after an explosion damaged the Flamingo Dance and Twist Club in Newport. Owner Charles Stagman said the blast happened after bingo patrons had left, and police reported no injuries.
Paris biochemist Rene Fabre aged 77 died today. Fabre, a noted toxicologist, served as president of the National Academy of Medicine in 1963.
State Health Director Emmet W. Arnold cites federal figures showing Ohio as the leading state in water pollution control. Ohio awarded 36.3 million dollars in contracts last year for municipal treatment facilities, with Illinois second and California third. industry investments are likely similar but not separately valued.
Two young men in Chicago were fined $200 each or required to write a report on Justice in Jerusalem after appearing on disorderly conduct charges while wearing swastikas on jackets. Judge Saul Epton urged education about the Nazi symbol.
Police said a dismembered body found in a Clyde home is believed to be 82 year old Eugene Carruthers missing since Thursday. Thomas E. Carter 26 former mental patient is charged with first degree murder and jailed without bail. John Miller 33 of Fremont questioned. no charges yet.
The Commerce Department reports the average U S motor vehicle will consume 792 gallons of fuel this year, up 10 gallons from last year, reflecting higher expected consumption nationwide.
President elect Arthur da Costa Silva begins planning for his administration in Brasilia. Aides say his first goal is addressing shortages of staple foods by improving agricultural production, cattle herds, and fishing fleets. He pledges social reform and denies dictatorship.
Edward Burling 96 died Monday in Washington after a long career as a lawyer. He trained many young lawyers including future government officials, served as chief counsel of the United States Shipping Board during World War I, and mentored notable figures such as Dean Acheson and Henry Fowler. Born in Eldora Iowa, Burling practiced in Chicago before moving east.
Prime Minister Harold Wilson announced the Labour government will fully enforce a wage price and income freeze, warning employers and unions of fines and jail for defying the ban. He said the measure, to run into 1967, will curb bargaining rights but aims to expand wartime economic controls amid resistance to voluntary compliance.
Dayton Ohio based Paul Shawhan, 44, a realtor, dated 97 women in three weeks after placing a newspaper ad seeking an attractive widow or divorcee aged 35 to 55. He married one, Bobbie L. Scudder of Miamisburg, and plans a Hawaii honeymoon. Shawhan says the venture began with the ad and led to many calls and social meetings.
A Lebanon meeting at Green Knoll School at 7 30 p m will discuss the Warren County centralized school for retarded children and a forthcoming tax levy. Anthony Wayne School for Retarded Children in Darke County will send a featured speaker.
Scout Cabinet elects officers for the Pokey Griffith District Explorer cabinet at a Middletown Civic Association meeting. Mike Kidd Post 52 is chairman, Darrell Walker Post 26 vice chairman, Milford Leedy Jr. Post 52 secretary, with Chick Fraunfelter Post 1 and Art Eggleton Post 25 as at large members. The coming Explorer conference on Oct 21-23 at Wright Patterson AFB, Dayton was outlined.
Police reports show Hilbert Martin of 3405 Central Ave notes a coat stolen from the rear of 1916 Flemming Road at 9 am yesterday. Richard Stover of 9 McKinley St reports a tire slashing on his car. A camera outfit valued at 189 dollars was stolen over the weekend from Doris Wolner’s home at 25 Glenimore Drive.
A 14 year old boy was arrested at McGee's Super Market on Manchester Road and Vanmest Avenue for shoplifting at 5 PM yesterday. Dean Phillips, 10, of 3405 Poinciana Road, remained in fair condition at Middletown Hospital after a bicycle accident at Poinciana Road and Glenmore Drive at 5 PM yesterday.
Five people were injured in two Middletown traffic accidents yesterday. A 17 year old cyclist, Jack Wilson of Trenton, was listed in critical condition after his motorcycle collided with a truck driven by Arnold R. Taylor. Taylor was charged with failing to yield. A second crash at Central Avenue and Verity Parkway caused minor injuries to Elsie Dasher and damaged multiple vehicles with one driver charged for following too closely. Police report totaled damages at 9450 and 320 dollars respectively.
Cincinnati police use television cameras in sewers near the Jerome Bricca home to locate the missing oriental carving knife believed used in the murderous slaying of Eric Bricca year old Linda Jane 24 and Deborah 4. The search follows prior sewer checks near Bridgetown.
A tree crashed onto a car owned by Don Johnson at 3812 Fiesta Way at 4 20 a m today.
Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato has a kidney ailment and will undergo about ten days of treatment at Tokyo University Hospital, announced by his spokesman.
A controversial term describing Mexican migrants as illegal entrants is challenged as immigration debates intensify, calling for clearer policy and humane treatment amid border concerns and public discourse.
Venice officials plan a city wide year long campaign to fight a rat plague from a river island dump. 600 workers will distribute poison morsels inside buildings to lure rats to their hiding places, as local cats struggle against clever, trap wary vermin.
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