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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1971
Page
6
In Los Angeles AP reports Henry Hite, who jokes about his extreme height, contends he is the tallest man in the world. He recalls a tall Illinois man who died young and reflects on his own growth from early height to over six feet.
Services for Jessie Collins 91 formerly of 907 Ninth Ave will be held tomorrow at 10 pm in Murchison Chapel CME Church with Rev. Guy Robinson officiating Visitation today 6 9 pm at Hall Jordan Memorial Chapel and tomorrow at church from noon until service Burial in Woodside Cemetery Survivors include a sister Mrs Mary Clark of Springfield and one great great grandchild.
Russell Johnson 42 of 315 E Silver St Lebanon died yesterday morning of an apparent heart attack at home. Survived by wife Joyce daughter Cynthia of Hamilton one sister Rosanna Robinett six brothers Denver Virgil Everett Willard Albert and Eldon. Services 10 am Thursday Oswald Funeral Home visitation 4 to 9 pm Wednesday Burial Miami Cemetery Corwin. Harry F Gaefe Jr 52 of 925 Allen Ave services 10 am Thursday Webb.
City Commission set a 7 pm public hearing on a land-use modification plan for apartments by John Brown on Roosevelt Boulevard west of Eaton Avenue. They will also vote on approving Avalon Gardens, a mobile home industrial park proposed by Joe Lewis, at the regular meeting in Cleveland. A separate note reports Thomas McArthur Love, 29, arrested here on a charge connected to a 1967 Racine robbery.
Hamilton Butler County reports its 30th traffic death of 1971 at 10 25 pm. Frank W Mayer 23 of 1465 Warvel Road died at Fort Hamilton Hospital from injuries suffered Friday when his eastbound car went out of control on Stillwell Beckett Road near Ohio 177. The vehicle crossed the road slid 3 feet then 69 feet down a ditch line before hitting a tree. Mayer’s arrangements are incomplete.
City Manager Dale Helsel schedules Thursday talks with sanitation workers to resolve differences over a plan to collect old newspapers with garbage. Workers rejected the original method but agreed to curb pickups, while costs and potential revenue from recycling are debated amid ecologist pressure. Diamond National Corp will pay going rate for newspapers.
Three Dayton residents John Thomas Roy Dobbs and Mary Lois were arrested after a chase ending on Germantown Road near Avalon Circle. They face burglary charges for a Goodyear Store break-in recovered $1,022 in TVs and tools. a window was smashed and a patrol car sustained damage. Witnesses include YMCA residents and a motorist.
A 72 year old woman Stella McCarty fell ill at 1205 Baltimore Street and was transported by ambulance to Middletown Hospital for treatment.
Gov. John Gilligan vetoed a bi‑partisan bill shifting the Emergency Board from the administration to the Legislature. The measure would remove the state auditor and attorney general from the board, giving their seats to legislators and boosting GOP control. A veto override bid may emerge as reapportionment fights continue and state district maps face court scrutiny.
Gov John J Gilligan plans a week itinerary including Boston Heights Washington DC Cincinnati and Cleveland He will address the Learning Disability Conference in Cincinnati on Saturday and attend a Columbus Day dinner in Cleveland.
President Nixon will send Dr. Henry Kissinger and a full traveling party to Peking to stage advance preparations for a potential Nixon visit to Communist China. Kissinger said discussions with the Chinese could set possible dates, noting direct White House contact and meticulous planning. He added that China appears to seek improved U.S. relations and that the decision seems hard to reverse.
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