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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1962
Page
2
Downtown merchants announce free three hour parking starting tomorrow in the Clinton Canal lot south of First Avenue between Clinton and Canal streets with Verity Parkway access. City police will enforce the time limit by chalking tires and removing meters.
City police cited Betty B Owens and Lena Hagis after separate crashes. Owens failed to yield at North Avenue and Shafer Street injuring Phyllis Tucker’s auto shards worth 30 dollars. Hagis pulled from the curb causing damage to Jack Ward’s vehicle on Curtis Street. No injuries were reported for the bicycle collision with Neewana Mitchell on Wall Street.
The Associated Press reports torrential rains triggered seven deaths across the East as slushy snow and hail hit southeastern Wyoming and northwestern Colorado. Fog in the Midwest caused three Illinois traffic fatalities while New York and New England endured ongoing rain floods. Among the deceased was Rutland Vermont lawyer Frederick J. Delany, 41, a lieutenant governor hopeful, who died in a collision during the storm.
A balloon busting contest hosted by the Midlstown Aero-Modelers is set for noon at Smith Park. Members will be timed as they attempt to pop four balloons at different heights around a flying circle, followed by jet demonstrations of two-engine scale and stunt planes.
Herbert John Reck aged 55, brother of Myron T Reck and Miss Florence Reck of Middletown, died of a heart attack yesterday morning on an airliner near Minceiea anant of Blete I. Survived by brothers Hilbert Reck of Figin and David L Reck of Chantilly Va, and sister Mrs Harold Smediey of Elgin. Native of Darke County. Body to Wilson Memorial Home for arrangements. burial planned in Gettysburg Ohio cemetery in Darke County.
Sioux Indian Chief Red Cloud, claimed to be 129, died Thursday at Ohio Valley Hospital in Steubenville. Born in 1842 in Oklahoma territory and linked to Chief Deer Foot and Big Little Snake, he claimed 39 children from four marriages and once toured with Buffalo Bill and Ringling Bros. Circus.
A Middletown woman aged A was listed in fair condition at Middletown Hospital yesterday after she reportedly took an overdose of sleeping pills at 3 pm.
Four youths and a man were treated at Middletown Hospital after a car left Chamberlain Road and hit an embankment. Driver Keith was cited for reckless operation. Miller charged with allowing an unlicensed driver. State Patrol said excessive speed contributed. James Graham jailed for DUI after hitting another car, with heavy damage reported.
WADE POWERS Auto Sales on 515 N. Verity Parkway reported a tire and wheel stolen from the lot at 3 pm yesterday. JILES HUNTER of Wilmer Motors said teen boys threw a stone over a fence and broke a car window on the lot, with $75 damage. DELMAR LEROY reported his car parked at Armco Coke Plant lot was rummaged and papers stolen. police later recovered the papers.
In East Berlin a 21-year-old refugee known as Brille was shot during a tunnel attempt to reach the West. His companion escaped. a tailor and his wife fled through the tunnel to safety. British ambulances faced East German guards at Checkpoint Charlie as international forces debated response.
In Van Nuys California a four year old actress allegedly shot and killed her actor boyfriend after he threatened her life. Sandra Edwards cried and said it was a nightmare while recounting how Gilson forced entry and menaced her. She claimed he had a months old son by her and that a 12 gauge shotgun was given by her sister-in-law to frighten him.
Albert Gray of 1709 Sheridan Ave was admitted to Middletown Hospital at 11 am after a car slipped from a jack while he was changing a wheel cylinder. Neighbors said fluid spilled on the jack. the impact knocked him aside. Sheriff deputies investigated. no condition or details available.
Warden Olin Minton reports all inmates confined to quarters at the Chillicothe Federal Reformatory after two incidents of white and Negro fighting. FBI agents opened an inquiry and filed a report with the U.S. district attorney in Columbus.
An odd incident in Andhra State as plaintive music from a snakecharmer calmed fear in a record room. A 5% foot cobra escaped into the space three days earlier, causing temporary closure before clerks could resume work.
Dr Charles H. Cronick, 50, head of the State Division of Alcoholism, was found dead Saturday in his Indianapolis apartment, apparently from a heart attack. A native of Youngstown Ohio, he had led the division since August 1961.
Columbus report says state Democratic party chairman William L. Coleman rejected James Rhodes's Friday night reply as no real answer to Republican campaign fund questions. Coleman noted Rhodes amended his 1954 tax return in 1958, declaring 18,900 from campaign funds as personal income and questioned travel expense reimbursement claims. He cited IRS guidance that personal campaign funds are not deductible.
In an address before the Ohio Federation of Republican Women, Friday night Rhodes detailed amounts totaling 54,000 tied to campaign funds. He said 18,000 was reimbursed from the campaign fund for travel and expenses over years and reported on federal returns. He noted 36,000 borrowed from the campaign fund with interest bearing notes and repaid in 1958 using family savings and a bank loan. The bank loan was settled with royalties from his work.
A West Virginia man, Eugene Maynard of Cyclone, was killed Saturday in a hunting accident near Celina Ohio. Police say the shooting occurred accidentally while the man was hunting, and the incident is being investigated.
In Havana, US Cuban Families Committee members pressed for Bay of Pigs prisoners release while denying reports of 1 113 freed. Negotiations between Fidel Castro and James Donovan of New York resume after Friday talks with another meeting planned for Monday. Castro seeks 62 million dollars in ransom. Donovan offers medicine and supplies. Cherry blossom season in Washington marks spring's approach as cherry trees lining the Tidal Basin are noted.
Even if signs say closed, you can reach our 25 car lighted parking lot behind the store by driving off Central Ave onto Gideon Road. The notice confirms access details and location of the rear parking facility.
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