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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1972
Page
2
Students from first to twelfth grade craft posters and slogans to support a 7.9 mill school tax levy on the November ballot. Teachers note young children struggle with terms while older students refine messages to urge passage as posters and slogans go on display and seven winners per school win Big Boy sandwiches.
Harvey E. Hollenbaugh 83 of 32 S Plum St Germantown died Friday at Grandview Hospital Dayton after a two week admission. He leaves wife Maude children Mary Pottenberger Herman Floyd Russell and Ernie, sisters Grace Stump Alice Hoops, step-brothers Paul and Clarence Lukenbeal, 18 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. Services Tuesday 10:30 a.m. at John Arpp Funeral Home with Rev Clair Kohr. Burial in Germanown Cemetery with visitations Monday 4 to 9 p.m.
Mass of the Resurrection for Mrs Vera B Sennet 60 of 1004 Kensington St will be sung at 10 am Monday at Holy Trinity Church Burial in Gate of Heaven Cemetery Montgomery Friends may call at Wilson Schramm Memorial Home Sunday 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 pm A prayer service will be held there Sunday at 3 pm and the Smiling Grandmothers Club will hold a service at 7 15 pm Mrs Sennet died on arrival at Middletown Hospital Friday Survivors include her husband Sam two sons John of Middletown and Mark at home two daughters Mrs James Kraft and Mrs Donald Lau both of Middletown two sisters Silver Helen Jo Wingerberg 5J of Cincinnati and Mrs James Richardson of North Port Charlotte Fla and 13 grandchildren
The Journal will begin a Question and Answer column on the proposed 7.9 mill Middletown School System levy. Readers may mail questions to School Questions The Journal First and Broad Middletown Ohio 45042.
Two Middletown women Jeneva Olinger age 50 and Vicki Olinger age 24 were treated at Middletown Hospital after being struck by a slow moving car at Garfield Street and Central Avenue. Ernest L. Roth, 21, of Germantown Road, was cited for failure to yield right of way.
Neiman Marcus in Dallas unveils a 1972 His and Hers life sized talking model priced at 3000 dollars. A sculpted figure can be customized to resemble any person and speaks via a programmed tape. Previous gifts ranged from Egyptian mummy cases to miniature submarines and aircraft.
Voters have two days left to register for the November election. The Butler County Board of Elections offices in Middletown and Hamilton will be open Monday evening and Tuesday daytime, with hours listed. A special registration is planned in Oxford, and buses will assist residents from verity Parkway and Clinton Street high rise complexes to the election offices.
Warren County reports a motorcyclist fatality as the 20th traffic death of 1972 with an 8:35 p.m. crash. Identified details are limited in the readable portion.
Butler County Recorder Jean M Blazer reports September records show gains in deeds mortgages financing statements and miscellaneous filings. Deeds 1076 up 252 mortgages 847 up 198 financing statements 645 up 16 miscellaneous 171 up 26 receipts 10256.94 up 1921.08. Cancellations 47 and termination statements 68 both down. Soldiers discharges 37 down five. A Wilmington rider died in a crash at Ferry Road and Haines Road.
A fire yesterday at 9:47 a.m. on Jefferson Road and Breiel Boulevard damaged a Borden Dairy truck operated by Paul Rammel due to an electric short circuit with $25 damage. At 10:49 a.m. a 36 year old, Robert Jackson, was ill and transported to Middletown Hospital by ambulance, treated and released. At 11:30 a.m. a 61 year old, Robert Brate, was ill and transported to hospital by ambulance, condition last night listed as fair.
James Frederick Haught former director of the West Virginia FHA pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the government bribery and use of interstate facilities in aid of racketeering. He resigned Oct 18 1970 and faced charges with former attorney general and his brother. He allegedly took nearly 35000 in bribes from Centurion Corp Cincinnati Ohio to influence housing project work.
Intruders broke into Charles Thornburg at 1911 Queen Ave. by cutting a screen and prying a door. A television set and a police monitor radio were taken. Police were notified.
Three waves of B52 Strato fortresses struck 10 miles south of Vinh, a major North Vietnamese port, about 150 miles north of the DMZ and 150 miles south of Hanoi. The raids involved roughly nine aircraft in total across six months without direct reference to casualties.
CDC reports new Type A influenza strains detected in several countries may cause US cases in the 1972-73 season. Authorities warn widespread outbreaks are not yet likely due to partial population immunity and incomplete understanding of the strain changes. Hong Kong flu, Asia flu histories noted with high mortality among elderly and ill populations.
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