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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 18, 1968

Page

2

Gas Line Installation Nearly Done In Hunter

A $200000 gas main project in the Hunter Elementary School area east of Middletown nears completion. CG&E reports 70 000 feet of mains with 40000 feet installed by plowing in to avoid damaging areas. Natural gas is on in about 600 homes and the Holiday Inn on State Rt 122 I75 area.

Hunter Middletown Cg&e Julie Drive Ruby Drive Sterling Drive Betsy Drive Todd Road Fern Drive Fisher Road Harman Road Woodhaven Drive Lynn Drive Moyer Drive Jeffery Drive Ross Avenue Rose Marie Road Bechtel Drive Pearl Drive Marvel Drive Rogers Drive Allen Drive Thelma Connie Street Moder Court Sarah Street Barbara Beatrice Ohio 122 Dearth Road Union Road Rt. 122 Hendrickson Road Shaker Road Nobel and Dearth Roads Holiday Inn State Rt Interstate 75

Deaths and funerals across several communities

Death notices and funeral services for Ralph Decker 59 of Eaton Route 4 and others are listed. Decker died of a heart attack at Union Sanitary Landry while employed as a truck driver. Services are set for 2 p.m. tomorrow at Zimmerman Funeral Home West Alexandria with burial in Fairview Cemetery. Other obituaries include George Art 87 Fort Florida, Miss Cora Evans 90 Powell Nursing Home, Phoebe Jones 85, Matilda Reece 81, Ruth Davidson 69, Philip Geyer 75, Burton Anderson 55, and public notices from Brown Dawson Klaus Weigel Cahill Webb. Also reported are deaths of Gerald L Phillippe 59 former GE chair in New York and Edwin J Carey 62 former Hertz president in Palm Beach Florida.

Ralph Decker Eaton Rt Fannie Decker Hughes St Zimmerman West Alexandria Fairview Cemetery Decker Union Sanitary Landry George Art Fort Fla Hamilton Falmouth Cora Evans Powell Nursing Home Brown-Dawson Phoebe Jones Vine St Campbell Matilda Reece Franklin St Klaus Weigel Ruth Davidson Scipio Road Cahill

Infant son of Mr and Mrs Osca Trammell Lebanon services

Graveside services for the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Osca Trammell of Lebanon Rt 1 will be held the convenience of the family. The notice provides no further details on date or location.

Accidents Injure Several In Town Vehicles

Women treated at Widdietown Hospital after separate auto incidents yesterday. Jes W Sullivan, 59, injured neck pains when rear ended by truck driven by Donald L Wagner who was cited for following too closely. Damages listed over 200 dollars. Steve Snell, 18, cut arm when his car struck a parked vehicle driven by Curtis Jett who was cited for following too closely. Randy Smith, 15, declined treatment for facial bruises in a minor crash with driver unknown. Nine other non injury crashes caused about 1400 dollars in damage. three drivers cited.

Widdietown Hospital Jes W. Sullivan Elma Court Germantown Pad Verity Parkway Mortly Donald L. Wagner Versailles Steve Snell Gideon ‘Road Curtis Jett Lewis St Woodlawn Avenue Baltmore Street Gilbert French Woodlawn Ave Jett Randy Smith Bryant St Clark Street Central Avenue Steve Witt Brant St

Burglars Enter Office and Homes in City Break-ins

Police report several break ins yesterday including an office at 126 Main where a typewriter riding mower and check writer were stolen and two desks rummaged. A home at 925 14th Ave lost about 62 dollars plus a watch a coffee cup and pennies. A cleaners at 907 Charles St shows attempted entry with a broken window but no break in.

Mildred L. Snyder Main August Myer 14Th Ave Gough Lamb Cleaners Charles St

Bea Benaderet's Husband Dies After Her Funeral

Bea Benaderet's husband Eugene Wembley, 52, died of natural causes in Good Samaritan Hospital hours after her funeral. Benaderet, 62, star of Petticoat Junction, had died Sunday from pneumonia and lung cancer. her service was held Wednesday.

Los Angeles Bea Benaderet Eugene Wembley Good Samaritan Hospital Miss Benaderet Petticoat Junction

Wreck Suit Asks 830000 In Butler County

Helen Craig of Middletown files a 30000 damage suit in Butler County Common Pleas Court claiming injuries from an October 18 1966 auto collision on Route 122 when her eastbound car was rear ended by Clarence Becruft of Middletown. She alleges permanent disability from the crash.

Hamilton Butler County Common Pleas Court Helen Craig Middletown Oxford Road Rt. 122 Clarence Becrutft Somerville Jacksonburg

Caribbean development conference planned in Charlotte Amalie

Delegations from 15 West Indies governments attend the first annual Caribbean development conference in Charlotte Amalie. Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall will deliver the keynote. The shortage of fresh water on many islands is the main topic of discussion at Navy, 25-27.

Charlotte Amalie V.I West Indies Navy Secretary of the Interior Stewart L. Udall

Color Float On River Is Saturday

Lebanon reports the first annual Color Float down the Little Miami River east of town set for Saturday. Sponsored by Little Maimi Inc, the canoe trip begins 12 45 p m with Morgan's Canoe Trials handling rentals guides and upstream transport near Oregonia. Other conservation groups join including the Cincinnati Section of the Sierra Club. Rain date is Sunday.

Lebanon Little Miami Here Little Maimi Inc Bob June Morgan Morgan Oregonia Morgan’s Cincinnati Sierra Club

Hooded Bandit Robs Franklin Texaco Station at Dawn

Franklin police report a hooded man brandishing a blue revolver robbed Texaco Station attendant Arnold Stevens at 6:30 a.m. at the Interstate 75 Ohio 123 intersection. The white male wore a bag with eye holes, fled on foot through a field with an undetermined cash take. Stevens fired two shots, unsure of hits.

Franklin Arnold Stevens Franklin-Lebanon Road Texaco Ohio 123 Stevens

Early U S Taxes Focused on Imports and Liquor Excise

The first United States federal revenue measures relied on tariff duties and an excise tax on distilled spirits, establishing the foundational approach to national taxation.

United States

Arrests Grow in Carlisle Area Cigarette Theft Case

Franklin and Carlisle police report multiple arrests in a shoplifting ring involving two Franklin boys aged 13 and 15. William Campbell of Carlisle faces receiving stolen property charges connected to about 100 cartons taken over three months and sold to him for a dollar each. Kenny Campbell is held on parole violation and implicated in the scheme. William Campbell is Franklin area campaign chairman for Ohio Senator Saxbe’s race.

Franklin Warren County Carlisle Carlisle Park-N-Save Kenny Campbell Lynn Drive Larry Stamm Linville Adams William Campbell Dayton- Oxford Road Stamm William Campell Brothers Franklin Municipal Court Franklin-area Ohio William Saxbe U. S. Senate

Defendants Plead Innocent In Butler County Murder Case

Voyd Lee Turner aged 19 and Frank Newell aged 30 pleaded not guilty at arraignment before Judge Arthur J. Fiehrer. Turner faces second degree murder for the July 25 shooting death of his father in law Gordon Lovins and an assault with a deadly weapon count. Newell pleaded insanity defense to second degree murder in the Sept. 28 beating death of his six month old son Paul Newell. Turner’s trial is set for Nov. 12.

Hamilton Butler County Common Pleas Arthur J. Fiehrer Voyd Lee Turner Grand Hotel Butler County Grand Jury Gordon Lovins Canal Road Jackson Bosch Turner Patricia Ann Turner Frank Newell Park Terrace Park Ave Paul Newell

Park Department Enrolls 107 in Dance and Baton Classes

The park department reports 107 participants in ballroom dancing and baton twirling across classes. Ralph Connor notes 21 adults in Miss Joan Ritter's ballroom class Tuesdays 8:30 to 9:30 p.m., 34 children in her Wednesday top class 6 to 7 p.m. Miss Ginny Friend teaches 30 children in ballet Wednesdays 4 and 5 p.m. and 22 children in baton twirling Tuesdays 4:30 p.m.

Park Department Ralph Connor Joan Ritter Ginny Friend

Doty House Moves Workshop to Curtis Street

Stanley Bevington of 1520 Ross Hanover Road Hamilton oversees fourteen mentally challenged children and young adults in Doty House sheltered workshop. The program moves from Maple Park School and Church of the Ascension to Doty House on Curtis Street after occupants relocate to the Gardner Education and Therapy Center. Bevington has three years of teaching teenagers and two years as a city home instructor.

Stanley Bevington Ross- Hanover Road Hamilton Doty House Maple Park School Church of the Ascension Curtis Street Robert B. Gardner Timber Trail Bevington

Wallace to Speak at Cincinnati Night Rally

George Wallace, American Independent Party candidate, will speak at a night rally in Cincinnati on October 25 or 26. Noble A. Olson, Wallace’s southern Ohio chairman, announced the event to be held at Exposition Center or Cincinnati Gardens.

Cincinnati George Wallace American Independent Party Noble A. Olson Wallace Southern

Detectives probe Kidnaping claim involving Lakota students

Hamilton Butler County deputies investigate a report in which Alfred Back, 18, and Ray Price, 17, say a hitchhiker forced them at gunpoint to drive from Millikin Road to Campton Kentucky. The teens were unharmed. the suspect, described as tall in a dark suit, fled the area.

Hamilton Butler County Sheriff's Butler County Wolfe County Bill Cain Alfred Back Millikin Road Ray Price Rockdale Road Yankee Road Campton Brethitt County Ohio

Middletown Mass Choir Plans Evening Rehearsal

The Middletown Mass Choir will meet at McKinley Junior High School at 5 30 p m tomorrow for a rehearsal. Anyone interested in joining is invited to attend.

Middletown McKinley Junior High School

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