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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1975
Page
2
Drug experts warn more teens mix alcohol with downers like Valium and Seconal, fueling risky behavior. Cases include teens raiding parents’ medicine chests and students sipping wine with pills to stay mellow, a trend tied to broader drug culture shifts and stress coping.
Secretary of State Kissinger, with wife Nancy, arrives in Tokyo to brief Japan on his eighth China mission. He plans to meet Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-peng and focus on national interests amid health concerns for Mao and Chou En-lai. Ford’s late November visit looms as priority.
The federal government moved to vacate Robert John Evans’s 1972 conviction for a First National City Bank robbery after bank surveillance photos showed a look-alike committing five hold ups in New York and Pittsburgh. Evans had served 33 months and was released. prosecutors say a confession by the real robber prompts clearing action.
Ruth M. Knox 339 600 Ken Ridge Drive died yesterday at University Hospital Columbus after six years of ill health. Mass Tuesday 10:30 a.m. at St Mary Church burial Woodside Cemetery. Survivors include husband Richard and children Thomas Kristi. Carl E. Haller 62 died yesterday at Middletown Hospital after extended illness. Survived by wife Gertrude three sons five daughters and nine grandchildren. Services Tuesday 2 p.m. at Trenton Nazarene Church with burial Miltonville Friends Church. Clyde E. Spaw 68 died yesterday at Christ Hospital Cincinnati. Retired from Armco Steel Corp Navy WWII veteran and Mason. Services 10 a.m. Tuesday Home Middletown with burial Woodside Cemetery.
Yesterday at 5 52 p m fire on Park Street involved Cathy Gill 48 of Andrew Street with breathing difficulty. She was taken to hospital and treated and released. At 5 11 p m Joseph Martin 74 of Lamberton Street suffered breathing difficulty and passed out. transported to hospital and treated and released. At 1 04 p m insulation smoking under hood of car damaged property at 135 W N Verity Parkway involving Orville Lewis 1736 Erie Avenue with 80 dollars damage.
Senate Minority Leader Hugh Scott told reporters in Lancaster he has no plan to travel or take the China post. He said he recommended George Bush for the ambassadorship to China over a year ago and that he has heard nothing since.
Kentucky Governor Julian Carroll will address a labor sponsored anti busing rally at Freedom Hall in Louisville. The event, limited to union members and officials, aims to exclude political candidates and may lead to a Washington march with over a thousand union members.
Kent State University reports total fall enrollment at eight campuses of 27,675, up 8.9 percent from last year. The Kent campus has 20,060 students, increasing from 18,548, while regional campuses total 7,615, up from 6,392 a year ago.
Police heard a man report seeing several youths on the West Middletown bridge throw a white 10 speed bicycle into the river at 3 50 p m. The bike matched one owned by J C McIntosh of 724 Poplar Street reported stolen from the Middletown Mail area earlier.
Thieves burglarized two modular units on S Main Street near Lafayette Avenue, weakening locks from an earlier break-in at Cardinal Industries of Columbus and stealing a $125 electric range from each unit. A brick was thrown through Streifthau Bros. Inc. display window at 1721 First Ave, with a chain saw worth $144 reported missing. Sue Ann Ronto’s rear door at 1812 North Ave was pried open, and a $200 color television disappeared.
A two car collision at Garfield Street and Philadelphia Avenue yesterday afternoon sent two passengers to Middletown Hospital. Steve Martin eight treated for shock and Linda Lewis twenty four treated for a forehead cut. Lillie forty five was charged with failure to yield at a stop sign.
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