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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1973
Page
2
Maj Edward P. Goffos led a highway patrol inspection marking the 40th anniversary and reconnecting officers with policymakers. Former patrolman Frank Gibbons attended, recalling lengthy preinspection car cleanings and past spot checks as the group discussed fleet readiness.
Death notices list Clayton Ashcraft 81 of 1726 Highland Middletown died at Middletown Hospital after two year illness. World War I veteran, survived by wife Eliza daughter Imogene Davis grandchild. Funeral 10 a.m. Saturday McCoy Leffler with burial Woodside Cemetery. Military rites by American Legion Post 218. Burial details listed for William H. Ulrich 76 and Hyman H. Imhoff 80 plus infant Moreland son. services at Webb Funeral Home and Rose Hill Chapel. Memorials urged to Cancer Society unit or Bethlehem Lutheran Church.
Construction will start next summer to replace the Penn Central track bridge on Hankins Road at the Lemon Liberty line. The 1969-closed bridge draws 80 residents to a Lemon Monroe High School meeting as plans seek a two lane span and Salzman Road widening with about 120000 federal aid funds of a 280000 cost. County officials say 25 county bridges await funding while 15 more are in design as levy discussions surface.
Germantown township trustees and village officials meet at 8 to discuss whether the village will continue dispatching the township police. Mayor Winning opposes the nonrenewal, citing criticism and budget limits. The 1974 budget proposal seeks an extra full time officer and a second cruiser, with on call chief Smith and six part timers.
The American Cancer Society unit in Middletown Butler is in the top ten percent of Ohio state units, ranking eighth in public education activities. Dr. Jack Harris announced the placement at a Forest Hills Country Club executive board meeting and spoke on funding a third oncology professorship at the University of Cincinnati. He noted a shift to unified cancer study, while fundraising efforts include a Christmas card sale through Nov. 15 and a Nov. 7 card party at the Women's Center led by Mrs. Glenn Selby.
A 37 year old woman told police she was drugged and raped by two men who entered her car at Yankee Road and Verity Parkway after stopping for a red light. She said one man covered her face with a cloth and she passed out. later only the other man remained before she went home and reported the incident. Detectives awaited the results of a medical exam before acting.
Police report two drawers and a metal cabinet looted at Globe Sign Co on 715 North Main Street last night. Thieves forced open two glass doors in the southeast section of the building. no loss estimate given.
Penn Central Railroad Co. asks Butler County Common Pleas Court for a new trial after a October 1 jury verdict totaling 74 000 dollars for Robert Isaacs of Camden and John Vice of Williamsburg. The suit accused Armco Steel Corp. and Penn Central of negligence in an on the job collision in 1969.
James Wilson 32 of Cincinnati, who fled Chillicothe Correctional Institution on Oct 14, was captured at a Hamilton home. He had been serving a first degree murder sentence and was returned to Chillicothe.
Three Warren County teenagers were injured when their car struck another vehicle and a guardrail then rolled down an embankment on Ohio 73 near Springboro. Eileen J. Raez, 17, drove left of center on a curve causing the collision with Robert L. Wallace, 60, and passengers Jackie Callihan, 14, and Dee Barton, 14. Raez was cited for driving left of center.
The Middletown Journal outlines subscription options for daily and Sunday delivery. Home delivery by newspaper boy costs 80 cents weekly. motor routes offer installment plans totaling 3.47 or 3.20 over four weeks, plus a 15 cent monthly service charge. Mail subscriptions run 30 dollars per year within the trading area and 38 dollars outside, all prepaid.
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