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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1969
Page
2
City crews begin annual leaf collection with routes outlined north of Central Avenue and west of the Penn Central Railroad, then north of Central and east of the railroad. Residents should place leaves in the gutter or along the road the day before collections begin.
A Meet Your Candidates Night at Christ United Methodist Church on S Marshall Rd and Rt 122 will feature school board candidates Jerry Brown Tom Kimbrough and William Schaefer speaking 730 to 830 p.m. City commission candidates Joe Giiden James Saunders Tom Blake and Stan Sorrell speak 830 to 930 p.m. Each candidate has five minutes plus a Q&A. A coffee hour and free babysitting follow.
A two car collision in Lima leaves John W. W. Heffner 23 of Elida and Deborah A. Lockhard 18 of Lima dead. Kenneth Wyatt of Lima is in critical condition.
New Zealand provides 46 percent of total United States imports of carpet wools according to trade data. The report highlights Auckland as a key hub in supplying these fibers to American mills.
Charles Conrad Jr. piloted a spider-like landing vehicle simulator to 200 feet and guided it 1 000 feet along a runway declaring he is ready for Apollo 12. The crew includes Richard Gordon and Alan Bean with Gordon in orbit while Godon lands. Cape Kennedy countdown test proceeds on schedule with no major problems.
In New York Cartier's Fifth Avenue welcomed about 7,000 visitors from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. as the 69.42 carat emerald-cut diamond, owned by Rich ard Burton for Elizabeth Taylor, went on display amid long lines. The diamond, valued at about $1.05 million at auction, is set in a ring with two 2.92 carat half moon diamonds.
Springfield Ohio AP reports Clark County Commissioners form a citizen committee to study jail conditions and needs following inmate brutality and overcrowding charges. The panel will review rehabilitation, work farms, and plans for a new jail.
Sam O. Noble of Xenia, a retired trucking firm owner and harness horse breeder, bid 5500 on 82.5 acres 27 miles south of Mountain Home AFB. He plans to complete payment in 10 days and salvage equipment, hoping a government agency may buy the site after deeming it valuable.
Dayton group Theater West presents Program Nig er a dramatic production by professional Negro actors. The show funds come from the federal government and will be at Howard's Coffee House in Middletown on Wednesday at 9 p.m. Admission is $1 and the event is open to the public.
Three people were hospitalized after two shooting incidents in Middletown. Sandy Madden, 22, remained in serious condition with back and arm wounds at Middletown Hospital. Her father Franklin Griggs, 55, was in fair condition with a partially amputated hand after surgery. Lloyd Griggs, 19, was jailed in Butler County on a shooting with intent to kill charge. Edith Saunders, 26, remained in fair condition at Miami Valley Hospital Dayton with a shotgun wound to the thigh. she says her husband Allen Saunders, 49, fired the weapon during an altercation with a neighbor.
Upper Arlington Worthington and Dover advance to the state cross country meet by posting the lowest regional scores at Raymond Memorial Country Club. Upper Arlington won the regional with 60 followed by Worthington 89 and Dover 132. Lancaster's Bill Beaty won the individual title in 9:37 for two miles. Other team scores include Grand View 135 Columbus Northland 140 Lancaster 151 Delaware 154 Zanesville 155 Westerville 232 Chillicothe 252 New Philadelphia 276 Columbus West 273 and Columbus Whetstone 314.
Seven craft unions will vote Wednesday on a three year package to end the 72 day strike at American Shipbuilding Yards. The deal offers a 35 cent per hour immediate raise and 15 cents more in year two. About 300 workers in Lorain plus 200 in Toledo and 50 in Chicago walked out when the old contract expired. Unions include riveters, carpenters, electricians, plumbers steam fitters, painters, operating engineers and firemen oilers.
Martin A. Myers 88 of 7635 Hetzler Road Rt 4 died at 5 32 pm yesterday at Grandview Hospital Dayton after a weeklong illness. He was a retired farmer and Butler County native. Survived by wife Mildred a son Charles Middletown Rt 4 a daughter Elsie Wolfenberger Franklin and seven grandchildren. Services 10 am Tuesday at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home Rev Verdin Buchanan officiating Burial Germantown Cemetery. Friends may call 3 5 and 7 9 pm tomorrow at the funeral home.
In U S District Court Judge John W Oliver questions why the defendant ignored five orders to appear. The defendant says an adviser told him not to appear and names God as adviser. The judge replies the case needs local counsel.
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