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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 06, 1962

Page

2

Four Local Girls Found Returned by Police

Four juvenile girls reported missing earlier this week were returned to their parents by city police yesterday. Two of the girls, ages 14 and 13, had been missing since Sunday evening.

Window Broken Report In A 1959 Car Incident

Jess Wilder of 3235 Mohawk Street told sheriff's deputies yesterday that vandals threw rocks through two windows of his 1959 model car while it was parked at his home. There was no estimate.

Mrs Ida Walker 87 dies in Middletown after long illness

Ida Walker age 87 of 2021 Woodlawn Ave died at 10 15 p m yesterday at Middletown Hospital after a stay since August 13 She was born in Fulmer Kentucky and lived in Middletown 31 2 years Her husband Bernard died in 1925 Surviving are three daughters Mrs Ernest Taulbee Mrs W M Garoutte and Mrs Clarence Brewer a sister Mrs Nora Mann four grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren Services at 10 am Monday at McCoy Leffer Funeral Home Rev Edwin Bobbitt to officiate Burial in Woodside Cemetery Friends may call Sunday 2 5 and 7 9 pm at the funeral home.

Ida Walker Woodlawn Ave Middletown Hospital Walker Fulmer Middletown Bernard Ernest Taulbee W. M. Garoutte Billings, Mont Clarence Brewer Fort Meyers Fla Nora Mann Carlsbad N. M McCoy - Leffer Edwin Bobbitt Woodside Cemetery Funeral

Private services listed for two local residents

Mrs Anna Baker aged 71 of 521 5 D Street had private services noted by Webb. Mrs Carol M Raasch of 118 Hermay Drive will have services at 9 a.m. Saturday, per Webb.

Anna Baker D .St Webb Carol M. Raasch Hermay Drive

Obituaries Note Three Prominent Figures Die in Brief Passings

New York AP reports Vice Admiral John J. Manning retired died at 68 while dining with friends in New York. In Hempstead Ethel J. McEwen aged 79, a lifelong genealogy student and scholar in Latin Greek and Hebrew, died after a long illness. In Mexico City Alberto Maria Carreno 87, president of the Mexican Academy of History and secretary of the Mexican Language Society, died Wednesday.

New York John J. Manning Navy Bureau of Yards and Docks Hempstead Ethel J. McEwen Mexico City

Ohio Foundation gifts boost support for 32 colleges

The August report from the Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges shows 24 corporate gifts and six new contributions, lifting fiscal year totals 47 percent above last year. Executive Director Harold K. Schellenger says the donations will aid 32 Ohio colleges not tax supported to better handle enrollment of about 37,000. August contributors include the Gardner Foundation and News-Journal, Inc. from Middletown.

Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges Harold K. Schellenger Ohio Middletown Gardner Foundation News-Journal, Inc

Hamiltonian Suffocates In Fire At Motel

Richard V. Collopy known as Pat Collopy, 42, a Kalamazoo salesman for Paper Mills Inc, died in a motel fire near Philadelphia. Firemen found him several hours after the blaze. coroner says suffocation with burns. Nine other guests evacuated as damage estimated between 300000 and 500000. Collopy was a WWII Army captain and longtime Champion Papers employee.

Hamilton Richard V Pat) Collopy Verlynn Ave Paper Mills, Inc Kalamazoo Mich Philadelphia Collopy Pennsylvania George Washington Motor Lodge

Bicycle stolen near Smith Farm. car windows damaged

Police brief reports JOhn D. Clark of 1607 Carolina Ave says his bicycle was stolen from Smith Farm yesterday. John Mayweather of 150 Baltimore St reports someone threw a bottle at his car, breaking left side windows and causing $15 damage.

John D. Clark Carolina Ave Smith Farm John Mayweather Baltimore St

OSU Trustee Decision Still Not Determined

Ohio State University trustees meet in Wooster Friday but may not decide the seventh member. The university asked Atty. Gen. Mark McElroy to rule whether John W. Bricker or Robert Lazarus should serve. Gov. DiSalle appointed Lazarus, but Senate confirmation is pending and a ruling may come after the meeting.

Columbus, Ohio Ohio State University Wooster The University Atty Mark McElroy John W. Bricker U.S Robert Lazarus Columbus Michael V. DiSalle Lazarus Ohio Senate McElroy

Sharon Steel to close Lowellville works in Ohio

Sharon Steel Corp of Sharon Pennsylvania said it will abandon its idle Lowellville plant in Ohio. Forty employees have already transferred to Farrell and another three hundred forty two have retired or received severance pay.

Youngstown, Ohio Sharon Steel Corp Sharon, Pa Lowell Ville Farrell

235 Tons of Steel Made in 40 Minutes at Cleveland Works

Employees at Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp Cleveland Works produced a 235 ton batch in 40 minutes using basic oxygen furnaces. The company said the rate may be the fastest in steel making history, noting open hearth methods take hours for comparable tonnage.

Cleveland Cleveland Works Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp

Unsafe Auto Charge Filed

City police arrested J. C Sheppard, 39, of 4430 Vannest Ave, today at 1 a m for operating an unsafe vehicle. He was stopped after running a red light at Main Street and Central Avenue. A vehicle check found two faulty tires, a front seat fixed by a wire to a two by four board, a rusted floor board and no emergency brake.

J. C Sheppard Vannest Ave Sheppard Main Street Central Avenue

Suit claims invasion of privacy by local grocer

Hamilton man Monte C. Cress seeks 10000 against Jessie Schneider owner of Schneiders Market. He alleges his name and debt of 41.87 were posted in a window sign to embarrass him and imply nonpayment, causing humiliation and mental anguish. The case was filed in Butler County Common Pleas Court.

Hamilton Monte C. Cress Chestnut [St Butler County Common Pleas Jessie Schneider Schneiders Market Fifth St Cress

Fire at Piqua nuclear plant causes $4000 damage

A Wednesday fire at the Piqua nuclear reactor plant caused about $4,000 in damage. Officials said no injuries and no ratio activity were involved after a 575-degree coolant spill ignited on combustibles, with smoke doing most of the damage.

Piqua, Ohio Piqua

Ore Shipments Off Cleveland Total August 8.83 Million Tons

Iron ore shipments from American and Canadian Great Lakes ports in August reached 8,834,824 gross tons, per the American Iron Ore Association. That compares with 9,196,182 gross tons in August of 1961.

Cleveland Canadian Great Lakes American Iron Ore Association

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