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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1967
Page
13
Local observer C. T. Morningstar reports average temperatures down three or four degrees and rainfall down three to four inches for the first eight months. May 1967 was the wet month with six inches of rain. only 14 summer days reached 90 degrees, far below last year.
A 19 year old Middletown student was wrestled to the ground and dragged 50 to 75 feet into weeds by a male attacker near the Middletown Campus of Miami University this morning. The assailant fled the scene.
Police and state patrolmen scoured Armco Park and Wildwood Golf Club after a sophomore at the university branch was assaulted near Manchester Road. A 6 feet 2 inches, at least 200 pound man dragged the girl as two students and others gave chase. She was treated at the campus health clinic and released. one man was questioned and released.
Olympic great Paul Anderson spoke at the YMCA kickoff to raise youth ideals. He lifted a platform with nine youths for the event and urged Christian faith and YMCA programs to guide the nation's youth. The campaign aims to sign 2 600 memberships through October.
August permits in Middletown for new construction and remodeling totaled 3 089 970 dollars. The report highlights a surge in building activity with large sums allocated to major projects and renovations across the city.
Police urge vigilance and reporting of unusual activity. Armco Steel Corp leads high value permits including a $2,053,000 basic oxygen furnace shop, with other major permits at Baltimore Street, Yankee Road, and Grove Street. August 1967 building activity totals $3,089,970. year to August $10,339,981 versus all of 1966 around $12 million.
Armco Steel Corp says truck shipments were virtually normal in the last 24 hours despite Ford Motor Co and Frigidaire Moraine City plants suspending orders. Union protestors with strike posters roam as drivers press union demands. Ford ordered steel halted during the UAW strike. Frigidaire also delayed orders. Armco notes Ford and Frigidaire account for about 24 percent of production and 11 percent for appliances.
Election Board Director Frank Justin predicted that about 40 percent of Toledo voters will cast ballots in the upcoming primary and open housing referendum. He cited two months of voter registrations totaling 146,000.
The Middletown Jaycees announce a Sept. 17 concert by the Dayton Sing-Out group for Middletown High School auditorium at 7 30 p.m. Tickets are 1 for adults and 50 cents for students. Proceeds will seed a local teen group funded by the Jaycees.
Four candidates filed petitions by 11 am with the Middletown Board of Elections as deadline looms at 4 pm. Incumbent Mary C. Lord seeks a second term with James D. Lamphier already in from July. Others filing include Joe B. Gividen and C Dudley Inwood, with Rev. James Holloman among those expected to file today.
Two armed men robbed Mitchell's Sohio on Interstate 75 at Ohio 73 around 10 15 p m yesterday. They demanded money from the cash register after pulling a gun when the attendant Micheal Earl Mitchell refused to leave with them. The suspects fled in a car with Florida plates.
William Donham chairman presented a traced copy of the proclamation to Allen as music by the Razor's Edge Chorus accompanied the event. Jim Waxweiler spoke on Our Living Heritage while Rev. G Walter Weber and Rev. Kent Moorehead gave the invocation and benediction. Paul Steigerwald Jr. led the 50th anniversary committee.
The Department of Agriculture reports more than 1.2 million needy persons across nine Southeastern states received food commodities and food stamps in July.
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