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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1969
Page
2
About 35 Ohio high school bands join 4 000 musicians in Oxford for Miami University versus Xavier opener on Sept. 13. Bands march from West High Street to the stadium for a 1 30 p.m. kickoff and a halftime show enhancing the contest’s pageantry.
Wisconsin Republicans say astronaut James A. Lovell Jr. may announce a political run after the Apollo 13 mission. GOP chairman Ody J. Fish notes Lovell discussed challenging Senator William Proxmire in 1970. Lovell, formerly a Milwaukee resident, attended local schools.
An oversize sign appeal by Sandy Glossman of Sandy's Carpet World at 15 N Clinton St goes before the Board of Zoning Appeals tomorrow at 7 30 p m. The owner seeks to erect a sign larger than permitted while permits for several other additions and uses face yard setback and parking restrictions at multiple addresses including 209 Crawford St 321 Crawford St 111 Eaton Dr 1852 Central Miller Rd and Bundy Apartments.
A Dayton woman Madeline Portney 47 was treated at Middletown Hospital for head injuries after a two car crash on Interstate 75 north of Rt 123 around 9 40 p m. She was a passenger in a car driven by her husband David Portney. The other driver was Carl Pace. no age or address available. No further details were released.
President Nixon flies back to the capital with the nation facing stalled welfare and crime bills and Vietnam troop withdrawal decisions looming. He weighs Supreme Court and GOP leadership picks while reflecting on hurricane Camille damage and meets with Mexican President Ortega Díaz.
Columbus report on Ohio State University dentistry professor Dr. Samuel Rosen studying mouthwash effectiveness. He tests how many bacteria survive rinsing and how long antimicrobial action lasts using 30,000 dishes and saliva samples from humans.
Preble County residents are urged to donate at the Church of the Visitation 407 E Main St on Thursday from 3 to The St Anne s Sodality will sponsor a canteen with the blood drawing. The event supports the Preble County Blood Bank which reports a serious low balance due to increased summer usage.
Fire reports show yesterday at 4 29 p m Liberal Market 230 S Verity Parkway overheated compressor causing 25 damage. Today at 2 36 am Sorg Paper Co 700 block W Columbia Ave overheated bearings on machine No 6 causing minor damage to felt.
Mrs Chlorene Kinnamon 69 of 11 S Breiel Blvd pronounced dead on arrival at Middletown Hospital after a heart attack. Surviving husband Walter E a son Rev E Lacy Statterfield brother Coleman Williams and three grandchildren. Funeral 2 p.m. Thursday at McCoy Leffler with burial Woodsid Cemetery. Visitation tomorrow at the funeral home.
Graveside services for the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Williford Sr. were conducted at Miami Valley Memory Gardens by Rev. Edward Bates. The child died at birth at 6:30 p.m. yesterday at Middletown Hospital. Surviving relatives include the Morningstar grandparents of Franklin, the Meredith Williford grandparents of Carlisle, and the Lilly Arrwood great grandmother of Phoenix.
Cyril L. DeWitt 59 was found dead of natural causes Sunday at his home in Germantown where he lived alone. He worked 25 years as a cataloger at the Ge n tile Air Force Base in Dayton. Survived by daughter Arlene Howard of Heath Ohio. son Dwight of Farmersville. brother Howard of Dayton. sisters Gertrude Ledow Katherine of Detroit and Charlotte Evans of Coldwater Mich. two half brothers, three half sisters and two grandchildren. Private services Thursday at John Arpp Funeral Home with Rev Charles Messmer. burial Mount Pleasant Cemetery at Peasttown. Funeral home hours 4 to 9 p.m.
Obituaries list several individuals with age and residence. Harry Martin 87 of 318 Main St. has services at 2 p.m. Thursday. Jeannette Kienzie 88 formerly of 1844 Pleasant Ave. private graveside at Greenwood Cemetery. Allen Smith 9% at Logsdon Nursing Home services 2 p.m. tomorrow. Earl Smith 73 of 5680 Tylersville Road service time not specified. Pleas Young Jr. 44 of Columbus Georgia formerly Hamilton is to be at 10 a.m. Thursday.
Everett Dirksen lies in state beneath the Capitol dome as marigolds mark his desk. President Nixon may deliver the eulogy and Dirksen will be buried in Pekin Illinois with Vice President Agnew attending the funeral. The service follows a long Senate tribute to the late Republican leader.
Alf M. Landon, 82, praised Nixon's steady social and fiscal policies on the eve of his birthday. The former Kansas governor and 1936 Republican nominee said Nixon has performed well in seven months, Vietnam has persisted, and Democrats show no sign of recovery from their Chicago convention disarray.
Defiance Industries and El Tronics Inc. agreed to postpone the merger decision to September 15 after stockholders requested extra time to study the proposal. John Zimmerman, secretary for Defiance Industries, said the delay was at the stockholders' request.
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