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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1972
Page
8
Women join a belly dancing course in Dairyland for diverse reasons including exercise and pleasing husbands. The reportage notes varied personal goals and cultural interest in a local class setting.
Washington AP The Cost of Living Council rejected a request from the American Bakers Association for an across the board bread price increase. It said no rise in bread prices is allowed at this time citing large bakeries profitable margins and limited scope for smaller shops to gain relief.
The American Iron Ore Association said iron ore shipments in the Great Lakes through August totaled 39,581,558 gross tons, down nearly three million tons from the first eight months of 1971.
Washington AP reports that wholesale prices rose faster in the first year of Nixon's economic controls. The Bureau of Labor Statistics notes a 0.2 percent August increase, lifting the year to 4.4 percent, with raw agricultural products and industrial goods driving the rise.
Former Kansas Governor Alfred M. Landon, Republican candidate for president in 1936, was photographed at his Topeka home strolling with two dogs to mark his 81st birthday. He remains widely read and quoted on political affairs and has not held public office since the Roosevelt landslide.
Correction: Agnes Maxine Rose of 6052 Manchester Road was granted a suit for separate maintenance against John William Rose of 802 Crawford Street in Middletown. Judge William Young approved the action on grounds of neglect.
State Auditor Joseph Ferguson reported detectives uncovered a ticket resale scheme on the Sky Ride at the Ohio State Fair. A count showed 762 rider discrepancies, prompting a stop and inventory of tickets. The ride owner O D Hopkins Engineering Co. hired a private detective to verify workers, and a settlement figure is pending.
Two probate notices from Middletown Ohio name the executors and administrators. Howard Gilson Price is appointed executor for the Fio Marie Price estate and Creed T. Wiseman is appointed administrator for the Mazie Wiseman estate, with legal counsel listed.
Ronald Lee Schenk 27 formerly of the Hamilton YMCA has his first degree murder trial moved to Oct 11 in Butler County Common Pleas Court. He is charged in the May 25 shotgun slaying of his former wife Brenda Gail 22 found shot three times in a car near her Woodsdale home. He surrendered at the Butler County jail after the delay. The prior Sept 6 date was postponed for a psychological and psychiatric evaluation. Athens and Sparta were the Greek cities in the Peloponnesian Wars.
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