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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1978
Page
2
In Ravenna Ohio a water line break at 9 30 p m cut flow to nearly 12 000 residents triggering a dry Saturday. A 500 000 gallon reserve was drawn upon and a local dairy donated over 2000 containers of drinking water. Mayor Paul Jones appealed for business closings during the shortage.
The Middletown Symphony starts a three week conductor auction tomorrow to determine two finalists who will lead the Oct. 14 Pops Concert. Candidates include Sam MacMullen, Steve Dyer, Richard King, and Millie Conn. Proceeds support operatic expenses. top donors’ winners direct one piece each at the concert with WLWT’s Nancy James.
Monsoon floods on the Yamuna surge toward the Taj Mahal and sacred sites at Benares and Mathura. Workers laid a wall of sand bags around the mausoleum as the river breached adjacent areas. officials fear higher casualties as floods claim hundreds, with Benaras paralyzed in parts.
In East Dayton Ohio Paula Franer was killed in a car train crash April 19 ending her six month lease. Landlord Edward Larrick kept the $120 deposit claiming breach. Franer’s mother executor Pat Franer contends the deposit should be refunded minus $10 for a broken light. Ohio official Robert Tongren calls Larrick’s actions unjust enrichment amid legal questions.
Roy Anderson Eldridge 98, former Franklin resident, died Saturday at Mercy Memorial Hospital Urbana. Oldest Miami alumnus and Miami football great, he played for a Dayton team in 1900, coached Franklin High School football, and worked in construction and sales before retirement. Survived by daughter Joyce Brown and three grandchildren. Funeral arrangements incomplete. contributions suggested to Miami University Goals for Enrichment fund.
Dwayne Spegal, 17, of 5215 Kear Creek Road, was driver when his car collided head on with a left-of-center vehicle on Cincinnati Dayton Road near Crane's Run Road. John Fisher, 121, of S Main Street Franklin, Tom Spegal, 18, and Robert S Lane, 28, of West Carrollton died. Fisher's funeral arrangements are incomplete at Eaton Funeral Home, Franklin.
Police recovered three bicycles two are two speeds one repainted dark blue after a Friday incident in Richmond Alley where a 11 year old boy was knocked unconscious and held by a thief. The other two bikes were found at Wildwood Elementary School and behind 8 Baltimore Street. Owners may claim them at the police station by tomorrow morning.
Butler County Human Services Council Title XX Ad Hoc Committee meets at 9 30 am in the United Way Building to discuss equitable Title XX funds from the Ohio Department of Public Welfare The group notes Butler County now receives 297 percent of its share for services to elderly and low income residents totaling about 295 000 instead of 994 000
Gov Jay Hammond was certified a 101 vote winner over Walter Hickel in Alaska's August primary. State Sen Chancy Croft won the Democratic nomination by 272 votes over Ed Merdes. Lt Gov Lowell Thomas Jr certified both Hammond and Croft as winners. Hickel may seek a recount after vote tabulation.
Madison County Prosecutor R. David Picken says his three member staff will spend about a month investigating allegations that Attorney General William J. Brown obstructed justice by ordering destruction of confidential crime fighting files. The probe follows information from Franklin County Prosecutor George C Smith, a Republican opposing Brown in the November election. If evidence is found Picken may present it to a county grand jury for a possible obstruction indictment. James Gravelle Brown's spokesman calls it a political move by Smith to damage Bill Brown.
Three women aged 20 to 25, speaking broken English, allegedly short changed a cashier or stole $574 from the Fazio supermarket cash drawer on Roosevelt Boulevard. The incident occurred Friday at noon as a 24-year-old clerk rang up a 74 cent tissue box and four twenties. One suspect allegedly grabbed money during the distraction while others kept the cashier occupied. Police were notified yesterday morning.
The Springboro-Clearcreek Township Jaycees pledged 2500 toward telemetry gear for the Clearcreek Township Life Squad. The Fire Department had already pledged 5000. The equipment costs about 12000 and a 1 mill levy for life squad equipment will be on the November 7 ballot to fund a new ambulance and its equipment.
The Warren County engineer asks the Ohio Department of Transportation to study traffic on Harlan Road to decide if the speed limit should drop from 55 to 35 or 40 mph. Trustees also revoked David Miller as full time patrolman and appointed Edward R. Barker. They rezoned parcels near Eyler Drive and near Ohio 48 and 73 for housing and a greenhouse. A bond was approved for part time patrolman Charles Krumholtz. Patrolman Stephen Boster has filed a workers compensation claim after a recent fight in the line of duty.
Two youths sustained scrapes in a two car wreck on Butler Warren Road near Bethany Road south of Monroe around 6 pm yesterday. They were taken to Middletown Hospital and released after treatment. Injury details and accident specifics were not available. State Highway Patrol investigated.
Emergency calls logged at 7:59 pm for 318 Young St with no transport, 7:46 pm at 110 N Leibee St with no transport, and 2:35 pm at 412 McGuire Ave for Harvey Thurmond, 54, knee pains, transported to hospital and released.
Police arrested three youths aged 15 and 16 for petty theft after they left a gas theft scene in an alley behind the 2000 block of Central Avenue at 2 45 am. The car held a hose and gas cans and a gas cap from Bill Landen at 2015 Central. They were released to their parents after juvenile questioning is planned tomorrow.
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