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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1978
Page
2
Witnesses say a Tyras Avenue man drove his car into Verby Parkway and plunged into the river after being pushed by a companion. Police and divers recovered the submerged vehicle in six feet of water. Brinegar remained missing at dawn while Burns was arrested for intoxication.
The article lists candidates for nomination at East Works and Hamilton Works including vice presidents Earl Andre Ronald Birch Larry Connarroe Dean Joineon and incumbents Jao Part An dre We Back Ray mond Kk Junes Bowen and others. Trustees nominees include Willam Colwell Clarence D. Creft David Dearth Roger Depew plus many named candidates. Also noted are contests at Hamilton Works led by Gilmore Mays Robert Pendergrass James Riley and incumbents Hal Jones and James Cundiff in various plant positions.
Ohio politics focus on urban blight and job creation as Lt Gov Celeste pledges to tailor tax abatements to high unemployment areas and back urban extension programs. Rhodes cites aging-area security issues and AVE programs. debates loom with Donahey and Rogers if formats align.
James Calloway was reinstated as a Camden patrolman by the Village Council in a 5 to 1 vote. Dissenting Councilman Herbert Wagers argued the move was out of order and questioned the process and authority of appointing a police chief.
The 8th Preble County Pork Festival opens tomorrow at the Ohio 122 fairgrounds Eaton featuring a pork queen prelim at 9:30 a.m. a parade with 18 bands at 12:30 p.m. plus pork chop smorgasbord and sausage breakfast options. Multiple musical acts and county groups perform Saturday and Sunday alongside contests and a Bob Braun hosted show.
Wendell M. Fugate, 53, of 308 Curtis Street, was fined 500 and sentenced to 30 days in jail with his driver's license suspended for three years on a driving while intoxicated charge. Edith Guy, 37, Carl V. Whitt, 29, and others faced fines for careless driving and related violations.
Funeral notices report Mrs. Meith Reed 35 of Middletown died at Middletown Hospital after a heart ailment. Survived by husband George and four children, with services set at Roberts Road Pentecostal Church Franklin. Robert E. Mehl 73, former Middletown resident, died in Fort Worth after retiring from Ohio Bell. Survived by wife Kathryn, son Obert Jr, Ashton, daughter Betty, and sister Jane in Middletown. Margie Puckett Davis, 54, Odessa Florida, born Hamilton, nursing school graduate, survived by husband Lt Col Robert A. Davis, son Russell, daughters Linda and Robin, and six grandchildren. Memorials to American Cancer Society. Dwight D. McQuiston 69 of West Boyleston, Mass., native of Preble County, engineer, survived by wife Helen, daughter Mary Lou Wade, two grandchildren, brother Hubert. Private services and burial in Hopewell Cemetery. In Somerville, Inman Funeral Home handling arrangements.
Noah Brown 51 of Dayton formerly Hamilton died with services set for 11 a.m. Saturday at St Paul Pentecostal Church Hall Jordan Memorial Chapel Ada Fugate 75 formerly of 412 S Fifth Street now at Fairfield Nursing Home had private services Campbell obituary notice lists both individuals and their service details
A Congressional Budget Office report finds the South struggles with high unemployment and low income, not just the industrial Northeast and Midwest. Of 39 cities sampled, four Southern cities ranked in the top 10 high-need list, led by Newark Detroit Cleveland and St Louis with Buffalo New Orleans Miami Gary Baltimore and Tampa also appearing in the top tier.
Samuel Gruwell Ray Craycraft and Norman Hayes named division chairmen for the 1978 Middletown Area United Way VIP campaign kicking off September 29. Gruwell leads Industrial I with four subdivisions Armco General Office headed by Robert Johnson Armco Middletown Works by Ray Kelly and others head remaining divisions. Craycraft handles the service division for the third year. Education division led by Norman Hayes with Marion McEvoy Cly Roush Jean Hanselman Don-for parochial and Robert Gelwick for the Middletown Campus of Miami University among the lineup.
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