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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1967
Page
2
Deaths are reported for George K. Carter a Middletown resident 1913 to 1928 who died in Zanesville and for Anna E. Soard Clara Adams and other local residents with funeral times and burial details. Services are planned in Zanesville Trenton Dayton Lebanon and Mt Sterling with burial at Woodside Springdale Lebanon Cemetery and more.
George Hasselbach Sr. 78 of 1304 Orchard St. died at 10 40 p m yesterday in Middletown Hospital after a two week stay. Retired machinist from Aeronca Corp. he was a member of Lincoln Lodge F amp AM. Survived by wife Ethel two sons George Jr. and James two daughters Louella Forster and Edna Sample a brother John two sisters and ten grandchildren five great grandchildren. Services 2 p m Thursday at Joseph R Baker & Sons Funeral Home with burial at Woodside funeral home. A Masonic service at 7 30 p m tomorrow. Contributions to muscular dystrophy fund preferred.
Mrs Ethel Leibolt 79 of 192 N Main St Camden will have services at 2 p m tomorrow at R C Nein Sons Funeral Home Burial will be in Fairmount Cemetery She died at 8 30 a m yesterday at McCullough Hyde Hospital Oxford where she had been a patient a month Her husband Edward died last September Surviving are a daughter Mrs Inez House Camden Rt 3 a son John Norwalk Conn seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren
Robert Leuzinger, age 15 and son of Mr and Mrs John Leuzinger of 44 East Mulberry Street Lebanon, died at home early today after a decade long struggle with muscular dystrophy. The illness had kept him from school for several years.
An 18 year old, Roy W. Lewis of 1209 Baltimore St., faces municipal court charges of malicious destruction of property and grand larceny for allegedly stealing four parking meters from City Lot No. 9 on Broad Street. A 16 year old was also charged and will appear before juvenile authorities. The suspects were arrested hiding under cars at Interstate Folding Box Co. on Verity Parkway. Police questioned them about an assault and robbery near the 900 Club but no charges were filed.
The Middletown city commission approved four new officers for the city police division adding two patrolmen and two cadets. Patrolmen are William L. Hollister and Gary Elkin. Cadets are Robert Walton Jr. and Garry Watson. Walton is the son of Lt. Robert Walton and Walton attended Miami University.
A Tennessee woman, Ellen Owens, 31, of Kingsport, suffered minor head injuries in a three car crash at N Verity Parkway and Manchester Avenue at 7 25 a m. She declined treatment after her car ran a red light and struck by Paul B Sullivan 66 of 803 Mary Etta St A truck from Cincinnati driven by Billy Blair 27 struck Owens car. Total damage to the three vehicles was about 940 with Owens cited for a red light violation. Other crashes included Chester Pence 46 and Bob Murphy Jr 17 at 911 LaFayette Ave 655 p m causing 310 damage Pence cited for unsafe backing William L Turner 37 and a utility pole at Tytus Ave and Elwood St at 1 a m damage 200 Turner cited for assured clear distance A Middletown fire truck driven by Hayden Woolum 40 and a car driven by Larry Breckenridge 17 at Parkview Ave and Madison St 622 pm damage 40 fire truck on investigation run.
New York City may start outsourcing its abandoned auto cleanup. Councilman Thomas J. Cuite argues the city spends over 1.25 million annually to clear streets and estimates private contractors could handle the job at about 10 dollars per car versus the city’s 54.50 dollar cost per vehicle.
Military services for S. Sgt. Dillard Brock 31 son of Mrs Martha Mae Brock of 319 Roselea Ave New Miami will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Webb Funeral Home Burial will be in Rose Hill Memorial Park. Funeral home viewing tomorrow 5 to 9 p.m. Brock was killed Sept 10 in Vietnam on his second tour serving as an American adviser with the list Airborne Division.
The League of Women Voters of Ohio backs a constitutional amendment on apportionment for the November ballot as Issue One. Mrs. Howard Cromwell of Middletown said the measure would write a fair representation standard into the state constitution and guide reapportionment. The state board in Columbus endorsed a permanent plan over federal court orders, marking the third time such an amendment has been presented to voters.
Fire crews responded at 12 40 p m to 620 Cleveland St where Shirley Miller 22 fainted and was taken to Middletown Hospital. A cutting torch ignited at M J Gibbons Supply Co caused a demolition without damage. At 10 05 p m Blanche Morgan reported a bed fire in a truck Moore St with $100 loss linked to Carlos Whitt. A flare damaged Roxie Propps car on Ohio 122 near city limits with $200 damage.
Finley D. Townsend aged 27 of 2232 Main Street was arrested in the 600 block of West 1 Sixth Avenue early today and charged with window peeping and trespassing.
A 15 year old girl was arrested on N University Boulevard and charged with petty larceny for taking a blouse valued at $3. William Harrison reported theft of golf clubs and bag worth $225 from Wildwood Golf Club. John Copson of Philadelphia is noted as the first fire insurance agent.
Gene Baier, 17, of 830 Jane Court Carlisle, suffered right hand abrasions yesterday at 3 45 p.m. in a motorcycle accident on Route 4. He was treated with X rays at Middletown Hospital and released. No further information on the crash was provided.
A Middletown First Committee formed last night to back Raymond W. Brown in the November city commission race. Dr Walter Roehll Jr, chairman, said immediate focus is Brown's campaign with future projects to follow. The group aims to place Middletown and its people first in city government deliberations. Secretary is Mrs Richard Nein.
A historical note explains that the Equator region experiences a band of calms known as the Doldrums. The term denotes repeated light winds and stagnant air affecting sailing routes and maritime activity in tropical oceans.
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