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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1962
Page
2
A two engine Navy patrol plane carrying ten crew members disappeared Saturday on a routine patrol and wreckage with all hands was found Monday on Montague Island in Prince William Sound near Kodiak Alaska. The craft belonged to Patrol Squadron 42 based in San Diego.
Year In Jewelry Business Bill began in Richmond Indiana and moved to Middletown claiming basketball fame. He brings 22 years jewelry background to advise buyers and offers a special Men’s Rulova Caravelle Water Sharknroof Watch for $10.05 at Rogers 1044 Central this week.
In a Senate speech, Senator Barry Goldwater accuses President Kennedy of acting outside the law to favor unions in the aerospace labor dispute. He cites extralegal procedures, a stacked fact-finding board, and the Taylor board as pro-union actions, calling Kennedy boxed by union power yet politically cautious about curbing it.
London AP reports actor Trevor Howard, aged 48, was convicted today of drunken driving and disqualified from driving for eight years.
Luther E Childs 52 of 2113 Woodlawn Ave Middletown died at Middletown Hospital after 18 months illness. A Pontiac Beck Talbert mechanic for 35 years he is survived by wife Gladys son Luther Howard stepson Richard A Moore sister Mrs LaVenia Clark brother Elmer A Childs. He was a 32nd degree Mason and member of Second Baptist Church Blue Lodge Tried Stone 83 Prince Hall Chapter 44 R A M Consistory 26 of Troy Amer Temple 107 Dayton. Services at Riggs Funeral Home and Second Baptist Church with Masonic rites then burial at Woodside Cemetery.
Middletown Hamilton and Trenton Jaycees adopt resolutions in support of a one mill levy for an $1.8 million county courts and security building. Ken Martin coordinates Middletown efforts while George N. Jonson leads Hamilton and others direct campaigns in Trenton and Oxford. A speakers bureau will offer speakers to civic, service and church groups.
Evan F E Williams of Columbus will speak to Middletown Kiwanis at Thursday noon meeting at Manchester Motor Inn. Williams, set to be elected governor of the Ohio District Kiwanis International on Oct 3, will report on the district's improved standing in the world wide organization. Al Decatur is the program chairman for the day.
A car carrying four people plunged from the Interstate 71 eastbound exit ramp on Ohio 18 near Medina. One passenger, Dorothy Howard, 36, of Cleveland, was killed while the remaining three were injured according to the Highway Patrol.
A lighted cigarette started a fire yesterday at Todd Gardner's residence 3705 Filesta Way. Firemen put out the blaze in a hide- a bed at the Gardner home. Contents damage is estimated at 50 dollars.
Londie Conley, 59, of 1325 Woodlawn Ave. died yesterday at Middletown Hospital after a heart condition. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Finley Street Church of God with Rev. Robert H. Hensley officiating. Burial will follow at Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call at Joseph R. Baker & Sons Funeral Home tomorrow 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. and at the church Thursday from noon until the service.
Ruth Miller 70 died early Monday in a Dayton hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Stubbs Funeral Home. She is survived by a sister Mrs. Marie Ramage of Manchester Massachusetts and several nieces and nephews. Friends may call this evening at the funeral home.
Washington AP reports the Defense Department confirmed a passenger, Richard M. Miskimen, whose mother Meriam Y. Miskimen lives in New Philadelphia Ohio, was among those killed when a Flying Tiger DC plane ditched in the Atlantic. Survivor Pvt. Michael Murray of Youngstown is named among the survivors.
In Tyler Texas the Estes case moves to whether the trial should be postponed. Defense argues pretrial publicity taints fairness and cites 75 FBI agents tailing Estes. 29 key witnesses missing. State aims to call indictments involving loans on nonexistent hydrous ammonia tanks and alleged thefts from finance companies totaling 20 million. A shooting inquiry linked to June 3 1961 centers near here. Media coverage faces objections from defense as court debates witness lists and procedures.
Four juveniles escaped from Butler County Detention Center Sunday night and were captured in Georgia by the FBI this morning. Officials say the youths climbed an eight foot fence during recreation, then fled in a reportedly stolen car from the Hamilton area.
Two men were treated for facial injuries after a fight at the Hilltop Tavern on Middletown Pike. Charles Turner, 19, of Dayton, and David Pucket, 43, of Wilson Drive, Franklin, were taken to the hospital at 11:30 p.m. by Warren sheriff's deputies. The incident is under investigation.
In Washington a difficult Senate vote looms after a five vote House win for a compromise farm aid bill. It would pay 18 cents a bushel on wheat and feed grains and extend emergency programs while broadening secretary of agriculture powers for 1964 and beyond.
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