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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 25, 1970

Page

2

Lyman Named Stanford's Seventh President Amid Campus Turmoil

Richard W. Lyman, 46, historian and Stanford provost, was named the university’s seventh president after serving as acting president since Kenneth S. Pitzer’s resignation. His appointment follows a turbulent spring marked by ROTC protests and campus unrest that included vandalism and calls for police.

Stanford Calif Richard W. Lyman Stanford University Lyrved Kenneth S. Pitzer Pitzer Veen U.S Cambodia Lyman Academic Council Philadelphia Swarthmore College Harvard Swarthmore Washington University St. Louis LYM Wes Ulie Tibst Olan Nord Encina

Croake Named Lead for Middletown Cancer Drive

Robert Croake of 214 Aberdeen Drive is named crusade airman of the Middletown- Butler County Unit for the American Cancer Society 1971 campaign. The unit elected Lloyd Nolan as president and reported 1969-70 totals and programs including Youth Against Cancer with Rex Kern as state chairman.

Robert Croake Aberdeen Drive Crusade Middletown- Butler County American Cancer Society Lloyd Nolan

Infant Hembree Dies After Premature Birth

The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hembree of Trenton died at Middletown Hospital seven hours after premature birth. Survived by parents, maternal grandmother Mrs. Keith Stewart, and paternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hembree. Arrangements set for 10 am Monday at Holy Name Church with burial in Woodside Cemetery. Wake and calling hours listed at local funeral homes.

Hembree Charles Hembree Glenn St Trenton Middletown Hospital Keith Stewart Robert Hembree Barboursville, Ky Riggs Holy Name Church Woodside Cemetery Joseph R. Baker & Sons

Portsmouth Teacher M G McCall Father Dies at Portsmouth

Portsmouth mourns the death of M G McCall's father a Mid Middlesowntown High School teacher. Survived by wife Minnie two sons David of Haynes City Fla Edward of Columbus a daughter Mrs Katherine Trowbridge of Minford a brother Herbert of Pamplin 14 grandchildren and a great grandchild. Services and burial set for tomorrow in Portsmouth Gill Funeral Home handling arrangements.

Portsmouth M. G. McCall Middletown High School Southern Hills Hospital McCall Minnie David Haynes City Fla Edward Columbus Katherine Trowbridge Minford Ohio Herbert Pamplin Gill Funeral Home

Services moved for Mrs. Otey Mitchell 77 Monroe

Funeral services for Mrs. Otey Mitchell 77 of Monroe will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Vincennes Indiana Presbyterian Church replacing today’s schedule. The McCoy Leffler Funeral Home will host visitation tomorrow from 7 to 9 p.m. Mrs. Mitchell died Wednesday at Mt Pleasant Home.

Otey Mitchell Monroe Vincennes, Ind McCoy-Leffler

Widow Mary C Waites 74 Dies in Middletown Hospital

Mrs Mary C Waites 74 of 333 W Oxford State Road died at 3 35 pm yesterday at Middletown Hospital after admission Wednesday She lived in Middletown 70 years came from Corning Ohio She was a Senior Citizens Club member Her husband Walter died in 1958 Survived by daughter Mrs Mary Getter two step sons Lester Waites Arthur Waites a brother Charles Bierman Phoenix two sisters four grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren Funeral Mass will be sung at

Mary C. Waites Mary C. Waits Oxford State Road Middletown Hospital Waites Middletown Corning Ohio Senior Citizens Club Walter Mary Getter Germantown Lester Waites Arthur Waites Hamilton Charles Bierman Phoenix, Ariz

James Montgomery Franklin Dies Of Heart Attack In Ohio

James Montgomery Franklin Jr. 49 died of a heart attack at home in Miamisburg. He worked for R. L. Drake Co. in Miamisburg. Survived by son David J. of Dayton, daughters Janice Phelps of Miamisburg and Barbara at home, father James Montgomery Sr. of St Petersburg Fla., and brother Walter of College Corner Ohio. Services Monday at 10 a.m. Eaton Funeral Home with Pastor Murray Deming officiating. Cremation afterward. Funeral home viewing Sunday 2 to 4 p.m.

James Montgomery Franklin James Montgomery Jr Miamisburg R. L. Drake Co David J Dayton Janice Phelps Barbara James Montgomery Sr St. Petersburg Fla Walter College Corner Ohio Eaton Funeral Home Murray Deming

Mrs Valeria Ince Services Scheduled In Cannon

Valeria Ince aged 64 of 701 Hamilton Cleves Road has private services Monday conducted by Brown Dawson. John Keene aged 44 of 413 Knightsbridge Drive has services at 2 p.m. Sunday in Cannon Kentucky.

Valeria’ Ince Hamilton-Cleves Road Brown- Dawson John Keene Kightsbridge Drive Cannon

Car Burns Driver Hart Richard Enright Injured in Crash

Richard Enright 19 of 6094 Trenton Franklin Road was injured when his northbound car on Elk Creek Road near Howe Road left the road struck posts and trees then plunged down an embankment igniting. A passerby pulled him from the flames before firefighters from South Madison Township doused the fire and the car burned. He was treated at Middletown Hospital for minor head injuries.

Richard Enright Trenton-Franklin Road Elk Creek Road Howe Road Ptl Mack Hurley Enright Madison Township Middletown Hospital

Carlisle Council Awards Salt Contract and Updates Weed Rules

Carlisle council awarded a salt contract to International Salt Co. at 12.50 per ton, refaced weed-cut charges to 25 for tractor damage, and warned owners to curb weeds within five days or council crews will trim and bill. They planned a five- to six-week police auction of seized items including a 1968 cruiser, and sought to start Dalton Avenue resurfacing by Sept. 16.

Carlisle International Salt Co Cleveland Council John Homan Dalton Avenue Carey Paving Co Dayton

Stolen stereo tape players reported from two cars

Rosa Back of 1749 Central Ave and Joe Sparkman of 1405 S Main St reported stereo tape players stolen from cars owned by Steve Griffith.

Steve Griffith Rosa Back I Central Ave Joe Sparkman S. Main St

Three youths cleared as bomb suspects in Wisconsin case

Three teens from Santa Cruz Colorado Springs and Milwaukee were detained in Hillsboro Texas then released after authorities clarified there was no link to a University of Wisconsin mathematics building bombing that killed a graduate student and injured three. They said they recently moved to Texas and planned to seek work in Killeen.

Hillsboro Tex Killeen University of Wisconsin Monty Fox Santa Cruz Calif John Long Colorado Springs Colo Ron Olsen Milwaukee Wis Texas Olsen John Fox

Nixon Official Accuses Unions of Blocking Civil Rights

A Nixon administration official told a House subcommittee that labor unions jawbone Congress to sustain segregation in organized labor, citing a large industry under a union contract excluding nonwhites and promising to investigate. He said such actions hinder defense contracting and minority hiring.

Washington Nixon Administration Congress Arthur A. Fletcher House Fletcher Armed Service Imany Industries Office of Contract Compliance Nixon

Columbus Mayor claims census undercount in city

Mayor M. E. Sensenbrenner of Columbus Ohio tells a House subcommittee the 1970 census may miss at least 17 000 residents, mostly disadvantaged black and Appalachian minorities. He cites inner city mail returns under 50 percent and urges investigation and possible partial recounts to adjust federal funding based on population. Preliminary figures show Columbus at 533000.

Washington M. E. Sensenbrenner Columbus Ohio Sensenbrenner House Ciy

Oxford youth sentenced for auto theft in Butler County

A 21 year old Oxford resident pleaded guilty to automobile theft in Butler County Common Pleas Court before Judge Arthur J. Fiehrer. David Eugene Basham of K Bell Street Oxford received an indeterminate term at Mansfield Reformatory for stealing a car owned by Martha Taylor from an Oxford supermarket lot on Sept. 16. He was arrested in Indianapolis and brought back for sentencing.

Hamilton Oxford Court of Butler County Common Pleas Arthur J. Fiehrer Mansfield Reformatory David Eugene Basham K-Bell Street Martha Taylor Eaton Street College Cover Indianapolis

Hamilton Moves Toward Landfill Expansion

Hamilton plans to shift landfill operations to the county site off Woodsdale Road south of Trenton in a few days. Butler County commissioners were informed. Public works director Jack Kirsch noted prework at the 195 acre site with forty test holes to study soil types. County sanitary engineer James Hinchberger said time tables for county operation are being set and awaiting word from cities and villages on participation.

Hamilton Woodsdale Road Trenton Butler County Jack Kirsch Hamilton Public Works Kirsch James Hinchberger

Bond Sales At 66 Percent Of State Goal In Butler

Butler Ohio bond sales for Series E and H Savings Bonds and Freedom Shares reached 66.9 percent of the 1970 goal by Aug 31 with 9.2079 million in total sales. County manager James D. Ferguson noted August county sales of 354,425 and 58 percent of its annual goal, urging residents to buy bonds for a maturity bonus boosting the return.

Ohio United States Savings State James D. Ferguson Butler County

Ships Near Scrap Pile as Gralia Warns of Aging Fleet

Vice Adm. Arthur R. Gralia, head of the Military Sealift Command, told the National Defense Transportation Association that most aging government and commercial ocean going cargo ships will be scrapped by decade's end. He said all but four are nearly 25 years old.

San Francisco Arthur R. Gralia America Military Sealift Command National Defense Transportation Association Gralia

Davies named assistant director of alcoholism council chapter

Robert Davies of 346 Sherman Ave Hamilton was named assistant director of the Butler County chapter of the National Council on Alcoholism at a board meeting. The former Jefferson Elementary principal will work full time with business industry and labor on alcoholism issues in Butler County, assisting executive director Howard B Knepper. Davies, a Marietta College graduate with a master's from Ohio State, spent 40 years in Ohio public schools including 14 years at Jefferson and 10 years as Camden superintendent.

Robert Davies Sherman Ave Hamilton Butler County National Council On Alcoholism Jefferson Howard B. Knepper Marietta College Ohio State University

Three Men Charged with Burglary to Appear in Court

Charles Eugene Peace 26 of Remington Ohio and John Chapman 27 and Robert Wayne Hildebrand 27 of Dayton were to appear in municipal court this afternoon for burglary at the King Kwik car ry out on Sixth Street. Two television sets were stolen.

Franklin King Kwik Sixth Street Charles Eugene Peace Remington Ohio John Chapman Robert Wayne Hildebrand Dayton

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