The Akron Beacon Journal from Akron, Ohio (2024)

OBITUARIES Ford Recalls 85,000 retail RAVENNA Jack Troube Ravenna In Police his 6 Thursday, Die August 20, As 1970 Old Akron Beacon Journal F1 Marvin L. Davis Services Friday Services for former Akron Service Director Marvin L. Davis, 78, will be at 11:30 a. m. Friday in the Fairchild funeral home, Fort 1 Lauderdale, Fla.

Burial will be in Lauderdale Memorial cemetery. Mr. Davis died Wednesday in Broward General Medical Center, Fort Lauderdale after a short illness. Mr. Davis served 10 years in that position in Mayor Charles E.

Slusser's cabinet. During his term as service director, the original plans were made for the current expressway system. FOUR YEARS after he took office, in 1947, he and B. E. "Shorty" Fulton, Akron municipal airport manager, battled over the transfer of commercial airline operations from Municipal Airport to the then new and larger AkronCanton Field.

The battle against the move was before a Civil Aeronautics Board. During his last years in office, controversy was raised when an investigation revealed that Mr. Davis owned 20 shares of Orr-Thomas Oil Co. stock and that virtually all of the city's gasoline business during the late '40s and early '50s had gone to that same company. He transfered the stock to his wife Maureen C.

after the illegality of his ownership was called to attention by a state examiner at City Hall. DAVIS SAID at the time of the controversy that he had bought the stock when the firm was organized and before the city did any business with them. He also said that mistakes might have been made in awarding contracts to. OrrThomas. He also said that contracts were made to the lowest bidder.

Before becoming service director he had been head of the civil engineering department at Firestone for many years. He also served as service director under Mayor Russell Bird. A YEAR after leaving Akron, he was appointed area engineering manager for the first leg of the Florida turnpike. He also was chief engineer for the remainder of the five-year project which takes the turnpike from Miami, to the Georgia state line. A native of Chincoteague Island, he leaves, in addition to his wife, a brother, Sid- Gunshot Victim's Services Friday Services for gunshot victim, Mrs.

Rita Smith Amelia, 43, of 39 Byers will be at 1 p. m. Friday in the EckardBaldwin funeral home, where friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 tonight. Burial will be in Mt. Peace cemetery.

MRS. AMELIA was killed Tuesday afternoon in Louis Liquor Lounge on E. Exchange st. Her estranged husband, Vincent, 48, has been charged with first degree murder in his wife's death and two counts of shooting to kill. Amelia had held police at bay for more than five hours late Tuesday night at 362 Spicer his home and office and warehouse of Temple Refrigerator Service.

A life resident of Akron, she leaves her daughter, Sa Rae Smith and son, Randy Smith, both of Akron. Randy also was shot Tuesday night and is listed as "serious" at City Hospital with a wound in the back. She also leaves her mother and step-father, Mrs. Leona and George A. Muvine, both of Akron.

George M. Grist, -42, of 551 Carpenter allegedly shot in the abdomen by Amelia in the bar, remains "serious" at Akron General Hospital. Amelia was arraigned Wednesday in Akron Municipal Court where his case was continued to August 27. He is held in Summit County Jail without bond. Prohibition Figure Rocco Polichena, 76 RAVENNA Rocco Paul Polichena, 76, convicted three times of prohibition era violations, died Tuesday at Robinson Memorial Hospital after a long illness.

During the 1930s Polichena was arrested five times for violating the national prohibition law. Described as a leader of a Portage County-centered bootlegging ring, he only went to prison once for liquor law violations, He was sentenced to 22 months in Leavenworth in 1932. In 1936 he was found guilty on a charge of tax evasion but was acquitted of three counts of liquor law conspiracy. He was tagged by newspapers during the '30s as owner and operator of the "Red Parrot Resort" on W. Highland st.

and other illicit taverns in Portage County. Born in Calabria, Italy, Polichena came to America in 1913 and arrived in Ravenna a year later. In 1917 he was convicted on a charge of manslaughter, following an alleged fight over a card game. He was sentenced to five months in the Mansfield Reformatory. When the prohibition era ended, Polichena worked in Conn.

Pastor Wins Primary HARTFORD (P) The Rev. Joseph Duffey, soft 38-year-old national chairman of Americans for Democratic Action and son of a West Virginia coal miner, has won a three-way primary to become the Democratic candidate for U.S. senator from Connecticut. Duffey forged a volunteer grass roots campaign organization from the remnants of the old Eugene J. McCarthy apparatus of 1968, which he headed as state campaign' chairman.

The United Church of Christ clergyman will take the place on the ballot that was occupied in 1958 and 1964 by Thomas J. Dodd. Cars Sold To Police WASHINGTON The Ford Motor with evidence that the front wheels of vehicles sold for police use have fallen out of place while in motion, recalled 85,000 of the cars Wednesday. A possible defect was discovered in the lower control arms on full-size Ford and Mercury models sold over the past five years. The lower control arms, crucial for safety because they hold the wheels in place, are on each side of the front end.

Secretary of Transportation John A. Volpe requested the recall after a five-month investigation by the National Highway Safety Bureau (NHSB). FORD WOULD not give an estimate of the cost of the recall. However, the lower con- Bus Bursts Into Flames trol I arms reportedly at $33.50 each, which means the cost of the recall could exceed $5 million excluding labor. The Safety Burea's investigation included examination of 504 vehicles.

Both police and non-police cars were used, although NHSB did not know the exact breakdown. IN THIS investigation, 90 control arm failures were found. These were in three model years, 1967, 1968 and 1969. Fifty-three of the failures were in police pursuit cars mostly Ford Custom, Custom 500 and Mercury Monterey models. The NHSB said six million vehicles were made with the same type of control arms that failed.

Chief Somers said department uses three 1970 Ford cruisers. He said the department has had trouble with the steering in all three cars. Somers blamed oil leaks from steering boxes for the difficulties. Study Moths On Night Walk The trapping and study of moths will be the object of a night walk at 8:30 Friday at the F. A.

Seiberling, 1828 Smith rd. Naturalist Don Prack, who will lead the walk along halfmile Erie Trail, said light traps, fermented fruit, sugar, stale beer and molasses will be used to attract the moths. OPEN WEEKDAYS PALM Cal. (P) An old school bus converted into a travel home proved a death trap when a propane gas tank exploded and burned the vehicle to the ground, taking six lives, three of them Ohioans. Four others were seriously burned Wednesday in what Highway Patrolman John Dorn called "a real holocaust." David Paul Bruce, 22, of San Bernadino, said he was traveling east toward Indio on Interstate 10 when "this old bus came over the hill with fire pouring out all its windows." THE emergency exit was useless, he said, because a motorcycle was strapped securely across the rear of the vehicle.

Dead at the scene were Edna Davis, 15; her sister, Druscilla, 13, both of El Paso, Jimmy Cottrill, 15, and his step-brother, Jon-Jomo Scott, 19 months, both of Toledo, 0. TWO OTHERS died at Desert Hospital. They were Clifford Tandy, 61, of Toledo, grandfather of the Cottrill and Scott Youngsters; and Dorothy Davis, 49, mother of the Davis girls. Investigators said the 10 persons were en route from El Paso to Los Angeles when the propane tank, mounted under the bus floor, exploded. MARVIN DAVIS MARVIN DAVIS ney, Fort Myers, Fla.

and a brother-in-law, 0. Claire Conlan, owner of the Crystal the Akron Automobile Lake Park and president, of and a sister, Mrs. Carrie Thompson, Wilmington, Del. Olin E. Boley, PPG Retiree MARSHALLVILLE-Olin E.

Boley, 65, of 216 Market st. died Wednesday at Barberton Citizens Hospital following a year-long illness. Born in Barberton, Boley lived in Marshallville 16 years and retired from PPG Industries as a repairman in 1965. He had 25 years service. He leaves wife, Bernice; three sons, Edward, Orrville, Nevin, Marshallville and Carl, Wadsworth; daughter Mrs.

Norma G. Sainsbury, Hebron; two sisters, Mrs. Edward Schmidt, Akron and Mrs. Floyd Spidle, Cuyahoga Falls; nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Services will be at 1 p.m Saturday at the Monbarren funeral home in Doylestown, with burial in Chestnut Hill Cemetery.

Friends may call after 2 Friday. The family will receive callers at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p. m. Friday. George Maurer Was Farmer MT.

EATON George F. Maurer, 84, died today at Dunlap Memorial Hospital in Orrville after a brief illness. Born near. Mt. Eaton, he was a farmer and livestock dealer in the Mt.

Eaton area. A member of St. Paul's United Church of he leaves his wife, May; two daughters, Mrs. Nora Gardner and Mrs. Betty Horst, both of Orrville; son Donald, Mt.

Eaton, and four grandchildren. Services will be 3 p. m. Saturday at the Desvoignes funeral home, with burial in West Lawn Cemetery. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.

m. Friday at the funeral home. Jimmy English CLINTON Jimmy Lee English, 45, of 3312 Lullaby died Wednesday at Akron City Hospital. Services are being arranged by the Billows Falls chapel. Akron Deaths Guy Garrett, 78, former Akronite, Goodrich retiree Mrs.

Nina Humphrey, 77, of 3795 Powell av. Mrs. Phoebe Hall, 79, formerly of Akron, in Midland, Ralph J. Phillips, 69, former Akronite, Goodyear retiree, in Maryville, Tenn. Sophie Lenard, 76, of 906 Raymond retired part-owner of the Lunch.

Robert 0. Norris, 55, of 1199 Atwood Snyder Motor Freight employe Murle A. Stott, 77, of 735 Aberdeen st. Robert Morgan, 60, of 687 N. Main st.

Area Deaths Mrs. Maggy Wise, 71, of West Salem. Victim, 18, 'Satisfactory' Shooting victim Larry Breth, 18, of 118 Berwyck is "satisfactory" today in City Hospital. His alleged assailant, Arch M. Durden, 72, 114 Berwyck, was freed under $2,000 bond on two counts of shooting to wound after appearing Wednesday in Akron Municipal Court where his case was continued to Sept.

10 for a plea. Durden is charged with shooting Breth and his father, Robert, with a 12-gauge shotgun Tuesday in a dispute over exhaust fumes from the car on which the younger Breth was working. The older Breth was treated and released at City Hospital. THURSDAY TILL 9 P.M. SATURDAYS TILL 5 P.M.

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He later purchased a farm at 2482 Kent-Ravenna road where he spent the remaining years of his life. He was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Ravenna. Polichena leaves his six sons, Joseph, James, and Leonard, all of Kent, Anthony, Newell, W. and Russell and Frank, both of Ravenna; three daughters, Mrs. Phil DeAngelis, Kent, Mrs.

Ross D-Agostine, Kent, and Mrs. Doug Hutchinson, Ravenna; 14 grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. Services will be 10 a.m. Friday at the Immaculate Conception Church. Burial will be in St.

Mary's cemetery. Friends may call at the Woolf funeral home from 7 to 9 p. m. today. Louis Geiser Rites Friday ORRVILLE Services for Louis G.

Geiser, 81, of 223 E. Chestnut st. will be 2 p.m. Friday at the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church, with burial in Crown Hill cemetery. Mr.

Geiser died Tuesday at Dunlap Memorial Hospital after a long illness. A life resident of Wayne County, he was a retired farmer. He was a member of the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church. Mr. Geiser leaves his wife, Louisa Mae; four daughters, Mrs.

Iva Mae Nierman, Columbia City, Mrs. Dorothy Lento, Long Island, N. Mrs. Ardith Horst, Ft. Wayne, and Mrs.

Mary Holderman, Orrville; son Donald Geiser, Dalton; three brothers, David, Marshallville, Chris, Smithville, and Oral, St. Petersburg, sister Mrs. Lucy Calame, Smithville; 11 grandchildren, and 15 great-grandchildren. Friends may call at the Gresser funeral home from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p. m.

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