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Two-Car Crash on Route 22Fatal for Two Local MenPickaway County’s traffic | auto also was demolished.* $ ♦death toll for the year jumped tofour during the weekend following a two-car crash that claimedthe lives of two local men.THE investigating officer, Patrolman John Keegan, said traffic on Koute 22 was blocked forMaysville, Ky., was employed as a horse trainer by Dale Ankrom, Koute 1.**:Fatally injured were Henry Chambers, 62, of Route 1, driver of one car, and George Elmer Phifer, 30, of 716 S. Washington St. Nelson Eddie Speakman, 20, Columbus, driver of the other vehicle, was listed In “critical”condition today in University Hospital, Columbus.nearly two hours. Assisting with the investigation and traffic control were Patrolman David How-•Mr. Phifer was born Way 23, 1936 in Monroe Tup., the son ofJohn L. and Violet Byrd Phifer, who survive. He was a memberof the Second Baptist Church.Authorities said Speakman suffered a punctured lung, a head concussion and severe lacera-DEADHe is survived by his widow, Marian Calloway Phifer, Columbus; one daughter, Vickie Lynn Phifer; four sisters, Mrs. Mary E. Thornton and Miss Wandations over his entire body.1967The tragic crash came at 2:45 a. m. Sunday on Route 22 three-tenths of a mile west of Circie-ville. Chambers and Phifer werereturning from Lebanon where they had attended harness races, the State Highway Patrol learned.ard of the OSP, Pickaway County Deputies James Lockard and Murl Campbell and the Circle-rille Police Department.The Williamsport Volunteer Fire Department was called to douse the blaze.Chambers, originally fromPhifer, both of Columbus; Mrs. Emmitt Dade, 216 E. Mill St.; Miss Shirley Lynn Phifer, Dayton; four brothers, John W., Colorado Springs, Colo.; Gary E. 342 E. Ohio St.; Raymond, 220 E. Corwin St.; Donald E., who is stationed at Ft. Knox, Ky.Funeral services will be 11 a. m. Wednesday in the Second Baptist Church with the Rev. O. H. Miller officiating. Burial willbe in Forest Cemetery’.* * *THREE of the four trafficdeaths for the year in Pickaway have occurred within a week.ExecutionFRIENDS may call at the Ma*der Funeral Home beginning 5p. m. today.According to the investigating officer, the Chambers car went off the right side of the road, came back onto the highway and then veered left of center.The vehicle was struck on theStay DeniedThe Scioto Elks will hold memorial services in the Funeral Home at 8 p. m. Tuesdayright front side by Speakman's car, officers said.ior KeatonFuneral arrangements are being completed for Mr, Chambers.Both Chambers and Phifer were thrown from the car. Phifer was pronounced dead at thescene by Dr. F. W. Anderson, acting coroner.The Fourth District Court of Appeals has denied a motion for a stay of execution for Cleo Vernon Keaton, convicted slayer of Maurice Francis of Wil-HHH ReturnsFrom HecticChambers died at 6 a. m. Sunday in University Hospital.liamsport.The Chambers car caught fire immediately after the wreck andburned completely. The otherIn an opinion filed with the Pickaway County Clerk of Courts today, the appellate judges wrote that the case was no longer pending in the appealsEurope TourWASHINGTON (AP) -President Johnson welcomed VicePresident Hubert H. Humphrey
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Circleville Herald
Circleville, Ohio, US
Mon, Apr 10, 1967
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