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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 27, 1968

Page

2

Man Guilty In Fatal Middletown Shooting

A. D. Williams, 55, of 2008 Minnesota St. Middletown, was found guilty of first degree manslaughter in the November 24 shooting death of his wife Bernice, 43, at their home. The verdict followed two-and-a-half hours of deliberation plus six more hours the next day. Disposition set for May 17 and Williams plans no appeal.

Hamilton A. D. Williams Minnesota St Middletown Court of Butler County Common Pleas Fred B. Cramer Williams Bernice Cramer

Draft Blamed For Vietnam War Scope By Historian Schlesinger

AP reports Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., former Kennedy adviser, says selective service fueled a deeper Vietnam commitment. He cites college deferments benefiting wealthier families, turning the U.S. Army in Vietnam into a poorer man's force and shaping public opinion.

Los Angeles Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr John F. Kennedy Vietnam Schlesinger U.S. Army

Two Men Bound Over In Local Burglaries Case

Eugene E. Woodward and Carl W. Taylor were bound over to the Butler County grand jury after waiving preliminary hearings in municipal court. Both men, ages 31 and 33, faced charges for burglaries at two businesses and destruction of a door, with a total bond set at 5200 each. They were arrested March 29 following a glass-break call at Culligan Soft Water Co. and additional alleged thefts at Circle C Steak House and Olan Mills Studio.

Butler County Grand Jury J. T. Lamb Eugene E. Woodward Meyers Road Carl W. Taylor S. Broad St Culligan Soft Water Co Reynolds Avenue Central Avenue Circle C Germantown Road Olan Mills

Parade By Indian Guide Group Set

An induction ceremony for seven Middletown Long House tribes of Indian Guides at Smith Park Pond occurs at 7 tonight. A parade of about 100 guides aged six to eight, and their fathers, starts near the YMCA and ends at the pond, led by a Dayton YMCA youth dance team with drums. The procession continues to the pond bonfire where local guides and fathers are inducted into the national Indian Guide Long House.

Middletown Long House Indian Guides YMCA Smith Park Pond Dayton Ymca

McDonalds Posts Record First Quarter Sales and Earnings

McDonalds Corporation reports record first quarter sales and earnings. March monthly sales reached 26.5 million, the highest for any month. Earnings rose to 1.503 million, 57 cents per share, up 30 percent from 1967. Overall first quarter volume for all units was 67.73 million, up 23 percent. Gross revenues from company units and related income were 17.25 million, up 61 percent from 1967.

McDonald's Corporation

Crossword Clue Pack From Today's Page

A compact word list and hints from the current crossword include Fastened Similar Pronoun Hebrew priest Snake Wall Street term Splendor Exist Will maker Spanish title Personality Perceived Japanese name Puzzling Siberian river Jungle beast Single Coarse homing Feminine Biblical kingdom Dines Average time of solution 24 minutes Enemy

Wall Street Willmaker

Local Births and Color Vision Factoid

A list of birth notices records multiple births and relatives with addresses across towns including Franklin Sabina and Middletown. The item ends with a health statistic noting about one in twenty men have some color blindness and it is rarer in women at about one in two hundred.

U. S

Sears Ends Mail Order Gun Sales

Sears Roebuck and Co. bans mail and telephone orders for guns and ammunition, requiring buyers to be over 21 and to place and pick up orders in person. The retailer sells sporting rifles and shotguns and does not carry handguns.

Sears Chicago Sears, Roebuck and Co Ernest L. Arms

Man Returns 1943 Library Book During Amnesty Week

Indianapolis resident Bill Marvel avoided a $460 fine by returning the overdue book The Story of Aircraft during the city library’s amnesty week. The volume was 9 215 days late, borrowed in 1943 when Marvel was 12.

Indianapolis Ind Bill Marvel Indianapollis Library Marvel

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