Galveston Rain Sets A Record
Heavy rains drenched the Gulf Coast setting Texas records with 24hour Galveston total of 5.24 inches surpassing previous December marks. Western Gulf states saw 102 inches of rain in six hours while Alexandria Louisiana reported 3.88 inches. Snow fell in Montana near Glacier Park and Yellowstone Park.
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Associated Press
Gulf Coast
Texas
Northwest
Galveston
Tex
Alexandria
Louisiana
Arkansas
Mottana
Glacier Park
Yellowstone Park
Midwest
Chicago
Khanh Escapes Death At Airport
Saigon South Viet Nam Lieutenant General Nguyen Khan, commander of South Viet Nam’s armed forces, escaped death Thursday when Viet Cong attackers struck an airport just as he was about to depart. Also present were Dr. Nguyen Lau Vien, deputy premier in Premier Tran Van Huong’s civilian government.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Fap
Nguyen Khan
Viet Cong
Khanh
Nguyen Lau Vien
Tran van Huone
Young Mother Dies After Basketball Game at Roosevelt School
Judy Turner Hall 21 collapsed on Roosevelt Junior High School gym doorway steps after watching an industrial league game. She died at Middletown Hospital at 8 40 p m after emergency squads fought to revive her for 20 minutes. Autopsy planned. Survived by husband Richard Leon Hall infant Jill Suzanne her parents and two sisters. Funeral arrangements incomplete. Services set for Monday at Webb Funeral Home with viewing hours Sunday.
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Roosevelt Junior High School
Judy Turner
Hall
Oxford State Road
Middletown Hospital
Roosevelt
Richard Leon Hall
Crystal Tissue Co
Jill Suzanne
Elbern Turner
Middletown
Peggy Miller
Patty Leforce
McCoy - Leffler Funeral Home
DeWitt Thompson Service Planned After Death
Friends call from 5 to 9 p.m. at Wilson Memorial Home for DeWitt Red Thompson barber who died yesterday at Middletown Hospital. Services set for 2 p.m. tomorrow at the church with memorials suggested to Fair Haven Home for the Aged in care of St. Pauls United Church of Christ.
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Wilson Memorial Home
DeWitt
Red) Thompson
Barber
Middletown Hospital
Fair Haven Home For the
St. Paul's United
Church of Christ Here
Oscar Decker dies. ex Hamilton detective and Oxford chief
Oscar Decker, 66, a retired Hamilton detective and former Oxford police chief, died yesterday in Lake Mary Florida where he had lived for several years. He served with the Hamilton police from 1927 until his retirement on July 1 1944 and laterLed as Oxford police chief.
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Hamilton
Oscar Decker
Oxford Police
Lake Mary
Fla
Hamilton Police Department
Oxford
Funeral services set for Fed M Hammerle former county engineer
Funeral services for Fed M Hammerle 86 of 317 Ross Ave former Butler County engineer will be held at 10 30 a m tomorrow at Webb Funeral Home Burial will be in St Mary Cemetery He died at his home Wednesday A lifelong resident he served five consecutive terms as county engineer from 1912 to 1948 He previously worked as resident engineer for the state highway department and with the city of Hamilton He was a member of the Butler County Historical Society board of trustees and an amateur botanist He is survived by his wife Janie and daughter Betty Kate Hammerie Friends may call today 5 to 8 p m at the funeral home
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Hamilton
Fed M. Hanerle
Ross Ave
Butler County
Webb Funeral Home
St. Mary
Hammerle
State Highway Department
City of
Janie
Betty Kate Hammerie
Services for John Scofield, 92, Held at Gallimore
John Scofield, 92, retired farmer, died Tuesday in Springfield. Services are today at Gallimore Funeral Home. Surviving are brothers Bert of Mason and Leslie of Lakewood.
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Mason
John Scofield
Gallimore Funeral Home
Bert
Leslie
Lakewood
Mr. Scofield
Springfield
Obituaries and funeral notices from Hamilton area
George Bauer 93 of College Corner requiem high mass 10 a m Saturday St Mary Church Oxford Baker. William H Behrens 75 of 404 Chase Ave Hamilton funeral 11 a m Saturday Zettler. James J Chafin 82 of 48 N Fifth St Hamilton funeral 10 a m Monday Zettler. Bertha Ree Johnson 56 of 514 High St Hamilton funeral today Brown Dawson. Mrs Audrey Mae Parvin 50 of 708 S Seventh St Hamilton funeral 10 a m Saturday Brown Dawson. Fred L Resch 72 of 745 For rest Ave Hamilton funeral 9 a m Saturday Zettler.
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George Bauer
College Corner
St. Mary Church
Oxford
Baker
William H. Behrens
Chase Ave
Hamilton
Zettler
James J. Chafin
Fifth St
Bertha Ree Johnson
High St
Brown-Dawson
Audrey Mae Parvin
S. Seventh St
Brown- Dawson
Notable Obituaries From Across The Nation
Dr. Harrah Babcock 66 author and educator died Thursday in Columbia South Carolina. J Christopher Herold 45 author of European history died Thursday in New York. Minnie Fisher Cunningham 82 Texas politician for 30 years died Wednesday in Huntsville Texas.
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Columbia
S. C
Harrah Babcock
New York
J. Christopher Herold
Huntsville
Tex
Minnie Fisher Cunningham
Texas
Rape Charges Are Quashed Against Victor Sallee
In Jefferson Ohio Vic tor Sallee 25 of Ashtabula had rape charges dismissed by Common Pleas Judge Roland Pontius on prosecutor Robert Webb s recommendation after two juries failed to reach a verdict The former Sandusky boxer was charged with raping a 15 year old Ashtabula girl at knifepoint last February and indicted in September
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Jefferson, Ohio
Victor Sallee
Ashtabula
Common Pleas
Roland Pontius
Robert Webb
Ashtabula County
Sallee
Webb
Sandusky
Teen driver cites lights out test in Springfield crash
Teresa Arline King, 16, told police she drove with her lights off to see if others would flash their lights as a warning. She collided with Luther H. Dugan who failed to see her turning left. King was charged with careless and imprudent driving.
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Springfield
Teresa Arline King
Luther H. Dugan
Miss King
Inaugural Auto Plates Adorn Cars in Ohio
Ohio registrar Lou Wilsch clarifies that special 1965 presidential inaugural license plates may adorn vehicles but cannot replace the standard Ohio plates. Foreign state plates may be displayed but home state plates must also be shown when in Ohio.
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Columbus
Ohio
Lou Wilsch
Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Wilsch
300 Ways To Prevent Pisa's Fall
Rome AP reports a government commission seeks a foolproof plan to stop the leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling. The panel winnowed about 1,300 ideas from around the world as cost estimates span 250 000 to 4.8 million dollars. Construction began in 1175 1185 and soil instability caused the tower to tilt. the top now sits 39 inches toward the south and the lean increases about a pinhead width each year.
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Rome
Pisa
Three Die In Domestic Tragedy At Ohio Farmhouse
In Commercial Point Ohio a Pickaway County couple and the wife's mother were found dead in a rural Orient area farmhouse. Deputies say Francis Hoover 47 Clara Hoover 44 and Ersil Thrailkill 74 were killed in a double murder and a suicide related to domestic disputes over six months.
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Commercial Point
Ohio
Pickaway County
Here
Orient
Francis Hoover
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Clara
Ersil Thrailkill
Rt. 1
Thrailkill
William E. Thrailkill
Hoover
Stolen Coat Report and Drive While Intoxicated Charge
A. C. Becker of Lubbock Texas reported a $90 coat stolen from the Manchester Motor Inn. Albert Kincaid lost two $20 bills in the 1300 block of Central Avenue yesterday afternoon. Clarence Mays, 50 of 3107 Morgan Street, was charged with driving while intoxicated by the Ohio State Patrol. Police scared away three men suspected of breaking into Streif thau's at 1717 First Ave. Pry marks were found on a door.
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A. C. Becker
Lubbock, Tex
Manchester Motor Inn
Albert Kincaid
Whittier St
Central Avenue
Clarence Mays
Morgan St
Ohio State Patrol
Streifthau’s
First Ave
Indicted in Ohio Murder Case In Oakwood Shooting
A 44 year old man from suburban Kettering, Cletis Lee Owens, is indicted for first degree murder in the shooting of his former boss and family in Oakwood on October 20. He is also charged with two counts of shooting to kill by the Montgomery County Grand Jury.
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Dayton, Ohio
Cletis Lee Owens
Kettering
Dayton
Oakwood
Montgomery County
Owens
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Fred L. Resch
Forrest Ave
Sam Cooke
Los Angeles
Cooke
Sheriff's Office
Iber
Hoovers
Sophie
Teays Valley High School
William
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