Four Shawnee High top students killed in car-train crash
A train collision near Shawnee High School killed four senior students including star athlete Tom Taylor and class president Tom Camerose and left Gary Speckman critically injured. The school faced shock with students and teachers in tears, prayers led by Ray Schmunk, and plans to continue with the day.
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Springfield
Shawnee High School
Tom Taylor
Tom Camerose
David Lee Triplett
Ronnie Speckman
Gary Speckman
Clark County Schools
Ray Schmunk
Middletonian Given Probation For Forgery
A Middletown man Woodrow Wallace 34 was found guilty on two counts of forgery and given a five year probation by Judge Fred B Cramer in Butler County Common Pleas Court Wallace claimed lost his left hand in a 1943 accident and said he later faced a burglary larceny charge and operating a vehicle without consent The offense occurred before the accident and he received three years for that conviction He and Harold Miller 21 with no address was also sentenced to an indeterminate term in the Ohio Penitentiary on two counts of burglary and auto theft Miller escaped from Lebanon Correctional Institution and was linked to a Hamilton grocery break in and two car thefts in Hamilton and Middletown He cited marital problems as a factor in the spree and Judge Cramer urged rehabilitation
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Hamilton
Middletown
Fred B. Cramer
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Woodrow Wallace
Malvern St
Wallace
Ohio Reformatory
Harold Miller
Ohio Penitentiary
Miller
Lebanon _ Correctional Institution
Kentucky
LCI
Cramer
Motorist Cited After Rear-End Collision at St Main
An 18-year-old driver, William Clay Yocum of 5999 Shaker Road, was cited for assured clear distance after his vehicle rear-ended a car driven by 24-year-old Sondria Ann Dunham Raisch of 37 E Second St at the intersection of St Main and Sixth Street at 11 08 a.m. Police said Raisch stopped suddenly and Yocum could not stop in time. Damage to both cars was estimated at 225.
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Franklin
St. Main Street
Sixth Street
William Clay Yocum
Shaker Road
Sondria Ann Dunham Raisch
Second St
Raisch
Yocum
Transformer Blast Kills 5 Workmen
Five Kansas City Power and Light Co. workers died in an underground transformer vault after an explosion in a 13,200-volt unit. Exec VP Charles F. Monnier cited a likely short circuit destroying the switch and triggering the blast. Victims: Lawrence Coulter, Robert Gish, George Haley, Columbus Wood, George Ross.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Power & Light Co
Charles F. Monnier
Lawrence Leo Coulter
Robert A. Gish
George Curtis Haley
Columbus W. Wood
George Richard Ross
Fire repairs at Aeronca plant and minor blazes
A wooden skid in a 500 degree oven at Aeronca Manufacturing in Middletown caught fire but was extinguished by an employee. no damage estimate given. Separate calls reported a cigarette fire damaging a chair at 318 Vanderveer Street, and a cigarette sparked a car front seat fire at 307 N Clinton Street. A 9 year old, Lawrence Marshall, injured a knee at 1515 Yankee Road and was taken to hospital.
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Aeronca Manufacturing Corp
Germantown Road
Middletown
Shirley Dawson
Vanderveer St
Clyde Baughman, Jr
Chester St
N. Clintton St
Yankee Road
Lawrence Marshall
Young St
Newspaper Boys in Spotlight at Ohio convention banquet
Ohio News Paper Association lines up a banquet honoring top newspaper boys alongside notable Ohio figures. U S Senator Lausche will speak at the luncheon before Governor Rhodes awards plaques to leaders in sports business arts and more. Stephen Gregoire and Scott Gudorf win senior and junior division in the Glenn L Cox Competition each receiving 100 dollars and a certificate.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio News Paper Association
U. S
Frank J. Lausche
James A. Rhodes
Glenn L. Cox
Ohioewspaper
Today in History highlights for Friday February 5 1965
The list recalls events on this date: 1862 Julie Ward Howes Battle Hymn of the Republic in Atlantic Monthly, 163 landings of Roger Williams in Boston, 1736 Wesley mission in Georgia, 1856 Victoria Cross order, 1924 Wilson burial, 1936 FDR court-packing proposal, 1965 political shifts in France Cuba and China.
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Associated Press
Julie Ward Howe
Atlantic Monthly
Rhode Island
Roger Williams
Boston
John
Charles Wesley
Georgia
Queen Victoria
Woodrow Wilson
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Pierre Mendes-France
French National Assembly
North Africa
Anastas Mikoyan
Cuba
Red China
Chou En-lai
Peking
Africa
Recreation Commission scraps Youth Corps plan in Cincinnati
The City Recreation Commission dropped its plan to hire 211 neighborhood Youth Corps members next summer due to the federal minimum wage rule set at 1.25 dollars per hour. The move affects local youth employment and city programs facing wage compliance.
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Cincinnati
City Recreation Commission
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Dale McDonald
Paul McCartt
Middletonian
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Aeronca
Hauselman
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Clearange
Orig
Coats
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