Train Kills Two Boys Walking On Tracks Near Middletown
Two brothers Henry 11 and Brad 9 were killed by a southbound New York Central train while walking along the Omaha Mohawk main line near Waneta Avenue. Arnold 12 witnessed the collision and the boys had planned to invite a friend to Sunday School. The engineer said he blew the whistle and applied emergency brakes but could not avoid impact at about 1 PM. The bodies were removed after the train continued on.
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David Beasley
New York Central
Middletown
Waneta Avenue
Henry Duncan
Oneida
Brad
Ronnie Fletcher
Retord State Road
Clayton Avenue Church of God
Omaha
Arnold
Robert P. Ferris
Columbus
James Parson
Ferris
Garrett Boone
Butler County
C. C. Berrsinger
Avon Lake
Ohio
Police Briefs Report Vandalism and Theft Incidents
SEAN RATLIFF 77 said three men fired at his truck and smashed a window at Verity Park and Lafayette. JAMES FLAGG reported broken windows on his car at home Friday night. A Coke machine at Gross Service Station was broken into and cash taken. WALTER LEAP said two hubcaps and a spotlight were stolen for a $27 loss. JEANNE GIBSON reported her purse taken from a Murphy Store counter containing $8.
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Sean Ratliff
Indiana
Verity Parkway
Lafayette Avenue
James Flagg
1120Th Ave
Gross
Breie! Blvd
Walter Leap
Germantown Road
Jeanne Gibson
Baltimore St
Murphy
Plane crash kills three in Kansas City downtown
AP reports a small plane crashed into a cluster of buildings at 1th and Oak in downtown Kansas City Saturday night killing a man, a woman, and a child. Police found the bodies at the scene.
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Kansas City
Oak
Wreck Victim In Hospital After Interstate 75 Crash
Charlies E. Lewis, 34, of Linden Ave Dayton, admitted to Middletown Hospital for facial and leg injuries after his car rolled over on Interstate 75 at the Princeton Overpass. State police said Lewis was northbound when he lost control. Jeff L. McGee, 34, Middletown, charged with failing to give an audible signal after a collision on Rt 122 near Madison School. Michael Booth, 14, of Mason, cited for failing to yield after Booth’s car was turning left.
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Charlies E. Lewis
UM Linden Ave
Dayton
Middletown Hospital
Princeton
Jeff L. McGee
Beverly Lane
Middletown
Rt. 2
Rt. 122
Madison School
Michael Booth
Cherokee Drive
Mason
Booth
Two Drivers Ticketed After City Accidents
Police charged Bevis Ferguson for an improper left turn after a collision at Columbia Avenue and Iglehart Street at 10 50 a m. Vernon Collier, 49, faced a separate charge for the same incident. Damages totaled 225 dollars. John Krebs and Mary Tobias were drivers in a second collision at Central Avenue and Fulton Lane at 5 p m Tobias cited for failing to yield at a stop sign. Damages were 90 dollars.
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Bevis C. Ferguson
Columbia Ave
Iglehart Street
Vernon Collier
Henry Ave
John R. Krebs
Aberdeen Drive
Mary Tobias
Ken Ridge Drive
Central Ave
Fulton Lane
Frank Sellers Dies. Funeral Monday in Lebanon
Frank Sellers, a retired farmer, died Thursday at his home on Lebanon Route 2. Funeral services will be at 1 pm Monday at Oswald Memorial Home, with burial in Lebanon Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home today.
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Henry
Brad
Estill
Florence Duncan
Middletown
Charlotte Kemplin
Dayton
William Duncan
Rockport
Eli Willhoite
McCoy- Leffler
Haskell Jenkins
Woodside Cemetery
Lebanon
Frank Sellers
Husband Quizzed In Bellefontaine Death
Bellefontaine Ohio police questioned the husband of 32 year old Mrs William Sidders after she was wounded fatally Saturday by a .22 caliber gunshot. She died shortly after arriving at Mary Rutan Hospital.
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Bellefontaine, Ohio
William Sidders
Mary Rutan Hospital
Smokers Face Government Link to Lung Cancer
Middleton residents react to a government report linking cigarettes with lung cancer. Most say they will consider quitting, though many want proof or time to decide. Varied habits show a range from one pack daily to lighter use, with several intending to try quitting if the report confirms cancer risk.
Public officials pledge to quit smoking to set example
City health officials say they must model quitting smoking after facing years of unfavorable reports. Robert McConaughey, health commissioner, quit after 23 years reporting no more than a pack daily. Sanitarian W L Duff plans to quit as part of showing faith in health guidance. Police Chief James R Howerton and clergy members also say they will stop, citing health and moral concerns.
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Robert McConaughey
McConaughey
Duff
U. S. Health Department
Glenn Silent On Possible Senate Candidacy
Houston AP Glenn declined to comment on speculation about a U S Senate run from Ohio. Public affairs officer Paul Haney said Glenn would not comment and was spending the weekend at home unavailable to press amid Democratic buzz that he might seek the seat held by Senator Stephen M Young of Cleveland.
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Houston
John Glenn
U.S. Senate
Ohio
Glenn
Paul Haney
Manned Spacecraft Center
Stephen M. Young
Cleveland
MacArthur Awarded Honorary Law Degree by LIU
General of the Army Douglas MacArthur received an honorary Doctor of Law degree from Long Island University in a private hotel suite ceremony in New York. He is 4
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New York
Douglas MacArthur
Long Island University
MacArthur
Judge Fisher to Speak on Civil Rights at Bnai Brith
Dayton Municipal Court Judge Arthur C. Fisher will discuss Civil Rights and the Law before B n ai B r i th Lodge at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Sports Bowl. Bruce Cramer notes civil rights leaders plan to attend. Fisher is a Dayton native and University of Cincinnati and Northwestern graduate with prior roles as city and county prosecutor. He has affiliations with NAACP CORE American Legion VFW and local and state bar associations.
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Arthur C. Fisher
Dayton
NAACP
CORE
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ohio State Bar Associations
Ocean plankton teems with diverse tiny creatures said to exhaust the typewriter
A scientist quipped that listing every plankton species would wear out the nought on the typewriter, highlighting the vast diversity of microscopic ocean life.
Teens Divide Over Smoking Says Survey
A Public Health Service survey of 132 high school students shows 48 smoke cigarettes with 2 ready to quit if the report is unfavorable. Sophomores report 14 of 52 as regular smokers, juniors 8 of 35, and seniors 45 in 45 as smokers with 5 open to quitting if warned.
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Francis Monig
Fenwick High School
Public Health Service
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