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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1974
Page
5
Skylab 3 astronauts Gerald Carr William Pogue and Edward Gibson suppress heat by turning off lights and equipment and adjusting sleep areas as the craft endures a four day sunlit period. Temperatures rise from 71 to 81 degrees and may reach 85 to 87 by Friday with cooling expected over the weekend.
Nashville police say four men have been arrested in the murder of country star David Stringbean Akeman and his wife Estelle. John A. Brown Jr and Marvin D. Brown, both of Nashville, face two counts of murder. Charles Brown and Roy Brown, from Greenbrier, are charged with accessory after the fact of murder and receiving and concealing stolen merchandise. Akeman, 57, and Estelle, 59, were found shot to death Nov 11 at their home north of Nashville after Akeman appeared on the Grand Ole Opry. Investigators believe thieves fled with about $17,000 Akeman had. about $5,700 was found on the couple’s bodies.
Los Angeles police filed a missing persons report for comedian Sandy Baron after he failed to appear for rehearsals in San Diego and was due back in LA on Jan 6. Baron was last seen at a New York hotel on Jan 7 while cast as the title role in Lenny opening Jan 23.
Two men, Wilmer E. Scott of Chattanooga and William H. Sloan of Louisville, are to stand trial April 23 for a mass murder in October that left six dead. Indicted on 11 counts, they escaped federal custody on October 1. Circuit Judge John P. Lair denied venue and witness-name motions and ordered disclosure of statements to police. The victims included a Lexington minister his son and daughter a Falmouth motel manager and two construction workers.
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