Middletown reports first 1968 traffic fatality
William Lansaw aged 70 of 2220 South Main Street died four hours after a two car crash on South Main Street. The collision involved a 1965 model driven by Jimmy Anderson, 25, of 710 Fourteenth Avenue. Autopsy planned. Lansaw had chest injuries. Funeral home notes incomplete arrangements.
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Middletown
William Lansaw
S. Main Street
Lansaw
S. Main St
Middletown Hospital
Lawson
Jimmy Anderson
14Th Ave
Anderson
Lansan Auto
Kitsie
Butler County
Joseph Baker and Son
Morton Sees Nixon Edge in GOP Convention Support
Kentucky senator Thruston B. Morton says Richard Nixon shows the strongest potential convention support among GOP prospects. Morton notes George Romney once had governors’ united backing, but disaffection drove some to favorite-son candidates. He cites New England, New York and New Jersey elections as keys to GOP House control.
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Kentucky
Thruston B. Morton
Richard M. Nixon
Morton
Boston
Michigan
George Romney
New England
New York
New Jersey
Jury Ignores Collet Case at Warren Grand Jury
Warren Deputy Fred Collet, suspended Oct. 4, 1967, faced a grand jury after the discovery of a deceased youth identified as Harmon Halcomb. The panel did not return an indictment. Sheriff Byron Kennard said Collet fired two shots toward two people who did not heed his warning.
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Lebanon
Warren County
Warren
Fred Collet
Collet
Eva
Field
Byron Kennard
Harmon Halcomb
Blood Needed to Help Nathan Daniels in Cincinnati Surgery
Nathan Daniels, a nine year old orphan from Middletown, requires 15 pints of blood for open heart surgery at Children’s Hospital in Cincinnati. Only six pints have been drawn so far as seven potential donors were refused and six more are scheduled, with donors urged to help due to limited blood bank supplies.
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Ite
Nathan Daniels
Middletown
Children’s Hospital
Cincinnati
Middletown Hospital
Nathan
Butler County Welfare Department
Lincoln Elementary
Dodos
Cincinnati Blood Bank
Fire damages medical building. $150,000 loss in Eaton
A two story brick building on Lewisburg Road, the Preble County Medical Building, suffered heavy damage with $150,000 estimated. Eight apartments were left homeless as the fire, not believed to be arson, prompted state fire marshal investigations due to puzzling contents and roof ceiling origin. Red Cross and city officials began locating temporary housing for residents.
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Eaton
Preble County Medical
Dick Shock
Shock
Lewisburg Road
Red
Services For Fire Victim Schul Held Tuesday
Funeral services for Herman Schul, 62, of 11814 Jacksonburg Road, killed when his trailer burned north of the Butler County line, will be Tuesday at 10 30 a m at Zimmermen Funeral Home Gratis. Burial in Fairview Cemetery. Schul survived by two sons James A of Franklin and William of Middletown, a sister Naomi Fisher of Middletown, a brother Delbert of Middletown, and four grandchildren. Friends may call 7 to 9 p m Monday at the funeral home.
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Herman Schul
Jacksonburg Road
Butler County
Zimmerman
Gratis
Fairview Cemetery
Herb Shanefelt
Schul
James A
Franklin
William
Middletown
Noami Fisher
Delbert
Maddox Sentenced to Life in Jail for Slaying
Carl H. Maddox, 34, was given life imprisonment after pleading guilty to second degree murder in the July 17 sniper slaying of Stanley Dudley, 34, along Ohio 48 near Mason. He had faced a first degree murder indictment by the Warren County Grand Jury and appeared before Judge Fred B. Cramer.
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Lebanon
Ohio
Carl H. Maddox
Stanley Dudley
Maddox
Warren County
West Chester
Butler County
Fred B. Cramer
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Ohio 48
Mason
Dudley
Thousands Flee Sicily After Devastating Earthquakes
Tens of thousands of Sicilians fled north from quake zones to seek jobs and new homes in Switzerland, France, and West Germany. They traveled by train and army trucks, slept in stations, and faced hunger and illness while towns and tent camps expanded evacuations.
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Palermo
Sicily
Italy
Switzerland
France
West Germany
Marsala
Trapani
Local GI Wounded On Last Mission
Sgt. Steven D. Oyer 21 was wounded by sniper fire near the Cambodian border on his last mission in Vietnam. He suffered two bullet wounds to the stomach and is at Andrews Air Force Base awaiting further surgery after removal of the spleen and malaria risk concerns. He serves with the 211th Army Cavalry and will recuperate at Wright Patterson Air Force Base before discharge.
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Vietnam
Cambodian
Steven D. Oyer
Irwin
Hank”’ Oyer
Central Ave
Andrews Air Force Base
Maryland
Dyer
211Th Army Cavalry
Wright Patterson Air Force Base
Bullet Inflicted Wound Shocks Mexican Child
In Mexico City on New Year Eve Sylvia Sanchez, three, woke screaming and her parents found a small wound beside her, which doctors later extracted as a .32 caliber bullet 18 days later. Her parents say the slug was fired by a New Year celebrant outside the bedroom.
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Mexico City
Sylvia Sanchez
Sylvia
Remap Hassle Shows Ohio Assembly Needs Housekeeping
Ohio General Assembly battles over redistricting continue amid partisan strife as lawmakers wrestle with revising congressional and legislative maps to meet Supreme Court one man one vote rulings. The dispute involves administration plans, court deadlines, and past ad hoc fixes. another revision is required after the 1970 census.
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Columbus
Ohio
General Assembly
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Cleveland
U.S. 6Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Anthony J. Celebrezze
House
James A. Rhodes
Ted W. Brown
Roger Cloud
Saxbe
Cincinnati
Deaths And Funerals James Adams
James Adams 76 of 213 Webster St died yesterday at the VA Hospital in Dayton. Services Tuesday at 10 30 a m at Joseph R Baker Son Funeral Home with Verden Buchanan of Kingdom Hall Jehovahs Witnesses officiating. Burial in Woodside Cemetery. Visitation Monday 2 5 and 7 9 p m at the funeral home. Survivors include daughter Nila Back of Big Woods KY and daughter Ica Ferguson of Middletown. sisters Ida Miller of Middletown and Lize Barnett of Moorehead KY. Charles Smith of Franklin. 12 grandchildren. Funeral services for James Adams and burial in Woodside Cemetery.
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James Adams
Webster St
Joseph R. Baker & Son
Verden Buchanan
Kingdom Hall
Jehovah's Witness
Will
Woodside
Friends
Adams
Dayton
Nila Back
Big Woods
Ica Ferguson
Middletown
Ida i Miller
Lize Barnett
Moorehead
Charles Smith
Franklin
McCoy- Leffler Funeral
Edwin Bobbitt
Woodside Cemetery
Arrangements for John Blair Underway at Local Funeral Home
John Blair 76 of 2816 Oxford State Road died Friday in Elma Washington while visiting a daughter. Arrangements remain incomplete at Mc Coy Leffler Funeral Home.
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John Blair
Oxford State Road
McCoy-Leffler
Blair
Elma
Wash
Virginia Jeffery 61 Dies in Middletown Hospital
Virginia Jeffery aged 61 of the Colonial Apartments Jackson Lane died yesterday at 11:50 a.m. in Middletown Hospital where she had been a patient since November 21. Survived by husband Lawrence a daughter Mrs Joan Williams of Middletown a step-daughter Mrs Mary Anna Atkins of Lexington a sister Mrs Elizabeth Miley Middletown and two brothers James Smith of Middletown and another brother.
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Virginia G. Jeffery
Colonial Apartments
Jackson Lane
Middletown Hospital
Lawrence
Joan Williams
Middletown
Mary Anna Atkins
Lexington
Elizabeth Miley
James Smith
Women Over 100 Outnumber Men In Japan
A Showa Women's University survey reports women aged 100 and older outnumber men four to one in Japan. Of 167 centenarians, 85 percent did not smoke and 45 percent abstained from liquor.
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Tokyo
Showa Women's University
Japan
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