Traffic snarls on I-75 while holiday travel slows in Cincinnati
Scores of travelers bound for the South faced long waits on Interstate 75 due to the July 4 holiday and several minor accidents. Heat and radiator steam marked the scene as four express lanes funnel toward the Ohio River bridge to Kentucky. Helpers at service stations offered water while drivers waited, many with hoods up. No injuries were reported by the Cincinnati Traffic Bureau.
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Cincinnati
Interstate 75
William Swan
Flushing
Mich
North Carolina
Grady Chilcutt
Peru
Ind
Paris
Tenn
Chilcutts
Cincinnati Traffic Bureau
Clarence Mullins
Journal skips Tuesday July Fourth observance
The Journal will not publish on Tuesday July Fourth and offices close for the holiday. The Post Office operates Monday with mail delivery while Tuesday is closed and no deliveries done. Parks offices will open the Fourth with special events planned at each park.
Girl Joins Mother As Hospital Patient
A seven year old West Middletown girl Dawn Byrd and her mother Robin Byrd 26 were hospitalized after a collision at the Gratis Preble County intersection of Ohio 725 and Ohio 122. Dawn suffered multiple injuries including a broken collarbone while her mother remained in serious condition in intensive care after surgery. A grandmother's car carried Dawn and other children to Middletown Hospital by Zimmerman ambulance. Sheriff John Stover withheld detailed collision information.
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West Middletown
Middletown Hospital
Gratis
Preble County
Dawn Byrd
Robin Byrd
Emerick Ave
Dawn
Rollie Terrill
Zimmerman Ambulance
Ohio 725
Ohio 122
John Stover
Police Briefs Reported Theft at Armco Drive and Surfside Inn
James Brown reported a theft of a wedding ring and engagement ring totaling 1200 dollars. A break in at Surfside Inn on Tytus Avenue involved two half cases of beer stolen, while Maple Park School reported no theft after entering through a northside door.
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James Brown
Armco Drive
Surfside Inn
Tytus Ave
Maple Park
Cleveland Couple Killed in Cedar Avenue Crash
Police identified Perry Kirks and Deborah Middlebrooks, both 20, of Cleveland, as the victims in a two car collision on Cedar Avenue on Cleveland's East Side late Friday night.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Cedar Avenue
Perry Kirks
Deborah Middlebrooks
Old Miami Buildings Fall as Wreckers Stir Nostalgia
Miami University begins demolition of Clokey Hall and Blanchard House, former women’s residences, with work starting soon after June 30. The piece recounts Hepburn-Clokey’s history, King Library, and Blanchard House’s varied uses and names.
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Oxford
Wrecking Claw
Miami University
Clokey Hall
Blanchard House
Clokey
Hepburn
King
Blanchard
Blanchards
Miami
Hepburn Hall
Ohio Normal
Andrew Dousa Hepburn
William Holmes McGuffey
Hepburn- Clokey
Elm and
Walnut Streets
Oxford College For Women
University
Central Food Services
Davidson College
College of Liberal Arts
Edwin Fulwider
Miami University Center
King Library
Edgar Weld King
Ruth Lyons Receives 1972 Humanity Service Award
Ruth Lyons, renowned broadcaster and founder of the Ruth Lyons Christmas Fund, is honored with the International Humanity Service Award by the American Overseas Association. The fund has raised over 6 million dollars for toys, TV sets, and medical equipment for children in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana. Bob Braun accepts on Lyons’s behalf as official Nixon congratulations are read.
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Dayton
Ohio
Ruth Lyons
The
American Overseas Association
Red Cross
Kentucky
Indiana
Bob Braun
Miss Lyons
Avco Broadcasting Corp
Cincinnati
Columbus
Indianapolis
Ind
Richard Nixon
Obituary for Louetteilla Perry King 79
Services for Mrs. Louetteilla Perry King 79 formerly of Middletown who died Friday at Fort Hamilton Hospital will be held at Mt. Zion Baptist Church at 1 p.m. Friday. Burial is in Woodside Cemetery. The Rev. Clara Ruttin and the Rev. Albert Morris will officiate. Friends may call at the church Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. Arrangements are by Bailey Funeral Home.
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Louetteilla Perry King
Middletown
Fort Hamilton Hospital
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Woodside Cemetery
Clara Ruttin
Albert Morris
Bailey Funeral Home
Ohioan Shares Sweeps Award in Curragh Derby
Kate Murphy of Youngstown Ohio was among nine winning sweepstakes ticket holders in Saturdays Irish Derby at Curragh. The race was won by Steel Pulse and each winning ticket paid 130000 dollars.
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Dublin
Kate Murphy
Youngstown
Ohio
Curragh
Steel Pulse
Auto incidents report with multiple addresses and injuries
At 4 20 PM a backfire incident on Verity Parkway involved a Sandy Canterbury owned car on Sandy Canterbury Martz Paullin Road with no damage. At 5 23 PM Tim Miller may have swallowed gas at Flemming Road and was treated at Middletown Hospital by family car. At 5 46 PM a Ralph Miller owned car in Hazard Kentucky backfired causing $50 damage at Clark Street.
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S. Verity Parkway
Sandy Canterbury
Martz-Paullin
Flemming Road
Tim Miller
Middletown Hospital
Clark St
Ralph Miller
Hazard
Big Rains Slow Quang Tri Drive
South Vietnamese counteroffensive toward Quang Tri was slowed by enemy shelling and bad weather. Paratroopers advanced to within three miles of the provincial capital as a major battle loomed.
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Quang Tri Drive
Saigon
Quang Tri
Associated Press
Holger Jensen
Dennis Neeld
Bui the Lan
Bobby's Move but He Balks in World Chess Match
Bobby Fischer balks at 30 percent gate share for the Spassky world title bout in Reykjavik delaying negotiations. Icelandic federation and lawyer for Fischer report progress but no final agreement as match set to begin. In Vietnam, heavy fighting around Quang Tri slows the South Vietnamese advance with daily casualties and U.S. strikes continuing.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Bobby Fischer
Soviet Union
Fischer
New York
Boris Spassky
Russia
Icelandic Chess Federation
Federation
Gudmundur Thorarinsson
Andrew Davis
Thorarinsson
Spassky
International Chess Federation
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David Ellis
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Carlisle
Union So
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2Nd Ave
Central Ave
Studio Theater
Grand Ave
Gideon Rd
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Trenton Shopvine
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Jody Gray
Chris Ryan
Melinda Rearden
Janie Rearden
Sheckler
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School of Fine Arts
Caroline Dean,Blanchard
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Louetteilla King
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U.S. Command
Cambodia
U.S
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Your Heart Association
Oscar Koeppel
Butler Co. Weart Association
Verity Hell
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