Legless Driver Back On The Road In Canada
Os car L Bedard, 48, who lost both legs above the knee when a train ran over his truck 13 months ago, returns to highway work between Toronto and the east coast of Canada. The Workmen's Compensation Board funded a $27 000 Mack truck with special hand controls, enabling him to drive again despite permanent disability. Bedard insists he can work and proves doubters wrong.
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London
Ont
Oscar L. Bedard
Toronto
Canada
Bedard
Workman’‘s Compensation Board
W. F. Kitchen
Mack Trucks
United States
Crash Blamed On Confusion At I 75 Ohio 73 Interchange
Franklin a young woman injured when her eastbound on Rt 73 car was struck by a vehicle driven by Deana Gaffin at 7 50 am at the I 75 Ohio 73 interchange. Gaffin 16 was charged with failure to yield after stopping at a ramp exit sign and crossing back onto I 75.
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Franklin
Middletown Hospital
Ohio 73
Sherry L. Tompkins
Bean Drive
Rt. 73
Deana P. Gaffin
Peebles
Springboro
Purglers Break Into Woodsdale Grocery, Steal $26.40
Butler County police report a break in at Woodsdale Grocery 1728 Wayne Madison Road. Items stolen include beer a 12 pound ham and 10 pounds of bologna totaling 26.40.
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Hamilton
Woodsdale
Wayne-Madison Road
Butler County
Boy Plunges Through Skylight At Local School
Tim Barker, 15, fell through a skylight one and a half stories above Wuidwood Elementary School while on the flat cafeteria roof. He suffered leg injuries and possible fingertip loss. School officials urged supervision and police patrol to prevent repeats.
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Wuidwood
Tim Barker
Glen Barker
Bexley Drive
Barker
Robert K. Johnson
Mrs Rosetta Beard, 80, Dies in Detroit
Obituary notes Rosetta Beard aged 80, formerly of Middletown, died Thursday at Art Center Hospital in Detroit. Arrangements are incomplete at Bailey Funeral Home.
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Rosetta Beard
Middletown
Art Center Hospital
Detroit
Bailey
Services for Walton Doench Set in Oakwood
Walton Doench 37 of Oakwood son of Mr and Mrs Walter Doench 707 Seventh Ave will have 2 pm Monday services at Riggs Funeral Home Rev Forrest Garner officiating Burial in Woodside Cemetery Friends may call Sunday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 pm Doench died Tuesday at Presbyterian Medical Center Hospital in Denver from injuries suffered July 1 in a traffic accident in Wheatridge Colorado a Denver suburb
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Walton
Walt)Doench
Oakwood
Walter V. ‘Doench
Seventh Ave
Riggs
Forrest Garner
Woodside Cemetery
Doench
Presbyterian Medical Center Hospital
Denver
Wheatridge
Colo
Ray M Mehl Dies at Shrine Convention in Florida
Ray M Mehl 50 of Elma New York died July 1 while attending an international Shrine Convention in Hollywood Florida. He was a Middletown native Otterbein College graduate and had lived in New York since 1948. He served as a Navy lieutenant in the Pacific during World War II. Survived by wife Georgia and brother Roland of Kettering.
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Ray M. Mehl
Elma
N. Y
Middletown
Otterbein College
Hollywood
Fla
Mehl
New York
Pacific
Georgia
Roland
Kettergi
Kettering
Franklin boxing star Jack Kelley Sr. dies at 61
Jack B. Kelley Sr. of Franklin died at 10 30 a m Thursday at Middletown Hospital after a heart attack. He was a former professional boxer and wrestler. Surviving are his son Jack Jr of Portland Ore his mother Mollie Puckett of Franklin three brothers Virgil Jerry Plummer of Franklin John Plummer of Sandy Hook Ky and a sister Mrs Callahorn of Franklin. Services will be at 10 a m Monday at Eaton Funeral Home with burial in Woodhill Cemetery. Funeral home viewing Sunday 2 4 and 7 9 p m.
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Franklin
Jack B. Kelley Sr
Wilson Drive
Middletown Hospital
Kelley
Jack Jr
Portland
Ore
Mollie Puckett
Virgil
Jerry Plummer
John Plummer
Sandy Hook
Callahorn
Eaton Funeral Home
Woodhill Cemetery
Funeral
Obituary notices for Vedder Spivey Bundy
Adam Vedder 74 of 617 S Fourth St. to services 10 a.m. Monday Brown-Dawson. Lydia Spivey 81 of New Miami to services 10 a.m. Saturday Webb. Pearl Bundy 71 of 317 Main St. to services 10 a.m. Saturday Brown-Dawson.
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Adam Vedder
S. Fourth St
Brown-Dawson
Lydia Spivey
New Miami
Webb
Pearl Bundy
Main St
Franklin solid waste plant dedication date set
Franklin deputy administrator Richard Vaughan of the EPA will attend the dedication of the Franklin solid waste treatment plant on August 11. An open house is planned at the Farm Avenue plant on Sunday August 1. The Journal corrected an earlier report that the open house was August 2.
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Franklin
Richard Vaughan
Environmental Protection Agency
Farm Avenue
Journal
Rail strikes widen as UTU threatens more lines
Federal mediators pressed for a national settlement with railroads while UTU members plan to extend strikes to two more lines including Southern Pacific and Norfolk & Western. The Chicago & North Western made a separate 42 month contract with UTU, boosting pay and work rule changes, as other carriers face potential walkouts and economic impact from halted shipments.
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Associated Press
United Transportation Union
UTU
Southern Pacific
Norfolk & Western
Union Pacific
Southern
Midwest
Hoff Lumber Co
Horseshoe Bend
Idaho
Cyclist Sought In Fatality On I 71
Patrolmen seek a motorcyclist after a cyclist who lost his helmet walked across I 71 caused Louis J. Henry to crash. Henry, 60, died at Bethesda North Hospital after his car rolled over. Passenger Thomas L. McCullough, 62, is hospitalized in fair condition. Warren County fatality count rises to four this year.
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Lebanon
Columbus
Louis J. Henry
Bethesda North Hospital
Henry
Ohio 123
Car Smacks Into Wall in Early Morning Crash
A motorist demolished his car and caused 500 damage to property at University Boulevard and Flemming Road at 12 45 a m. William B Bailey Jr 24 of 2006 Grand Ave was uninjured after losing control of his 1965 car causing it to spin and hit a retaining wall. Bailey was charged with careless driving. In a separate city crash LuAnne Back 11 of 2109 Spencer Lane rode a bicycle on Vannest Avenue when Tom Swank 18 of 4224 Vannest Ave swerved off road and struck the bike. he was not cited.
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University Boulevard
Flemming Road
William B. Bailey Jr
Grand Ave
Miles Moving & Storage Co
Bailey
LuAnne Back
Spencer Lane
Vannest Avenue
Tom Swank
Vannest Ave
Gear Knobs Stolen From Guard Jeeps at Summer Festival
Ohio National Guard jeeps and trucks drew attention during the downtown Summer Festival. A sergeant reported six gear shift knobs and other items missing from the jeeps, with theft occurring amid festivities.
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Ohio National Guard
Central Avenue
Living Cost Jump in June, Biggest in 15 Months
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a six-tenths rise in living costs for June, led by grocery prices up nine-tenths. Transportation, housing, and medical costs also climbed, lifting the CPI to 121.5. Earnings rose to 127.57 per week, and some 41,500 workers will receive wage increases under cost-of-living clauses.
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Washington
Nixon
Bureau of Labo Statistics
Lockheed Workers Urged to Avoid Threats Against Critics
Lockheed chairman Haughton urged employees to keep comments calm as Congress weighs a $250 million loan guarantee bill to save the company from bankruptcy. Reports of threats against critics followed Sen. Proxmire noting guards for a former Lockheed worker. Debate extended as cloture petitions moved.
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H. L. Schwartz
Washington
Daniel J. Haughton
Lockheed Aircraft, Corp
Lockheed
Haughton
Congress
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Proxmire
Henry Durham
Marietta
Senate
Durham
Athens Cop Burns Viet Cong Flag Incident
Athens Ohio authorities report Captain Charles Cochran burned a Viet Cong flag at the order of Municipal Judge Franklin Sheeter. The flag flew over Selective Service headquarters on May 26 during an antiwar protest. The burning followed a trespassing conviction for Kim Levitch, 20, a former Ohio University student, found not guilty of disorderly conduct.
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Athens, Ohio
Charles Cochran
Franklin Sheeter
Selective Service
Sheeter
Kim Levitch
Ohio University
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Bud) Stellerwigr
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Beckwith
Athens
Marconi Electric
Power Tool Motors
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