Lonnie Cross Confesses Past Murder Seeks Redemption
Lonnie Cross, 66, limped to the sheriff's office claiming to “get right with the Lord” after admitting to a 1935 killing. Detective Beacham verified the case of Lonnie Smith who stabbed his common law wife and fatally injured a bystander Ed Bozier. Cross, alias Smith, was arraigned on first degree murder and held without bond.
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Jacksonville
Fra
Lonnie Cross
William Beacham
Cross
Beacham
Lonnie Smith
Ed Bozier
Smith
Georgia
New Orleans
Justice of the Peace
Dorkas Drake
Duval County
Gen. Cornelius E. Ryan Dies at 75
Gen. Cornelius E. Ryan, a veteran of three wars and commander of the 12th Army on Omaha Beach during the Normandy invasion, died at 75 in Menlo Park California. Services were held there and he will be buried in Arlington National Cemetery. He spent 41 years in the Army and held NATO and staff roles from World War I through Korea.
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Menlo Park
Calif
Cornelius E. Ryan
12Th Army
Omaha Beach
Ryan
Veterans Administration Hospital
Arlington National Cemetery
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Army
Omar Bradley
Berlin
Korea
Methodist Lawn Fete at Union Chapel United Methodist Church
A lawn fete will be held on the grounds of Union Chapel United Methodist Church tomorrow at 5 p.m. Homemade cake and pie will be served with ice cream.
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Union Chapel United Methodist Church
Cars Hit 6 Children In A 24 Hour Period
Police reported fifteen traffic accidents in a 24 hour span with six children hurt. A Middletown girl, six, suffered a broken leg and other injuries after being struck on Clinton Street by Sam Scott Jr. Scott was cited for excessive speed. Two other children, Mary Hyde and Eric Rich, were treated and released after separate incidents. Other injuries included a right shoulder injury to George Young and a left leg cut to Steven Swank in related crashes.
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Middletown
Kimberly Greer
First Ave
Clinton Street
Reynolds Avenue
Sam Scott Jr
Young St
Scott
Mary Hyde
Lowell Street
Eric Rich
Aberdeen Drive
Mary
Jewell Ave
Ollie Mae Haddix
Eric
Aberdeen
Milton Road
James Glasgow
Moorman Drive
George Young
Winona Drive
Steven Swank
N. Sutphin I St
Young
Wilbraham Road
Winona
Swank
Corky Cordray
N. Sutphin St
Central Avenue
Highview Road
Monroe High School Band Sets 21 Day European Tour
Monroe High School band members depart from Dayton airport for a 21 day Europe tour led by Tom Buchanan. The group performs in 10 countries including Antwerp Zoo Heidelberg Castle and St Marco Square Venice. Cost is 1600 per person and return is July 1.
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Monroe
Lemon
Monroe High School
Europe
Dayton
Letchworth
England
LMHS
Tom Buchanan
Armco International
Antwerp
Belgium
Heidelberg
Germany
Venice
St. Marco Square
Copenhagen
Amsterdam
Frankfort
Munich
Linderhof
Innsbruck
Austria
Florence
Rome
Lucerne
Switzerland
Lungern-Schonbuel
Paris
Grantham
London
Home
Ex Middletonian Earns Law Degree at Ohio State
Tom Portsmouth son of Mrs Edward Portsmouth now living in Miami graduated today from Ohio State University Law School. Born and raised in Middletown he starred at Middletown High School and played football at Ohio State. He plans to join a Columbus law office as partner after the bar exam next month and to take the Florida bar in September.
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Tom Portsmouth
Edward Portsmouth
Miami
Ohio State University Law School
Middletown
Middletown High School
Ohio State
Portsmouth
Columbus
Ohio
Florida
Robbers net $50,000 at Ohio jewelry store heist
Four gunmen and a woman in their 20s, all wearing gloves, robbed Richard's Jewelry Store in Middleburg Heights of more than $50,000 in diamond rings and wedding bands on Wednesday.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Richard
Middleburg Heights
Inwood to Open Fenwick Festival Ceremony
The Fenwick Festival opens tomorrow at 4 p.m. with C Dudley Inwood, city commissioner, presiding. Father John Jennings and Fenwick High School celebrate church and school anniversaries while city and county officials attend. Free Sunday bus for seniors from High-Rise Apartments leaves at 12 30 and returns by 4. Shuttle buses assist drivers parking at Miami University Middletown campus with parking rules on University Boulevard and east-side school parking.
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Fenwick
C. Dudley Inwood
Inwood
John Jennings
St. John's Church
James O'Connor
Bernard Bruening
Fenwick High School
N. Verity Parkway
Middletown
Miami University
University Boulevard
Fatal Crash Probed on I-71 Kills Mother’s Son
State patrol investigates a dawn I-71 crash that killed 8 year old John Smith and injured six others including his mother Mrs Myrtis Smith 34 of East Cleveland. The wreck occurred around 6 20 am when the southbound car left the highway and plunged down an embankment near Ohio 123.
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Interstate 71
Myrtis Smith
East Cleveland
Bethesda North Hospital
Cincinnati
Stephanie
Alexander
Jessie Willis
Atlanta
Bethesda North
Willis
Iris
Clinton Memorial Hospital
I-71
Ohio 123
Obituary Notice James M Addison 88 Middletown
James M Addison 88 of Middletown died of cancer at 6 45 p m Thursday at Barbara Park Convalescent Home where he had resided five months. He retired in 1947 from Arlington Tent Factory Germantown. Surviving two sons, four daughters, a brother, 24 grandchildren, 31 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. Services 10 a m Monday Eaton Funeral Home Franklin. Burial Woodhill Cemetery Franklin. Call hours Sunday 2 5 and 7 9 p m.
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James M. Addison
Middletown
Barbara Park
Addison
Arlington
Germantown
Rosa
Hubert
Edward
Dayton
Clara Anvil
North Carolina
Nel Geary
Niles, Mich
Lena Bender
Elsie Moore
Frank
Virginia
Eaton Funeral Home
Franklin
Woodhill Cemetery
Death of Karl B. Wagner in Hamilton at Middletown Hospital
Karl B. Wagner, 66, of Hamilton, died at 3 20 a m at Middletown Hospital after collapsing at 2012 Logan Street. He had a history of heart disease. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Webb Funeral Home in Hamilton.
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Karl B. Wagner
Hamilton
Middletown Hospital
Logan St
Webb Funeral Home
Local Sailors Head To Embarkation Point
Passports in pockets they sail June 13 for England from Mystic Seaport Conn. Vincent Sisson 51, David Bell 18, Joe Berry 19 and Bill Jelinek 32 head to New London and Buffalo trips to reach Falmouth England. The Lydia 35 foot sloop sails 25 days to England with fueling and supplies aboard.
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England
Mystic Seaport
Conn
Middletown
Lemon-Monroe High
New England
Joe Berry
Lebanon St
Monroe
New London
France
Cedar Point
Buffalo
N.Y
Berry
Paul Berry
Sisson
Lydia
New York State Canals
Obituaries for Martha Snodgrass James Hundley and Mary Snyder
Obituaries note the deaths of Martha Snodgrass 86 of Fairfield services 2 p.m. Monday Colligan Funeral Home James Hundley 77 of 701 S Ninth St services 10 a.m. Saturday Webb Funeral Home and Mary Snyder 63 of 1700 Princeton Road Mass of the Resurrection 9 a.m. Saturday at St Stephen’s Church
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Martha Snodgrass
Fairfield
Colligan
James Hundley
S. Ninth St
Webb
Mary Snyder
Princeton Road
Adventist Hospital Officer to Speak at Local Church Service
Public relations officer Richard Barnett of Kettering Medical Center in Dayton will headline the church worship at 11 30 a m tomorrow. His sermon titled The Terror and the Glory The greatness of God Need for reverencing Him in an irreverent world follows Sabbath school at 10 a m.
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Richard Barnett
Kettering Medical Center
Dayton
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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Fenwick High
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Pete Chappars
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Santa Fe Road
David Bell
Bill Jelinek
Cleveland
Falmouth
Fran
Daphne
Ohio State University
Jodi
Jacksonville University
Sissons
Bell
Sisson, Jelinek
Jelinek
Iorth Atlantic
Bei
Sheckler Phot
DODDS
Verity Pkvy
4Th Ave
Woodside Cemetery
Charles
Bud) Steller
Mgr
Norris Music
First Avenue
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