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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1965
Page
3
AP war notes from Da Nang describe new slang like zap and them Congs as Marines adapt to Viet Nam combat. Reports cover language quirks, patches reading sorry about that, deer hunting at night for food, and misunderstandings with locals in the Da Nang press center.
Eyewitness account from Dong Xoai reveals a ghastly wreckage scene with civilian and military dead, including women and children. Government troops fight Viet Cong remnants as planes bomb and napalm the town, while refugees surge toward safety amid suspicions of Viet Cong use of human shields.
The House passed a $2 billion military construction bill allocating 13,366,000 for Ohio installations. Wright Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton gets 12,319,000, Newark Air Force Station receives 181,000 for utilities, and Lackland Air Force Base in Columbus gets 565,000 for maintenance and production facilities.
Five year old Irene Crockett drowned after falling into the Ashtabula River while playing with four other children in Ashtabula Ohio authorities said on Thursday. Firefighters recovered the body and investigators opened a preliminary inquiry into the accident.
2nd Lt. Charles Williams of Fayetteville, N.C. says 14 hours of hell at the Dong Xoai camp ended only with dawn and evacuation. He and Sgt. Crowe describe grim casualties among about 100 Vietnamese troops and Americans during a Viet Cong assault aided by air support that kept them alive.
William Turner reported being beaten and robbed of 8 dollars by two men at Crawford Street and Logan Avenue after stopping a police cruiser at 2 am He was treated for a cut lip A 14 year old boy was arrested for shoplifting at Fashion Fair 2600 Stevens Ave at 2 50 pm The amount stolen from two pop machines at V A Used Cars on Verity Parkway was undetermined Alvin Burg was treated for head injuries after a fall at Parkway Cafe 910 Yankee Road A pop machine and linen closet at Parkway Motel 2425 Verity Parkway were broken into A custodian at McKinley Junior High observed a boy fleeing from the building and a basement window was found broken at the school
Cletus Lee Owen, 43, was found guilty Thursday of first degree murder for the October 20 killing of 81-year-old Mrs Sherwood Snyder. A three judge panel recommended mercy and sentenced Owen to life imprisonment.
Sgt Harold Crowe, 28, of Elizabeth town Tennessee, was in another incident as investigations continue.
Middletown elementary school principals hosted the annual spring administrators picnic at the Homer Weikel farm last evening. Fifty seven members attended. Ralph Mull of Creekview presented gifts to two retiring administrators, Mrs Amelis Jamison of Blue Ball School and Weikel of McKinley Junior High.
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