Abducted Couple Seized as Escapee Is Caught
One of two Lebanon Correctional Institution escapees is in jail in Jackson County Loyd E Brafford 21. The second suspect Vincent Hoskins 19 of Cincinnati remains at large after abducting a Mason couple at gunpoint and fleeing through Union Township woods. Hoskins earlier escaped with the other inmate from LCI through a machine shop window and headed toward Mason where he trapped the Barnthorne couple for two hours before escaping armed with a rifle shotgun and large knife. Police from multiple agencies search the area aided by a Cincinnati police dog with no results.
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Mason
Lebanon Correctional Institution
Vincent Hoskins
Cincinnati
Jackson County
Loyd E. Brafford
LCI
Hoskins
Robert Barnthouse
Mason Bethany Road
Union Township
Clermont County
Russell E. Willis
Willis
Barnthouse
Klatte Road
Carefree Drive
Brafford
Local Corps Secures State Title At Ashland Competition
Shirley Decker's Senior Royal Knights baton drum and bugle show corps won the Ohio State corps competition at Ashland College, claiming a third consecutive revolving trophy and first at both open and grand national events. The 75 member group includes two age divisions, with multiple individual winners across junior and senior categories and placements earning nationals eligibility.
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Shirley Decker
Royal Knights
Ohio State Corps
Ashland College
Ashland
Decker
Laura Taylor
Julie Koehner
Fancy
Beth Fields
Melinda Hobbs
Sheryl Longworth
Lynn Daugherty
Miss Ashland
Wounded Hamiltonian Dies as Charges Loom
Hamilton police said Phillip Foster Brate 43 of Dixie Highway faced murder charges after a Saturday night argument in the Hamilton Plaza parking lot. Brate had earlier been charged with shooting Clyde Gabbard Jr. 25 of Millville Avenue with a .38 revolver. Gabbard died at Good Samaritan Hospital after transfer from Mercy Hospital Cincinnati.
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Hamilton
Hamilton Plaza
Phillip Foster Brate
Dixie Highway
Clyde Gabbard Jr
Millville Ave
Gabbard
Good Samaritan Hospital
iCincinnati
Cincinnati Hospital
Mercy Hospital
Brate
Former Chrysler President Byron C. Foy Dies at 76
Byron C. Foy, former president of Chrysler Corp, died Sunday in Southampton after a short illness. He was 76. His first wife, Thelma Chrysler, was daughter of automaker Walter Chrysler.
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Chrysler
Southampton
N.Y
Byron C. Foy
Chrysler Corp
Thelma Chrysler
Walter Chrysler
Bacon Arrested On 3 Charges In Hamilton County
Butler County commissioner Donald S. Bacon 44 of 141 Gregory Lane was charged with disorderly conduct assault and battery and resisting arrest after a disturbance call at his home. Officer Charles Furman arrested him at 5 45 a m yesterday.
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Hamilton
Butler County
Donald S. Bacon
Gregory Lane
Ptl
Charles Furman
Bacon
Marathon Shakespeare in Central Park Draws 2300 Fans
About 2,300 Shakespeare enthusiasts endured 11 uninterrupted hours of The Chronicles of King Henry VI Richard III in Central Park. The all-night performance by 65 actors used 600 costumes and 125 weapons to highlight the New York Shakespeare Festival’s fiscal crisis.
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New York
Central Park
Henry VI
Richard III
Joseph Papp
New York Shakespeare Festival
Yapp
Texas Abortion Law Voided by Federal Panel
A three judge federal panel voided Texas abortion law ruling it unconstitutional under Ninth and Fourteenth amendment protections. The decision cites abortion access as a fundamental right in a suit by an unmarried pregnant woman a married couple and a physician facing two criminal abortion charges. Under the Texas statute abortions are legal only to save the mother's life with penalties up to ten years in prison for illegal procedures.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Famed Painter John Doctoroff Dies in Chicago
John Doctoroff, 76, renowned portrait painter of national figures, died Saturday in a Chicago hospital. He painted portraits of Herbert Hoover Calvin Coolidge William Wrigley Gen John J Pershing and Wendell Willkie.
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Chicago
John Doctoroff
Herbert Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
William Wrigley
John J. Pershing
Wendell Willkie
Rest Stop Tragedy Ties To Detroit Family Twins
Mr and Mrs Charles Adams of Detroit returned from Knoxville and stopped at a rest area on Interstate 75. Their two month old twin infant Frank is dead. The surviving twin Charles was treated and released at Middletown Hospital. Coroner Garret J Boone planned an autopsy. The infant’s body to be sent to Detroit.
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Charles Adams
Detroit
Mich
Knoxville
Tenn
Tylersville Road
Frank
Charles
Middletown
Butler County
Garret J. Boone
Adams
Boys State highlights hard but fun government work
Twenty one students from Ohio gathered at Ohio University in Athens to run a miniature state. They formed parties, elected officials, and handled taxes licenses and police duties while debating juvenile detention and other issues. Notables included John Rouster of Fenwick and delegates from Middletown Monroe Carlisle and Madison high schools.
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John Kiesewetter
Fenwick High
John Rouster
John R. Rouster
Manchester Road
Rouster
Ohio University
Athens
Richard Hollenbaugh
Middletown High School
John Polisini
Lemon-Monroe High School
Polisini
Nixon
Indochina
Middletown
Ed Gibbons
Mike Maines
David Milton
Paul Nisbet
Chuck Muraski
Fenwick
Steve Strinko
John Singleton
Stan Smith
John McAlister
Monroe
Ron Gabbard
Mike Ellis
Franklin
Mike Nichollas
Carlisle
Dan Wade
Dave Eskew
Springboro
William Rogers Jr
Edgewood High
Dan Littman
John Weaver
Madison High
Grace Baptist Church Burglary Reports Theft and Vandalism
Thieves battered a safe at Grace Baptist Church on Wilbraham Road, ripped a pay phone from the wall, damaged interior doors, and emptied coins from a vending machine. A specialist was to study the safe as detectives investigated. Other break ins included Robo-Wash, Community Center, and several thefts from homes and vehicles with multiple items taken.
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Grace Baptist Church
Wilbraham Road
Middletown
N. Verity Parkway
Loss High In Crash At Crossing
Three people were treated at Middletown Hospital after a rear end collision at 6 45 a m yesterday. Danny Watkins 23 of 21 Franklin Madison Road and Pamela Mays 16 of 1734 Columbia Ave rode in a sports car and slowed for railroad warnings when struck by a 1970 car driven by Ken Armstrong 27 of Indianapolis Ind Police said the car tank broke and the girl was soaked with gasoline. Armstrong was cited to appear in municipal court tomorrow on a charge of failure to maintain an assured clear distance.
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Middletown Hospital
Danny Watkins
Franklin-Madison Road
Pamela Mays
Columbia Ave
Ken Armstrong
Indianapolis
Ind
Armstrong
Concorde Schedule Set Back by Technical Delays
Paris AP reports that Britain’s strikes and technical changes push Concorde testing back three months and delay service entry to 1974. Modifications include air intake changes and Olympic 3B engines. National Aerospace collaborates with British Aircraft Corp. on development.
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Paris
Britain
Henri Ziegler
National Aerospace Industrial Co
National Aerospace
British Aircraft Corp
New York
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Hamiltonian
RCA
New River Front Stadium
Black &G
Wright TV
Central Avenue
Clarence
Richard II
Darrell Philpot
Samantha
Philpot
Henry Bruener
Studio Theatre
Charlie Brown
Earl Hiteshue
Eugene Farrar
Ravenna
Common Pleas Court
Lafayette Avenue
Joe Kindred
Waite St
Leon Cox
Curtis St
Tim Blashock
Lafayette Ave
Ebay
Bartel’s Shoes
Centrol
Concorde
Mike Long
Reed’s
Oxford State RD
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