Three Mason Girls Die In Car Crash And Fire
Three Mason High School teens Melanie Webster Barbara Ehde and Kimberly Eickenhorst were killed when their 1971 red Volkswagen crashed off Butler Warren County Road near Monroe and exploded into flames. The car overturned and was found burning by bystander Tom Runnells. authorities identified the bodies via dental charts.
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Mason
Teene
Mason High School
Melanie Webster
Cherokee Drive
Barbara Ehde
S. Furbee St
Kimberly Eickenhorst
Lynder Road
Butler County
Garret J. Boone
Butler-Warren County
Kyles Station Road
Monroe
Melanie
Elaine
Kimberly
Barbara
Tom Runnells
Lynn Road
Middletown
Eight Returned Prisoners of War Reunite at Dayton
Eight former prisoners of war from four states landed at Wright Patterson Air Force Base and reunited with families after medical and intelligence debriefings. General Jack J. Catton and Col. Robert R. Sawhill led the welcome, as relatives cheered the eight airmen including Capt. Glenn L. Myers and Maj. Joseph F. Shanahan.
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Dayton
Ohio
Air Force
Wrightatterson Air Force Base
Scott Afb
Ill
Jack J. Catton
Air Force Logistics Command
Glenn L. Myers
Pittsburgh
Gerald L. Gerndt
Loring
Wisc
Richard C. Brenneman
Mishawka
Ind
Thomas M. Moe
Columbus
Jal
Michael P. Burns
Warsaw
Joseph F. Shanahan
Grand Rapids
Mich
Mark J. Ruhling
Cambodian pilot escapes after palace bombing attempt
Cambodian Air Force Captain So Petra used a T28 fighter in an assassination attempt that killed 36 people but not President Lon Nol. He reportedly fled toward Khmer Rouge territory and was last seen northeast of Phnom Penh. Petra, linked to Princess Norodom Botum Bopha, faced claims of a Communist plot amid the upheaval.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Lon Nol
So Petra
Kompong Cham
Trudging Drudgery on Northern Roads
Ohio road conditions snarled a two hour Youngstown to Cleveland drive into 62 hours as snow and ice froze the corridor. Trucks carved tracks through whiteout, motorist convoys formed, vehicles slid into snowdrifts, a truck crash blocked the lone westbound lane, delays spread three miles, and responders met stalled traffic amid a crowd of travelers.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Youngstown
Cleveland
North Vietnamese shipments into South Vietnam continue after cease fire
U S intelligence reports ongoing military aid from North Vietnam despite Nixon warnings. Estimates place 400 to 450 armored vehicles, including tanks, moved into South Vietnam in under two months, with over 1 100 trucks crossing the DMZ week ending the warning. Analysts warn cease fire supervision may be ineffective.
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South Vietnam
Vietnam
China
U.S
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
United States
Laos
Dmz
Pentagon
Ha van Lau
Middletown Weather Forecast Tonight and Tomorrow
Partly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures forecast for Middletown. Lows tonight in the 30s and highs tomorrow in the 50s, with yesterday’s high 43 and overnight low 28. Weather details on page 12.
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Middletown
Life is poverty in broken Hanoi
Canadian Press reports Hanoi in a war scarred yet calm state. The city shows shelters, bare essentials, and a growing civilian rhythm with children playing by ponds and maps of a postwar mood, while foreigners draw curious crowds.
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Broken
Hanoi
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Liberty Township
Henry Taylor
Sheckler
Edde
Kim Eickenhorst
Dayton Landing
Robert R. Sawhill
Carnegie
America People
Sawhill
Clean Escape
Petra
State Highway Patrol
Warren
N. Vietnam
Fred S. Hoffman
Washington
Nixon
Ho Chi Minh
Ann Landers
Heloise
House of the Week
Canadian Press
Canada
Long Bien
Saigon
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