Three-car crash on Shafer Street injures five in Middletown
A three car collision at Shafer Street and Miami Avenue sent five people to Middletown Hospital. Margo Skinner 16 sister Sara Klinedinst 21 and Chancy Bailey 14 were treated in fair condition. Drivers Billy Jo Howard 2 and Charles O Connor 19 also treated. No citations issued as investigators continue. A second minor crash at Grand Avenue and Crawford Street caused 450 damage.
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Shafer Street
Miami Avenue
Middletown Hospital
Margo Skinner
Calvin Skinner
Central Ave
Miss Skinner
Sara Klinedinst
Cleveland
Chancey Bailey
W. R. Bailey
Alameda
Billy Jo Howard
Franklin St
Charles O'Connor
Eaton Ave
Klinehinst
Brown's Run Country Club
Jack Bunson
First Presbyterian Church
Klinedinst
O'Connor
Howard Auto
William Wardlow
Lamberton St
Eddie Bush
Sheridan Ave
Grand Avenue
Crawford Street
Miami University Grad Dies in Viet Nam MIG Kill
Barbara Dowell, wife of Air Force Captain William D. Dowell a 1954 Miami University graduate, said she was excited and proud after his fighter downed a Communist MIG in Viet Nam. Dowell trained at McDill Air Force Base and the couple has four children aged 3 to 10.
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Tampa
Fla
Miami University
Viet Nam
Barbara Dowell
Air Force
William D. Dowell
McDill Air Force Base
Oxford
Ohio
Capt. Dowell
Miami
Wild Chase Ends With Crash
A 21 year old John Morris led a state highway patrol pursuit through Hamilton at speeds up to 95 mph before ramming a cement wall on Heaton Street. His 1965 Mustang demolished several parked cars. Morris was hospitalized with face lacerations and chest contusions and cited for reckless operation. He claimed he was driving 60 mph when he lost control.
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Hamilton
State Highway Patrol
State Trolmen
John Morris
1814
Parish Ave
Rt. 4
Reigart Road
Morris
Heaton St
Mercy Hospital
Heaton Road
Rockefeller Rejects Miller Help in 1966 Gubernatorial Bid
New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller rejected former Vice Presidential candidate William E. Miller’s offer to actively campaign for his third term. Rockefeller said Miller’s campaigning would be misunderstood and noted Miller’s Goldwater-Miller ticket’s conservatism as a reason not to endorse.
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New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
William E. Miller
Rockefeller
Rep
Miller
Lockport
N.Y
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Lut Rockefeller
Johnson
Goldwater-Miller
Thieves Damage Store Window At Route 73 Market
Deputies report would-be thieves damaged a Pat's Food Market with a smashed plate glass window causing about 350 dollars in damage. They allegedly used wrecking bars in a bid to force two metal doors. one door was ruined and the second heavily damaged.
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Pat's
Rt. 73
Eagles’ Corner
Dep
John B. Mullins
County Sheriff's Department
Dep. Mullins
Be Kind to Animals Week Chair Named in Miami Valley
Frederick Van Scoyoc of Armco Steel Corp is named chair of Be Kind to Animals Week by the Humane Association of Miami Valley. The 52nd observance runs through May 7, promotes pet care and humane treatment amid national origins from 1915. The Animal Shelter placed 2,200 animals last year, and the shelter hours are 10 to 4:30 Monday through Saturday and 1 to 4:30 on Sunday.
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Frederick van Scoyoc
Armco Steel Corp
The
Humane Association of Miami Valley, Inc
American Humane Association
Denver
Yan Scoyoc
van Scoyoe
Humane Association of
Miami Valley
Obituary: Charla Palmer Infant Daughter of Palmer Family
Charla Don Palmer six day old daughter of Mr and Mrs Herbert Donald Palmer of fifty twelve Lafayette Ave died yesterday at Children's Hospital Cincinnati after illness since birth. Survived by parents two sisters Rhonda and Robin grandparents Mr and Mrs Herbert Palmer Middletown and Mr and Mrs Lester Carr Clay City Ky. Graveside services at 10 a.m. Monday at Woodside Cemetery conducted by Rev Henry Howard. No visitations. McCoy Leffler Funeral Home in charge.
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Charla Don Palmer
Herbert Donald Palmer
Lafayette Ave
Children’s Hosee
Cincinnati
Middietown Hospital
Rhonda
Robin
Herbert Palmer
Middletown
Lester Carr
Clay City
Woodside Cemetery
Henry Howard
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
Robert White 81 Funeral Services Held in Lebanon
Robert White 81 died at his home 1406 Avalon Heights after a long illness. A Georgia native, he lived in Lebanon for many years and is survived by wife Leela two daughters Daisy Cook and Ruby Feaster both of Lebanon and a son John of Cincinnati. Visitation 6 to 9 p.m. Monday burial in Lebanon Cemetery.
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Lebanon
Oswald
Robert White
Avalon Heights
Georgia
Mr. White
Leela
Daisy Cook
Ruby Feaster
John
Cincinnati
Lebanon Cemetery
Mother of Actress Paula Strasberg Dies
New York AP report says drama coach Paula Strasberg 55 mother of Susan Strasberg and wife of Lee Strasberg died of a heart attack Friday at Beth Israel Hospital Funeral services were set for Sunday at Riverside Chapel Manhattan
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New York
Paula Strasberg
Susan Strasberg
Actors Studio
Lee Strasberg
Strasberg
Beth Israel Hospital
Manhattan
Riverside Chapel
Local GIs Join 25th Infantry Brigade in Vietnam
Middletown soldiers Pfc. Lewis L. Snow and Pfc. John P. Sennet have landed in South Vietnam with the U.S. 25th Infantry Division’s 1st Brigade. Snow, 22, medical aidman from 1500 Yankee Road, Ha wail, and Sennet, 21, rifleman from 1004 Kensington St, will join already deployed division elements. Snow’s prior employment was with Richard on Taylor Globe Press in Cincinnati. Sennet worked for Armco Steel Corp. before enlisting.
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Middletown
South Viet Nam
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Lewis L. Snow
Eula M. Snow
Yankee Road
John P. Sennet
Samuel I. Sennet
Kensington St
Viet Nam
Schofield Barracks
Hawaii
Snow
Middlestown High School
Richardson Taylor Globe Press
Cincinnati
Sennet
9Th Infantry
Local Theft Reports Include Checks Screens and Bikes
Carl Dandrea of Middle town Optical Center reports 32 blank checks stolen from the stock room at 2818 N Verity Parkway. Lucia Rust says 13 window screens valued at 50 dollars were taken from a basement within five days. Clyde Bryant reports a missing insurance check worth about 1700 dollars from his kitchen table. Sam Turner notes theft of two bicycles a lawn mower and a garden hose during a move. Two girls aged 15 and 17 were arrested for shoplifting at S S Kresge Co 1110 Central Ave at 2 15 p m yesterday.
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Carl Dandrea
Middletown
Lucia Rust
Florence St
Sam Turner
Winona Drive
S. S. Kresge Co
Central Ave
Youth-removal theft near Manchester Avenue reported
SAM DENNIS of 1712 Manchester Ave. told police an unidentified youth took two radiators hoses and one foul pump from the rear of 1615 Manchester Ave.
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Sam Dennis
Manchester Ave
Debt chase fuels endless borrowing amid peer pressure
The line hints that people fall into debt chasing others who are already deeply indebted, highlighting social pressure and financial risk without specifics or extra context.
Vacation Pac Service Lets Papers Be Saved For Return
A neighborhood newspaper boy can save your copies in a vacation pac so you miss no features or columns while away. He delivers them to your door on return and can start regular delivery the day you return. Call 422-3611 to arrange and notify the paperboy.
Dem Gubernatorial Hopefuls Pitch Party of the Future
Ohio Democratic candidates McKwain and Reams addressed the Ohio Young Democrats in Marion. McKwain touted youth as the party bedrock and predicted a victory in the primary, while Reams, aged 36, argued the Democrats offer today and tomorrow to voters under 40 and criticized Gov. Rhodes on education, mental health, and industry.
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Marion
Ohio
Democratic Party
Party of the Future
Reams
Oliver Ocasek
D-Summit
Republican Party
James A. Rhodes
McIlwain
Ream
Foresters Plant Trees for Future Newsprint
Foresters begin a tree planting program aimed at securing timber supplies for 2026 newsprint. The effort focuses on expanding forests to sustain paper production and offset raw material costs.
Recorder Said Blank Recorder Said Blank
The flight recorder for the chartered American Flyers airliner that crashed near Ardmore Oklahoma last week produced a blank tape with no altitude or speed data. A Civil Aeronautics Board spokesman said the tape was not properly threaded and the cause is under investigation. The plane carried 92 Army recruits from Fort Ord to Fort Benning.
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Washington
Ardmore
Okla
Civil Aeronautics Board
Ft. Ord
Calif
Ft. Benning
Delinquents Found Warm Sociable Despite Delinquent Status
Four psychologists tested 338 boys at Green Hills School Chehalis Washington for the Western Psychological Association report. They found delinquents are warm sociable and friendly within their subculture but verbally disadvantaged and intellectually on par with the general populace.
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Long Beach
Calif
Green Hills School
Chehalis
Wash
Western Psychological Association
George Pierson
R.C. Taylor
Southern Oregon College
John Moseley
Mark Olsen
University of Washington
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Middletown Journal
Shafer
MU Grad
Crash
Verity
Coe
Gly & Clark
Clark Spinets
Humane Association
U.S
Sultol
van Scoyoc
Michael ‘Woodward
Posey
Animal Shelter
Woodwards
Weith
Charla Palmer
Robert E. Cetmer
State Farm Life Insurance Company
State Farm Fire and Casualty Company
Bloomington
Illinois
Fort Knox, Ky
Fenwick High School
Clyde Bryant
Young St
Mellwain Tag Demos
Party of Future
Frazier Reams Jr
Toledo
Young Democrats
Ashland
Betty Pepis
Franklin
DRV
Isionary Re
Union Sanitary Sweepstakes
Sam Freeman
Forrest
Union S
Finest Cleaners & Launderers
Park St
2Nd Avenue
Central Avenue
West Central
Grand Ave
Gideon Ra
Studio Theatre
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