Dayton shooting spree ends in suicide after killing two
Evelyn Harris recalls her nephew Russell Lee Smith a soft spoken man who snapped during a two hour shooting rampage in Dayton Ohio early Saturday. Smith killed two people wounded nine others and raped two women before taking his own life after accusing another man of dating his girlfriend Joan Gatewood.
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Dayton
Ohio
Evelyn Harris
Russell Lee Smith
Smith
Joan Gatewood
Barn Destroyed by Fire at Germantown Farm
A barn on Mrs. Rosa McCurdy’s Friend Road farm in Germantown burned late Saturday. Fire Chief Richard Zechar reported the cause undetermined, starting in the hay loft and discovered by McCurdy’s son. Firefighters battled the blaze from 10:45 p.m. to about 2 a.m. Hog pens beside the barn were cooled with water to protect the animals.
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Germantown
Rosa McCurdy
Friend Road
Richard Zechar
Zechar
Richard Allen
Silver Road
Man Charged With Carrying Weapon After Shooting Incident
Lee Ivory, 48, of 301 Coopers Alley, was charged Saturday night with carrying a concealed weapon and disorderly conduct in connection with a shooting that night. He is charged with shooting Tina Burton, also known as Tina Thomas, in the right shoulder.
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Lee Ivory
Coopers Alley
Tina Burton
Tina Thomas
Track Meet for Trainable Mentally Retarded Set Tuesday
Students from Clermont Hamilton and Butler County schools will compete in a triangular track meet at 11 30 a m Tuesday at the Fair Acres Center Hamilton. Seventy eight participants aged 8 to 21 will run the 50 and 100 yard dashes the 440 yard relay and the standing broad jump with equal boys and girls. Ribbons will be awarded to all participants.
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Clermont
Hamilton
Butler County
Fair Acres Center
Six in Dayton shooting victims listed with conditions
Conditions listed Sunday for six hospitalized after a weekend Dayton shooting spree. Police say Russell Lee Smith wounded nine, killed Joan Gatewood 16 and Paulette Couch 25 before killing himself. Others treated include Heather Baltozer six and Carole Baltozer 38 plus several local residents.
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Dayton, Ohio
Dayton
Russell Lee Smith
Joan Gatewood
Paulette Couch
Miamisburg
St. Elizabeth's Medical Center
Heather Baltozer
Trotwood
Charles Baltozer
Tornado Toll Rising Across Central States
Severe weather swept the nation from the Plains to the mid Atlantic with temperatures in the teens and 20s. Tornadoes touched down in Illinois Kansas Nebraska and Ohio with no injuries reported. Wind gusts to 70 mph hit Champaign Illinois and Saginaw Michigan damaging trees and power lines. Golfball sized hail hit Salina Kansas as three tornadoes struck North Dakota injuring no one.
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Plains
mid-Atlantic States
Rockies
Plains States
Illinois
Central States
Kansas
Nebraska
Ohio
Champaign
Ill
Saginaw
Mich
Salina
Kan
North Dakota
Garrison
Butler County Alcohol Council director to quit
Michael B. Richardson will resign as executive director of the Alcoholism Council of Butler County on June 1 to pursue a PhD in demography at the University of Washington under an NIH training fellowship. Richardson, a Hamilton native, led the council since 1972 and helped open a toxification and residential treatment center in Hamilton in 1974.
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Alcoholism Council of
Butler County
Michael B. Richardson
Richardson
University of Washington
Seattle
National Institute of Mental Health
Hamilton
The
Alcoholism Council
Frank C. Neal
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Alcoholism Council Board of Trustees
Past crime boss too ill to be tried
New York AP reports income tax evasion and gambling charges against Joseph Colombo Sr. were dismissed due to ill health. The former crime boss, once a prominent head, will not face trial on the dismissed counts.
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New York
Joseph Colombo Sr
Seniors give blood at St Xavier High School graduation
The Cincinnati St Xavier High School senior class will donate their blood at graduation on June 3. 120 seniors signed up for a mobile unit at the school but 71 were eligible after medical tests. The donated credits will aid future students and staff at Paul I Hexworth Blood Center.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati St. Xavier High School
Paul I. Hexworth
Cincinnati General Hospital
George Rogers
St. Xavier
Rogers
Antique cars loom in Ohio legislature debate
In Columbus the Ohio General Assembly considers a bill to exempt antique cars from emission noise and equipment rules. Sponsor Sen. Stanley Aronoff argues historic vehicles should be preserved and not burdened by modern standards. The measure, backed by the Ohio Highway Patrol, previously passed the Senate 31-0.
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Columbus
Ohio
General Assembly
Stanley Aronoff
R-8
Cincinnati
Aronoff
Council of Ohio Antique Auto Clubs
G. Franklin Miller
Miller
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Norwood
Ohio Highway Patrol
Senate
Valley View School Board Meeting Tomorrow Night
Valley View School Board will meet tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. at the middle school to discuss district matters.
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Valley View Board
Germantown
Valley View
Mason woman dies in Kings Mills crash at Church and College
A Mason woman died and three others were injured in a two car collision at Church and College streets Saturday night. Sally Roark, 29, of 105 Boyd Road, a passenger in a van driven by husband James Roark, 33, died at Bethesda North Hospital after arrival.
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Church
College Streets
Sally Roark
Boyd Road
James
Bethesda North Hospital
Roark
College
Highway Patrol
Nanette Monds
Mason-Morrow-Millgrove Road
Morrow
Bethesda
Monds
Sheena L. Ridner
Westline Drive
Mason
Bethesda North
Bible Baptist
Nan Sandlin dies longtime owner of Godwin's Restaurant
Nan Sandlin died in Franklin at 11 p.m. Saturday after thirty years running Godwin's Restaurant. Survived by daughter Pauline Gulinski and sons Paul and Stephen Gulinski, all of Middletown, brother Clarence Sandlin of Franklin, sister Mrs. Edwin Beam of Middletown, and one grandchild. Funeral tomorrow at 11 a.m. at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home. Rev. Robert Ward to officiate. Burial at Woodside Cemetery.
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Franklin
Pauline Gulinski
Paul
Stephen Gulinski
Middletown
Clarence Sandlin
Edwin Beam
McCoy-Leffler
Robert Ward
Woodside Cemetery
Houston
Tex
Edwin
John
Denver
William
Jacksonville
Fla
Irvin Emmons
Floyd Thompson
Young St
Middletown Hospital
Emmanuel Baptist Church
Willie Bankston
Thompson
Taylorsville
N.C
Obituaries Narrate Local Deaths and Services
Multiple notices report deaths in Middletown and nearby towns. Bessie Johnson of 227 Baltimore St. dies at 90 with services and burial planned. Floyd Thompson of 1314 Young St. dies at 48 with church funeral and burial set. Joseph Felblinger, Cecile Kenworthy, and Roark van incident are also noted with service details and survivors.
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Bessie Pearl Johnson
Baltimore St
Middletown Hospital
Former wage price freeze boss dies at 67
Brig. Gen. George A. Lincoln veteran Army general and former director of the White House Office of Emergency Preparedness died at 67 at the Air Force Academy from a heart attack while horseback riding. Lincoln served with Gen. Marshall and Eisenhower and led the Nixon 90 day wage price freeze. Survived by widow Frederica a son and three daughters.
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Colo
George A. Lincoln
White House
Office of
OEP
Lincoln
Richard M. Nixon
University of Denver
Graduate School of International Studies
Evergreen
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