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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1973
Page
19
Police say two 12 year old brothers Ricky Lancaster and Lonnie Lancaster Jr were found dead in Ludlow Lagoon after their mother reported they were missing following a Sunday fishing trip. The siblings from Ludlow disappeared Sunday evening and were located Monday by authorities.
Deputies report a frustrated thief threw a truck tire rim at Taylor's Auto Parts on 59 West Oxford State Road, breaking a sliding glass door after attempting to enter the building. The incident occurred Monday and an investigation found the intruder had apparently given up.
Middletown Freshman High School was entered and desks rifled. Boss Brandenburg custodian reported windows broken in the lunch room and door glass damaged. A fire extinguisher was emptied on the third floor. The library and multiple rooms across floors were entered. No loss reported. Robert Howell reported a garage break in with three tool boxes valued at $200 stolen.
A 50 year old Middletown man Charlie Banks was stabbed with a pointed file by one of two juveniles taken into custody early today. Banks was treated at Middletown Hospital for a cut above the right eye. He identified a 17 year old on 18th Avenue and a 15 year old on Curtis Street as his assailants. The older youth faces charges for intoxication carrying a concealed weapon possession of unlabeled drugs and is held for armed robbery investigation. The younger youth is held for late hours.
Julie Nixon Eisenhower says the Watergate affair brought difficult moments for her father but the President has learned to live with crises. Speaking after Memorial Day services in Abilene she stated she is positive he had no prior knowledge of Watergate and calls the issue an overriding obsession with the news media.
Two death notices report services for Robert Thomas Byrd age 47 at the Y M C A Middletown Hospital with visitation at McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home and services at Woodside Cemetery officiated by Rev Herschel Caudill. The second memorial for Goldie Caldwell widow of Reynolds Caldwell lists services in Bradenton Florida with visitations and internment at Woodside Cemetery officiated by Rev E Eugene Frazer.
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