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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 31, 1968

Page

14

Earliest Evidence Of Man In Western Hemisphere Found

In the Mojave Desert near Yermo California archaeologists claim they found the oldest signs of human presence in the western hemisphere. The site 106 miles northeast of Los Angeles yielded more than 100 stone tools and is under scrutiny as miners led by Glen Gunn demand access to the land.

Yermo Calif Mojave Western Hemisphere Diggins Calico Mountains Barstow Glen S. Gunn Gunn Ruth Simpson Los Angeles Louis S. B. Leakey Africa Leakey Yermo Diggins Dence Miss Simpson

Shot Fired Through Window In West Chester Incident

A report to Butler County deputies described a gunshot fired through a kitchen window at Joseph Rohrig’s home on Cincinnati-Dayton Road. The slug lodged in the east wall above the refrigerator causing $20 in damage.

Hamilton Joseph Rohrig Cincinnati - Dayton Road West Chester Rohrig Butler County

Downfall of Press Magnate Helps Wilson

London AP reports the abrupt dismissal of Cecil King as chairman of International Publishing Corp after his vendetta against Prime Minister Harold Wilson. Hugh Cudlipp named to replace him as King’s legacy in Fleet Street ends amid the Daily Mirror campaign.

London Cecil King Fleet Street Harold Wilson Million International Publishing Corp King Wilson Hugh Cudlipp

New Miami Man Shot In Quarrel

A 35 year old New Miami man Ernest Reese of 136 Elliott Ave was wounded in a domestic quarrel at his home in a gun attack. Reese is in fair condition at Mercy Hospital with bullet wounds to the abdomen shoulder and arm. Reese’s wife Martha 2B is charged with shooting with intent to wound. In a separate late night incident Cornelius Sanders 45 of Cincinnati was shot in the neck after an argument at Park Lounge Hamilton. Sanders was struck on the head and wrestled for the gun before shots were fired and he is in fair condition at Mercy Hospital.

Hamilton New Miami Mercy Hospital Ernest Reese Elliott Ave Robert Diefenbacher New Miami Police Department Reese Martha Cornelius Sanders Cincinnati Park Lounge S. Second Walnut Streets

Safe Found In Farm Pond

A 1000 pound safe believed stolen in a break‑in was found yesterday after a Fairfield area pond was drained on a Hamilton farm. Mose Brock reported draining the pond near Alston Avenue when he spotted the safe in the water. The door was missing and two small metal boxes were found nearby with four pennies in one box.

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Mercury costs rise as value tops eleven million

Domestic mercury production slipped slightly in 1967 from 1966, but higher prices pushed the total value above eleven million dollars, rising more than ten percent. The report notes the price surge as the main driver of the increased value despite a small drop in output.

Washington

Armco Names Trainees to Marketing Posts at HQ and KC

Five Armco Steel marketing graduates receive assignments at corporate headquarters in Cincinnati and in Kansas City. Dr R Allen and E W Hand take associate application engineer roles in product planning while D L Pellew joins the same group. T W Gardner and J H Pitcher switch to market development with Middletown and elsewhere. Allen joined Armco in 1963 from the University of Cincinnati and holds metallurgical engineering. Hand joined in 1967 after a Kansas University mechanical engineering degree. Pellew has engineering physics degree from Kansas and memberships in professional societies. Gardner holds metallurgical engineering from Missouri and joined Armco in 1967 after two years in the Army Corps of Engineers. Pitcher, with chemical engineering from Ohio State University, also joined in 1967 and is an American Institute of Chemical Engineers member.

Armco Steel Corp Kansas City Dr. R. Allen E. W. Hand D. L. Pellew T. W. Gardner J. H. Pitcher Allen Armco University of Cincinnati Coop American Society of Metals Middletown Hand Africa University of Kansas Kansas Pellow National Society of Professional Engineers Kansas Engineering Society Gardner University of Missouri Army Corps of Engineers Reserve Officers Association Literary Guild Delta Sigma Phi Theta Tau Sigma Gamma Epsilon Alpha Sigma Mu Pitcher Ohio State University American Institute of Chemical Engineers

Moment In Battle Totally Unreal For Brigade Clerk

CAMP EAGLE Vietnam AP describes Dennis Breutzman a 21 year old brigade clerk nicknamed Worm who after years without combat seized a moment of action. He ran from his tent with a rifle and mags, killed one Viet Cong sapper and wounded another while defending a headquarters perimeter under rocket and small arms fire. He later helped pull back his unit and prompted a Silver Star recommendation from the general.

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