Death and Crime in Middletown A Parade of Robberies
The column notes a shooting death of a robbery suspect in October did not deter crime in Middletown, with three armed robberies in two weeks and a further fatal shooting of a waitress. It compares crime figures to 1971 and 1972, mentions local ordinances on air cleaners, and describes parking meter counts and a proposed downtown mall with parking plans.
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Middletown
A&p
City Finance Department
Canal Street
Verity Parkway
Youth's Death Checked After Barn Standoff
In Troy Ohio AP report lawmen surrounded a farm barn after deputy Morris was shot to death. John D Withers 16 of Dayton was found dead in the barn. ballistics tests to determine if he killed himself or was killed by officers. Virgil Bryant Jr. 15 was in custody on delinquency and auto theft charges.
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Troy
Ohio
John D. Withers
Dayton
Here
Miami County
William Morris
Virgil Charles Bryant Jr
Bryant
Sheriff's Department
Morris
Miami
Withers
Confused boy who wanted to be a man buried in Ohio
The 1954 Cleveland Hopkins hijacking case ends with 15-year-old Raymond A. Kuchenmeister being shot and killed by a pilot as he demanded to be taken to Mexico. Pilot William Bonnell recalls the event and the tragedy, while Sonny’s family reflects on a boy eager to be treated as an adult.
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Raymond A
Sonny) Kuchenmeister
American Airlines
Mexico
Sonny
Cleveland
Hopkins International
Montana
William F. Bonnell
Bonnell
Thanksgiving Day Off At Claxton Poultry Plant Tragedy
The Claxton Georgia poultry plant explosion killed two cleanup crew members and injured five others. The roof collapse was blamed on a natural gas leak. Victims were Ernest Smith 55 of Claxton and Tillman Barnett 58 of Collins.
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Claxton, Ga
Claxton
Ernest Smith
Tillman Barnett
Collins
Women workers join Chillicothe prison staff
In Chillicothe Ohio eleven women have been hired to work with male inmates at the Chillicothe Correctional Institute. Officials say the women are treated with respect and inmates have behaved well. A male guard accompanies the women at all times and staff note rough language has not emerged as a problem.
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Chillicothe, Ohio
Bennett J. Cooper
Masom
Department of Rehability
Chillicothe Correctional Institute
Sandra Wells
Cindy Turvey
Marine Corps
Ohio
Turvy
Wells
Huband
Columbus
Chillicothe
Phil Hedges
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Arma
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Tex
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Cuba
Murray State
Frank Sterry
Northern Kentucky State College
Greater Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky
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Holiday Inn
Sharon Road
Jody Gibson
Heatherwood Lane
Cincinnati
Neil Stretcher
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