Civitan Pigeon Flap-Off Scheduled For Sunday
At least 67 pigeons from 50 breeds will flap their wings on Sunday as Middletown Civitan Club hosts its eighth annual pigeon race at Goldman Park. The start is 1:30 p.m. with finish at Zanesfield, 75 miles away, proceeds to Doty House, and tickets support sponsors at a luncheon next Tuesday.
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Middletown Civitan Club
Goldman Park
Zanesfield
Doty House
Civitan Club
Manchester Motor Inn
Cincinnati Playboy Club
Harold Sherron
Seven Green Berets Head Home After Murder Charges Dropped
Seven Green Berets return to the United States after murder and conspiracy charges involving an alleged Viet Namese double agent were dropped. Col Robert B. Rheault and six others arrived at Travis Air Force Base for 30 days leave. Rheault said there was no evidence of killings and urged the incident be forgotten while noting exoneration.
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Travis Air Force Base
Calif
Green Berets
United States
Robert B. Rheault
Vietnam
Rheault
Berets
Army
Thai Khae Chuyen
Derstand
Stanley R. Resor
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Vineyard Ha‘ven
Mass
Robert F. Mrasco
Bloomfield
N.J
Thomas C. Middleton Jr
Jefferson, S.C
David
Walkaway 3d Weeks From Release At LCI
Lebanon Correctional Institution inmate Daniel Roberts a 20 year old from Toledo escaped during a work detail three weeks from parole He would have been released Oct 21 Assistant Supt William Dallman said Roberts had been moved to the Pre Release Center after parole grant He is not considered dangerous and his escape marks the third missing inmate in recent weeks The prior escape involved Albert F Birt and Wilson J Lakins both with ties to parole dates and local residents
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Lebanon
Toledean
Ing
William Dallman
Daniel Roberts
Dallman
Roberts
Lucas County
LCI
Albert F. Birt
Franklin
Wilson J. Lakins
Lakins
Easter Seal Group Plans Final Events and Delegates
The Easter Seal Society board met at the American Legion to plan final fiscal year events and designate delegates for the anniversary convention in Columbus. Ray Black and Mrs. Charles Wagner were named delegates, with Frank Dobrozsi and Tawney coordinating officers and a nominating committee. Funds and services earned were reported, and more Talking Books were requested for Edison School with Library of Congress support. Black reported the Moose Association’s continued support of Camp Easter Seal for Adults at Camp Pittenger near Tiffin.
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Columbus
Easter Seal Society
American Legion
Ray Black
Moose Lodge
Charles Wagner
Moose Auxiliary
Frank Dobrozsi
Maxiene
Tawney
Edison School
Library of Congress
Black
Moose Association
Camp Pittenger
Tiffin
Posthumous Silver Star Awarded Franklin GI
Spec. 4 Paul E. Goonan Jr. posthumously receives the Silver Star for gallantry in Vietnam on May 13 as a door gunner with the 129th Aviation Co. of the 1st Aviation Brigade. Franklin High School graduate 1966, he died in action, survived by his mother Mrs. Ethel C. Goonan. She also received the Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters and the Purple Heart.
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Paul E. Goonan Jr
Ethel C. Goonan
Franklin
Vietnam
129Th Aviation Co
Franklin High
Career Academy
Milwaukee
Wisc
Army
Goonan
Dayton Paper Strike Reaches Fortieth Day in Dayton
The Typographical Union strike against Dayton Daily News and Dayton Journal Herald enters its 40th day with no settlement in sight. No contracts agreed, ongoing talks with pressmen and typographers, federal mediator present, no new sessions scheduled.
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Dayton, Ohio
Dayton Daily News
Dayton Journal Herald
Steretypers
Demos Drub Nixon Rhodes At Dinner
Athens Ohio AP Gov James A Rhodes and President Nixon faced a sharp rebuke at a Democratic fundraiser with lawyer Harry W McIlwain as speaker. McIlwain tied Rhodes to Life magazine charges about a slush fund and questioned the governor’s role in the Licavoli case while blasting Nixon for not ending the Vietnam War.
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Demos Drub Nixon
Rhodes
Athens
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Nixon
Cincinnati
Harry W. Mcllwain
Mcllwain
McIlwain
Life Magazine
Thomas 'Yonnie
Licavoli
Ohio Penitentiary
Infant Napier dies shortly after birth at Middletown
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Napier of 3007 Ottawa Street died at 9 15 p m yesterday at Middletown Hospital two hours after birth born prematurely He is survived by his parents one sister Ethel at home and maternal grandmother Mrs Clara Dance of Middletown Graveside services will be held Friday at 10 a m at Woods side Cemetery with Rev Elzie Allen officiating Arrangements are handled by the McCoy Leffler Funeral Home
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Willard Napier
Ottalwa St
Middletown Hospital
Ethel
Clara Dance
Middletown
Woodside Cemetery
Elzie Allen
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
Infant Shermin Lewis Wykle Dead on Arrival in West Virginia
Shermin Lewis Wykle aged 1, son of Mr and Mrs Howard Wykle of Maxwellton West Virginia, died on arrival Monday at Middletown Hospital at 11 47 am. He is survived by his maternal grandmother Mrs Pearl Clemons of Middletown and paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Ralph Wykle of Frankford Virginia. Local arrangements are by McCoy Leffler Funeral Home. The body will be taken to Jack Wallace Funeral Home Lewisburg West Virginia.
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Shermin Lewis Wykle
Howard Wykle
Maxwellton
W. Va
Middletown Hospite
Pearl Clemons
Middletown
Ralph Wykle
Frankford
T. Va
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
Jack Wallace
Lewisburg
Dog Incident Suit Seeks 3500 in Butler County Court
In Hamilton, Anthony H. Marqua files a 3500 damage suit in Butler County Common Pleas Court over injuries to his 5 year old son Ronald Anthony Marqua. The boy, playing on a sidewalk Jan 23, was knocked down by a dog named Gus owned by Gerald Garshells. Lip lacerations and the loss of two teeth were reported.
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Hamilton
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Anthony H. Marqua
N. Eastview Pkwy
Ronald Anthony Marqua
Gus
Gerald Garshells
Hancock Ave
Woman’s Jail Term Suspended in Domestic Relations Case
A 27-year-old Middletown woman, Beulah Smith, received a suspended six-month sentence in the Cincinnati Workhouse for contributing to the neglect of her five minor children. The court placed her on two years of probation. A separate delinquency case against William Jay Miller, 16, of Middletown, for alleged auto theft was dismissed for insufficient evidence.
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Hamilton
Middletown
Cincinnati
Butler County
David Black
Beulah Smith
Ogden Drive
William Jay Miller
Park St
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Feeli
Ahold
Rheaut
Thai Khac Chuyen
Special Forces
Nh Trang
Henry Rothblatt
New York
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Creighton W. Abrams
Tral Ave
Walkaway
Easter Seal Group
Dayton
Napier
Shermin Wykle
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Dobrozsi-D'Varga
Yankee Rd
Michigan Ave
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