Defector to Cong Returns To Military Service
Joan M. Sweeney a 21 year old Marine who said he defected to the Viet Cong after his company commander shot at him and left him for dead has returned to the United States at his parents request and is undergoing military debriefing. He arrived from Stockholm where he requested voluntary return to military control and is in St Albans Naval Hospital for debriefing and exam. No charges have been filed and the family traveled to Sweden after a recent news conference. Sweeney claimed 18 months with the liberation forces and work for a Viet Cong propaganda brigade before being treated for malaria. The Marine Corps disputes some details of his account and notes he disappeared from his platoon and was listed as missing in action in February 1969.
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New York
Joan M. Sweeney
United States
Sweeney
Stockholm
Pentagon
John Sweeney
West Babylon
N.Y
Sweden
Marine Corps
Peking
Moscow
Viet Cong
Liberation Forces
Hanoi
Tac Marine Corps
Michael Tracy
Kenneth
Franklin Solid Waste Plant Begins Construction
Franklin starts building a $1,555,682 solid waste plant designed by councilman Joe Baxter Jr. and the Black Clawson Co. of Middletown, on land between the Great Miami River and Clearcreek. The plant will grind wastes, cost $6 a ton, and begin operation in March 1971. Black Clawson to operate for three years to train city workers. The facility will yield metal, glass and other fiber from residues. Funding includes $1,158,467 federal grant, $456,063 city, and $123,334 Black Clawson. 30 percent of the grant may fund a $23 million sewage plant at the same site to handle sludge.
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Franklin
Joe Baxter Jr
Black Clawson Co
Middletown
On & Weacre
Great Miami River
Clearcreek
Franklin City
Middletown Company
Franklin to open bids for new city building and courtroom
City plans a $125000 structure at Fourth and Riley to house offices and a courtroom. Franklin Building Corp will issue bonds and lease to the city, offsetting costs compared with maintaining the old Fourth Street building. Construction likely to start early next year as plans are finalized.
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Franklin
Bernard Eichholz
Fourth and
Riley
City Services
Eichholz
Fourth Street
Middletown To Welcome About 125 New Teachers
About 125 new teachers will be welcomed in Middletown Thursday at the annual Welcome New Teachers program. The event at Logan Johnston Hall on the Middletown Campus will feature a noon address by William Verity, president of Armco Steel Corp, titled A Very Good Year. The program, organized by the Middletown Area Chamber of Commerce, introduces newcomers to the city’s government, business, industry, and cultural life. Members of the committee include Q. Millan, Robert P. Stelzer, Robert C. Cordray, Mrs. Robert L. Harris, Ronald J. Louis Brown, Dr. Robert K. Johnson, Harry J. Linn, Virgil L. Maines, Rev. James J. O’Connor, Irwin W. Over, and Dr. Walter H. Roehil Jr.
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Middletown Area
Logan
Johnston Hall
Middletown
William Verity
Armco Steel Corp
Rover. Q. Millan
Chamber
Edgewood
Madison and Middle
Robert P. Stelzer
Robert C. Cordray
Robert L. Harris
Ronald J. Louis Brown
Robert K. Johnson
Harry J. Linn
Virgil L. Maines
James J. O'Connor
Irwin W. Over
Walter H. Roehil Jr
High School Youth Choir Performs at Ohio State Fair
Grace Sorrell, daughter of Mr and Mrs Virgil Sorrell of 1818 Carroll Ave, participates as a high school student in the Youth Choir at the Ohio State Fair.
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Grace Sorrell
Virgil Sorrell
Carroll Ave
Ohio teachers sanction state over tax reform
The Ohio Education Association announced a statewide sanction until tax reform funds public schools adequately. The 88,600 member group at Kent State University conference criticized Ohio for low per pupil spending and resources, saying the action will stay until changes pass the legislature next session.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Ohio Education Association
Tee
Kent State University
OEA
Columbus
Aufderheide
Bic
Monroe Fire Damage Reaches 15000 After House Fire
Monroe fire chief raises loss estimate to 15000 for Billie Kiser residence at 367 Austin Smith Drive after state inspector finds faulty wiring in a table lamp as the six room prefab home burned. Firemen fought the two hour blaze beginning at 2 am with no occupants present.
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Monroe
Billie Kiser
Austin-Smith Drive
Earl Hiteshue
Wen Hiteshue
Hiteshue
Kiser
Bicycle Crash Injures Girl Near Twin Fair Parking
Jody Shelton, 15, riding a bicycle on University Boulevard sidewalk, was struck by a car driven by William R. McCain, 32, leaving the Twin Fair parking lot. Shelton suffered minor knee and hand injuries and was treated at Middlesetown medical facility. Police say McCain was not cited.
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University Bulevard
Twin Fair
Jody Shelton
Richardson Drive
Esterday
William R. McCain
Wilbraham Road
McCain
Middletown
Eagles Lodge Sues Clerk Over Embezzled Funds
In Lebanon a member of the Eagles, who pleaded guilty to the organization’s funds charges, is sued for 17,996 by the Eagles. The suit alleges Robert Emery did not turn in 7,896 earned at lodge buffets from August 1965 to August 1968 while trustee. It seeks repayment plus 10,000 in punitive damages. Emery previously pled guilty to a Warren County grand jury indictment and was ordered to restore 1,000.
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Lebanon
Eagles Ia Hero
Eagles
Robert Emery
Lodge
Buffets
Warren County
Police Investigate Four Burglaries in 24 Hours
Detectives probe four break-ins with two radios stolen from the Flagg residence at 1203 Pine St. Glenda Everhart of 1327 Grove St reports a break-in with nothing missing, while police suspect a neighbor frightened off burglars. A janitor arriving at Forest Hills Country Club may have deterred thieves.
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Glenda Everhart
Grove St
Pole
Flagg
Pine St
Forest Hills Country Club
Recorder Stolen In Auto Theft Report
Adolf Huf of 6301 Browns Run Road reports the theft of a 450 IBM recorder from his automobile.
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Adolf Huf
Browns Run Road
Deaths and Funerals of George Allen in Hamilton
George Allen of Weat Elkton Road dies at Mercy Hospital Hamilton at 4 p.m. after a brief illness. Survived by wife Jesse, three daughters Linda Frame Trenton Henry Wysocki of Los Angeles and Donna Morgan Hamilton, three brothers Joseph Calvin Charles and a sister Maude Oakes. Nine grandchildren. Services 2 p.m. Thursday at Colligan Funeral Home Hamilton. Burial Greenwood Cemetery. Friends may call tomorrow after 4 p.m. at the funeral home.
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George Allen
Weat Elkton Road
Harold Allen
Trenton
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Jesse
Linda Frame
Henry Wysocki
Los Angeles
Donna Morgan
Joseph
Florida
Calvin
Charles
Maude Oakes
Colligan Funeral Home
Greenwood Cemetery
Botts 69 dies at Middletown Hospital
Audna B Botts 69 of 12 N Leibee St died on arrival at Middletown Hospital at 11 25 am yesterday after a three year illness He was maintenance supervisor at the YMCA from 1949 to 1966 and previously worked for Shartle Brothers Survived by wife Lorain three daughters Karen Morris Beverly Teaster Martha Parker and three sons Timothy Benjamin Paul a sister Esther
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Audna B
A.B.) Botts
N. Leibee St
Middletown Hospital
Botts
YMCA
Shartle Brothers
Middletown
Lorraine
Karen Morris
Franklin
Beverly Teaster
Trenton
Martha Parker
Timothy
Vietnam
Benjamin
Marion
Paul
Esther
Indigents legal counsel ordinance on city agenda
The City Commission will consider an ordinance to authorize legal counsel for preliminary hearings for indigent defendants in Municipal Court. It may also approve an ordinance making it an offense to subliterate or remove traffic control signs. The meeting starts at 7 pm in the City Building commission chamber.
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City Commission
Commission
Commission Chamber
Fort Alamo Renamed After Serving as Mission Fort
The Alamo, a Franciscan mission house built around 1722, later served intermittently as a fort after 1793 and was renamed Fort Alamo, reflecting its defensive use.
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the Alamo
Fort Alamo
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