Holiday Toll in Ohio Aims Below Expected Range
Twenty nine people died over the four day Ohio holiday with most incidents in Sandusky and Norwalk areas. Major crashes involved Curtis Shelby, 28, near Sandusky on Ohio 6 and a Bergenfield New Jersey driver Jack Dauch, 34, striking Olen Powers, 39, at Berlin Heights. Several minor injuries and traffic violations followed across multiple routes including U.S. 250 and Ohio 18. A deer collision near Greenwich and various parking lot mishaps added to the holiday toll.
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Ohio
Sandusky
Huron County
Curtis Shelby
U.S. 250
Norwalk
Jack E. Dauch
Bergenfield
N.J
Olen L. Powers
DeRussey
Kane
Goodman
John K. Wells
New State
North Fairfield
Royal R. Chisholm
Monroeville
Wells
U.S. 224
Greenwich
Harold R. Summerville, Jr
West Middlesex
Mother charged in Christmas Eve infant murders
Cleveland police expect homicide charges against Nan Mullan after two infants Holly Johnson age two and Betty Mullan four months were found strangled with a diaper in their west side apartment. Mullan telephoned police from a drugstore saying she wanted to report a homicide.
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Cleveland
UPI
Holly Johnson
Betty M. Mullan
West Side
Nan Mullan
Family Loses Christmas Gifts In Break-in
Greenwich New York police report a Christmas Eve burglary at the Walter Fish home. Walter, his wife, and their four children found the front door forced and all gifts under the tree gone.
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Greenwich
N.Y
UPI
Walter Fish
Man Passes Out About 200 Dollars at Lake Tahoe Casino
An unidentified man collapsed Christmas Day at a Stateline casino and distributed roughly 200 dollars in bills to nearby patrons before aid arrived.
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Stateline
Nev
UPI
Lake Tahoe
Man in Santa Garb Walks Through Casino Giving Dollar Bills
A man dressed as Santa spent about two hours strolling past crowded tables tossing dollar bills to gamblers and saying Merry Christmas. A security officer said most patrons paid little attention to the giveaway.
Mottl Plans Vietnam Bonus Proposal In Ohio Senate
State Sen. Ronald Mottl and two colleagues will reintroduce a Vietnam bonus resolution in the Ohio Senate the first week of January. If approved it would go to the May 1973 primary ballot. The plan offers 600 to combat veterans 500 to overseas noncombat service 400 to those stateside and 1000 bonuses for Vietnam prisoners and survivors of Ohio soldiers killed in Vietnam. Mott said about 3000 Ohioans died in Vietnam.
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Columbus
UPI
Ronald M. Mottl
D-Parma
Ohio Senate
General Assembly
United States
Mottl
Ohio
Vietnam
Mott
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