New Trial For Dr. Sheppard
The Supreme Court ordered a new trial within 60 days or full freedom for Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard, convicted in 1954 for the bludgeon murder of his wife Marilyn. Prosecutor Corrigan will decide on retrial after reviewing the 29 page decision. The ruling was 8 to 1 and was announced while the Sheppards slept in Rocky River near Cleveland.
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Washington
UPI
U.S. Supreme Court
Samuel H. Sheppard
Marilyn
Sheppard
Cuyahoga County
John T. Corrigan
Supreme Court
Rocky River
Cleveland
Sam
Chip
Ohio Inventor Bennett Dies at 91 in Decatur Hospital
John Leon Bennett, 91, an inventive force who helped popularize the wire fly swatter and metal beer can, died Saturday at St. Mary's Hospital. He was involved in coal companies and cemeteries, raised championship show horses, and remained active in sports into his 70s.
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Decatur, Ill
UPI
John Leon Bennett
St. Mary’s Hospital
Bennett
Weather and Life Events Snapshot From Norwalk Area
Partly cloudy and warm with humidity through Tuesday. possible severe storms this afternoon. Sunrises at 5 54 a m and sunset at 7 55 p m. Highs near 87, overnight 67. Marital licenses granted to Edwin A Burr Jr and Beulah L Deering. several license applications listed. Births include Clyde and New Washington couples. Deaths noted: Mike Blair and Robert Paul Allen Harrell aged 7.
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Edwin A. Burr, Jr
Norwalk
Beulah L. Deering
Beautician
Wakeman Boy Drowns At Village Swimming Hole
Seven year old Robert Paul Allen Harrell known as Paul Allen fell from a swing over the Vermilion River and drowned Saturday afternoon near the Route 20 bridge. The boy could not swim and was found by residents and the fire department at about 5:45 p.m. He was taken to Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead. He is survived by his parents, siblings, and grandparents. Funeral services are planned with Leonard Hawkes of Cleveland presiding.
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Paul Allen
Eddie
Paul
Robert
Burton Keith
Jimmie Cook
Kathy
Pam
Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital
Earl McLoney
Huron County
Wakeman
Memphis
Tenn
Western Reserve Grade School
Robert Lee, Jr
Janice
Martha
John
Richard
Elsie Stewart
Mississippi
Lee Harrell
Gerber
Leonard Hawkes
Cleveland
Wakeman Cemetery
Gemini 9 Hails Bullseye Landing At Sea Recovery
Gemini 9 astronauts Thomas Stafford and Eugene Cernan splashed down near the USS Wasp in the western Atlantic ending a three day, 13 orbit mission. They were hauled aboard smiling as a TV broadcast captured the capsule under a parachute. Officials planned medical checks aboard the carrier before heading to Cape Kennedy. Cernan’s two hour spacewalk was marred by a frost on his visor and a failed satellite dock.
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Stafford
U.S
Paul Haney
Gemini Control
Cernan
Sanduskian Dies In Crash After Weekend Highways Accidents
A Sandusky man Earl Taylor aged 45 died 64 minutes after a two car crash at Bardshar and Bogart Roads when he ran a stop sign into Max Borrows 33 of Sandusky. In downtown Monroeville three Norwalk teens were in a two car smashup on Main Street. driver John Gumbert 79 of Monroeville turned in front of them. Passengers Frank Allen 16 and Robert Bell 15 suffered minor injuries.
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Earl Taylor
Sandusky
Bardshar
Bogart Roads
Taylor
Bardshar Road
Max Borrows
Norwalk
Monroeville
Main Street
John Gumbert
Robert Hoyt
Benedict Ave
Frank Allen
W. Elm St
Robert Bell
Bowling Green UKs Huron Site Near Hur on Campus Plans
Bowling Green UKs Huron site for a campus branch near Huron is under final approval after a COED Board recommendation. The Ohio Controlling Board released 110 000 for architectural costs while 200 acres will be purchased with 251 acres kept for future option. Minor house removal and engineering reports influence site suitability while Regents review remains pending.
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Huron
Bowling Green University
Board of Trustees
Bowling Green
Ohio Board of Regents
John D. Millett
Board of Regents
Richard Jeffery
Coed Board of Trustees
Wren
COED
Jeffery
Wisnapuu & Gaede Inc
Cleveland
Ohio Controlling Board
Tri-County
Journal Entry in Paper Suit Against Reflector-Herald
In Huron County Common Pleas Court a journal entry set a June 28 deadline for Reflector-Herald Inc to answer Edwin Price's amended petition seeking 750 000 over a teen reporter story about liquor purchases by minors Price and another employee resigned after the piece last spring the judge had allowed motions to strike phrases in the original petition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huron County Common Pleas Court
Reflector-Herald, Inc
Edwin Price
Price
Robert J. Vetter
Ohio man hanged himself in Oakwood jail
Daniel R. Snyder 41 formerly of Fort Wayne Ind moved to Oakwood four months ago and hanged himself with a shirt in the Oakwood jail Sunday. A police officer and deputy sheriff found his body as they came to serve divorce papers.
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Dayton
UPI
Daniel R. Snyder
Oakwood
Fort Wayne
Ind
Snyder
It Happens Every Century on June Sixth
A playful note marks a date written as 6 6 66 and predicts the next occurrence on June 6 2066. The text notes a once in a century event and signs off with see you then.
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Dr. Sheppard
Ohio
San Francisco
George Christopher
Ronald Reagan
California
Edmund G. Brown
Saigon
Miami
Tps
Alma
Caribbean Sea
Weather Bureau
Robert Bruce Komarek
Patricia Ann Betz
William Robert Focht
Clarksfield
Virginia Mae Wolcott
Bernard M. Missler
Barbara G. Boose
LeRoy H. Perkins
Bess Marie Orr
Collins
Marvin Edgar Wheaton
North Fairfield
Bobby Irene Coffman
Greenwich
Jerry Chumley
Clyde
William Cleland
New Washington
von Stephens
Shiloh
Mike Blair
Robert Paul Allen Harrell
Jaycee-Norwalk Park and Recreation Board
Dean Decker
Tim Finch
Debbie Neel
Penny Zulauf
James Arnett
Candy Strimpfel
Wakeman Youngster
By the River
Robert Lee Harrell, Jr
Eddie Helmbrecht
Sam Sheppard
Ariane
Gemini
Bullseye
Anchors Aweigh
Wasp
Atlantic
Sanduskian
Bowling Green UK
Milan
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