Inmate Built and Died in Ohio's First Electric Chair
Charles Justice, an itinerant broom maker, built Ohio Penitentiary's first electric chair and was executed in it in 1911 after a murder conviction. The piece notes the prison's history with notable inmates, epidemics, a 1930 fire, and plans to relocate inmates to Lucasville.
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Ohio
Sandi Gould Columbus
UPI
Charles Justice
Ohio Penitentiary
Justice
O. Henry
John Hunt Morgan
Bugs’ Moran
Lucasville
Pen
Seabury Ford
William Sidney Porter
Porter
Morgan
East Lisbon
Letters to the Editor Rules on Contact Details
The Gazette states all letters must include a writer’s phone number name and address but will not publish the personal data if requested. Editors require the telephone number for verification and may withhold the name and address upon request.
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Gazette
Traffic Still Moving Despite U S Bombs In North Vietnam
UPI reports Cmdr. Roger Sheets a Navy air group commander aboard the USS Coral Sea says trucks continue to move south along the Ho Chi Minh trail toward Hanoi and Haiphong despite U S bombing and mining. He notes coastal WBLC vessels remain visible and daytime traffic has diminished since early operations.
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Barney Seibert
Yankee Station
Vietnam
Sheets
Haiphong
China
Hanoi
Spassky and Windsors Prompt Talk of Money and Memoirs
The gossip column notes Boris Spassky’s cash mindset, earning about 350 dollars monthly as a Moscow chess coach and 1 800 dollars yearly from abroad tournaments, with critics saying world champions should be richer. It also highlights Jean Schnoering, linked to Edward’s titles, who recalls the Prince’s antics and post abdication ties to Paris clubs as publishers seek Windsors memoirs.
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Spassky
Fischer
Moscow
Jean Schnoering
Edward
Prince of Wales
England
Windsor
Jean
Geneva
Surrey
Mrs. Simpson
Kitty de Rothschild
Paris
L’imperatrice
Elephant Blanc
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Medina Hardware
S$. Court ST
U.S
Volkswagens
Volkswagen
Rolls Royce
Medina Vekswagen
Otal Parts
Ho Chi Minh
Laos
North Vietnam
The
Navy
WBLC
United States
Bobby Fischer
Boris Spassky
Russia
D.G
Painesville
Duke of Windsor
W.C
Boston
Robin Adams Sloan
America
Public Service Desk
Medina County Gazette
City & State
W. Liberty St
Medina
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