Memorial Day Observances Across Medina County
Medina County hosts multiple Memorial Day events with parades and services on Monday in Brunswick Medina Wadsworth and Medina townships including Litchfield Liverpool and York. Brunswick parade to Westview Cemetery after Edwards Middle School program while Medina honors at Spring Grove Cemetery with speeches and band performances. Wadsworth parade moves through the square to Woodlawn cemetery for wreaths and a Unknown Soldier tribute with a firing squad. In case of rain, the Wadsworth service shifts to O J Work Auditorium at 11 a.m.
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York
Spring Grove Cemetery
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VFW
Robert Clark
American Legion
L. Max Deffenbaugh
Medina First Baptist Church
Gus Eble
Pete Frazier
Medina High School
Wadsworth
Central School
Everett Perkins
Marshall
Broad Street
Perkins
Pardee Street
Woodlawn Cemetery
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Gene McGill
R.W. Wheatley
Louis Diehl
United Methodist Church
O.J. Work Auditorium
End of manhunt as two escaped prisoners kill three troopers
Two escaped prisoners Michael Lancaster and Claude Dennis die in a clash outside a farmhouse after killing three Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers and wounding another. The pair had terrorized residents from Texas to Alabama during a 1,200 mile flight since escaping McAlester prison on April 23. Gov. David Boren called it the worst tragedy in OHP history. Russell Washington led to the break in the manhunt.
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Caddo, Okla
UPI
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Alabama
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Michael Lancaster
Claude Eugene Dennis
Oklahoma
McAlester
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Lancaster
Dennis
Russell Washington
Kenefic
Okla
Bryan County
Durant
Washington
Doug Clark
Highway Patrol
Power of God
Memorial Day traffic safety push tops nation during 1978 holiday
Police prepared for the Memorial Day weekend as millions hit the roads. The National Safety Council warned 400 to 500 holiday deaths are possible, while Operation CARE aims to curb speeds on interstate highways and reduce fatalities nationwide.
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United Press International
National Safety Council
The
Transportation Department
Transportation
Brock Adams
Washington
Adams
Atlantic City opens Resorts International casino to roaring crowds
The $50 million Resorts International Hotel Casino launches as New Jersey’s first legal cards and dice palace outside Nevada. Gov Byrne slices the ribbon. 5,500 crowd the two football-field floor amid guard lines. Irene Iaconelli wins early with 200 quarters. Police set command posts for Memorial Day weekend traffic.
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Resorts International Hotel
Dice Palace
Nevada
New Jersey
Brendan T. Byrne
Notre Dame
Yankees
Irene Iaconelli
James M. Crosby
Resorts International
Beverly Hills supper club fire marks one year anniversary
John Kelly of Medina High School named Southwestern Conference Coach of the year as the weekend marks the one year anniversary of the Beverly Hills supper club fire. Page 13.
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Beverly Hills
John Kelly
Medina High School
Southwestern
Indictment Looms in Cleveland Court Fixing Case
The Cleveland Press reports a federal grand jury is near issuing indictments over alleged case fixing at Cleveland Municipal Court. An FBI informant aided the probe as authorities say some defendants paid money to influence results and some guilty pleas were later shelved, contradicting earlier admissions.
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Cleveland Press
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Medina
Fred Greenwood
Bunker Hill Golf Course
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Operation Care
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Ohio
Lloyd Basinger
Caddo
John Simmons
Houston F. Summers
Highland
Diane Briggs
Columbus
Betty Szudlo
N.J
Vic Marrandio
Walter I. Rogers
Baber Steer
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