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06/28/1969 – A half-dozen armed men wearing hoods and gloves, robbed a restaurant and bar along Route 66 south near Leechburg and escaped. Police said the gang entered Veado’s Bar and Grill through a back door about 2:05 AM waving rifles and pistols, and forced Veado Gorelli to empty a cash register. Then they used…
06/27/1696 – The Worthington-West Franklin Firemen’s Parade last night was a literal knock-out with about 25 people, including several majorettes and one fireman, were overcome by heat. The 93-degree weather at the two-hour parade felled Don Grafton, 25, of Worthington, a volunteer ambulance driver, who had taken another heat victim to the emergency room at…