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Looking Back

Fifty years ago today, July 21, 1966

Speck Charged

Richard Speck, who is accused of slaughtering eight student nurses, was formally charged with murder Wednesday and conferred with his lawyer and a minister.

Hospital Rates

Room rates at The Medical Center will go up $5 a day for each bed, effective Aug. 1. The increase is to finance a pay raise for some 350 non-professional hospital employees.

Morgan Brothers

Prison terms totaling 45 years each have been recommended for two Columbus brothers, Leon and Floyd Morgan, found guilty of robbing and beating their 102-year-old great grandmother and her twin spinster daughters.

This story was originally published July 20, 2016 at 2:56 PM with the headline "Looking Back."

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