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- Oswego Woman's
Son Loses Life
In 2-Car Crash
Lorne^ D. _Johnston, 38, East
Syracuse! ^on of Mrs. Clara
Johnston, 187 East Ninth St., was
killed in a two-car accident at S.;
Townsend and Jackson Sts.. Syracuse,
about midnight Saturday.
Harvey Williams, 22, of 305 S.'
Crouse Ave.. Syracuse, is being;
held by Syracuse police for investigation,
Deputy Chief Benjamin
Roberts of Syracuse said yesterday.
Williams suffered a minor
leg injury.
Johnston's death was due to a
fractured neck and skull.
Police said it was the first
fatality of the year in Syracuse
involving automobiles. Both men
were driving alone. Police quoted
Williams as saying he stogped for
a ' stop sign and then started
across the intersection; that he
saw the car a block away and
that it suddenly loomed up in
front of him. Johnston was thrown
from his auto and apparently
killed when he struck the pave-;
ment.
Besides his mother in Oswego,
Johnston is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Evelyn Saul Johnston; a son,
Charles D.; a daughter, Lorna; a
sister, Mrs. Loren Ausderau of
Niagara Falls. He was a nephew
of James Hillick of Mexico and
the late William D. and C. Fred
Hillick of Fulton.
Johnston was an employe of
the Carrier Corporation and had
worked at the Thompson road
plant for six years. He was a veteran
of World War II and a member
of the DeWitt Community
church.
Services will be conducted Tuesday
at 2:30 p. m. at the Welter;
funeral home, Syracuse. Burial
will be in White Chapel cemetery,
DeWitt.
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