Complex sentence: After beginning an extramarital affair with a woman named Ann Kurth in the fall of 1968, Hill left his wife and began divorce proceedings against her, but withdrew the petition when the couple became reconciled shortly before Christmas of that year.
Split into simpler sentences: After beginning an extramarital affair with a woman named Ann Kurth in the fall of 1968, Hill left his wife. He began divorce proceedings against her, but withdrew the petition when the couple became reconciled shortly before Christmas of that year.