Wealthy inmate seeks parole for industrial return to grantsville
William Hollie Griffith, 73, up for parole Sept. 14 after 50 years in prison. He built a $26,000 savings through the prison tailor shop and is urged for release to help start a garment factory in Grantsville, offering about 30 jobs.
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Huttonsville
W. Va
William Hollie Griffith
Griffith
West Virginia Board of Probation and Parole
West Virginia
Hulett C. Smith
Grantsville
Smith
Notables Stir Public Life and Personal Mishaps
Six months after Gov Scranton bruised his nose on a glass door in Allentown the Pennsylvania House passes a bill requiring eye level warnings on transparent doors in public buildings. Carlos Garcia 10 fell six stories from a Brooklyn roof while kite flying. Mary Connors 25 fined 107.50 in Duluth for library book fines under multiple names. 30 books valued at 150 recovered. George E Reedy, late press secretary to Johnson, returned to Washington with foot ailment, a cane and knee casts.
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William W. Scranton
Allentown
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Carlos Garcian
Brooklyn
Mary B. Connors
Duluth
Minn
George E. Reedy
Johnson
Washington
Man Jailed and Loses Driver Rights in Meigs Court
Pomeroy Conrad Rex Bentz received a 90 day jail term and permanent license revocation after a 30 day DUI sentence. He paid a 50 dollar fine plus costs, and was ordered to pay a 60 day fine and 100 dollar suspended amount. Basil Lowe paid 10 dollars and costs for intoxication charges. Cincinnati report notes Rev. Fred W Shuttlesworth sought court action to exclude seven congregants from church business.
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Pomeroy
Conrad Rex Bentz
Meigs County
Frank W. Porter
Bentz
Basil Lowe
House Passes Immigration Bill in Narrow Victory
The House approved a controversial immigration bill 318 to 95 to end the national origins policy but faces a tougher path in the Senate. An amendment to cap immigration from the Americas at 115 000 was adopted 156 to 154 but later reversed 218 to 189. The bill would raise annual immigration by about 50 000 from current levels around 300 000.
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Washington
House
Senate
Western Hemisphere
North
South America
UC Sit In Broken Up By Police
Fifteen teenage civil rights demonstrators at the University of Cincinnati were arrested for trespassing and resisting arrest after a one hour sit in at a basement at a construction site on campus. Leonard Ball, chair of the local CORE chapter, was among those charged. The protests targeted alleged unions’ reluctance to hire Black workers as 55 officers moved in to end the occupation.
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Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati
Leonard Ball
Congress of Racial Equality
Pension Hopefuls in Italy Receive Tiny Sums
Macerata Italy Pi Pierina Bernardi 72 is believed to receive the smallest pension in Italy. She gets 120 lire about 20 cents a year for work in a state tobacco factory in the 1920s. The sum equals the price of a soft drink in Italy today.
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Macerata
Italy
Pi— Pierina Bernardi
First Fairgoer Ready For Friday's Opening
The first fairgoer arrived 49 hours early at the Ohio State Fairgrounds as Gov. Rhodes and cabinet previewed the 1965 fair. Eighteen year old Jack Sigafoos of Columbus camped with a sleeping bag since 5 a.m. The gates open Friday at 6 a.m. Also the Ohio Division of Wildlife announced Crippled Children's Day with 900 guests planned for Monday.
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Columbus
Ohio State Fairgrounds
James A. Rhodes
Jack Sigafoos
Sigafoos
Rhodes
Ohio Division of Wildlife
Columbus Dinner to Honor Adlai Stevenson Widow
Senator Eugene McCarthy will speak at a dinner in Columbus honoring the late Adlai Stevenson on October 16. Everett Jones of Findlay died in a small plane crash during takeoff from Preibe Field six miles north of Findlay. The Lima Star, a new afternoon daily, is set to publish its initial 12 page edition during the Allen County Fair with full production starting September 1. Janet Babson, 33, charged with first degree murder in the slaying of Tampa patrolman William Krikava, will be tried in Jacksonville as a Tampa circuit court ruling blocks a Tampa trial. her husband Billy Ray Babson, a Cincinnati welder, was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to life.
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Findlay
Everett FE
Jones
Preibe
Here
Lima
Allen County
Ralph First
Tampa
Fla
Janet Babson
William Krikava
Jacksonville
Color Match Cleveland Car Keys Debut in Stores
Car keys designed to match vehicle color palettes arrive in retail outlets. The program offers color coordinated keys to blend with car exteriors and interiors, aiming to appeal to style conscious buyers and speed up pickup.
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Cleveland
DAR Hits Patriotic Girdles But Noted Flag Controversy
New York report says Daughters of the American Revolution protested a girdle named Stars n Stripes calling it a shocking caricature of the flag. Tree Co Inc of New York removed the product after objections and will burn or export unsold stock. About 3000 girdles were distributed nationwide with unknown sales.
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New York
Stars ‘N Stripes
Daughters of the American Revolution
DAR
Tree Co, Inc
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