Clergyman Denounces Funeral Directors as Ghoulish Gravediggers
Rev Howard A Johnson of New York claims some morticians prey on the living through the dead and warns the public’s ignorance and sentimentality tilt sales toward higher prices. Senate sub committee chair Sen Philip Hart releases a chart showing funeral costs rise with casket price.
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Washington
New York
Howard A. Johnson
St. John the Divine
Protestant Episcopal
Senate
Gue
America
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Senate Antitrust and Monopoly
Methodists Move to Integrate Governing Conference Influence
Delegates at the North Central Jurisdictional Conference of the Methodist Church expected to approve a plan to integrate by absorbing all Negro churches from the Central Jurisdiction. If accepted, eight delegates from the Central Jurisdiction would sit on the conference floor. The body would then decide how many bishops to name for Ohio, with Bishop Hazen G. Werner’s departure for the Far East prompting a choice between one or two successors.
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Cleveland
The
Methodist Church
Ohio
Hazen G. Werner
Far East
Northeast Ohio
Ohio Conference
Werner
SORC Expands to Eighteen Counties in Appalachia
The Southeastern Ohio Regional Council broadens from eight to eighteen counties in the Appalachia region. E. E. Davis announces the expansion and notes cooperation with the Ohio Valley Regional Development Council led by Vernon R. Alden. A governing board from each county will be elected and committees will handle industrial, tourism, transportation, facilities, and area promotion tasks. An executive director position is open with headquarters in Athens. Inquiries go to Martin L. Hecht at Ohio University.
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Southeastern Ohio Regional Council
Appalachia
E. E. Davis
Davis
Davis Firebrick Co
Oak Hill
Ohio Valley Regional Development Council
Ohio University
Vernon R. Alden
Athens
Martin L. Hecht
Will Miss Convention Will Miss Convention
New York report that former President Herbert Hoover will miss the Republican National Convention for the first time since leaving office. He, nearly 90, is confined to his Waldorf Towers suite recovering from a grave illness and will send a 600 word statement to the San Francisco gathering.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
San Francisco
Waldorf Towers
Goldwater Seekers Promise First Ballot Victory at GOP Convention
Gov Scranton urges broad support while Barry Goldwater backers claim enough delegate votes to secure the nomination on the first ballot. Key strategists including Curtis Tower and Eisenhower's neutral stance frame the high stakes as 700-plus pledges loom against a 655-vote requirement.
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San Francisco
William W. Scranton
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Scranton
Goldwater
Carl T. Curtis
Nebraska
Sen
Curtis
John G. Tower
R-Tex
Mark Hopkins
George Romney
Michigan
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Henry Cabot Lodge
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U S Pushes Soviet Pact to Freeze Nuclear Arms
At the Geneva disarmament conference the United States urged the Soviet Union to join a formal treaty freezing delivery vehicles and halting weapon material production. Ambassador Clare Timberlake said initial signatories could be the United States and the USSR with others joining later. Czechoslovakia's Karel Kurka dismissed the proposal as nothing new.
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Geneva
United States
Soviet Union
U. S
Clare H. Timberlake
Karel Kurka
U.S
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Wrestling Stunt Delays Senate Panel Vote on Collins
In Washington the Senate Commerce Committee approved LeRoy Collins as director of the Community Relations Service by a 16-1 vote after a wrestling match outside the committee room between Senators Strom Thurmond and Ralph Yarborough disrupted quorum efforts. The session ended with Thurmond remaining outside while Yarborough entered the meeting to proceed.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
LeRoy Collins
Strom Thurmond
D-S.c
Ralph W. Yarborough
D-Tex
Thurmond
Collins
Senate
Yarborough
Strom
Senators
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Thirteen Escape Dayton Landing Gear Failure
Thirteen people aboard a four engine transport plane escaped injury at Wright Field when the landing gear failed during a landing demonstration.
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Dayton
Wright Field
Explosion Triggers Civil Rights Protection Demands
Explosions injuring two civil rights workers in McComb Mississippi spur calls for youth protection in civil rights work. About 500 youths from other states involved. 41 California parents urge President Johnson Governor Brown and their congressmen to ensure safety. FBI sends explosives expert to assist.
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McComb
Miss
Mississippi
California
Johnson
Edmund G. Brown
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Ohio highway construction strike threatens statewide work
An Engineers' Local 18 walkout set for next Monday would halt Ohio highway and heavy construction. The strike affects about 180 million dollars of uncompleted contracts totaling 500 million, plus sewer and local projects. Officials cite higher wages and day pay for reporting regardless of work conditions.
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Columbus
H. J. Monroney
James A. Rhodes
P. E. Masheter
Karl Rothermund Jr
The
Contractors’ Association
Ohio delegates weigh first ballots at Republican convention
Governor James A. Rhodes favors no public preference while welcoming delegates to express their views at the caucus. Goldwater supporters expect a large second ballot vote, with Scranton as a rival. In Gallipolis, Probate Judge Howell issued a marriage license to 82 year old Jesse White and 76 year old Elizabeth Jane Morrow, waiving the waiting period.
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Columbus
James A. Rhodes
Ohio
Republican Nation
San Francisco
Rhodes
Barry Goldwater
Pennsylvania
William Scranton
Goldwater
Associated Press
Gallipolis
John W Howell
Jesse White
Elizabeth Jane Morrow
Enthusiasm in the Soviet Union Pressures and Disillusion
Preston Grower reports from Moscow that while the Soviet Union continues rapid growth, especially among youth the founding zeal fades and cynicism grows over repeated drives of communism. Khrushchev’s purge dented faith as two generations sacrificed, with farmers still downtrodden yet overall support for communism remains strong. Ohio float wins Lions Convention prize in Toronto.
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Preston Grower
Moscow
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Stalin
Athens City School Board Seeks 2.25 Bond Issue
Athens City School Board proposes a 2.25 million dollar bond for a new high school as the district expands. The measure aims to fund the expanded district’s facilities and improvements.
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Athens City School Board
Obituary and Local Notices From Gallipolis to Nelsonville
Fragmented OCR lists obituaries and local notices across Athens area towns including Gallipolis Glouster Nelsonville Point Pleasant Pomeroy Middleport and Women Television section numbers noted. Content lacks cohesive narrative but preserves names places and page markers for archival reference.
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Point Pleasant Pomeroy
Middleport
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