Sergeant's Son Killed in Germany at Army Base
Dennis Ray Larkins nine of Stuttgart Germany died Saturday at the 52nd Field Artillery base where his father Sgt Raymond W Larkins is stationed He was playing on an endloader when it started accidentally He was born in Augsburg and was a fourth grade student at the base school Survivors include his parents a sister Katherine grandparents Mr and Mrs Fred Larkins Long Bottom another grandmother Mrs Annie Martel Auspetter Germany and a great grandmother in Germany Funeral services are set for 2 pm Wednesday at White Funeral Home with Rev Charles Norris officiating Burial will follow at Meigs Memory Gardens Chester Friends may call at the funeral home Wednesday morning
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Coolville
Dennis Ray Larkins
Stuttgart
Germany
52Nd Field Artillery
Army
Augsburg
Raymond W
Liane Morte! Larkins
Katherine
Fred Larkins
Long Bottom
Annie Martel
Auspetter
White Funeral Home
Charles Norris
Meigs Memory Gardens
Chester
Charles F. Barranger
St. Josephs Hospital
Parkersburg
New Brighton
James D
Laura Pullins Barranger
Barranger
Hattie M. Barranger
Pomeroy
Ernest D
Reedsville
William C
Sebring
Henry H
Carrollton
Clyde, Jr
Hockingport
Bessie Dearth
Alliance
Roy Deeter
William E. Smathers of Buchtel Dies at 79
William E. Smathers 79 of Buchtel died Saturday night at Mount St. Mary Hospital Nelsonville after several days’ illness. Retired coal miner, he was born in Buchtel to George and Florence Smathers. Survived by wife Helen four sons Willard George Victor Charles two daughters Erma Kirkendall and Dorothy Spencer two sisters Agnes Preston and Viola Smathers 24 grandchildren 17 great grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday 2:30 p.m. at Johnson Funeral Home with Rev Gordon Sullivan officiating burial Whitmore Cemetery near Buchtel. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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Buchtel
William E. Smathers
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Nelsonville
George and
Florence Smathers
Helen
Willard
George
Sugar Grove
Victor
Charles
Trimble
Erma Kirkendall
Logan
Dorothy Spencer
Murray City
Agnes Preston
Viola Smathers
Johnson Funeral Home
Gordon Sullivan
Whitmore
Point Pleasant
Homer C. Mattox
Pleasant Valley Hospital
West Virginia Malleable Iron Co
Mattox
Heights United Methodist Church
Mason County
Tobias Whitaker
Mary Plants Mattox
Melinda McKinney Mattox
Sybel Pryor
Frances Hatton
Columbus
Wyatt
San Diego
Calif
Eva Blaksley
Medina
Olivier Mattox
Clyde
Ohio
Carl Mattox
Bernard Mattox Marietta
Crow- Hassell
O. H Carder
Lone Oak Cemetery
Lancaster
Harold C. Rodgers
Harding Ave
Homestead
Corning
Rodgers
Betty Ruff
D. M. Rodgers
James
Independence
Frank E. Smith
A. C. Hahn
New Lexington Cemetery
Gladys Decker Hoschar
Bidwell
Lorain
Edward Amos
Maggie Jaques Decker
Jasper Jack Hoschar
Patricia Elliott
Carol Etta Swisher
Gladys Hoschar
Drema Sue Hoschar
Miriam Snyder
Linda Kennedy
Gallipolis
Jane Johnson
Betty van Matre
West Columbia
George Hoschar
Ocie Gardner
Addison
Ella McClaskey
Betty Snodgrass
Charles Decker
Wilkesville
Clemmie Hawk
Newark
Blaine
Carol Cult
Wilma Tullis
Los Angeles
Carey
Bedford Heights
Leota Faught
Lena Phillips
Kelly
Ray Hughes
Union Cemetery
Mahlon L. Lanning
Floodwood
Athens County
Mahlon
Belle Lanning
Lanning
Averial Burge Lanning
June Fouty
Clara Koon
Viola Hill
Athens
Estella Bevins
Nelsonville Wesleyan Church
Richard Lupton
Greenlawn Memory Gardens
Virginia Piper recalls kidnapping ordeal and escape
Virginia Piper, the 49 year old widow of Harry C. Piper, told reporters how she was kidnapped from her Orono home and chained to a tree in a forest. She described biting through fear as she dug to free herself and recounted the ransom payment of one million dollars in hundreds. FBI agents found her and freed her using four men to topple the tree. The kidnapers remain at large.
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Harry Piper
United States
Minneapolis
Minn
Virginia Piper
Piper
FBI
Eddie Carmel Dead Giant of TV and Circus
Eddie Carmel died at 36 from an apparent heart attack a week after hospital tests for his glandular condition that caused extreme growth. The nine foot tall, nearly 500 pound performer worked in TV commercials horror films and as the gentle giant for Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey in New York. Private funeral services were planned for Tuesday with burial in Paramus New Jersey.
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New York
Eddie Carmel
Ringling Bros. and
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Trial stalled over wiretap issue in Pentagon Papers case
The Elisberg-Russo espionage trial remains stalled as the defense fights a government attempt to delay. Justice Douglas granted a 30 day pause to pursue full Supreme Court review of wiretap disclosures. the court is on vacation until October. The case centers on the leak of the Pentagon Papers and the government argues against reconvening while the issue is litigated.
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Los Angeles
U.S. Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Justice Department
Supreme Court
Douglas
U. S
Erwin Griswold
Daniel Ellsberg
Anthony Russo
Convict McCoy Seeks Death Over Life Imprisonment
Richard Floyd McCoy the 29 year old hijacker of a United Airlines flight says he would rather face a firing squad or gas chamber than spend life in prison. He made the remark during an interview while held in Butler County Jail Hamilton en route to a federal prison in Lewisburg Pennsylvania.
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Hamilton
Ohio
Richard Floyd McCoy
McCoy
United Airlines
Denver
Los Angeles
Hamilton Journal News
Salt Lake City
Butler County
Lewisburg
Four From Middleport Attend Department Convention in Cincinnati
Four Feeney-Bennett Post 128 members from Middleport attended the Department Convention in Cincinnati. Attendees included Albert Roush James Roach Pete Bass and John Fultz. The gathering featured a joint session with the American Legion Auxiliary led by Eldon James with resolutions opposing amnesty for draft evaders and date changes for Veterans Day.
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Middleport
Department
Cincinnati
Albert Roush
Eighth
James Roach
Pete Bass
John Fultz
American Legion Auxiliary
Eldon James
Hampton Roads
State Department
Marines End Segregation Practices in Barracks
General Cushman orders immediate end to voluntary segregation in the Marine Corps. No racial separation in living areas and bars or hangouts to be racially mixed. Punishments and work details to be publicly posted. leadership evaluated on human relations. quota transfers to be equitable.
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Washington
Robert E. Cushman Jr
Corps
Cushman
Clerk Names Campaigners For Re election Bid
Athens County Clerk of Courts Marjorie Mitchell names Mr. and Mrs. Donald Kern of Nelsonville as campaign chairman and chairwoman for her bid for re election in November. Mitchell, a Democrat, seeks a third term and is opposed by Richard Gail of Nelsonville.
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Athens County
Marjorie Mitchell
Donald Kern
Nelsonville
Eagleton Drinking Question Looms Over 1972 Campaign
Close friends defend Senator Eagleton denying a drinking problem while noting his intense drive and nervous energy. Hospitalizations for exhaustion are cited, as aides describe a relentless schedule and a temperament shaped by early political rise. The issue now tests Eagleton and McGovern amid 1972 Democratic hopes.
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U.S. Senate
Edward V. Long
True Davis
Thomas B. Curtis
Davis
Anderson
Eagleton
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Robert C. Henry
Chesterhill
Cutler
Marietta Memorial Hospital
Minnie Goddard Henry
Marion B
Hemet
George R
Gerald O
Marietta
Bess Ross
St Paris
Hazel Henry
Fawcett Stone Funeral Home
W. E. Hall
Bartlett Cemetery
Angela Austin
Angela Sue Austin
Holzer Medical Center
Marvin Richard
Karen Sue Burdette Austin
Marvin Jeffrey Austin
George William Burdette
Lettie Jane Austin
Georgee
Kurg) Burdette
Sand Hill Road
Greer Cemetery
Earl Peekins
Wilcoxen
Kenneth Leach
Zaleski
St. John’s
New Brunswick
Canada
Vinton County
Allensville
James N. Blower
McArthur
Faye Rizer
Zanesville
Guy Smith
Cambridge State Hospital
Green Lawn Cemetery
Harold Rodgers
Charles Barranger
St. John’s Cemetery
Guysville
Robert
Patrice Stauffer Montle
O’bleness Hospital
Frank Patala
Ralph Mantle
Phillip Stauffer
Isadore Mantle
Bernice Meeks
Shade
Dorothy Malpas
W. Va
Robert H. Cyrus
Cyrus
Institute
Ashton Upland
Cabel County
Mrs
Mahlon Lanning
Sadie Huston
Dayton
Beaumont
Martin
Martha Tribby
Huston
Frigidaire
Gilbert Huston
Charles Cochran Sr
Plains
Plains Nazarene Church
Hocking
the Plains
Paramus, N.J
Elisberg-Russo
Pentagon
Vietnam
Elisberg
Russo
Rand Corp
9Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Feeney-Bennett
Galen Houser
McClure
David Cropper
Portsmouth
Howard Henrichsen
Dean Scholl
Bremen
John Kenpf
Roger Munson
Cleveland
Tuppers Plains
Messenger
Carol Sargent
Father Patello
Kirkpatrick
Missouri
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Scott O. Wright
Columbia, Mo
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Eagle
Ton
Robert D. Kingsland
Jefferson City
Kingsland
St. Louis
Grand Jury
Prise
M.C
Mark D. Eagleton
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