Lucille fuels Country Palace buzz in Toledo
Country Palace in Toledo gains fame as the site tied to the hit song Lucille. Songwriter Hal Bynum recalls writing it after a Toledo visit while his producer and fellow writer Roger Bowling wrote about a man meeting a rebound woman named Lucille. Kenny Rogers recorded the tune, a million seller on US and UK charts.
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Toledo, Ohio
Country Palace
Lucille
Hal Bynum
Roger Bowling
Kenny Rogers
United States
England
Toledo
Bynum
Duane Abbajay
Ohio
Michigan
New York
Indiana
Abbajay
Nashville
Tenn
Incredible Horde of Bicyclists Rides Across Iowa
The Des Moines Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa brings thousands of cyclists through Rockford Decorah Woden New Hampton and other towns. Organizers estimate 3000 to 4000 riders travel 400 miles from Onawa to Lansing amid open doors meals and community hospitality.
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Rockford
Iowa
Thelma _ Koch
Ragbra I. V
Des Moines Register
John Karras
Onawa
Missouri River
Lansing
Mississippi
Bob Jarboe
Decorah
Luther College
Deaths and funerals in Middletown and nearby areas
Obituaries report the death of Adelaide Howard 72 with funeral at Wilson Schramm Memorial Home and burial at Elk Creek Cemetery. Details include memorials to Salvation Army and corrections about a previous misnamed resident Josephine Howard. Additional notices list Frank L. Thompson 87 and Steve England 59 with service details and survivors.
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Adelaide Howard
Bexley Drive
Wilson-Schramm
Howard
Middletown Area
Salvation Army
Robert M. Baker
Salvation Army Citadel
Elk Creek
Justice Funeral Home
Pikeville
Johnson Memorial Cemetery
Funeral
Police briefs report thefts and vandalism incidents
A wallet containing 75 dollars was taken from Shelby McNeal's car at Douglas Park around 11 30 p m Friday. An AM FM converter worth 21 95 was stolen from Mary Lou Woodward's car early Saturday. Five windows at 1929 Brentwood St were damaged by a B B gun in a report by Dan Duff. About eight dollars was stolen from a Union 76 gas station soft drink machine at 2240 Highland St early.
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Shelby McNeal
18Th Ave
Douglas Park
Mary Lou Woodward
Moore St
Brentwood St
Dan Duff
Bonita Drive
Union 76
Highland St
Etna Eruption Rages as Europe's Tallest Volcano
In Catania Sicily Mt Etna spits hot lava in the year's most intense eruption of Europe's tallest volcano. Fire and ash plume over the region as residents watch from safe distances and authorities issue warnings.
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Catania
Sicily
Mt. Etna
Injured Man Treated After Fire Call at City Intersection
Fire responders rushed to Calumet Avenue and Askew Street yesterday at 7 44 p m where Christopher Williams 5 of 1209 Pine Street sustained cuts to his right ankle and left knee. He was taken to a hospital and remained under treatment at presstime.
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Calumet Avenue
Askew Street
Christopher Williams
Pine St
Hiroshima Anniversary Balloons Spark Protest Across Regions
Anti-nuclear activists in the Northeast and South released thousands of multicolored balloons on the 32nd Hiroshima anniversary. The Clamshell Alliance and Catfish Alliance organized the event to symbolize potential radioactive fallout from a nuclear plant accident. Balloons bore messages urging recipients to recognize radioactivity and identify locations of release.
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Associated Press
Hiroshima
Clamshell Alliance
Catfish Alliance
Seabrook
N.H
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
North Carolina
Tennessee
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Explosion reported at plant in Butler County
Explosion reported at the American Forestry Co. plant in Overpeck around 7:55 a.m. Saturday with Butler County sheriff's deputies aiding St. Clair Township Fire Department. No additional details available as of last night.
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American Forestry Co
Butler County Sheriff's Deputies
St. Clair Township
Pistols Seized From Man After Parking Lot Stop
Two Middletown officers stopped Richard Reed after a woman flagged them about firearms in his car. They seized two pistols. Reed and his wife Mary cited domestic problems. A third man, Herbert Marshall, was found to have injuries from a weapon strike, not a gunshot. No arrests were made.
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Middletown
Steve Efker
Harvey Poff
Richard Reed
Linden Ave
Dixie Highway
Mary Reed
Herbert Marshall
Linden
Marshall
Butler
Warren County
Lemon Township
Monroe
Three-Car Crash Injures 3-Year-Old at Verity Parkway
At Verity Parkway and Garden Avenue a three car collision around 3 46 p m sent 3 year old David Clark to Middletown Hospital with head injuries and later released. Leroy Morris of Hamilton was charged with driving an unsafe motor vehicle after brakes failed and he collided with Dolly Valma of Cincinnati and Victor Schneider of Dayton. All three cars northbound sustained over 150 dollars damage.
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Verity Parkway
Garden Avenue
Middletown Hospital
Leroy Morris
Hamilton
Morris
Dolly Valma
Cincinnati
Victor Schneider
Dayton
Verity
David Clark
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Jim Roberts
Woden Woman's Club
New Hampton
Bernice Kramer
Sara Lee
Frank Thompson
Frank L. Thompson
Trenton-Franklin Road
Mr. Thompson
Sorg Paper Co
Bertha
Herbert
Harvey
Jane Shepherd
Franklin
Esther Thompson
Della Brookey
West Carrollton
McCoy- Leffler Funeral Home
Steve England
Pikeville, Ky
C&o Railroad
Lovada
Capt
Ronald England
Ft. Rucker
Ala
James
Sammy
Jenny Lynn
Chillicothe
Dolores Schramm
Fern Clayton
Edith Compton
Louisville
Dorothy Leffler
Robert Breitenbach
Breitenbach
McCoy-Leffler
National Foundation of Funeral Service School of Management
Dodge
Dr. Coy- Lo Filer Funeral Home
Sutphin
Woodlawn and
Wicoff Middletown
Greathouse
Ednesday
Ieeeeek
World Wide Travel
San Francisco
Las Vegas
Monterey
Marilyn Carter
Butler County
Auto Club 120
S. Breiel Bivd
Dry Cleaners
Pin Town
Union Sanitary Sweepstakes
Wilma Brown
Central Avenue
Park St
2Nd Ave
Grand Ave
Gideon Rd
Trenton Shopping Center
Carlisle Kegpin Center
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