Tragedy Just Missed In Ohio Plane Crash
Solon family faces near disaster when a small two seater plane crashes into their attached garage in Cleveland area. Pilot James McGrath and passenger Bernard Mooney escape with minor bruises. Plane wreckage costs about $3,000. gasoline leaks but no fire. Nearby home of Walter Topinka and wife Dolores sustains damage.
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Ohio
Cleveland
Linda
Deborah
James McGrath
Pepper Pike
Bernard Mooney
McGrath
Enthussaha Aesete
Vivurer
Walter Topinka
Dolores
Solon Airport
Fleet Officers Get Pay Hikes for Great Lakes Fleet
Licensed officers of Pittsburgh Steamship Division's Great Lakes fleet in Cleveland received pay raises on Thursday despite a two week strike. U S Steel subsidiary, operator of 58 vessels forming the lake ore fleet, cited standard raises after contracts for steel mill workers and unlicensed seamen. The exact increase amounts were not disclosed.
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Cleveland
Pittsburgh Steamship Division
Great Lakes
U.S. Steel Corp
Sai Aa
Illinois Now Expecting To Recover Hodge Funds
Illinois reports recovery of more than a million dollars misappropriated by former state auditor Orville E. Hodge who pled guilty to misapplying funds from federally insured banks. Atty Gen. George Latham Castle said restitution will be pursued as Hodge faces state sentencing, with assets turned over to Northern Trust Co. for liquidation under Lloyd Morey, the current state auditor.
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Orville E. Hodge
Atty. Ge
Latham Castle
Blican
Cted
Hodge
Depres
St. John’s Hospital
Springfield
Amon County
Atty
Castle
Northern Trust Co
Lloyd Morey
Morey
William G. Stratton
Truck Driver Cleared In Fatality At Hamilton Court
A Xenia truck driver Francis Stewart was found not guilty of second manslaughter in County Common Pleas Court regarding a Hamilton woman’s December 16 fatality. Judge Boll dismissed the charge, noting evidence of negligence but no gross negligence to meet manslaughter standards. The victim, Mrs. Jane M. Deister, died from a skull fracture and chest injuries after being run over as the truck backed from a Hamilton parking lot.
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Xenia
County Common Pleas
P. P. Boll
Francis Stewart
N. King St
Jane M.deister
Helen Ave
Stewart
Senator Bender heads to San Francisco for GOP convention
Sen. George H. Bender and his wife Edna and daughter Mrs. Joseph Bartlett left Cleveland by plane Thursday for the Republican National Convention in San Francisco next week. Bender, vice chairman of the Ohio delegation, said they would nominate the next president and Dick for vice president.
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Cleveland
George H. Bender
Edna
Joseph Bartlett
San Francisco
Bender
Ohio
Eleven year old disc jockey takes on more duties
New York reports eleven year old Larry Gordon, a disc jockey for Cincinnati’s WSAI, recently toured European children’s international camps in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Austria. He plans to pursue similar work if the station requests. He noted campers used sign language and that all could communicate despite language differences. The camps aim to promote international understanding.
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New York
Larry Gordon
Cincinnati
WSAI
Gordon
Denmark
Sweden
Norway
Austria
Two Men Die in Separate Traffic Incidents Near Portsmouth
In Scioto County near Wheelersburg two men died in separate crashes. Herbert H Craft 27 of Wheelersburg was killed when a Norfolk and Western railroad train struck his car at a crossing three miles east of Portsmouth. Captain South Barnett 84 of Wheelersburg was struck by a car on US 52 just east of Portsmouth Thursday night. the driver of the car was not held.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
Wheelersburg
Here
Scisoto County
Herbert H. Craft
Rt. 3
Norfolk & Western Railroad
State Highway Patrol
South ‘Barnett
Box 168
Miami University to award honorary degrees this summer
OXFORD Ohio Miami University announced it will confer honorary degrees at the summer commencement August 31. The honorees are Dr David M Delo a 1926 Miami graduate and president of Wagner College Staten Island New York and Robert Goldsand a concert pianist who has run a piano workshop during Miami's summer program in recent years.
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Oxford
Ohio
Miami University
David M. Delo
Miami
Wagner College
Staten Island
N. Y
Robert Goldsand
Freighter collision sinks cruiser in Detroit River
Two men escaped a sinking 27 foot cabin cruiser after colliding with the Great Lakes freighter Paul H Tow in the Detroit River. Kenneth Criswell 51 and Jack Schneider 35 both Detroit residents were in the water about 15 minutes before rescue. The Huron Cement Co vessel sustained no damage.
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la Great Lakes
Detroit River
Kenneth Criswell
Jack Schneider
Coast Guard
Paul H
Huron Cement Co
Criswell
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