Franklin Sold for Scrap Great WWII Carrier Now Rusting Hulk
Norfolk AP report details the Essex-class carrier Franklin once a battlefront icon now a derelict at Norfolk Naval Base. After a 1945 Kobe Harbor fire and heavy damage, she was decommissioned in 1947 and sold for scrap in 1948 for 228000 dollars. A Norfolk naval museum bridge near the Civic Center will memorialize the ship.
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Hampton Roads
Big Ben
Art
Forrestal
Vietnam
Norfolk
Newport News
York Harbor
Bayonne
N.J
Virginia Salvage Company
Norfolk Civic Center
Stab Victim Remains in Serious Condition After Fatal Incident
Mrs. Marsha Taulbee, 34, of 1601 Eaton Ave remains in serious condition at Middletown Hospital with abdominal stab wounds. Monty C. Willis, 51, of 612 Moore St died in the incident. Police classify the stabbing and death as attempted murder and death by own action. Willis will be cremated? Visitation today at Cunningham Funeral Home with services tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. Burial at Springhill Cemetery in Charleston. Local arrangements by Joseph R. Baker & Sons Funeral Home.
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Marsha Taulbee
Eaton Ave
Middletown Hospital
Monty C. Willis
Moore St
Willis
Cunningham Funeral Home
Charleston
W. Va
Funeral Home
Springhill Cemetery
Joseph R. Baker & Sons Funeral Home
Suit Filed Over Bricks Damages Sought in Butler Case
Robert Osbourne of 4108 Nelson Road Middletown sues Hatfield Coal Co for 3000 dollars in Butler County Common Pleas Court claiming bricks bought through David L. Smith Construction in Middletown deteriorated and failed for a patio and wall enclosure, rendering them unsuited for their purpose.
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Hamilton
Robert Osborne
Nelson Road
Middletown
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Hatfield Coal Co
Central Ave
Osborne
David L. Smith Construction Co
Johnson Toasts Included In U S Defense Commitments
State Department certifies two dinner toasts by President Johnson as defense commitments among 42 nations in a 71 page compilation of treaties and memoranda submitted to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. It notes Monroe Doctrine and SEATO pledge plus Israel assurance amid broader US defense ties.
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State Department
Department
United States
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hubert H. Humphrey
Korea
James Monroe
Humphrey
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
White House
U.S
Congress
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Senate
Bhumibol Aduidet
Thailand
Bangkok
America
Nicholas Katzenbach
Foreign Relations Committee
Vietnam
Gulf of Tonkin
Zalman Shara
Israel
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Middle East
Accidents cause $2000 in damages in Toledo area reports
Police log shows ten auto crashes since yesterday with total estimates near two thousand dollars. No injuries reported. Drivers named include Ezekiel Barnett 18 Carel Casly 37 Marvin Gunckle 18 Herbert Hart 57 Gilbert Schindler 51 Basil Majors 55 Laura Crowe 41 Earl Girdler 39 Billy Little 32 and vehicle owners. Citations listed for yielding unsafe distance improper turns and related offenses. Eva Barney 6 dies after bicycle incident referenced in Toledo AP report.
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Ezekiel Barnett
Grove St
Carel Casly
Girard Avenue
Barnett
Marvin R. Gunckle
S. Main St
Herbert Hart
Thomas Road
Verity Parkway
Clinton Street
Gunckle
Gilbert Schindler
Dayton
Basil Majors
Erie Ave
Central Avenue
Majors
Laura Crowe
Meadow Ave
Earl Girdler
Union Road
Grand Avenue
Gideon Road
Crowe
Billy Little
Girard Ave
Mary Antrim
First Ave
Little
Lena Dudley dies at 90 in Brookville
Brookville Minnesota Lena Dudley 90 widow of Joseph Dudley mother of Mrs. Freda Hoffman Middletown and a Brookville son and daughter survives with five grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren Services set for 10 am tomorrow at St Michael Church burial in St Michael Cemetery Friends may call at Cooke Funeral Home after 5 pm today
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Brookville, Mnd
Lena Dudley
Freda Hoffman
Middletown
Joseph
Brookville
St. Michael Church
St. Michael Cemetery
Cooke Funeral Home
Middletown Veteran Cletis Calhoun Dies at 53
Cletis Calhoun 53 of 1910 Brentwood St. Middletown died this morning at Middletown Hospital after years of invalidism. A Middletown native, he served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He is survived by his mother Mrs. Carmie McGill, four sisters Mrs. Pernicka Middletown Mrs. Earl Smith Lebanon Mrs. Paul Davis Alton Illinois and Mrs. Pernicka Staunton Illinois and one half brother Robert McGill Lebanon. Arrangements are incomplete at the McCoy Leffler Funeral Home.
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Cletis Calhoun
Brentwood St
Middletown Hospital
Middletown
U.S
Carmie McGill
Charles Pernicka
Earl Smith
Lebanon
Paul Davis
Alton
Ill
Frank Pernicka
Staunton
Robert McGill
Obituary Notices for Mrs Abbie Klatte and Porter Puckett
Mrs Abbie E Klatte 85 of West Haven Nursing Home funeral services at convenience of the family. Porter Puckett 49 of 1140 Brunner Road services at 10 a m tomorrow.
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Abbie E. Klatte
West Haven Nursing Home
Webb
Porter Puckett
Brunner Road
Brown-Dawson
German town arson case: two youths offer lie test
Two Germantown area boys aged 14 and 17 volunteer to take a lie detector test to clear them of arson accusations. They were arrested after the Dinner Bell restaurant fire and deny wearing the outfits described by a witness. Details emerged at a Dayton juvenile referee hearing.
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Dayton
Germantown
Girl Hurt After Horse Kicks At Somerville Farm
Ann Dobbs 16 of Somerville reports being kicked in the head and back by a horse on Jacksonburg Road. She was taken to Fort Hamilton Hospital for treatment. Deputy said the incident occurred yesterday afternoon in Butler County.
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Hamilton
Ann Dobbs
Somerville
Jacksonburg Road
Fort Hamilton Hospital
Butler County
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