Free plots ad blocks black Vietnam veteran burial
A Florida cemetery offering free burial plots refused to inter a black Vietnam veteran, Spec. 4 Pon dexteur E Williams. Cemetery manager James Livesay cited potential lawsuits from white buyers due to a whites only policy. Williams was killed August 8 in Vietnam. his family considers burying him in a Black cemetery after the discriminatory ad drew attention.
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Fort Pierce
Fla
Vietnam
Pondexteur
E. Williams
Williams
Hillcrest Memorial Gardens
James Livesay
Mary Campbell
Campbell
Black
YM CA 1970 asks nine division chiefs to recruit members
Tom Wiley names nine soliciting division heads for the YMCA 1970 membership drive. They lead more than 400 volunteers to seek new members by person to person contact. Kickoff dinner is set for September 10 as the three week campaign begins.
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YMCA
Tom Wiley
Eugene Switzer
Lee Westervelt
RH. Lyon
C.D. Murray
Robert K. Johnson
Robert Stelzer
C.W. Denny II
Richard Dietz
William McCabe
Switzer
Gallaher Road
Westervelt
Berwick Lane
Lyon
Armco West
Armco Middletown Works
Murray
Armco
Denny
Square D Co
Johnson
Roosevelt Middle
Stelzer
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Obituary: Sharon Elaine McQuitty Back and Daughter Die in Collision
Services were held today for Mrs. Sharon Elaine McQuitty Back and her five year old daughter Tamara Elaine of 306 S Main St. Both were killed in a crash at the intersection of Ohio 726 and U S 40 on Tuesday. Surviving husband William H Back. Wilson-Shramm Memorial Home handling arrangements.
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Sharon Elaine McQuitty Back
Tamara Elaine
S. Main St
Ohio 726
U.S. 40
Back
William H. Back
Wilson - Shramm Memorial Home
Services for Russell Mather set for Monday
Funeral services for Russell Mather 56 of 604 Highland St. will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Staten Funeral Home Alton with burial at St. Joseph Cemetery. Local arrangements by Wilson Schramm Memorial Home 210 S Main St. No visitations. Mather died yesterday at Middletown Hospital. Kathryn Bowermaster dies in Franklin at 9 15 a.m. yesterday after hospital stay since July 21. Surviving husband Earl three sons Rev Richard Bowermaster of Colorado Springs and Edward and David of Franklin. Services 2 p.m. Monday at Angiesby Funeral Home burial at Woodhill Cemetery. Visitation Sunday 2-5 and 7-9 p.m. Inez O Hoffman 91 of Farmersville dies, services 2 p.m. tomorrow at John Arpp Funeral Home, burial Germantown Cemetery. Mrs Hoffman died at Otterbein Home near Lebanon yesterday. husband Vincent died in 1961. Surviving daughter Mrs Paul Denison seven grandchildren seven great grandchildren. Dr Mina S Rees to speak at Miami University 44th summer commencement Aug 30 10 a.m. Millett Assembly Hall Nearly 700 on candidate list for degrees. Honorary Doctor of Laws to be conferred on Dr Rees by Miami President Dr Phillip R Shriver. Rees president of Graduate Division of The City University of New York, future first woman president of AAAS.
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Russell M. Mather
Highland St
Staten Funeral Home
Alton
Ill
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Wilson-Schramm Memorial
S. Main St
Mr. Mather
Middletown Hospital
Franklin
Kathryn Bowermaster
Bridge St
Earl
Richard Bowermaster
Colorado Springs
Colo
Edward
David
Sadie Jones
Wellston
Mary Blazer
Chillicothe
Agnes Dearth
Angiesby
Robert Bell
Howard Sears
Woodhill Cemetery
Germantown
Inez O. Hoffman
Farmersville
John Arpp
Harry Deaver
Hoffman
Otterbein
Lebanon
Vincent
Paul Denison
Farmersville Rt. 1
Oxford
Mina
S.rees
Miami University
Millett Assembly Hall
Rees
Phillip
R. ‘Shriver
Miami
City University ‘of
New York
Council of
United States
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Millett Hall
Office of Scientific Research and Development
Office of Naval Research
National
Lebanon man dies in Columbus Indiana home
Willard Young, 49, formerly of Lebanon, died Wednesday at his Columbus Indiana home. Survived by wife Hester a daughter Mrs Lawrence Tiemeyer of Columbus Ind a brother Chester of Springboro and two sisters Mrs Russell Wells of Dayton and Mrs Shelby Webb of Tampa Fla. Services at Oswald Funeral Home Monday p.m. Burial in Lebanon Cemetery.
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Lebanon
Willard Young
Columbus
Ind
Hester
Lawrence Tiemeyer
Chester
Springboro
Russell Wells
Dayton
Shelby Webb
Tampa
Fla
Oswald
Lebanon Cemetery
Sorg Fire Cause Probed After Mill No 3 Blaze
Tex Fannin, 20, of 427 Yankee Road, treated for smoke inhalation at Middletown Hospital after a fire at Sorg Paper Company reported at 8:18 p.m. caused by a blaze beneath Machine No 7 in Mill No 3 on Columbia Avenue. Damage was estimated at $2,000 and is under investigation by Robert Curtis, fire prevention supervisor. Another fire yesterday damaged William Jarvo’s car at 406 Page Street, Trenton, about $25, started by an under hood electrical shot on Manchester Road and Sunset Street.
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Tex Fannin
Yankee Road
Middletown Hospital
Sorg Paper Company
Columbia Avenue
Robert Curtis
Division of Fire
William Jarvo
Page St
Trenton
Manchester Road
Sunset Street
Auto Crash Kills Chief of Schools
Ashland Ohio AP Donald Larabee 48 superintendent of schools at Spencer Medina County since 1968 was killed yesterday in an automobile collision at an Ashland County intersection.
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Ashland
Ohio
Donald Larabee
Spencer
Medina County
Ohio Extends Aid To Prevent School Closings
Ohio state distributes 26,106,841 to 626 school districts and 88 county boards of education under emergency legislation. Funds stem from a new appropriation and lapses, aiming to avert autumn school openings delays. Local boards can borrow up to 50 percent of anticipated tax revenues. $400 per classroom unit aids large districts, $240 in flat districts, with 240 per certificated employee for county boards. Columbus leads with 1,374,068, followed by Cleveland 1,114,874 and Cincinnati 609,377 among major districts.
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Columbus
Ohio
School Foundation
Ohio Department of Education
Roger Cloud
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Tolledo
Akron
Dayton
Parma
Springfield
Youngstown
Canston
Egypt condemns US surveillance as espionage claim
The Egyptian government denounces United States reconnaissance as pretext for espionage and says the issue requires a neutral stance. Cairo notes U2 and satellite surveillance amid a fragile Middle East cease-fire and rejects Soviet reconnaissance proposals as unnecessary given existing Soviet military personnel in Egypt.
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Associated Press
Israel
Egypt
Ameri
Cairo
al Ahram
East
United
Politi- States
Hide
United States
Middle East
U.S
Soviet Union
Herbert Beef Up Narcotics Bureau in Ohio
Wellington Ohio AP Herbert Republican candidate for attorney general Jay Herbert urged expanding the narcotics bureau to fight a rising drug problem. He said locating sources is harder as youths enter drugs and compete with organized syndicates. He spoke to the Kiwanis Club on Thursday.
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Wellington
Ohio
Narcotics Bureau
Attorney General
John D. Herbert
Kiwanis Club
Herbert
Perry Named Principal at Franklin Central Elementary
Franklin Ohio Perry, former Mason Junior High and Mason Central Elementary principal, is named principal of Central Elementary School. He replaces William Webb, who resigned in July. Perry serves as campaign manager for State Sen. Walter E. Powell, candidate for Congress in the 24th District, and will work in his spare time only.
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Franklin
Frank Perry
Mason Junior High
Mason Central
Central
Perry
William Webb
Walter E. Powell
Congress
Mason
Powell
Danish Merchant Fleet Reaches 950 Vessels
Copenhagen reports the Danish merchant fleet now includes 950 ships totaling 3 million gross registered tons. The fleet figures reflect a broad range of merchant tonnage and vessel types.
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Copenhagen
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Tamara
Russell Mather
K. Bowermaster
Laes O. Hoffman
Dr. Rees
Mina Rees
Columbus, Ohio
Roger Penwell
Nancy
Penwell
Air Force
William L Harris
Harris
Whitehall
Charles Radow
Motorcycle Dealers Association of Ohio
M. E. Sensenbrenner
John Dobrozsi Jr
Ins., Inc
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O. GA
Sorg
Chris Coburn
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Middletown High School
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Goodman
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