One Of The Lucky Ones Young Nurse Survives Flood
Stroudsburg Pennsylvania reports a catastrophic flood with a rising death toll likely over 100. Nancy Johnson a 19 year old Jersey City nurse survived after spending nine hours clinging to a tree as Camp Davis near Stroudsburg was wrecked. Her brothers were lost and her mother remains hospitalized.
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Stroudsburg
Pennsylvania
Camp Davis
Brodhead Creek
New Jersey
New York
Nancy Johnson
Jersey City
N.J
Monroe County General Hospital
Nancy
Haney Services Set For Wednesday Burial in Woodside Cemetery
Edward T. Haney 56 of 912 Ellen Dr died of a heart attack at home. Active pallbearers included Edgar Moorman C E Beatty Russell Stabler William Fishbaugh How ard Bennett and Chester Smith. Services 9 am Wednesday at St Marys Church with burial Woodside Cemetery.
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Edward T. Haney
Ellen Dr
Edgar Moorman
C. E. Beatty
Russell Stabler
William Fishbaugh
Howard Bennett
Chester Smith
W. P. Emrick
Erice Netherly
Edwin Schever
Virgil Gossett
Darrel Walker
Norbert Frey
St. Mary's Church
Woodside Cemetery
Joseph R. Baker & Long Funeral Home
St. Mary’s Church
Haney
Armco Steel Corp
Olive
Tom
John Haney
Middletown
Donald Mann
Mrs. Mary Wells Services for Mrs. Mary Maede
Funeral services are announced for Mrs. Mary Maede Wells. A memorial ceremony will be held at the First Baptist Church with burial at Greenwood Cemetery. Family requests in lieu of flowers donations to the Mary Wells Memorial Fund.
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Mary Wells
Mary Maede
Camden services for Edward Fowler 81
Edward Fowler of Camden, a native and former resident, died Saturday at Elks National Home Bedford Virginia. Funeral services are set for 10 a.m. tomorrow at R C Nein Funeral Home with burial in Fairmount Cemetery. Hamilton Lodge 93 BPOE will conduct services at 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Fowler had been ill for years and resided at the home since 1946.
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Camden
Edward Fowler
Elks National Home
Bedford
R. C. Nein
Fairmount
Hamilton Lodge
BPOE
Fowler
Lorenzel Staton 43 of Blue Ball Dead After Stroke
Lorenzel Staton of Blue Ball died Saturday afternoon in Middletown Hospital after a Thursday stroke. A service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Joseph R. Baker & Sons Funeral Home with burial in Woodside Cemetery. He was born in Middletown and worked eight years for Armco Steel. Friends may call at his home from 7 to 9 p.m.
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Wells
Yankee Rd
Middletown Hospital
Kendel Springs
Preston
Dan Wells
Joseph R. Baker & Sons Funeral Home
Lorenzel Staton
Blue Ball
Middletown
Joseph R. Baker & Sons
Woodside
Staton
Armco Steel Corp
Sama
Hadley R Franklin services set in Franklin
Hadley R. Franklin, 78, died Saturday at his daughter Ethel James’s Windsor Road home. Services are 2 p.m. Tuesday at Eaton Funeral Home, Franklin, with Rev. H. C. Watson officiating. Burial will be in Woodhill Cemetery. He had lived in Franklin 20 years before moving to Oneco Florida, where he fell ill. Friends may visit 4 to 9 p.m. today.
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Hadley R. Franklin
Ethel James
Windsor Road
Eaton Funeral Home
Franklin
H. C. Watson
Woodhill Cemetery
Oneco
Fla
Mrs. Hattie Misseldine obituary in Lebanon
Mrs. Hattie Misseldine 86 longtime Waynesville resident died yesterday at Supinger Rest Home. She is survived by son Howard and daughter Mrs. W W Carpenter of Middletown. Services set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Oswald Funeral Home with burial in Lebanon Cemetery.
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Lebanon
Hattie Misseldine
Waynesville Rt. 2
Supinger
Howard
W. W. Carpenter
Middletown
Oswald Funeral Home
Lebanon Cemetery
Turpin Rites Planned for Eaton Farmer
Services and burial for George D. Turpin 75 of Gasper Township, who died after several weeks illness at his home, will be held tomorrow in Richmond Kentucky. Surviving are his wife Margaret two sons Millard and James both of Eaton a grandson and sister Mrs Minerva Derringer of Richmond Kentucky.
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Eaton
George D. Turpin
Gasper Township
Richmond, Ky
Margaret
Millard
James
Minerva Derringer
Richmond
Montreal hockey icon Mike Grant dies at 81
The Associated Press reports Mike Grant, 81, linked to the old Montreal Victorias and a Stanley Cup era figure, died Saturday. Also listed are Nebraska Governor's daughter Marie Crounse Bowen, 77, and Dr Russell Ferguson, 57, Pitt history chair and former Indiana coach, both noted as deceased.
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Associated Press
Montreal
Mike Grant
Montreal Victorias
Canada
Hall of Fame
Washington
Marie Crounse Bowen
Lorenzo Crounse
Nebraska
William Storrs ‘Bowen
Pittsburgh
Russell Ferguson
University of Pittsburgh
Indiana University
Steel Production Upbeat as Summer Closes in 1955
Cleveland reports a rise in steel production after summer slowdowns with capacity use at 91 percent. The gain follows wage talks and summer vacations, aided by resumed Birmingham area output and strong auto demand. Auto makers absorb 23.9 percent of mill shipments in six months, while construction deliveries drop from last year.
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Cleveland
Metalworking Weekly
Birmingham
Ackack Brigade Activated by Rhee at Osan Air Base
South Korea's first antiaircraft artillery brigade was activated by President Syngman Rhee at Osan U.S. air base, 35 miles south of Seoul. The unit is American trained.
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Seoul
South Korea
Syngman Rhee
Osan U.S
Here
Strikers Riot In Singapore
Strikers riot in Singapore as thousands of city employees walk out demanding higher wages. Police arrest 11 protesters after they stoned garbage trucks and assaulted temporary sanitation workers keeping services running.
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Singapore
Caribbean Storm May Be Brewing
Weathermen watch a squall line moving westward over the Caribbean and Atlantic as an easterly wave stretches from the Bahamas to Jamaica. Forecasters say it shows no signs yet of becoming a tropical storm and it travels about 400 miles per day.
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Miami
Fla
Caribbean
Atlantic
Bahamas Islands
Jamaica
Killer Denied Church Services In Chicago Case
Richard Carpenter 26 who confessed killing a policeman and wounding another was barred from attending Roman Catholic services in county jail. Chaplain Cronan Murphy visited Carpenter, his only visitor, as he remained under special guard in the maximum security wing. Detective William J. Murphy and Officer Clarence Kerr were the slain and wounded in the incident, with Kerr improving at St Marys Hospital.
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Chicago
Richard Carpenter
Cronan Murphy
Father Murphy
Carpenter
William J. Murphy
Clarence Kerr
Kerr
St. Mary’s Hospital
San Quentin Guard Robbed by Hoods in Cell Block
San Quentin California guard H A Bain was accosted in the east cell block by a masked inmate wielding a sharpened knife. The robber forced Bain to surrender his wallet containing 103 dollars. The wallet and knife were later found. no fingerprints were on the knife. Sarg Nelson called it grand larceny.
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San Quentin
Calif
H. A. Bain
Bain
Sarg Nelson
Publisher's Wife Dies In Cleveland
Mrs Elizabeth Thomas McCahill wife of Charles F McCahill senior vice president of Forest City Publishing Co died at Cleveland Clinic after a long illness She was 56 native of Pittsburgh daughter of George Theodore Thomas a steel executive in Cleveland and Canton survived by husband and stepson Woods McCahill of Albany NY
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Cleveland
Elizabeth Thomas McCahill
Charles F. McCahill
Forest City Publishing Co
Cleveland Clinic
Forest City
Cleveland News and Plain Dealer
McCahill
Pittsburgh
George Theodore Thomas
Canton
Woods McCahill
Albany
N. Y
Amateur Chemist Wins Crab Grass Campaign
Evanston Illinois amateur chemist W Mark Maxwell solved a crab grass problem with a brewed potion that altered his lawn to mottled green and yellow. He then tested a second brew to restore the grass to its original green.
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Evanston, Ill
Mark Maxwell
False teeth fear eased with alkaline powder pasteeth
Many wearers suffer embarrassment when plates slip or wobble. Sprinkle STE a non acidic powder on plates to hold teeth firmly and improve comfort. It does not sour and helps control plate odor. Available at rug counters as PASTEETH.
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