Third Annual JA Confab Set for Southwestern Ohio Leaders
Nearly 100 Junior Achievement officers from Middletown Dayton Cincinnati and Hamilton gather Thursday for the 3rd annual Southwestern Ohio conference. Activities include a 10:00 a.m. welcome at the Middletown Civic Association by Ralph Kemp and David R Arnold, a luncheon at the Manchester Hotel with Joe Nuxhall and the Mid Cards quartet, workshops from 10:45 to 11:50 led by Jim Updyke Ann Averdick Bill Hart and Bob Crawford, a film Its Your Decision, and a 4:00 p.m. tour of Armco East Works.
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Southwestern Ohio
Joe Nuxhall
Cincinnati Redlegs
Manchester
Middletown
Jim Updyke
Ann Averdick
Bill Hart
Bob Crawford
Civic Association
William Lundigan
Westinghouse
American Economic Foundation
Armco East
Youth Nearly Dies To Get Mom Present
In Everett Washington a 9 year old boy, Robert Rorbes, nearly lost his life after being run over by a switching engine while collecting bottles in the Northern Pacific Railroad yards. He hoped the bottles would fund a Christmas gift for his mother and after the accident volunteers raised cash, including a donation that covered his hospital costs and may fund artificial limbs. He remains in critical condition though his spirit is described as strong and his family plans to help him cope with life after the loss of both legs.
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Everett, Wash
Robert Rorbes
Robert
Northern Pacific Railroad
Lonnie Nichols
Nichols
Nichol
J. R. Otto
Dead Dad's Yule Gifts Await Kids
Aberdeen Idaho widow Lois Whitaker and five children face Christmas without donor Don Whitaker a Idaho Power lineman and city councilman killed repairing a line. The family plans to finish their nine room basement home begun before his death and keeps his gifts for the kids.
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Aberdeen
Idaho
Don C. Whitaker
Blaine Whitaker
Whitaker
Idaho Power Co
Lois
West
Ex-Resident's Tale Featured in Reader's Digest
Tim Sullivan former Armco PR staffer and now assistant to the president of Florida Power and Light Co is profiled in Reader's Digest. The Miami editors blood sourcing tale shows how a city editor obtained scarce blood for a visitor, the donor surge nationwide, and a life saved just before a Walter Winchell broadcast.
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Tim Sullivan
Reader's Digest
Sullivan
Armco
Florida Power and Light Co
Miami
Fla
Walter Winchell
Sailor's Cold Splash In San Francisco Bay
Don Richfield, 44, chief electrician aboard the freighter Japan Transport, returned from shore leave and sprang aboard, but the gangplank had been moved. He plunged into San Francisco Bay, was rescued by a longshoreman, and a policeman said Richfield emerged “cold, smiling and sober.”
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San Francisco
Don Richfield
Japan Transport
Richfield
San Francisco Bay
False Santa Roams Dover Streets With Abuse Claims
Police report a drunk impersonator in Santa attire roaming Dover caused concern among children and parents. Robert Heller, a local high school teacher sponsored as the real Santa by the Chamber of Commerce, was mistaken for the imposter by some parents.
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Dover
Ohio
Santa Claus
St. Nick's
Chamber of Commerce
Robert Heller
Heller
Fulbright Pushes Small Business Tax Relief in Next Session
Senator Fulbright of Arkansas calls for tax relief for small businesses in Congress. He criticizes the Eisenhower administration for opposing cuts and notes current corporate rates 30 percent with a 22 percent surtax and a potential automatic drop to 25 and 22 unless acted. He favors lowering the normal rate to 22 percent and raising the surtax to 31 percent. An old English law required a horseman with a red flag ahead of steam trains.
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Washington
Sen
Fullbright
D-Ark
Fulbright
Eisenhower
Congress
Ungrounded Tavern Tale Sparks Outcry Among Citizens
A circulated report claims a man went through taverns getting drunk on free liquor and insulted children by telling them to stay away, provoking anger and demands for accountability from local residents.
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Dayton
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Middletown Civic Association
Ralph
iKemp
The
Achievers’ Assn
David R. Arnold
Junior Achievement Board of Directors
Strand Theater
Reeves
Central Ave
Jewelers
Mom
Maud Muller
Luce
Eld
Vance Russell
Gress
Franklin
Miami Cement Products, Inc
Seven Mile
Nel
SEARS
Sears Company
L. P. Smith
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