Bandsman Paul Whiteman dies at 76 King of Jazz passes away in Doylestown
Paul Whiteman known as Pops and the King of Jazz died at about 4 30 a m after a heart attack at his Bucks County home near Doylestown. The famed conductor who fused classical and jazz mentored stars like Bing Crosby and Benny Goodman and commissioned Gershwin to write Rhapsody in Blue. He lived in New Hope and had retired to a home named Coda. He led popular bands through the World War I era and later hosted radio and television programs. He married Margaret Livingston in 1931 and later had a daughter Margot and a son Paul Jr.
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Doylestown, Pa
Paul Whiteman
Doylestown Hospital
Bucks County
Philadelphia
Whiteman
George Gershwin
Ferde Grofe
Grand Canyon
Pops
Bing Crosby
Tommy and
Jimmy Dorsey
Morton Downey
Benny Goodman
New Hope
Delaware River
Margaret Livingston
Jackie Gleason
Paul Jr
Vanda Hoff
Margaret
Margot
Lukens Named Honorary Kiwanian by Middletown Club
Rep Donald E. Lukens accepted an invitation to become an honorary member of the Middletown Kiwanis Club and will be sworn in and address the group at a date to be set. He becomes the third honorary member in the 41 year history, joining Logan T Johnston and Albert E. Hohl. John Koontz spoke on football officiating as club leadership elections were noted for next week.
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Donald E. Lukens
Middletown Kiwanis Club
Manchester Motor Inn
Lukens
Logan T Johnston
Armco Steel Corp
Albert E. Hohl
Twains
Pensacola
Burglary Report At S Main Street Cycle Center
A theft at a S Main Street motorcy cle firm is reported with the cash register looted of 20 to 80 dollars. Burglars used a rock to break in and took money left overnight. Tom Nelson of 3705 Manchester Road, VP of the Cycle Center, provided details to police. The burglary was reported shortly before 3 a.m.
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S. Main Street
Tom Nelson
Manchester Road
Ninth Avenue
Four Boys Referred To Juvenile Court For Car Theft
Four boys aged 12 to 17 were referred to Butler County Juvenile Court on charges of taking 60 dollars worth of musical gear from a car. The theft occurred Wednesday night from the auto of Tom Minor, 18, of 205 South Broad Street, as the vehicle was parked near his apartment.
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Butler County Juvenile Court
Tom Minor
S. Broad St
Loot Taken From Home At 7280 Michael Road
Butler County deputies report a break in at Charles Mande s home with loot totaling 130 dollars. Items include a movie camera a German made radio and a clock radio. The family found tracks in the snow and a pried basement door when they returned about 9 p m.
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Charles Mande
Michael Road
Butler County
Ohio Soldier Killed In Safe Area In Vietnam
An Ohio soldier, Sgt. Paul B. Maddox, 25, of Massillon, killed three days after arriving in Vietnam, died from a sniper bullet during a training operation near Duc Tho. Army spokesman said the area was thought safe, but the group drew sniper fire.
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Honolulu
Ohio
Vietnam
Army
Paul B. Maddox
Massillon
Duc Tho
Maddox
GM Workers Ratify Three Year National Labor Contract
The GM settlement covering about 380000 workers was approved by 342 to 1 in skilled trades and 5 to 1 among production employees. Leonard Woodcock announced the UAW and urged 14 GM locals to speed local negotiations while 20 GM locals had already settled.
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Detroit
General Motors
Fora
Chrysler Corp
United Auto Workers Union
U.S
Leonard Woodcock
UAW
GM Department
Woodcock
Lima businessman among three killed in plane crash
A Lima Ohio businessman Raymond Pangie 40 president of Pangies Master Markets died in a twin engine Piper Navajo crash in a snowstorm. Also killed were John Moates Lima student and Joe McDuffee 42 of Auglaize County Ford plant employee. The plane struck near Port Penn Muncy Pennsylvania after leaving Columbus.
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Williamsport
Lima
Ohio
Raymond F. Pangie
Pangie
Master Markets, Inc
John Moates
Joe McDuffee
Waynesfield
Auglaize County
Ford Motor Co
Central Air Control Station
New York
State cuts to subsidies won't affect Middletown campus
Dr. C Eugene Bennett, director of Miami University Middletown, says recent state controlling board reductions in subsidies will not impact the Middletown campus. The ruling last week cut overall appropriations but leaves local funding intact for the campus.
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Miami University
Middletown
C. Eugene Bennett
State Controlling Board
Bennett
Dr. Bennett
Oxford
Hamilton
Miami
Aeronca Subsidiary Lands Major Power Plant Contract
Buensod Stacey, Aeronca’s New York subsidiary, secures a $3.84 million contract to provide environmental control systems for Westinghouse’s nuclear turbine plant near Chartette N6. The $65 million facility aims to deliver first turbines to U.S. electric utilities in 1970 with completion in 1969. Handschumacher calls it a breakthrough, noting Buensod Stacey accounts for about one third of Aeronca’s annual volume.
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Buensod - Stacey Corp
Aeronca, Inc
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Chartette
Handschumacher
Aeronca
Westinghouse
Buensod - Stacey
Nine Children Perish In Mont Laurier House Fire
Fire swept a two story home near Lac des Iles Mont Laurier leaving nine children dead and the rest of the family escaping through windows into deep snow. Police in Englewood Colorado reported a separate incident involving designer John Lucian Savage 88, who died after a long illness.
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Que
Englewood
Colo
John Lucian Savage
Bureau
Roland Girouard
Reclamation
Grand Coulee
Girouard
Lac Des Iles
Montreal
Obituary Notice for Carrie Adeline Bartrug
Services for Carrie Adeline Bartrug 85 formerly of Middletown will be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with the Rev John Martin officiating Burial will follow in Woodside Cemetery Friends may call today 7 to 9 at the funeral home Bartrug died Wednesday at Middletown Hospital
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Carrie Adeline Bartrug
Middletown
McCoy - Leffler
John Martin
Woodside Cemetery
Kling er services set for 70 year old in Dayton
Harry R Kling er 70, brother of Mrs Anna Briggs of Germantown, dies in Dayton. Services planned for 1 p m tomorrow at Marker Heller Funeral Home with burial in Lower Miami Cemetery. The funeral home is open today 4 to 6 and 7 to 9 p m. Survivors include his wife Lois a son William of Dayton two sisters and three brothers.
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Harry R. Klinger
Anna Briggs
Germantown
Marker & Heller Funeral Home
Dayton
Lower Miami Cemetery
Klinger
Lois
William
Obituary Notices for Wehr Sackenheim and Bennett
Clarence Wehr age 82 of 4530 Millikin Road will have a Requiem High Mass at 9 a.m. tomorrow at St. Josephs Church. Anthony Sackenheim age 58 of 2001 Williams Street Williamsdale will have a Requiem High Mass at 10 30 a.m. tomorrow at St. Josephs Church. William Bennett age 79 formerly of Hamilton and now in Coral Gables Florida services today at Webb.
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Clarence Wehr
Millikin Road
St. Joseph's Church
Anthony Sackenheim
Williams St
Williamsdale
William Bennett
Coral Gables
Fla
Hamilton
Webb
Kiernan A long-serving Irish diplomat dies aged 70
Dublin AP report states Thomas J. Kiernan a veteran diplomat of Ireland for over four decades and former ambassador to the United States died on Wednesday. He held senior posts and helped shape Ireland's foreign relations during his career.
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Dublin
Thomas J. Kiernan
Ireland
United States
Johnston Reappointed Deputy Chairman of Cleveland Fed Board
Logan T. Johnston, chairman of Armco Steel Corp. board, is redesignated deputy chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. The reappointment extends his post for five terms. he also serves on multiple corporate boards including Cincinnati Milling Machine, Standard Oil Indiana, Union Central Life, Cincinnati Gas and Electric, and Superior Coach, and acts as a trustee of Miami University and Carnegie Institute of Technology.
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Armco Steel Corp
Logan T. Johnston
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Johnston
Cleveland
W. Braddock Hickman
Bank
Federal Reserve System
Washington, D. C
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Milling Machine Co
Standard Oil Co
Indiana
The
Union Central Life Insurance Co
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Superior Coach Corp
Automotive Safety Foundation and
Industrial Relations Counselors, Inc
Miami University
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Mansfield deaths probed as possible murder suicide
Mansfield authorities investigated the deaths of 40 year old beautician Jenny Newberry and reformatory worker Glenn Conrad. Newberry was found shot in an apartment while Conrad’s body was located at a nearby trailer court where he apparently killed himself. The probe continued.
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Mansfield
Ohio
Jenny Newberry
Glenn Conrad
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