Glenn Glenn Jr to Receive University of Notre Dame Award
Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr will be honored with the senior class patriotism award at Notre Dame during Washington's Birthday convocation. The former U S spaceman, who will leave the Marine Corps to pursue the Democratic Senate nomination in Ohio, is slated to receive the prize on February 24.
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South Bend
Ind
John H. Glenn Jr
University of Notre Dame
Glenn
Marine Corps
U. S
Ohio
Bargaining Dealers Clash Over Windshield Discount
Two used car dealers argued over a windshield pinged for a fifty dollar discount. After the sale was signed the selling dealer pretended to replace it then smashed the windshield with an empty bottle to emphasize the deal.
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Doty House
Defections at Winter Olympics Reach East to West
At Innsbruck Austria thirteen fans from Eastern Europe and one East German Olympic competitor defected. Identified as Ute Gaehler a 23 year old East German toboggan substitute, she slipped from her billet Saturday night toward the West German border. Police report seven Hungarians five Czechs and an East German doctor sought asylum in Austria.
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Innsbruck
Austria
Ute Gaehler
Parole Violator Arrested in Xenia On Sunday
In Xenia Ohio Julius Belcher 42 was arrested by armed officers on a downtown street. He is wanted for parole violation in Shelby and charged with assault after being paroled following a seven year manslaughter sentence.
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Xenia, Ohio
Xenia
Julius Belcher
Shelby
Victims Of Accident Married In Hospital
Virginia Olsen 20 and Richard Carlson 22 wed in Pontiac General Hospital after an auto crash upended their Detroit church plans. Bridesmaid Barbara Marie James 20 of Waterford Township was killed. Virginia sustained facial injuries as the couple moved from rehearsal to Carlson s home. The impromptu ceremony was performed by Rev. Garfield Brown in the hospital chapel. Virginia was unaware of Barbara s death at the time.
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Virginia Olsen
Richard Carlson
Pontiac General Hospital
Detroit
St. James Episcopal Church
Virginia
Barbara Marie James
Waterford Township
Pontiac
Carlson
Hospital
Garfield Brown
St. James
Barbara
Local Organization Meetings Listed For Monday Evenings
A roundup of meetings across Middletown and surrounding areas shows the 112th and 1093rd Transportation Battalions gathering at 7 30 p m at the Armory and VFW Post 6405 on Garfield. Other groups meet at schools halls and community buildings including the Middletown Civic Symphony at Middletown High School and the Board of Education at the Administration Building. Numerous clubs and associations including Lions Knights of St John Civitan Safety Council Sertoma and Alcoholics Anonymous assemble from 4 p m to 8 p m across venues such as the Trades Labor Hall Amanda Club House Manchester and Verity Hall.
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Armory
VFW
Garfield
Middletown Civic Symphony
Middletown High School
Board of Education
Lily of the Valley Chapter
CES
Trades & Labor Hall
Amanda Athletic Club
Amanda Club
Ter. Safety Council Board
First National Bank
Sertoma Club
Manchester
Knights of St. John
Mayfield Fire Department
Sheffield Street
Amanda Pto
Miami Valley Post
Deaths and Funerals Highlights for C Wesley Bennett
C Wesley Bennett 55 of 2013 Quen Ave Middletown hospital death at 8 50 am after a week’s illness. Survived by daughter Mrs Howard F Reider two sons Guy Jacksonville Fla Vernon Aurora sister Mrs Edna Bevis brother Leonard Indianapolis and two grandchildren. Services 10 am Wednesday Schramm Funeral Home Rev Edward Shine. burial Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call 3 5 and 7 9 pm tomorrow at the home.
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C. Wesley Bennett
Quen Ave
Middletown Hospital
Aurora
Ind
Middletown
Howard F. Reider
Guy
Jacksonville
Fla
Vernon
Edna Bevis
Leonard
Indianapolis
Schramm Funeral Home
Edward Shine
Woodside Cemetery
Rufus Moore 81 Dies in Middletown Area
Rufus Moore of German town Rt. 1 Friend Road died at 4:50 p m yesterday at Middletown Hospital after a three day illness. Born in Greenville Tennessee he lived in the Middletown area 21 years. Surviving are a brother the Rev Isaiah Moore of Paris Kentucky and a sister Mrs Mary Schavers of Lincoln Heights Cincinnati. Arrangements are incomplete at Bailey Funeral Home.
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Rufus Moore
Germantown Rt. 1
Friend Road
Middletown Hospital
Mr. Moore
Greenville
Tenn
Middletown
Isaiah Moore
Paris
Mary Schavers
Lincoln Heights
Cincinnati
Bailey Funeral Home
Obituary: Mrs Lillie E Muchmore 83
Mrs Lillie E Muchmore 83 died at 7 30 am Saturday at Mt Pleasant Home Monroe where she lived two years born in Cincinnati former Trenton resident member Mt Olivet United Presbyterian Church husband Charles died 1959 survived by two sons Delbert Franklin and Warren St Joseph Mich two sisters Nellie Linimer West Chester Anna Wagner Cincinnati four grandchildren six great grandchildren services 2 pm tomorrow Proeschel Funeral Home Hamilton burial West Chester Cemetery.
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Lillie E. Muchmore
Mt. Pleasant
Monroe
Muchmore
Cincinnati
Trenton
Mt. Olivet United Presbyterian Church
Charles
Delbert
Franklin and
Warren
St. Joseph
Mich
Nellie Lininer
West Chester
Anna Wagner
Proeschel
Main St
Hamilton
R. E. Boyer
Mrs Elizabeth Ward Pioneer Missionary Dies at 92
Mrs Elizabeth Ward aged 92 former missionary to China died at 12 30 p m Saturday at Otterbein Home in Lebanon She and her husband the late Rev E B Ward had served missions in China and were long associated with the Otterbein movement
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Elizabeth Ward
Lebanon
China
Otterbein
E. B. Ward
Worley R. Jacobom dies after cerebral hemorrhage in Indianapolis
Jacob M Worley 54 of Cumberland Ind died Saturday at Community Hospital Indianapolis after a cerebral hemorrhage. A Middletown former resident and Montgomery Ward employee he spent 21 years with RCA in Indianapolis. Survived by wife Ellen and parents Jane Worley Newcastle Ind and Stephen Worley Tulsa Okla. Services 2 p.m. tomorrow Hendricks Funeral Home Cumberland.
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Jacob M. Worley
Cumberland
Ind
Thomas C. McDonald Sr
Middletown
Community Hospital
Indianapolis
Worley
Montgomery Ward
Radio Corporation of America
Ellen
Jane Worley
Newcastle
Stephen Worley
Tulsa
Oklo
Infant Gabbard Graveside Services Held Today
Infant son of Mr and Mrs Paul Gabbard of 6540 Franklin Lebanon Road died Saturday at Middletown Hospital. Graveside services were to be held at 2 p m today in Woodhill Cemetery with arrangements by Eaton Funeral Home.
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Franklin
Paul Gabbard
Franklin - Lebanon Road
Woodhill Cemetery
Middletown Hospital
Eaton Funeral Home
Mrs Helen Kermode 82 dies in Springboro
Mrs Helen Kermode 82 of Springboro dies yesterday at Vandalia Nursing Home. Born in Solon Ohio she lived in Springboro most of her life. Survived by a brother Charles McConaughey Dayton. Services Wednesday 10 a m Anglesby Funeral Home Reverend Jerome Schulz officiating. Burial Springboro Cemetery. Visitation Tuesday 7 to 9 p m.
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Franklin
Helen Kermode
Springboro
Vandalia Nursing Home
Tommorrow
Mason man dies at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati
Philip A. Meyers 27 of Mason died Saturday at Christ Hospital Cincinnati. Survived by Garry Williams parents a sister Mary Lee Robertson and brother John Meyers. Funeral tomorrow at Gallimore Funeral Home with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery. Also listed are Leona Merideth 56 Hamilton services 10 am Wednesday Klaus-Weib clan F Williams 71 Oxford services 2 pm Wednesday Marshall-Smith.
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MASON
Philip A. Meyers
Christ Hospital
Cincinnati
Garry Williams
Mary Lee Robertson
John Meyers
Gallimore Funeral Home
Rose Hill Cemetery
Butler County
Leona Merideth
Tiffen Ave
Hamilton
Klaus-Wei
Clan F. Williams
Oxford
Marshall - Smith
Notable Military Leader and Two Arts Figures Die
Rear Adm. John E. Wood 71 retired Navy officer who led the Naval Aviation Supply Depot in Philadelphia died Sunday. Max Essl 59 German-born engineer who aided dieselization of U.S. railroads died Saturday in Swarthmore. Vincenzo Bellezza 75 longtime conductor at New York’s Metropolitan Opera House died Saturday of a heart ailment. directed the Italian Comic Opera from 1911 to 1914.
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Philadelphia
John E. Wood
Naval Aviation Supply Depot
Wood
Navy
Newark
Del
Swarthmore
Max Essl
U.S
Rome
Vincenzo Bellezza
New York
Metropolitan Opera House
Goldwater and Romney Strike Hard at Cuban Policy
Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater and Michigan Governor George Romney denounce President Johnson's Cuban strategy. Goldwater vows to use ships to stop Cuba from receiving material aiding communism, while Romney criticizes the policy in remarks from Yuma. Rockefeller and Smith push campaigns ahead of March primaries in Oregon and New Hampshire.
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Washington
Arizona
Barry Goldwater
Michigan
George Romney
Johnson
Goldwater
GOP
Guantanamo Naval Base
Fidel Castro
Yuma
Ariz
ABC
U.S
Cuba
Hemisphere
Former Pastor Eliot Porter Dies in Denver
The Rev. Eliot Porter, longtime pastor of Oxford Memorial Presbyterian Church for 14 years before 1950, died Saturday night in Denver after a long illness. A Bible professor at Harover College prior to Oxford, he taught at Burn College in Carlinville, Illinois, and later served as chaplain of Presbyterian Hospital in Denver. He remained active as a chaplain and Bible class teacher in the Denver area. Porter was known for writing material for the Presbyterian Board of Christian Education and for Presbyterian youth groups. His widow, Mrs. Margaret Porter, previously an Oxford resident, survives.
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Oxford
Eliot Porter
Oxford Memorial Presbyterian Church
Denver
Colo
Harover College
Blackburn College
Carlinville
Ill
Presbyterian Hospital
Presbyterian Board of Christian Education
Presbyterian
Margaret Porter
Rankin First Woman in U S House 1916
Jeannette Rankin became the first woman elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1916, marking a milestone for women in American politics. The brief note highlights her historic achievement.
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Jeannette Rankin
United States
House of Representatives
Valentines Day Gift Guide From Local Shops
A nostalgic Valentine preview highlights Fanny Farmer Candy displays at local stores and Fenton Glass at DASONS HARDWARE. It notes Coty fragrances at GRY DRUGS, Hallmark cards from Davidson Photo Shop, and seasonal treats like heart shaped cakes and butter cookies tempting shoppers.
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Dasons Hardware
Fenton
GRY Drugs
L’ai
Hallmark
Davidson Photo Shop
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