Chautauqua to Continue Pre College Clinic
Miami Valley Chautauqua Association extends its Pre College Clinic with Evan L. Hamilton as chair of a special committee. The program runs June 18 for five weeks and targets English, mathematics, reading, speaking, spelling, and study methods to ease high school to college transition for area students. Classes are small, with testing on day one and parent reports at the end, plus housing, meals, and activities including tennis and movies.
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Miami Valley Chautauqua Association
Robort Geeksidrt
Evan L. Hamilton
Elgin
Gephart
Chautauqua
Miami Valley
Franklin
Ohio
Turnpike Traffic Down Last Month
The Ohio Turnpike Commission reported traffic on the turnpike fell in January 1961 to 713,961 vehicles, from 749,579 in January 1960. Toll revenue for January was $1,143,081, down from $1,261,695 a year earlier, while total tolls and ancillary revenue reached $1,392,591 versus $1,518,163.
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Cleveland | AP
Ohio Turnpike
Ohio Turnpike Commission
Commission
YMCA Volunteer Workers to be Honored at 1961 Dinner
Ninety five volunteers and leaders from the YMCA will receive recognition at the 1961 annual recognition dinner and business meeting in First Presbyterian Church. Ralph Knight will present citations for five to ten years of service totaling 283 years, plus service pins for five employees. Jack Baltzell will review 1960 highlights and outline 1961 goals. Dinner at 6 15 p.m. Reservations urged by Tuesday.
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YMCA
First Presbyterian Church
Ralph Knight
Jack Baltzell
Baltzell
Women's Association of the Church
URW Group Sets Talks on Automation and Contracts
Akron AP George Burdon international president of the United Rubber Workers named a nine member committee to meet Monday and Tuesday to draft proposals protecting URW members from automation. The union notified Goodyear and Firestone it seeks master contract negotiations as the current contract expires April 15. Transfer rights and automation dominate the talks with wages and pension terms likely exempt. The URW represents about 20,000 Goodyear workers in 11 cities and 17,000 Firestone workers in eight cities.
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Akron, Ohio
George Burdon
United Rubber Workers
URW
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Cleveland
Goodyear
Firestone
Adventists Criticize Kennedy Bar At White House
Edmund M. Peterson, a Washington DC Adventist official, told Mount Vernon Academy students at the ninth annual oratorical contest conference that a White House bar for social functions poses a greater danger to the nation than communism. He chairs youth activities and heads the Temperance Department for the Columbia Union Conference.
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Mount Vernon, Ohio
Washington, D. C
Kennedy
White House
Edmund M. Peterson
Mount Vernon Academy
Peterson
Columbia Union Conference of Adventists
Warren County Publisher Relected ONA President
COLUMBUS Ohio AP News reports the Ohio Newspaper Association wrapped its 28th annual convention with a vote of confidence in 1960 61 officers. Gardner H Townsley publisher Western Star Lebannon Warren County will remain president as well as board trustees including Frank W Spencer Newark Advocate Orin Taylor Buckeye Archbold and others. Louis B Seltzer and Raymond E Dix retain roles as vice president and treasurer respectively.
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Ohio Newspaper Association
Gardner H Townsley
The
Western Star
Warren
Lebanon
Townsley
Louis B. Seltzer
Cleveland
Middletown High School Hosts Debate Tournament
Middletown High School hosted a 30-school all events speech tournament with about 550 participants led by superintendent Howard Cromwell. Larry Schrock won first place in original oratory, Mildred Ward placed third in original declamation, honors awarded to multiple students from Fairmont Columbus North Chamainade Oakwood and others.
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Larry Schrock
Mildred Ward
Middletown
National Forensic League of Middletown High School
Urbana
Howard Cromwell
Larry Schreck
Linda Roog
Fairmont
Susan Hammock
Columbus North
Bill Wiggenhorn
Chamanade
Bonnie Lianie
Oakwood
John Blocker
Judy Seton
Ellen Bene
Chamainade
Marimont
Chaminade
Bob Casper
Tim Walker
Terry Lawrence
Marcia Letts
Bonnie Cox
Nancy Ward
Bill Havemann
Ester Rothe
Joyce Tedrow
Barbara Corn
Janet Shaffee
Janet Sink
Jerry Ratliff
Marcia Aronoff
Ron VanBuskirk
Nick Pantel
Don Lennie
Bob Davidson
Brian Berman
Jim Cassidy
Carol Jean Peterson
Susan Stork
Connie Schneider
Auto Found Then Body Of AF Captain
Springfield Ohio AP reports a motorist found a wrecked Thunderbird on Spangler Road near Medway, and deputies recovered Air Force Captain Floyd Wininger Jr. 36 inside. Identification came from a fellow officer with whom the victim lived near New Carlisle. Wininger and the officer are based at Wright Patterson AFB. The body was taken to Mercy Hospital to determine death. The car left the curve and dropped into water.
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Springfield
Ohio
Mad River
Sheriff's Deputies
Air Force
Floyd Wininger Jr
Rt. 1
New Carlisle
Clark County
Wright - Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Mercy Hospital
Spangler Road
Medway
ONA Elects Six New Board Members at Columbus Convention
Delegates at the Ohio Newspaper Association convention in Columbus elected six new trustees. They are Gardner H. Townsley of the Western Star Lebanon Clarence Estadt Caldwell Journal Frank W Spencer Newark Advocate Joe E. Hurst New Philadelphia Times Charles E. Clark Akron Beacon Journal and Charles W. Staab Cincinnati Enquirer.
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William J. Oerter
Columbus
Townsley
Frank W. Spencer
Newark Advocate
Orin Taylor
The
Buckeye
Archbold
Fulton County
Clarence Estadt
Caldwell Journal
Noble County
Joe FE. Hurst
New Philadelphia Times
Tuscarawas County
Charles E. Clark
Akron Beacon Journal
Charles W. Staab
Cincinnati Enquirer
Ohio
Ohio Newspaper Association
Association
Gardner H. Townsley
Western Star
Lebanon
Frank W Spencer
Joe E. Hurst
Ohio Legislature To Honor Lincoln Centenary at Columbus
The Ohio General Assembly will mark the centennial of Abraham Lincoln's 1861 address with a bronze plaque in the House chamber. The event recalls Lincoln's election validation and features speakers Sen. Lowell Fess and Rep. Rolland Bright, with a plan by Ohio Lincoln Sesquicentennial Committee.
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Columbus
Ohio
104Th
General Assembly
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincol
Fifty Fourth
Ohio General Assembly
Erwin F. Frey
Department of Fine Arts
Ohio State University
Ohio Lincoln Sesquicentennial Committee
Lowell Fess
R-Greene
Rolland Bright
Lincoln
Washington
Cincinnati
Presidential Decor Rules Limit White House Changes
A law bars the President from altering the first floor decor of the White House. The rule enforces preservation of historic rooms and official furnishings, restricting executive alterations and requiring adherence to established ceremonial spaces.
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White House
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