Bank Bandit Strikes Sidney Bank Robbery Updates
Shelby County authorities and the Highway Patrol hunted a gunman after he robbed the Michigan Street branch of the First National Exchange Bank in Sidney, Ohio, escaping with about $16,000. He ordered employees to lie on the floor and fled in a stolen car abandoned nearby. The same bank was robbed last November for $7,000.
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First National Exchange Bank
John Sparks Elected by Cooties at VFW Meeting
Members of Pup Tent 50 Military Order of Cooties at VFW headquarters elected John Sparks Jr. as commander for a second time, succeeding Charles Elam. Sparks, a carpenter at Armco Steel, lives in Franklin. New officers include Ernest Bratcher as senior vice commander Frank Walner as junior vice commander Robert Armbruster as quartermaster Hobart Hopper as PR officer Strates Demostenes as surgeon Steve Tom as judge advocate Wayne Smith Kash Kissick and Elam as trustees. The group approved life memberships in the VFW national home at Eaton Rapids Mich and in the Chapel of the Four Chaplains at Temple University Philadelphia.
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Pup
VFW
John Sparks Jr
Charles Elam
Sparks
Julie Drive
Franklin
Armco Steel Corp
Ernest Bratcher
Frank Walner
Robert Armbruster
Hobart Hopper
Strates Demostenes
Steve Tom
Wayne Smith
Kash Kissick
Elam
Eaton Rapids
Mich
Temple University
Philadelphia
Accidents Took 15 000 Lives In 1962 Nationwide
CHICAGO AP The nations accidents in 1962 excluding auto crashes killed 45 000 persons, up 3 percent from 1961s 43 500. The National Safety Council said 6.3 million people suffered disabling injuries in 1962 and traffic accidents alone caused 41,000 deaths, a record high.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Council
Findlay College instructor quits in protest
An English instructor at Findlay College resigns in protest of administrative pressure on a student complaints committee. Edward Morris joined the faculty in 1960 and said he quit to oppose actions he calls foul and unprincipled. The committee leader says the group will continue its campaigns listing complaints about library, entrance standards, and student government adequacy.
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Findlay
Findlay, Ohio
Findlay College
Edward Morris
C. J. Wilson
Morris
Krause
Community group meetings listed for Friday evening
Trenton Lions Club 6 30 p m Soroptimist Club 6 30 p m Manchester Miami Valley Stamp Club 7 p m Civic Association Toastmasters 7 30 p m Eastern Lanes Knights of Pythias Lafayete Lodge 37 7 30 p m Castle Hall Alpha Council 326 Jr QUAM 19 N Broad Franklin FOE Auxiliary 7 30 p m Mayfield PTO 7 30 p m School auditorium Blue Ball PTO 7 30 p m School Cafeteria North Madison Township Volunteer Firefighters Association 7 30 p m Fire House Communication Workers of America 7 30 p m 1800 Central Middletown Democratic Club 8 p m 30 S Broad AEIF 8 p m AEIF Hall BPOE Lodge 257 8 p m Elk s Temple Moose Lodge 501 8 p m Moose Hall 100F LODGE 956 8 p m 20 S Main Alcoholics Anonymous 8 30 FRIDAY Optimist Club noon Manchester Barracks 636 World War I Veterans 8 p m Legion Home
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Trenton
Moose Hall
Catholic School In Hamilton Is Step Closer
The Cincinnati Archdiocese advances toward building a new coeducational Catholic high school in Hamilton. City officials would swap Peck Avenue land with the school board, then sell the west side parcel to the archdiocese for about 3000 dollars per acre. The 30 acre site is slated for the 1964 65 school year.
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Hamilton
Cincinnati
Peck
Hamilton City
Peck Avenue
Hamilton Board of Education
Notre Dame
Hamilton Catholic
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