Baseball Scout’s Demanding Job Told by Lions Club
Clifford Alexander, Los Angeles Dodgers scout, told Lions Club at the Manchester Motor Inn that scouting today requires detective work and psychology. He described signing a 16 year old in Jackson Tennessee for a $67000 pitching contract, then waiting for training while the boy remained homesick and uninterested, and noted the difficulty of evaluating free agents and the heavy travel involved.
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Ers
Clifford Alexander
Los Angeles Dodgers
Lions Club
Manchester Motor Inn
Alexander
Hamilton
Dodgers
Boston Red Sox
Jackson, Tonn
Jackson
Dodger
Mt Zion Church Observes 15th Pastoral Anniversary
Mt Zion Baptist Church marks the 15th anniversary of Rev F H Hampton as pastor with services today through Sunday. Rev FE A Wadlowe of Dayton Phillips Tabernacle CME will lead the 7 30 p m service today with his congregation attending. Sunday’s 11 a m worship will feature the Mt Enon Baptist Church pastor from Dayton as guest. The 8 30 p m Sunday program will be led by Rev Roy Vinson and his congregation from Lincoln Heights Tabernacle Baptist Church.
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F. H. Hampton
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
FE. A. Wadlowe
Phillips Tabernacle Cme
Dayton
Mt. Enon Baptist Church
Roy Vinson
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Lincoln Heights
Regional conference opens for surveyors and engineers
Cincinnati hosts a two day conference starting today for surveyors and civil engineers from Ohio Kentucky Indiana and West Virginia.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
West Virginia
Polish Prelate Arrives For Vatican Visit
Polish Cardinal Wyszynski arrives in Rome from Warsaw for his first trip outside Poland since 1958. He reports to Pope John XXIII and attends Central Preparatory Commission meetings for the Ecumenical Council. A crowd of 600 greets him as he travels by train via Vienna.
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Rome
Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski
Poland
Warsaw
Pol
John XXIII
Preparatory Commission
Ecumenical Council
Pius XII
Vienna
Wadsworth blaze at Ohio Match Co causes $15000 damage
In Wadsworth Ohio flames erupted from metal containers storing match heads at the Ohio Match Co on Thursday night. Firefighters battled the blaze amid reports of significant damage estimated at about 15000 dollars. Local authorities investigated the cause of the fire and any potential safety violations.
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Wadsworth, Ohio
Ohio Match Co
Famed Character Actor Vladimir Sokoloff Dies
Vladimir Sokoloff, a Russian born actor who claimed to have portrayed 35 nationalities, died at 71 of a stroke in West Hollywood. A pupil of Stanislavsky, he was linked with the Moscow Arts Theater from 1914 to 1937 and later joined Max Reinhardt after leaving the Soviet Union. He appeared on Broadway and in films including The Life of Emile Zola, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Juarez, Royal Scandal, Baron of Arizona, Mackao, Two Smart People, and Back to Bataan.
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Hollywood
Vladimir Sokoloff
Stanislavsky
West Hollywood
Sokoloff
Moscow Arts Theater
Constantine Sergeevich Alexeev
Jose
Soviet Union
Max Reinhardt
Broadway
Emile Zola
Arizona
Macao
Bataan
Butler Deputies Investigate Two Grand Thefts
Albert Wells of 1603 Eaton Ave reported to the Butler County Sheriff's office the theft of his car generator and exhaust header valued at 65 dollars from his parked vehicle in front of his home. Paul Fisele of Oxford reported 100 gallons of gasoline stolen from a bulk tank and two tractor tanks drained on his farm yesterday, loss set at 30 dollars.
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Albert Wells
Eaton Ave
Driver Grounded For Life In City Court
Roy Ashley aged 40 of 1206 First Ave was grounded for life on two charges an assured clear distance violation and driving while license under suspension. Ashley’s license had been suspended for five years since Sept 27 1957 for a second DWI. State patrolmen stopped him on Sheridan Avenue Saturday. No fine was levied. Various other drivers received suspensions fines and costs in the routine enforcement list including Vernon Smith Arnold Elam and many others with assorted offenses.
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Roy Ashley
First Ave
J. T. Lamb
Ashley
Sheridan Avenue
Vernon Smith
Sheridan Ave
Beatrice Drive
Rex Lawson
Raymond Drive
Oakley Smith
Glenn Ave
Arnold Elam
West Middletown
Wesley Hinkle
West Alexandria
Dennis Funk
Xenia
Sara Ludwig
Jacksonburg Road
Clarrence Mallon
Locust Lane
Billy McElrath
Dayton
Gerald Smith Jr
Pleasant St
Lebanon
Ohio
Gerhard Richter
Milton Road
Anthony Ward
Cincinnati
Wayne Walker Jr
Hawkins Road
Frank Carpenter
N. Main St. Ger
Mantown
James Brown
Oxford State Road
James Alston
Estel Aldridge
Hamilton
Ivan Boggs
Carl Miller
Miller Road
Varney Taylor
Glencoe Ave
Ruth , Snelling
Brell
Jimmie Rake- Straw
Young St
Paul Pelfrey
Superior Ave
Curley Milton
Garfield St
Seldon Mays
Baltimore St
Cecil Townsend
Franklin
Lucille Dunn
Gideon Road
Kenneth Beets
Alvin Davis
Meadow Ave
Miami Cancels Play After 22 Years Silence
Miami University Theatre cancels Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure for March 1-2-8 due to casting issues absenteeism and long breaks between semesters. Director Dr Homer Abegglen notes only one prior cancellation in 30 years, 1940, and no replacement production is planned. The remaining major play this year will be Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth May 10-12.
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Oxford
Miami University Theatre
Homer Abegglen
Abegglen
Miami
Arthur Loren Gates
Thornton Wilder
Heart Fund meeting set for Sunday in Middletown
A meeting of ward and area chairmen and captains involved in the Heart Fund door to door drive will be held Sunday at the American Legion building on S Main Street starting 2 15 p m. Kits will be distributed to neighborhood collectors and duties explained. The Middletown drive covers four wards with a $25000 local goal and volunteers praised for Heart Sunday efforts.
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Heart Fund
American Legion
S. Main Street
Butler County
Charles Hodson
KP Anniversary Banquet Set at Castle Hall
Lafayette Lodge No. 73 Knights to Pythias marks its ninety eighth anniversary with a 7 30 pm banquet at Castle Hall 1044 Central Ave 125 expected. City Commissioner William Denham will present a Holy Land film and Douglas Clifton vice chancellor will serve as master of ceremonies.
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Lafayette Lodge
Knights To Pythias
Castle Hall
Central Ave
Holy Land
William Denham
Douglas Clifton
Diane Crosby Improves to Full Consciousness in California
In Burbank California Diane Crosby wife of singer Lindsay Crosby son of Bing Crosby regained full consciousness for the first time since hospital admission. Dr Abner Moss says Crosby is substantially improved and returning to normal as doctors continue tests to determine the nature of her condition.
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Burbank
Calif
Barbara Diane Crosby
Abner Moss
Lindsay Crosby
Crooner
Bing
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Manchester
Vatican
Match Factory Fire
Frederic March
Alec Guinness
Julie Harris
Michael Redgrave
Anne Bancroft
John Gielgud
Ralph Richardson
Walter Huston
Streifthau’s
Butler
America
Getz
Jewelers
Stham Timing
Darcy
Waltham Prke
Waltham
Rave
Kewl
Leakeiake
Heart
Hodson
Middletown
Ray
Mond Brown
Manchester Road
Gerald E. Miller
14Th Ave
Thomas Bell
Winfred D. Bryant
Gladys Drive
Eugene Switzer
Darey Drive
Lemon ‘Township
Madison Township
Robert King
Second St
Trenton
Tom Greene Plumbing Co
Jackson Plumbing
Penn Airways
Penney’s
Ron
Diane Crosby
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