Nat King Cole Laid To Rest In Los Angeles
Nat King Cole was laid to rest at Forest Lawn after dying from lung cancer at age 45. Lifelong friend Jack Benny delivered a eulogy at St James Episcopal Church, praising him as entertainer and man. Maria Cole attended with their five children as 500 mourners filled the church and 1,500 spectators observed outside.
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Los Angeles
Nat (King) Cole
Jack Benny
St. James Episcopal Church
Cole
Maria
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Carol
Natalie
Kelly
Timolin
Edward
Fred
Ike
Evelyn
Comedienne
Gracie Allen
Alan Ladd
Tests Continue For Youth In Death Case
Police will bring an impartial observer to review lie detector tests of 17 year old Narry J. Madel Jr. in the Beverly Jarosz murder case. Madel, an encyclopedia salesman from Garfield Heights, gave four tests with inconclusive results and erratic replies. He admitted then denied stabbing a pregnant Elyria homewife, Verda Leedy, 28, who was reported in fair condition.
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Cleveland
Beverly Jarosz
Narry J. Madel Jr
Garfield Heights
Lee Peters
The
Madel
Beverly
Elyria
Verda Leedy
KYW fires Jim Stagg over undisclosed business ties
Jim Stagg, 28, was dismissed as a KYW radio disc jockey after authorities disclosed that he and his wife Valen Gay Stagg own the Tropics Bar in Lorain. The bar was among several locations raided by state liquor agents during the weekend.
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Cleveland
Jim Stagg
KYW
Stagg
Valen Gay Stagg
Tropics
Lorain
Students Plan March At Dayton
About 100 students from Antioch College and Wilberforce University plan a protest in front of Dayton federal building urging the United States to get out of Vietnam. The event is organized by the Dayton Area Committee for Peace in Viet Nam with possible involvement from Students for Liberal Action of Ohio State University.
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Yellow Springs
Ohio
United States
Viet Nam
Dayton
Antioch College
Antioch
Wilberforce University
Federal Building
Dayton Area Committee For Peace
Columbus
Students For Liberal Action
Ohio State
Sons of Italy Lodge Votes Donations and Appoints Chairs
The Frank D. Vitori Lodge of the Sons of Italy voted to donate 25 to the Heart Fund and enter a car in the Opti-Derby. Lou Rossi named Dr James Puccio as general social chairman and Robert Yauch as co chair of the May lodge dance. Officers to be nominated at March meeting.
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Frank D. Vitori
The
Sons of Italy
Area Heart Fund
Opti - Derby
Lou Rossi
James Puccio
Robert Yauch
Man Runs From Police Then Kills Self in Franklin
Kenneth Coffman 32 of Franklin Rt. 1 killed himself with a 30-90 rifle after fleeing police who were treating him for a nervous condition. He was found on a Lake Ave sidewalk at 9:23 p.m. with the gun in his hand. Coffman, a Franklin Post Office employee since 1961, was treated for shock at Middletown Hospital. funeral arrangements are pending.
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Franklin
Ridgeville
Kenneth Coffman
Franklin Rt. 1
Jack Little
Coffman
Lake Ave
Coffman Oxygen
Wilma Presley
Lenora
Presley
Nancy Stableton
Eaton Funeral Home
Deaths And Funerals For Mrs Laura Bailey And Mr Hiles
Mrs Laura Bailey 80 of 500 Gideon Road died at 2 30 am after a stay at the hospital since February 8. Services 10 am Monday at Grace Baptist Church with burial at Woodside Cemetery. extensive survivors listed. Mr Hiles died in Cincinnati. wife Emma and children survive. services at Yale Funeral Home with burial in Lebanon Cemetery.
Mrs. Alice Soule Rites Held. Middletown Native Dies
Mrs. Alice M. Soule 65 of 3211 Illinois Ave died at Middletown Hospital at 8 p.m. She had been ill four years. Survived by her husband Ira who died in 1958, two sons William and Robert of Middletown, three brothers and three sisters, eight grandchildren. Funeral Monday at McCoy Leffler with Rev. A M Wilson officiating. Burial Woodside Friends. Call hours Sunday 2–5 and 7–9 at the funeral home.
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Laura
Laura Bailey
Gideon Road
Bailey
Campton
Middletown
Grace Baptist Church
Daniel
Henry
Courtney
Seldon
Alpha Roberts
Myrtle Buchanan
Mae Tolson
James Creech
Bebay
Ind
Ann Roberts
Howard Sears
Woodside Cemetery
Joseph R. Baker & Sons Funeral
Alice M. Soule
Illinois Ave
Middletown Hospital
Soule
Kentucky
Ira
William
Robert
Middletown Rt. 3
Theodore Gardner
Indianapolis
David Gardner
Quincy
Mass
Virgil Gardner
Lebanon
Bessie Johnson
Burbank
Calif
Pearl Bailey
Clarence Hiles MORROW Services for Clarence Hiles
Clarence Hiles aged 89 formerly of Mor began funeral and memorial arrangements in the city. The late MOR was known for longtime residence and service in the community, with services expected to honor his life and memory.
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Clarence Hiles Morrow
Clarence Hiles
Mor
Obituaries Notice From Hamilton Area Listings
Grover C. McCoy 69 of 150 Cereal Ave Hamilton to be honored with services at 2 pm tomorrow. Quincy A. Davis 4% M of Second St Hamilton to have services at 10 am Saturday. Miss Myrtle A. Stein 72 of Reily to have services at 2 pm tomorrow. Miss Charlotte Hutchisson 85 of Hamilton formerly Oxford has incomplete services.
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Grover C. McCoy
Cereal Ave
Hamilton
Quincy A. Davis
Second St
Webb
Myrtle A. Stein
Reily
Marshall-Smith
Charlotte Hutchisson
Oxford
Notable deaths and a diplomatic appointment reported
The AP reported the death of Paul J. Sachs, 9, former New York banker and Harvard art professor, in Cambridge Massachusetts. Robert J. Hull, 63, retired president of Cities Service Oil Co of Canada, died shoveling snow near his Colrain farm. Mrs Joseph Cummings Chase, 83, widow of a famed portrait painter, died in Milwaukee. Ralph Enckell, 52, Finnish ambassador to the United Nations, was named ambassador to Stockholm, effective March 1.
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Cambridge, Mass
Paul J. Sachs
New York
Harvard University
Colrain
Mass
Robert J. Hull
Cities Service Oil Co
Canada
Milwaukee, Wis
Joseph Cummings Chase
Helsinki
Finland
Ralph Enckell
United Nations
Stockholm
Spot Check Finds Three School Buses Unsafe in Division
State patrol found three Clearcreek School District buses had defective brakes and other issues after a spot check near Springboro. Earlier checks passed but a four mile test and 40 mph braking trials showed longer stopping distances. Buses must stay out of service until repairs and reinspection by Post 9.
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Clearcreek
Springboro
Post 9
Firm Buys Butler Tract For Plant
Reading Concrete Products, Inc. purchased a 100 acre industrial tract in Union Township Ohio near the Interstate 275 and Route 747 interchange with a spur to the Bathmore and Ohio Railroad. Purchase price reportedly 250000. R E Francis president said a concrete block plant and covered storage area will be built and the plant will run around the clock to serve southern Ohio masonry market.
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Union Township
Reading Concrete Products, Inc
Reading
Ohio
Bathmore and Ohio Railroad
R. E. Francis
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Buster Brown
Sam Bartel
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Self
Yale Funeral Home
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Hiles
Cincinnati
Emma
Hazel Theetge
Mabel Kelly
Detroit
Clarence Jr
Morrow Rt. 2
Woodrow
Morrow
Lucy Rogers
Butler County
Washington
Whitehouse
Candymaker’s Special
S. Breiel
Crawford
Eater
Warren County
Butler
Jones Finguraince Agcy
Wal Teu
Madara
Royal
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