Spingarn resigns NAACP presidency after 2 years
Dr. Arthur B. Spingarn, 87, steps down as NAACP president at 2 a.m. Sunday to make way for a younger leader. The longtime activist, who co founded the NAACP with his brother Joel, attended the annual dinner at the New York Hilton where Leontyne Price received the Spingarn medal. Scientists note aluminum abundance in the earth.
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Arthur B. Spingarn
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Spingarn
Grammercy Park
New York Hilton
NAACP
Memphis
Tenn
Joel E
Leontyne Price
Metropolitan Opera
Soprato
Franklin paper executive Robert L. Foster dies at 53
Robert L. Foster, 53, manager of purchases for Sorg Paper Co., died of a heart attack at his home on Dixie Highway. An Adams County native, he joined Sorg in 1934 and rose to purchasing manager in 1957. Surviving wife Bernice, daughter Jane, and sister Ruby Webb. Funeral services set for Wednesday at Eaton Funeral Home. Burial at Woodside Cemetery Middletown. Burial later noted Elk Creek Cemetery with A D of A service tomorrow evening.
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Franklin
Robert L. Foster
Sorg Paper Co
S. Dixie Highway
Foster
Sorg
Adams County
Brown's Run Country Club
Franklin First Methodist Church
Bernice
Jane
Ruby Webb
Wilmington
Eaton Funeral Home
Curtis Strader
Woodside Cemetery
Middletown
Death of Louis John Changaris at 1309 Reynolds Ave
Butler County coroner ruled the death of Louis John Changaris 71 at his home Saturday night from natural causes. A native of Greece and former ice cream salesman and Liberty Restaurant employee, he had no immediate survivors. Arrangements are incomplete at Joseph R. Baker & Sons Funeral Home.
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Louis John Changaris
Reynolds Ave
Butler County
Garret Boone
Changaris
Greece
Liberty Restaurant
Joseph R. Baker & Sons
Obituary: Mrs Bertha Davis 67 of Middletown
Mrs Bertha Davis 67 of 2812 S Main St died at 7 15 am yesterday at Mercy Hospital Hamilton after one week as a patient. Born in GermanTown she lived in Middletown much of her life and belonged to Miami Council 450 Daughters of America. Surviving: husband Earl Robert son of Middletown sister Mal tie Raisch of Miamisburg three brothers Arthur Cass Wilbur Cass Homer Cass two grandchildren and one great grandchild. Services set for 2 pm Wednesday at Joseph R Baker Sons Funeral Home with Rev Howard Sears officiating.
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Bertha Davis
S. Main St
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Earl (Boss
Robert
Middletown
Mal‘tie Raisch
Miamisburg
Arthur Cass
Wilbur Cass
West Middletown
Homer Cass
Dayton
Joseph R. Baker & Sons
Howard Sears
Wreck Near Lebanon Sends Three to Middletown Hospital
Three people were treated at Middletown Hospital after a crash near Lebanon at the Route 48 73 intersection. Mabel Morgan 57 sustained chest contusions and facial abrasions her son Mike Morgan 16 had a left knee injury and possible concussion and Hattie Teague 60 suffered left knee contusions and possible neck injury. The Morgan auto is said to have collided with a vehicle driven by Joseph Rice 45 of Ripley. Rice his wife Helen and mother Ethel Rice were cut or bruised.
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Mabel Morgan
Shafer St
Mike Morgan
Hattie Teague
Central Ave
Joseph Rice
Ripley
Rice
Helen
Ethel Rice
Mount Etna Sparks A Trio Of Major Historical Eruptions
Mount Etna in Sicily has seen more than three major eruptions in recorded history, marking the volcano as among Italy’s most active seismic features with frequent lava flows and ash clouds recorded over centuries.
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Mount Etna
Sicily
Elgar Enfield 89 dies after illness at daughter's home
Elgar Enfield of 5665 Columbia Road Mason died at Middletown Hospital after a medical event at his daughter Edna Kinsworthy's home. Survived by wife Elma two daughters Evelyn Lane Eve Ellis and two sons Earl Edwin. Services set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Gallimore Funeral Home with burial at Rose Hill. Friends may call 4 to 9 p.m. tomorrow at the funeral home.
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Elgar Enfield
Columbia Road
Mason
Middletown Hospital
Edna Kinsworthy
Park Drive
Enfield
Elma
Evelyn Lane
Eve Ellis
Earl
Edwin
Gallimore Funeral Home
Rose Hill
Middletown Manor Pappas 75 Dies of Heart Attack
Manor Pappas a retired dry cleaning operator from Middletown died of a heart attack at 5 45 p m yesterday at his son Louis Pappas home in Mt Washington. He had lived at Oakley and earlier ran a cleaning business here and at Oakley and was once with Mathes Service Inc. He is survived by his wife Helen a son a grandson and a brother in Bulgaria. Funeral arrangements not yet set.
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Manor Pappas
Middletown
Louis Pappas
Watch Point Drive
Mt. Washington
Pappas
Helen
Christ Hospital
Camberwell Road
Oakley
Mr. Pappas
Mathews Service, Inc
Bulgaria
Mrs Irene Faul Dies at 49 in Lebanon
Irene Faul 49 of 1022 Winding Way died at Christ Hospital Cincinnati. Survived by husband Virgil three daughters Linda and Judy at home and Herbert Miller of Lebanon and two parents Leon and (Mrs) Conger of Lebanon and one grandchild. Services 1 p.m. Wednesday Oswald Memorial Home. Burial Lebanon Cemetery. Friends may call tomorrow after 4 p.m.
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Lebanon
Irene Faul
Winding Way
Christ Hospital
Cincinati
Virgil
Herbert Miller
Linda
Judy
Leon Conger
Oswald
Memorial
Obituary Notes for Downie Silver and Morris Services
Marine Pvt. Raymond Downie aged 21 of 7060 Hamilton Mason Road is to be honored at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Pentecostal Highway of Holiness Church with Mrs Florence Silver age 81 of Madeira, formerly Hamilton, also set for 2 p.m. tomorrow in a service. Harve Morris, 77 of Buckhorn Ky formerly Hamilton, will have a service at 10 a.m. Wednesday.
Pioneering Stanford missile researcher Dr Clark Millikan dies
PASADENA Calif AP Dr Clark Blanchard Millikan 62 aerodynamics and guided missiles pioneer died Sunday at Huntington Memorial Hospital He helped guide early Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory work NEW DELHI India AP Lt Gen Kalwant Singh 60 retired commander in chief Western Command 1959 died Sunday of a heart attack
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Pasadena
Calif
Clark Blanchard Millikan
Huntington Memorial Hospital
California Institute of Technology
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
New Delhi
India
Kalwant Singh
Western Command
Union vote ends munitions plant strike at Olin
Production of gunpowder for Viet Nam resumes at Olin Mathieson after union members accept contracts. Machinists vote 1509 to 1543 and Electrical Workers 50 to 25 to ratify. two other unions had already agreed to return. About 500 laid off will return this week as production ramps up. The strike halted output at the plant and affected national ammunition supply.
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East Alton
Til
Viet Nam
Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp
International Association of Machinists
Aflcio
Washington
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
International Chemical Workers Afl Cio
Western Employees Trade Council
Olin Mathieson
Winchester
New Haven
Conn
Army
Badger
Baraboo
Wis
Dominican Republic Faces Violence as Provisional Leader Delays Military Shakeup
Provisional President Hector Garcia-Godoy plans a national address after an investigation into a deadly December clash in Santiago and ongoing tensions between the armed forces and leftist rebels. Observers warn of possible military uprisings if leaders are removed, while a terrorist bomb attack wounded two U.S. soldiers and five Dominicans.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Hector Garcia-Godoy
Servenss
Organization of American States
Francisco J. Rivera Caminero
Santiago
Garcia- Godoy
Vio
Water Seepage Briefly Cuts Phone Service in Two Areas
Water seeped into cables in two manholes affecting Franklin and West Middletown residents. Ohio Bell manager Harry Erb said repair crews worked as water activated at least 50 line pairs, with Franklin service restored by 12 05 p.m. and West Middletown later the same day.
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Franklin
West Middletown
Harry Erb
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Breiel Boulevard
Erb
Central Avenue
Water Street
International rice conference set for Lake Charles
An international rice conference with representatives from six nations will be held in Lake Charles on July 18 30 under the American delegation to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and the U S Departments of State and Agriculture.
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Lake Charles
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Departments of State and Agriculture
Marie Mc Donald and husband die in separate medical emergencies
Hollywood AP reports actress Marie Mc Donald was ruled to have died accidentally four days earlier. Five days later her sixth husband, producer Donald F. Taylor, 47, was found near a bedroom dressing table with an empty sleeping pill vial nearby. Investigators note possible drug intoxication and own-action factors in both cases. Denise Karl, 15, is Mc Donald’s daughter.
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Hollywood
Marie McDonald
Donald F. Taylor
Taylor
Miss McDonald
Humphrey says U S sought no war during Far East tour
In Honolulu Humphrey notes U S casualties since World War II and says the United States has not sought war in Korea Berlin or Cuba or Vietnam. He urges influence on Hanoi and Peking for peace and recalls halted bombing as a step toward talks amid demonstrators calling for end to the war in Vietnam.
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University of Hawaii
Humphrey
United States
Korea
Berlin
Cuba
Viet Nam
Vit Nam
Hanoi
Peking
Soldier Injured In Viet Nam Major Majcher Recovering In Hawaii
Specialist Fourth Class David A. Majcher, foster son of Postmaster Frank Dobrozsi, is recuperating from a right arm injury at Tripler General Hospital in Honolulu. Born Middletown, he joined the Army at 17 after high school and served in Korea before re enlistment to Viet Nam. His wife and newborn child live in Tulsa Oklahoma.
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David A. Majcher
Frank Dobrozsi
Army Tripler General Hospital
Honolulu
Hawaii
Dobrozsi
Majcher
Viet Nam
Middletown High School
Korea
Tulsa
Okla
Short Starts Fire In Car On Marshall Road
A minor car fire on Marshall Road near Ronald Drive at 6:50 p.m. caused $50 damage. Ledren Scales of 1631 Lawn Ave. owned the vehicle. a short circuit listed as the cause and Middletown firefighters responded.
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Middletown
Marshall Road
Ronald Drive
Ledren Scales
Lawn Ave
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