Pittsburgh Labor Dispute Shuts City Schools and Papers
City schools closed and daily newspapers halted as 1,000 Pittsburgh Teachers Federation members boycott for a new contract. Maintenance workers strike runs parallel while 230 Pressmen strike halts Post and Gazette printing. About 1,000 city employees reported sick amid claims of using workers as extra drivers. services like police refueling at garages were affected.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers
Louis
Kishkonas
Pittsburgh Press
Pittsburgh Post-Gaette
Post - Gazette
Burial plans for Lula E Conarroe in Woodside Cemetery
Lula E Conarroe 9 of 2102 Grand Ave. will be buried in Woodside Cemetery rather than Middletown. Services are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Joseph R. Baker & Sons Funeral Home with calling hours Tuesday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. She died Saturday at Middletown Hospital. Survived by sons Paul Craig Jr. and Charles Craig of Middletown and Robert Craig of Springfield. sister Frances Layton of Russellville Ohio. brother Dwight Harmon of Georgetown Ohio. six grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Burial at Russellville Cemetery follows a p.m. Thursday Presbyterian Church service in Russellville. Cahall Funeral Home Georgetown will host calling Wednesday 7 to 9 p.m.
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Lula E. Conarroe
Grand Ave
Woodside Cemetery
Middletown Cemetery
Joseph R. Baker & Sons
Paul Craig Jr
Charles Craig
Middletown
Robert Craig
Springfield
Frances Layton
Russellville
Ohio
Dwight Harmon
Georgetown
Presbyterian Church
Cahall
Services for Mrs. Madeline Rogers at Baker & Sons Funeral Home
Funeral services for Mrs. Madeline Pearl Rogers 47 of 820 Auburn Street are set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Joseph R. Baker & Sons Funeral Home with Rev. A W Johnson officiating. Burial will be in Butler County Memorial Park. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Mrs. Rogers died Sunday at Cincinnati General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madeline Pearl Rogers
Auburn St
Joseph R. Baker & Sons
Mrs Florence Craig Taylor Dies in Florida At 72
Mrs Florence Craig Taylor 72 formerly of Middletown died Monday in Chattahoochee Florida where she had lived since 1960 Surviving are her husband Amos a daughter Mrs Louise Sherron of Middletown and three other relatives.
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Florence Craig Taylor
Middletown
Chattahoochee
Fla
Amos
Louise Sherron
Daniel W Wampler of Waynesville dies at 70
Daniel W Wampler 70 of Waynesville Rt 1 died Monday at St Elizabeth Medical Center Dayton. Survived by wife Mae five sons Robert Harold Clyde Roy Cecil two daughters Geraldine Gennette Pauline Covey two sisters Carry Lawson Laura Ketter one grandchild eight great grandchildren. Services p m Thursday at Stubbs Conner Funeral Home with burial at Miami Valley Memory Gardens.
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Waynesville
Daniel W Wampler
Rt. 1
St. Elizabeth Medical Center
Dayton
Mae
Robert
Harold
Clyde
Roy
Bellbrook
Cecil
California
Geraldine Gennette
Pauline Covey
Carry Lawson
Tennessee
Laura Ketter
North Carolina
Stubbs- Conner Funeral Home
Miami Valley Memory Gardens
Mrs Willa Mae Wilsey Services Today Proeschel
Mrs. Willa Mae Wilsey aged 70 of Bradenton Florida formerly of Hamilton is listed for services today per Proeschel. Also noted is Mrs Myrtle Wagner aged 84 of 824 Main Street with services today Woodb per notices.
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Willa Mae Wilsey
Bradenton
Fla
Hamilton Services
Proeschel
Myrtle Wagner
Main St
Woodb
Boy Dies In Seizure At Home In Middletown
Anthony Ray Vinson sixteen, son of Mrs. Nina Wilcher of 1404 Michigan Ave, Middletown, died of an apparent epileptic seizure at 3:30 p.m. Monday at home. He was born in Middletown and belonged to Bethlehem Pentecostal Church. Surviving are his mother, five brothers James and Stanley of Las Vegas, Thomas of Denver, Robert and John of Middletown, three sisters Betty Green Nita Vinson Theda Vinson all of Middletown, and maternal grandmother Mrs. Pearl Flagg of Middletown. Arrangements are incomplete at Bailey Funeral Home.
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Anthony Ray Vinson
Nina Wilcher
Michigan Ave
Middletown
Bethlehem Pentecostal Church
James
Stanley
Las Vegas
Thomas
Denver
Robert
John
Betty Green
Nita Vinson
Theda Vinson
Middleton man hurt in Taylor School Road crash
A Middletown man, John P. Nevil, 36, was in fair condition at Mercy Hospital Hamilton with face and lip lacerations after his eastbound car rear ended a pickup stopped with flashers on Taylor School Road near Cotton Run Road. Dewey Parker, 45, of Hamilton, operated the stopped truck.
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Middletown
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Taylor School Road
John P. Nevil
Elk Creek Road
Butler County
Nevil
Cotton Run Road
County Pal
Mack Hurley
Dewey Parker
Wayne Trace Road
Parker
Montenegro Joins Yugoslavia After Regime Change
The former kingdom of Montenegro is now incorporated into Yugoslavia following political realignments. The transfer ends Montenegro's independent status and aligns its administration with the broader federation. Leaders say the move stabilizes the region and broadens Yugoslav unity.
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Kingdom of
Montenegro
Yugoslavia
New nickname needed Okie bites the dust on Monday
Oklahoma officials clash over the nickname Okie as Democrat David Hall prepares to be sworn in. Gov. Bartlett’s camp touts the historic Okie label, while Tourism Director Harry Wilson seeks a positive alternative like Sooners. The debate recalls Steinbeck and the Dust Bowl era and the 1907 statehood nickname.
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Oklahoma City
David Hall
Dewey Bartlett
Hall
Oklahoma
Harry Wilson
Wilson
Bartlett
John Steinbeck
Still At Large Train Robber’s Son Killed In Car Crash
Melbourne Australia AP reports Ronald Biggs’s 10 year old son Nicholas, heir to the infamous Great Train Robbery fugitive, died in a Kilsyth car collision. His mother suffered shock and cuts along with his younger brother Farley 3. Biggs the gang member who helped steal more than 6 million pounds in 1963 remains a fugitive with reports of his possible return to Britain.
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Melbourne
Australia
Ronald Biggs
Britain
Kilsyth
Nicholas Biggs
London
Biggs
U.S. Fighter-Bomber Downed Over Laos Amid Cambodian Battles
Military spokesmen reported fighting at five points in eastern and northwestern Cambodia and the loss of a U S Air Force F4 Phantom over southern Laos during bombing runs. The two crewmen are missing. In South Vietnam one convoy was ambushed on Highway 20 with one American killed and one wounded. three enemy casualties were noted. In eastern Cambodia South Vietnamese forces backed by tanks bombers and artillery clashed with North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces near Phnom Penh and along the Bassac and Mekong rivers, with 37 enemy killed and 17 Vietnamese wounded reported. In northwestern Cambodia a daylight assault hit Svay Daun Keo, 113 miles northwest of Phnom Penh, but no further details were available.
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Saigon
Cambodia
U.S
Laos
Air Force
South Vietnam
Phnom Penh
Bassac
Mekong
Svay ‘Daun Keo
Sadat Threatens All-Out War as Talks Resume
U N U N special envoy Gunnar Jarring resumes Arab Israeli negotiations in New York amid gloom and hard-line warnings from Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. Israeli diplomat Tekoah arrives with new instructions while Mohammed El-Zayyat is to meet Jarring. U S Secretary Rogers says progress depends on hard negotiations and pledges behind-the-scenes support. Sadat in Tanta vows no concession and predicts war extending beyond the front line, rallying crowds for reclamation of Palestinian rights as Suez cease-fire nears expiration.
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United Nations
N.Y
U.N
Gunnar Jarring
Yosef Tekoah
Jarring
Egypt
Jordan
Tekoah
New York
Mohammed H. El-Zayyat
Anwar Sadat
U.S
William P. Rogers
Israel
U Thant
Thant
Rogers
United States
Sadat
Tanta
Nile Delta
Cairo
Alexandria
Suez Canal
Woman Jailed Over 2.70 Fare Dispute
Anne Melville, a 23 year old London commuter, began a seven day jail term after losing a court battle over a 2.70 fare. She had moved to first class when second class seats were full and offered to pay the 90 cent difference, but was charged the full fare plus costs. She says she acts on principle.
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London
Britain
Anne Melville
Richard
Melville
Brighton
British Railways
Realtors Will Install Officers in Middletown Dinner
The Middletown Board of Realtors Inc will hold its annual installation dinner for 1971 officers tonight. Three officers and four directors will be named. About 150 members and affiliates will attend.
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Middletown Board of Realtors Inc
The
Board of Realtors
More Withdrawals By May
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird said from Andrews Air Force Base that more U.S. troop withdrawals will be announced by May 1 as part of Nixon’s plan to reduce American strength in South Vietnam to 284,000 from 335,000. He declined to discuss the pace or volume of further pullbacks while assessing progress of Vietnamization and personnel strength during his South Vietnam visit.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
South Vietnam
U.S
Nixon
Andrews Air Force Base
Maryland
Laird
Middletown Tropical Fish Club elects temporary officers
Cecil Runyan of 2801 Central Ave was elected temporary chairman of the newly organized Middletown Tropical Fish Club last night at the Park Administration Building. Other temporary officers are Mike Greenfield as vice chairman Nancy Coleman as secretary Bennie Miller as treasurer and Frank Hayes as membership chairman.
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Fish Club
Cecil Runyan
Central Ave
Middletown
Police Briefs Radio Monitor Stolen From Home
A radio monitor valued at 211 dollars was stolen from 620 Wicoff Street. The intruder forced a door to enter, according to police reports filed yesterday.
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Wicoff St
Joe Kindred
Tape player stolen from car valued at 69 dollars
Tom Bunbran of 828 Aronca St reports a tape player worth 69 dollars was taken from his parked car in a theft incident.
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Tom Bunbran
Aronca St
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Verity Parkway
Tytus
Okie
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Great Plains
Will Rogers
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Bud) Steller Mer
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