Editor Louis Seltzer Retires From Cleveland Press
Louis B. Seltzer, editor of the Cleveland Press for nearly 38 years, retires. Thomas L. Boardman, 46, named to succeed him as editor of Ohio's largest afternoon daily, with circulation about 370,759. Boardman returns from Indianapolis Times editorship after Navy service and prior Press tenure.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland Press
Louis B. Seltzer
Scripps-Howard Newspapers
Jack R. Howard
Thomas L. Boardman
Seltzer
Ohio
Cleveland
Boardman
Press
Indianapolis
Scripps-Howard
Indianapolis Times
Today in History highlights notable events by date
This historical recap sets Jan 7 as a marker for key moments: the United States held its first presidential election in 1789 with limited suffrage, Israel Putnam born in 1718, the Confederacy flag unfurled in 1861, 1927 linked New York and London by radio telephone, 1938 Kennedy named ambassador to Britain, 1946 Manila soldiers’ protest, 1966 Jerusalem riot aftermath, 1966 State Department Laos aid stance, and 1966 Sukarno announcing Indonesia’s UN withdrawal.
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Republic of the United States
Jackson
Miss
New York
London
Joseph P. Kennedy
Great Britain
U.S
Manila
Jordan
Jerusalem
State Department
Laos
Sukarno
Indonesia
U.N
Bo Reed Dies at 75 Former Armco Engineer in Middletown
Bo Reed 75 of 2306 Linden Ave Middletown died at 3 27 a m today at Middletown Hospital after a week as a patient. Retired Armco Steel Corp equipment engineer he began with Armco in 1912 rising to maintenance superintendent by 1944 served on special Mexico assignment in 1944 1950 return as equipment engineer and later worked as consultant. Survived by wife Fan son Miles of Phoenix sister Lena Elzaroth and brother Albert. Services Monday 2 pm at Joseph R Baker & Sons Funeral Home with Rev Robert McNamara and Rev Jerome Schulz. burial Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call Sunday 2 5 and 7 9 pm. Springs Tex three grandchildren two great grandchildren. Monday service Swart Funeral Home West Carrollton burial Germantown Cemetery.
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Bo Reed
Linden Ave
Middletown Hospital
Mr. Reed
Armco Steel Corp
Armco
Mn Tenance
Mexico
Middletown
Reed
West Middletown
Elks Lodge 257
Fan
Miles
Phoenix
Ariz
Lena Elzaroth
Albert
Tarentum
Joseph R. Baker & Sons
Robert McNamara
Jerome Schulz
Woodside Cemetery
Funeral
Death of Three Year Old Douglas R Combs
Douglas Ray Combs three year old son of Estill E and Mrs Combs of 5 Cranewood Drive Trenton was pronounced dead on arrival at Middletown Hospital at 3 34 a m An autopsy is planned to determine cause of death Surviving are the parents a sister Patricia and a brother Ronald both at home Arrangements are incomplete at Joseph R Baker and Sons Funeral Home
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Douglas Ray Combs
Estill E. Combs
Cranewood Drive
Trenton
Middletown Hospital
Patricia
Ronald
Joseph R. Baker & Sons
Services for Joseph Crenshaw to be held at Jordan Memorial Chapel
Joseph Crenshaw 50 of 920 Eighth Ave was found dead in his car after it ran off Rt 4 north of Peasttown striking a concrete overpass. Funeral services set for 11 a.m. tomorrow at Jordan Memorial Chapel with Dr. Gaar Davis officiating. Burial in Woodside Cemetery. Survivors include two sisters Elizabeth Howard Middletown and Virre Brown Birmingham and a brother Ellis Cleveland.
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Joseph Crenshaw
Eighth Ave
Jordan Memorial Chapel
Gaar Davis
Woodside Cemetery
Crenshaw
Rt .4
Peasttown
Elizabeth Howard
Middletown
Virre Brown
Birmingham
Ellis
Cleveland
Death of Wyatt B. Smith 73 Middletown area retiree
Wyatt B. Smith 73 of 1918 Linden Ave died at 1 10 a m Thursday at Miami Valley Hospital Dayton after a brief illness He was a retired custodian for Middletown and West Carrollton public schools and had moved to Middletown 18 years ago Surviving are two daughters Janet Combs and Sara Davis both of West Carrollton a brother Harry of Farmersville four sisters Rena Stump of Farmersville Phlena Conover of Franklin Lena Johnson of Mill Creek Va and Helen Rader of Big…
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Wyatt B. Smith
Linden Ave
Miami Valley Hospital
Dayton
Smith
Middletown
West Carrollton
Janet Combs
Sara Davis
Harry
Farmersville
Rena Stump
Famersville
Phlena Conover
Franklin
Lena Johnson
Mill Creek
Helen Rader
Big
Frank Barnett Morrow farmer dies in Florida
Frank Barnett Morrow 85 a retired farmer died Wednesday in Punta Gorda Florida where he resided since 1940. Survived by son Howard of Morrow Rt. 2 four grandchildren and one great grandchild. Services at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday Vale Funeral Home burial in Morrow Cemetery Friends may call Monday after 4 p.m.
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Morrow
Frank Barnett
Morrow Area
Punta Gorda
Fla
Howard
Morrow Rt. 2
the Vale Funeral Home
Morrow Cemetery
Balmy Ohio Winter Breaks In Across State
Ohio experiences an unusually mild winter with little snow across most areas. Forecasters warn a return to colder weather is possible later, citing past years with late cold snaps and heavy snows. Snow tire and winter clothing sales vary, while merchants report stronger sales in nonwinter items and limited snow-removal costs. Average Ohio snowfall ranges from 0.17 feet in Cincinnati to about 4.4 feet in Cleveland and Youngstown.
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Columbus
Ohio
California
U.S. Weather Bureau
Howard Keony
Columbus Weather Bureau
West Coast
Cleveland
Toledo
Akron
Youngstown
Canton
Cincinnati
The
Birth Totals Lead By Middletown Hospital Babies
December births at Middletown Hospital totaled 160 with 8 boys and 74 girls. Ninety five births were to Middletown residents. Franklin accounted for 27, Trenton 11, and several communities shared smaller counts: Carlisle 5, Miamisburg 4, Lebanon and Germantown 3 each, Hamilton, Springboro and Somerville 2 each, and Excelle, South Lebanon, West Elkton, and Camden 1 each.
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Middletown
Franklin
Trenton
Carlisle
Miamisburg
Lebanon and
Germantown
Hamilton
Springboro
Somerville
and Excelle
South Lebanon
West Elkton
Camden
Larceny Suspect Waives Grand Jury Hearing
Clifton Joseph Cotterman a 49 year old Middletown carnival worker waived a grand jury hearing and will be arraigned January 11 in Butler County Common Pleas Court on larceny by trick charges. He was arrested on a federal unlawful flight warrant and had prior bond and a plea status noted as not guilty. He allegedly obtained 500 dollars in August from William Hoffman and fled with the money to buy televisions for the Way side Motel. Cotterman is also wanted on similar charges in Cincinnati and Dayton and is a parole violator from London Prison Farm.
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Fiehrer
Butler County
U. S
William Hendrickson
Cotterman
William Hoffman
Wayside
Hamilton-Eaton Road
Hoffman
Stanley Werlein
Clifton Hyde
Cincinnati
Dayton
London
Franklin widow Julia Haigh dies at 90
Julia Haigh formerly of Franklin died yesterday at Garden Manor Nursing Home where she had been a patient 75 years Her husband Albert died in 1952 Surviving are three daughters Pauline Lewis Mary Haigh and Louise Van Etter two brothers George Nassey and Carl Nassey and two grandchildren Services will be held at Eaton Funeral Home at 2 pm Monday with Rev John Wolfe officiating Burial will be in Woodhill Cemetery
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Franklin
Julia Haigh
Garden Manor
Albert
Pauline Lewis
Mary Haigh
Claremont
Calif
Louise van Etten
Boynton Beach
Fla
George Nassey
St. Petersburg
Carl Nassey
Los Angeles
Eaton Funeral Home
John Wolfe
Woodhill Cemetery
Robert Jennewein services announced in Butler County
Services for Robert A. Jennewein 57 of 2851 Hamilton Mason Road Butler County plumber inspector since 1958 will be held at 10 a m tomorrow at Klaus Weigel Funeral Home Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery Funeral home today from 4 to 8 pm Mr Jennewein owned and operated a plumbing business before becoming county inspector World War II veteran
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Hamilton
Robert A. Jennewein
Hamilton - Mason Road
Butler County
Klaus- Weigel
Greenwood Cemetery
Jennewein
Obituary fragment notes death at Mercy Hospital
Man pronounced dead on arrival at Mercy Hospital Wednesday. Survived by wife Yerba, mother Luella Jennewein of Hamilton, and three sisters Luella Brittingham of Hamilton plus others.
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Mercy Hospital
Yerba
Luella Jennewein
Hamilton
Luella Brittingham l
Infant obituary notices for Holliday Landrum and Sims
Infant daughter of Mr and Mrs John Holliday of 533 Blackburn Ave private services. Mrs Bertha Landrum of 1292 Dayton St with services at 2 p m Monday. Perry Sims, 74 of Overpeck, will have services at 10 a m tomorrow at General Assembly Church in Hamilton.
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John Holliday
Blackburn Ave
Webb
Bertha Landrum
Dayton St
Klaus-Weigel
Perry Sims
Overpeck
General Assembly
Hamilton
Tax expert Colin Stamm dies after stroke at 69
Washington AP reports Colin F. Stamm aged 69, longtime chief of staff to the Joint Congressional Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation, died Thursday afternoon after a stroke. Stamm, 37 years as the top tax authority, was born in Chestertown Maryland and retired in 1964. Margaret Pearl Darnell, 74, mother of actress Linda Darnell, died in Panorama City Canada after an illness of over a year, unaware her daughter perished in a Glenview Illinois home fire last April 9 where she was staying.
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Washington (Ap
Colin F. Stamm
Joint Congressional Committee On Internal Revenue Taxation
Stam
Chestertown
Panorama City
Canf
Margaret Pearl Darnell
Linda Darnell
Glenview
Reminder: No Butler Jail Visits Due to Chicken Pox Quarantine
Lt Clifton Hyde of the sheriff s office announced no visiting hours at Butler County jail for the next three Sundays. The jail quarantine due to a chicken pox outbreak in the men s section will not be lifted until Jan. 25. No prisoners have been admitted since the outbreak and six are recovering while all male prisoners and staff were exposed.
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Hamilton
Butler County
Clifton Hyde
Sheriff's Office
Lt. Hyde
Theft reported of tractor battery and gasoline at farm
Stanley Schafer of Trenton reported to the sheriff’s office yesterday that a 12 volt battery from a farm tractor and 25 gallons of gasoline were stolen from a vacant farm at 4874 Jacksonburg Road. Loss could not be estimated.
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Jacksonburg Road
Sheriff's Office
Stanley Schafer
Schafer
Trenton
Motorist Clipped Light Pole on Verity Parkway
A 26 year old driver, Michael J. Abell of 3108 Wildwood Road, escaped injury when his car veered north on S Verity Parkway at 1 22 am and struck a light standard and a metal school zone warning device. Police cited him for careless driving. car damage was $1000 with the pole valued at $525.
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Michael J. Abell
Wildwood Road
Abell
S. Verity Parkway
14Th Avenue
Sorg Paper Fire Reported in Middletown
Middletown firemen responded to Sorg Paper Co on Manchester Avenue after noon for an overheated bearing igniting line and paper at 1 30 PM. No loss estimated. Earlier at 8 28 AM Patricia Kayles 7 of 618 Louis Place was injured in a fall and taken to a doctor’s office.
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Sorg Paper Co
Manchester Avenue
Minnesota St
Patricia Kayles
Louis Place
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