Boss of Big Family Catherine Crosby Dies at 90
Catherine Helen Crosby known as Kate or The Boss to her clan died at 90 in Santa Monica after years of declining health and strokes. Survived by five sons two daughters and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. Bing Crosby's mother lived with him after her husband's 1949 death and remained devoted to family and church.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Catherine Helen Crosby
Bing
Crosby
St. Johns Hospital
Laurence
Holmby Hill
Everett
Salisbury
Conn
Edward
Ted
Harry Lilis
Kate
Larry
Harry
al Rinker
Spokane
Wash
Pro Clare
Potato King Marshall Dies at 89 in Idaho
Joe P. Marshall known as the Potato King dies in Twin Falls Idaho at 89 from injuries after being struck near his home. Funeral services are planned Friday. Marshall helped popularize Idahos Golden Russet potatoes earning the title in 196 by state delegates. He moved to Twin Falls in 1924 and shipped seed potatoes to Chicago boosting Idaho potato fame.
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Twin Falls
Idaho
Joe P. Marshall
Marshall
United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association
Versailles
Ohio
Chicago
Michigan
Deaths And Funerals A Middletown man dies by gun at home
Venica Lee Susong fifty five year old man living at 8100 Myers Road died yesterday from a shotgun wound in the stomach in what police called probably death by own action. Wilma Susong his wife reported hearing the shot. Susong a self employed bricklayer and World War I veteran had been unemployed and ill two years. He leaves his wife two sons and a daughter plus parents and siblings. Services are Friday at Brooks Mortuary Morristown Tennessee with local arrangements by McCoy Leffler Funeral Home.
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Middletown
Myers Road
Venica Lee Susong
Wilma
Cliff Dye
Garret Boone
Butler County
Dayton VA
Boone
MR. Susong
Midway
Tenn
Hamilton
Bricklayer's Union
Linda
Ronnie Ray
Danny
Ritchel Susong
Morristown
Denver
Orville
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Clifford
High Point
N. C
Billy
Jack
Donald
Mary Collins
Betty Hutch
Brooks Mortuary
Jarnagin
McCoy - Leffler Funeral Home
Roadblocks In Cyprus Dismantled
In Nicosia Cyprus roadblocks began to come down after a Tuesday agreement. Greek and Turkish communities kept apart as armed squads withdrew from the boundary between their sectors. The deal aims to restore freedom of communications and essential supply transport, though mass intermingling seems unlikely. Leaders urged followers to avoid crossing the lines too soon.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Lodge Declines Wisconsin Presidential Primary Bid
U S Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge says he was asked to run in Wisconsin GOP primary but declines. Wisconsin Rep John Byres to head a committed delegation as Wisconsin’s favorite son if major candidates stay out of the April 7 primary. The idea of Lodge as a dark horse candidate had been raised previously.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Wisconsin
Lodge
John Byres
Local License Plates Match Telephone Number
In Boulder Colorado officials note that William A. Cotton's 1964 auto license plates share the same number as his telephone listing ML 2197. The coincidence is highlighted by local authorities as a curious fact.
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Boulder
Colo
William A. Cotton
Women Rule For A Day In Greek Village
In Mo moctissia Greece women govern the town from sunrise to sunset in a modern play based ritual inspired by Aristophanes The Women in Politics Men stay indoors and perform chores while women decide civic and family matters Cafes are reserved for women and any man out of bounds is humiliated and soaked at dusk the day ends with a tavern celebration and the father retires.
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Momoctissia
Greece
Aristophanes
Papa
Man Forgives Suspect in San Antonio Shooting Case
Henry Brown Jr. told attorneys he will not press an assault to murder charge against Myrtle Ross 44 though she shot him. He said he previously shot Ross's sister last year and forgave by their family. Dist. Atty. James Barlow will present the case to the grand jury.
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San Antonio
Tex
Henry Brown Jr
Myrtle Ross
Brown
Myrtle
Alty
James Barlow
Old Troupers dies in Youngstown vaudeville era
Simon J. Broughton, 80, longtime member of the Broughton & Turner song and dance team, died Tuesday of a heart ailment in Youngstown. He and his wife toured vaudeville theaters across the country for many years.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Simon J. Broughton
Broughton & Turner
Obituary of Clark A. Brothers Indianapolis businessman
Clark Albert Brothers 52 former Middletown resident and president of Brothers Floor Covering Co Indianapolis died yesterday at Methodist Hospital after two years of illness. Born in Batavia Ohio he lived here years before moving to Indianapolis in 1952. He belonged to Scottish Rite Dayton Broad Ripple Lodge F AM Indianapolis and Ianapolis Horse Patrol. Surviving Ina his wife and brothers Ernest Middletown Stanley Owensville. Services 3 p m tomorrow McCoy Leffler Funeral Home burial Woodside Cemetery. Visitation tomorrow after 1 p.m.
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Clark Albert Brothers
Middletown
The
Brothers Floor Covering Co
Indianapolis
Methodist Hospital
Mr. Brothers
Batavia
Ohio
Scottish Rite
Dayton
Broad Ripple Lodge
F&am
Iners
Ianapolis Horse Patrol
Ina
Ernest
Stanley
Owensville
McCoy-Leffler
Robert McNamara
Woodside Cemetery
Middletown man John Harmon 60 dies after two year illness
John Harmon aged 60 of Middletown Rt. 3 died at 10 30 a m yesterday at Middletown Hospital after a two year illness. He worked for the New York Central Railroad as a car inspector and belonged to the Brotherhood of Railroad Car Men Local 381. Survived by his wife Beile four daughters Barbara Earley Rosia Lee Karen Marian and Nancy two sons Carl Charles John Luther two sisters Flora Beckett Pearl Scott and eight grandchildren. Burial at Woodside Cemetery. Funeral arrangements by Mc Coy Leffler.
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John Harmon
Harkie Road
Middletown
Rt. 3
Middletown Hospital
Harmon
New York Central Railroad
Brotherhood of Railroad Car Men of America
Inez
Beile
Barbara Earley
Rosia Lee Karen
Marian
Nancy
Carl
Cincinnati
Charles
John
Luther
Flora Beckett
Williamstown
W. Va
Pearl Scott
Stone, Ky
Trenton Church
Hamilton Deaths Frederick Gretchen 96
Frederick Gretchen 96 formerly of 1115 Chestnut Street, died. Requiem High Mass 9 a.m. tomorrow at St. Joseph's Church.
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Hamilton
Frederick Gretchen
Chestnut St
St. Joseph's Church
Alaska not that remote in auto forms order mix up
Anchorage dealer George F. Merz placed an order with a Chicago firm for new auto contract forms. The firm’s letter said they only do business in the continental United States and have no facilities for printing in a foreign language.
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Anchorage
Alaska
George F. Merz
Chicago
United States
Injured Clarksville Woman in Serious Condition
Mazie Whitman a 59 year old resident of 1810 Central Ave Clarksville is listed in serious condition at a Clarksville hospital after a car driven by her husband Luther 65 overturned on December 28 near Clarksville while returning from a vacation in Fort Lauderdale Florida. She had been treated for minor injuries earlier and recently discharged. Also noted: snake bites claim about 40000 lives globally each year.
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Clarksville
Mazie Whitman
Central Ave
Luther
Ft. Lauder de
Fla
Whitman
Walk-Aways Drop at Ohio State Honor Camps
State corrections officials say walk-aways fell to 64 in 1963 from 143 in 1962, across 17 minimum security facilities. Commissioner Maury C. Koblentz notes the aim is a low rate for the nation, with improved screening by three to five committees before honor assignment. Mansfield Reformatory camps led the gains, cutting walk-aways from 59 to 15.
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Columbus
Ohio
Maury C. Koblentz
Correction
Koblentz
Mansfield Reformatory
Ex Sheriff Souter of Erie County Dies at 72
William S. Souter 72 former Erie County Sheriff from 1937 to 1948 died after several weeks of illness in Good Samaritan Hospital Sandusky Ohio.
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Sandusky, Ohio
William S. Souter
Erie County
Good Samaritan Hospital
National Guardsmen to Train Away From Home Two Weeks
About 10 000 Army National Guardsmen will spend two weeks on active duty training away from home this summer. Sites may include Puerto Rico Alaska and Hawaii. An Air Guard squadron may tour Europe using F100 jets with possible one day ocean crossing and aerial refueling.
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Columbus
Ohio
Army National Guardsmen
Air Guard
Europe
National Guard Bureau
Winston P. Wilson
Pentagon
Army Guard
Wilson
Army
Puerto Rico
Alaska
Hawaii
Guard Bureau
Whales Do Not Spout Water Fountains
Scientists explain that what looks like a whale spouting water is actually moisture from breath condensing in cooler outside air. The visible mist forms as warm air meets the colder environment, not an expelled water jet.
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Harrigan
Mrs. Crosby
Catherine Crosby
Billy Ray Hutson
Common Pleas Court
Frank M. Gusweiler
Hutson
Clark Brothers
San Mateo
Ellis J. McClanahan
Standard Oil of
California
Concord
Mass
Arthur Stanley Pease
Amherst College
Harvard University
Washington
John Bragdon
Army Engineers
Bragdon
White House
Civil Aeronautics Board
Pittsburgh
National Guardsmen
Union Sanitary’s Self Service
Grand Avenue
Gideon Road
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