Little Rock School Chief In 57 Dies
Virgil T. Blossom former Little Rock schools superintendent who guided the 1957 integration plan died at 58 in San Antonio. He had led North East Independent School District since 1959 and suffered a coronary occlusion after heart trouble. He authored a court approved integration plan amid Faubus and federal troop actions.
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San Antonio
Tex
Virgil T. Blossom
Little Rock
Ark
Blossom
Big North East Independent
Arkansas
Orval E. Faubus
Dwight D. Feisenhower
Widow Of Judge Palmer Dies In California
Naomi Palmer 82 widow of Judge W Gideon Palmer died after a stroke in Santa Monica California. Born in Middletown she was a musician and former choir director at First Methodist Church. Surviving are three sons six grandchildren and a daughter Mrs Nan McCandless. Funeral details are incomplete.
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Naomi Palmer
Charles Palmer
First National Bank
Nan McCandless
Santa Monica
Calif
Palmer
Middletown
Leonidas Butler
First Methodist Church
Music Club
W. Gideon Palmer
Butler County
McCandless
Charles
George
Cincinnati
G. Douglas Palmer
Selma
Gun Battle Erupts After Driver Halted
A 21 year old Richland Center Wisconsin man Charles Morris was wounded in a brief gun battle with Franklin County deputy sheriffs after a routine vehicle license check near a motor lodge on West Broad Street Columbus Ohio. He fled through a glass window and hid in tall weeds as officers searched the field for an hour. Morris is wanted for burglary in Dayton and forgery in Wisconsin and faces possible questioning in a Gulf Oil station burglary. One deputy was fired upon when Morris flashed a handgun from his coat pocket but no one else was hurt.
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Charles Morris
West Broad Street
Franklin County
Morris
Montgomery County
Dayton
Miami Valley Gulf Oil
Wisconsin
Mike Morley
Death of Mrs Jessie Botts 88
Mrs. Jessie Botts 88 former resident of Middletown died at 745 p.m. yesterday at the home of her daughter Miss Viola Botts in Hyattsville Maryland She was born in Cincinnati and lived in Middletown 40 years before moving to Maryland four years ago Her husband Edward died in 1934 Surviving are two sons Eugene and Edward Jr both of Middletown two daughters Mrs Jeanette Hoel of Dayton and Miss Botts four grandchildren and five great grandchildren Arrangements are incomplete at the Joseph R Baker & Sons Funeral Home
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Jessie Botts
Middletown
Viola Botts
Hyattsville
Mrs. Irma Frye dies at 52 in Waynesville
Mrs. Irma R. Frye age 52 died yesterday at her Waynesville Rt 3 home. Survived by husband Gilbert two sons Richard and Don and one grandson. Services at Stubbs Funeral Home Monday at 2 pm with burial in Miami Cemetery. Friends may call Sunday at the Frye residence.
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Irma R. Frye
Waynesville
Waynesville Rt. 3
Gilbert
Richard
Don
Stubbs
Miami Cemetery
Frye
Deaths Mrs Malory Campbell at 72
Mrs Malory Campbell of 659 Prytania Avenue dies at 72 with services set for 2 p.m. tomorrow at Klaus-Weigel chapel.
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Malory Campbell
Prytania Ave
Klaus-Weigel
Notable Obituaries From Across the Northeast and Midwest
Portland writer Everett Lord 93 longtime dean emeritus of Boston University business school dies. Fairfield society figure Mary Glover Nettleton 70 dies, linked to New York, Newport and Palm Beach circles. St Louis ad executive Gordon Philpott 70 of Ralston Purina dies from kidney lung disease. credited with creating the checkerboard trademark.
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Portland
Maine
Everett William Lord
Boston University
School of Business Administration
Fairfield
Conn
Mary Glover Nettleton
New York
Newport
Toledo
Ohio
New Scouting Commissioners Learn Ropes at Training
Newly recruited Boy Scout commissioners from West Middletown Franklin Lebanon Morrow Waynesville and surrounding districts will attend a full day training at the Civic Association building starting at 9 a.m. Experienced scouters will explain job duties procedures and scouting objectives including character building citizenship training and physical fitness. Tools to aid unit improvement will be reviewed at scout headquarters.
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Mound Builders’ Area Council
Civic Association
West Middletown
Franklin
Lebanon
Morrow
Waynesville
Jeanette MacDonald dies at 57 after heart surgery in Houston
Hollywood mourns Jeanette MacDonald, 57, star of film and stage, who died after heart surgery in Houston. Her last words to husband Gene Raymond were I love you. Born in Philadelphia, she rose to fame with MGM and musical pairings with Nelson Eddy, Gable, Chevalier and others.
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Jeanette
Gene
Hollywood (Ap
Gene Raymond
Hollywood
Jeanette MacDonald
Houston
Raymond
Methodist Hospital
Nelson Eddy
Miss MacDonald
Marietta
Eddy
Eddy MacDonald
Gilbert and Sullivan
Clark Gable
San Francisco
Maurice Chevalier
Merry Widow
Allan Jones
Lew Ayres
Paramount
Chevalier
Louis B. Mayer
MGM
Future Of New Plaza Up In Air
In Columbus Ohio the future of a downtown hotel remains undecided for about 30 days. H Lewis Shambarger president of the School Employees Retirement System announced an agreement with Sheraton Hotels Corp to operate the hotel for 3 percent. The SERS previously took back control from Manage Directors Inc which could not continue under its lease. The retirement system cannot operate the hotel itself and will decide whether to lease to Sheraton indefinitely or to another firm.
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Columbus
Ohio
H. Lewis Shambarger
Sheraton Hotels Corp. of America
SERS
Manage Directors, Inc
It Directors, Inc
Hamilton Police To Question Slaying Suspect
Mrs. Minta Ethel Strayer 73 of 820 Vine Street was found murdered December 24 in Hamilton. Detectives traveled to Detroit to question Howard Thomas Manuel 20 of Dayton who is held there in a separate stabbing case involving a 16 year old girl. Over 200 people have been questioned as the investigation unfolds.
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Hamilton
Minta Ethel Strayer
Vine St
Detroit
Howard Thomas Manuel
Dayton
Strayer
Three Men Guilty Of Non-Support In Butler County
Judge David Black presided over Butler County Domestic Relations Court. Earshell Craft of Middletown was convicted of non support for three children and given a 90 day Cincinnati Workhouse sentence. Norval Johnson of Somerville received a suspended sentence for four children. James Watts of Maineville was convicted for two children and placed on probation.
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Hamilton
Middletown
David Black
Butler County
Earshell Craft
Oxford State Road
Cincinnati
Norval Johnson
Somerville Rt. 1
James Watts
Caldwell Drive
Maineville
Sign in Buffalo Promotes Stamp Out Summer
Ski fans in Buffalo New York grin at a humorous sign reading Help stamp out sum mer, posted to push back against the unusually snowless winter and tease the season of summer.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Pension Story Hoax by Ex-Senator Gardner
Roy B. Gardner a retired real estate and car dealer from Mansfield Ohio said the sensational story labeling him a millionaire was a hoax He claimed he planned to apply for unemployment and Social Security benefits but now says he would not be eligible and that the tale was ridiculous He noted he sponsored Ohio’s unemployment law in 1963 and discussed fund deficits and solvency while asserting he was not serious about benefits.
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Mansfield
Ohio
Roy B
Mud) Gardner
Gardner
Associated Press
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
House In Carlisle Hit By Fire
A Carlisle fire yesterday burned a bedroom in the home of F. Napier at 150 Dalton Ave causing about 1000 dollars in damage. Fire chiefs said flames reignited after arrival at 6 43 p m and melted plastic in adjacent rooms. No one was home and the cause remained undetermined though spontaneous combustion of foam rubber in a laundry basket or a dropped cigarette were considered possibilities.
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Carlisle
F. Napier
Dalton Ave
Franklin
Richard Berger
Berger
Women fill Lakewood Board of Education leadership
In Lakewood Ohio the Board of Education elected all women to its ranks for the first time in the board’s history Th e new president is Mrs Martha Kimball and other officers were selected at Thursday night meeting in suburban Cleveland
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Cleveland
Board of Education
Lakewood
Martha Kimball
Bus Hit by Freight Train Kills Two in Mexico City Area
A freight train struck a bus near Mexico City, killing two women and injuring 24 others. The bus, carrying passengers, was dragged more than 200 yards after the collision at a railway crossing on the outskirts of the city.
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Mexico City
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Lorena Barnes
Carl] Robinson
Winona Drive
Riggs
N. Broad St
Mrs
Jeanette McDonald
Beverly Hills
Michael BE. de. Bakey
Duke of Windsor
Ucla Medical Center
Philadelphia
Manuel
Tonk
Story & Clark
Ste. America
Central Ave
SAT
SUN
Ino
Lenontinue Durin
Sam Bartel
Pedwin
Buster Brown
Roblee
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