Weather crisis slows Middletown roads and city services
State patrol reports 10 major arteries closed in Middletown after heavy snow. Eighty two state crews worked since Friday with eight foot drifts but winds redeposited snow on cleared streets. Cars, trucks, and buses faced impassable secondary roads and delays, with limited injuries and scattered calls for aid.
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Middletown
Post 9
U.S
Division 8
State Patrol
Highway Department
Greene County
Robert Back
Park and Sewer Departments
Franklin
Windy Saturday Triggers Two-State Power Outage
A sharp windstorm knocked out electricity for Springboro Red Lion and parts of Lebanon and east of Middletown. Springboro lost power just before 3 p.m. and outages lasted four to six hours as a high tension line near Red Lion station blew into another line. Snow drifts slowed repair crews from Cincinnati Gas and Electric Co.
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Springboro
Red Lion
Lebanon
Middletown
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Connor Gets Senate OK for Commerce Secretary Nomination
The Senate approved John T. Connor's nomination as Secretary of Commerce in a voice vote with no dissent. Connor, former Merck & Co. president, succeeds Luther Hodges and plans to place about 1.6 million Merck shares in a blind trust.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
John T. Connor
Ever
Merck *& Co
Luther H. Hodges
Senate Commerce Committee
Connor
Merck
Brunswick Public Schools Superintendent Cecil Towslee Dies
Cecil R. Towslee aged 58, the Brunswick school district superintendent, died Saturday at Medina Community Hospital after a period of illness. He led the Brunswick district for several years and was known for his administrative work and dedication to education.
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Medina
Ohio
Cecil R. Towslee
Brunswick Public Schools
Medina Community Hospital
Buckeye Paper Sold to Gardner Sales Corp in Dayton
Gardner Sales Corp of Dayton buys Buckeye Paper Products Co at 2520 Atco Ave from estate of W A Mann Jr. The firm will be renamed Gardner Paper Products Co and run as a division with Warren A White named general manager. Luther Holbrook named office manager and purchasing director.
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Buckeye
Gardner Sales Corp
Dayton
Buckeye Paper Products Co
Atco Ave
Betty Havemann
W. A. Havemann Jr
William EE. Gardner
Gardner Paper Products Co
Warren A. White
Glen Lane
Luther Holbrook
Sheffield St
Radio executive loses wife and five children in Mixersville fire
Harold F. Parshall, 34, vice president of WOXR in Oxford, Ohio, could not reach his home as a six room blaze consumed the Mixersville, Indiana residence killing his wife Joann, 34, and five of their eight children Judy 11 Patty 9 Karen 8 Cynthia 6 and Donald 3. Debbie 13 escaped onto a porch roof. Firefighters faced shoulder high drifts delaying rescue and the cold morning hindered access from nearby towns.
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Mixersville
Ind
Harold F. Parshall
WOXR
Oxford
Ohio
Joann
Judy
Patty
Karen
Cynthia
Donald
Debbie
Marshall
Ronald
Harold G
Hamilton
Deaths and Funerals in Middletown Area
Kinard Burns 62 of 601 Hudson Ave South Lebanon died en route to Middletown Hospital after a heart attack while his car was stuck in a snowdrift on Green Tree Road east of Cincinnati Dayton Road. He worked for Armco Steel for 20 years. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Oswalds Funeral Home Lebanon with burial in South Lebanon Cemetery. He is survived by his wife Lillie a daughter a sister four brothers and two grandchildren. Francis Lehman 50 Middletown truck driver killed Friday in an Ashland Ohio area crash will have services at 2 p.m. Tuesday at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with burial in Woodside Cemetery. He lived at 1908 First Ave and drove for Glenn Cartage Co. of Middletown.
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South Lebanon
Middletown Hospital
Greentree Road
Cincinnati- Dayton
Kinard Burns
Hudson Ave
Charlotte Daugherty
Middletown Rt. 2
Daugherty
Warren County
Ralph Young
Burns
Lillie
Shirley Asher
Nancy Masset
Harrison, Ind
Frank Burns
Cincinnati
Jim Burns
Haven
Ind
Coltson Barrett
Junior Barrett
Indiana
Francis Lehman
Middletown
Ashland
Ohio
McCoy-Leffler
Haskel Jenkins
Jenkins
Woodside Cemetery
Lehman
First Ave
Glenn Cartage Co
Gertrude Peterson Rites Planned In Toledo
Funeral services for Gertrude Peterson 64 of 706 Richardson Drive will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Memorial Park Cemetery Toledo. There will be no visitations. Arrangements are by Mec Coy Leffler Funeral Home.
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Gertrude Peterson
Richardson Drive
Memorial Park Cemetery
Toledo
Mec. Coy-Leffler Funeral Home
Services for Irving Harvey in Alabama church
Irving Harvey aged 84 of 1112 Yankee Road died Friday in a Cincinnati hospital. Funeral services are set for 1 p.m. Saturday at the A.M.E. Zion Church in Opelika Alabama with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call at Jordan Memorial Chapel Monday after 6 p.m. and Tuesday until 2 p.m.
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Irving Harvey
Yankee Road
Cincinnati
A.M.E. Zion Church
Opelika
Ala
Jordan Memorial Chapel
Naomi Palmer Memorial Services Held for Mrs Naomi Butler Palmer
Memorial services for 83 year old Mrs Naomi Butler Palmer widow of Judge Gideon Palmer were held Sunday at First Methodist Church with Dr C E Wintringham officiating. Services were conducted today in Santa Monica California where she died and burial was at Woodside Cemetery per family arrangements by Riggs Funeral Home.
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Naomi Butler Palmer
Gideon Palmer
First Methodist Church
Santa Monica Calif
Palmer
C. E. Wintringham
Woodside Cemetery
Riggs Funeral Home
William S. Babcock 83 Dies in Germantown
William S. Babcock 83 retired patent attorney of 32 E Warren St Germantown died 7 45 p m Friday at Kettering Memorial Hospital. He belonged to Germantown Rotary Club Scottish Rite Columbus World War I veteran American Legion Franklin Post 1 and American Patent Law Association. He is survived by brother Henry Chicago and sisters Mrs J T Richardson and Mrs C C Mertz Washington D C His wife Mary died last April He lived with niece Mrs Robert Coghill Funeral 1 30 p m Tuesday at John A Arpp Funeral Home Germantown Cemetery burial and Montgomery County Heart Association memorials suggested.
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Germantown
William S. Babcock
E. Warren St
Kettering Memorial Hospital
Washington, D.C
Mary
Robert Coghill
John A. Arpp
Donald Esslinger
Claude J. Snyder
Germantown Cemetery
Fire causes $900 damage to home on Ninth Street
Firefighters fought a blaze at 614 Ninth Street causing about $900 damage. The fire, sparked by a defective furnace flue in a wall near the chimney, reached the attic with minor damage. Resident Benny Howard, 31, was treated for head and chest pains and taken to Middletown hospital.
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Ninth Street
Florida
Frazier Johnson
Taylor Howard
Main St
Benny Howard
Baltimore St
Lincoln St
Middletown Hospital
Pri-County Ambulance
Shastri Plans U S and Soviet Visit This Year
Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri told Parliament he intends to visit the United States and the Soviet Union in the year, but dates remain unset.
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New Delhi
India
Lal Bahadur Shastri
United States
Soviet Union
Mrs Hester Slater Dies At 77 In Indiana
Camden widow Mrs. Hester E Slater 77 died Saturday in Reid Memorial Hospital Richmond Ind after a stay since November 2 She was born in Saffordville Kan lived there until 1946 then moved to Eaton Her survivors include daughter Mrs Willis Johnson Camden Rt 3 son Victor C Slater Decatur Ga sister Grace Whipkey Emporia Kan and five grandchildren Funeral services 2 p m Thursday at Roberts Blue Barnett Funeral Home Emporia Kan burial Hillside Cemetery Saffordville Kan visitation 7-9 p m Monday at R C Nein Sons Funeral Home here
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Camden
Hester E. Slater
Ora V. Slater
Camden Rt
Reid Memorial Hospital
Richmond
Ind
Willis Johnson
Camden Rt. 3
Victor C. Slater
Decatur, Ga
Grace Whipkey
Emporia
Kan
Roberts- Blue - Barnett Funeral Home
Hillside Cemetery
Saffordville
Convictions Of Antioch Students Are Overruled
Xenia Ohio AP The 1963 convictions of 17 Antioch College students arrested in a sit in at a Yellow Springs barber shop were overturned due to a faulty police arrest card evidence issue. The students were charged with trespassing and convicted in 1963.
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Antioch
Xenia
Ohio
Antioch College
Yellow Springs
Greene County Common Pleas Court
Herman John Weber
Asher Bogin
Dayton
Lewis Gegner
Gegner
Two Franklin Teens Questioned in Pizza House Break-In
Two 17 year old Franklin youths were held on burglary charges after Vic Cassano's Pizza House was broken into early Friday. One confessed hiding in a nearby field. Police pursue links to robberies at Bob's Party Pantry and George's Restaurant and a false alarm at 426 Kaye Drive.
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Franklin
Vic Cassano
N. River St
Park Ave
S. Main St
Kaye Drive
State Board drops four scholarship tests in replacement plan
In Columbus, Ohio the State Board of Education says it will drop four school testing programs including the general scholarship tests for high school seniors. New tests will replace them and guidance director John Rodgers says the dropped tests are duplicated by college exams or outdated.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Board of Education
John Rodgers
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