Union's Levendusky Quits Amid City labor dispute
James Levendusky district representative for AFSCME AFL-CIO has resigned and will take a month off. City officials waited for his visit on proposed private garbage collection after his criticism of the Ferguson Act action affecting 66 city workers and 27 sanitation staff. He urged better labor relations over privatization.
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American Federation of State
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Local 656
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Journal
Obituaries for Ida Hamilton and Jess P Thomas
Obituary notices report Mrs Ida Hamilton of Middletown later Canton died June 27 at her Canton home. Surviving daughter Maude Pruitt and many grandchildren. Services by Brogdon Funeral Home in Canton with interment at Midland? Miami Cemetery. Also obituary for Jess P Thomas 80 of Lebanon who died at Willows Nursing Home. Surviving wife Madelie, daughter Edna Russell, two sisters, three grandchildren. Services at Oswald Funeral Home with burial at Miami Cemetery Corwin. viewing Tuesday.
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Ida Hamilton
Middletown
Canton
Brogdon Funeral Home
Lebanon
Jess P Thomas
W. DeSales St
the Willows Nursing Home
Madelie
Edna
D Russell
Elizabeth Hole
Ada Kenrick
Cincinnati
Oswald
Red White and Blue Dominate 196th Fourth Celebrations
The Fourth of July marks America's 196th birthday with patriotic pageants and family picnics. In Oklahoma City a Stars and Stripes Show featured Bob Hope Anita Bryant Nancy Wilson and Mickey Mantle with free tickets requiring red white and blue attire. NBC will tape the event for a Tuesday broadcast. Indpendence Hall in Philadelphia hosts a Yankee Doodle Dandy selection from 13 teens born on the Fourth representing the original 13 colonies. FBI Director Gray will deliver the keynote at Independence Hall. A Falls City Nebraska incident ends tragically as five youths and a counselor drown in the Missouri River.
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Oklahoma City
Bob Hope
Anita Bryant
Nancy Wilson
Mickey Mantle
NBC
Philadelphia
FBI
L. Patrick Gray Iti
Independence Hall
Falls
City
Neb
Missouri River
Turnpike Tolls Set A Record In June
Ohio Turnpike toll revenues reached a record 3,329,000 dollars for June, announced by turnpike commission chairman James W. Shacknessy.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Ohio Turnpike
James W. Shacknessy
Turnpike Commission
Truman’s Condition Termed Satisfactory
Former President Harry S Truman, 88, was admitted to Research Medical Center for routine examinations of a lower gastrointestinal problem after a fall at home. Dr. Wallace H. Graham said his condition is satisfactory and a detailed report would follow unless changes occur. The ailment relates to one that hospitalized Truman in early 1971. The Trumans marked their 53rd wedding anniversary last week.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Research Medical Center
Truman
Wallace H. Graham
Rufus Burrus
Mrs. Truman
Graham
Trumans
Nameless Headstone Adds Edge to Middletown Police Hub
An old tombstone with a broken name sits leaning in the Middletown police station garage. A handwritten note affixed to its bottom tweaks the aged epitaph, rewriting the final lines with a wry hint about following the officer’s path.
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Middletown
Lithuanian Folk Dance Festival Opens in Chicago
First Lady Pat Nixon urged about 3,000 people at the 4th Lithuanian Folk Dance Festival to keep their culture alive so others could enjoy it. The event began in Chicago with the crowd gathered to celebrate Lithuanian heritage.
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Chicago
Pat Nixon
Godfather Ousts Mary Poppins In Middletown Run
The Godfather theater run in Middletown surpasses Mary Poppins with a seven week streak at the Colonial and Studio. Manager Bill Coran notes 10 500 attendees in six weeks and 300 to 400 weekend viewers, with admission raised to 2.50 for adults and 1 for children. He attributes the longevity to the film’s strength and audience immersion.
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Longevity Kingdom
Studio Theater
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Colonial
Studio
Middletown
Godfather
Coran
Dayton
Cincinnati
Car Crash On I 71 Injures Two Near Kings Island
Early morning crash on Interstate 71 south near Kings Island injures Dorothy J. Crawford 19 of New Concord Ohio and David R. Culbertson 20 of Zanesville. Both treated at Bethesda North Hospital and released. Patrol said Crawford nodded off at 3:05 a.m. drifting left, hitting a drain before stopping near the southbound lane.
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Kings Island
Bethesda North Hospital
Dorothy J. Crawford
New Concord
Ohio
David R. Culbertson
Zanesville
President Nixon Independence Day Message
The text presents President Nixon's July 4 Independence Day message stressing America's founding ideals and ongoing challenges. It emphasizes individual rights, freedom, and opportunity, noting Washington, Jefferson, and Adams as founders and urging continued unity to overcome future problems.
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Nixon
White House
America
Philadelphia
Jefferson
Adams
Dinner Adds 2000 To Kiniyalocts Fund
The Mike Kiniyalocts Memorial Camping Scholarship Fund dinner at Camp Hook on June 24 raised about 2000 in donations and picnic fees. About 35 boys will attend camp this year, nine more than last year, with the fund aiming for 16000 and 6000 in the bank after expenses.
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Mike Kiniyalocts
Camp Hook
George Kiniyalocts
Vietnam
Kiniyalocts
Kinivalocts
Dinens
Kiniya
Middletonians named to Butler County Youth Service Bureau board
Eleven Middletown residents join 40 names on the Butler County Youth Service Bureau board. John F. Bookman announced new trustees and noted three are on the 15 member executive committee. The bureau aims to intercept unruly youths before juvenile court processing. Salary for a new director is $13,125 with a first year budget of $64,504, including $48,378 in federal funds from the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration.
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Hamilton
Middletown
Butler County Youth Service Bureau
John F. Bookman
Domestic Relations Court
Lloyd Barrett
Carl Brown Hamilton
Bookman
Youth Service Bureau
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Butler County
Youth Faces B E Charge at Local High School
An 18 year old Lebanon youth, Kelly N Parks of 25 W Orchard Ave, was to appear in municipal court after noon to face breaking and entering charges. Police observed him leaving the high school at 3 am with coins. a vending machine in the building was found broken into.
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Lebanon
Kelly N. Parks
Orchard Ave
Man crushed by mower in Ohio hillside tragedy
TRONTON Ohio AP HT. V. Bert Chapman 60 of Huntington W Va was killed Saturday when the tractor mower he was operating overturned on a steep slope and crushed him according to Lawrence County sheriff s deputies.
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Tronton
Ohio
Bert” Chapman
Huntington
W. Va
Lawrence County ‘Sheriff's Deputies
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