Ohio Solons Cast Votes on Key Roll Calls in Congress
Washington AP reports Ohio members split on major votes. Senate approval to send back a bill shielding pro sports from anti trust rules 73 12. Final passage 61 32 on wartime tax rate extension and debt limit rise to 293 billion. House party split on mining bill and wage amendment with For and Against tallies listed for each member.
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Washington
Ohio
Congress
Carroll
Cole
Lausche
Young
Young House
Ayres
Ashley
Burnhart
Bolton
Bow
Brown
Cook
Devine Feighan
Hays
Kirwan Latta
Levering
McCulloch
Moeller
Schenck
Vanik
Quiz program innovator Edward MacWilliams of Virginia Beach
Edward MacWilliams of Virginia Beach Virginia introduced a quiz type radio program shaping local broadcasts and audience engagement with interactive questions and rapid recall segments.
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Edward MacWilliams
Virginia Beach, Va
Record Highway Death Toll During July Fourth Holiday
Chicago AP reports a record 440 highway deaths nationwide over the three day Fourth of July holiday. Accidental fatalities include 34 boating accidents 123 drownings and 110 from other causes for an overall total of 707. Final toll far exceeds prior marks and Safety Council estimates.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Associated Press
Conservancy To Join In As Watershed Sponsor
The Miami conservancy district will become a sponsor of the Dick's Creek Little Muddy Watershed project. Butler County Commission voted to approve the state agency as sponsor for the western portion of the watershed near Yankee Road in Middletown. Max Mitchell and Wilbur Cotton announced the Conservancy Board's approval. Mitchell said the district will participate as part of its flood control program and that maintenance of flood structures remains a key function. Marvin Stahl noted the district's long track record and ability to manage either construction or maintenance efficiently. commissioners welcomed the offer.
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Miami Conservancy District
Dick's Creek
Little Muddy
Yankee Road
Middletown
Butler County Commission
Conservancy District
Wilbur Cotton
Conservancy Board
Max Mitchell
Mitchell
U. S. Corps of Engineers
Marvin Stahl
Conservancy
Man charged with manslaughter in holiday prank death
Buffalo AP reports James C Batcho charged with second degree manslaughter after a holiday prank where he lit a firecracker under his wife Geral dine s bed and a 22 caliber rifle he held fired as she woke. He said he did not know the safety was off.
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Buffalo
N.Y
James C. Batcho
Geraldine
Poice
Batcho
Three Women Die In Ohio Car Crash Near Piqua
In Champaign County at the U S 36 and Ohio 69 intersection about four miles east of Piqua three elderly women from St. Paris were killed in a two car crash Tuesday. The victims were Bertha McBeth Hettie Mott and Verda E Puttman all about 69.
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Piqua
Ohio
Champaign County
St. Paris
U. S. 36
Ohio 69
Here
Bertha McBeth
Hettie Mott
Verda E. Puttman
Haas Installed President of Civitan Club at Manchester Hotel
John Haas of Sears Roebuck was installed as Civitan Club president at yesterday's meeting in Manchester Hotel. New officers include Chester Denis as vice president Emmitt Perkins president-elect Elwood Hinkle secretary Jacques Lint treasurer and John Hackett sergeant at arms. The group discussed the Civilian International convention in Miami and announced cancellation of next Tuesday's noon meeting. Members plan to attend Camp Hook next Wednesday for Boy Scout Troop 18 Court of Honor and a 6 PM covered dish dinner.
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John Haas
Sears-Roebuck
Civitan ‘Club
Manchester Hotel
William Stephen
Chester Denis
Emmitt Perkins
Elwood Hinkle
Jacques Lint
John Hackett
Haas
Miami
Fla
Camp Hook
Court of Honor
2nd Term For Drivers Nearly Full
Middletown High summer school offers a drivers training course starting Monday under principal H. H. Lawrence. The class runs weekdays 8 a.m. to Aug 12 with only three seats left. Eligibility requires 16 by Oct 31. registration ends Friday in the high school office. Fees are 12 dollars inside the district and 22 dollars outside. The first class meets in room 109 with other courses continuing through July 22.
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Middletown High Summer School
H. H. Lawrence
Middletown High School
Police Briefs Thefts Reported in Local Areas
Thieves took four hub caps from Kenneth Baker’s car on 225 Charles St and a battery from James Ferguson’s car on 2001 Lowell St. Vandals broke six windows at Barkeley Electric Manufacturing Co. on 1905 Columbia Ave causing $200 truck damage, and caused $300 damage to a vehicle for Allen Construction Co. on Fisher Road. Nellie Jean Martin, 14, daughter of Mrs. Laura Martin of 136 N Broad St, is reported missing. Burglars broke into Hilgeford Rowe Auto Agency at 350 N Verity Pkwy via a window and stole $75 in cash. burglary discovered yesterday.
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Kenneth Baker
Charles St
James Ferguson
Lowell St
Vandall
Barkeley Electric Manufacturing Co
Columbia Ave
Doebler Bros
Central Ave
Allen Construction Co
Fisher Road
Nellie Jean Martin
Laura Martin
N. Broad St
Hilgeford-Rowe Auto Agency
N. Verity Pkwy
Deaths And Funerals Of Mrs Mary Fultz And Others
Obituary notices list Mrs Mary Fultz of Middletown who died at Middletown Hospital after long illness. Services held at Mc Coy Leffier Funeral Home with burial at Woodside Cemetery. Survived by four daughters two sons and 11 grandchildren. Other obituaries note Robert E Hockersmith in Oxford and Harry C Wirbel in Middletown. Also listed are Bellamy Partridge and Rev Alfred H Ackley with brief service details.
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Mary Fultz
Wilbraham Rd
McCoy-Leffier
H. S. Gessner
Woodside Cemetery
Eats
Fultz
Middletown Hospital
Wrenn Paper Co
Wide Creek
First Baptist Church
Osie
Dorothy Morrison
Dosagie Brisben
Loretta Kramer
Middletown
Myra Anderson
Pueblo
Colo
Robert
Kermit
Sheridan Spencer
Eaton
Jeff Gabbard
Wise Graveside Rites Held for Middletown Native
Graveside services for Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Wise, 89, formerly of Middletown, will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Spring Grove Cemetery in Columbus. The Rev. Robert Ward will officiate. She died in her sleep yesterday at her sister Pauline Cromer’s home in Columbus. She was the widow of Harry Wise, longtime real estate and insurance man in Middletown before they moved seven years ago. Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Francis Noonan of Cincinnati, a grandchild, and a great grandchild.
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Mary Elizabeth Wise
Middletown
Spring Grove Cemetery
Columbus
Robert Ward
Wise
Harry Wise
Pauline Cromer
Francis Noonan
Cincinnati
Infant Harrison Franklin dies shortly after birth
The infant son of Mr and Mrs John Harrison of 7058 Howard Rd died at 3 30 pm yesterday at Middletown Hospital 13 hours after birth. Survivors include parents three sisters Rebecca Pamela and Beth two brothers Charles and John paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Robert Harrison Franklin maternal grandfather Charles OHara Noel Mo and maternal grandmother Mrs Beatrice Owens Whittaker Calif Graveside services are at 10 am tomorrow at Woodhill Cemetery with Rev Harold Plater officiating Eaton Funeral Home handling arrangements.
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Franklin
John Harrison
Howard Rd
Middletown Hospital
Rebecca
Pamela
Beth
Charles
John
Robert Harrison
Charles O'Hara
Noel, Mo
Beatrice Owens
Whittaker
Calif
Services for Mrs Catherine Phoenix FRANKLIN
Funeral services for Mrs Catherine Phoenix Franklin will be held at 3 p m tomorrow at the Second Baptist Church with Rev Samuel Kirby officiating Burial will be in Springboro Cemetery Friends may call at Anglesby Funeral Home after 4 p m today Mrs Phoenix died last Saturday at St Elizabeth Hospital Dayton A former Franklin resident she lived at 1438 Miami Chapel Rd Dayton Her husband George died in 1946 Surviving are a daughter Mrs Gertrude Newman and a son Fred Flynn both of Dayton
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Franklin
Catherine Phoenix
Second Baptist Church
Samuel Kirby
Springboro
Anglesby
Phoenix
St. Eliabeth Hospital
Dayton
Miami Chapel Rd
George
Gertrude Newman
Fred Flynn
Top Canadian airman killed in chute jump
Air Vice Marshal Keith L. B. Hodson of Canada died after parachuting from a disabled T33 jet trainer near Colorado Springs. Hodson, 44, deputy chief of staff for operations at NORAD, likely neck injury or parachute cord strangulation. Col. Harry B. Allen witnessed Hodson tangled in lines as gusts hindered landing. Hodson was dead on arrival and Allen was injured. Hodson, married with two children, served with the RCAF since 1938 and held multiple high commands including head of the RCAF Staff College.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Keith L. B. Hodson
North American Air Defense Command
Canada
Air Force
Bridgeport
Conn
Bellamy Partridge
Here
North American
Air Defense Command
NORAD
Hodson
United States
Harry B. Allen
Portland
Ore
Allen
Hoyson
Royal Canadian Air Force Staff College
RCAF
Ottawa
Europe
Frst
Metz
France
St.Hubert
Quebec
Rcaf Staff College
Air Force sergeant killed in Trumbull County crash
Warren Ohio AP reports James P. Mulveney age 29 a technical sergeant from Lawton Oxford was killed when his car spun off a Trumbull County road and struck a utility pole Tuesday night.
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Warren
Ohio
James P. Mulveney
Air Force
Lawton
Oxfo
Trumbull
Mason-Floyd Runyon dies of heart attack at home
Floyd Jack Runyon 37 died Monday of a heart attack at his home 612 Lindemann La He was a machinist at the General Electric plants in Evandale and a World War II veteran He belonged to the Masonic Lodge survived by wife Velma daughter Patti Jo mother Mrs Mary Knotl Mason and step sister Mrs Marilyn Taylor Mason Services set for 2 pm tomorrow at Gallimore Funeral Home with burial at Rose Hill Cemetery Friends may call today at the funeral home
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Mason
Floyd Jack Runyon
Lindemann la
General Electric
Evandale
Masonic Lodge
Velma
Patti Jo
Mary Knotl
Marilyn Taylor
Man Held In Ironton Bound Over After Plea
IRONTON Ohio AP William Sparkman 31 a truck driver near South Point was bound to the grand jury Tuesday after entering an innocent plea to a first degree murder charge Sparkman is charged in the June 27 fatal shooting of Walter Jack Moore 35 a dispatcher for Maxwell Trucking Co Police said Sparkman shot Moore after he became disgruntled with his trucking assignments.
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Ironton, Ohio
William Sparkman
South Point
Sparkman
Walter Jack Moore
Maxwell Trucking Co
Moore
OSU Professor Dr Kwan Yau Tang Dies After Long Illness
Dr Kwan Yau Tang a 60 year old professor in the electrical engineering department at Ohio State University died Tuesday after a long illness. A longtime OSU faculty member since 1925 he was a native of Honolulu.
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Columbus, Ohio
Kwan Yau Tang
Ohio State University
OSU
Tang
Honolulu
French Attempted Panama Canal Builder 1879 89 Fails
The first effort to construct a Panama Canal was by Ferdinand de Lesseps from 1879 to 1889. It failed, ending the ambitious French project before completion.
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Panama
Ferdinand de Lesseps
Gospel Singers Here On Friday
The Reid Sisters from Dayton will perform spiritual sacred and semi classical numbers at New Era Baptist Church 1220 Young St Friday at p.m. Rev Fred H. Alexander will give a brief sermonette. Proceeds benefit the Sunday School Union outing at Armco Park on Aug 6.
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Reid Sisters
Dayton
New Era Baptist Church
Young St
Fred H. Alexander
Sunday School Union
Armco Park
George Washington adopts two children Nancy and George Parke Custis
Historical note records George Washington adopting two children Nancy and George Parke Custis, expanding his family during the early republic. The arrangements reflect colonial parenting norms and the care of relatives within Washington's household.
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George Washington
Nancy and
George Washington Parke Curlis
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