Five Die In Martinsville Plane Crash Killing Du Pont Employees
A twin engine Lockheed 12A carrying three Du Pont employees and two crewmen crashed during takeoff at Martinsville Virginia airport at 6 20 am collapsing into a wood area and bursting into flames Four aboard died immediately and a fifth died later at Martinsville General Hospital The victims include W R Lucan 4 Jack Combs 33 Carl C Larson 35 John E Pace Jr 43 and Virginia Paarfus 4 as well as the pilot Mrs Paarfus is wife of Dr Edward C Paarfus of Stuart Virginia bound for Wilmington Delaware authorities identified the crash site and confirmed the Du Pont connection.
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Martinsville
du Pont
Martinsville General Hospital
W. R. Lucan
Jack Combs
Carl C. Larson
Martinsville du Pont
John E Pace Jr
Pil
Virginia Paarfus
Stuart
Body of Wellston Man Recovered from City Park Lake
Richard Lee Buchanon, 21, of Wellston, was found in City Park Lake after two fishermen spotted his body. Buchanon had been missing since June 13 and was sent to Gallipolis for an autopsy.
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Wellston
Ohio
Richard Lee Buchanon
City Park Lake
Buchanon
Gallipolis
Jeff Davis to quit as King of the Hoboes in Pittsburgh
Jeff Davis, 80s, announced he will abdicate as King of the Hoboes and Emperor of the Knights of the Road. He founded the group 56 years ago in Cincinnati and will pass leadership to Al Kersey, crowned next June at the Pittsburgh hobos convention.
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Cincinnati
Jeff Davis
The
Knights of the Road
Davis
al Kersey
Toledo
Pittsburgh
Davie
Reporter-Announcer Turned Teacher Dies at 56
Dr Alan F Griffin a former newspaper reporter and radio announcer who later became Ohio State University education professor died Monday night at Ohio State University Hospital He was a native of Barnesville Belmont County and joined OSU in 1936 earning a PhD in 1942 and a professorship in 1949 Survivors include his wife and two daughters Marion and Joan
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Columbus, Ohio
Alan F
Griffin
Barnesville
Belmont County
Ohio State University Hospital
Ohio State
Mansfield News - Journal
Mansfield
Mansfield High School
Marion
Washington
Joan
Columbus
Police Briefs In Franklin Arrests For Drag Dacing
Police arrested Dean Otis Howe Jr. and Kenneth Hatfield on N Verity Parkway near Access No 1 on charges of drag racing. Officers recovered a 1961 model car reported stolen in Franklin at Clayton and Mary Etta.
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Dean Otis Howe JR
Oxford Road
Franklin
Kenneth Hatfield
Canal St
N. Verity Parkway
Access No. 1
Clayton and
Mary Etta
Rock Misses Auto Windshield Injures Owner in Miamisburg
A six year old boy, among two children said to have been throwing rocks at autos yesterday, admitted throwing the rock that shattered a windshield on Perry Lynn’s car in Miamisburg. Damage was estimated at 100 dollars.
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Perry Lynn
Miamisburg
Man Charged In Juvenile Case
A 29 year old Miamisburg man named William J Wheeler was charged by city police juvenile officers with contributing to the delinquency of a 15 year old local girl. Police say he took the girl to a motel. Wheeler released on a 1000 dollar bond pending Municipal Court hearing. The girl is held at the Butler County detention home on a delinquency charge.
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Miamisburg
William J. Wheeler
S. Riverview Ave
Wheeler
Butler County
Democrats Meet for Midlletown Club Political Night
Democratic candidates gather at the Midlletown Democratic Club meeting hosted by deputy county treasurer John Stromquist at 6 30 p m at the Aviation Club. Speakers include Mark Wendel Joseph Kiep Earl Hogan Judge Harry Walsh Gor Augspurger John Thomas Arthur Reiff John Connaughton Bearl Joyce Jesse Pochard Rodney Love and local incumbents Arthur Tilton and Sylvester Reiff among others.
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Middletown
Democratic Club
Aviation Club
John Stromquist
Mark Wendel
Joseph Kiep
Earl Hogan
Harry Walsh
Harry Walford
Arthur Fiehter
Common Pleas Court
On Augspurger
John Thomas
Arthur F. Reiff
John B. Connaughton
Bearl Joyce
Jesse Pochard
Rodney Love
Dayton
U. S
Arthur R. Tilton
Arthur Reiff
Sylvester Reiff
Young Democratic Club
Prominent Farmer Dies at 64 in Camden Area
Carl Kline 64 of Paint Creek Four Mile Road Camden died suddenly at home after years of declining health. A noted breeder and showman of Duroc hogs, he served with several organizations and is survived by Grace his wife two sisters and three brothers. Burial at Fairhaven Cemetery. Friends may call Wednesday 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
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Camden
Carl Kline
Paint Creek
Four Mile Road
Dixon Township
Fayette County
Indiana
Grace
Israel
Dixon Townships
Preble County
Kline
Christian Church of
Springerville Ind
United Duroc Record Association
Preble County Farm Bureau
F.O. E
Richmond
Ind
Caroline Sherry
Connersville, Ind
Mary Krouse
Dyer, Ind
Paul
Ross
Camden Methodist Church
Fairhaven Cemetery
Mrs Daly 90 Dies. Rites Set in Dayton
Mrs Margaret Daly 90 of 21 E Hudson St Dayton died Saturday. She was a former Middletown resident and survived by a sister Katherine Halloran of Middletown along with 18 grandchildren great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. Friends may call at Mey er Boehmer Funeral Home 1733 Brown St Dayton from 4 to 9 p m today. Requiem High Mass will be sung Wednesday at 9 am at Sacred Heart Church. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery in Dayton.
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Margaret Daly
E. Hudson St
Dayton
Middletown
Katherine Halloran
Meyer Boehmer
Brown St
Sacred Heart Church
Calvary Cemetery
YMCA Official Knight In Serious Condition At Middletown Hospital
Ralph C. Knight longtime YMCA executive was in serious condition at Middletown Hospital after a Sunday heart attack at his home 4603 Holly Avenue. Edward Portsmouth Middletown Area Chamber staff associate was hospitalized Thursday evening after a heart attack and remained in fair condition yesterday.
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Ralph C. Knight
YMCA
Middletown Hospital
Edward Portsmouth
Mid- Town
Holly Ave
Portsmouth
Middletown
The 1 05 foot Fiffel Tower replacement trivia
The famous 1 05 foot Eiffel Tower replica stays remarkably durable with only a small number of its 18 036 steel sections ever replaced keeping its structure largely intact since 1889.
Hunt Speaker For Golden Agers At Club Meeting
J. Ross Hunt, executive director of the Metropolitan Housing Authority Hamilton, will address the Golden Age Club at a 1:30 tomorrow afternoon membership meeting. He will report on progress of the Rise apartment for elderly people. Club headquarters are at 4 S. Broad St.
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J. Ross Hunt
Metropolitan Housing Authority
Hamilton
Golden Age Club
S. Broad St
Rockefeller presses platform to back Civil Rights Act
Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller urged the Republican platform committee to affirm the constitutionality of the Civil Rights Act. He backed supporters of Pennsylvania Governor Scranton to push against front runner Senator Barry Goldwater in shaping the party’s platform.
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San Francisco
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Republican Platform Committee
New York
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Mary Pflanter dies at 90. services Thursday in Brown Dawson
Mrs. Mary Mame Pflanter, aged 90, of 316 Elvin Ave, died Monday. Funeral services are set for 9 am Thursday at Brown Dawson.
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Mary
Mame
Pflanter
Elvin Ave
Brown
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