Pastor’s Amen Triggers Dam Rescue Near Chautauqua
An unidentified rescuer dove from the Miami Valley Chautauqua chapel grounds after a boat from a Maineville Baptist Church service neared the Miami River dam. William Baier, 30, and Virgil Hogue, 44, were dragged over the dam. Baier sustained a knee puncture while Hogue suffered knee abrasions. Hogue was found in weeds offshore by Franklin Fire Department members and both men were hospitalized in Middletown after first aid at the Chautauqua office.
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Maineville Baptist
Miami Valley Chautauqua
William Baier
Miamisburg Rt. 3
Baier
Virgil Hogue
Lamme Rd
Dayton
Chautauqua
Miami River
E. Lee Niswander
Franklin Fire Department
Hogue
Middletown
Eaton Ambulance
Niswander
Elks Name Roanoke Lawyer John L. Walker Exalted Ruler
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks elected John L. Walker a 49 year old Roanoke Virginia attorney as exalted ruler at its grand lodge meeting in Philadelphia. Walker was nominated by former Virginia governor John S. Battle and will be installed Thursday replacing William J. Jerrick of Nutley New Jersey.
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Philadelphia
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
John L. Walker
Roanoke
Walker
John S. Battle
Virginia
William J. Jerrick
Nutley
N. J
Obituary: Mrs Sarah Barker 77 former Baltimore St resident
Mrs. Sarah Barker 77 longtime Salvation Army worker died yesterday at Shadylawn Convalescent Home where she had lived since March 1953. Survived by two daughters Mrs. Arthur Tucker Battle Creek Michigan and Mrs. George Redkey West Middletown two sons Clay Columbus and John Middletown eight grandchildren seven great grandchildren. Services Wednesday 2 p.m. at the Salvation Army Citadel Maj Charles Johnston officiating. Burial Middletown Cemetery. Friends may call Joseph R. Baker & Sons Funeral Home 7-9 p.m. today and 2-5 and 7-9 p.m. tomorrow.
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Sarah Barker
Baltimore St
Shadylawn
Barker
Salvation Army
Arthur Tucker
Battle Creek
Mich
George Redkey
West Middletown
Clay
Columbus
John
Middletown
Maj
Charles Johnston
Middletown Cemetery
Joseph R. Baker & Sons Funeral
John N. Cook 65 Franklin Dies After Long Illness
John N. Cook 65 of 134 E. 5th St. Franklin died 8 30 p.m. Saturday after a six year illness. Services set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Robert Eaton Funeral Home with Rev. Donald Light officiating. Burial in Woodhill Cemetery. Calling hours 2–5 and 7–9 p.m. tomorrow. Survived by wife Jennie a daughter Isabel Hensel of Miamisburg a son Robert of Middletown four stepchildren Edith McCabe Cecil Swallow Fay Johnson Roy Swallow five sisters and three brothers plus 17 grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
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Middletown
Jennie
Isabel Hensel
Miamisburg
Robert
Edith McCabe
Cecil Swallow
Franklin
Fay Johnson
Roy Swallow
Roll Cook
Sycamore
Roger Cook
David Cook
Cushing
Okla
Stella Banta
Grace Taylor
Mary Kohr
Daisy Barker
Lillian Lloyd
Bevis to Retire as OSU President This November
Ohio State University president Dr. Howard L. Bevis will retire at age 70 after serving since January 1940. The 59 year old native of Hamilton County plans a successor search now and may write after leaving the university.
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Bevis
OSU
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State University
Howard L. Bevis
Hamilton County
Ohio Bar
University of Cincinnati
Harvard Law School
Ohio Supreme Court
Harvard
Ohi State
Suman George H 67 died after long illness in Somerville
George H Suman a Gratis native moved to Somerville in 1938 and worked 18 years for Frigidaire GM retiring 1954. Survived by wife Ella two sons George Jr Vandalia and Clayton R Hamilton three grandchildren four brothers and three sisters. Funeral Wednesday at Inman Funeral Home with two pastors officiating burial in Somerville Cemetery. Calls to 7 to 10 p.m. tomorrow.
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Somerville
George H. Suman
Suman
Gratis
Montgomery County
Frigidaire
General Motors
Somerville Presbyterian Church
Ella
George Jr
Vandalia
Clayton R
Hamilton
Edward
Paul
Ray
Eaton
Russell
West Alexandria
Mary Bunn
Lula Meyer
Bessie Brandenburg
Camden
Dwight
Inman Funeral
Ralph M. Martin
The
Presbyterian Church
Two Obituaries Listed for Early Services
Mrs. Elizabeth Pressler aged 69 of 1811 Grand Blvd. will be mourned with a service at 2 p.m. at Brown Funeral Home. Mrs. Anna Thompson aged 73 of 1066 Forest Ave. will have a service at 10 a.m. tomorrow at Lindenwall Baptist Church.
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Elizabeth Pressler
Grand Blvd
Brown Funeral Home
Anna Thompson
Forest Ave
Lindenwall Baptist Church
Notable Deaths Across States and Nations
DEATHS ELSEWHERE BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MIAMI BEACH Albert Pick Sr. 36 head of a hotel chain born in Chicago died Saturday. WILMINGTON N C Capt R O D Sullivan 62 retired airline pilot reputedly flew Pan Am China Clippers and the Lisbon crash flight died Sunday. WASHINGTON Guy Mason 74 soldier lawyer newspaperman and DC commissioner died Sunday. LISBON Dos Reis 58 leader of forgery gang died Saturday after serving 20 years in prison. CLEVELAND Belle Sherwin 87 suffrage pioneer former LWV president died Saturday. BRYN MAWR Rev Joseph A Hickey 72 former Villanova president first American prior general of the Order of St Augustine. ROME Alvin Everett 45 lefthanders golf winner 1939 1940 died Saturday. CHICAGO Walter W Pace a industrial engineer helped develop Illinois Central railroads atomic plant born in Illinois died Saturday. SANTIAGO Valmore Rodriguez 58 former Venezuelan foreign minister and president of Congress died Sunday.
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Associated Press
Miami Beach
Albert Pick Sr
Chicago
Wilmington
N. C
R. O. D Sullivan
District of Columbia
Pierceton
Ind
Lisbon
Portugal
Artur Virgilio Alves Dos Reis
Cleveland
Belle Sherwin
League of Women Voters
Sherwin- Williams Co
Bryn Mawr
Joseph A. Hickey
O.S.A
Villanova University
Order of St. Augustine
Rome
Alvin Everett
Walter W. Pace
Illinois Central Railroad
Kevil, Ky
Albion
Ill
Santiago
Chile
Valmore Rodriguez
Congress
Venezuela
Anderson Quits Defense Post
Robert B. Anderson of Texas resigned today as deputy secretary of defense effective about August 15. The White House said President Eisenhower accepted the resignation with reluctance and no successor was named. A nomination to replace him was expected before Congress adjourns possibly around August 1, with rumors linking Reuben B. Robertson Jr. of Hamilton Ohio to the post.
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Washington
Robert B. Anderson
Texas
White House
Eisenhower
Murray Snyder
Congress
Anderson
Reuben B. Robertson Jr
Hamilton
Ohio
Paper Company
Squatters' huts cleared on Roosevelt Road Formosa
Armed police sealed a section of Roosevelt road in Taipei Formosa as municipal workers began demolishing scores of squatters huts. The destruction is part of a street widening plan to facilitate dispersal from Taipei in the event of Communist air attacks on the city. Roosevelt road is a main thoroughfare in the capital.
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Formosa
Roosevelt Road
Taipei
Negro takes over executive post in Eisenhower administration
Everett Morrow, a Negro, is named administrative officer for the special projects group, the first of his race in a job of this caliber in the Eisenhower presidency. The post pays 12 000 to 13 000 dollars yearly. Morrow, from Hackensack New Jersey, had advised on business affairs to Secretary Weeks since September 1953.
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Washington
Everett Frederick Morrow
Eisenhower
Hage 3 House
Rrow
Morrow
Hackensack
N.J
Secretary of Commerce
Car Motor Purred Then Found Kitten Under Hood
Greensboro man Jack O. Jones arrived after an 180 mile drive from Conway South Carolina and remarked his motor purred like a kitten. He then found a furry kitten under the hood, likely hopping aboard in Conway where cats slept under the car.
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Greensboro
N.C
Jack O. Jones
Conway
S. C
Jones
South Korean urges Ike to press Bulganin at Geneva
South Korea's Foreign Minister Y. T. Pyun told reporters that President Eisenhower should deliver the first American remark at the Big Four summit. He urged Bulganin to "let go your victims" as the meeting with Stalin and others nears in Geneva.
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Seoul
South Korea
Y. T. Pyun
Eisenhower
Nikolai Bulganin
Geneva
Big Four
Chiefs of State
Pyun
Typhoon Heading for Okinawa Warned by Tokyo Obs
The Tokyo Meteorological Observatory reported the seventh typhoon of the season forming in the Marianas was moving north toward Okinawa and expected to be near the island by tomorrow morning. The storm was classified as of considerable strength with winds up to 123 miles per hour.
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Tokyo
Tokyo Central Meterological Observatory
Marianas
Okinawa
Major Fires Fought In Canadian Forests
Canadian firefighters battled forest fires across Ontario and Quebec burning thousands of acres. In Ontario large outbreaks were fought in Muskoka and the Blind River area northeast of Sault Ste. Marie. In Quebec three fires burned in Baie-Comeau region with no settlements endangered.
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Toronto
Ontario
Quebec
Muskoka
Blind River
Sault Ste. Marie
Baiecomeau
Lost in Hampton Court Maze Draws Half Million Visitors
Tourists pay three pence for a half hour of wandering in Hampton Court Gardens maze. The seven foot hedges create intricate alleys. a Britannica guide provides the key, but most rely on persistence and the central exit. The piece traces historic gardens and notes the National Garden Scheme opens private grounds for charity.
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Hampton Court Gardens
London
Britannica
Hampton Court Maze
Henry VIII
Anne Boleyn
Elizabeth I
Hatfield House
Alexander Pope
Cirencester Park
Gloucestershire
Oliver Cromwell
Hinchingbrooke
Huntingdonshire
Charles Dickens
Cobham Hall
Kent
GM Acquires Land West of Mansfield for Plant
General Motors Corp filed deeds to 260 acres of farm land west of Mansfield Ohio. The company plans to build a plant to manufacture automotive body assemblies with initial work to begin in about two weeks and about 3000 jobs expected.
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Mansfield
Ohio
Here
General Motors Corp
Statues Erected for Notable Fictional Characters
The text lists statues of Peter Pan in London, Hans Brinker in Holland, Puck in Washington D C, Hiawatha and Minnehaha in Minneapolis, Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn in Hannibal Missouri.
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Peter Pan
London
Hans Brinker
Holland
Puck
Washington D.C
Hiawatha and
Minnehaha
Minneapolis
Tom Sawyer
Huck Finn
Hannibal, Mo
Hazardous Tree to Be Cut Down Near London Ohio
A dangerous tree on the London Circleville road just north of Big Plain has caused four deaths as three cars struck it over six weeks. Highway crews will remove the tree today to prevent further accidents at the sharp curve.
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London
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Chautauqua Dam
Elks
United States
Verity
Riggs
Bi Hi Riggs Funeral Home
Central Avenue
Miami Cement Products, Inc
Seven Mile
Mrs
John N. Cook
Covrricht
William J. Miller
King Features, Inc
Ike
Old England
Cambridge
Bob Evans
7Th Ave
Terry Finkle
L&m
N. Verity
AL Rubin
Insurance & Real Estate
N. Clinton
PRADA
Dale
Prof’s
Betzler Auto Parts
Ohio Theater
Main St
Ema
Wood Products
Shaker
Kennett’s
Guy Routzahn
Gulf Distributors Gasoline & Fuel Oil
House OF Drugs
S. Main St
Don House
Charles Foote
Ashland Oil & Ref. Co
Valvoline Motor Oil & Grease
Ig BE
Nellie
East 3Rd St
Valley Laundry
S. River St
General Insurance
Scholl Hardware Plumbing & Electrical Supplies
East 4Th ST
Phillips
With Franklin
Westinghouse
Moon & Acrion Insurance Agency
Vernon J. Moon
F. H. Swinehart
Joe Canter
Tom VY. Moon , Langdon L. Leighton
S. Broad St
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