Eddie Rickenbacker Dies. War Ace and Airline Pioneer
World War I ace Eddie Rickenbacker died in Zurich at age 82 from heart failure as Eastern Airlines founder. His storied career included 21 air victories over France and a later rescue survival in the South Pacific after a 1942 B 17 ditching, with seven of eight survivors. Funeral services were planned in Columbus Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Eddie Rickenbacker
Eastern Airlines
Zurich
Switzerland
Eastern
Rickenbacker
Grim Reaper
Columbus
Ohio
Walter Mitty
United States
Army
John J. Pershing
Flight
94Th
France
America
Baron Manfred von Richthofen
Secretary of War
South Pacific
Samoa
Local Deaths and Funerals in Middletown and Nearby
Multiple obituaries list Annie Belle Smith 64 of 634 Lafayette Ave who died at Middletown Hospital. Robert C. Smith 50 of 1618 Pershing Ave died after collapsing at home and is buried with military ties. Charlotte L. Moore 89 of 351 Canova Drive Monroe died at Mt. Pleasant Home in Monroe with memorials planned. Bertha Profitt 65 of 94 Maple Drive Franklin died at Middletown Hospital with services in Hazard Kentucky and memorials urged. Dr Clifford Stuhmueller 77 of 546 Dick Ave noted with a funeral Mass at St Mary's Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Belle Smith
Lafayette Ave
Middletown Hospital
Joel F. Bailey & Sons
Robert C. Smith
Pershing Ave
Mr. Smith
Middletown
Sorg Paper Co
Helen
Bonnie Shearer
Robert
Raymond
Richard
Rhode Island
Edward Smith
Franklin
Mary Phillips
Florence Geraldine
Dayton
Danny
David
Charlotte L. Moore
Canova Drive
Monroe
Mt. Pleasant
Bertha Profitt
Maple Drive
Samuel
Frank
Fred Watts
Amanda Campbell
Scottsburg
Ind
Alfred Campbell
Butterfly
Mahalia Fields
Amy Baker
Vinie Fugate
Sally Fugate
Cassie Miller
Kentucky
Verdie Miller
Georgia Hamblin
Indiana
Eagle Funeral Home
Hazard
Riverside Cemetery
Eaton Funeral Home
Hamilton
Clifford Stuhmueller
Dick Ave
St. Mary’s Church
City suit hearing set for August 27 in water-rate case
Hamilton attorney announces a hearing before Butler County Common Pleas Court Judge Fred B. Cramer on August 27. The city of Middletown seeks dismissal from a Lemon Township water-rate lawsuit filed September 15 by Dorothy Ingram, trustee and water committee chair. The suit names the city, city commissioners, and county commissioners, alleging excessive rates under a city county agreement and seeking refunds.
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Hamilton
Richard Koehler
Butler County Common
Fred B. Cramer
Middletown
Lemon Township
Dorothy Ingram
Citizens’ Water Committee
Springboro Council OKs Preliminary 1974 Budget
Springboro village council approves a 1974 budget totaling 379 637 34 dollars with 101 400 in the general fund and 65 000 in street fund. They plan twice monthly meetings starting with the next regular session August 2 while water rates rise modestly under new Board of Public Affairs figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springboro
Board of Public Affairs
James Eyler
Middletown High School board agenda features security system bids
The Middletown school board will consider bids for a security television system in the MHS parking lot to deter car thefts and bids for a new traffic lane on Breiel Boulevard into MHS. The meeting also covers teaching assistant principal appointments, a drainage contract at Lemon Monroe High School, the 1973 74 adult evening school schedule, and sewing machine purchases for vocational classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown High School
School Board
Sing Ae
MHS
Robert Johnson
Breiel Boulevard
Lemon- Monroe High School
Sixth Annual Greek Bazaar Sells Out Pastries and Kebabs
The sixth annual Greek Bazaar at Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church sold out with 1,500 shish kebab dinners and pastries exhausted by Sunday evening. Over 22,000 pastries were baked by parishioners as proceeds support the church. Delores Revelos, publicity chairman, noted mild weather aided attendance despite clouds and little rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delores Revelos
Township starts baseball clinic in Lemon Park
Lemon Township begins a baseball clinic for local boys at Daman Park as the first step toward a broader township recreation program led by the township clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemon Township
Daman Park
Ohio Board of Regents opens college instructional grants
Instructional grants are available to eligible students with adjusted family income under 14000. Public college grants up to 750 and private college grants up to 1320. Helen Brown and local officials discuss expansion of recreation programs and park activities including clinics and potential softball. About 200 children attended a recreation picnic despite drizzle, aided by township junior police in keeping order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Board of Regents
Helen Brown
AFL-CIO Executive Council votes neutral in 1972 race
On July 19, 1972 the AFL-CIO Executive Council decided to stay neutral in the upcoming presidential election. The move signals no endorsement for any candidate and a policy of nonpartisan stance among union leadership.
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Afl-Cio
Second Trenton councilman files for re election
Ronnie L. Specht becomes the second candidate to file for re election to Trenton City Council. Mayor Carl Ennis plans to retire after this year. Specht, a lifelong Trenton resident, serves his first four year term and works at Crystal Tissue Co. Ed Roth has filed for re election. Four council seats will be filled in November.
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Trenton
Ronnie L. Specht
Carl Ennis
Ennis
Specht
Aberdeen Drive
Crystal Tissue Co
Home Avenue Park
Ed Roth
John Madoffori
Five injured in two car crash on Central Avenue
Five people were injured Saturday night in a two car collision on Central Avenue at Carmody Boulevard. Pamela Weaver 20 of Germantown Rt. 1 drove east and failed to yield striking James Doty 19 of Camden. All were treated at Middletown Hospital and released.
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Central Avenue
Carmody Boulevard
Middletown Hospital
Pamela F. Weaver
Germantown
Miss Universe 1973 Begins Reign in Athens
Margarita Moran, 19, of the Philippines, crowned Miss Universe 1973 at the Acropolis open-air theater after competing against contestants from 60 countries. The new queen said friends urged her to enter as Miss U.S.A. Amanda Jones of Evanston, Illinois, finished first runnerup.
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Athens
Margarita Moran
Acropolis
Manuel Roxas
Philippines
U.S.A
Amanda Jones
Evanston
Iil
Go Uplift Your Home Before August with Local Specials
A local round town column highlights five GOUGH LAMB CLEANERS with the Adjust-a-drape service offering 20 percent off until August 18, plus pick up and delivery and take down and rehang. Booth Drugs promotes Elbow Ease for tennis elbow at 3.95. Filson’s joins the Highview Center shopping area alongside Capozzi Shoes and Norris Music as shop updates roll out with new stock and services.
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Gough Lamb Cleaner
Francis
Booth Drugs Inc
Fillons Inc
Highview Center
Central Avenue
Capozzi Shoes
Booths Drugs
Gough Lamb Cleaners
Filson's
Bender
Filsons
Also Mentioned on This Page
Heickenbacker
Annie Smith
Robert Smith
McCoy- Leffler Funeral Home
Charlotte Moore
S. J. Moore
Nashville, Tenn
Harry Fleming
Tonawanda, N.Y
Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian Church
O.R. Woodyard
Dodds Monuments
Verity Pkvy
14Th Ave
Woodside Cemetery
Charles
Bud) Steller
Mgr
Rosedale
Springhill
Jonah Carpenter
Story & Clark
Storytone
Spain
Norris
First Avenue
Roosevelt
Pathe
Ronnie Splcht
Rolfe Wagner
Unity Enterprise Baptist Church Cor. of
Grand Ave
Moore St
Adam T. Hays
Pastor John M. Banks
Charlotte
Norris Music
Pickwick
Copenhagen
Connecticut
Capozzis
Protektiv
Converse
Monument CO
Manchester Rd
Fenwick High
Granite & Bronze
Nicols
Dale Converse
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