Jamboree Opens With 56800 Scouts In Colorful Pageant
Middletown scouts Robert Liljestrand and Jackie Williamson describe the Fifth National Jamboree in Colorado Springs as 56800 attendees fill a semicircular arena. The opening program featured a flag raising, Indians dances, TV star James Arness on horseback, a pony express greeting from Eisenhower, and a grand pageant ending with fireworks. Local groups toured Colorado Springs while awaiting the event’s conclusion Thursday.
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Married Couples Promise of Youthful Vigor with Ostrex Tonic
Advertising copy touts Ostrex Tonic Tablets as restoring vitality for adults over 40. It claims to combat fatigue and “old age” feelings with high-potency Vitamin B and iron, likening benefits to meals like oysters and liver. A three-day trial costs 69 cents with a larger economy size offered.
Ball Game Injures Three Youths At Local Park
A 13 year old boy and two other youngsters were hospitalized after fractures from ball games. Gary Held 13 fractured his collarbone at Smith Park. Donald Lee Overpeck 5 fractured both bones in his left forearm at home. Thor Arnold Fugate 16 fractured his left ankle sliding into home plate in Wilmington.
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Gary Held
Robert Held
Woodburn Ave
Smith Park
Donald Lee Overpeck
Harold Overpeck
Middletown Rt. 3
Thor Arnold Fugate
Danie
Fugate
Lafayette Ave
Wilmington
Rescue in Ice Incident Leaves Two With Fractures
A Litearn youngster Sana Mote four, daughter of Donald Mote, suffered a fractured left forearm after falling down stairs at home. Dorothy Back twenty four, of 617 Moore Street, was treated for a broken toe after slipping on ice and hitting a chair at home early yesterday.
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Police disperse youths after dance near Douglas Park
Police chased 200 youths away from a Ninth Avenue Lincoln Street corner after a weekly Douglas Park dance. No injuries were reported. Officers described the crowd as disorderly and split between out-of-towners and Middletonians. They ordered the group to disperse to a restaurant or home.
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Bethlehem Steel Leader Eugene Grace Dies At 83
Eugene G Grace 83 longtime Bethlehem Steel president and chairman died Monday in Bethlehem Pa He joined Bethlehem in 1899 after Lehigh University and rose to top executive roles guiding capacity from 950000 tons in 1913 to over 22 million at peak He cut his own pay during WWII and expanded shipbuilding while advancing benefits and worker programs Surviving are his daughter Mrs David Guthrie Bethlehem two sons Charles and Eugene Jr eight grandchildren and five great grandchildren His wife Marion Brown died in 1956
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Obituary for James L. Dennis 82 Middletown resident
James L. Dennis 82 of 121 Lind St died at 6 a.m. at Middletown Hospital after serving as a patient since July 7. A longtime Armco Steel Corp. employee from 1919 to 1946, he retired as a fabricating department worker. Born in West Liberty Kentucky, he lived in Middletown 44 years. Survived by wife Bessie two daughters Mrs Ernest Long of Middletown and Mrs Robert Lindauer of Louisville two sons William of Middletown and Wallace of West Milton a step daughter Mrs Nellie Ashley and four step sons Floyd Roger and Walter Johnson all of Middletown and Rome Johnson in California 11 grandchildren 13 step grandchildren and four great grandchildren and a brother Dave in California. Services Thursday at 10 am at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with Reverend Herschel Cad officiating Burial in Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call at funeral home today from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 pm.
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West Milton
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Deaths and notices from Sarasota to Kentucky
George W Bassett 72 of Sarasota Fla and Iona his wife survived by son Samuel T Bassett. two brothers Denver and Sherman and sister Essie Florence in Kentucky. Robert J Simpson 79 of College Corner Ri. 1 services 2 pm at Fairhaven Presbyterian. Arline E Llewellyn 50 of Hamilton services 9 am Thursday at St Joseph. Anna Ballerina 79 of Hamilton services 9:30 am tomorrow at St Stephen. Lord Iliffe 83 British businessman and newspaper owner died in London after head injury. Desire De- Gary Ind AP was part of the death notices item.
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Britain to send infantry battalion to Kenya amid Mau Mau fears
Britain plans to dispatch an infantry battalion to its East African colony Kenya as a Mau Mau uprising against white settlers raises fears of renewed violence and unrest in the region. Local authorities and colonial leaders weigh security measures and possible responses to the suspected outbreak.
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Kenya
Belgium Orchestra Founder Jeun Dies at 74
Jeun, 74, founder and for 25 years conductor of the Belgian National Orchestra, died Monday after a yearlong illness. Born in Ghent, he led premier orchestras across Europe and the United States.
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Hamilton Council Rejects Move To Put PR System On Ballot
Hamilton City Council in caucus voted 5 to 2 against submitting the proportional representation method of electing councilmen to voters in November. Two other charter amendments were approved including raising council salaries from 300 to 1500 and moving the council take office from January to December. Petty argued to keep or replace PR with a 7X system, citing ballot savings and voter confusion. the mayor’s citizens committee favored PR or found it acceptable by a 7 to 5 split.
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Man Charged In Assault Hearing Set In Municipal Court
Ron ald L. Hardeman 22 of 1501 Yankee Rt faces a preliminary hearing for assault with intent to commit rape scheduled for 9:30 am in Municipal Court. He is held on 2500 bond after an early Sunday AK investigation on Kunz Avenue. A woman in her 60s described a tall Negro suspect who grabbed her from behind as she returned to her home near Woodside Cemetery. The hearing was postponed yesterday at the defendant's request.
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Scout Cabinet Sets Meeting
A district Explorer Scout cabinet meeting to plan summer and fall activities will be held at 7 30 p m tomorrow at the Civic Association. Chairman Gary Moore will preside with two representatives from one of the district 15 explorer units.
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Civic Association
Gary Moore
Youth Willard Oliver Found In Scioto River
The body of 16 year old Willard Oliver of Jackson was recovered from the Scioto River Monday after being pulled under by currents while searching for a lost boat motor along the river near Waverly Ohio.
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