Mississippi Queen Arrives in Cincinnati at Home Port
The $23.5 million paddlewheeler Mississippi Queen steamed into Yeatman’s Cove Park on the Ohio River amid a grand welcome. Hundreds of small craft and a fireboat saluted the vessel as dignitaries, bands, and balloons marked its christening after an overnight storm delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Mark Twain
Yeatman’s Cove Park
Ohio River
America
Mississi River
Betty Blake
Delta Queen Steamboat Co
Leonor Sullivan
Dmo
Tickets Left for Cal Band at Middletown Gym
About 200 tickets remain for the University of California Marching Band performance at Middletown High School gym today at 8 p.m. Tickets are free via offices at Middletown, Fenwick, or Lemon-Monroe high schools. Don Altstaetter coordinates the visit. 109 band members were placed in about 50 area homes yesterday and today. The band tours nationally on its ninth spring musical tour performing American style music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of California
Middletown
Fenwick
Lemon-Monroe
Don Altstaetter
Deaths and funerals in Middletown area include many
Obituaries note Kate Caldwell Mary Davis addresses and Rogersville service details. Clarence Ditmyer dies after illness. survivors listed and arrangements incomplete. Polly Mayes funeral moved to House of Prayer with viewing times. Wilbur Keever and Robert Metz connected by family and Masonry notes. services planned. Mary Lucille Noland obituary notes Kentucky roots and local career. Several Hamilton area deaths listed with service details and incomplete arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Caldwell
Lafayette St
Garden Manor
Rogersville
Tenn
Mary Davis
Middletown
Price Funeral Home
Joel F. Bailey & Sons Funeral Home
Polly Mayes
Morgan St
House of Prayer
Yankee Road
Elzie Allen
Death of 3‑month‑old Titus Shields Believed From Choking
Titus Jumall Shields age three months of 854 Sixth Ave died at home after apparently choking following a vomit incident. Butler County coroner Garret J. Boone said no cause was yet available. Father Thaddeus called emergency services at 9 53 p m after finding the baby dead. mother Ruby had left him in care that evening. The infant showed no signs of illness and was pronounced dead on arrival at Middletown Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titus Jumall Shields
Sixth Ave
Garret J. Boone
Butler County
Thaddeus
Ruby
Middletown Hospital
Cambridge man found dead at home in natural causes
Maurice Lee Early, 44, of Cambridge Ohio, was found dead yesterday at 1 28 p m on the floor by his bed at 911 Ninth Ave where he roomed Dr Garret J Boone Butler County coroner said he awaits word on Early s medical record from a Zanesville hospital before ruling the cause of death Early was temporarily employed at Armco Steel Corp here on transfer from the Armco works in Zanesville Funeral arrangements are incomplete at the Hall Jordan Memorial Chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Lee Early
Cambridge
Ohio
Ninth Ave
Garret J. Boone
Butler County
Early
Zanesville
Armco Steel Corp
Armco
Hall- Jordan
Ranger killed by lion bite at Kings Island
John McCann 20, a Kings Island park ranger, was found dead after a lion bit him in the neck. Autopsy at Hamilton County morgue cited fatal neck bite with chest and abdomen lacerations after death. clothing torn, body found 15 feet from jeep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kings Mills
John McCann
Kings Island
Warren County
Ralph Young
Hamilton County
Young
McCann
Morrow
Dr. Young
Storage Barn Fire Destroys Structure in Madison Township
A storage barn at 7086 Michael Road burned yesterday. Firefighters from Peasttown Station arrived at 12 45 p m and kept the scene for about an hour. The two story 20 by 30 foot barn owned by William Norvel and used by Ernest Childers sustained 1200 in barn damage and 750 in contents. Ten bays of hay 12 tires and a 1964 automobile were lost along with paint and windshield damage to a truck.
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Michael Road
Madison Township
Peasttown
William Norvel
Ernest Childers
First National Bank Chairman in Critical Condition after Stroke
Edward Barker, 64, chairman of the board of First National Bank, is in critical condition at St. Anthony Hospital in Denver after a massive stroke Friday night. He was fishing near his Dillon home when ill, fell into a coma, and remains in intensive care. Barker began with the bank in 1929 and has held multiple top posts, planning retirement after his 65th birthday in September. He and his wife Vera also have homes at 114 Bavarian Drive and in Sun City, Arizona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Barker
First National Bank
Denver
Colo
Barker
St. Anthony Hospital
Dillon, Cole
Robert Q. Millan
Bank
Vera
Bavarian Drive
Sun City
Ariz
Area antique auto owners win prizes at Hamilton festival
More than 300 cars entered the Antique and Classic Car Festival in Hamilton hosted by the Antique and Classic Car Club of Butler County and the Hamilton Association of Trade and Industry. Winners included John Anglin with a 1947 Ford in Production Ford 1941-1949, Tom Kitchen with a 1934 model in Production Ford 1932-1940, and Thomas Cloud with a 1927 model in Ford 1909-1927. The event featured a 14 mile tour to Fairfield and back to the Butler County Court House, followed by a club meeting at the Hamilton Inn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Antique and
Ford
Thomas Cloud
Lebanon
Andy Guenther
Ross
Seven Mile
Fairfield
Butler County
Antique Car Club
Hamilton Inn
Fidelity Bankers Life Investigation Ordered by State Board
The state superintendent of insurance is directed to investigate Fidelity Bankers Life Insurance Co by the state Employees Compensation Board. The inquiry covers possible misrepresentation in the health insurance contract and the amount Fidelity may retain for state employee coverage from Oct 1973 to Apr 1974.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Fidelity Bankers Life Insurance Co
Fidelity
Richmond, Va
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Mississippi
Yeatman's Cove Coliseum
Riverfront Stadium
Mississippi Queen
House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee
Delta Queen
Rep
Sullivan
Bobbie Sterne
Ernest Wagner
Cal Band
Clarence Ditmyer
Elk Creek Road
Mr. Ditmyer
Diamond International Corp
Verna
George Fryman
Ralph
Somerville
Raymond
Waynesville
Gary
McCoy- Leffler Funeral Home
Butler County Memorial Park
Riggs Funeral
Mayes
Hazard
Wilbur Keever
Mason
Wilbur D. Keever
Mason- Morrow Road
Bethesda North Hospital
Keever
Euelah
Homer
Juanita
Oswald
Rose Hill
Robert B. Metz
Seal Beach
Calif
Robert A. Metz
Acacia Memor Park
Mayfield Heights
Metz
Los Alamitos Hospital
Los Alamitos
Springfield
F.W. Woolworth Co
Cleveland
Shrine
Long Beach
Beatrice
Mary Noland
Franklin
Mary Lucille Noland
E. Fourth St
William P
John Richard
Anglesby Funeral Home
James Kidd
Fernway Drive
Opal M. Hecht
Proeschel-Crawford
Bertha Richardson
Augspurger
Brown- Dawson
Bernard Gardner
Hamilton-Richmond Road
Colligan
Minnie Stagile
Milford
Trinity Methodist Church
Craver
Hookam
Florence Marshall
Campbell Ave
Merland J. Downie
Greenwood Ave
Santa
Robin Springs
Blue Ball
Mike Schwab
Sheckler
Converse
Russell Nicoll
Russ
Manchester Road
Fenwick High School
Dan Aylward
Aylward
Area
Poplin Place
Trenton
Charlie Hurst, Inc
Fidelity Bankers Life
Dodds Monuments
Verity Pkvy
14Th Ave
Woodside Cemetery
Charles
Bud) Steller
Mgr
Norris
Insurance
Duema
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