Identification of Body Accepted
Identification of the body recovered from the Hydraulic Canal near Smith Park area as Samuel Richard Sharits 51 of West Middletown Rt 2 was confirmed by clothing found on the man and by close friend Ace Wells Wells last saw Sharits at 1030 pm Sunday near Central Avenue and Broad Street Coroner Boon ruled the death accidental Sharits a former mail truck driver and Tom Sebald Realty Co caretaker Surviving are his mother and two sisters Private funeral set for 10.36 am tomorrow at Joseph R Baker and Sons Funeral Home burial in Mt Pleasant Cemetery Post town
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Samuel Richard Sharits
West Middletown
Ace Wells
Sharits
Wells
Central Avenue
Broad Street
Brody
Smith Park
Garret Boone
Sharits Was
Butler County
New York Central Railroad
Tom Sebald Realty Co
Banford dies veteran Middletown businessman aged 83
Ralph O. Banford of 3100 Main St died at 8 30 am at Middletown Hospital after a long illness. Born in Osborne Ohio he moved to Middletown in 1959 and built Kalamazoo Stove and Furnace Co later Banford Heating and now Banford Gas Service. He was a Navy veteran of World War I and a 32nd degree Mason and Shriner. Survived by wife Robin a son and three daughters and four grandchildren. Services Monday at Schramm Funeral Home with burial at Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph O. Banford
Main St
Middletown Hospital
Osborne
Ohio
Middletown
Kalamazoo Stove and Furnace Co
Banford Heating
Banford Gas Service
Schramm Funeral Home
Franklin woman Anna Blackburn dies in Red Lion at 70
Mrs Anna Blackburn 70 of Red Lion died at 540 am today at Middletown Hospital after a two week stay. Survived by two sons Thomas Franklin and Dale Red Lion, two daughters Delores Snowden Red Lion and Virginia Rothman Lebanon, and several brothers and sisters. Services set for 2 pm Monday at Eaton Funeral Home with Rev Erdie Bates. burial Woodhill Cemetery. Family may call at Anglesby Funeral Home Sunday 2-5 and 7-9 pm. Grandmother Leoda Coffey of Thornhill Tenn and maternal grandmother Tennessee King of Tazewell Tenn noted. Arrangements incomplete at Anglesby Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Anna Blackburn
Red Lion
Middletown Hospital
Thomas
Dale
Delores Snowden
Virginia Rothman
Lebanon
Anglesby
Leoda Coffey
Thornhill
Tenn
Tennessee King
Tazewell
Eaton Funeral Home
Erdie Bates
Woodhill Cemetery
Funeral
Witnesses Silent as Cleveland Red Probe Opens
The House Un-American Activities Committee finishes a fourth day of hearings on Cleveland Communist activity with witnesses refusing to testify. Julia Brown claimed she worked for the FBI while in the Party. sisters Elsie R and Viola Tarcai refused to confirm current membership. Milton Tannenbaum noted Brown’s claim that all social and civic meetings were Communist, which Walter disputed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Tareai
Viola
Cleveland
House Un-American Activities Committee
Washington
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Julia Brown
Brown
FBI
Communist Party
Elsie R
Viola Tarcai
Milton Tannenbaum
Cleveland Area
Francis FE. Walter
Dpa
Year Passes With No One Executed
ALBANY, N Y AP For the first time since World War II New York state completed a full year without an execution for a capital offense A state commission studies capital punishment as part of a criminal law survey A spokesman for Gov Nelson A Rockefeller rejected that the governor unofficially suspended the death penalty citing delays from many legal appeals by death row inmates
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
New York State
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Services for Matthew Leonard of Royal Oaks Mich
Matthew J Leonard 71 native of Middletown dies in Middletown Hospital funeral set at 1 a m tomorrow at University of Dayton Chapel burial in Dayton cemetery visitation today 3 to 9 pm at Meyer Boehmer Funeral Home Dayton Ohio
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthew Leonard
Royal Oaks
Mich
Middletown
University of Dayton
Dayton
Meyer Boehmer
S. Brown Street
Deaths Across Cities Mention Mafia Leader Joseph Profaci
Joseph Profaci 64 known as olive oil king and reputed Mafia leader died Wednesday of cancer in Bay Shore New York. Louis Schor 82 founder of Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America died Thursday in New York City. Max W. Richmond 48 hotel manager killed in a Thursday traffic accident in Excelsior Springs Missouri.
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Bay Shore
N.Y
Joseph Profaci
Underworld
Secret Society of Crime
Chicago
Louis Schor
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
New York City
Excelsior Springs
Max W. Richmond
Sheraton-Elms
Jaycees Study Road Plan for Rt 73 Relocation
Trenton Jaycees form a committee to study progress on the proposed State Highway Department project relocating Rt 73 and building a new bridge. Next month’s meeting will include Middletown and Hamilton chapters in a Butler County pow-wow with tentative LeSourdsville Lake site.
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Trenton
Trenton Jaycees
State Highway Department
Rt. 73
Middletown
Hamilton
Butler County
LeSourdsville Lake
Jaycees
Church Loop
American Legion
The
Journal
Berman Litton
Howard Phares Jr
Litton
Phares
James Owen
Cleveland
Walter Pawelkoski
Franklin Driver Cited In Crash
A Franklin driver, 44, was cited for an assured cre distance violation after a two car crash at E Sixth and Main in Franklin. Kenneth G Betts of Lebanon Rt 1 struck the Isaacs vehicle driven by Andy Isaacs. Dowthula Isaacs, 7, complained of a sore neck but required no medical care. Estimated damage was $190 to Betts vehicle.
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Franklin
E. Sixth
Main
Kenneth G. Betts
Lebanon
Rt 1
Andy .J. Isaacs
Roberts
Ptt
Ray Young
Gene White
Isaacs
Betts
Dowthula Isaacs
Springboro officials set July 3 water meeting
Warren County commissioners announce a July 3 session in the Cheney Room at Springboro Bank to discuss ongoing water problems facing Springboro. The meeting aims to review supply issues and potential remedies with local officials and residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springboro
Warren County Commissioners
Springboros
Cheney
Springboro Bank
Job Opportunity Day Open House For High School Grads
Open house for graduates seeking permanent work will be at the Ohio State Employment Service Office 1207 Vail Ave on Saturday from 8 30 am to 12 noon. P S Johnson manager says 15 to 20 local employers will attend and job applications will be given to qualified applicants. Firemen responded to a 10 23 p m call at 1193 Baltimore St for a short in an electric fan causing minor fire damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore St
Gilbert Hart
Ohio State Employment Service
Vail Ave
P. S. Johnson
Coffey Boy Dies After Illness Since Birth
Karl Dennis Coffey, 13, son of Mr and Mrs Charlie Coffey of 5647 Sheppard Road Miamisburg, died at 6 pm after hospital admission in Dayton. He had cerebral palsy since birth. Survived by parents two brothers Arnold and Charles at home and three sisters Betty Bray Springboro Janie McDaniel Nurnburg Germany and Judy at home paternal.
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Franklin
Karl Dennis Coffey
Ond
Charlie Coffey
Sheppard Road
Miamisburg
Miami Valley Hospital
Dayton
Arnold
Charles
Betty Bray
Springboro
Janie McDaniel
Nurnburg
Germany
Judy
Middletown Man Fred Rutledge 62 Dies at Hospital
Fred Rutledge 62 of 1210 Swca more Street died at 3 20 pm yesterday at Middletown Hospital after six months illness He retired from Armco Steel shipping dept in 1946 and was a veteran of World War I and World War II Surviving are wife Hattie son George Nashville daughter Nora Dooth Nashville and a sister Mrs Katie Henderson Middletown Services set for 1 pm tomorrow at Veterans Memorial Chapel Woodside Cemetery with Rev Wille Robinson officiating Graveside rites by Hunter Clark VFW post Friends may call Jordan Funeral Home today 7 to 10 pm and after tomorrow noon at chapel
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Fred Rutledge
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Ralph Q. Banford
Tient
Rogers Jewelers Diamond Watch Spectacular
Cleveland Red
Matthew J. Leonard
Leonard
France
B.C
Rogers
Sayantly
priMosh
R.M.B.G
Rogers Jewelers
Midwest
Central Ave
Diamond Lock Ensemble
Tiffany
Hes
Harl D. Coffey
Elgin
Diamond
Jordan Funeral Home
Earl
Camping Supplies
Nimrod Dealer
Nimrod I.star
Earl Bonniville
Lou Waldner
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