Oilman captive recounts Biafran ignorance and fate
A freed Italian oilman said Biafran rebels appeared ignorant of the wider world and Italy's help. He described how fellow workers were killed after a camp overrun near Kwale, with survivors later moved to Gabon and then Rome for asylum and a papal audience. The Pope emphasized peace and humanitarian aid in his address.
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Rome
Nigeria
Italy
Vittorio Lucarelli
Kwale
Midwest
Lrcarelli
Gilphot
Lucarelli
Vilage
Odumegu Ojukwu
France
Portugal
Father’s Day gift ideas in a small town catalog style
A column listing gift suggestions for Father’s Day across local shops. Davidson’s Photo Shop promotes binoculars and photo albums, Maud Mullers displays include brass bookends and desks, Reed Klopps features a furniture prize drawing, Peck’s Flower Shop offers mums and care tips, Travel Department at First National Bank highlights new routes, and Sears Roebuck advertises craftsman tools and home goods.
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Davidsons
Maud Mullers
West Germany
Reed Klopps
Central Ave
Childs
PECKS
Peck
Prroner
Van
First National Bank
Europe
Orient
Caribbean
Great Barrier Reef
Australia
Fiji Islands
Cyprus
Helicopter Workers Picket Bell Helicopter Co in Hurst
About 10,000 United Auto Workers members picketed Bell Helicopter Co after Local 218 rejected a tentative contract. The proposed raise would climb to 5.14 an hour in top jobs over three years, and Bell announced plant-wide shutdowns at midnight. Local 218 has 6500 members. Bell is aTextron unit producing Huey helicopters used in Vietnam with Army contracts totaling 1.5 billion over three years.
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Hurst, Tex
United Auto Workers
Bell Helicopter Co
U.S
Vietnam
UAW
Bell
Local 218
Textron Corp
Two youths drown in Little Miami River near Milford
Milford 17 year old Michael Gentry fell from a canoe while reaching for a dropped paddle and drowned in ten foot deep swift water. His unidentified companion and another 12 year old, Clarence Courter of Miami Township, drowned in the river near Hooven as draggers worked into the night.
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Milford
Fairfield
Little Miami River
Hamilton County
Michael Gentry
Skylark
Newtown
Clarence Courter
Hooven
Miami Township
Cash and Fishing Tackle Stolen in Franklin
Police report two separate thefts yesterday. Patricia Poling’s Franklin home lost 90 in cash and a 25 check after a door screen was torn open between 3 30 and 6 30 p m. Connie Robison found four rods and reels stolen from her car at 6 35 a m today.
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Franklin
Patricia Poling
Skokiaan Drive
Poling
Connie Robison
E. Fifth St
Rockefeller Says Alliance for Progress Is Overpromised
New York Governor Nelson A Rockefeller, returning to South America next week, criticizes the Alliance for Progress as overpromised and underdelivered. He cites lack of a Washington program and a coordinating organization, and notes Latin American policy is reviewed by 12 agencies as Nixon and Secretary Rogers weigh interim tour reports.
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New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
South America
Alliance For Progress
Rockefeller
Congress
Washington
Latin America
Brazil
Argentina
Nixon
Venezuela
Cbs-Tv
Secretary of
James L Sawyer Jr Receives Mercersburg Diploma
James L. Sawyer Jr son of Dr and Mrs James Sawyer of 16 Alameda Circle received a diploma at the seventy sixth annual June Commencement of Mercersburg Pa Saturday Headmaster William C Fowle presided at the ceremony and Dr Theodore A Distler a board member presented diplomas
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James L. Sawyer, Jr
James Sawyer
Alameda Circle
Mercersburg
William C. Fowle
Theodore A. Distler
School
Board For Regents
Deaths And Funerals Miss Alice Barnett
Miss Alice Mae Barnett aged 23 of 1400 Grove St died at Middletown Hospital after a week long illness. She was born and raised in Middletown, member of Zion Barnett Baptist Church. Survived by parents Mr. and Mrs. Ezekiel Barnett of Middletown, two brothers, Ezekial Jr. in Vietnam and Albert of Los Angeles, three sisters, Mrs. James Hunter, Mrs. Joan Taylor and Miss Cherri Barnett. Services 10 a.m. Wednesday at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home. burial Woodside Cemetery. Visitation 7–9 p.m. tomorrow at Bailey Funeral Home, Somerville. Also noted are seven grandchildren and a husband Roy with children Everett, Dean of Lebanon, Ella Woollard of Lebanon, two Kentucky sisters, two grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Franklin Graveside services for infant Gerrish noted. parents Thomas and Mrs. Gerrish of 617 S. River St. grandparents Rev. Robert Brown and Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Gerrish. arrangements Eaton Funeral Home.
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Middletown Hospital
Miss Barnett
Middletown
Mr. Zion
Somerville
McCoy- Leffler
Ralph Richardson
Woodside Cemetery
Funeral
Lebanon Nursing Home
Roy
Everett
Dean
Lebanon
Ella Woollard
Anna Vance
Estella Thoben
Kentucky
Franklin
Thomas Gerrish
S. River St
Woodhill Cemetery
Robert Brown
Randolph Gerrish
Rochester
N. H
Eaton Funeral Home
Maurice Trimble 70 Dies at McCullough Hyde Hospital
Maurice A Trimble 70 of 694 Camden West Elkton Road died at 8 p m yesterday at McCullough Hyde Hospital Oxford where he had been a patient two months He was a retired employee of the Harding Jones Paper Co Surviving are his wife Alma three daughters Mrs Carol Collier Chattanooga Tenn Mrs Frances Fraley West Elkton and Mrs Al ce Youtsler
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Maurice A. Trimble
Camden-West Elkton Road
McCullough-Hyde Hospital
Oxford
Mr. Trimble
Harding-Jones Paper Co
Alma
Carol Collier
Chattanooga, Tenn
Frances Fraley
West Elkton
Al'ce Youtsler
Lukens Praises Nixon Steps to Withdraw From Vietnam
U S Rep Donald E Lukens hails Nixon administration moves to bring American troops home from Vietnam and notes South Korea has offered three divisions to offset withdrawals. He cites his April 19 day Southeast Asia trip incl visits to South Vietnam and South Korea and says the move could strengthen bargaining at the Paris peace talks.
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U.S
Donald E. Lukens
R-24th
Nixon
Vietnam
Lukens
Paris
Southeast Asia
South Vietnam
South Korea
Mrs Hazel Frazier 75 dies. services listed at Holy Name
Mrs Hazel M Frazier 75 of 4509 Tarrimore Circle died early today at Middletown Hospital. Survived by four daughters Jean Schinner Eleanor McKinley Lilly Mae Doner Janet Copeland three sons Edwin Herschel Chester two sisters Eva Cafee Christine Weiss brother Leon Duham 19 grandchildren nine greats Requiem High Mass set for 10 a m Wednesday at Holy Name Church Burial in Lebanon Cemetery Oswald Funeral Home Lebanon open tomorrow 7 to 9 p m
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Trenton
Hazel M. Frazier
Tarrimore Circle
Middletown Hospital
Jean Schinner
Eleanor McKinley
Maineville
Lilly Mae Doner
Greenhills
Janet Copeland
Greenville
Edwin
Monroe
Herschel
Franklin and
Chester
Washington Court House
Eva Cafee
Christine Weiss
Springfield
Leon Duham
Holy Name Church
Lebanon Cemetery
Oswald
Lebanon
Services for Ida B. Sherwood Held at Oswald Funeral Home
Mrs. Ida B. Sherwood 82 of 451 E Mulberry St Lebanon died Saturday. Services set for 2 p.m. tomorrow at Oswald Funeral Home with burial in Lebanon Cemetery. Funeral home hours today from 4 to p.m.
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Lebanon
Ida B. Sherwood
E. Mulberry St
Oswald
Lebanon Cemetery
Franklin Miss Lillie Tick 88 Dies in Mason
Miss Lillie Tick formerly of Franklin died at Wright Nursing Home in Mason at 9 30 p m. She had been a patient since 1966. She served as financial secretary of First United Methodist Church from 1917 to 1963 and was a member of the OMT Club. Survivors are two cousins. Services will be a m Wednesday at Eaton Funeral Home with Rev John Wedgewood officiating. Burial in Woodhill Cemetery. Funeral home hours tomorrow from 3 to 6 p m. Memorials suggested to First United Methodist Church.
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Franklin
Miss Lillie Tick
Wright Nursing Home
Mason
Miss Tick
First United Methodist Church
OMT Club
Eaton Funeral Home
John Wedgewood
Woodhill Cemetery
Manual Cause Services at Edison Ave. Readings
Public notice for Manual Cause at 1203 Edison Avenue with services scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday. Colligan listed as the contact or organizer for the event.
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Edison Ave
Methodists EUB merger debated at Ohio conference
Lakeside Ohio AP Bishops and delegates opened the 1969 Ohio Annual Conference of the Methodist Church with calls to stay relevant to solve current problems. Business sessions will review planning, a quadrennial program, and district superintendents as 10 legislative sections set Tuesday votes on merging with the Evangelical United Brethren denomination to form the United Methodist Church.
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Lakeside
Ohio
F. Gerald Ensley
The
Methodist Church
Evangelical United Bretheren
United Methodist Church
EUB
Ohio Miami
Ohio Methodist Conference
Ohio Southeast
Ohio Sandusky
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Paul VI
Biafra
Gabon
Biafara
Melanopoli
Milan
Giovanni Cardinal Colombo
Marilano Rumor
ENT
Pope
St Peter's Square
Vatican
Africa
Lagos
Niger River
Ibasa
Bourbon Street
Bob Harrington
Grace
Baptist Church
Wilbraham RD
Round Town
Charlotte
Dad
Bosca
Schaeffer
Cadey
Sears Roebuck
Sears
Leonard Woodcock
UAW International
Stanford University Hospital
Palo Alto
Calif
Carrie
Sherrie
Harold Dodd
Aromas
William F. Rogers
Alice Barnett
Alice Mae Barnett
Grove St
Bailey Funeral Home
Gerrish
Maurice Trimble
Mrs
Hazel Frazier
Ida Sherwood
Aton Ace Funeral Home
Second St
Mss
Lillie Tick
Methodists
Merle Tucker
Met
Franklin Office
Donald €. Reed
Mar
South Main Street
W. F. Brardt
Beltone Hearing Aid Center
Hamilton
Manchester Motor Inn
Singer
Singer Company
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