Body of Randy Ash Recovered After Dam Break Boat Crash
Randolph J. Ash 35 of Middletown was found three days after his boat went over the old state dam on the Great Miami River near Middletown. The body was located by his brother in law and a friend near the West Middletown bridge after a prolonged search aided by floodlights and community donations. Ash served as a tank driver in World War II and is survived by his mother, three sisters, and a brother, with a full military funeral planned by the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Old State Dam
Great
Miami
Middletown
Randolph J
Randy) Ash
Charles St
Ash
William Deaton
Wilbur King
West Middletown
Deaton
Edwin Smith
Smith
Kentucky
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Kyles- Yankee
William
Normandy
France
Ida M. Ash
Mildred Emerick
Helen Deaton
Dorothy Nunamaker
Pupils Return From National Drama Conference
Four Middletown High School drama students and two chaperones came back from the National Drama Conference at Purdue University. Delegates included Stanley Reed Jr and Sheron Ann Martin, with Chaperones Miss Florence Powell and David Ballard. About one thousand delegates attended. Arnold Moss spoke, and Middletown had been invited to present a play two years ago.
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Middletown
National Thespian Society
Purdue University
Stanley “Rusty” Reed, Jr
Sheron Ann Martin
Linda Woodruff
918
Pacey Mindlin
Florence Powell
David Ballard
Arnold Moss
Stratford, Conn., Shakesperian Company
Car Flames In Crash Injures Driver Near Franklin
State Highway Patrol reports Mrs. Shirley Jean Brown 20 of 1210 1st Ave drove off U S 25 two miles south of Franklin, crashing into a culvert. Her car burst into flames. she was taken to Middletown Hospital with a possible fractured pelvis. Her 20 month old son Rickey Allen, a passenger, was unharmed.
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Shirley Jean Brown
1St Ave
U. S. 25
Franklin
Franklin Fire Department
Brown
Middletown
Rickey Allen
Student Tourney Bound to National Speech Tournament
Mike Aaronoff and Richard Nadelin left yesterday for the National Speech Tournament in Sioux Falls South Dakota. Aaronoff will serve on the rules committee of the Student Congress at the tournament and was chosen with two others who were in the House last year. Sen. Karl Mundt will deliver the welcome address on Monday as sessions continue through Friday.
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Mike Aaronoff
Richard Nadelin
Middletown High School
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Young Aaronoff
House of Representatives
Sen
Karl Mundt
Brucker Denies Plan To Resign Over Criticisms
At Quantico, Secretary of the Army Wilber M. Brucker rejected reports he planned to resign over Defense Department policy, declaring "The categorical answer is no" and stressing he is a team player. Defense Secretary McElroy joined reporters as the exchange occurred.
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Brucker
Quantico
Army
Wilber M. Brucker
Defense Department
Defense
McElroy
Wilber
Hunger Strike Unimpressive No Weight Lost
Earl Hunter a 35 year old Cincinnati man ended a 12 day hunger strike at the Ohio State Penitentiary claiming he weighed the same as on the start. Warden Ralph Vis reports guards may have fed him during the protest and Hunter faces possible sentence lengthening for an earlier lead pipe attack on a guard during a failed escape bid.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State Penitentiary
Earl Hunter
Cincinnati
Ralph W. Alvis
Hunter
Driver Crashes Into Pole Injuring Man
Donald Dennis, 28, of 1311 Pen Field Ave, struck a utility pole on Clark Street near the B and O crossing Saturday night. He was taken by emergency squad to Middletown Hospital for treatment of a possible broken nose and cuts and bruises.
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Donald Dennis
Penfield Ave
Clark Street
Baltimore and Ohio
Dennis
Middletown
Research Held Key To MD Mysteries
Intensive research was described as the key to muscular dystrophy mysteries at the Muscular Dystrophy Association of America national conference closing session in Atlantic City. Miss Louise Yount of Alliance Ohio, vice president of the association and a MD patient, urged continued research as the answer to the problem.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Louise Yount
Alliance
Ohio
Hawkins dies after illness at Middletown Hospital
Mrs. Mary Hawkins 52 of 1207 Curtis St died 6 15 p m yesterday at Middletown Hospital after a period of ill health since 1957 She had lived in Middletown 31 years and is survived by husband Chandler Hawkins two sons Chandler Hawkins Jr and Robert Phillip a sister Mrs Joan Lee Lisakogs and three brothers Arvel Willard and Robert Hawkins Funer al services set for 2 p m Tuesday at Riggs Funeral Home with Rev Howard Sears of Grace Baptist Church officiating Burial at Woodside Cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home Monday from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9
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Mary Hawkins
Mary Lou Hawkins
Curtis St
Middletown Hospital
Middletown
Joan Lee Lisakogs
Riggs Funeral Home
Howard Sears
Grace Baptist Church
Woodside Cemetery
Greeks Turn Down Cyprus Partnership Plan
In Athens Premier Constantine Karamanlis rejects Britain's Cyprus plan as adding complications and maintaining tensions. He says he is open to solutions satisfying Cypriots, safeguarding British interests, and protecting the Turkish minority. Britain proposes a seven year Greece Turkey Cyprus partnership with Sir Hugh Foot noting possible agreement. About 400000 Greek Cypriots seek union with Greece while 100000 Turkish Cypriots oppose and demand partition.
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Athens
Constantine Karamanlis
Britain
Cyprus
Mediterranean
Karamanlis
Macmillan
Turkey
Greece
Hugh Foot
Four motorists cited in city auto mishaps on weekend
Police cited eight drivers for various offenses after multiple Saturday accidents. Dale Brandenburg 22 pulled into Florence Selby on 107 N. Clinton St. causing $375 damage. Wayne Whitson 6 Hamilton backed into a car driven east by Rita Fitzwater. Fitzwater cited for changing lanes.
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Dale Brandenburg
Arlington Ave
N. Clinton St
Ccar
Florence E. Selby
Germantown
Selby
Brandenburg
1St Ave
Wayne Whitson
Hamilton
1St Avenue
Ist
Rita Fitzwater
Monroe
Whitson
Fitzwater
Steve Geckler
Carryer Rd
Geckler
Basil L. Lodwick
Excello
Florence B. Farmer
Trenton
Canal Street
Lodwick
Constance Brown
Charles ‘Ave
Robert Coughlan
Nelbar Street
Baltimore Avenue
Philadelphia Avenue
William Spensel
Nixon Warns Communism Is Dangerous on Roan Mountain
Vice President Nixon spoke at the Rhododendron Festival atop Roan Mountain urging vigilance against communism. He cited a world movement toward a better life but warned poverty disease and strife threaten global peace. He later deflected a question on Sherman Adams, saying the matter lies with the President.
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Roan Mountain
N. C
Nixon
Tennessee-North Carolina
Sherman Adams
Kennedy Won't Say If He Will Seek Presidency
Senator John F. Kennedy says he does not know if he will run for president in 1980 and will decide after his Senate re election bid. He notes his immediate task is winning in Massachusetts and defeating his opponent.
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Kennedy
Washington
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Senate
Massachusetts
Russell B. Long
D-L
WDSA
New Orleans
Long
New Hampshire
Jack Kennedy
Sergeant Shoots Self After Party quarrel at Lime Stone
Sheriff Myron Herrick says Sgt. Robert E. Dingus 26 of the Erie Ordnance Depot killed himself with a .32 caliber pistol after a quarrel at their Lime Stone home in Ottawa County two weeks after marrying. Coroner Dr. C R Wood ruled death by own action.
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Port Clinton
Ohio
Myron Herrick
Robert E. Dingus
Erie
Limestone
Ottawa County
Dingus
C. R. Wood
Local Boy Stater Starts Book Business at Camp Perry
CAMP PERRY Ohio AP The Buckeye Boys State legislature wrapped after state county city exercises passing 112 bills and resolutions a record for the Legion run school in self government E J Sklenicka Cleveland president of the board noted 1021 citizens attended worship and an all community assembly Don Holmes Middletown started his own publishing house selling books as an example of free enterprise
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Camp Perry
Ohio
Buckeye Boys
American Legion
E. J. Sklenicka
Cleveland
Don Holmes
Middletown
Emergency Squad Aids Two Citizens in Middletown
The city emergency squad was called twice on Saturday afternoon to remove two residents to Middletown Hospital. They are Mrs. Mary Rankins, 60, of 1521 Lawn Ave, and Mrs. Susie Hawkins, 82, of 1320 Reynolds Ave. Both were admitted for further treatment.
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Middletown Hospital
Mary Rankins
Lawn Ave
Susie Hawkins
Reynolds Ave
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U.S
U.S. GA
Strand Theatre
Central Avenue
The
Strand
West Central
1St National Bank
Second Avenue
Broad & Verity
Grand Avenue
Gideon Road
Union Sanitary
Dave Finkelman
Central Ave
Prudential Insurance CO. OF America
Home Office
Fred W. Fry
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Fairchild Funeral Home
Fry
Armco
Stater
Westinghouse
Ns Westinghouse
H. P
Sam Bartels
AIR Step Casuals
Buster Brown
Roblee
Boysbuster
Sam Bartel
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