Amy Carter aboard Crescent in High Point train crash
President Carter's daughter Amy Carter was on the Southern Crescent train when a 15-year-old High Point boy, Elijah Earl Dingle, was struck and killed at an unlighted crossing. The train, traveling about 40 mph, continued after a 48 minute delay. Amy slept and did not realize the tragedy. She was accompanied by friends and Secret Service agents.
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High Point
N.C
Carter
Amy
Southern Railway
White House
Jim Parks
Southern Crescent
Washington
Atlanta
Parks
Secret Service
Elijah Earl Dingle
Jerry Streetman
Fire evacuates inmates from DeKalb County Jail in Alabama
Prisoners were moved to Fort Payne City Jail after a mattress fire in the drunk tank at DeKalb County Jail. Sheriff Bill Ables said 24 inmates were evacuated early Saturday and three were treated for smoke inhalation while one suffered a foot burn at a hospital.
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Fort Payne
Ala
DeKalb County
Alabama
Bill Ables
Ables
Dayton man bound over to Warren County grand jury
Franklin Court Daytonian Richie B Foster, 28, of Dayton, is bound over to the Warren County grand jury on grand theft for taking three suits from Elder Beerman valued at 155 each. Bond set at 2500. Other defendants faced fines and jail time for various charges including fleeing a scene, driving wrong way on a one way street, carrying a concealed weapon, driving under suspension, driving without a license, reckless operation, and an illegal U turn.
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Franklin
Dayton
Warren County Grand Jury
John Tracy
Richie B. Foster
Elder -Beerman
Towne
Dewey A. Brewer
Spencer Lane
Middletown
Ambrose Landry
Detroit
Mich
Clifford Cassidy
Martin Ave
Trenton
Bobby R. Smith
Cedar St
Paul R. Isaacs
Dubois Road
Carlisle
Greg L. Zimmers
William E. Basso
Milan March Re-elected Ohio AFL-CIO President
Milan March of Girard was re-elected president of the Ohio AFL-CIO at the 11th biennial convention in Cleveland. Warren J Smith of Columbus was re-elected secretary treasurer. Both will serve four-year terms.
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Cleveland (Ap
Milan March
Girard
Ohio Afl-Cio
Labor Organization
Cleveland
Warren J Smith
Columbus
Registration for Learn to Swim second session begins July 3
Middletown offers seven year olds and up three municipal pools Sunset Yankee and Douglas for a second session of Learn to Swim. Registration at Sunset runs 9 to noon at the cashier booth. Fees are $2 and pool hours are 1 to 9 pm. Sunset offers intermediate 9 to 9 40, beginner 9 45 to 10 25 and 10 30 to 11 10, and adult classes 11 15 to 11 55. Yankee and Douglas provide beginners 10 to 10 40 and 10 45 to 11 25. The session lasts July 3 to July 15. A separate note mentions a false rumor about the Soul beer riot.
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Middletown
Sunset Pool
Douglas
Yankee and
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New Orleans
Florida
Colleen
Marion Oaks
Mackles
Marion Oaks Country Club
Deltona Corporation
Stephen Makula
Younglove
MGR
Lorida Sunshine Communities
Kettering Blvd
Ohio
Zip Lam
HUD
Daytonian
Ivan F. Guthrie
Shaker Road
Robert R. Wendell
Audubon Drive
State
Afl-Cio
Los Angeles
Famous Maker
Aileen
Orig
McAlpin
Towne Mal
Grasshopper
McAlpin’s Ladies’ Shoe Salon
Towne Mall
McAlpin’s
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