What's doing in area today in Middletown and beyond
Sunday leisure listings include MESSIAH by Middletown Civic Chorus at Faith United Methodist Church at 3 p.m. Canadian Brass at Miami University Middletown at 4 30 p.m. Tickets at the door. Benefit square dance at Madison High School 2 5 p.m. proceeds to Doty House. King and I at La Comedia Dinner Theater in Springboro. Harding Memorial Museum 2 4 p.m. Works on Paper at Dayton Art Institute 12 5 p.m. Sinclair Community College Twelfth Night 1 30 p.m. Grandview Hospital Open House 1 5 p.m. Whimsy at Taft Museum 2 5 p.m. Warren County Historical Museum noon 4 p.m. Butler County Historical Society 1 5 p.m. The Quiet Man Antioch Workshop Theater 8 30 p.m. admission 2 50 for adults 1 50 for seniors and students.
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Madison High School
Doty House
Teacher Earns World Fastest Talker Title in California
SAN LORENZO Calif AP A speech teacher Patti Keeling-Andrich 29 won a fast talking championship at Chabot College where she directed forensics She spoke 403 words of Gilbert with a one minute burst from The Nightmare poem and claimed the top speed while noting practice helps Speech records note Raymond Glendenning 176 words per 30 seconds Kennedy 1961 327 wpm among benchmarks Normal speech runs 140 160 wpm
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Patti Keeling-Andrich
Chabot College
WSS
Gilbert
Raymond Glendenning
John F. Kennedy
Democrats Delay Rule Changes Over Primary Challenge
Washington AP reports the Democratic National Committee will push back until June 9 a vote on changes to primary rules. The planned changes would shorten the primary season, partly revive winner-take-all voting, and require candidates to enter primaries at least 55 days before the election. Chairman John White announced the postponement from April 21.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
John White
Committee
End the reign of autos says Briggs and allies
Frank Macomber reports a push by environmental groups and officials to reduce car use, including a White House adviser quote and calls to halt highways. The piece notes a futurist view of car haters and outlines roadside safety tips if a car stalls on a freeway to prevent accidents.
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White House
Peking
China
National Wildlife Federation
The
Environmental Action Foundation
B Bruce Briggs
Automobile
Dutton
Ralph Nader
Joan Blaybrook
Nader
William Haddon Jr
Insurance Institute For Highway Safety
Bruce Briggs
Automotive Information Council
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Harding Memorial
Dayton Art Institute
Sinclair Community College
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Miamisburg
Grandview Hospital
Dayton Mall
Taft Museum
Pike St
Lebanon
Warren County Historical Museum
Trenton
Hamilton
Butler County Historical Society Museum
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N. Second St
Yellow Springs
Quiet Man
Antioch Workshop Theater
San Lorenzo
Calif
Shearson Hayden Stone, Inc
Aeronce
Armco
T&t Bie
Avco CP
Kroger
Vaini
Jim Walt
Sohio
Ohio Cas
Stegis
Js Square
Taft Best
Tex East
Frank Macomber
Copley News Service
Spring Savings
Jcpenney
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