Asbestos in Women’s Coats Raises Health Alarm
Miami Beach AP report says about 200000 women’s coats sold nationwide may contain asbestos fibers. AFL-CIO union official Mendelsund urges Congress to ban asbestos in clothing after Dr. Selikoff warns of potential health risks. Fiber release occurs during handling. FDA and other agencies evaluate the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Beach
Fla
Henoch Mendelsund
Afl-Cio International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Congress
Selikoff
Virginia Knauer
Nixon
Consumer Affairs
Food and Drug Administration
Unidentified 14-Year-Old Found Near Penn Central Tracks
A 14 year old boy was found unconscious between railroad rails west of Fletcher Ohio during a rainstorm last Wednesday night. He is hospitalized in Piqua in serious condition and remains unidentified. He stands 5 feet 2 inches, weighs 110 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. Miami County authorities seek identification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penn Central Railroad
Fletcher
Ohio
Piqua
Miami County
Deaths and Funerals in Middletown and Trenton
Infant James Armstrong, son of Mr and Mrs Walter Armstrong, died Friday after illness since birth. Graveside rites set for 10 a.m. Tuesday at Woodside Cemetery. Hall-Jordan Memorial Chapel handling arrangements. Dora E Clifford 86 of Mt Crab died yesterday at Brown County General Hospital. funeral Tuesday at 2 p.m. at McCoy-Leffler with burial at Woodside. memorials to Christ United Methodist Church. Mrs Sauter native of Middletown died after three years ill. funeral Mass Tuesday 10 a.m. at Holy Name Church Trenton, Wilson-Schramm Funeral Home handling wake Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Armstrong
Walter Armstrong
16Th Ave
Middletown Hospital
Terrell
Tanya
Maggie Knight
Middletown
Walter Armstrong Sr
Cincinnati
Woodside Cemetery
Hall-Jordan Memorial Chapel
Dora E. Clifford
Mt. Crab
Auburn St
Brown County General Hospital
Emmanuel Clifford
Clifford
Christ United Methodist Church
Blanche Wood
Batavia
McCoy- Leffler
Roger Ashley
Thompson Funeral Home
McCoy-Leffler
Christ Methodist Church
Services set for Mrs Lillian McClain in Buffalo
Funeral services for Mrs. Lillian Louise McClain 47 of Buffalo N Y will be at 1 pm Tuesday at Bailey Funeral Home. Friends may call 7 to 9 pm tomorrow at the funeral home. She died here while visiting her sister Mrs Mildred Bryant of 936 18th Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Louise McClain
Buffalo
N.Y
Bailey
Woodside
Mildred ‘Bryant
18Th Ave
Mrs Martha Sauter Dies in Middletown Hospital Trenton
Mrs Martha Sauter age 61 of 424 Kenwood Drive Trenton died yesterday at Middletown Hospital. The brief notice notes her residence and place of death with limited biographical detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Sauter
Martha S. Sauter
Kenwood Drive
Trenton
Middletown Hospital
Sixth annual Fishing Derby set for May 16 at Smith Pond
The Ex change Club sponsors the sixth annual Fishing Derby for Middletown youths aged 1 to 16 on Sunday May 16 from noon to 4 pm at Smith Pond. Open to all local children. no license required but each participant brings gear. Ages 1 to 7 must be with an adult. King Killin leads this year’s event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exchange Club
Smith Pond
Middletown Area
King Killin
Killin
Elks Leader Walter J. Beer Dies in Lima
Walter J. Beer, 65, of Lima, member of the Elks Grand Lodge Americanism Committee and former president of the Ohio Elks Association, died Saturday at Lima Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima
Ohio
Walter J. Beer
Elks Grand Lodge Americanism Committee
Ohio Elks Association
Lima Memorial Hospital
Obituary for Edna Smith 1880s Middletown Resident Dies
Edna Smith 88 longtime Middletown resident died Friday at Oaklawn Nursing Home where she had been a patient three years. She is survived by daughter Ruth Myers Richmond Indiana a grandchild and three great grandchildren. Funeral held Monday at Bethany Cemetery with Girton Schmidt Funeral Home Eaton arranging. No visitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Smith
Middletown
Oaklawn Nursing Home
George
Ruth Myers
Richmond
Ind
Bethany Cemetery
Girton-Schmidt Funeral Home
Eaton
William A. Hurst dies. Franklin postal worker
William A. Hurst, 47, of 9302 N. Dixie Highway, died at 1 30 p.m. Saturday at Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati after ten days of illness. He was a letter carrier for the Franklin Post Office. Services are incomplete at Anglesby Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
William A. Hurst
Dixie Highway
Good Samaritan Hospital
Cincinnati
Franklin Post Office
Anglesby
Funeral services for Anna Marstall in Springboro
Mrs. Anna Marstall 87 of 205 W Mill St Springboro died at home Saturday. Services set for 10 30 am Tuesday at St Marys Catholic Church Franklin burial Calvary Cemetery Dayton. Survived by son William two daughters Mrs Wilma Pickering and Miss Marie Marstall six grandchildren 16 great grandchildren two great great grandchildren. Friends may call Anglesby Funeral Home 3 to 9 pm Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springboro
Anna, Marstall
W. Mill St
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Franklin
Calvary Cemetery
Dayton
Franklin Church
Catholic Ladies of Columbia
William
Wilma Pickering
Marie Marstall
Anglesby Funeral Home
Mabel C Scoville Dies at 70 in Cincinnati
Mrs Mabel C Scoville 70 of 6924 Madisonville Road Cincinnati died Thursday at Bethesda Hospital after a brief illness. Survived by husband Samuel, son Seldon of Cincinnati, sister Mrs Helen Hill Jamestown and a grandchild. Services planned at Oswald Funeral Home Lebanon with burial there Monday after 6 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Mabel C. Scoville
Madisonville Road
Cincinnati
Bethesda Hospital
Samuel
Seldon
Cinnati
Helen Hill
Jamestown
Oswald Funeral Home
Two Scouts To Become Eagles In Court Of Honor
Two Eagle Awards will be presented Monday in a Middletown court of honor. Kathleen Bowers 17 of Springboro and George Lamme 26 of Springboro will receive honors. scoutmaster Joe Hoffman leads Miss Bowers Troop TM at 999 Ohio 73 and Knights of Columbus Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathleen Bowers
Boy Scout Troop
Ohio
Springboro
Knights of Columbus Hall
George Lamme
First Avenue
Market St
Most Of 1600 Cyclists Finish Scioto Valley Tour
More than 1,600 riders started in Columbus in rain for the 110 mile Scioto Valley Bicycle Tour to Portsmouth. About 1,683 signed up paying 9 dollars for insurance and meals with families among the participants and riders from over 30 states and abroad. Leaders expect most to return to Columbus Sunday to complete the event sponsored by the Columbus Council of American Youth Hostels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Ohio
YMCA
Columbus
Statehouse
Earl Wyatt
Findlay
Wyatts
Cindy
Frank
Wyatt
Ers
Columbus Council of American Youth Hostels, Inc
England
Japan
Holland
Patrolman Disarms Abductor After Car Wreck On Back Roads
Waverly Ohio AP report says Patrolman J C Whitt 37 of Portsmouth forced to drive by Ike Heffner after Heffner abducted him with a shotgun. Whitt crashed the car to escape and overpowered Heffner. other patrols and sheriffs departments joined the pursuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waverly
Ohio
J. C. Whitt
Portsmouth
Ike Heffner
Pike
Pike County
Whitt
Heffner
Pike and
Ross County
Portsmouth Post
Eight new Soviet satellites launch shrouded in mystery
Eight Soviet satellites orbited in tight formation after a single carrier rocket propelled them into high orbit. Tass delayed its report and gave no mission details, saying only the craft carry scientific instruments for space research. The event appears mysterious with no further information released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Tass
Fire Report From Odessa and Surrounding Areas
At 10 48 a m a fire at 1930 Vance St Odessa Parson 41 was ill and admitted to Middletown Hospital by private auto. At 11 28 a m Jimmy Sorrell 5 sustained a finger injury from a bicycle sprocket and was treated after release by a passerby. At 5 15 p m grease on a stove at 1322 Grove St sparked a small fire and was controlled. by 7 p m Mrs Jerdinia Amburgey 82 ill was taken to hospital by ambulance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vance St
Odessa Parson
Middletown Hospital
Columbia Ave
Jimmy Sorrell
Grove St
Callie Bryant
Stanley St
Jerdinia Amburgey
Alameda, Illto Hospital
Ohio ecology hearings seek workable environmental legislation
Ohio Citizens Task Force on Environmental Planning heard more than 25 people offer ideas in Columbus. Col. John Glenn, chair, said the group aims for workable legislation and will draft a report for Gov. John Gilligan. Witnesses urged mass transit, parks from dumps, and broader recycling to reduce pollution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Citizens Task Force
Cleveland
Cincinnati
John Glenn
Glenn
John Gilligan
Ohio Stte University
David Rigney
Ohio State University
The
Sierra Club
Rigney
Warren Henricks
Mead Corp
Bargaining Vote Set At Akers Packaging
Sixty eight workers at Akers Packaging Service Inc in Middletown will vote on May 14 in a NLRB supervised election to determine representation by the International Brotherhood of Pulp Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Akers Packaging Service, Inc
Middletown
National Labor Relations Board
International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill
Fire Services Day Draws Hundreds To Midlothian Stations
More than 400 visitors explored equipment and observed how firefighters live as Midlothian held its first annual Fire Services Recognition Day. Chief James Mattson praised the turnout and vowed to plan further for next year while stations across the city reported varying visitor counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Mattson
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Mendelsund
Irving J. Selikoff
City University of New York
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Mrs. Dora Clifford
Sauter
Carl
Betty Jo Hogg
Marie Moore
Judy Bowling
Hamilton
Beulah Hail
John Bullock
David Bullock
New York State
Lucille Smith
Pearl Bearcraft
Excello
Evelyn Glazer
Holy Name Church
Wilson-Schramm Memorial
Clark St
Lillian McClain
ELKS
William Hurst
Anna Marstall
ELITE
Michael Conrad
Eagles
Mildred Hoppe
Logan Ave
William Hoppe
Timothy Hogan
Kettering
Sutphin Street
Woodlawn Avenue
Hogan
Springboro-area
Verity Parkway
Elwood Street
Elwood St
Verity and
Elwood
Charles McCullough
Rufus St
James E. Carter
Woodridge Drive
Lester Tincher
Verity
Robert Kennedy
Sixth Ave
Kennedy
Michael V Barach
Conrad
James Conrad
Jackson St
Order of the Arrow
Middletown High School
Philmont
Earach
Michael Earach
Mr Earach
Fenwick High School
Southern Ohio College
Joe Hoffman
Carpet Dupont
Ray Patrick
Central Ave
Chillicothe
Canada
Akers
U.S
Union Sanitary Sweepstakes
Harold Carter
Lebanon St
Monroe
Park St
2Nd Ave
Studio Theater
Grand Ave
Gideon Rd
Popens
Mattson
Florida
N. Clinton St
Engine Company No. 1
Breiel Boulevard
Tytus Ave
Crawford St
Yankee Road
Alcoholics Anonymous
Gulf
Bankamericard
N. Main
Manchester
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