Presbyterians Elect Woman Moderator in Open Assembly
Lois H. Stair of Waukesha Wisconsin was elected moderator of the United Presbyterians at the 183rd General Assembly becoming the first woman to hold the post. Stair, 57, won on the third ballot with 392 votes, as about 2,000 delegates cheered. She is a longtime church worker and businesswoman, and has held multiple church offices and served as vice chair of the Consultation on Church Union.
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George Cornell
Rochester
N.Y
United Presbyterians
Lois H. Stair
Waukesha
Wis
Finian
U.S
Stair
General Assembly
Dymen
General Casting Corp
Ralph
Mrs. Stair
National Church
United Presbyterian
Consultation On Church Union
Union Now Woman
Ruthi
Seattle
Wash
William R. Laws
Columbus
Ind
Cincinnati Woman Dies After Purse Snatch Hit, Homicide Ruled
The Cincinnati Homicide Squad probes the death of 79 year old Ada Maudsley after a youth seized her purse last Thursday causing a broken hip. The Hamilton County coroner ruled Monday the death a homicide due to a blood clot from the injury.
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Cincinnati
Queen City
Ada Maudsley
Hamilton County
Woman leader reaches out to Catholic sisters in Wisconsin
After election, the moderator called the Sisters of St. Benedict in Madison Wisconsin, a Roman Catholic community, signaling ecumenical outreach. The group had supported her. She will serve a one year term and preside over the ongoing 10 day assembly.
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Sisters of St. Benedict
Madison
Wis
Rizzo Favored In Philadelphia Mayoral Race
In Philadelphia former Police Commissioner Frank L. Rizzo is the favorite in an eight man Democratic primary for mayor. His main challengers include U S Rep William L Green and state Rep Hardy Williams. Republican Thacher Longstreth is expected to win his party nomination. Voters also decide on two Pennsylvania Supreme Court seats and five constitutional amendments.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Denver
Oakland
Calif
Texas
Frank L. Rizzo
U.S
William L. Green
Milton J. Shapp
Hardy Williams
Thacher Longstreth
Chamber of Commerce
Pennsylvania
State Supreme Court
Bill McNichols
McNichols
Tom Corrigan
Dale Tooley
Joe Shoemaker
John Sutter
Lebanon Gets New Principal
LEBANON The school board named 32 year old Larry G Henry as Lebanon High School principal for a two year term replacing R M Arnold who shifts to other administrative duties. Henry a graduate of Wittenburg and Xavier universities has served as YMCA physical director and taught at Jefferson Elementary before joining Reading High, Columbus Grove junior high and Columbus Grove High School in recent years. Harvey C Binns and an election note follow. The piece also mentions a $51.9 million bond issue and a liquor proposal across Texas counties, plus a separate court suit in Butler County and a Columbus Ohio budget request for Senate staff through June.
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Lebanon
Larry G. Henry
Lebanon High School
Henry
R. M. Arnold
Arnod
Wittenburg
Xavier
Middletown
YMCA
Jefferson
Harvey C. Binns
Binns
Sutter
Texas
Senators Debate 150,000 Troop Cut in Europe
Washington sources report undecided senators cloud the path to a Mansfield amendment calling for a 150,000 troop ceiling in Europe after Dec 31. AP survey shows 42 opposed or leaning, 37 in favor or leaning, 21 uncommitted. White House and State Department push NATO talks as Brezhnev hints at Soviet force reductions.
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Senate
U.S
Europe
Nixon
Associated Press
White House
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
State Department
United States
NATO
Soviet Union
Jacob Beam
Andrei Gromyko
Moscow
Charles Bray
Gromyko
Bray
Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
North Viets Wipe Out Ban Dong Hene Laos Town
Saigon reports a heavy rocket attack on Ban Dong Hene on the Ho Chi Minh trail's western edge virtually wiping out the Laotian town as North Vietnamese forces surge in the panhandle. Pak Song and Ban Houei Sai fell, giving control of much of the Bolovens plateau. Dong Hene population about 1,500. Local officials noted widespread fires and fleeing residents as bombardment continued.
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Ban Dong Hene
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laotian Panhandle
Souvanna Phouma
U.S
Lao
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
Pak Song
Ban Houei Sai
Bolovens Plateau
Panhandle
Dong Hene
Savannakhet
Dong
Muong Phalane
Vi-Pak Song
Wounded Man Is Charged In Cincinnati Shootout
A 30 year old man wounded in a Woodlawn police shootout faces charges of intentional shooting and breaking and entering. Larry Hull of Anderson Township was shot in the head during a burglar alarm response at Szabo Food Services Inc. of Ohio and remains in critical condition at General Hospital.
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Cincinnati
Woodlawn
Larry Hull
Anderson Township
Szabo Food Services Inc
Ohio
General Hospital
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Cough Pike
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Cleveland
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Simmons
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Ohio Senate
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