Hamilton Mayor Denies Merger Talks
Hamilton Mayor Robert E. Westfall denied a report that he had convened Hamilton and Fairfield council members to discuss merging the two cities. Fairfield Mayor Francis Miller had announced the meeting earlier in the week. Westfall said he contacted Miller to set a date for talks.
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Hamilton
Robert E. Westfall
Fairfield
Francis Miller
Westfall
Miller
Fairfield-Hamilton
Sheppard Attorneys Back Hypnotic Test
Lawyers for Samuel H. Sheppard press Ohio Supreme Court to overturn state objections to a hypnotic test. The case, eight years into the fight over his innocence in the 1954 Bay Village wife slaying, seeks a hypnotist visit at Marion Correctional. The brief argues hypnotic testimony could reveal forgotten violence or innocence.
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Columbus, Ohio
Samuel H. Sheppard
Ohio Supreme Court
Sheppard
Marilyn
Marion Correctional Institution
M. C. Koblentz
Atty
Mark McElroy
Koblents
Ohio
Guilty In Slaying Found In Cincinnati Case
Frank Newsome Jr., 24, has been sentenced to an indeterminate reformatory term after being convicted of first degree manslaughter in the shotgun slaying of Fred Hubbard, 46, on November 26 in Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
Frank Newsome Jr
Fred Hubbard
Mourning Dress Fabrics in 18th Century
Standard material for mourning dresses in the 18th Century was bombazine, a combination of silk and worsted.
Death notices Q D Barker 85 retired Gardner employee
Q D Barker 85 of 317 Harland St died at 12 19 a m at the home of his daughter Mrs Kelly Adams in Beechwood near Gratis after two months illness. He came to Middletown in 1915 and worked for Gardner Division of Diamond National Corp from 1924 to 1955. Surviving are his wife Nora three sons five daughters 25 grandchildren 29 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. Services 2 p m Monday at First Church of God with Dr R C Caudill officiating. Burial Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call Joseph R Baker & Sons Funeral Home Sunday 2 5 and 7 9 p m and at church after Monday noon.
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Barker
Middletown
Gardner
Diamond National Corp
Crawford Street
Graveside rites for James Chapman former Middletown resident
James Chapman 92 a Spanish American War veteran died Wednesday at his Batesville home. Graveside services with military rites are set for 2 p m tomorrow at Woodside Cemetery. Arrangements by Meyers Funeral Home Batesville Ind Survived by wife Susie three sons Fred Norman Edward a daughter Ethel Majors two stepsons Sullivan Sizmore Arthur Sizmore two stepdaughters Glenn Hoover Willie Agee and two sisters.
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James Chapman
Middletown
Woodside
Meyers Funeral Home
Batesville
Ind
Chapman
Rt. 1
Jackson
Indiana
Susie
Fred
Norman
Lexington
Edward
Ethel Majors
Sullivan Sizemore
Arthur Sizemore
Alpine
Glenn Hoover
Willie Agee
Mrs Ruby Franklin 49 dies at Middletown Hospital
Mrs Ruby Franklin aged 49 of 1700 Columbia Ave died at 1 15 p m yesterday at Middletown Hospital Surviving husband Fred her mother Mrs Lizzie Long of Camden Rt 1 three sisters Mrs Laura Bone Mrs Ruth Berke and Mrs Marguerite Laiter and one brother Herbert Long Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery Gratis Services at 1056 a m Monday at her mother's home Rt 122 one mile north of Gratis officiated by Rev Arthur Tinker Arrangements by Zimmerman Funeral Home Gratis.
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Ruby Franklin
Columbia Ave
Middletown Hospital
Fred
Lizzie Long
Camden Rt. 1
Laura Bone
Trenton
Ruth Berke
Belle Center
Marguerite Layter
Myrtle Beach
S. C
Herbert Long
Franklin
Rt. 122
Gratis
Arthur Tinker
Fairview Cemetery
Zimmerman Funeral Home
Cartoonist Claude Shafer Died At 84 In Cincinnati
Funeral services for Claude Shafer seventy eight? 84 year old cartoonist for the Cincinnati Times Star and Cincinnati Post will be at 2 pm Monday at Rohde Funeral Home. Shafer died Thursday at his home in Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
Claude Shafer
Old
Cincinnati Times-Star
Cincinnati Post
Rohde
Shafer
Firemen respond to overheated truck on 15th Avenue
Firemen rushed one run yesterday at 449 pm to 716 15th Ave. where a Clifton McGuffey truck overheated. No damage was reported.
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15Th Ave
Clifton McGuffey
Meat and Fish Ads Dominate 1940 Supermarket Volume
Meat, fish and poultry sales accounted for 24.2 percent of total supermarket volume in 1940. Companies advertising meat and fish spent over 95 million dollars nationally in daily newspapers to reach consumers about their products.
Living Costs Rise Again in April
Washington AP reports consumer prices climbed two tenths of a percent in April, marking the third straight monthly rise. The Labor Department index hit 195.2 percent of the 1957-59 average, up 1.3 percent from April of last year and totaling a seven tenths rise for 1962 so far, matching the full 1961 gain.
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Washington
Labor Department
Sailboat Found Off Fairport Harbor. Man Missing
A 41 year old Chagrin Falls man, Ernest M. Bucher, disappeared after his 17 foot sailboat was found adrift two miles off Fairport Harbor on Lake Erie. The Coast Guard said waves swamped the craft, though Bucher's dog was rescued aboard. The search began Tuesday and stretched from Ashland to Toledo.
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Cleveland (Ap
Chagrin Falls
Lake Erie
Fairport Harbor
Ernest M. Bucher
Fastlake
Coast Guard
Rucher
Ashtabula
Toledo
Licenses Of 24 Doctors Revoked Following Tests
The New York State Board of Regents revoked the licenses of 24 physicians for failing the medical licensing exams covering 1958 to 1960. Among those named is Dr Alexander Maurilo, son of Regent Dom inick Maurilln. The action came amid a probe of exam irregularities and related indictments in New York City for conspiring to sell copies of tests.
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Albany
N.Y
New York State Board of Regents
Alexander Maurilo
Dominick F. Maurilln
Regents
New York City
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