Post Office Seeks New Building bids in Middletown
The Post Office Department seeks competitive bids to build and lease a new 18219 square foot Middletown post office. Bids due July 21, regional officer W H Verkamp will provide forms and specs. building privately owned with 20 year base lease and 5 renewal options. cost mainly for equipment. site east of town under Kennedy program push.
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Middletown
J. Edward Day
Washington
Day
L. Morton Taylor
Post Office
Post Office Department
W. H. Verkamp
Post Office Box
Cincinnati
Ohio
Kennedy
General Services Administration
Two Injured In Accident North Of City
Two persons sustained minor injuries in a two car crash at Germantown and Corlee roads north of the city. Reecie Ingram and James Combs were treated for head scratches and abrasions. Ingram was jailed for reckless operation.
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Middletown
Germantown
Corlee Roads
Here
Reecie James Ingram
Central Ave
Middletown Hospital
James Combs
Hamilton
Montgomery Ward
Graham Improving After Throat Infection Causes Crusade Start Delay
Evangelist Billy Graham showed slow improvement from a throat infection on Saturday night. The illness confined him to bed and forced him to miss the opening next week of a three week religious crusade in the north of England.
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London
Billy Graham
England
Obituary for Ovie J. Baker 69 longtime Middletown resident
Ovie J. Baker, 69, a Middletown resident for 65 years, died of a heart attack yesterday morning at Fairfield Rest Home on Hamilton-Mason Road. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Mercy Hospital at 10 am. A former Armco Steel employee who retired 18 years ago to farm, he lived at the rest home since last August and previously lived with a sister on Winton Street in Mayfield. A World War I veteran, he earned the Purple Heart with Company E, 145th Infantry. Survived by brother John of Franklin and sisters Mrs. Ray Ramsey and Mrs. Lacie Davis, now of Bradenton, Florida. Funeral services Monday at 2:30 pm at Joseph R. Baker & Sons Funeral Home, conducted by Rev. Clifford Hutchinson and Rev. Henry Howard. Burial in the soldiers lot at Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call today 2–5 and 7–9 pm at the funeral home.
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Ovie J. Baker
Middletown
Fairfield
Hamilton-Mason Road
Mercy Hospital
Baker
Armco Steel Corp
Winton Street
Mayfield
145Th Infantry
John
Franklin
Ray Ramsey
Lacie Davis
Bradenton
Fla
Joseph R. Baker & Sons
Clifford Hutchinson
Henry Howard
Woodside Cemetery
NLRB Orders Hearing On Labor Charges
Cincinnati AP report says the National Labor Relations Board will hear charges of unfair labor practices against McArthur Brick Co and Jackson End Ming Co over the McArthur Ohio plant. A July 18 hearing before a NLRB trial examiner in Vinton County Court House follows union claims the firm fired 26 union workers March 31 in violation of seniority and to weaken the bargaining agent.
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Cincinnati
National Labor Relations Board
McArthur Brick Co
Jackson ‘End Ming Co
McArthur
Ohio
NLRB
Vinton County
Afl-Cio United Brick and Clay Workers Union
White House Silent On Spy Report
Gen Maxwell Taylor briefed President Kennedy on progress of a study of the nation’s intelligence setup focusing on the Central Intelligence Agency. The meeting at the White House lasted about 30 minutes as Kennedy’s choice to head an inquiry into U.S. intelligence activities after the Cuba invasion fiasco.
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Washington
Maxwell Taylor
Kennedy
Central Intelligence Agency
Taylor
Army
White House
Pierry Salinger
U.S
Kentucky veterans bonus claims disapproved in six weeks
About 3,009 veterans will get notices in the next six weeks that their veterans bonus claims were disapproved. Appeal forms will accompany the notices, and the law gives 30 days to submit the form to the Veterans' Bonus Board of Review which meets at the National Guard arsenal in Frankfort.
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Frankfort
Adj
A. Y. Lloyd
Veterans’ Bonus Board of Review
National Guard
Unattended Barn Fire Causes Parking Lot Damage
A two story frame barn at rear of 619 Moore St burned while being razed for lumber value. Warren Peyton, 3018 Ottawa St., had permission to burn debris but left for lunch. The fire caused $550 in total damage including a 1960 model car, ruined paint on nearby properties and temporarily disrupted a telephone line.
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Moore St
Warren Peyton
Ottawa St
Enen
Wilson
Moore Streets
Carmen Jeffrey
Grand Ave
Wilson Street
Leonard Wells
Hearing in 2 Slayings Postponed
In Plainfield New Jersey two young men Joseph Maxey and Lorelle Parks faced abduction rape and murder charges in the deaths of Mrs Eliot G Ewell 49 of Westfield and Mrs Robert Tyson 50 found slain. Magistrate Warren Lynch ordered hold over until Monday or Tuesday at 2 pm for arraignment with attorneys present. Parks confessed to strangling Mrs Tyson after relations. Maxey denied the charges.
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Plainfield
N.J
Warren Lynch
Lynch
Joseph Maxey
Dunellen
Lorelle Parks
Elliot G. Ewell
Westfield
Robert Tyson
Parks
Tyson
Maxey
Ewell
Trenton Alumni Dance Planned with Bonnie Lou on Tap
Bonnie Lou of WLW Television and Dean Potter orchestra will headline the Trenton Alumni Association dinner dance on June 3. The dance runs 9 p.m. to midnight at Trenton High School, with a public dance and a 6:30 p.m. dinner for members and guests. Reservations to Howard Phares Jr. at Yukon 8025.
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Bonnie Lou
WLW Television
Dean Pottinger
Alumni Association
Trenton High School
Howard Phares Jr
Yukon
Dayton Crash Kills Boy on Frederick Pike
A 15 year old, Fleming Dale Warrick, was killed when his mother's car left a Frederick Pike curve and hit a four foot wall around a private home patio north of Dayton. His brother, David Lee Warrick, 10, and their 48 year old mother survived the crash. Deputies investigated the fatal accident.
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Dayton, Ohio
Here
Fleming Dale Warrick
Anna Lee Warrick
Sheriff's Deputies
David Lee
Frederick Pike
Laos Chief Heads to See Sihanouk in Nice Mission
AP reports a Laotian chief left for Nice to meet Prince Norodom Sihanouk. Bonn would not disclose his mission. Sihanouk, under medical care, urged rapid coalition government formation and Laotian delegation seating at Geneva after neutralist and Pathet Lao delegates were seated.
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Laos
Cambodia
Norodom Sihanouk
Nice
Bonn
Geneva
Sihanouk
Senate OKs Medal For Hope For World Peace Purpose
The Senate unanimously approved awarding a gold medal to comedian Bob Hope for his services to the country and world peace. The resolution, passed by voice vote, notes his support to humanitarian causes and morale boosting visits to military bases to entertain the armed forces.
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Washington
Senate
Bob Hope
House
Car Fumes Kill Boy and Sickens 3 in Ohio Car
A Cleveland family truck trip turned deadly and alarming when carbon monoxide fumes seeped into the car. Kennedy G. Shuey six died on arrival at Reid Memorial Hospital. Pamela Shuey five and Wayne three were in fair condition. The father Donald Shuey hauled a trailer seeking work in Missouri while the mother followed in another auto. He stopped eighteen miles west at Cambridge City after noticing illness. The muffler on his car reportedly rusted out some time earlier.
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Richmond, Ind
Cleveland
Kennedy G. Shuey
Reid Memorial Hospital
Pamela Shuey
Wayne
Donald Shuey
E. 57Th St
Missouri
Shuey
Here
Cambridge City
Donald Petro
GE Chief To Testify In Inquiry
General Electric chairman Ralph J Cordiner will testify June 5 at a Senate antitrust inquiry into price fixing in the electrical equipment industry. Secretary of Commerce Luther Hodges will testify June 6 and comment on antitrust laws, competition, and business ethics. The probe follows heavy industry fines in Philadelphia for price fixing on heavy electrical equipment.
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Washington
Ralph J Cordiner
General Electric Co
Senate
Estes Kefauver
D - Tenn
Kefauver
Luther H. Hodges
Cordiner
Hodges
Philadelphia
General Electric
Police Briefs on shoplifting and theft reports
Frelyna Merchant, 34, of 1227 Sycamore St. charged with petit larceny after being caught at McAlpin's with a $15.99 dress. Thefts include copper wire and brass terminals valued at 300 pounds reported by Lacy Layne of 336 Vanderveer St. and missing $25 of tools from Luther Leslie at 2010 Baltimore St. A bike was reported stolen from Steven Loniker of 17 Bellomonte St.
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Frelyna Merchant
Sycamore St
McAlpin’s
Lacy Layne
Vanderveer St
Luther Leslie
Baltimore St
Steven Loniker
Bellomonte St
Jailed and Free for Montgomery Bus Station Sit-In
In Montgomery, Rev. F. L. Shuttlesworth and ten others arrested for attempting to eat at a white bus station lunch counter were jailed. Shuttlesworth was released on $1,000 bond as a brief hunger strike ended. Six jailed freedom riders continued protest by forgoing meals, while a safe passage for Shuttlesworth was arranged by National Guardsmen. Across Jackson, Mississippi, 26 others faced fines or bonds after attempting to use white facilities, with tensions remaining high under martial rule.
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Montgomery
Ala
F. L. Shuttlesworth
Birmingham
Shuttlesworth
Freedom Rider
Ralph D. Abernathy
Freedom Riders
South
Jackson
Miss
Lucretia Collins
Tennessee A&m
Nashville
Tennessee A&i
James Spencer
Trailways
Charles Conley
George 8. Smith
Yale University
Orange wood manicure sticks widely known by name
Orange sticks used by women to manicure nails derive their name from being made of orange wood, a citrus wood from the orange family.
Teacher Honored By Old Students
Hazard Kentucky AP reports former Hazard High School students honor Emma B. Ross with a ticket to William Shakespeare's birthplace in England plus traveling expenses. The presentation occurs at a dinner in her honor on June 3.
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Hazard, Ky
Emma B. Ross
William Shakespeare
Hazard High School
Great Britain
Boy Drowns After High Voltage Shock in Maumee River
Edward Borders, 12, of Toledo, was shocked while climbing an abandoned grain elevator near the Maumee River. The contact with a nearby high voltage wire hurled him about 30 feet into the river. The coroner ruled death by drowning.
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Toledo, Ohio
Edward Borders
Toledo
Maumee River
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Charles Moody
Pittsburgh
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Trenton
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Adjt
Henry V. Graham
Solomon S. Seay Sr
Seay
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Remi
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