Barnitz Bank Expands Downtown Facilities Open House Set
Barnitz Bank officials prepare for the expansion at Main Street and Central Avenue in Middletown. The new wing adds 30 000 square feet of service space with auto banking walk up 24 hour deposits and a 33 car lot. An open house is planned for Saturday 10 am to 6 pm with services starting Monday June 7.
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Chief recalls boy’s bicycle in Merced tragedy
Merced California August tragedy reports 14 year old Tommy Kulbeth bicycling home from junior high. A school bus blocked flashing railroad crossing lights. Tommy waved to classmates as he rode beside the bus and was struck by a freight train. The Merced police chief identified the bicycle and confirmed the boy’s death.
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Final Offer In Strike Criticized In Toledo Dairies Dispute
In Toledo Ohio a Teamsters union official will urge rejection of management final offer in a strike against six dairies now in its second week. Local 361 members will vote Tuesday after officials said terms were not disclosed and the offer did not meet union demands. About 600 drivers and plant workers are involved.
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Bormann's Sons Believe He Is Dead
Frankfurt prosecutors said the sons of Martin Bormann believe he is dead and not living incognito in Latin America. An old arrest warrant for mass murder remains in effect with a $25,000 reward for his capture.
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Waynesville Man Assumes Command of Ohio's 37th
Maj Gen. Loren G. Windom ends a 41 year Ohio National Guard career as he steps down as the 37th Infantry Division commander. Brig. Gen. Wilbur H. Fricke of Waynesville will assume command, becoming the 10th leader of the 37th formed in 1917. Windom earned the Legion of Merit with a second Oak Leaf cluster. Fricke, a Dayton Frigidaire engineer, previously led artillery units and served in World War II campaigns on Bougainville and Luzon.
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Centennial Civil War observance ends with parade
In Washington the four year centennial observance closed with a fife and drum parade along Pennsylvania Avenue. Union blue and Confederate gray uniforms marched in ragged lines as the capital’s Civil War Centennial Commission sponsored the final commemorative event.
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Motorcycle Fatality Near Portsmouth Claims 22 Year Old
A Lucasville motorcyclist Ronnie Lee Gilley aged 22 died when he lost control on a rural road twelve miles north of Portsmouth and ran off the highway Friday.
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Probe Pledged In Death Of Man Fasted In Jail
VALHALLA N Y Authorities pledged a probe into the death of mink farmer Henry Dresher 59 who died after a self imposed hunger strike and jail stay over a $5 traffic fine An autopsy cited an acute coronary occlusion Dresher claimed a 24 day fast Westchester County DA Leonard Rubenfeld said there was little evidence of malnutrition He had refused to pay the fine choosing jail over court costs and later died after further legal confrontations
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Westchester County
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Cholera and Smallpox Threat Rise After Cyclone
Health teams in East Pakistan race to stop cholera and smallpox spreading after a cyclone killed thousands. Pakistan counts 12,762 dead, with officials estimating up to 30,000 fatalities as relief work continues.
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Italian lawmakers urge peace corps exemption from service
Twenty five Christian Democrat members of Parliament urge the Italian government to create a peace corps. The proposal would exempt volunteers from military service.
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Ohioans urged to back Ravenna atom smasher site
Ohio state development director Fred Nuenschwander urged senators and congressmen to unite for a planned 280 million dollar federal atom smasher in Ohio. The Ravenna arsenal near Ravenna east of Akron was chosen as the best site, meeting all major requirements after review by the Ohio Atomic Energy Advisory Commission.
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Lost Gondwanaland sank as New Zealand islands arose
National Geographic notes that Gondwanaland vanished beneath the sea ages ago, leaving exposed the islands now forming New Zealand. The discovery frames early continental drift and regional emergence of Australasia.
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