Weekend Weather Dips From Heat To Freezing In Middletown
Middletown saw a rapid drop from near warm conditions to freezing temperatures on Saturday. A brisk northwesterly wind eased by day’s end as skies darkened and sleet snow flurries and rain fell around 4 pm. Akron reported four inches of snow Friday night into Saturday morning. The forecast calls for sunnier, mid fifties Sunday with a slight warming trend and possible Monday rain.
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Middletown
Akron
Voice From Home Red Cross offers overseas greeting recordings
Middletown Area Chapter of the American Red Cross launches the Voice From Home program. Local residents can record free 33 1/3 rpm messages for service members worldwide. Recordings run 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays by appointment at 125 S. Main St.
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Middletown Area
American Red Cross
Harry Duane Jr
Red Cross Home Service
S. Main St
Duane
U.S
Red Cross Office
Jubilant Saigon Quiet After Coup
After the coup in Saigon, 20 people were wounded and loyalist casualties were unclear. The victorious generals urged disciplined democracy while fighting communism. Rioters trashed Diem era outlets, banners urged Diem’s removal, and mobs attacked government homes. Gene and Patricia Gregory, publishers of the Times of Viet Nam, faced danger and sought refuge at the U.S. Embassy.
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Gene Gregory
Times of
Viet Nam
Love Rock Trespasser Alleges Permission Invasion
A 22 year old Anaheim housewife Dorothy Jean Strashin Sky was found guilty of trespassing and petty theft for spending the night in actor Rock Hudson bay area home with her daughter Deborah last August. The judge postponed sentencing Friday pending probation report recommendations. She claimed permission from a friend.
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Beverly Hills
Rock Hudson
Sane
Dorothy Jean Strashinsky
Anaheim
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Strashinsky
Deborah
Hudson's
Art Lennie Seeks Re election to Middletown Board
Art Lennie runs for a second term on the Middletown Board of Education emphasizing stewardship of tax dollars and continued focus on the best educational advantages. He notes four years of board service with experience in school management and invites support from voters. Also listed are Segasta Wilson Manuel Garlikov John Dobrozsi and Robert Myers.
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Art Lennie
Middletown
Accidents In City Involve Teen Cited In Center-Lane Crash
Gloria Sexton 18 of 1716 Philadelphia Ave was cited for left of center after her car hit Mrs. Fairie J. Lewis 214 Terrace Drive head on on Central Avenue. Damage $150 and $75. Barbara Gross 25 of 6310 Model Lane West Middletown cited for failing to yield at a red light after striking Woodrow Bell 1402 Wilmore Drive on N Verity Parkway. Each vehicle $200. Lillie Stewart 31 of 918 Delaware Ave cited for failure to yield after crashing into Thomas Aldridge Jr 821 15th Ave on Parkview Avenue. Stewart car $200 Aldridge $159. Michael Lee Plessinger 17 of Lebanon cited for passing on right at Central Avenue after hitting Hubert Lutes 37 of Michael Road. Total damage $40.
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Gloria Sexton
Philadelphia Ave
Fairie J. Lewis
Terrace Drive
Central Avenue
Sexton
Lewis
Barbara Gross
Model Lane
West Middletown
Woodrow Bell
Wilmore Drive
N. Verity Parkway
Lillie Stewart
Dela
Thomas Aldridge Jr
15Th Ave
Parkview Avenue
Stewart
Aldridge
Michael Lee Plessinger
Lebanon
Hubert Lutes
Michael Road
Obituary for George Washington Taylor Sr.
George Washington Taylor Sr. 64 of 2923 Navaho St. died at home at 6 30 p.m. Saturday after a four year illness. He worked 12 years for Aeronca Manufacturing Corp. before retiring due to poor health. A Middletown resident 18 years, he came from Enid Oklahoma. A World War I Navy veteran and Enid American Legion member, he is survived by wife Opal, sons George W. Jr, Charles and Robert, daughters Shirley Stokley and Donna Brewer, two sisters Vina Updike and Callie McNeily, and 13 grandchildren. Arrangements are incomplete at Joseph R. Baker and Sons Funeral Home.
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George Washington Taylor Sr
Navaho St
Aeronca Manufacturing Corp
Middletown
Enid
Oklo
American Legion
Opal
George W. Jr
Charles
Robert
Salt Lake City
Utah
Shirley Stokley
Trenton
Donna Brewer
Vina Updike
Brookville
Ind
Callie McNeily
West Carrollton
Joseph R. Baker and Sons Funeral Home
25th Polaris Sub Launched on Thames River
The 425 foot, 7,000 ton submarine named for the 18th U.S. president slid into the water amid cheers from a 300 person crowd. Admiral Harold P. Smith hailed the launch as giving the nation a credible deterrent to unlimited nuclear war.
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Goldwater says Berlin Wall can be knocked down without war
US Senator Barry Goldwater told a West German paper the Berlin Wall could be removed without war and Germany reunified through economic and diplomatic pressure. He linked troop reductions in Europe to NATO allies having tactical atomic weapons and urged NATO strength before any reductions.
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Wall
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Man Slain At Dayton Bar
A 55 year old man was shot dead in a Dayton bar on Saturday night. Fred Sykes 59 allegedly walked in and fired five shots injuring Willie Jackson 43 before fatally wounding Willie Williams. Sykes surrendered after a cab driver directed police to his sister’s home where the revolver was recovered. Jackson had allegedly threatened Sykes with a knife and robbed him of $43 the prior day. Police planned further questioning of Jackson.
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Dayton
Ohio
Fred Sykes
Willie Jackson
Willie Williams
Sykes
Jackson
Long Lift Under Way in Britain for Far Flung Move
LYNEHAM England AP Britain began airlifting 550 personnel and 10 tons of stores as part of a long range operation. The transport will move a whole division to Williamtown Australia then join maneuvers at Singleton before troops fly home for Christmas.
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England
Britain
U.S
Royal Air Force Transport Command
Royal Australian Air Force
Williamtown
Singleton
Sydney
Widow Appeals To Castro To Spare Son
Mrs. Lippert, a widow from Kitchener Ontario, sent a personal letter to Cuban officials pleading for leniency for her son Ronald Lippert 30 and William Milne 31 of Montreal. They were arrested in Havana on October 24 and accused of smuggling explosives into Cuba. Castro called them agents of the CIA on a sabotage mission.
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Ont
Ronald Patrick Lippert
Cuba
Judy Doll Crowned Miss Teen America Still Numb
Judy Doll 17, of Akron Ohio, won the Miss Teen Age America title Friday night. She spoke at a Dallas news conference about her joy and misrepresented youth, and her barefoot organ playing during the finals. She said the honor will let her represent an underappreciated group. Her boyfriend George Wolfe, a Michigan student, was shocked yet encouraged her entry. The new queen will pick a car in Detroit before returning to Akron.
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Dallas. Tex
Judy Doll
Judy
Akron
Ohio
George Wolfe
Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant
Mich
Aggies
Texas AM University
Dallas
Detroit
Tose
Ex-Business Exec Faces Prison Term
A former vice president of Clark Cable Corp. in Cleveland was convicted in U S District Court of receiving 3 cartons of microfilmed engineering drawings from James L. Redd of Fairborn who admitted stealing them from Wright Patterson AFB The judgment was followed by a pre sentence investigation and possible ten year term and or ten thousand dollar fine Rowan Greer Clark's attorney said an appeal is planned Clark denied opening the cartons and said his company gained nothing from them
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Dayton
Ohio
Cleveland
Clark Cable Corp
U. S
Carl A. Weinman
Rowan Greer
Clark
James L. Redd
Fairborn
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Swim Classes Planned For Crippled Children At YMCA
Winter swimming classes will be held at the YMCA starting this Thursday from 6 to 6 45 p.m. under the direction of Larry Henry. The class is open to Children and Adults, announced Mrs. Dewey Maddox executive director.
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YMCA
Larry Henry
Dewey Maddox
Wedding Day Today For Russia's Two Cosmonauts
Cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova and An drian Nikolayev will wed in a simple Moscow civil ceremony at 11 am. A large official reception at the Lenin Hills government house is planned afterward with Premier Khrushchev expected to attend.
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Moscow
Valentina Tereshkova
Andrian Nikolayev
Lenin Hills
Premer Khrushchev
Miss Tereshkova
Nikolayev
Lene Ins
Khrushchev
Nikolay
Open Air Vault At Hesston Bank Sparks Caution
The Hesston State Bank vault was left outdoors in the open air after the building was torn down. No armed guard was posted overnight, and the vault remains exposed until a new bank building is erected nearby.
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Hesston
Kam
Hesston State Bank
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