Deaths and Funerals Soldier Branson Services Set
Services for Sgt. David Russell Branson 23 of Franklin will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday in Pound Virginia with full military honors after he was killed in Vietnam. Burial in Pound family cemetery. Survivors include two daughters Sheila and Deana. Body arrives in Dayton this morning. Funeral home arrangements listed.
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Franklin
David Russell Branson
Pennyroyal Road
Vietnam
Pound
Eaton Funeral Home
Branson
Dayton
Sheila
Deana
Augusta Adams Rites Held at Missionary Baptist Church
Mrs. Augusta Adams age 53 of Germantown Rt 1 died yesterday morning at Middletown Hospital. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Missionary Baptist Church on Eighth Street with Rev Edward Bates officiating. Burial will follow at Woodhill.
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Franklin
Augusta Adams
Germantown Rt. 1
Middletown Hospital
Missionary Baptist Church
Eighth Street
Edward Bates
Woodhill
Injured Butler County Four Hospitalized After Week of Crashes
Four Butler County residents remained in hospitals after traffic crashes. Dr. Glenn Willis a 32 year old Monroe dentist in critical condition at Middletown Hospital, injured Wednesday when his car was struck by James V. Osborne 32 of West Chester at Ohio 63 and Yankee Road. Kenneth Wayne Glancy 2 of Hamilton in fair to serious condition at Mercy Hospital Hamilton after a run in with Dennis L. Jarvis 50 of Hamilton Middletown Road. Rick Raines 14 of Oxford in fair condition and his father Charles E. Raines in satisfactory condition at Ft Hamilton Hospital Hamilton after a Northwest Millville crash. Ben Raines 12 was not hospitalized.
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Butler County
Glenn Willis
Monroe
Middletown Hospital
James V. Osborne
West Chester
Ohio 63
Yankee Road
Kenneth Wayne Glancy
Hamilton
Mercy Hospital
Dennis L. Jarvis
Hamilton- Middletown Road
Rick Raines
Oxford
Charles E. Raines
Ft. Hamilton Hospital
Ben Raines
Millville
Farmers Build Stone Walls to Protect Valletta Fields
Maltese farmers advise protecting small fields from winter rains by building sturdy stone walls around plots in Valletta. The walls help conserve soil and reduce erosion during the wet season.
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Valletta
Two Italian Lawyers Leave Minichiello Case in Hijacking
In Rome two of Rafael Minichiello’s three Italian lawyers quit over defense strategy amid charges tied to the world’s longest air hijacking. American attorney Marvin Mitchelson, meeting Minichiello in Queen of Heaven Prison, vows a strong defense and hints at psychiatric exams and a reconstituted Italian team. He cites seeking top lawyers in Italy including former Premier Giovanni Leone and plans a new defense lineup to be announced Monday.
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Rome
Raphael Minichiello
Minichiello
Marvin Mitchelson
Beverly Hills
Calif
U.S
Queen of Heaven
Mitchelson
Italy
Giovanni Leone
Leone
Vietnam
Mrs Amanda Cox 58 dies after four year illness
Mrs Amanda Cox aged 58 of 708 17th Ave Middletown died at 7 30 am Saturday at Middletown Hospital after a four year illness. She was born in Dale County Alabama and lived in Middletown 32 years. Survivors include seven sons Louie William John Darnell Leon Richard all of Middletown and Willie in the Air Force at Wright Patterson AFB five daughters Marie Jett of Middletown Saba Hepburn of Johnstown Pa and six sisters and twenty grandchildren. Arrangements are pending at Bailey Funeral Home.
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Amanda Cox
17Th Ave
Middletown Hospital
Cox
Dale County
Ala
Middletown
United Missionary Baptist Church
Willing Workers Circle
Eugene
Louie
William
John
Darnell
Leon
Richard
Willie
Air Force
Wright-Patterson Afb
Marie Jett
Saba Hepbourn
Johnstown
Joe
Jesse
Charles Day
Fort Wayne
Ind
Johnny Day
Angola
Lee Day
Flint
Mich
Nellie, Bouick
Dothan
Mary Brodie
Naomi Price
Ocie Dansby
Pauline Bouick
Minnie Smith
Bailey Funeral Home
Mrs Betty Ann Morgan Dies. Visitation Held At Anglesby
Betty Ann Morgan of 31 S River St died Friday at Kettering Memorial Hospital aged 46. Visitation today 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Anglesby Funeral Home. Funeral 2 p.m. Monday at the funeral home followed by burial in Springboro.
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Franklin
Anglesby
Betty Ann Morgan
S. River St
Kettering Memorial Hospital
Springboro Cemetery
Kepler Proposed Nasal Sponges for Space Oxygen Gap
In the 17th century astronomer Johannes Kepler noted space emptiness and suggested space travelers could overcome oxygen lack with sponges moistened and supplied to the nostrils. He believed such a device might aid explorers in vacuum conditions.
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Berlin
Johannes Kepler
Obituary for J C Sheppard of Hamilton
J C Sheppard 47 of 431 Henry Ave Hamilton died yesterday at Hughes Memorial Hospital after an extended illness. A World War II army veteran he is survived by a sister.
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J. C. Sheppard
Henry Ave
Hamilton
The
Inland Container Corp
Hughes Memorial Hospital
Franklin woman Pearl Smallwood dies at 81
Mrs. Pearl Smallwood, 81, mother of Raymond Smallwood of Franklin, died Friday in Frenchburg Kentucky. Services are at 2 p.m. today at the Mariba Church of God in Kentucky.
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Franklin
Pearl Smallwood
Raymond Smallwood
Frenchburg
Mariba, Ky
Church of God
Marijuana Found In Car In Cincinnati Police Report
Two Cincinnati men Donald Denton 19 and James Cunningham 21 were arrested after a weaving car was stopped in downtown Cincinnati. Police found two bags of marijuana one raw one processed and a hypodermic needle in the vehicle. They were charged with possession and were due in Municipal Court Monday.
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Cincinnati
Donald Denton
James Cunningham
Bridgetown
Woman shot by accident at home in Middletown
Mrs Mary Risner aged 44 of 3309 Bexley Drive was in fair condition at Middletown Hospital with a bullet wound in the chest after a .32 caliber revolver discharged in her bedroom. Her husband Austin Risner called an ambulance around 1 p.m.
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Mary Risner
Bexley Drive
Middletown Hospital
Drinking Serious Student Problem in South Carolina
Columbia AP reports William J. McCord, director of the South Carolina Commission on Alcoholism, says a survey of about 13,000 high school seniors shows 75 percent have experimented with alcohol while 4.33 percent have smoked marijuana, suggesting parents should worry more about drinking.
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Columbia, S.C
South Carolina Commission On Alcoholism
William J. McCord
Evening Optimist Club to Honor Three Fire-Saving Boys
Special Youth Week 3 Boys to Get Honors will feature a dinner Wednesday at 6 30 p.m. at the club's Youth Ranch 6800 Franklin Trenton Road. Daniel Leach 15 William Nicholson 14 and John Vinson 15 will receive certificates and trophies for saving lives in home fires. Leach Nicholson and Vinson are Middletown Freshman High McKinley Middle School students.
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Franklin-Trenton Road
Daniel Leach
James Leach
Hawthorne St
William Nicholson
Sawyer Nicholson
Young St
John Vinson
Theodore Wilcher
Michigan Ave
Dean E. Myers
Armco Masonry
Leach
Nicholson
Middletown
Vinson
McKinley Middle School
Middletown Journal
Riverview Cumberland Presbyterian Church
New Era Baptist Church
McKinley
Bethlehem Temple Pentecostal Church
Thhey
Verity Parkway
Service Club
Westinghouse Reprieve Ends Strike Threat in Pittsburgh
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America and Westinghouse reach a Friday negotiators deal. The IUE and IBEW decide not to strike after a bargaining session mediated by the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. Five weeks vacation offered to workers with 30 or more years of service, money issues still under negotiation.
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Pittsburgh, Pa
United Electrical, Radio and Westinghouse Electric Corp
Machine Workers of America
Westinghouse
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
International Union of Electrical Workers
IUE
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
IBEW
Afl-Cio
Federation of Westinghouse
121000 Died in Fires Report Shocks Nation
The National Fire Protection Association reports 121000 Americans died in fires in 1968. About one third of victims were children, prompting new safety calls.
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Boston
United States
National Fire Protection Association
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Republican Women’s Club
Cora South
Congress Inn
24Th District
Butler County Republican Women
Soldier’s Services
Adams
Ora
Gene
Germantown
Raymond
Carlisle
Joseph
Marlin
Elsie Mister
Miami
Fila
Carolyne McKinney
Talbert Abner
Miamisburg
Oscar Abner
Winchester
Raymond Abner
Louisville
Roy Taylor
Cecil
Texas
Nealy Carroll
Pennington Gap
Ralph Carroll
Frank Carroll
Ruby McGill
Polly Davis
Ruth Swains
Surgill
McCoy- Leffler
Mrs
Malta
Betty Morgan
J.C. Sheppard
Pearl
John Vinson McKinley
General Electric Co
Union Sanitary
Mabley & Carew
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