Deaths and Funerals James Rossman Dies Former Franklin Mayor
James B. Rossman 35 of 103 Miami Ave died at 7 a.m. yesterday in Chautauqua after serving as Franklin’s mayor 1952 to 1955. He was a state real estate appraiser and Rossman Realty Co owner, formerly ran a grocery store, and belonged to Eastern Star, FAAM, the Scottish Rite, and Franklin Rotary. Survived by wife Jeanette, son Charles, daughters Beverly Reese Susan and Jeanne, brother Denise, and four grandchildren. Private services 10 a.m. Saturday Eaton Funeral Home. Burial Woodhill Cemetery. Friends may call Friday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.
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James B. Rossan
Miami Ave
Fifth Ave
Chautauqua
Rossman
State of Ohio
Rossman Realty Co
Second and Main
Eastern Star Lodge 35
FAAM
Scottish Rite
Dayton
Franklin Rotary Club
Jeannelte
Charles
Beveriy Reese
Susan Rossman
Findlay Cotlege
Jeanne Rossman
Denise
Woodhill Cemetery
Funeral
Services for Mrs Gladys Cook Held at Nazarene Church
Mrs Gladys Cook 52 of Carlisle daughter of D A Harrison of Franklin died Monday. Services set for 2 p m tomorrow at Nazarene Church with burial at Woodhill Cemetery. Funeral Home open today from 2 to 4 p m for calling hours.
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Franklin
Gladys Cook
Carlisle
D. A. Harrison
Nazarene Church
Woodhill Cemetery
Eaton Funeral Home
Franklin-Mathew Hermetz dies at 93 in Carlisle region
Mathew Hermetz 93 of 391 Dayton Oxford Road Carlisle died at 5 55 p m yesterday in Middletown Hospital where he had been a patient one week He was a retired farmer and a native of Hungary Surviving son Mathew
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Franklin
Mathew Hermetz
Dayton
Oxford Road
Carlisle
Middletown Hospital
Hermetz
Hungary
Mathew
Two Injured In Morning Second Avenue Crash
Two persons were injured slightly in a two car accident this morning. Hazel Pell and her daughter Susan were taken to Middletown Hospital with minor injuries and released. Police said Mrs Pell’s car rammed into a parked car at Second Avenue and Wall Alley at about 9 am. Further details were not available.
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Hazel Pell
Susan
Judy
Middletown Hospital
Miss Jessie Griesmer 90 Lebanon obituary private services
Miss Jessie Griesmer 90 of Lebanon formerly Hamilton passed away privately. Webb Funeral Home filed notice of private services for the longtime resident and mother of community volunteers. She is survived by relatives and friends.
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Jessie Griesmer
Lebanon
Hamilton
Webb
Gas Turned On For S. Lebanon
Officials of the Cincinnati Gas and Electric Co. turned on a valve sending natural gas through newly installed mains in south Lebanon for the first time. The $180,000 extension added 40,000 feet of mains under city streets and a four mile line along Route 48 from Lebanon to supply gas service.
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South Lebanon
Cincinnati Gas & Eectric Co
Cg&e
Rt. 48
Lebanon
Trenton Youth Hurt In Wreck
A 16 year old Trenton rider sustained minor injuries when his motorcycle collided with a northbound truck on Third Street between Martin Street and Home Avenue. John Tusing of 407 E Page St was X-rayed at Middletown Hospital for possible right leg injuries. The truckdriver, John R Rethford 23 of Hamilton, began turning into a private drive as the cyclist attempted to pass.
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Trenton
Third Street
Martin Street
Home Avenue
John Tusing
E. Page St
Middletown Hospital
John R. Rethford
Hamilton
Tusing
Midwest worker electrocuted at Central State University
Meigs County man Harold P. Jones, 42, of Dexter, was electrocuted Tuesday while aiding installation of an aluminum light post at Central State University. The accident occurred when the post contacted high tension wires during a construction job.
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Wilberforce, Ohio
Meigs County
Central State University
Harold P. Jones
Dexter
Ohio Sailor Reappears After Being Declared Dead
John R. Warren, a Ohio sailor on leave, vanished in Virginia Beach in 1950. Declared dead months later, he reappeared at a Miami Naval Reserve Station claiming identity. Navy to decide next steps. father in Worthington, Ohio says no notification.
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Ohio
Virginia Beach
John R. Warren
Naval Station
Washington
Navy
Phillip L. Warren Jr
Worthington
Zone Ruling Is Upheld By Court
A 21 month old Middletown zoning ruling allowing drive in facilities on a 1 acre B-1 zoned lot on N Verity Parkway was upheld by Butler County Common Pleas Court. The variance was sought by Ranch Inn Inc and Frischs of Middletown with Frischs later abandoning plans. Neighbors opposed the drive in use and appealed the variance.
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N. Verity Parkway
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Zoning Appeals Board
N. Verity
McDonald's
Ranch Inn, Inc
Frisch's of
Middletown
Frisch's
Man Hurt In Scaffold Fall At Miami University Site
A 31-year-old man named Dale Jamison fell from a scaffold at the Knowton Construction Co. site in Middletown. He suffered possible neck and left wrist injuries and a head laceration and was taken for X-ray and treatment at Middletown Hospital. Police report the incident occurred around 10 30 a m at the Knowton site.
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Miami University
Dale Jamison
Millikin Road
Middletown Hospital
Jamison
Knowton Construction Co
Dayton Merchant Joseph Thal Dies. Funeral Thursday at Temple Israel
Funeral services are set for Joseph Thal 79 Dayton merchandising executive philanthropist and civic leader at Temple Israel Thursday. Thal died at home Tuesday. He was president of Grier Corp which runs stores in several cities and led Thal's in Dayton.
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Dayton
Ohio
Temple Israel
Joseph Thal
Thal
Grier Corp
New York
Thal’s
Police hold 15 youths after Withrow High fight
In Cincinnati police questioned 15 youths after a free-for-all in front of Withrow High School. One teen, Terry Turner, 16, was treated and released for a stab wound in the right thigh at General Hospital.
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Cincinnati
Withrow High School
Garvey Sanders
Terry Turner
General Hospital
Sheriff Fred Paul Dies in Fremont at 65
Fred Ted Paul longtime Sandusky County sheriff for 16 years died Tuesday night at his home in Fremont Ohio from a stroke He was 65 and served as sheriff from 195? through 19? He left a lasting imprint on county law enforcement and public safety through decades of service.
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Fremont
Ohio
Fred
Ted) Paul
Sandusky County
Wounded GI Rescued After Hidden Seven Days in Jungle
In Pleiku, South Viet Nam, Pfc. Toby Braveyer of Coward, South Carolina, was plucked from the jungle after seven days hiding amid a North Vietnamese assault. He endured bullet wounds to the chest arms and hands, survived on water, and was stabilized in a field hospital after a 30 minute operation led by Maj. Philip Warner. The rescue followed his dramatic surrender of life signs while a North Vietnamese unit overran his group.
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South Viet Nam
U.S
la Drang
Toby Braveyer
Coward
S.C
Braveboy
7Th Cavalry Regiment
Central Highlands
Maj
Philip Warner
Los Angeles
Warner
Belgium Mourns Dowager Queen Elisabeth Loss of a Belgian icon
Belgium declares mourning for Dowager Queen Elisabeth at 89 after a heart attack and brief decline. The long lived patroness of arts, WWII nurse, and founder of Queen Elisabeth contests shaped culture and charity, linking Belgium to global arts and politics. Her grandson King Baudouin reigns.
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Elisabeth
Europe
Albert
Leopold III
Baudouin
Marie Jose
Italy
Josephine-Charlotte
Luxembourg
Queen Elisabeth
Demonstration Flight Crashes at Wright Patterson AFB
AP reports pilot Paul Blanton safely belly landed an Aero-Commander after gear failure at Wright Patterson AFB. He requested foam on the runway, the jet skidded roughly 3,500 feet on the foam strip with only slight damage. Blanton, from Oklahoma City, demonstrated the craft for base personnel. In Lima, John H Shields, longtime president of Superior Coach Corp, will become chairman and CEO. His son Dwayne A Shields will advance from EVP to president.
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Fairborn
Ohio
Paul Blanton
Wright - Patterson Air Force Base
Blanton
Oklahoma City
Okla
Lima, Ohio
John H. Shields
Superior Coach Corp
Dwayne A. Shields
Dead Sea lies about 1300 feet below Mediterranean
An article notes that the Dead Sea sits roughly 1300 feet beneath the level of the nearby Mediterranean Sea, indicating a deep geographic formation and relative sea depth in the region.
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Dead Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Teen admits shooting parents then setting fire killing seven
Harold Bordner, 17, told state police from his hospital bed that he shot his parents and set a fire to collect insurance to pay debts. He said he wanted to pay bills after a string of burn injuries to his family, including seven siblings who died in the blaze.
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Sunbury
John Carey
Harold Bordner
Henry F. Ulrich
Bordner
Paul
Cindy
Jerry
Stephen
Roger
John
Ruby
Dennis
Northumberland Memorial Park
Pennsylvania
Herndon
Ulrich
Harold
Grey
Thanksgiving May Claim 25 On Roads
Ohio officials project up to 25 traffic deaths and 1300 injuries during the Thanksgiving period from Wednesday night through Sunday midnight. Director Warren C. Nelson urges motorists to buckle up and install seat belts if needed.
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Columbus
Ohio
Highway Safety Department
Warren C. Nelson
Two Turkeys Stolen From Local Farm
Carl Roach reports two turkeys stolen from his farm at 4900 Yankee Road in Butler County. Sheriff’s deputies say a thief entered the field from Lynn Road, jumped a fence, and carried off the birds in what authorities suspect was early Thanksgiving prep.
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Hamilton
Carl Roach
Yankee Road
Butler County Sheriff's Office
Thef
Robert McArdle
Lynn Road
Sleeper In Life Our Boy Sleeper In New York Blackout
Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Stratton identify the Life magazine sleeper as their son Jack Stratton a 49 year old Lever Brothers official whose Grand Central stay during the 5 28 p m blackout led to a two page feature. Jack rode the 5 29 train home to Riverside Conn slept on a makeshift chair bed and arrived home about 8 am the next day taking the day off from work.
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Life Magazine
New York City
J. C. Stratton
Central Ave
New York
Riverside
Conn
Dr. Stratton
Jack
Grand Central
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