Deaths And Funerals John H Brooks
John H Brooks 66 of 2715 Wilbraham Rd died Monday night at Middletown Hospital. Services at 3 p m Friday at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with burial in Woodside Cemetery. Jefferson Lodge 90 F and A M will conduct 7 30 p m Thursday services. Survived by wife Clara Ruth three sons Gentry P Boyd Combs Winfred Combs 20 grandchildren 23 great grandchildren. Body to Beattyville Christian Church for 2 p m Friday services. Burial in Combs Cemetery Pebworth Ky.
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John H. Brooks
Wilbraham Rd
Middletown Hospital
McCoy-Leffler
Edwin Bobbitt
Woodside Cemetery
Jefferson Lodge 90
Miami Cycle Co
Brooks
Salt Lick
Clara Ruth
West Liberty
Della Congleton
Dayton
Myrtis McCollum
West Middletown
Elva Black J
Reading
Mass
Virginia Wilson
Dania, Fla
Gentry P. and
Boyd Combs
Winfred Combs
Congleton Funeral Home
Beattyville
Beattyville Christian Church
Donald A. Nash
Combs Cemetery
Pebworth
Samuel P. Combs Dies at 88 in West Middletown Home
Samuel Preston Combs 88 of West Middletown Rt. 1 died at 1 30 p m yesterday at his home after bedfast illness. A native of Owsley County Ky he moved from Beattyville to the area four years ago. He was a retired farmer and World War I veteran. His wife Martha Marcella died last February. Surviving are five daughters.
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Samuel P. Combs
Samuel Preston Combs
West Middletown
Rt. 1
Owsley County
Mr. Combs
Beattyville
Martha Marcella
Funeral service for Henry Burgess at Klaus Funeral Home
Henry Bruce Burgess, 74, of Millville Reily Road, will be laid to rest in a service at Klaus Funeral Home at 10 a.m. Friday. He is survived by family and friends who will gather for the ceremony and burial.
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Henry Bruce Burgess
Millville-Reily Rd
Klaus
Space travelers face delays for next Sputnik ride
Paris reports the Soviet Embassy received several applications from volunteers to ride the next Sputnik but says the request is premature. Cultural attaché Vladimir Fros tev stated the embassy had not yet approved any flights.
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Paris
Vladimir Frostev
Furnace explosion kills 82 year old in New Lexington
In Zanesville Ohio Burns died when a furnace exploded Monday night. Leo Bennett 82 of New Lexington died Tuesday from injuries sustained in the blast.
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Zanesville
Ohio
Leo Bennett
New Lexington
Driver Faces License Suspension in Local Hearing
A hearing is set for Tuesday December 10 at 9:30 a.m. before Common Pleas Judge Fred Cramer to suspend the license of James Donald Anders 25 of 616 Granada Ave who has 14 points under Ohio’s new demerit point law. Braden of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles filed the application the first received locally since the law’s June 22 start. Anders’ 14 points include six for driving under suspension six for driving under revocation and two for permitting a passenger to ride outside a vehicle.
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Common Pleas
Fred Cramer
James Donald Anders
Granada Ave
Ohio
Joseph T Kiep
George C. Braden
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Columbus
Anders
Briton Shot By Cypriot In Limassos Morning Attack
A British security force member was shot and wounded in Limassos during morning traffic as a man ran up to a stationary car and opened fire. Eyewitnesses say the Briton was alone in the vehicle awaiting to cross an intersection. This marks the first shooting of a Briton in Cyprus since January 23.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Limasso
Ike Is Rumored Ready To Resign
London reports claim President Eisenhower may resign due to illness with Vice President Nixon poised to assume power. Newspapers issue shocked reactions as official response remains restrained.
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Ike
London
Eisenhower
United States
Europe
U.S
Nixon
Sketanes
Burglars Loot Parker's Service Station in Ohio
Last night thieves broke into Parker's Service Station at Ohio 4 and Kiester Road north of Peastown. They took a cigarette vending machine containing about 15 to 20 dollars in change and loaded with brands, stole $1.50 in pennies from the cash register, and failed to break into a beverage machine after smashing a window in the grease room. Lt. James Davis of the sheriff's department said the machine held various cigarette brands and the loot totaled a small amount.
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Parker
Ohio 4
Kiester Road
Peasttown
James Davis
Sheriff's Department
Gun Victim Dies After Self Inflicted Shot In Home
Roy Dennis Flory a 60 year old farmer and Gettysburg Board of Education member died at a Greenville hospital Sunday after accidentally shooting himself while cleaning a shotgun at his home near Gettysburg Ohio Police said the weapon discharged causing his death an hour later at the hospital
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Greenville
Ohio
Gettysburg Board of Education
Roy Dennis Flory
Gettysburg
Cardiovascular diseases kill 810000 in 1955 surpassing half of deaths
Health figures show diseases of the cardiovascular system caused 810000 deaths in 1955, comprising 53 percent of total deaths for the year, highlighting the dominance of heart and blood vessel illnesses in public mortality.
Ohio Court Upholds 150-Million Bond Plan for State Projects
The Ohio Supreme Court affirmed the 150 million dollar voter approved bond program for state hospitals prisons and other capital projects. The ruling ordered Secretary of State Ted Brown to sign a million dollar note to back construction funds and clears the way to issue 25 million dollars in bonds next December with plans for an additional five million this year to meet the 30 million annual cap.
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Columbus
Ohio
Supreme Court
Ted W. Brown
State Sinking Fund Commission
Brown
U. S
John W. Bricker
Commission
Capital Improvement Retirement Fund
Sinking Fund Commission
Salvation Army Kettle Campaign Opens Friday in Middletown
Salvation Army begins its annual Christmas fund appeal with red kettles on Middletown streets. Sr. Maj. Chares Johnston urges support for needy families. Lions Club volunteers will cover Lions Day on Dec 20 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Christmas baskets will be registered Dec 2–14 in the Citadel basement. 378 baskets were donated last year. Toy land, Children Christmas party, Matinee, and a Broad Street Christmas booth supplement the drive. War Cry envelopes prompting return.
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Salvation Army
Chares Johnston
Citadel Corps
Middletonians
Margie Osman
Margie Betts
Lions Club
Citadel
J. T. Riley
Johnston
Citadel Corps and Rolling Mill
Legion Home
Mit
Broad Street
Central Avenue
Karl Banvraf
William H. Henry
Army
Maj. Johnston
Nine applicants file for Franklin City Manager post
Franklin reports nine applicants for the city manager job to be filled by Jan 1. J Forrest Burns heads the advisory committee formed by the council to screen candidates after an ad in the International Association of City Managers. The council hopes for a legal or engineering background and set a salary between seven and eight thousand dollars.
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Franklin
J. Forrest Burns
Citizen's Advisory Committee
International Assn
City Manager’s Trade Journal
Burns
Paul Smith
Solon Hubert Scudder to Retire from First California District
Santa Rosa Cal. Representative Hubert B Scudder says he will not seek reelection after four terms. In a farewell message he said he looks forward to a time when the crowded day may be more leisurely.
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Santa Rosa
Calif
Hubert B. Scudder
California
Solon
Average American Eats More Than 160 Pounds of Meat a Year
The report states that the typical American consumes over 160 pounds of meat annually. It highlights rising meat consumption trends and potential health and dietary implications for consumers nationwide.
Queen Elizabeth Sends Kind Wishes for Ike Recovery
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II expressed sympathy to President Dwight D. Eisenhower, noting she and her husband hope for his early and complete recovery and extend heartfelt good wishes to him and Mrs. Eisenhower.
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Ike
London
Queen Elizabeth
Eisenhower
Ostrich Stride Covers Nearly Fourteen Feet
A single ostrich can span about 14 feet in one stride, illustrating its extraordinary leg reach and speed in desert, savanna, and open habitats.
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