Abandoned Shortline Railroad To Yield Site For Mall
Mount Gilead Ohio plans to abandon its last eight tenths mile of track as the village sells land for a shopping center. The Shortline, built in 1879 for 18000 dollars, once ran from Mount Gilead to Edison with steam trains and a coal yard. Only the depot remains, now a municipal building, after the final abandonment on December 9.
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Mount Gilead
New York Central
Edison
Hollis Demu'h
Rumsey Marvin
Chioana
Miami University Symphonic Band names 12 area players for 1966-67
Ten men and two women from the area join the Miami University symphonic band for 1966 67 under director Nicholas A Poccia. The group opens on Oxford campus December 9 with further campus concerts February 5 and March 10 and a March Cleveland area tour. Members hail from Middletown Monroe Candend Eaton Franklin West Alexandria Morrow West Chester and Springboro with Gary Moore Monroe president. Poccia notes the band is forming earlier than the football season end and that a varsity band and pep bands will draw from both bands for basketball games.
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Miami University
University
Nicholas A. Poccia
Oxford
Cleveland
Middletown
Monroe
John J. Stagmyer Jr
Wrenn
Court
Rodney Kidd
Reynolds Ave
Floyd Starr
S. Main St
Gary Moore
Lebanon St
Canden
Bruce Caudill
South
Eaton
Alice Price
Kaylor Road
Franklin
Luther Estridge
Lake Ave
West Alexandria
Bill Swihart
Wrenford Road
Morrow
Melinda Wakefield
West Chester
Bill Bornemann
Cincinnati - Dayton Road
Michael Perrotti
Barrett Road
Springboro
Mike Wilson
West South St
Poccia
Miami
Man Held On Murder Charge In Hamilton Shooting
Earl C. Kidd a 41 year old of 312 Race St Hamilton was held on murder charges in the fatal shooting of Bu ford Wright 45 of 1267 Western Ave Hamilton outside the Cottage Inn 328 Vine St after an argument Patrolman James Thomas saw the victim fall and Wright died at Mercy Hospital about ten minutes later Detective Robert Norton filed the charge at police headquarters.
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Hamilton
Earl C. Kidd
Race St
Buford Wright
Western Ave
Cottage Inn
Vine St
Kidd
James Thomas
Hamilton Police Department
Thomas
Mercy Hosital
Robert Norton
Origin of Columbia University Traced to Kings College Naming
The original name of Columbia University was King’s College. The institution began as King’s College and later changed to Columbia University reflecting its evolution and relocation to New York City.
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Columbia University
King’s College
Reader's Digest guide promises security on a dime
An ad notes a December issue offering home security tips for about 12 dollars. It claims burglars can pick many locks quickly and suggests affordable safeguards for windows alarms and illustrated guidance.
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Reader’s Digest
December
Reader's Digest
Brezhnev Attends Hungarian Communist Congress
At Budapest the ninth Hungarian Communist party congress opens with about 30 foreign delegations. Leonid Brezhnev is expected to speak, with Todor Zhivkov also in attendance as they back a world Communist conference. Pravda attacks Mao Tse-tung as hostile to the Soviet Union and warns of a split in world communism.
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Budapest
Hungary
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Brezhnev
Todor Zhivkov
Zhivkov
China
Albania
Pravda
Mao Tse-tung
Mao
Soviet Union
Viet Nam
Barkelew Official to Speak on Sales Promotion at Civitan
Robert J. Harmon, department manager at Barkelew Electric Manufacturing, will discuss Sales Promotion and Advertising at the Civitan Club meeting tomorrow at noon in Manchester Motor Inn. He will describe the company, its products, and Armco Project 600 usage. George C. Buckwald is program chairman. The Mystery Hill Caves in North Salem NH attract Granite State visitors with strange buildings and the famed sacrificial table.
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Barkelew
Civitan
Robert J. Harmon
Barkelew Electric Manufacturing Co
Civitan Club
Manchester Motor Inn
Armco
George C. Buckwald
Mystery Hill
North
Salem
New Hampshire
Granite State
Uruguay Names Retired General to Lead Woes
In Uruguay, 65 year old retired general Socar i Gestido leads in a complex election with 1.6 million voters deciding on a presidential system change. Gestido of the liberal Colorado party challenges Jorge Batlle as Blanco supporters also compete.
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Uruguay
Montevideo
Socar i Gestido
Gestido
Liberal Colorado'party
Blanco Party
Jorge Batlle
Colorado Party
Air Force
Franklin Plant Ransacked During Thanksgiving Break
A burglar entered the Write Right Division of Bag-Camp Paper Corp on South Avenue and Cedar Street in Franklin while the plant was closed for the holiday. Police were alerted at 7:10 a.m. and found forced entry at the east door. The shipping and receiving areas were ransacked. items taken were not yet determined.
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Franklin
Bag - Camp Paper Corp
South Avenue
Cedar Street
Crash near Acme Drive In injures Perkins and others
Hamilton Perkins 18 of Connersville Ind suffered head and internal injuries after a two car crash on Rt 4 near the Acme Drive In Theater in Fairfield. Jean A Kanke 21 of Richmond Ind drove the southbound car. Five others were injured.
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Hamilton
Stanley Perkins
Eighth St
Connersville
Ind
Mersey Hospital
Rt. 4
Acme
Franklin man escapes injury in night rollover crash
Kenneth L. Hatfield, 20, of 711 Shartz Road Franklin, reportedly fell asleep at the wheel around 2:30 a.m. yesterday. His 1959 convertible veered off the right side of Millikin Road near Rt 747 and into a ditch, deputies said.
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Kenneth L. Hatfield
Shartz
Franklin
Butler County
Millikin Road
Evangelist Dan Caudill to Lead Week of Services in Franklin
The Rev. Dan Caudill of Middletown will conduct evangelical services today through next Monday at the Wilson Drive Church of God in Franklin. Services start at 7 30 p m.
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Dan Caudill
Middletown
Wilson Drive Church of God
Franklin
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Sharrock
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Ohio Central
Toledo
Central
the Village
Interstate Commerce Commission
Riverside Auto Insurance
David A. Lewis
Finance & Acceptance Corporation
Central Avenue
Snarse
Daniel Fedders
Franklin, Ohio
Post Office
Peter M. Madden
Mrs. Madden
THE
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company
N. Broad St
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