West Alexandria Oktoberfest and Antique Car Run Planned
West Alexandria will host its Second Annual Oktoberfest October 11 and 12 with a German band, antique car race, and soccer match. Activities run noon to dusk with apple butter, churned butter, cheese and German meals, plus coin scramble, hollering, and stone-throwing contests. The Fourth Annual Antique Car-Covered Bridge Run features cross county routes through western Ohio. About 100 artists display works. a flag-pole dedication Sunday at 1 pm with a Capitol-origin flag presented by Congressman Willam L. McCullough. Information via Elroy Kabler, Audrey Patrie, Twin Valley Chamber of Commerce, or George Washington at 839-4177.
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West Alexandria
Ohio
James E. Ryan
America Legion Post No
Willam L. McCullough
Capital
Columbus
Elroy Kabler
Audrey Patrie
Twin Valley Chamber of Commerce
George Washington
Sorority backs Jones Home with $500 donation
Seven members of Columbus sorority Epsilon Sigma Alpha gave Mrs. Emily Jones the Jones Home for Retarded Children a $500 gift in Lebanon. The funds may support the current home on N East Street or a planned new site on Ohio 123. ESA chapters raised the money by selling soft drinks at the Ohio State Fair.
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Lebanon
Columbus
Emily Jones
Epsilon Sigma Alpha
Nancy Graham
State Council
ESA
Ohio
Anna Hamilton
New Carlisle
Jones
Florida
Glenn Turner
Turner
Koscot Interplanetary (Cosmetics) Co
Rail Bridge Collapse Strands Toledo Traffic
A Baltimore and Ohio overpass on Fassett Street in East Toledo collapsed after structural steel on a freight car struck it. No injuries were reported. The wreck forced detours on a busy downtown artery, with possible damages up to 250000 and reconstruction set for months.
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Toledo, Ohio
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Fassett Street
Toledo
Canberra vehicle registrations top forty five thousand in May
Registrations of new motor vehicles in Australia surpassed 45 000 in May, a record for the period. The prior May 1967 figure stood around 44 000, marking a notable rise in car and truck sales.
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Canberra
Australia
Soybean Meal Demand Dented by Fishmeal Imports
Los Angeles reports fishmeal imports have displaced about 750000 tons of soybean meal in the United States last year, equivalent to 30 million bushels of beans. A synthetic meal has replaced another 750000 tons, signaling competition in the area.
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Los Angeles
United States
Otterbein Home Employee Earns State Award
Miss Carol Burriss, receptionist at Otterbein Home, was honored as one of three recipients of the Mr and Mrs Able Body of Ohio award at a luncheon at the Sheraton Dayton. The award honors rehabilitation achievements and Burriss, born with cerebral palsy and polio, has worked at Otterbein Home since 1968 and lives on campus.
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Lebanon
Otterbein
Sheraton-Dayton
Carol Burriss
Ohio
Asiun Bo Aden Wana Tha
Viuss DurTias
Ohio Rehabilitation Association
Cincinnati
Burriss
Ohio State Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation
Ohio State Bureau of Services For
Miss Burriss
Otterbein Homes
McClain High School
Greenfield
Charles K. Dilgard
Otterbeing
World experts report record $238 billion rise in 1968
United Nations figures show world experts reached a record $238 billion for 1968, up 1 percent from 1967 and the largest increase in 15 years, according to the UN Statistical Office.
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UN. Statistical Office
Seaborg Sees Soviet Nuclear Research Rapidly Advancing
Moscow AP Glenn T. Seaborg, chairman of the U S Atomic Energy Commission, says Soviet nuclear research equipment is improving fast and will match American gear within a few years. He noted progress since his six year visit and discussed exchanges with Soviet scientists and a meeting with Andronik Petrosyants in Budapest.
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Moscow
Glenn T. Seaborg
U S. Atomic Energy Commission
Seaborg
Europe
Leningrad
Latta
United States
America
Andronik M. Petrosyants
State Committee
Budapest
Petrosyants
Cardiff farms provide 50000 jobs in Wales
Welsh agriculture remains composed of small holdings averaging about 20 acres. Despite their size these farms sustain employment for around 50,000 men across Wales.
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Cardiff
Wales
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Sorority
Caposyi
Central Ave
Toledo Street
Dick Capozzi
Chevelle
Desig
Markes
Jeannette Ave
Creed
Wien
Rick
Radio & TV Service
Otterbein Home Employe
Ohio Bureau of Rehabilitation
Woodrow Wilson Vocational Rehabil ‘Itation Center
Fishersville
United Nations
N.Y
Clarence Beatty
Chevrolet
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