Floods Kill 33 in Ohio Storms and Floods
Floods in northern Ohio and Lake Erie area claim at least 33 lives with nine missing. Victims include three Wooster family members, three unknowns from a Wooster boat accident, a Kidron car swept away, and infants and officers among the missing. Coast Guard notes nearly 200 holiday boaters unaccounted for but likely safe. communications and phone service disrupted.
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Cleveland
Apple Creek
Wooster
Kidron
Wayne County
Ashland County
U.S. Coast Guard
Mt. Vernon State Fair July 13 19 opening events listed
Premium books for the 63rd Mt. Vernon State Fair are available at the Mt. Vernon Chamber of Commerce. The fair runs July 13 through 19 with a national championship flag race, western horse show, auto daredevils, beauty pageant, grand ole opry, harness racing, tractor pulling, horse and pony races, chariot races, and a mid way carnival.
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Mt. Vernon
Seven Die In Chicago Fire On South Side Brick Building
AP reports seven people died in a South Side Chicago fire on a three story brick building, including six children from the Warren family. Three others were injured, among them Prince Warren Sr and Emma Warren. Fire Lt. Collins Brown was treated and released.
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Chicago
Michael Warren
Robert Earl Warren
Margaret Lynn Warren
Prince Albert Warren Jr
Samuel Charles Warren
Prince Warren
Donald Barber
Prince Warren Sr
Emma
Collins Brown
Warrens
Brown
45 Puffers Finish Course at Powder Puff Derby
Weather delayed the Powder Puff Derby as 45 of 92 light planes finished the race at Dulles International after two entries were forced to withdraw for unsafe landings. Notable finishers included Jo Wright and Eleanor Stills who continued to Washington despite no longer racing. Sally La Forge and Ann Ludwig planned to reach Washington by air and then car. A total of 171 women flew the event from Lindbergh Field in San Diego to Salt Lake City and Mount Vernon and on to the national capital.
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Washington
Dulles International
Dulles
Jo Wright
Bloomsburg
Eleanor Stills
Hollidaysburg
East
St. Louis
Sally la Forge
Los Angeles
Ann Ludwig
Topanga
Calif
Cincinnati
San Diego
Lindberg Field
Salt Lake City
Mount Vernon
Mt. Vernon
Lacey’s
Woodlawn
Jerome Glassman
San Jose
Caroline Schutt
Daley City
Vernon
Powder Puff Pilot Aids Lost flyer In Midwestern Derby
Joan Steinberger of Goleta California stayed aloft to aid Doris Bailey of Orange California in TAR 66 after Bailey went off course. Steinberger overflew Mt Vernon and relayed messages to tower crews guiding Bailey to a safe Evansville landing.
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Illinois
Joan Steinberger
Goleta
Calif
Doris Bailey
Orange
Bailey
Steinberger
Mt. Vernon
Evansville
Ind
Jerome Glassman
Soviet Fleet Arrives in Cuba For July Visit
Tass announces a Soviet naval squadron will visit Havana from July 20 to 27, the closest Soviet warships have come to the United States. The group includes a rocket cruiser two submarines a tender and a tanker currently on a central Atlantic training cruise.
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Moscow
Cuba
Havana
Tass
United States
Central Atlantic
Mt Vernon Hosts Powder Puff Pilots in Derby Stop
Mt. Vernon welcomed the 28th Transcontinental Air Race Powder Puff Derby today as 81 of 90 planes paused in the King City for the second mandatory stop. About 5,000 visitors absorbed the scene while 25 planes rested overnight, with strong hospitality from locals and a ceremonial welcome by Mayor Rolland Lewis.
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Mt. Vernon
King City
Washington, D.C
Richard Clark
Rolland Lewis
Marge Rudd
Alice H. Hammond
Millville
N. J
Lewis
Barbara Ann Maddock
Richmond
Jerome Glassman
Mt. V
San Diego
Washington, D. C
Astromonk Benny Returns From Biosatellite 3 Mission
NASA officials announced Astromonk Benny the 14 pound rat tailed monkey will be air recovered over the Pacific south of Hawaii at 6 15 p m EDT due to serious deterioration in health. The Biosatellite 3 mission was cut short after less than nine days, far from the planned 30 days.
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Mountain View
Calif
Benny
Earth
National Aeronautic and Space Agency
Pacific
Hawaii
NASA
Washington
Will Laughlin Is House-Hunting Mt Vernon New City Manager
Willard Laughlin, 30, of Des Moines, who will become Mt Vernon city manager around August 1, arrives amid July Fourth excitement. He earns 16800 annually as a former Iowa governor aide and is moving for a smaller town life. His wife Roberta and young son Kenneth will join when a house is found. Laughlin is the unanimous choice of the mayor and four councilmen for the vacant job.
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Will Laughlin
MT. V
United States
Mt. Vernon
Des Moines
Iowa
Will
King City
Willard Laughlin
Robert Ray
Laughlin
Vernon
Rol
Land Lewis
Roberta
Kenneth
Chester Lewis
Violence at St Louis Cathedral as ACTION arrestees clash
Seven weeks of church protests end in violence at noon Mass in the St Louis Roman Catholic Cathedral. Three ACTION youths, two juveniles and 21 year old William Calvin Mitchell, were arrested for disturbing a religious assembly and resisting arrest. A crowd outside read a report as tensions rose over alleged church property dealings. No injuries reported.
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ST. Louis
Action
Roman Catholic Archdiocese
The
Black Liberation Front
Percy Green
William Calvin Mitchell
State Helping Mt. Vernon Again In Second Storm
Mt. Vernon crews and trucks returned to clear storm damage after a second severe storm in less than a week. Mayor Rol Lewis said at least 12 trucks and 20 workers will assist for about three days, as authorities appeal to Governor Ogilvie for support. It may take weeks to remove trees limbs and debris city officials noted.
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Mt. Vernon
Rolland Lewis
Lewis
Ogilvie
Snicker-A-Day Phrase on Decision Timing and Leadership
A quip notes quick decision making signals executive readiness and baseball enthusiasm. It contrasts hesitation with being ready to act, suggesting prompt choice aligns with leadership and fan spirit in sport commentary.
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Executive Timber
L N Plans to End Mt Vernon Train Service
The L and N Railroad filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission to discontinue its last two passenger trains serving Mt Vernon. If approved, the St Louis bound and Atlanta bound trains would stop August 13. Ridership over 15 months showed extremely low use with about 1.3 daily on the St Louis line and 2.4 on the Atlanta line, including both boarding and alighting.
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L. and N. Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mt. Vernon
ICC
St. Louis
Atlanta
R. P. Ethridge
Louisville
Evansville
Ind
Reds Crash U S HQ Six Yanks Slain
Viet Cong forces launched their first ground attack in a week near Saigon, hitting a U S military headquarters with grenades and bombs. Six Americans were killed and 18 wounded, with reports of armored vehicles damaged or destroyed and two enemy casualties. The attack followed by weeks of heightened activity and a planned late July three point campaign.
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Saigon
U.S
Can Tho
Mekong Delta
Traffic deaths peak over holiday weekend record set
Traffic accidents killed 589 persons during the three day Fourth of July holiday weekend, surpassing the previous three day high of 576 from 1966 but well short of the all time 732 death toll recorded in 1967 when the holiday lasted four days.
County Court House to Gain Gas Heating System
The Jefferson County board approved converting the 30 year old coal heating system in the county court house to gas. Architects Wilson Hodge and Groh will draft specs and bids will be sought. Cost is estimated around 14000 dollars. Also, $2163.20 culvert contracts were let to Coello Concrete Casting Co. along with reappointment to the tuberculosis board and a July 8 meeting set. In Atlantic City two men robbed the Holiday Motor Inn of 50000 dollars from an employee bank deposit after the July 4 weekend.
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Jefferson
Dickerson
Coello Concrete Casting Co
Christopher
Field Road
M. L. Henderson
Wilshire Drive
Henderson
Atlantic City
Holiday Motor Inn
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Mt. V. Fair
Mt. V. Area
Max Firebaugh
Dulles International Airport
Mt.Vernon
Valera Johnson
St. Clair
Marion Jayne
Palatine
Astromonk
State
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