Circleville widow finds housing after racial bias delays
In Circleville Ohio Sgt Franklin Wayne Smith’s widow Geraldine 21 faces housing prejudice. Landlords refuse rental to her Negro family until a neighbor’s protest spurs reconsideration. After a newspaper letter from the Dades prompts community regret a home may finally open.
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Circleville, Ohio
UPI
Ohio
America
Circleville
United States
Army
Franklin Wayne Smith
Viet Nam
Smith
Geraldine
Sgt. Smith
Truman hospitalized for minor intestinal disturbance
Former President Harry S. Truman was taken to Research Hospital from his Independence home for a minor intestinal disturbance. Officials said the transfer was by ambulance but not an emergency.
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Kansas City
UPI
Harry S. Truman
Wayne Conery
Research
Truman
Independence
Burglarists Hit Jolly Lanes Bowling Alley
Jolly Lanes in Bellevue was burglarized with $42.85 taken from cigaret machines and a juke box between 3 am and 8 45 am Friday. Owner Ralph Bell reported three suspicious men seen around 11 pm Thursday and no forced entry. The sheriff’s office continues the investigation as Bell notes possible concealment in the building.
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Jolly Lanes
Huron County Sheriff’s Department
Ralph Bell
Bellevue RD
Bellevue
Bell
Sheriff's Department
Janet Jennings Auchincloss to wed in Newport society rite
Janet Jennings Auchincloss half sister of Mrs John F Kennedy will marry today in Newport recalling the resort era when it was society’s capital. Prime Minister Harold Wilson returned from Washington after talks on saving the pound and Parliament was asked to authorize $1400 fines on defiant employers amid the economic crisis.
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Newport
R.I
UPI
Janet Jennings Auchincloss
John F. Kennedy
London
Harold Wilson
Washington
Bar Reopens Quietly After Hough Riot Fire
Cleveland police report youths entering the gutted Bottoms Up bar during the week after the Hough riots. An inquiry found 4,000 gallons of wine stored in the basement, which the juveniles had been sampling.
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Cleveland
UPI
Beatle Essay Contest Seeks Teens for Concert Prizes
Area teens aged 12 to 18 are invited to write about 150 words on why they want to see the Beatles. Winners receive two concert passes and free transportation for the August 14 show. two runners-up get Beatle albums. Entries due to the Reflector office by noon August 8 with one question for the Beatles.
City Grass Fire Near Kroger Store
Norwalk Fire Department was called to the rear of the Kroger Store at 122 Milan Ave this morning as grass and shrubbery caught fire.
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Norwalk
Kroger
Milan Ave
Norwalk Driver Hurt In Crash
A 19 year old Norwalk youth sustained multiple abrasions in a one car crash early today and was treated at Fisher Titus Memorial Hospital and released. A South Amherst man was admitted to Fisher Titus in fair condition after a separate crash on Ohio 113.
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Norwalk
Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital
Huron
Sandusky
South Amherst
Fisher- Titus
Ronald Coe
Whittlesey Ave
U.S. 250
Olena
Ohio Highway Patrol
Ohio 113
Ohio 61
Howard Kenney
Denver McCoy
McCoy
Fisher-Titus
Kerney
Smuggles Beer To Prisoners Case In Plymouth
William Adams of Plymouth was fined 25 dollars and costs in Huron County Common Pleas Court after being found guilty of smuggling four bottles of beer to two prisoners in the Plymouth Village jail on July 17. The beer was brought in at 4 a.m. and allegedly delivered to Terry Jump and Hager Patrick, both 18 and 19 respectively, who were held on burglary charges. Jump and Patrick were later convicted on three counts of burglary and sent to the Mansfield Reformatory for one to 15 years.
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William Adams
Plymouth
Huron County Common Pleas Court
Plymouth Village
Adams
Terry Lee Jump
Maplewood
Willard
Hager G. Patrick
Jump
Patrick
Mansfield Reformatory
Mansfield
Weather and Local Notices Brief for Willard Area
Sunny and mild today and Sunday with a high of 77 and a cool night. Friday’s highs around 73 and low 54. Marriage license applications list Lynn E. Newman and Charlotte Sue Reed, Frank R. Bottenlee and Juanita J. Bush, Arthur W. Norman Jr. and Pamela Sue Miller. Births report a son to Mr. and Mrs. James Finley of New London. Deaths note Charles Ernest Snay, 77, of Willard.
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Lynn E. Newman
Willard
Charlotte Sue Reed
Frank R. Bottenlee
Lorain
Juanita J. Bush
Norwalk
Arthur W. Norman, Jr
Bellevue
Pamela Sue Miller
Greenwich
James Finley
New London
Roadside Market Boom Reported in Huron County
Interviews with fruit stand owners reveal a thriving roadside market business in Huron County. Patrons know the stands for produce but not much about the people behind them. more details are promised on Page 6.
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Huron County
Glenna Hayes a Fifteen Year Old Working Housekeeper
Glenna Hayes, age 15, cares for her father and grandmother, two brothers, and four Spanish speaking babysitting children while managing chores at a company house. CAC surveyors arranged a shopping trip where she chose two dresses and a blouse with an $18 total, aided by a $50 donation from a Put In Bay donor. Glenna plans to return to school in the fall while continuing household duties evenings and weekends.
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Glenna Hayes
Glenna
CAC
Jack Roydes
Norwalk
Donna Hicks
Willard
Glenne
Celeryville
Bay
Grandma
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Miss Hicks
Sanduskian
Lorain, Ohio
Edward Parker
Robert Adcock
White House
Jolly
Johnson
International Association of Machinists
Trans World
United
Eastern
National
Northwest
IAM
P. L. Roy Slemiller
Wilson
Charles Ernest Snay
Erie Huron Community Action Commission
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