Local airman wins Distinguished Flying Cross at Robins AFB
Lt. Col. James E. Orth, 1937 Portsmouth High School graduate and chief of safety at Warner Robins AFB, earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and numerous decorations for a January 1968 radar jamming mission over North Vietnam. He flew 123 missions, served since 1943 with breaks, and now resides at Robins AFB with his wife Pauline Oakley and four children.
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Robert Bass
Air Force
Portsmouth
James E. Orth
Portsmouth High School
Warner Robins
Robins Air Force Base
Orth
Edward Orth
Grandview Ave
42Nd Tactical Electronic Warfare
Takhli Royal Thai Afb
Thailand
OFC
North Vietnam
Col. Orth
Germany
Portsmouth Airman
Vietnam
England
University of Florida
Pauline Oakley
Elsie Oakley
Moulton Pl
Robins Afb
Cynthia
Paul
Jeffery
Pete
Opinions Differ After Pen Tour
Ohio state senators who toured the Ohio Penitentiary gave mixed summaries after a 21 hour inspection. Some praised conditions and praised vocational programs while others cited racial discrimination and called for unannounced checks amid access limits and strip cell questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Penitentiary
Oakley C. Collins
Senate Education, Health and Education Committee
Ironton
Tennyson Guyer
Findlay
M. Morris Jackson
Cleveland
Soldier Back In Custody After Escape
An AWOL soldier was recaptured after a dramatic escape during a transfer of military prisoners on Interstate 71 near Westerville Ohio. Staff Sgt Charles Coley stopped the van when a prisoner produced a gun and briefly escaped before police in Westerville captured the fugitive. The other prisoners were returned to Columbus with the sergeant unharmed.
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Columbus, Ohio
Westerville
Charles Coley
Wooster
Columbus
Coley
Interstate 71
Foundation Cuts Las Vegas Ties With Parvin Foundation
Washington AP James R Polk reports the foundation headed by Supreme Court Justice William C. Douglas cut most Las Vegas casino links, selling Parvin-Dohrmann stock for nearly 2.5 million and shifting to blue chip equities. Douglas stepped down as foundation president last month amid tax status probes and a 700000 loan to Parvin-Dohrmann.
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James R. Polk
Washington
Supreme Court
William C. Douglas
Las Vegas
Douglas
Parvin Foundation
Internal Revenue Service
Parvin-Dohrmann
Foundation
Abe Fortas
Family Foundation
Congress
IBM
At&t
Anaconda
International Paper
Standard Oil
Cooper Tire
Sohio Plans Merger With British Firm to Control Sohio
Cleveland based Sohio to merge with BP Oil Corp to nearly double refining capacity and expand marketing. BP would acquire land worth 96,000 acres at Prudhoe Bay and gain up to 54 percent of Sohio stock as production scales. BP to hold 25 percent voting interest initially, with future increases tied to output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, Ohio
Standard Oil Co
Ohio
BP Oil Corp
U.S
British Petroleum Co., Ltd
Sohio
British Petroleum
Prudhoe Bay
Alaska
Northern Slope
Atlantic Richfield Co
Sinclair Properties
Florida
Maine
Freshman class at Holy Cross nears goal then surpasses
Holy Cross College Worcester aimed for 650 freshmen but offered more acceptances to cover declines. A total of 780 accepted students submitted $100 deposits by the deadline, producing a higher than expected enrollment. The college cites campus quietness and student input moves, including voting rights on tenure committees, as part of its recent reforms. The article notes Sumerian loanword origins for chicory hyssop myrrh and saffron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Mass
Holy Cross College
Holy Cross
Storms lash capital with wind and rain
Thunderstorms roamed the Eastern seaboard with winds near 60 mph sweeping Washington in pre dawn hours. One to 2 inches of rain drenched the metropolitan area and nearby states as a cold front cooled temperatures into the 30s and 40s.
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Associated Press
Seaboard
Washington
Capital
Upstate
New York
Pennsylvania
New York City
Sioux Falls
M.D
Needles
Calif
Want Ads Office Hours and Submission Rules
Phone numbers and hours for placing Want Ads are listed. Ads accepted until specific daily deadlines, with exceptions for holidays. Instructions cover submission methods, payment terms, and the publisher’s right to edit or reject ads and error handling policies.
Notices and ads clutter Portsmouth page brief
Fragmented notices from Portsmouth area include mail box reads subscription info for Portsmouth Area Council on Alcoholism with $2 membership card, a debt disclaimer by William J Lawless at 1531 Fourth Street, and a transfer ad from Lur Transfer offering moving services from 1910 Eleventh Street with dial code 353 6280.
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Publicaon
Portsmouth
Ohio
11Th St
Two Coeds Found Dead In New Jersey Slaying
Autopsy shows Elizabeth Perry and Susan Davis died from stab wounds likely inflicted with a small knife. Both 19, vacationing in Ocean City, they were students who had been missing since Friday. Their car was found abandoned near the Garden State Parkway and bodies discovered Monday.
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Somers Point
N.J
Garden State Parkway
Edwin Albano
New Jersey
Elizabeth Perry
Excelsior
Minn
Wesley S. Davis
Camp Hill
Miss Davis
Miss Perry
Ocean City
Pennsylvania
Parkway
Monticello Junior I College
Godfrey
Ill
Lnter Ithaca
N.Y
Bishop To Lead Ohio Council In New Roles
In Columbus the Ohio Council of Churches elected Bishop Francis E. Kearns of Canton as president to fill an unexpired term. Dr. John Wilson becomes development director guiding the Ecumenical Center for Ohio and the council foundation. Rev. Carlton N. Weber will be executive director starting September 1, succeeding Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Council of Churches
Francis E. Kearns
Canton
Ohio East
United Methodist Church
Elston Butterfield
Butterfield
Ohio
United Church of Christ
Illinois
John Wilson
Wilson
East Broad St
Direc
Ohio Council of Chio Foundation
Carlton N. Weber
Wife Divorce From Sen Russell Long in Nevada
In Reno Nevada the marriage of Senator Russell Long and Katherine Hattie Long was dissolved on the eve of their 30th anniversary. The divorce, granted Monday, cites incompatibility as the grounds for Mrs Long.
Local ads offer service and construction trades
A burble of ads lists guarantees for TV service and repairs, backhoe and septic work in Wheelersburg and West Portsmouth, building and remodeling by Henry Hawkins and R L Phipps, electrical and concrete services, limestone and bulldozing, plastering and roofing from Hoover Tin Shop, Medley’s Tin Shop, and Yeagle Roofing, with contact numbers and addresses across the area.
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Emory le
INC
Grant Street
W. FE
Mac
Wheelersburg
Henry Hawkins
R. L. Phipps
Leon
Hall & Watts
Portsmouth
Rev H. Johnson
Hollar
Vnley St
Ope
Oliverson
Bigrish
Alvin Hoyme
Trail Motel
Call C. A, Lancaster Inc
Llth
Findlay
Actors Brush Electric We
Kendall
Hoover Tin Shop
Harmon
Medley
Jeanguenat's
12Th
Clay Sts
R. E. Yeagle
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Southeast Asia
42Nd
Karen Cunningham
Jack Cunningham
30Th St
Graceland College
Lamont
Iowa
Future Teachers of America
Social Studies Club
Natt
Iron and
Guiters
Marigene Valiquette
Toledo
Valiquette
Neil McGibney
Lacy McCrary
Akron Beacon - Journal
Collins
Guyer
Jackson
Miss Valiquette
Robert J. Corts
Lakewood
Oliver Ocasek
Akron
McCrary
Ron Bilek
Electro Media
Harold Cardwell
State Corrections
Maury Koblentz
McGibney
Cardwell
Henry Holden
Franklin County Common Pleas Court
Holden
Leon Shaffer Golnick
2Nd Street
Vegas
Portsmouth Times
Times Office
Times
Ad * Times
Sixth St
McKinley Funeral Home
North End
Jordan Studio
Gallia
Fowlers
Fowler'shoaanag
Gallia St. St. H
Main St
South Shore
Tony
Gallia St. T
Oberlings
Col. Sanders
Ollie
Scioto Trail
Chihuahua
Scioto Downs
Edward Pemberton
Ohio Council
Sen
LEE
T.V
D. Hannah T
Gahm TV
6Th St
Motorola
Grant
BU Building Contractors
Newman Tin Shop
Second St. PH
John Thompson
Bob’s
Dogwood RiDge
Dial
Septic Tanks
Stan Moore, Inc
3Rd ST
Holcom
Edward Gulick CO
Offiere St
Ork
Martin Plumbing
Easy Way Bank AmeriCard
The
Portsmouth Banking Co
SSS
Larry Snyder
Wilson Ave
Sciotoville
Ray O'Dell
Friendship
Joe Sewards
Norman Picklesimer
West Portsmouth
Harolds
Jim
James W. Corns
Ohio Pest Control
Edwards Cleaners
Wheelechairs
Walkers
Traction Staker’s Drugs
Chillicothe—West Side Center
Lewis Furniture
Chillicothe St
Pop's Place
Sunset Lounge
117Th
Manhattan
Gallia St
Second St
Scioto County
Court House
Club Franklin
LPN
Luzier
Pike Manor Nursing Home
Piketon
O. P
2Nd St
Pleasant Hill Nursing Home
Willow Lawn
17Th ST
Daniel Boone Hotel
Capitol
Washington Sts
Charleston
W. Va
Joe Reiser
Children’s Hospital
C.U. Tultion
Ohio State University
Holiday Inn
South 17Th ST
Robinson
Scioto Burial Park
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