Willard Shum Hilty Remembered for Selfless Service to Community
Mourning his sudden death at a Sunday church service, Willard Shum Hilty is lauded for a 25 year span of Boy Scout leadership, church service as Sunday school teacher and deacon, and work on Old Knapp Church and Rittman Historical Society. He received the Silver Beaver Award and planned further preservation of local heritage.
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Hilty
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Milton United Presbyterian Church
Old Knapp Church
Boy Scout Organization
Rittman
Old Knapp
Rittman Historical Society
Scouting
Phus
New Frontier
Equal Opportunity
Freedom March
Resurrection City
John F. Kennedy
John John
Rittman urban renewal debate and local views
In a letter to the Rittman Press, residents urge exploring a federal urban renewal study to spur industrial and residential growth. The editorial note dismisses renewal chances while highlighting local development efforts, a six acre site on Industrial Street, and gaps in city school music programs.
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Rittman Press
Rittman
Orrville
Wadsworth
Wooster
Jack Schumacher
Washington Ave
Rittman Area Industrial Development Corporation
Chamber of Commerce and City
OCO
PCA Retiree Jacob W Ott 69 Buried in Rittman
Jacob W Ott 69 of RD1 Rittman died at Wooster Community Hospital after a long illness. Born in Woodsfield he lived in Rittman four years and retired from Packaging Corporation of America. Survived by wife Myrtle son Kenneth Loudonville daughters Mary Butler Wadsworth Melba Dawson Canaan Twila Burkhart Rittman Irene Bennell Burbank Calif. 26 grandchildren five great grandchildren. Gillman Funeral Home in charge. Pastors Bernard Raper Albert Henry officiated. Burial in Rittman Cemetery.
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Jacob W Ott
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Ott
Wooster Community Hospital
Woodsfield
Packaging Corporation of America
Myrtle
Kenneth
Loudonville
Mary Butler
Wadsworth
Melba Dawsor
Canaan
Twila Burkhart
Irene Burnell
Minority Politics Fueling Emotional Federal Debates
A columnist cites Rev. Ken McComas blaming current politics on emotion and a media-driven culture. He notes Kennedy King and others were used posthumously for political ends, warns against rulers exploiting crises, and critiques coverage from press and television for sensationalism and manipulation.
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America
Ken McComas
Robert Kennedy
Solomon
McComas
Brother McComas
Resurrection City demands a guaranteed annual wage
Washington report recalls Resurrection City leaders call for a guaranteed annual wage as part of a broader package. Rev James Bevel spoke to Congressional aides revealing inside views of the movement and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference aims.
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Resurrection City
Congress
Martin Luther King
King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
James Bevel
Library To Have New Books For Summer
Rittman Public Library adds new summer selections including Arthur Hailey Airport and Paradise Falls by Don Robertson. Also available are numerous mystery titles, non fiction for golfers and aspiring airline hostesses, from Wayne County Public Library holdings.
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Rittman Public Library
Arthur Hailey
Chicago
Don Robertson
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Paradise Falls
Ohio
Wayne County Public Library
Remembering a Decent Man and the Kennedy McCarthy Debate
The piece reflects on Robert Kennedy's assassination and the 1968 race with Eugene McCarthy, noting how minority politics shaped views on the Vietnam War and the Israeli Arab conflict. It calls for mature discourse, lawful conduct, and public sacrifice to restore national purpose after Sirhan Sirhan's murder.
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Robert Kennedy
Eugene McCarthy
Bobby
Kennedy
McCarthy
U.S
Vietnam
America
Sirhan Sirhan
Bevel's radical views spotlight Poor People's campaign leader
The article portrays James Bevel as an articulate but extreme figure whose remarks reject core American norms. It notes his anti religious stance and calls for redistributing wealth, dismantling parental authority, and reorienting police while labeling officials as fascists. It warns followers face harsher futures under his system.
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Bevel
SCLC
James Bevel
Death by Inches Wins Editorial Award
The Rittman Press editorial Death by Inches won first place in the National Federation of Press Women annual competition. Fran Sandrock, editor, will receive the certificate at Wichita Kansas, with Ohio Press Women's president Eddi Parker accepting in her absence. The May 31 1967 piece urged support for a school bond after May primary defeat. the bond passed in November.
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Rittman Press
National Federation of Press Women
Fran Sandrock
National Federation
Wichita_Kans
Ohio Press
Eddi Parker
Akron
Sandrock
Alan Preacher
North Side News
Jerome
Idaho
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