Smith, famed humorist, reflects on fame and humor
In a candid interview H Allen Smith discusses his 30th book Son of Rhubarb and his lifelong stance on humor. He recalls 1929 era peers, laments the decline of humorists, and argues a true humorist remains a sharp social critic despite fame and popular trend. He notes his humble beginnings, disdain for pomp, and belief that humor should challenge institutions.
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New York
H. Allen Smith
Smith
H. Allen
Huntington
Ind
Horatio Alger
Florence Nightingale
Jonathan Swift
H. L. Mencken
Fred Allen
Bob Benchley
Donald Ogden Stewart
Ring Lardner
Frank Sullivan
Dorothy Parker
Don Marquis
United Nations Opens as Kosygin Stoles Show in New York
The United States said it would join the emergency session discussions but would assess all proposals. Jordanian Ambassador el Farra demanded immediate Israeli troop withdrawal. The General Assembly adopted the agenda and adjourned until Monday while Kosygin and Baroody sparred briefly over how to proceed. Abdul Rahman Pazhwak urged adherence to rules and the agenda.
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Goldberg
United States
Muhammed el-Farra
General Assembly
Kosygin
New York
Malinies
Jamil M. Baroody
Assembly
Baroody
Abdul Rahman Pazhwak
Afghanistan
Ky to take leave as South Vietnam air force chief
Premier Nguyen Cao Ky announces a June end leave from command of the air force to pursue the presidency. Maj. Gen Tran Van Minh to lead the force. Ky vows Minh stays in place if he wins. Ky plans to name a premier candidate before the September 3 vote. Chief of State Nguyen Van Phieu also seeks the presidency amid eight civilian rivals.
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Bac Lieu
South Vietnam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Mekong
Tran van Minh
Minh
Pew
Pee
Nguyen van Phieu
Britain opposes force in Middle East settlement policy
Foreign Secretary George Brown told a Labour rally in Nottingham that Britain rejects any settlement imposed by force or territorial gains by force. He said the war must not yield territorial aggrandizement and warned Israel no British backing for holding Arab lands conquered in last week’s war. Brown urged Arabs and their supporters to seek security for all states and cautioned against threats in the region.
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Nottingham
England
George Brown
Britain
New York
U.N
Middle East
Brown
Labor Party
Israel
Fresh British Gard Pranks Show Calm Subways
LONDON AP Two men pulled off quirky bets to prove commuters ignore odd outfits. John McAdams, 20, rode home with a lion head prop for a $14 wager, reading a paper unbothered. Jack Chance, 31, wore a fur hat, bowie, swimming trunks, boots and socks plus umbrella for $72.
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London
John McAdams
Jack Chance
Sevenoaks
Soldier's Gift Mower Fulfills Bender Family Request
In CHMOND Indiana AP report, 1st Lt. John Bender in South Vietnam asked for a power lawnmower to cut tall elephant grass around soldiers tents at Li Kay to deter insects. Parents Mr and Mrs John H Bender provided a $40 mower and $47 shipping costs covering the purchase and delivery.
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Ofchmond, Ind
John Bender LA
South Vietnam
John H. Bender
Li Kay
Benders
Street resurfacing and dust control project in New Philadelphia area
Asphalt and limestone cover laid yesterday on northeast and northwest streets as a dust control measure. Resurfacing to begin on 2nd and 3rd streets SW in Halderbaum addition and Wabash Ave SW with St Clair Ave SW and Front Ave SW later in summer. Seal work planned on Ray and Fairways. Fred I Kaelin released on bond after pleading not guilty to DUI in northern district court. hearing set once attorney is obtained. Laceration incident at Marsh Lumber reported. Ohio smoking and health workshop slated in Columbus with local participants. Not guilty verdict for Barry Black on destruction charge. Robert Butler remanded for trespassing. Various minor incidents and political filing notes included. Timken Mercy Hospital reports 14-year-old Mark Davis awake after 7 weeks in coma from truck incident.
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New Philadelphia
2Nd
3Rd St
Halderbaum Addition
Wabash Av
St. Clair Av
Front
Ray
Fair Ays
Fred I
Kaelin
N. ‘Wooster Ay
Strasburg
Kaelin l
1St St
Mark Davis
Oliver Davis
Oak St
New
Philadelphia
Timken Mercy Hospital
Canton
Druggist Fends Off Bandits in Ohio Holdup
In Columbus a druggist shot and killed one bandit while two others escaped with an estimated 15 000 to 20 000 dollars in cash. The wounded druggist Robert Bender 35 owner of Fountain Drug Store is in Mercy Hospital in serious condition. The dead man was identified as Richard D Chilton 30 with links to Pennsylvania and Cleveland.
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Columbus, Ohio
Robert Bender
Fountain Drug
Mercy Hospital
Richard D. Chilton
Pennsylvania
Cleveland
Ohio Soldier Killed in Hostile Action
WASHINGTON AP An Ohio soldier from Newark Paul R. Myers, Mary Myers listed as survivors, died Friday according to the Defense Department. The death is reported as the result of hostile action as stated by officials.
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Washington
Newark
Ohio
Paul R. Myers
Nts
Mary Myers
U S adds 173rd to fight in Vietnam highlands and air strikes widen
In the central highlands the 173rd Airborne and two brigades of the 4th Infantry Division move to FPleiku, facing North Vietnamese forces possibly twice their size. Friday air strikes target supply lines along the coast while deep raids hit power plants and storage areas near Hanoi and Haiphong.
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Highlands
173Rd
Fpleiku
United States
4Th Infantry
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Haiphong
Enterprise 1
Bac Giang Powe
U.S. 1St Infantry
Saipan
U.S
Saigon
Navy
Panhandle
Demilitarized Zone
South Vietnam
Khe Sanh
Band Makes Surprise Visit to Bowerston by Field High
Field High marching band from Suffield and Brimfield Consolidated High near Kent surprised Bowerston residents with a Friday night performance on Main Street after the Clay Week parade. Led by Frank H. Masters, the group of 84 arrived in 3 school buses 5 cars and a truck and were treated to popsicles afterward by J. R. Masters of Masters Market. Frank Masters previously directed Conotton Valley High band in the early 1950s.
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Bowerston
Field High
Suffield
Brimfield Consolidated High
Kent
J. R. Masters
Masters Market
Frank H. Masters
Masters
Frank Masters
Conotton ‘Valley High
Ohio Woman Dies In Three Car Turnpike Crash
A three car collision on the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Beaver Falls left one dead Thelma Sharizer 56 of Cleveland Heights Ohio and injured 11 others The victim was a passenger in a car driven by her granddaughter Thelma Shartzer 18 of Parma Ohio Authorities identified the deceased and outlined the family connection in the crash report.
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Beaver Falls
Ohio
Here
Thelma Be, Sharizer
Cleveland Heights
Thelma Shartzer
Parma
Probate Court Actions Include Estates and Custody Requests
Probate actions list adminis tratrix for Mary I Crim estate with eight thousand dollar bond and inventories filed for multiple estates including Eva Sherer and Phillip Telaroli. Inheritance taxes assessed for Laura Lappin and Howard Spring. Glendale Equipment sues Harmony Mining for money owed. Several custody and divorce matters noted with dates of marriages and defendants.
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Sarah A. Schock
RD 1
Ticksville
Mary I. Crim
Rush Township
Eva A. Sherer
New Philadelphia
Ralph R. Sherer Sr
Phillip Telaroli
Dennison
Letizia Szopinski
Anna Dapoz
Zita Dapoz Donofrio
Charles Alvin Leach
Charles Henry Leach
Uhrichsville
Harry M. Leach
Sylvia K. Fox
William IL. Fox
Laura Daisy Lappin
Warren Township
Howard R. Spring
York Township
Common Pleas
Glendale Equipment & Supply Co
Canton
Harmony Mining Inc
Oak St. NW
Pisani Troupe Finalist in Ted Mack Amateur Event
The Pisani troupe of five children from Magnolia aged 6 to 15 earned a finalist berth in the Ted Mack Amateur Contest in New York. They performed in the nationwide semi finals and will compete in the Chicago finals broadcast nationally. The family plans extended practice as they await the fall finals.
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Pisani
Herman Pisani
Magnolia
Ted Mack
New York
Rodrick
Regina
Brenda
Mark
Jeff
Tuscarawas County Fair
Pisanis
Chicago
Min uteman Award Honored Dover Life Insurance Agent
Lloyd Berrier of 424 Seneca Drive Dover won the Minuteman Award for May for sales superiority in life insurance, announced today by Mace D. King director of agencies for Liberty American Life Insurance Co of Columbus.
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Lloyd Berrier
Seneca Dr
Dover
Minuteman
Mace D. King
Liberty American Life Insurance Co
Columbus
Opportunity Office Opens Northeast District Office
Albert G. Giles announces a new northeast district office in Warren Ohio and names James H Grose as field coordinator. Grose will work with nine community action groups across Ashland Ashtabula Columbiana Lake Lorain Mahoning Medina Portage Stark Trumbull and Wayne counties.
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Columbus, Ohio
Albert G. Giles
Ohio Office of Opportunity
Warren
James H. Grose
Giles
Grose
Ashland
Ashtabula
Columbiana
Lake, Lorain
Mahoning
Medina
Portage
Stark
Trumbull
Wayne Counties
Raymond Lepley Lepley KILLBUCK obituary
Raymond Lepley Lepley 66 of RD 1 died Friday night at University Hospital Columbus after a 3 week illness. Born here son of late Scant and Ida Brink Lepley. Lifelong Holmes County resident employed at Nicholl McBride Stone Co. Survived by widow Alma Elizabeth Jones three sons Ralph Ray Robert and Effie a daughter five sisters and three brothers. Services Tuesday 2:30 p.m. at Christian Church with Rev Gerald Craycraft officiating. Burial Wolf Creek Cemetery Richland Township. Friends may call Hunter Funeral Home Monday.
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Robert Tyce
South Lawn Cemetery
Lantzer Funeral Home
Coshocton
Etta Parks
Monroe Township
Lake View Haven
Danville
Coshocton County
John
Mary Jane Fortune Shelhorn
Pleasant Hill
Ralph
East Fultenham
Dalton
Here
Sevilla) Robertson
Wooster
Henry
Mae) Baker
Seville
Harry
Zelma) Kent
Charles M
Fischer Funeral Home
Warsaw
George Smith
Dover
Blissfield Cemetery
Nellie M. Dittmar
9Th St
Coshocton Memorial Hospital
Tuscarawas County
Christopher and
Nettie Marlatt Hart
Dittmar
Adam M
Orange-Bakersville
Charles
Newcomerstown
Earnest
Anna Mae) Gillian
Dayton
Loren
Harry C
Russell D
Lloyd D
Phoenix
Francis Zimmerman
Loren Elliott
Bonnell-O'Neill
West Lafayette
Donald Albert
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Fairfield Cemetery
Killbuck
Raymond Lepley
University Hospital
Columbus
Ida Brink Lepley
Holmes County
Nicholl - McBride Stone Co
Alma Elizabeth Jones
Ray
Robert
Effie
Ad Nyhart
Todd Miller
William Shaffer
Akron
Mildred Foose
Flint
Mich
Ray‘mond Griffin
Paul
Millersburg
Bernard and
Peter
Pittsburgh
Christian Church
Gerald Craycraft
Wolf Creek
Richland Township
Hunter Funeral Home
J Glen Gordon R D 1 Dover Dies at 62
J Glen Gordon aged 62 of RD 1 Dover died Thursday night at home. Services Monday at 1 p.m. in St John s United Church of Christ with Rev Richard Gordon officiating. Interment in Dover Burial Park. Friends may call Toland Herzig Funeral Home tonight 7 to 9 and Sunday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 and one hour prior to services at the church. Memorials requested.
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St. John’s United Church of
Johnson Speech in Austin Shapes Middle East Peace Effort
President Johnson, speaking to the President's Club of the Southwest in Austin, urged that each nation in the Middle East accept neighbors’ right to stable existence and territorial integrity. He backed a UN backed cease fire with Kosygin pressing for Israel condemnation and land restoration, while stressing US commitment to peace and freedom of navigation.
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Kosygin
U.N. General Assembly
Soviet Union
Israel
Johnson
Austin
Middle East
United States
U.N
Texas
Holt
Lbj Ranch
Luci Nugent
Gulf of Aqaba
Egypt
Elath
Middle East Nations
United Nations
U.S
Larea
America
Fire Claims Life in Cincinnati Home
A three story home fire in Cincinnati claimed the life of Mrs. Luella Bethel, 67. Her husband Clarence, 72, suffered burns to his face and arm. Investigators could not determine the cause, but firemen suspect the blaze began in a sofa. Damage was put at about $10,000.
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Cincinnati
Luella Bethel
Cincinati
Clarence
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Smit
Mark Twain
Charles Johnson
Poplar St
Union Hospital
Marsh Lumber Co
Glenn Jentes
Verne Buchanan
Sheridan Bigler
Ralph Lawrence
Barry Black
RD 2
Kenneth Shores
Kaserman Av
Joseph Pritz
Robert H. Butler
Mansfield
C. LeMoyne Luthy
Butler
Homer Scott
Weigand
GMC
Robert L. Angus
Broadway
Boulevard
Phyllis A. Paulus
S. Fairvieway
Albert D. Bricker
Board of Elections
Norman J. Orr
Deersville Ay
Guernsey County
Orr
Eagles
Linda Higgins
Floyd Higgins
20Th St
Order of Eagles
Twin City Beauty College
George R. Smith
Dover Eagles Hall
Frank J. Silverthorn
Beauty School
CONG
U.S. Army
Harold George Bennett
Perryville
Ark
Robert J. McCloskey
David Allen Shaffer
Constance Marie Abel
William Dreher
Gaylene Smith
Danny Lee Fogle
Port Washington
Dawn Marie Taylor
Stark County
Harold Poling
Carolyn Tolley
John Teakell
Kansas City
Ann Shaffer
East Sparta
Dorothy Hansen
Robert Hansen
Wardell St
Marilyn Bergquist
5Th St
Jerry Bergquist
Bolivar
Paul D. Boyd
Mineral City
Helen A. Boyd
New Cumberland
Faye A. Dunfee
E. High Ay
Ralph A. Dunfee
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Saffell
Candy Sue VanSchoyck
N. Broadway
Thomas B. van Schoyck
Riverside
Calif
Opportunity Office
Mrs. Pearl Bash
Mrs
Nellie Dittmar
St. John's Chutohy
Blakely Services
Kras
Kittanning
George D. Blakely
George
Horace
Mourey Services
Sandyville
Edward Mourey
N. Market
Emery A. Hunt
Waynesburg
Oscar Babler
McCreery - Finefrock
Richwood
W. Va
Republic Steel Corp
Elizabeth
James Franklin
Ruby Hall
Phylis Flanagan
Gordon Services
White House
Vietnam
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