By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 6 BELLEVUE, NEB. — Some pilots flying over the United States today will be getting their weather information from a different source. From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., the Air Force Weather Agency will be forecasting and transmitting weather bulletins to pilots. The activity is part of a […]
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Obituary: Sarah Hayner
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 13 FINDLAY — Sarah Hayner, a concert violinist who played with orchestras across the country, died Friday at the Blanchard valley Regional Health Center, Findlay. She was 67 and died after a short bout with cancer. She grew up in a musical household in Chicago, her former husband, […]
Obituary: Barbara Corbin
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 13 Barbara Corbin, a Mormon who believed all Christian faiths should be united, died Friday. She was 39. She was hit by a rail car at the North Star BHP Steel plant near Delta, where she worked. Ms. Corbin was born and raised in Toledo, growing up on […]
Obituary: Henry Martin
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 11 BRYAN — Henry Martin, a chemist who managed to combine his loves of dahlias and Notre Dame football, died Friday at Bryan Community Hospital. Mr. Martin, who lived in Defiance, was 80. He died of pneumonia, brought on in the aftermath of a January surgery, said his […]
Obituary: Connie Keaton
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 14 Connie Keaton, a teacher whose love for marine life gave dozens of students the chance to explore the sea, died Saturday at the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor. She was 57. She fought a nine-month battle with esophageal cancer. Mrs. Keaton grew up on a […]
107th marked with grace
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page W1 She knew freed slaves who still had fresh memories of plantation life. She remembers a time when Leonardo DiCaprio had no role in the sinking of the Titanic. She is old enough to be Ronald Reagan’s mother. And when Estella Henry turned 107 last week – surprisingly […]
Hungarian nativity play is Birmingham indicator
By Joshua Benton and Jack Baessler Blade Staff Writers Page 1 Lack of Hungarian-speaking men and the further decline of Hungarian culture in the Birmingham neighborhood appear to be the reason for the cancellation of a century-old Christmas tradition, authorities on the neighborhood said. For the second straight year, the oreg (pronounced er-deg), a colorful […]
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Obituary: James Falzone
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 16 James Falzone, a visually impaired man who designed checks to help blind people use banks, died in his sleep Friday at his South Reynolds Road home. He was 66. The cause of death is still under investigation. Mr. Falzone was born without sight and initially struggled through […]
Lost medal replaced; Soldier earned cross in the ‘Great War’
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 17 In 26 days, the war that was supposed to “end all wars” would be over. But for the moment, army Cpl. Elvin Pierson had a job to do. It was Oct. 16, 1918, and phone lines connecting the infantry in the trenches to the artillery behind them […]
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Obituary: Kathleen Ashley
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 24 WASHINGTON — Kathleen Ashley, the wife of former Congressman Thomas Ludlow Ashley, died yesterday of heart failure in George Washington University Hospital here. She was 65. She was born in Birmingham, Ala., where her father, Charles Lucey, was a reporter. Mr. Lucey spent his life working as […]