Test Tube Baby Brings Hope for Norfolk Clinic
The birth of America's first test-tube baby renews hope for Della Adams a Cayce resident and patient at the Norfolk Virginia clinic. Doctors report a healthy baby girl born at Norfolk General Hospital by cesarean section at 7 46 a m. The mother and baby are reported doing fine and Adams says the milestone inspires those involved. The Carr family of Westminster Massachusetts welcomed Elizabeth Jordan Carr born last spring in Norfolk.
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Columbia
Della Adams
Norfolk, Va
Cayce
Norfolk General Hospital
Georgeanna Jones
Norfolk
Massachusetts
Elizabeth Jordan Carr
Judith and
Roger Carr
Westminster
Mass
Stevens to close Taylors plant in Greenville area
J P Stevens & Co will close its Taylors No 1 plant early next year as part of a asset redeployment plan. The Greenville County pillow cases and sheets plant employed 385 workers before layoffs. 121 remained at month end November. Workers may relocate to other Stevens plants where openings exist.
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Greenville
J.P. Stevens & Co. Inc
Greenville County
Ron Copsey
Stevens
Taylors
Copsey
No. 1
Clemson
Law Officers Fired Over Fire Mall Looting
Greenville County Sheriff Johnny Mack Brown and Police Chief Harold C. Jennings announced the dismissal of three county deputies who worked as mall security guards at McAlister Square after a December fire. They admitted taking stolen television sets video games and tapes from Foster's Magnavox. A fourth city officer is suspended five days and may be fired at the January Civil Service Commission meeting.
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Greenville
McAlister Square
Johnny Mack Brown
Harold C. Jennings
Jennings
Civil Service Commission
Greenville County
Lawmakers weigh auto insurance reform to curb rate bias
A public hearing by a joint state committee explored replacing the state Reinsurance Facility with a Joint Underwriting Association. The plan would let insurers charge higher rates to motorists deemed high risk, aiming to protect low‑risk drivers from cross-subsidizing.
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Columbia
JUA
Pill Overdose Nearly Kills Clover Boy
A 6-year-old from Kinard Elementary in Gastonia swallowed about 40 Torranil pills from a child resistant bottle and fell into a coma at Gaston Memorial Hospital. Doctors say the outcome remains uncertain as the child sought a cure for his bedwetting and embarrassment.
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Clover
Cliff Rich
Kinard
Gaston Memorial Hospital
Gastonia
Cliff
Michael
Refugees Flee Poland Reach Greenville Through Aid
Elizabeth Szymanski Andrzej Szymanski and their daughter Agnes fled Poland amid food shortages and border closings. They crossed to Austria and sought asylum in a Polish refugee camp near Vienna. With help from the Tolstoy foundation they reached Greenville on December 17 after selling a car and awaiting settlement aid.
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Greenville
Elizabeth
Andrzej Szymanski
Gniezno
Poland
Austria
Freedom
Szymanskis
Agnes
Szymanski
East Germany
Czechoslovakia
Vienna
Australia
Canada
United States
USA
Tolstoy Foundation
Foundation
Pickens Deputy With Hidden Talents As Artist And Hypnotist
Mickey Tate, a Pickens County deputy sheriff, serves as the county identification officer and also works as a composite artist. He is known as a forensic hypnotist who aims to elicit usable clues from witnesses through sessions, stressing that evidence must be verifiable before police action. Tate, an Easley native, learned hypnotism about two years ago in St. Petersburg, Florida, while employed by the sheriff's department.
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Pickens (Ap
Mickey Tate
Pickens County
Tate
Easley
St. Petersburg
Fla
Sheriff's Department
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