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Newspaper

Aiken Standard

Location

Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Nov 29, 1985

Page

16

Thanksgiving Holiday Weather Fails to Stop Parade Joy

Jetty Boop and Kermit the Frog were soaked in New York as Thanksgiving festivities continued under rain and snow. In Washington a large meal fed thousands at Lafayette Park while flood relief efforts in West Virginia fed 10 000 people. Airlines reported strong traffic and turkey recalls and a Platteville Colo fire killed 15 000 two day old chicks.

Jetty Boop Kermit the Frog New York Space Denver Reagan Washington, D.C Lenore Lawson Bob New York City Philadelphia Detroit Bill Classen Betty Boop Michigan Newark International New Jersey Chicago O’hare International Foodtown Platteville Colo

Two Young Girls Save Great-Grandmother From Fire

In Suffield Connecticut two sisters Kimberly Brookens and Kelly Turner led their partially blind 86-year-old great grandmother Frances Turner to safety from a house fire. Fire Chief Thomas L. Bellmore credited the girls with saving her life after an explosion-like sound and flames on the living room carpet.

Frances Turner Kelly Brookens Kimberly Brookens Suffield Conn Kelly Springfield Mass Thomas L. Bellmore Bellmore

Doody Bruce Thanksgiving Dinner Draws Massive Crowd

ENVER AP report notes Daddy Bruce Randolph hosted a huge free Thanksgiving meal attracting an estimated 100000 people. National Guard volunteers cooked beans as crowds endured Denver cold. street renamed in his honor and donations funded the event. Randolph began giving free meals in the 1950s in Denver and Pine Bluff Arkansas.

ENVER National Bruce Randolph Randolph East 34Th Avenue Arkansas Denver Army National Guard Bruce Charlie Frye Handolph Adolph Ist Syed Pine Bluff Ark Idalph Pampa Texas Tap Vet

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