Moratorium Ends as 1940 Reckoning Echoes in 1964 Race
Washington reports a renewed party skirmish after JFK death. William Scranton of Pennsylvania hints at a presidential bid while Barry Goldwater plans a January decision. Carl Curtis says Goldwater could appear on Nebraska’s May primary ballot. Sargent Shriver may enter politics, eyed as possible Democratic VP or Illinois governor, with Adlai Stevenson hinting at a run if Johnson asks.
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William W. Scranton
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Scranton
Wendell L. Willkie
John F. Kennedy
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
J. Drake Edens
South Carolina
Goldwaters
Kennedy
Carl Curtis R
Goldwater
Nebraska
Peace Corps
Sargent Shriver
Illinois
Adlair Stevenson
U.S
United Nations
Johnson
Burial Insurance Sold by Mail Ad Offer
A mail order insurance ad pitches a $1,000 life policy for people aged 40 to 90. It claims no medical exam and no agent calls, urging readers to send name, address and year of birth to Central Security Life Insurance Co., Dept. V-127, 1418 West Rose for free information with no obligation.
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OLD Line Legal Reserve
Life Insurance
Central Security Life Insurance Co
West Rose
Santa Claus Visits Wisconsin Dairyman Leaves New Herd
In Spring Green Wisconsin UPI reports dairy farmer Cletus Hooks faced near ruin after mastitis struck his herd. After weeks of fighting the disease friends rallied, and Hooks says he never knew how big his barn was until it was empty. The story frames a bleak Christmas turned hopeful by community support and a recovered herd.
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Wis
UPI
Cletus Hooks
Hooks
Johnson orders Kennedy death kept secret amid assassination plot fears
Washington dispatch reports President Johnson delayed releasing news of Kennedy's death, fearing a broader plot to target presidential line officials. Kilduff quoted Johnson fearing a world conspiracy and possible attacks on McCormack Hayden and others, with Secret Service guards assembled for security.
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UPI
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White House
Moniday
Kilduff
McCormack
Hayden
Westinghouse Broadcasting Company
Dallas
Secret Service
Mrs Rilda Steger Obituary in Madison County
Mrs Kilda Maxine Seer Steger of Madison County died Monday after a six month illness at St Johns Hospital. Born March 27 1924 in Carrier, Ark she was a longtime Guide Lamp Department 49 employee. Her husband works at Container Corporation.
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Ene Steger
Se Tohn's Hospital
Deaths In Madison And Nearby Counties
Three obituary notices describe William H Snider 40 of Greenfield a former Anderson resident who died Monday at Hancock Memorial Hospital He served in World War III with the Eighth Air Force was a prisoner of war in New Germany Survivors include his widow Zertha Dotson a son and several relatives The second obituary notes Patricia P Mounds Rd age 43 passing after three years illness with survivors including husband and children and mentions residence in Anderson The third obituary details a Native of North Dakota born Nov 23 1920 reared in Hartford City moved to Anderson in 1946 with funeral at Pasco Memorial Mortuary Greenfield and burial at McCray Cemetery The notices list multiple family members and local connections
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Anderson College
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Oran
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Jefferson St
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River View
Mich
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Goshen
Rink
Elkhart
Lawrence
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Indianapolis
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Martha Juanita Owen
Lloyd
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Penrleton
Keith
Baton Rouge
Crippled Girl’s White House visit charms Johnson
Julie Gill an 11 year old from Wichita and her family traveled to Washington after Julie wrote to President Johnson. The President welcomed her, signed autographs, and posed for photos, giving Julie a red pencil to keep in touch. The visit followed a delayed plan to attend the National Christmas tree lighting.
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Washington
UPI
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White House
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Wichita
Kane
Julie
Robert
Ann
Susan
Rebecca
Johasson
Kennedy Will Divides Estate Among Wife and Children
President Kennedy's will directs half the rest and remainder to be held in trust for wife Jacqueline with yearly net income for her, while the other half is to benefit his surviving children John Jr. and Caroline. Trustees may allocate capital for support and education. The will also gifts Jacqueline $25,000 plus personal effects and directs payment of debts and funeral expenses. Executors named: Jacqueline Kennedy, and brothers Robert F. Kennedy and Edward M. Kennedy, without bond.
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Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Cuban Christmas in Havana under strict state control
Shoppers in a Havana department store face a tightly managed Christmas as shortages push rationing of nylon stockings clothing and toys. Portraits of Fidel Castro and Nikita Khrushchev loom over the scene while radios play a festive socialist carol. The government clamps down on toy distribution after last year’s disorganization.
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Khrushchev
Republican Push on Foreign Aid Shapes Bipartisan Fight
Clarence Potter of Ta- was mourned at Toledo home as leaders eyed how Johnson and Halleck pressed Washington battle over a $1 billion foreign aid bill. Senate-House conferees closed gaps on money totals while dispute persisted over Communist credit provisions and wheat sales to Red nations.
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Toledo
U.S
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Order| Peace
Anderson
Texas
Ford Funeral Home
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Hal‘lleck
House
Congress
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
Halleck
Senate
Soviet Union
Johnson
Car Rental System Offers Trading Stamps Promotion
Nationwide car rental outlets began distributing Green trading stamps in the September quarter, part of a record 8,600 new locations including motels, dry cleaners, and flower shops as Sperry and Hutchinson reported. A fire in Bloomfield, Indiana destroyed Besler Concrete Block Co. with estimated damage of 45,000 dollars.
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UPS
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Bloomfield, Ind
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Bloomfield
Flames Engulf Lakonia as Rescue Efforts Continue at Sea
International chaos surrounds the Lakonia disaster as U S Air Force planes from the Azores drop life rafts and British planes from Gibraltar aid the rescue. The Montcalm notes many people in the water while survivors are ferried to ships including the Salta and Stratheden. Aboard the Lakonia, 36 children and two babies are among the rescued, with crews and passengers from multiple nations involved. In Pendleton, J R A Smith Pendleton, 57, and Edward S Humble, 78, long-time local workers, pass away, with funeral arrangements announced by Cornell Bright Funeral Home.
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Azores
Gibraltar
Montcalm
Salta
Funchal
Madeira
Casablanca
Charlessville
Mathias Zarbis
Stratheden
Illiteracy Rates Highlight Education Gap in U S
Washington reports NEA figures showing eleven million adults unable to read or write, plus over 23 million aged year and older never passing seventh grade and 57 percent lacking high school completion. Obituary notes Herschel Alexander Frankton. Funeral details given for services in Wilkinson and graveside at McCray Cemetery.
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UPI
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National
NEA
Father Keeps Promise To Dying Son At Hospital
MINNEAPOLIS UP I A South St Paul father Christ G Bairaktaris honored a dying promise to his 3 year old son Scott by staging a hospital Christmas party at the University of Minnesota Hospital. Scott had asked for the party before he died from severe burns suffered Nov 3. The event drew about two dozen youngsters and parents with Santa Claus delivering gifts later thanks to a merchants association while nurses discreetly distributed presents for Christmas morning. The father said his son would know they kept their promise even as Scott passed away two days before.
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UPI
Christ G. Bairaktaris
South St. Paul
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Santa Claus
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Architectural School Study Chooses Indiana Panel
A legislative committee in Indianapolis set up to study establishing a state school of architecture selected Rep Maurice Goodnight and Sen V Dewey Annakin as chairs. Robert J Schultz from Notre Dame’s architecture school serves as secretary as two subcommittees form to assess curricula land and financing with meetings in January and February.
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D-Terre Haute
Robert J. Schultz
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Campus seniors named in Miss contest and inmate sentence
Local Miss Lynn Blevins and others from North and South Carolina Pennsylvania and Tennessee are listed as seniors with two juniors in the group Hatch editor of the campus paper The Andersonian is the son of Rev Ralph V Hatch Heffelfinger a math major plans to teach Vearo stabbing case ends with a 2 to 21 year sentence for an Indiana Reformatory inmate after a year of trial debates over evidence.
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High Point
N. C
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Kennett Square
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Memphis
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