Lincoln Doctor in Charge of Box Scene at Ford's Theatre
Dr Charles A Seale became the first to enter Lincoln's box after Booth shot and cared for the president. He sat at the bedside through the last hours and later described how he held Lincoln's hand to show humanity and friendship in the final moments.
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Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Charles A. Seale
Ford
Leale
Seale
White House
Dr. Seale
Booth
Hindsight eye on 1956 stock winners and losers
The Exchange lists the 20 stocks with the biggest percentage gains and losses in 1956. Lukens Steel jumped 305.3 percent while Consolidated Retail Stores fell 5.8 percent. General Motors led 1956 turnover, with Jersey Standard Oil rising in activity after a three for one split.
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New York
Lukens Steel
Consolidated Retail
Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
Stee
General Motors
Sperry Rand
Steel
Jersey Standard Oil
Prairie Dog to Pawnee City Stock Town Plot
After the Civil War two Union cavalrymen Morgan and Jagger steal 25900 in Confederate gold and plot a railroad town driven by cattle profits. They entice investors, squatter rights, and land deals to build a prairie town later named Pawnee City. The tale follows their scheme and a tense encounter on the trail as the plan unfolds.
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Selby
Mexico
Chad Morgan
Jove Jagger
St. Louis
Kansas
Jagger
Helen
Nathan Foss
Morgan
Foss
Joe Jagger
Mr. Foss
Lawrence
Loss
Kansas City
Colorado
Artie Puffpaff
Mr. Puffpaff
Puffpaff
Bob
Dr Crane recounts family grief after midcentury jet crash
In a personal case record Dr George W Crane narrates July 7 1956 events as his son Danny alerts him that a jet belonging to George has crashed and killed him, detailing immediate family reactions and sorrow.
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Danny
George
David
Glenview
Hairy tongue and foot callouses in medical Q A
The column answers reader questions on hairy tongue caused by penicillin and treatment options, foot callouses from shoe irritation or plantar warts, and a sty as eyelid oil-gland inflammation. It also discusses a 56-year-old man with angina sleeping and napping, public phone germ concerns, and a personal narrative about a pilot’s fatal air crash with details of his career and death.
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George
Marine Air Corps
Korea
Japan
Pensacola
Glenview
U. S. Marine Corps
Madison
Wisconsin
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John Chamberlain
The
Freeman
Henry Ford
Asia
Africa
Europe
India
Russia
Hungary
Nehru
United Nations
Kashmir
Pakistan
New Delhi
Andros
Bahamas
Sir Henry Morgan
Florida
Axel Ll. Wenner-Gren
Islands
Dr. Wenner-Gren
Andros Island
Fresh Creek
Andros Town
Venice
Wenner-Gren
By Sam Dawson
By Frank Gruber
Maeks
Miss Jagger
Helen Jagger
Joseph
Mr. Morgan
Pawnee
Paw‘nee City
Texas
Chad
Frank Gruber
NEA Service, Inc
Edwin P. Jordan, M.D
George IV
Lake Michigan
Dayton
Ohio
Jack Redman
Ronald Tackett
Fairborn
Club Laredo
Government
Damascus
Cairo
Jimmy Hatlo
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