Four WWII servicemen face 25 years later truths
This essay traces Ralph Neppel Frank Sneed Ed ONeill and Ham Napier, 25 years after Pearl Harbor, detailing their postwar lives from farms and law practices to VA work and advocacy. The piece notes changed identities, adjusted ambitions, and unresolved dreams as they age.
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Ralph Neppel
Frank Sneed
Ed O'Neill
Ham Napier
Des Moines Register Tribune
Carroll
Ralph
Jean
Veterans Administration
Des Moines
Iowa City
Ruby Taken to Parkland Hospital With Pneumonia
Jack Ruby, awaiting a new trial after Oswald’s slaying, was moved from the Dallas County jail to Parkland Hospital with a serious pneumonia case. Lawyers and officials cautioned on how illness might affect scheduling, while Ruby received oxygen as his condition drew concern from family and authorities.
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Tom Stuckey
Dallas
Tex
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Parkland Hospital
Phil Burleson
Ruby
Oswald
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Dist
Louis Holland
Joe B. Brown
Wichita Falls
Burleson
U.S. Midsection Struck by Cold Snap and Rain
The midsection faced a drop in temperatures with snow and cold rain across the region while the Gulf and Pacific coasts saw heavy rains. New York reported a December 9 record high of 66, surpassing the 1953 mark. Peru Indiana measured an inch of snow with more anticipated in the state. Gale warnings were in effect along the upper Pacific Coast as storms spread inland and mountains turned to snow.
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Associated Press
Gulf and Pacific
East
New York City
Midwest
Ohio Valley
Peru
Indiana
Gulf Coast
Tennessee
Alabama
Florida
Pacific Coast
Bjornson Calls to Raise State Bank Deposit Limits in Minnesota
State Treasurer Val Bjornson urged the State Executive Council to raise the maximums on deposits held in Minnesota banks. He said current limits, dating to the 1920s, are outdated and need correction after a public examiner’s report showed nine banks exceeding limits as of June 30. The excess was mostly in special accounts. transfers to a central bank occurred the next day.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
Val Bjornson
State Executive Council
Bjornson
Executive Council
Examiner
Federal Deposit Insurance
Bemidji
Hinckley
St. Charles
St. Cloud
St. Peter
First National Bank of
Cincinnati police probe sixth strangling ties Kerrick killing
Cincinnati faces renewed focus on the Aug 14 slaying of Lulu Kerrick after a 81 year old woman was found strangled in her apartment elevator. Police question a 29 year old man linked to the Kerrick case and to five prior killings as gun sales rise in the area.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Lulu Kerrick
Miss Kerrick
Schott
Barbara Bowman
St. Peter-in-Chaims
Romney moves toward 1968 presidential bid unfolds
Michigan Governor George Romney signals a candidacy for the 1968 Republican nomination amid GOP resistance and support. He may enter primaries and could visit Vietnam for information, while allies like California's Ronald Reagan weigh their positions and party leaders convene in Colorado Springs.
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Walter Mears
Colorado Springs
Colo
Michigan
George Romney
Reagan
Romney
Barry Goldwater
California
White House
Colorado
John A. Love
Republican Governors Association
John H. Chafee
Rhode Island
Idaho
Robert E. Smylie
Viet Nam
Johnson
Two errant bombs kill Marines on Rockpile ridge
U S Marines reported 16 killed and 11 wounded when two 250 pound bombs misfired during a strike near the Rockpile ridge about five miles south of the DMZ. Four bombs hit intended targets while two struck rocky terrain possibly causing ricochets.
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Saigon
South
Viet Nam
U.S. Marine Corps
Demilitarized Zone
Popular Force
South Viet Nam
U.S
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Nguyen Cao Ky
Nguyen van Thieu
Pope Paul VI
van Thieu
William C. Westmoreland
Thailand
NATO
Paris
North Viet Nam
Tay Ninh
Shelepin Attacks Peking Regime Over Vietnam War
Moscow dispatch reports a top Soviet leader accusing China of prolonging the Vietnam War and causing far more casualties than necessary. He asserts China bears responsibility for worsening the conflict and its human toll.
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Moscow
China
Viet Nam
Prison court disturbance leads to gagged defendants
Richard Mayberry and Dominic Codispodi, both 28, were bound and gagged after a courtroom disturbance during a trial at Western Pennsylvania Penitentiary. They, with Jude Albert Fick charging the jury, were restrained. Herbert Langes remained calm and was not restrained. The incident occurred as trials progressed in Alegney County Court in Pittsburgh.
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Richard Mayberry
Western Pennsylvania
Alegney County Court
Pittsburgh
Mayberry
Dominic Codispodi
Jude Albert Fick
Herbert Langes
Granite Falls man begins sentence for arson fire
Granite Falls business man James Henry Ferry, 31, who admitted setting a blaze that destroyed four stores including his own, was sent to Stillwater Prison to serve an indeterminate term of up to three years after a Glenwood judge sentenced him.
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Granite Falls, Minn
Granite Falls
Stillwater
James Henry Ferry
E. R. Selness
Glenwood
Juneau City Jail Riot Suppressed After Food Complaints
Alaska state police used tear gas and riot guns to quell two disturbances at the Juneau city jail in three hours. Twenty eight prisoners were involved after complaints the evening meal was cold, according to Lt. Clinton McCann.
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Juneau, Alaska
Alaska
Juneau City
Clinton McCann
Dick Gregory Says Bombings Blocked Hanoi Visit
Comedian Dick Gregory says U S bombing of Hanoi prevented his planned trip to the North Vietnamese capital. He had been in London since Monday awaiting a visa and announced a news conference to discuss the Viet Nam situation.
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Alexander N. Shelepin
Communist Party
Shelepin
Kremlin
Ho Chi Minh
Hanoi
Viet Nam
Kalinin
Mos
New York
Dick Gregory
Gregory
London
Elderly Doctor Narrowly Survives Plane Crash on Interstate
On a busy Minneapolis area highway an air plane crashed into Dr. Joe M. Neal s car as pilot Larry L. Peterson perished. Neal, a 40 year Veterans Hospital physician, escaped with a bruised nose and lip after leaping from burning wreckage. Witnesses described a jet like fireball and crashing debris.
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Minneapolis
Joe M. Neal
Larry L. Peterson
Omaha
Neb
Minneapolis- St. Paul
Peterson
Neal
Veterans Hospital
Edina
Weekend Weather Outlook With Patchy Clouds and Cooling
Fair to partly cloudy conditions tonight and Sunday with a noticeably colder night. Low temperatures range from five above to below. Monday looks fair and warmer with continued mild conditions.
Schedule of Pages Late News Area Editorial Society Classified
A brief index lists page assignments for the edition with sections Late News Area Editorial Society Classified Farm Comics and Sports noting page numbers for each. The document reads as a publishing guide indicating where content will appear in the newspaper.
Charles City Nurses Threaten Walkout at Floyd County Hospital
Floyd County Veterans Memorial Hospital officials offered to meet Friday with 32 nurses who threaten to quit on December 22 unless salaries are raised and nurses gain a role in policy. The hospital argues wages average 1.97 to 2.06 per hour after a 0.33 cent raise on December 1 and states no formal complaint has been filed.
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Charles City
Lowa
Floyd County Veterans Memorial Hospital
Claude Tatum
Hospital Commission
C. L. Kelley
James Johnson
Tatum
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