Pope John XXIII Calls Ecumenical Council With Unity Aim
Pope John XXIII issued a papal bull convoking an ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church to meet in St Peter's Basilica, likely opening late in 1962. The council will tackle church administration and paths toward Christian unity amid concerns over militant atheism and modern world troubles.
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Vatican City
John XXIII
St. Peter’s Basilica
John
Vatican I
Martin Luther
Gite Mae
Terese Akoed We Keane Oucetts
Church of
Rome
Kiwanis Learn Civil Defense Plans and Local Honors
Hoosick Falls Kiwanis Noonday meeting hears Benedict A. Nowik outline Civil Defense shelter plans for families and industry protection. Albany bank and Hoosick Falls office of Arthur McLindern praised for defense preparations. Local promotions include Richard Sargood, Sanford L. Cluett Jr., and Carl F. Cunningham named vice presidents. Red Cross aid for a fire victim family and Christmas events at St Mary’s Academy noted. Lodge officers elected with installation set for Jan 2.
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Kiwanis Club
Benedict A. Nowik
Hoosick Falls
Rensselaer County
Nowik
National Commercial Bank & Trust Co
Albany
Arthur A. McLindern
James M. Brahan
Richard Sargood
Beckett Street
Noble and Wood Machine Co
Sanford L. Cluett Jr
Johnson Hill Road
Holman Manufacturing Co
Sanford L. Cluett Sr
Troy
Carl F. Cunningham
Wood Court
The
Peoples Gas and Oil Co
London Philharmonic Opens Two Month Far East Tour
The London Philharmonic launched a two month tour covering Yodia Hong Kong the Philippines Catombe and Australia starting in February.
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Far East
London
Yodia
Hong Kong
Philippines
Catombe
Australia
Science Shrinks Piles Without Surgery New Healing Substance
A New York report describes a scientific breakthrough in treating hemorrhoids with a non surgical healing substance. Early cases show pain relief and itching cessation along with actual shrinkage of hemorrhoids, offering a surprising new option.
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New York, N. Y
Owen Brewster Maine Politician Dies at 73
Former U S Senator Owen Brewster of Maine died at age 73 in a Christian Science retreat house after a weeklong stay. He survived by wife Dorothy and son Charles, a Bangor attorney. Funeral services set for Dexter, Maine. Brewster opposed Roosevelt New Deal but supported him during the war.
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Boston
U. S
Owen Brewster
Maine
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Christian Science Benevolent Association
Brewster
Christian Science Mother Church
Dorothy
Charles
Bangor
Christian Science
Dexter
Senate
Washington
Roosevelt
Hitler
Christmas Holiday Visits Across States Mentioned
Dorset Miriam Tifft and Rev. Carl Rudolph visit Baltimore relatives as the holidays bring travel. Egidio Moresi spends holidays with his sister in Darien Connecticut. Frederick Burghard visits relatives in Rumson New Jersey. Bruce Fenn from Colby College visits his parents in Waterville Maine. Oliver Tifft and family spend Christmas in Terryville Connecticut. Elsie and Marjorie Niles visit brother Nicholas Niles in Mendham New Jersey. Henry Leach and family travel to Morrisville to see his mother. Helen Andrews, librarian in Burlington Vermont, spends holidays with her mother Mary Andrews.
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Carl Rudolph
Baltimore
Arthur Devenow
Terryville
Conn
Elsie
Marjorie Niles
Nicholas Niles
Mendham
N.J
Henry Leach
Morrisville
John Nichols
Helen Andrews
University of Vermont
Burlington
Mary Andrews
Mother's Body Found in Closet in Brockton
The strangled body of Gloria Eldridge, 32, mother of two, was found Christmas Day hidden in an upstairs closet at her parents' Brockton home. Dr. Pierce Leavitt said she was killed several days earlier. Police noted she had been missing since Friday and had checked into a Brockton hotel with a suitcase of clothing found there. Eldridge's husband Charles and her relatives are mentioned in the investigation, with two Brockton policemen involved in the search.
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Brockton
Mass
Gloria Eldridge
Gloria
Eldridge
Howard
Machines Smooth Out Christmas P O Rush
Providence post office ran its smoothest Christmas rush in memory says Postmaster Harry Kizirian. Machine cancellations of outgoing letter mail fell to 500000 in the 24 hours ending at midnight. All Providence mail arriving by midnight Friday was expected to be delivered today as temporary clerks were released.
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Providence
Harry Kizirian
Kizirian
Editorial on measuring spiritual value of Christmas by Lee Lawson
The piece argues that Christmas cannot be reduced to monetary value. It notes Americans spend billions on gifts yet that does not capture inner spiritual worth. Personal experiences like Christmas Eve warmth and children’s laughter defy price tags and defy materialist judgment.
Church World Service Launches Blanket Relief Drive
Church World Service starts a nationwide post Christmas drive to provide a million pounds of blankets for refugees and disaster victims in 25 countries. The campaign funds processing at six service centers and urges state councils and local ministers to lead the effort with the slogan A Blanket and a Quarter.
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New York
N.Y
Church World Service
British Honduras
Texas
Miami
Church World Service, Relief and Rehabilitation Agency
America
Church World Service Centers
Elm St
Denver
Colo
Emerald Ave
Modesto
Calif
Duncan Ave
St. Louis
West 125Th St
Nappanee
Ind
New Windsor
Algeria
Tunisia
Congo
Hong Kong
Burma
West
Pakistan
Greece
Austria
Chile
Egypt
Ghana
Grenada
India
Ex-Convict Admits Slaying Youth and Girl
Sheriff says James Williams 34, an ex convict, admitted to shooting an Arkansas youth and raping the youth’s girlfriend. Frank Craigh 19 of Blytheville and Brenda Raines 17 of Holland were found dead on a rural road near Holland after a Saturday incident.
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Caruthersville
Clyde Orton
James
Buddy) Williams
Arkansas
Frank Craigh
Blytheville
Ark
Brenda Joyce Raines
Holland, Mo
Holland
Miss Raines
Bruins fall to Canadiens in holiday game at Boston Garden
Boston Bruins unable to convert on Christmas night as Cliff Pennington and Leo Boivin score while Jacques Plante dazzles with 35 saves. Canadiens win 2 5 to 2 as Plante repels repeated Bruins surges before Boston heads to New York to face the Rangers.
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Boston
Boston Bruins
Boston Garden
Bruins
Montreal Canadiens
Cliff Pennington
Leo Boivin
Jacques Plante
Montreal
Plante
Pennington
Penningon
Jean Beliveau
Rangers
New York
U.S. Doctor Rejects British Health Plan For America
Dr. Leonard D. Osler of Boston University argues in the Boston Medical Quarterly that state medicine has clear advantages and major drawbacks. He cites cost, doctor control, hospital funding, and access issues from eight years under the British system, concluding it should be avoided in the United States at all costs despite some benefits.
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U.S
Boston
America
Leonard D. Osler
Boston University
School of Medicine
Boston Medical Quarterly
Osler
Boston University School of Medicine
Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals
Syria’s long rule changes and enduring culture
Syria's history shows repeated conquests from Egyptians to Crusaders, Ottoman rule, French mandate, and independence in 1945. The nation sits at a strategic land bridge between Asia Africa and Europe with a mixed economy of bazaars and growing industry. Farmers rely on irrigation and ancient methods alongside mechanization, while cities like Homs and Damascus harvest cereals tobacco cotton and grapes.
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Washington
Syria
United Arab Republic
Asia
Africa
Europe
National Geographic Society
Mediterranean Sea
Salim the Grim
Egypt
Hauran
Homs
Damascus
Wage increases set for 2.4 million workers in 1962
About 2.4 million workers will gain at least 300 million dollars in negotiated wage hikes in 1962. Labor Department surveys show contracts covering 1.8 million workers will expire and renegotiate next year. Increases center on autos, farm equipment, electricals, rubber, meat packing, trucking, maritime, and warehousing sectors.
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Washington
Labor Department
Twister Halted Work After Post Office Dance Invasion
In Boston the twist caused a rapid disruption at the South Postal Annex when a 19 year old temporary clerk demonstrated the dance for hundreds of coworkers. The boss ordered stop and fired her saying the twist has no place in a businesslike post office. The employee was not identified.
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Boston
South
AFL President Claims NFL Whipped by New League Growth
Boston AFL head Bill Sullivan declares the National Football League has been whipped as the AFL gains ground by signing a growing share of top draft picks. He notes the NFL created football TV interest but underestimated the AFL's rise, with the AFL securing over half of the best players in recent years across eight teams.
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Boston
Bill Sullivan
American Football League
National Football League
AFL
NFL
Sullivan
Probate notices in Bennington Vermont district
Probate notices announce hearings in Bennington for the estates of Fred S Payne and Nora P Smith. Executrix and heirs are to appear at the Bennington Probate Office on January 10 1962 and January 10 1962 respectively to contest accounts and probate the will. Public notice runs in the Bennington Evening Banner.
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Fred S. Payne
State OF
Vermont
Bennington
Nora P. Smith
Shaftsbury
Franco Leaves The Hospital After Hunting Injury
Madrid Spain AP Generalísimo Francisco Franco left the hospital with a left arm sling after two days of treatment for a hunting accident. His left index finger was badly torn when a shotgun barrel exploded while hunting partridges outside Madrid. The incident is under investigation.
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Madrid
Spain
Francisco Franco
Notice of Execution Sale in Stamford Vermont
Bennington County Vermont notice auctions the real estate of Joseph Conti in Stamford to satisfy a 1961 judgment of John F Herbert Eugene Sierzeka d b a Tristate Drilling Co and Theodore Saldo. The land is described with covenants water rights and a mortgage to North Adams Trust Co. Sale set for January 11 1962 at 10:00 A M at Stamford premises. Includes legal entitlements and pending costs.
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Joseph Conti
John F. Herbert
Eugene Sierzega
Bennington
Vermont
Henry G. Seegar
Alessio Piantoni
Evelyn Gangemi
Eugene Forgette
Mary Forgette
Stamford Land Records
Seegar
Richard H. Brower
Susan D. Brower
North Adams Trust Company
Stamford
Manfred W. Ehrich, JR
State of
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