Married at Age 9 34 Year Old Mother Marks 25th Anniversary
Eunice Winsted wed to Charlie Johns on January 19 1937 in a union that drew national uproar and helped push Tennessee to set a 16 year minimum marriage age. The couple now celebrate 25 years with nine children on a 65 acre farm in Treadway, earning Knox ville Journal coverage in a rare interview.
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Treadway
Tenn
Charlie
Johns
Eunice Winsted
East
Tennessee
Knoxville Journal
Evelyn
John Henry Antrican
Suits Target Electrical Firms for Price Fixing
Public Service Electric and Gas filed seven federal suits in Newark seeking triple damages from 21 manufacturers including Westinghouse and General Electric. The cases accuse a conspiracy to fix prices on turbine generators and related equipment, affecting seven product classes.
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Newark
N.J
Public Service Electric and Gas Co
Federal District Court
Philadelphia
Westinghouse Electric Corp
General Electric Co
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co
Federal Electric Co
I-T-E Circuit Breaker Co
Allen- Bradley Co
Clark Controller Co
Cutler-Hammer, Inc
Square D Co
Megraw-Edison Co
Moloney Electric Co
Wagner Electric Corp
Foster-Wheeler Corp
Ingersoll-Rand Co
C.H. Wheeler Manufacturing Co
Worthington, Corp
Joslyn Manufacturing and Supply Co
H.K. Porter Co., Inc
Schwager-Wood Corp
Southern States Equipment Corp
Carrier Corp. Public Service
Spellbinding British Drama Ross Opens on Broadway
AP praises the British production Ross at the O Neill Theater for its spellbinding appeal. Terence Rattigan writes with perceptive wit and John Mills delivers a hypnotic, intense performance as a WWI hero. Supporting roles by Geoffrey Keen Paul Sparer Anthony Nicholls and John Williams complement the wartime drama.
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New York
Broadway
Ross
O’neill
Terence Rattigan
John Mills
Lawrence of Arabia
Rattigan-Mills
Mills
Geoffrey Keen
Paul Sparer
Anthony Nicholls
Heritage Trail Luncheon Promotes Tour Promotion in New England
A Boston luncheon on January 9 outlines a travel development plan to add 100 million to New England tourism in 1962. The American Petroleum Institute and regional travel leaders will push the Heritage Trail across six states with 2 million brochures and broad publicity.
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Boston
New England
American Petroleum Institute
The
Petroleum Group
James G. Bennett
Petroleum Institute
Wesley G. Powell
New Hampshire
New England Hotel Association
New England Council
Sheraton Plaza Hotel
Reinhold Rudenberg Dies Inventor of Electron Microscope
Reinhold Rudenberg 78, inventor of the electron microscope and other electrical devices, and a retired Harvard professor, died after a brief illness. He fled Germany in 1936, worked in London for GE, moved to Harvard in 1939, and lived in Belmont. Memorial services were set for Thursday at Appleton Chapel Harvard Yard. Survived by wife Lily two sons H Gunther Hermann and a daughter Mrs Robert T Howard.
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Boston
Reinhold Rudenberg
Harvard
Rudenberg
Hannover
Germany
Belmont
Appleton Chapel
Memorial Church
Harvard Yard
Hannover Institute of Technology
London
General Electric Company, Ltd
United States
Lily
H. Gunther
Beverly
Hermann
Galveston
Texas
Robert T. Howard
Wichita
Kan
Williamstown WAC Lt Col Burns Weds Lt Gen Harris in Seoul
WAC Lt Col Kathleen Burns of Williamstown Mass. married Lt Gen Hugh P. Harris in the U N Command chapel in Seoul. Burns 44 commands a WAC training battalion at Fort McClellan Alabama and served 19 years in the corps. Harris 52 from Lawrenceburg Tenn. heads US forces defending western DMZ sector.
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Seoul
South Korea
WAC
Kathleen Burns
Williamstown
Mass
Hugh P. Harris
U.S. 1St Army Corps
U.N. Command
Ft. McClellan
Ala
Women’s Army Corps
Harris
Lawrenceburg
Tenn
U. S
Search for Dorothy Howard as murder case widens
In Brockton Massachusetts a broad search continued for Dorothy Howard 54 missing since Christmas Day. Her daughter Gloria Eldridge 32 was found strangled in an upstairs closet at the Howard home. The elder Eldridge had been living with the Howards since September while Mrs. Eldridge and her children summered in Orleans. The elder Eldridge is president and part owner of Simpson Spring Beverage Bottling Co.
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Brockton
Mass
Dorothy Howard
Howard
Charles
Rockland
Cape Cod
Home Demonstration Agent's Notes on Food Storage and Dainties
Practical tips on keeping perishables fresh including proper refrigeration of mayonnaise jams and eggs. Tips cover potatoes storage at 45 to 50 degrees, citrus and melons at room temperature, signs of spoilage, and a recipe for a blue cheese dip. Includes decoration ideas with grape clusters and notes on new ironable pattern patterns for dresses with six styles by year end.
NBC Special Focuses Cameras On Allies Berlin Weaknesses
NBC reviews Berlin crisis and NATO unity in a thoughtful program. Khrushchev uses the Berlin wall issue to pressure Europe and isolate America while allied tensions challenge West German confidence. The piece notes NBC’s clear, factual style and hints at rising use of statistical titles.
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NBC
Berlin
New York
News
Khrushchev
Europe
America
Chet Huntley
West Germany
Soviet Union
NATO
Cadet Skiers Rebuilding at Norwich University
Norwich University ski coach Bob Axtell says a rebuilding year lies ahead after losing three Class A racers to graduation. The cadets focus on Nordic events with top performer Peter Durgin of Auburn Maine and strong candidates David Farr and William Shumway from Brattleboro.
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Northfield
Bob Axtell
Norwich University
Axtell
Norwich
Peter Durgin
Auburn
Maine
David Farr
William Shumway
Brattleboro
Tragic Lake Champlain Ice Drowning Family of Five
A car crossing Lake Champlain ice broke through and sank in 14 feet of water, drowning five members of the Carr family. Driver Arthur Carr escaped and rescued his daughter, while police divers recovered the bodies of David Carr and his daughter Leslie. The family had recently moved from Alliance Alberta to join David in Bedford Indiana and Phillipsburg’s ice conditions had been variable.
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Phillipsburg
Que
Lake Champlain
David Carr
Leslie
Stephen
Jacqueline
Arthur Carr
Lee
David
United States
Carr
Canada
England
Bedford
Iue
Alliance
Alta
Bay State Woman Awaits Jury's Verdict in Murder Trial
A 22 year old Barbara Ann Baker of Fitchburg Massachusetts faces a first degree murder charge in Phoenix Arizona. A jury of four women and eight men was seated and the trial began yesterday with a two to three week expected schedule. The case concerns the shooting of Donald J Brown whose body was found and linked to Baker.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Barbara Ann Baker
Fitchburg
Mass
Miss Baker
Donald J. Brown
Slaying of Retired Minister Under Investigation in Michigan
Rev. Roy R. Decker, 70, of Tecumseh, Michigan, was beaten with a hammer, bound, and set on fire in his farm home near Brooklyn. State police call the death murder as a suspect fled in the minister’s car. a ball peen hammer was found at the scene. Decker had retired from Grace Methodist church in Meadville, Pennsylvania.
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Brooklyn
Mich
Roy R. Decker
Tecumseh, Mich
Decker
Joseph Liebherr
Grace Methodist Church
Meadville
Surplus Forest Income Aids New Hampshire Libraries
The State Board of Education seeks endorsement for a $26 542 project to boost high school libraries in 24 northern communities The plan divides federal forest income used for education into library improvements Gov Powell criticized Education Commissioner Ritch over accumulation of funds and action is expected at the Friday meeting with allocations listed for Lebanon Conway Plymouth Berlin Hanover Lancaster Colebrook Haverhill Woodsville and Littleton.
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Concord
N.H
State Board of Education
New Hampshire
Powell
Charles F. Ritch Jr
Education Agency
Executive Council
Lebanon
Conway
Plymouth
Berlin
Hanover
Lancaster
Colebrook
Haverhill-Woodsville
Littleton
Unclear Cause of Death Linked to Desert Incident
In the desert near Florence Junction east of Phoenix on Aug 17 Dr Thomas Jarvis assistant Maricopa County medical examiner testified Brown had fractures of the jaw and rib and his backbone broken in two places but could not establish the cause of death with certainty.
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Florence Junction
Phoenix
Thomas Jarvis
Maricopa County
Brown
Gunsmoke Stars Sell Interests in Long-Running Show
Hollywood AP reports that Dennis Weaver Amanda Blake Milburn Stone and James Arness sold out their Gunsmoke interests for about a million dollars each CBS deal confirmed by the cast in Dodge City. Kitty Doc Chester react in character noting the windfall and impact on the show. Doc says the deal was hard to pass, while Chester views the departure as risky for the series.
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Dennis Weaver
Amanda Blake
Milburn Stone
Gunsmoke
James Arness
CBS
Dodge City
Chester
Doc
Kitty
Long Branch
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Marion S. Harris
Vermont Extension Service
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Cynthia Lowry
AP TV
Perry Como
Caterina Valente
Mona Freeman
Lloyd Bochner
Hong Kong
the Notch Restaurant
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Buster
Adelaide Weeks
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Bennington Road
Haddock
Walker
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Hollywood
Acter
VT. Bank
Drysdale’s
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