Giddy Girl’s Witty Sayings Collected by Santa Barbara Family
Santa Barbara AP reports 17 year old Tessa Tracy known for quirky malapropisms. Her mother Elena and father Arthur Tracy, head of proofreading at the News-Press, compiled and published her sayings in a local newspaper.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Tessa Tracy
Electrical College
Tessa
Marymount Girls School
Elena Tracy
Arthur Park Tracy
Santa Barbara News-Press
The
Carol Takes Season's Third Hurricane Form
Tropical storm Carol strengthened into a hurricane about 1,600 miles east of San Juan and 2,600 miles east-southeast of Miami. Forecasters said winds near 85 mph with broader gale forces extending up to 225 miles, as Carol moves north-northwest at about 10 mph. Meanwhile residents along the Louisiana coast continue recovery from Hurricane Betsy.
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Miami
Fla
Carol
Atlantic
U.S
Gordon Dunn
San Juan
Dunn
Tiros
New Orleans
Louisiana
Betsy
Bahamas
Florida
Californians Subdue Fires After Large Northern Outbreak
In northern California 275 forest and brush fires burned over 315 square miles across 21 counties. By Sunday only two major fires remained, with officials hoping to reduce to one soon. Losses reached about 4.5 million dollars, including 120 houses and 1,500 head of livestock, amid 5,000 responders led by Gov. Edmund G. Brown.
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San Francisco
California
Frank Quadro
State Division of Forestry
Santa Rosa
Foresty
Cali
Edmund G. Brown
Chiles Valley
Napa County
Austin Creek
Sonoma County
Psychiatrists Testify In Mingo Murder Trial
Psychiatrists testifying for the state contended Carl David Whittaker knew what he was doing and the consequences when he killed Mrs. Geraldine Chambers. They rebutted defense claim of psychomotor epilepsy based on brain tests and noted Whittaker showed emotional disturbance without epilepsy.
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George Hanna Williamson
Carl David Whittaker
Geraldine Chambers
Russell Meyers
Meyers
Whittaker
William
Gaston DeLemos
Huntington
Thomas Knapp
Charleston
DeLemos
Huntington State Hospital
Thomas Holbrook
Governor Won’t Call Special Session On Constitutional Convention
Governor Hulett Smith announced he will not call a special session to consider the constitutional convention issue. The matter will be included in the 30 day 1966 legislative session starting January 12. The court invalidated the 1965 act for a 106 delegate convention, delaying action and an April election. Smith cited timing and public education as reasons to wait.
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Charleston
Hulett Smith
State Supreme Court
Smith
Supreme Court
Senate
Howard W. Carson
D-Fayette
William Moreland
Dmonongalia
Younger Cooper Receives Life Term For Va. Slaying
Seventeen year old Clyde Cooper was sentenced to life with mercy recommend for parole after ten years for first degree murder in the February 23 shooting of Gussie Neal at the Hi Lo Oil Co. in West Virginia. His older brother Douglas, 23, faces sentencing later this month.
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Clyde Cooper
West Virginia
Moundsville
Mercer County
Weer
Cooper
Lke
Douglas
Gussie Lee Neal
Hi-Lo Oil Co
Douglas Cooper
Howard M. Jarrett
Neal
Jerome Katz
Bluefield
W. C. Bivens Jr
W C Pollock Dies At Home In Bluefield
Walter Caleb Pollock aged 98 died at his home 621 Bluefield Ave at 10 p m Monday after years of declining health He was a longtime banker with the First National Bank of Bluefield serving 53 years and retiring as vice president He helped found the Kiwanis Club and supported local education leaving a widow Minnie Alexander Pollock and a family including son Frank M Pollock and grandchildren in New Jersey Colorado Maryland and Virginia. The Mercer Funeral Home holds his remains with burial plans undecided.
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Walter Caleb Pollock
Bluefield Ave
Bluefield
W. C. Pollock
First National Bank
First National
James E. Mann
Greenbrier
Fort Spring
J. F
F. A. Pollock
Hampden Sydney College
First Presbyterian Church
Bluefield Kiwanis Club
Minnie Alexander Pollock
Okey Alexander
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Lawrence and
Pedro Alexander
Pinefield
Isabelle Pollock Bailey
Frank M. Pollock
Gloucester
James W. Bailey III
Denver
Colo
Lewis A. Pollock
U. S. Army
Edith Pollock Zink
Annapolis
Alice Pollock Montgomery
Briton Declares Living on Taxpayer Aid And Failing Work
Albert Lish 32 plans to explain on Tuesday night why he avoids steady employment and relies on relief payments. He says he dislikes all work, has earned about 2800 from relief in 15 years, and lives in a furnished flat costing 8.40 weekly while watching television and spending time in bed or on the beach. A government spokesman notes authorities address persistent work avoidance.
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London
Albert Lish
Lish
National Assistance Board
Assistance Headquarters
No Arrests In Bank Robbery at Cumberland Bank Branch
Clintwood Virginia police said no arrests were made in the $33,000 robbery of Cumberland Bank and Trust Co. branch office Saturday morning. Deputies said several leads are being pursued. A bank employee found the theft when arriving for work. The thief used an acetylene torch to cut into a vault but could not penetrate the main vault.
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Clintwood
Cumberland Bank and Trust Co
Sheriff's Department
C. E. Smith
Smith Announces Junk Yard Closures and Rules Reform
Smith said 30 salvage yards have been eliminated since April and 21 more are fenced and screened. He credited stricter enforcement for the closings and urged dealers to comply with the law while considering changes to state law in light of federal highway beautification proposals.
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Charleston
Hulett Smith
Smith
Viet Battle Settles Into Skirmishing
In the central highlands around An Khe, U.S. ground and air forces killed 135 Viet Cong guerrillas as the battle shifted to sporadic skirmishing. The 101st Airborne Division appears to hold the area northeast of An Khe, with support from the 173rd Airborne and other allied troops. US air strikes and B52 missions continued in Viet Nam while China claimed a U.S. jet was shot down near Hainan.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
An Khe
Central Highlands
101St Airborne Division
1St Cavalry Division
Mekong River
Viet Nam
China
Hainan Island
Gulf of Tonkin
Peking
Hainan
173Rd Airborne
Brada
Ben Cat
173Rd
Strategic Air Command
Vinh Binh
Guam
1St Cavalry
101St Airborne
Wilfrid J. G. Smith
Korea
Civilian major named to command Gemini 8 mission
Neil A. Armstrong 35 civilian from Ohio named as Gemini 8 command pilot with David R. Scott 33 of Texas as co pilot. Backup crew includes Lt. Cmdr. Conrad Jr. and Richard F. Gordon Jr. Plans cover rendezvous docking maneuvers and a space walk potentially lasting one Earth orbit.
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Space Center
Houston
Charles
Pete) Conrad Jr
Navy
Richard F. Gordon Jr
Seattle
Armstrong
Scott
Tom Scott
USA
Air Force Aerospace Research Pilot School
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Mercer County man dies by electrocution on Keen Mountain pole
Junior Bowling 40 of Gard ner Community near Princeton was killed instantly when he touched a 7200 volt live wire atop a telephone pole in Keen Mountain Virginia while workers from Bouligney Co contracted for Appalachian Power Co prepared to lay new conductors. He worked as a linesman for Bouligney Co and was a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Funeral arrangements were pending with Memorial Funeral Directory in Princeton. Survivors include wife Maxine, son Ronnie, sister R E Roach, and brothers Bill and Carl.
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Mercer County
Keen Mountain
Junior Bowling
Gardner
Princeton
R. H. Bouligeay and Co
Wytheville
Appalachian Power Co
Bowling
Ralph Hess
Buchanan County
Grundy
Appalachian Power
Bouligney Co
Power Company
George R
Mammie Gunter Bowling
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Virginia
Memorial
Maxine Bailey Bowling
Ronnie Bowling
R. E. Roach
Bluefield
Bill Bowling
Carl Bowling
Arlington Heights
Ill
Wildcat Miners Strike Spreads Across Regions
About 5,000 miners walked out Monday to protest six union firings, joining roughly 5,100 others in western Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia. In all, about 10,700 miners idled as UMW leaders urged a return to work under contract terms.
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Powhatan Point
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
United Mine Workers Union
Exiled Cubans See Possible Revolt Against Castro
In Washington Miami and New York exiles report growing hope Castro’s military may turn on him. They note disaffection within Cuban forces, reports of assassination attempts, and widespread hatred of the Communist regime amid economic turmoil and purges.
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Washington
Fidel Castro
Castro
Miami
New York
Cuba
Latin America
U.S
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Danielson
Paul Haney
Manned Spacecraft Center
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Walter M. Schirra Jr
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Thomas P. Stafford
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Karl Kafton
UMW
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Tony) Boyle
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UMW District 6
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