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Sunflower Chapter 147 O B S holds a stated meeting December 14 at 7 30 p m with refreshments and visiting members welcome. Erma Joe King W M Helen Johnson Sec y Best Yet 4 H club meets Cremona School 6 15 p m Thursday for Christmas caroling with a 25 to 50 cent gift exchange. Neosho Valley community meeting postponed to December 22. Mrs V J Harris, Eldon Mo, returns home after visit with Paul Hinrichs family. Weekend guests include Lewis Skinner of Sabetha. Cottage Grove Ladies Aid plans Christmas party and election Thursday afternoon at Mrs Gerge Wright’s home. Chanute son plays horn at KU Christmas Vespers in Lawrence Sunday.
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Erma Joe King
W.M
Helen Johnson
Sec’y
Cremona School
Cottage Grove Ladies Aid
Gerge Wright
Turncoat GI Heads Home From Red China
Richard Roger Tenneson, 22, a former prisoner who refused repatriation after the Korean War, arrived in Kowloon from Red China and held a news conference. He said he supported the communists’ charges that the United States used germ warfare in Korea and came from Alden, Minnesota.
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Hong Kong
Richard Roger Tenneson
Return of Three Turncoats Recounted by Red Cross Room
In a report from the Red Cross a room once used by three other turncoats who returned home last summer is described. The piece notes shared accommodation and the continuing theme of veterans and relief efforts.
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Red Cross
Popcorn Row Ends With Pasadena Man Drawing Gun
In Pasadena California P David Gordon drew a pistol during a theater scene when three popcorn eaters refused to quiet down. Police jailed him and briefly revoked his gun permit after a struggle when one man tried to wrestle the weapon from his holster. The film continued as a janitor cleared the popcorn.
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Pasadena
Calif
David Gordon
Gordon
Benefit Basketball At St. Pat's Tonight
Two games at St. Patrick's Junior High School raise funds for athletic equipment. An intra-squad opener starts at 7:30 followed by seventh grade fathers versus eighth and ninth grade fathers in a lively tilt.
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St. Patrick's
Farm Bureau Leader Backs Soil Bank Plan
Charles B. Shuman, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, urged creation of a soil bank as part of a flexible farm price support program at the federation's annual meeting in Chicago.
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Chicagop
Charles B. Shuman
American Farm Bureau Federation
Fluoridation Cuts Decay in Two New York Communities
A New York health official published a ten year comparison study showing fluoridating public drinking water reduces childhood tooth decay and loss without causing any physical harm in the two tested communities.
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New York
Like Mother Like Son In Virginia Supreme Court
Mrs Helen M Jeffries and her son John L Jeffries III qualified to practice before the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals on the same day The mother has long been an attorney and the son was recently admitted to the bar in Richmond Virginia
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Richmond
Helen M. Jeffries
John L. Jeffries, III
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Turncoat Otto John Returns to West Germany
German security chief Otto John, a former East German defector, has returned to the West after crossing into West Berlin and being flown to West Germany. He is being questioned by the West German Supreme Court prosecutor as authorities withheld release on his whereabouts. John fled to the East 16 months earlier amid speculation he would try to return westward.
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Bonn
Otto John
West Berlin
West Germany
West German
Supreme Court
Searchlight's Beams Brings Gas Business
Knoxville police were called to the grand opening of a North Broadway service station after an Air Force pilot said he nearly landed on the apron mistaking a beam from a searchlight for a ceiling light at McChee Tyson Air Force Base. The owner refused police orders to douse the light, saying he had more business than he could handle.
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Knoxville
Tennip
North Broadway
Air Force
McChee Tyson Air Force Base
Janyway
Bicycles Made For Youngsters Under Four
A local producer announces bicycles manufactured in sizes suitable for children under four years old. The firm emphasizes safety features and easy handling for small riders.
Chanute Tribune Briefs December 18 1955
Local page carries brief items from Chanute and surrounding area. Short notes cover community happenings, upcoming events and small notices of interest to residents.
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The
Chanute Tribune
Unusual Cache Found Under Church Altar in Portsmouth
Police investigated a man who frequented a church in Portsmouth Virginia and found 30 pints of illegal whiskey stored under the altar. He was arrested and charged with selling two of the bottles.
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Portsmouth
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Dan-River
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