Santa Coined Phrase After Me the Inundation
A humorous 1950s style column claims Santa coined apres le deluge, retelling a family Christmas aftermath with a toppled tree, cluttered living room, a runaway guinea pig, and a wary father facing a bank statement. The piece frames the misattribution with light, ironic tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Cooper
New York
Louis XV
France
Santa Claus
Father
Mother
Charles de Gaulle
If Barred by the Faculty Bypass the Secret Society
A guidance-style column warns first year high school girls about joining secret societies. Advice urges choosing education and personal merit over clique influence, noting risks of secrecy and peer pressure. Readers are invited to request a copy of Challenges In The Junior Realm from The Chanute Tribune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanute Tribune
Temple City
Calif
Medicare inpatient hospital benefits outline note
An administrator explains Medicare Part A inpatient benefits at Neosho Memorial Hospital. Covered items include room and board, routine nursing, hospital supplies, operating room costs, in hospital drugs, and lab tests. Exclusions cover private rooms, private duties, personal items, take home drugs, and physician services unless Part B covers them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Dormois
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Yale Programs at Humboldt Christmas Events Noted
The Humboldt note covers First Baptist Church Sunday school events led by Mrs. E J Lombard and Wayne Gillham including a film showing The Spirit of Christmas, children's treats, and four Christmas gifts. It also mentions a Saturday party for various departments, BYF caroling, Christmas Day worship and a Nativity service led by Herman Crawford, plus numerous Christmas dinners and a car wreck report on Mr. and Mrs. Richard Harbor of Neal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Crawford
Yockey
IOOF
Gerald Yockey
Charles Yockey
Tim Yockey
Wayne
Richard Yockey
Craig
Cheryl
Alva Bockover
Ted Gutheridge
Nancy
Jesse Bockover
Buddy Neptune
Tommy Kannarr
Brent
Tresca
Humboldt
Lewis Onslager
Gary
Charlotte
Scranton
Carl Drake
Phillip
Phyllis
Lewisburg
Bill Thomas
Eugene
Mike
Richard
Lori
Jim Clark
Jimmy
Delbert Drake and
Dale
Patty Yockey
Leroy Welton
Wichita
Carmen Colston
Mark and
Troy
Chanute
Gilbert Woolridge
Kim
Brenda
Coffeyville
George Hornbeck
Hutchinson
Jerry Yockey
Fort Scott
Richard Harbor
Neal
Harbor
Priest Announces Marriage to Divorcee in Kansas City Move
Robert G. Wesselmann, former chancellor of the Diocese of Belleville, disclosed he married Frances H. Burton in a civil ceremony last fall after resigning Oct. 23. The 38-year-old priest, ordained 13 years ago, will work in Kansas City evaluating poverty programs while leaving priestly life due to current church structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belleville, Ill
Robert G. Wessemann
Diocese of
Belleville
Kansas City
Frances H. Burton
Wesselmann
Case Dismissed Against Peter Fonda in Marijuana Charge
Los Angeles AP reports Superior Court Judge Mark Brandler dismissed the marijuana possession case against Peter Fonda and co defendant John Robischon in the interest of justice. The ruling ends a retrial attempt for the 26 year old son of Henry Fonda.
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Los Angeles
Peter Fonda
Superior Court
Mark Brandler
Henry Fonda
John Robischon
Texas Joins Union as 28th State in 1845
Today in history notes Texas admission to the United States as the 28th state on December 29, 1845. It also recalls ten years since Suez Canal clearance began, five years since De Gaulle pledged Algerian troop withdrawal, one year since U S limits on North Vietnam and ongoing peace talks.
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Associated Press
Texas
Union
United Nations
Suez Canal
Charles de Gaulle
Algeria
de Gaulle
United States
North Vietnam
Stranded Family Rescued After Four Days on Island
A Coast Guard helicopter rescued Harold Carty his wife and four children four days after their boat wrecked and left them marooned on a Baja California island about 75 miles south of San Felipe. Air Force planes had spotted them and the search continues for a missing twin engine plane bound for La Paz with seven relatives and two crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
Coast Guard
Harold Carty
Chowchilla
Baja California
Coast
San Francisco
Richard Y. Dakin
la Paz
Mexico
Elk and cow deaths mark highway toll near Moose
A woman driver named Stagg struck and killed an elk on a highway near Moose Wyoming. Weeks later Devere Sparrow of Ogden Utah hit and killed a cow on the same highway near Moose.
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Moose, Wyo
Stagg
Moose
Devere Sparrow
Ogden
Utah
White Christmas in Woodson Brings Family Gatherings
Snow full countryside as Yates Center area shares a white Christmas. Christmas Eve services at Turkey Creek EUB church. many local families host kin from Topeka, Ottawa University, Wichita, Junction City, and more. Deep descriptions of dinner guests and visits reflect a tight-knit community holiday scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yates Center
Turkey Creek Eub
V. C. Buttermore
Elton Nolte
Mark
Debra
Keith Buttermore
Clarence Newton
Bill Newton
Wichita
D. A. Roberts
Emporia
Frank Johnson
Mark Hack
Jayne
Dewey Barnett
Humboldt
Dennis McBride
Topeka
Mary Hack
Washburn University
Mary
Gerald Osburn
Kelly
Lynn
Junction City
Robert Edwards
Don
Brad
Gridley
Jayne Hack
Chanute
Raymond Orr
Orr
Duane Knapp
John Diegel
Burlington
Gary Diegel
Gordon Cooper
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Medicare
Yale
Ronald Middendorf
Michelle
Bob Middendorf
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Ray Middendorf
David
Ronald Middendorfs
Clearwater
Don Walburn
Laura
Harold Wentling
el Dorado
Joe Cusick
Richard Chase
Ernest Johnson
Harold Johnston
Anne of Independence
Earl Munson
Elsmore
Harold Johnson
Janice
Gene
Pam
Lavenburg
Frankie Williams
Lawrence
Laura Halstedt
Herman Middendorf
Harold Whitaker
Albert Middendorf
Linda
Frank Stover
Becky
Earl
Karen
Circle II
United Presbyterian Church
David S. Woods
Henry Geffert
Geffert
Lillian Leabo
First National Bank
Bank of Commerce
Woodson
Lenora Lee
Suzie and
Nedra
Dorothy Sterling
Kenneth Hanson
Janie
Ronda
Emmett Lind
Audra
Nelle Swope
Morris Mahon
Curt and
Gloria
James Marker
Ron Shaffer
Vickie DeLay
Linda Stewart
Wayne Bradman
Norfolk, Va
Marker
James
Harold Hanson
Haines
Lenore Lee
Hanson
State
Highway Patrol
Ed Stockebrand
R. D. Kneisley
John Haas
Raymond Eubank
Micah
Hudson
Blackwell
Okla
Bill Kneisly
Dick Dempsey
Ada Rich
Edna Timm
Frank Roots
Ralph Linquist
Florence Hoepker
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