Tracy's Bottle House Warms Curious Visitors in Wellington
Retired plumber C. E. Tracy, 75, built a one room bottle house in Wellington using about 5 000 bottles and other found objects. The structure features multi colored glass walls cemented with red concrete and bottle roof. Tracy says about 800 visitors yearly come through, and he keeps a stash of antiques including a 102 year old Bible. He plans no further bottle building and keeps names of his descendants embedded in the walls.
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Corky Simpson
Wellington Daily News
Wellington
Kan
C. E. Tracy
Tracy
California
Greandchildren
Oklahoma Territory
Dick Powell Gravely Ill From Cancer
Hollywood AP report says actor producer Dick Powell is gravely ill with cancer. He spent time in Newport Beach then returned to his Wilshire District apartment for the New Year’s holiday as friends express concern. Doctors noted cancer spread from neck glands to the chest and lower back.
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Hollywood (Ap
Dick Powell
Powell
Newport Beach
Wilshire
John C. Sharpe
Inauguration Opens With Romney Chill Winds
The Michigan capitol platform hosted the inauguration of Governor George Romney as sharp winds swept across the area. Mrs. Romney urged long johns while Romney planned woolies to fend off the 18 degree chill before he appeared in the ceremony.
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Lansing
Mich
State Capitol
Michigan
George Romney
Navy Chiefs Shift To Recruiting Duty In Louisville
George Turner and Robert DeVore, both Navy chiefs with two decades in submarine service, have moved to recruiting duty and now work from an office in the basement of Louisville's Federal Building.
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Louisville
Navy
George Turner
Robert DeVore
Federal Building
World Leaders Salute Peace for 1963
The New Year opened with de Gaulle saluting the possibility of peace in 1963 and Khrushchev issuing a warning about nuclear war. Kennedy attended Mass in Palm Beach and the Orange Bowl, while Luebke urged restraint in German reunification. Pope John XXIII blessed 50,000 in St. Peter’s Square as Times Square welcomed 1963 with the annual ball drop.
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Khrushchev
West
de Gaulle
France
Kennedy
Palm Beach
Fla
St. Edward's Roman Catholic Church
Miami
Bonn
East Germany
Heinrich Luebke
West Germany
Germany
Vatican City
John XXIII
St. Peter's Square
Peking Radio
Peking People’s Daily
Red
China
New York City
Times Square
Times Tower
Pilot Injured in Missouri Plane Crash Near Richmond
A plane piloted by 55 year old William Roy Brant of Blue Springs crashed in fog into trees near Richmond, 52 miles northeast of town, while en route from Fort Madison to Independence. Brant survived with a broken jaw and fractured ribs and walked to a nearby house for help.
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William Roy Brant
Blue Springs
Fort Madison
Iowa
Independence
Richmond
Brant
Ray County Memorial Hospital
Douglas Curtis
Curtis
Bloomers Popular In British Blizzard
London stores report a sellout of knee length bloomers as Britain's freezing winter drives demand. A store spokesman says girls bought bloomers for fun but then realized they need them in the cold. The bloomers are long woolly warm and unglamorous.
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London
Britain
Chanute Tribune Briefs Lead Off 1963 New Year
Chanute Kansas January 2 1963 brief notes include local civic meetings school calendar and weather outlook as city officials prepare for new year activities with community events and announcements from public agencies.
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