Brother Needs Love and Kindness By Ann Landers
A letter column from 1943 discusses three readers. A Newark family faces shame over a mentally challenged younger brother. the sister hides him from friends, while parents must educate themselves and support the boy. Other letters urge fair family rules, a husband with drinking habits, and a widow’s wish for love over social snobbery.
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Ann Landers
Newark
National Association For
Mentally Retarded Children
Park Avenue
New York
Kennedy Considers Future After Dallas
Robert F Kennedy says he will remain as attorney general through the presidential campaign and will work as needed for the Johnson and Democratic efforts. He remains unsettled about his plans after the election, praising Sargent Shriver and signaling readiness to help as the party requests.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Terview
Kennedy
John Kennedy
Democratic National Committee
Associated Press
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Peace Corps
Sargent Shriver
Shriver
Global Briefs From AP World News Bits
The United States will provide South Vietnam with 31 million dollars worth of surplus agricultural goods to fund the war against Communist guerrillas. French Defense Minister Messmer announces planned nuclear tests on a Pacific atoll near Tahiti next year and signals willingness to discuss with Australia and New Zealand. In Bonn, West Germany, 34 scientists fled East Germany to the West during the previous year, according to the Refugee Ministry.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
United States
Sydney
Australia
Pierre Messmer
Pacific
Tahiti
Messmer
France
New Zealand
Bonn
Germany
East Germany
Navy to mothball 14 ships by year end
Ottawa reports the Canadian navy will place 14 ships into mothballs before year end as defense reductions proceed. The move targets older vessels in a bid to save funds while preserving core naval capabilities.
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Ottawa
Galaxon weight loss pill with 7 day money back guarantee
An advertisement touts GALAXON as a nonprescription weight loss tablet. It claims appetite suppression allows meals to continue with smaller portions and promises a full refund if not satisfied. The ad lists Casey or Steve at 121 E Main for orders.
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Casey
Steve
Nehru Makes Satisfactory Progress After Illness
Prime Minister Nehru, 74, is improving after being ordered to bed due to high blood pressure and fatigue. A medical bulletin reports he spent a restful night and is progressing, though still under care in Bhubaneswar.
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Bhubaneswar
India
Nehru
Four Children Die in Saginaw Home Fire
A fire in a frame house in Saginaw Michigan killed four children aged 1 to 5 who were left home alone while their mother made a phone call across the street. Neighbors rescued three siblings after one smashed the front door window. Police say the blaze began when tissue paper was dropped into a lit gas range.
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Saginaw, Mich
Keith Yancer
Joan
Marjorie
Melissa
Yancer
Better Let Wife Bargain For Repairs
Chicago AP report on an $80,000 survey by the Automobile Service Industry Association and the Automotive Advertisers Council finds women drivers harder to negotiate with than men due to perceived ignorance of mechanical issues. The study cites women openly questioning repair details and prices while men tend to hide gaps in knowledge, making negotiation harder for repair outlets.
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Chicago
Automobile Service Industry Association
Automotive Advertiser's Council
al Joseph
Joseph
Births and local visits fill Benedict notes
S-Sgt and Mrs Richard E Payne announce the Dec 16 birth of a daughter Julie Ann in Metz France weighing six pounds two ounces. She has a brother Jerry. Benedict residents and area families are listed among Sunday dinner guests, church attendance, and visiting relatives including Thompson families, the Cummings in Toronto, Miller households, Wilsons from Shawnee Mission, Howrey and Meyers families, Collie Chambers’ hospital recheck, and visitors from Tulsa Nashville Chanute Sedgwick Augusta and San Diego with multiple relatives named.
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Benedict
S-Sgt
Richard E. Payne
Metz
France
Julie Ann
Jerry
Arvellee
Earl Wilson
McCager Thompson
Fredonia
Thompson Sr
George Howrey
E. L. Anderson
Danny
Ricky
Debbie
Sedgwick
Carl Meyers
Lori
Hawaii
Howrey
Richard Howrey
Mark
Cindy
Pamela
Augusta
Collie Chambers
Topeka
Chambers
Santa Fe Hospital
Donald Greenough
Albert F. Bramble
Independence
Liza Minnelli Hospitalized for Kidney Infection
New York AP report says 18 year old actress Liza Minnelli daughter of Judy Garland is in a hospital for kidney infection treatment. A hospital spokesman described her condition as satisfactory.
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New York
Liza Minelli
Judy Garland
Shepard becomes bank owner in Baytown stake purchase
Baytown Texas AP report notes United States first astronaut Navy Cmdr Alan B Shepard Jr with two others bought 93 percent of stock in First National Bank of Baytown. Transaction completed Wednesday. Shepard resides in Houston about 35 miles west of Baytown.
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Baytown, Tex
United States
Navy
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Shepard
First National Bank of
Baytown
Tex
Houston
South Africa appoints Hilgard Muller as foreign minister
Pretoria AP reports Hilgard Muller sworn in as foreign minister succeeding Eric Louw who resigned. Reno AP notes Rep. Richard S. Bolling, Democrat of Missouri, has been divorced from Barbara Bolling after over 18 years of marriage in a Reno District Court hearing amid charges of extreme cruelty.
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Pretoria
South Africa
Hilgard Muller
Eric Louw
Reno
Nev
Richard S. Bolling
D-Mo
Barbara S. Bolling
Bolling
Paris Marshal Juin Improves After Christmas Stroke
Paris report states Marshal Alphonse Juin, aged 75, who suffered a stroke on Christmas Day, is considerably improved. The French military leader is receiving medical care and showing notable recovery progress.
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Paris
Marshal Alphonse Juin
Patriarch Athenagoras Ordered to Return to Istanbul
In Amman, a spokesman said Orthodox Patriarch Athenagoras has urgent orders to return to his Istanbul headquarters. He visited the Holy Land for talks with Pope Paul VI last weekend, but details of the call were not explained.
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Amman
Jordan
Athenagoras
Istanbul
Holy Land
Paul VI
District Blue Cross Meet Here
The seventh annual district Blue Cross-Blue Shield meeting for Non-Group and Farm Bureau subscribers will be at the Tioga Hotel in Chanute on Jan 15 starting at 10 a.m. The session invites subscribers to voice desires or complaints, discuss benefits, and raise concerns about programs. Agenda focuses on recent 1964 rate increases. The event welcomes the public and subscribers from numerous counties including Anderson, Linn, Bourbon, Allen, Woodson, Wilson, Neosho, Crawford, Cherokee, Labette, and Montgomery.
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Blue Cross
Blue Shield District Council
Farm Bureau
Tioga Hotel
Chanute
Blue Cross- Blue Shield
Blue Cross-Blue Shield
Kansas
Blue Shield Council
Anderson, Linn
Bourbon
Allen
Woodson
Wilson
Neosho
Crawford
Cherokee
Labette
Montgomery
Sleep Record: Randy Gardner Stays Awake 264 Hours
In San Diego 17 year old Randy Gardner ends an 11 day wake marathon with 14 hours 43 minutes of sleep. He won the world's insomnia title by staying awake 264 hours at a naval hospital as part of a high school science project. Dr Fred Castro notes he is doing well.
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San Diego
Calif
Randy Gardner
Randy
San Diego Naval Hospital
Honolulu
Fred Castro
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