Oddities in Daily Happenings Across States
A set of brief items: Sonny Coleman fined five dollars in Clovis for leaving a dead horse on a roadside. In New York dust from air pollution is blamed for drought. Maj. Gen. Sproul barred from a guard area in Camp A.P. Hill. In Gretna Harm on the loose armadillo named Harmon dies. cause unknown. A 17 year old pleads guilty to a lesser charge after a detonator incident in Albany. James Speights sues the Army for five million over alleged eye damage from clerical duties and discharge.
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Clovis
N.M
Sonny Coleman
New Mexico
Justice of the Peace
Coleman
Camp
A. P. Hill
29Th Infantry Division
Archibald A. Sproul
Maryland
Virginia National Guard
Sproul
Raleigh
N.C
James P. Speights
Army
Speights
Woman's Hand Amputated After Lawn Mower Accident
A Fredonia area woman lost her right hand at the wrist while mowing a lawn when a rock jammed the mower and blade grabbed. The incident occurred as Mrs. Clarence R. Nigh was with her grandson Gregg Foushee. she was treated at St. Margaret's Mercy Hospital in Fredonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence R. Nigh
St. Margaret's Mercy Hospital
Fredonia
Gregg Foushee
Prairie View Visitations Chronicle Weekend Guests
Prairie View residents and relatives hosted and visited family groups this weekend. Emporia student Prairie View Spurrier visited with Cecil and Mrs Spurrier, Delores Becker stayed with Fred and Delores Becker, and multiple Barnett and Mueller family members hosted gatherings with extended kin from Overland Park Humboldt and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie View
Alta Spurrier
Emporia
Cecil Spurrier
Fred Becker
Delores
Roy
Larry
Wayne Barnett
John Ellis
Henry Lassman
Humboldt
Peal Lassman
Frances Barnett
Charles
Wayne
Robert Barnett
Harold Seviers
Leon Henderson
Ricky
Gus Mueller
Charley Mueller
Overland Park
Paul Mueller
Earnest Mueller
Harvey Mueller
Policyholder Questions Insurance Policy Number
A Chattanooga policyholder wrote to an insurance firm questioning a computer produced policy number 224-711804263 1029320000074700000000 000. He claimed an electrical engineering degree and argued about the vast number of grains of dirt per ounce of earth, suggesting insuring every grain would require vastly more numbers. His revised policy number became 22470804.
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Chattanooga, Tenn
Chattanooga
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Rensselaerville, N.Y
United States
Vincent J. Schaefer
Atmospheric Research Center
Albany
Mally
Gretna
Harmon
Hereford
Tex
Denny
David
Gary Hicks
Albany, N.Y
Parke Reeves
Guilderland
Martin Schenck
Reeves
John T. Ryan
Ryan
Benedict
Collie Chambers
Perry
Okla
Dean Chambers
Linda Kay
Rocky Mountains
Albert Allison
Los Angeles
Maurice Long
Parsons
Olive Wilson
Leota
Jody Faulkner
Bakersfield
Calif
F. H. Faulkner
Harold Kline
Kanopolis
Ollie M. Smith
Ronald Elder
Jamey and
Rhonda
Pontiac
Mich
Owen Elder
Gadsden
Ala
W. N. Scates
Edna Hoffman
Neodesha
Garnett
Helen Holmsworth
Twila
Kansas City
Fern Parsons
Harry Ellis
Chanute
Bob Ellis
DeAnn
Robert
Tulsa
Jack Holcomb
Holcomb
Wilson County State Lake
Delbert Polson
Altoona
W. A. Powell
Buffalo
Floyd Powell
Wesley
North Little Rock
Ark
Earl Parsons
Gregory
Roger
Rita
Harry Maraschky
Tina
Topeka
Charles Ropp
J. W. Hollingshead
Lou Cox
Eugene Hollingshead
Wichita
Leo Gonzales
Harvey Manly
Cara Blevins
Jack Robinson
Cora Vickers
Nora Sumner
Cyril
James Cook
Osawatomie
Frank Lyon
Nebraska
Mt. Rushmore
S. C
Wyoming
Colorado
Frances Riley
McCager Thompson
Vienna
Lawrence
Mary Ellen
Arzada Cooper
Shirley King
Phyllis Mullen
South Coffeyville
Fred Lowry
Lenapah
Michealle
Kimberly Jane
Walter Ogle
Dale Roberts
Dennis
Fayetteville
Maude Roberts
Junction City
Dale
Raymond Aberwald
Mrs. Roberts
Debra
Dick Payne
Jerry
Julie
Aberdeen
Arvill Payne
Earl Wilson
Hays
Sgt. Payne
Bill Cook
John Paul Jones
Young Peoples
Gary L. Hemmingway
Douglas
C. J. Blythe
Liberal, Mo
Donald Ambrose
Randy
A. J. Ambrose
Melvern
Earl Arb
Kenneth Miller
Pearl Miller
Bob Miller
Claremore
Francis Osborn
Hobbs, N.M
Benedict Monday
Santa Fe
David L. McCune
Chanute Ins
Amet Elly Ia
M.C.P
Sizzzin
Bologna
Bix MIX
Oleo
Post
Hon
Nester
California
Bennett
Imperial Sugar
Wagner
Hill's Bros
Disney's Market
N. Santa Fe
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