No Time to Be Bitter for Polio Survivor Bollinger
Clarence M. Bollinger, a World War II veteran and former Hodge County clerk, contracted polio in 1951 leaving him paralyzed. He says there is no time to be bitter, crediting faith in God and community support, and notes his wife trained to assist with therapy. He remains active in church, Masons, Red Cross, Lions Club, and has two daughters in college.
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Bonnie Merrill
Dodge City
Daily Globe
Dodge City, Kan
Clarence M
Larry) Bollinger
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Jetmore
Hutchinson
Santa Monica
Calif
Akron
Ohio
Pearl Harbor
Dodge City Air Base
Hodgeman County
Masonic Lodge
Red Cross
Lions Club
Jana Sue
Emporia
Carolyn
University of Kansas
Southwest Clinic
Eisenhower Defends Vietnam War Effort At Palm Desert Visit
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, with Mamie, urged American pride in wartime role and praised Gen. Westmoreland’s work in Vietnam after a three hour visit. He planned to depart for Gettysburg, pa, via train from San Bernardino. The couple had wintered in Palm Desert since 1954.
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Palm Desert
Calif
America
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mamie
San Bernardino
Gettysburg
Eisenhowers
Eisenhower
William C. Westmoreland
U.S
Vietnam
Westmoreland
Moon Probe Dims Rock On Moon Surface Visit
NASA Surveyor mission workers in Pasadena report a gentle probe of a one inch rock on the moon to test surface consistency for astronaut landing. The rock remained intact under the robot claw as 861 photos were captured, bringing total images to 5,487 in 11 days on the moon.
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Pasadena
Calif
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Surveyors
Surveyor
Housewives to Spy at Bingo Games in New York
New York City will hire housewives as undercover bingo spies in each borough to detect cheating. License Commissioner Joel J. Tyler said two weeknight shifts with $20 nightly pay will monitor games run by religious groups and clubs. Spies report irregularities to the License Department. no arrests planned.
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New York
Joel J. Tyler
York State
Tyler
WHN
State
Two Girls Die in Westland Slaying. 14-Year-Old Held
A 14-year-old boy is held without bond at Wayne County Youth Home on rape and murder charges after Deborah Crowther, eight, and Kimberly Crowther, six, were assaulted and strangled while walking home from school in Westland. Prosecutors say the juvenile cannot be tried as an adult due to age. investigators found glue and empty tubes at the scene, and glue sniffing is noted as a disturbing fad among youths.
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Detroit
Wayne County
Ters
Deborah Louise Crowther
Kimberly
Westland
William Calahan
Michigan
New Topeka Bridge Dedicated Sunday
The Kansas Avenue bridge in Topeka opened with four lanes over the Kansas River linking downtown Topeka and North Topeka. The $3.5 million structure replaces the 1896 97 Melan bridge, which collapsed July 2 1965, and is the fifth bridge on the site. dedication followed a mile long parade.
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New Topeka
Topeka
Kansas Avenue
Kansas River
North Topea
Taxi office sofa theft tailed by local ad
Barnard Castle England AP two armchairs were stolen from Peter Murton taxi office. He placed a bold local newspaper ad asking the thieves to return the sofa. On returning from a call after locking the door the sofa had vanished.
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Barnard Castle
England
Peter Murton
Murton
Morton
Walks for Water End in New Mexico Village
A northern New Mexico village near Gaudalupita gets a new water system funded by a $14,500 Farmers Home Administration loan. The project ends residents’ bucket brigade by delivering running water to homes, replacing hauling from a river and irrigation ditches.
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Gauadalupita
N.M
Bucket Brigade
New Mexico
Farmers Home Administration
Czechoslovakia publishes 6,500 books totaling 50 million copies
CTK reports last year 6,500 different titles were issued in Czechoslovakia with 29 million fiction copies and seven million political titles.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
CTK
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