Return of Vision For Little Girl Called Miracle
In Sherwood Tennessee four year old Margaret Jackson, once blind for months, regained sight after a revival of hope and prayer. Doctors offered little explanation, but Father Joseph Huske called it a miracle as Margaret’s eyes improved after a second Vanderbilt Hospital visit. The Jackson family, former military, now at Ft Polk, recalls the ordeal and its lasting impact on the Cumberland Valley town.
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Rudy Abramson
Nashville Tennessean
Margaret
Sherwood
Father Huske
Iill
Vanderbilt Hospital
Nashville
Johnny
Charlotte Jackson
Epiphany Episcopal Mission
Charlotte
Jacksons
Ft. Polk, Lago
Teeth bones latest chapter in Amelia Earhart mystery
San Francisco AP reports a news conference claims a shallow Saipan grave contained 37 teeth and remains possibly belonging to Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan. KCBS reporter Fred Goerner cites a native sighting and a Japanese burial style, with a UC Berkeley anthropology study agreement pending.
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San Francisco
Amelia Earhart
Fred Goerner
KCBS
Saipan Island
University of California At Berkeley
Guam
Honolulu
McCown
Howland Island
Hawaii
Goerner
Cmdr
Paul Bridwell
Saipan
Miss Earhart
Noonan
Marshalls
Thomas E. Devine
West Haven
Ten Million Estate To Clark's Widow Revealed
Alicia Purdom Clark, widow of Alfred Corning Clark, inherits the bulk of his ten million dollar estate after his death thirteen days after their marriage. A probate hearing was set for Monday in Surrogate's Court Cooperstown New York. Clark, heir to sewing machine fortunes, named Alicia as heir before their marriage at the Clark home in Cooperstown last September. Clark, 45, died September 29 of natural causes. he had been married six times. Alicia, 32, was previously married to actor Edmund Purdom from 1957 to 1959.
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New York
Alicia Purdom Clark
Alfred Corning Clark
Clark
Alicia
Edmund Purdom
Youth Ordered Held For Murder Trial
Kansas City Kansas AP Er win Lee Herd 19 held for murder in death of his father Jesse F. Herd 58 at preliminary hearing Herd said he struck his father three times with a baseball bat Oct 16 while his mother was being abused by the father
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Kansas City
Kan
Erwin Lee Herd
Jesse F. Herd
Young Herd
Talks Start Soon resume negotiations on nuclear test ban
Ambassador Arthur H. Dean heads to Geneva to resume talks with the Soviet Union on a treaty banning nuclear weapons tests. The Soviet Union agreed earlier in the week to a U S British proposal to reopen negotiations on Tuesday.
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Washington
Arthur H. Dean
Geneva
Soviet Union
Man Released After Fatal Quarrel in Pool Hall
Clarence Gene Welch, 32, was released without charge after killing a man in a pool hall quarrel in Kansas City. Eugene Melin Hartley, 28, was shot Wednesday night as Hartley reportedly pointed a pistol at Welch before Welch shot from the hip. Welch has prior police records in St. Joseph and Springfield, Missouri, and runs a pool hall in the Kansas City area.
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Kansas City
Clarence Gene Welch
Eugene Melin Hartley
Hartley
Welch
St. Joseph
Springfield
Sonic Boom Secret Tests Attract Few Complaints
Washington report details secret sonic boom tests over large populations with surprisingly few complaints. Officials say awareness triggered public concern after initial tests ended, though areas tested remain unnamed and no further details released.
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Washington
Secretary's Marriage Is Quickly Annulled
In San Francisco, Superior Court Judge Herman A. van der Zee annulled the 37-year-old secretary's marriage to George Salinger, brother of Pierre Salinger, after she learned two days post wedding that he already had a wife and four children. George worked as a bartender at The Lost Weekend tavern.
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San Francisco
Superior Court
Herman A. van der Zee
Kennedy
Pierre Salinger
Carmen Molina
George Salinger
George
Holiday Death Toll Keeps Mounting
Traffic deaths across the nation rose during the Thanksgiving four day period reaching 220 by late day three. Fires added at least 22 fatalities and 40 more died in miscellaneous accidents while rain and snow disrupted travel in Oregon, northern California, New York and New England. The National Safety Council noted that a nonholiday weekend of the same length would total about 450 fatalities at this point, with 442 traffic deaths, 51 fires and 115 miscellaneous deaths. Axel Wenner-Gren, Swedish industrialist and philanthropist, died in Stockholm at age 80 after a battle with cancer. his wealth had been estimated at about 1 billion dollars.
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Associated Press
S York State
New England
Enea
National Safety Council
Stockholm
Axel Leon
Red Cross
Marguerite Gauntier
Northwest Hit by Heavy Snowstorm and Storm Rain
A large Pacific Northwest region faced a heavy wet snow event with up to 42 inches of rain equivalent over 24 hours, then colder conditions and up to 16 inches of snow. Remote, Ore reported the heaviest accumulation. The storm also spread rain and snow to California and the northern Rockies, with 20s to 40s elsewhere and a second system moving toward the Northeast with rain and flurries.
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Associated Press
Pacific Northwest
California
Rockies
Atlantic
New York State
Vermont
Maine
New England
Florida
Death at rural intersection claims Berryton youth
Dale Schlink aged 17 of Berryton was killed Friday night in a two car crash at a rural road intersection. Two Berryton High School students Connie Royer 16 and Harry Kennedy 17 were injured. Occupants of the other car escaped unharmed. Schlink's parents Glenn and his wife reside on a Berryton Tecumseh farm.
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Topeka
Dale Schlink
Berryton High School
Connie Royer
Harry Kennedy
Schlink
Glenn Schlink
Berryton
Tecumseh
Inmate Escape at Oklahoma Girls Training School
Twenty three incorrigible inmates, aged 11 to 17, escaped from the Oklahoma state training school for Negro girls wielding kitchen knives and ice picks. Several surrendered due to the cold. others remained at large. The escapees broke lights, turned off power, and fled through kitchen windows without bars.
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Taft
Okla
Ruby Stanback
W. J. Edge
Stanback
Christmas Lights Turn On Tonight in Downtown
Christmas lights and decorations will be turned on tonight in the downtown business district for the first time this holiday season. The colorful Yule display will usher in the Christmas shopping season.
Youth Arrested After Crashes
Police arrested Ernest Manley 18 of Buffalo R 1 on DWI and reckless driving charges after a 1300 block South Santa Fe crash about 6:60 last night. His 1953 Ford struck two parked cars causing extensive damage. Manley bruised but not seriously hurt. Damages listed: Youngs Cadillac 300 Bernd pickup 250 and Manley total loss. Bond set at 150 with police court hearing next Thursday at 5 p.m.
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Ernest Manley
Buffalo R. 1
South Santa Fe
Manley
Santa Fe
Louis Young
S. Washington
Francis Bernd
S. Santa Fe
Young
Bernd
E. Main
Linda Matlock
S. Grant
Robert ‘Warner
S. Evergreen
Edmiston
Main
Highplane
Bob Ward
S. Highland
Ray Atkins
Army Budget Boost of $1 Billion Urged
Rep Alvin E O Konski urged a one billion dollar increase in the Army budget for supplies and equipment to meet standards for units called to active duty He withdrew a demand for a congressional investigation of shortages at Ft Lewis Washington where the 32nd Division is stationed He said 25 million dollars was needed for that division alone
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yakima, Wash
Alvin E. O’konski
R-Wis
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Car crash injures none near Erie on US 59
A collision on US 59 at the west edge of Erie yesterday afternoon involved W H Scott 84 of Erie and a city owned tractor driven by Ralph Ewing. Damages were about 300 for the car and 25 for the tractor. No one was injured according to the sheriff's office.
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Erie
W. H. Scott
US 59
Ralph Ewing
Gas Tank Found in New Guinea Extends Rockefeller Search
Dutch mapping ship Snellius found a gasoline tank 20 miles north of Frederik Hendrik Island while a vast search for missing Michael Rockefeller expands along 150 miles of coastline. Gov. Nelson Rockefeller and Dutch authorities stay in the area as experts weigh whether the tank belongs to the missing man.
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Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
New Guinea
Michael Rockefeller
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Snellius
Young Rockefeller
Frederik Hendrik Island
Atsi
Frederik Hendrik
F.rj. Eibrink Jansen
Nat Rockefeller
Jansen
Gov. Rockefeller
Pieta
Eilenden River
Hurry To Church Unity Faces Urgent Debate
At the World Council of Churches General Assembly in New Delhi leaders from Protestant, Orthodox and Old Catholic denominations urged speed yet urged patience. Archbishop Ramsey warned against rushing unity and stressed unity in truth and holiness. Philip Potter warned that hesitancy risks driving youth from the churches and noted broad agreement yet lack of practiced unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
General Assembly
World Council of Churches
Church of England
Philip Potter
London
Worldwide Youth Federation
Christ
TWA Sees 36.3 Million Deficit in 1961
Trans World Airlines informed the Civil Aeronautics Board that it expects a 36.3 million deficit for 1961 and could run out of cash before spring. The loss projection, revealed in a Sept 25 confidential review, raises the prospect of suspension of operations without Hughes Tool Co. aid, given Hughes’ 78.2 percent stake via Northeast’s plea for emergency financing.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Trans World Airlines
TWA
Northeast Airlines
Hughes Tool Co
Houston
Tex
Northeast
Howard R. Hughes
Hughes Company
Hughes
The
Tool Company
Florida
Raymond M. Holliday
Hughes Tool
Charles Tillinghast Jr
Holliday
Hughes Ool
Nearly perfect weather expected for weekend in Topeka
Forecast calls for mostly fair mild conditions through Sunday with highs in the 60s and overnight lows in the 40s. Skies mostly sunny with variable clouds. Record high risk noted for today with highs near the 60s and overnight lows ranging from 28 to 51 at various locations.
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Topeka
Goodland
Chanute
Pittsburg
Junior Obeys Mom's Order Drops Guns
A man, Oren Gamble Jr., 31, holed up with his 5 year old son for two hours in Kansas City after a violent quarrel with his wife. At his mother Hazel Gamble's command he walked onto a porch fired a shot, then surrendered to police with two pistols, ending a tense standoff. Officers found multiple loaded firearms in the home and nearby.
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Kansas City
Junior
Oren Gamble Jr
Gene
Gamble
Stay of Execution Granted for Convicted Killer
In Columbia South Carolina AP report Col Wyndham Manning the penitentiary superintendent says the electric chair is unsafe and uncertain and requires repairs. A two month stay of execution is granted for Ray Sandy Young twenty of Greenville convicted of killing a liquor store operator. The new execution date is set for February sixteenth.
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Columbia
S.C
State Penitentiary
Wyndham Manning
Ray Sandy Young
Greenville
Fall Is Fatal at Kansas City Power Plant
Stanley Rhodes, 56, a fuel supply foreman at the Quindaro power plant, was fatally injured Friday after a fall onto a moving coal conveyor. The incident occurred in Kansas City, Kansas, according to AP.
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Kansas City
Kan
Stanley Rhodes
Quindaro
Rhodes
Emporia Leader Re-elected Kansas Checker Assn Official
Wood Bloxom of Emporia was reelected president of the Kansas Checker Association. More than 100 contestants entered the tournament in Lawrence as leaders after Friday’s round were Eugene Frazier Parson in Class A J C Howland Topeka in Class B and Harold Bailey Tonganoxie in Class C. Clark Clements Wichita was named vice president and Howland secretary-treasurer.
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Lawrence
Kan
Wood Bloxom
Emporia
Eugene Frazier
Parsons
J. C. Howland
Topeka
Harold Bailey
Tonganoxie
Clark Clements
Wichita
Howland
Union membership dips in 1960 remain steady
The Labor Department reports 1960 union membership at 17,049,000, down 68,000 from 1959 but up 36,000 since 1958. The rate is 23.3 percent of a 73,126,000 labor force, compared with 23.8 percent in 1959 and 23.9 percent in 1958.
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Washington
Labor Department
Department
Russian Journalist Interviews Kennedy
A Russian journalist, Alexei T. Adzhubei editor of Izvestia, interviewed President Kennedy for the first time at 10:15 a.m. in the living room of the Kennedy summer home at Hyannisport Massachusetts. Adzhubei is Khrushchev’s son in law and Soviet Premier Khrushchev’s daughter.
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Hyannisport
Mass
Alexei T. Adzhubei
Khrushchev
Kennedy
Adzhubei
Izvestia
Department Store Sales Jump in 10th District
Department store sales in the 10th Federal Reserve District rose 4 per cent last week from 1960, with Tulsa up 22 per cent, Albuquerque 21, Joplin 19, Wichita 8, Oklahoma City 6, Lincoln 4, Kansas City 3 and Topeka 2. Losses appeared in downtown Kansas City 7, St. Joseph 5, Denver 4 and Omaha 2.
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Kansas City
Federal Reserve District
Tulsa
Albuquerque
Joplin
Wichita
Oklahoma City
Lincoln
Topeka
St. Joseph
Denver
Omaha
Rev King Guarded After Threats in Indianapolis Fundraiser
Rev. Martin Luther King faced a police guard during a fund raising meeting in Indianapolis after letters signed KKK threatened him. The speech attracted about 900 attendees and raised more than $3,000 for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Martin Luther King
Hisife
KKK
King
Atlanta
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Coast Guard Rescues Rudderless Tug 70 Miles North Of San Francisco
The tug Columbia Queen, from Astoria Oregon, lost her rudder in heavy seas about 70 miles north of San Francisco. A Coast Guard cutter took the vessel in tow with seven men aboard who were reported not in danger.
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San Francisco
Astoria
Ore
Coast Guard
Sause Brothers Ocean Towing Co
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Ralph FE. Rice
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OS Eby
Mom
Emporian
Kansas Checker Assn
Rev. King
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