Dr Will Jones of Gray Clinician Defies Time at 87
Dr Will Jones of Gray celebrated his 87th birthday October 7th by welcoming a long line of patients. Despite two serious operations and 34 blood transfusions, he remains active, delivering babies and treating townsfolk. He came to Gray in 1910 with fifty cents, started from scratch, and has long served the community through illness and epidemic.
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Will) Harrison Jones
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Will) Jones
Hershey to Leave Draft Post for Manpower Advisory Role
Gen. Hershey will be relieved as director of Selective Service on February 16 and reassigned as advisor to the President on manpower mobilization. A civilian successor as director will be named soon, with Hershey staying on to train the new appointee.
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Kentucky Guardsmen Return From Vietnam Duty at Fort Knox
About 333 Kentuckians arrive after a year of overseas service and a May 1969 call up. Eleven from Bardstown area among 138th’s casualties include 16 killed or wounded. Planes land at Showmaker Field near Louisville with 164 officers and 164 enlisted from Louisville Carrollton and others. Commanders greet the veterans as 1,700 spectators watch the welcome.
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Robert W. Cundiff
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Carrollton
Adj
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Ft. Knox
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Showmaker
First Aid Instructor Saves Child From Drowning
Alvin Vankirk a Corbin Red Cross first aid instructor happened to be at the Finley Drive In south of London when a two year old London boy drowned in a stock pond. He performed mouth to mouth resuscitation heart massage and artificial respiration extracting about a pint of water before rushing the child to Marymount Hospital where he revived. The child is the son of Mr and Mrs Billy Joe Ledford.
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Return of Stranger and Stranger in Town at Hippodrome
Theatre schedule lists two films at the Hippodrome from Sunday October 12 to Tuesday October 14. Showings for Return of Stranger are 2:55 PM 6:20 PM and 9:30 PM and Stranger in Town at 1:15 PM 4:35 PM and 8:00 PM.
Weekend Rain Expected with Cooler Temperatures Ahead
Forecast calls for numerous showers and a few thunderstorms tonight and Sunday. Cooler conditions develop Sunday with lows in the low to mid 60s and Sunday highs in the mid to upper 70s. Monday brings cooler air and ongoing showers.
Soviets Launch Manned Soyuz 6 For Weightless Welding Tests
In Moscow two cosmonauts Lt Col Georgy Shonin and Valery Kubasov soared aboard Soyuz 6 to test welding metals in weightlessness as part of a potential orbital space platform program. Tass reported the craft maintained cabin conditions and the mission aims include docking experiments with additional ships. Western experts noted no real docking link yet and warned no clear advantage beyond increasing crew in orbit.
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Wealthy landowner escapes $800000 Reno kidnapping plot
Las Vegas magnate Dean Petersen, 35, broke handcuffs and fled a house trailer after 24 hours of confinement in a staged abduction. Police say two men were arrested and a third sought as the ransom scheme unfolded from Las Vegas to Reno with $800,000 assembled in small bills for delivery. Petersen, uninjured, was found safe after contacting authorities.
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