End Liquor Ban Ends as Bootleggers Cringe in Mississippi
Mississippi ends the statewide liquor ban as prohibition expires at 12:01 a.m. Gov. Paul B. Johnson pledges strict enforcement until local option votes decide which counties go wet. Bootlegger Red Hydrick laments losses from the crack down while awaiting the post ban future in Rankin County.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
United States
Red
Hydrick
Paul B. Johnson
Johnson
Red Hydrick
Pearl River
Rankin County
4 H Horse and Pony Club Parents Leaders Meet
A Corry Area 4 H Horse and Pony Club parents meeting was held at the Hornick home to plan summer fund raising, arrange transportation for members and horses, discuss a practice ring, and introduce parents to club work. A separate leaders meeting at the Messenger home planned July activities. A bake sale is set for July 8 and horse transport to the August 19 20 4 H roundup at Wattsburg Fair Grounds. Donors and customers are sought for both sales.
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Corry
John Hornick
West Columbus Avenue
Harold Messenger
Columbus Avenue
Wattsburg Fair Grounds
Mira
Alfred Aikens
West Washington Street Extension
Embezzled $2.1 Million Mrs Geiger Returns Home
ALDERSON West Virginia AP six years ago Burnice Geiger shocked Sheldon Iowa by embezzling 2.1 million from her father's bank. After five years in federal prison on a 15 year sentence she is paroled, travels home to face townspeople and rebuilds life amid commentary from local clergy and officials.
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Mrs. Geiger
Alderson
W.va
Iowa
Burnice Geiger
Gladys V. Bowman
Thhe Federal Women’s Prison
Charleston
Chicago
Sheldon
Wallace
LBJ Sees July 1, 1966 as a New Day for Freedom
President Johnson hails a civil rights push in hospital care and forecasted growth limits to elderly patient loads. Officials list states with full hospital certification and those lagging, noting Medicare rules on emergency payments as participation rises.
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Aberee
Alaska
Arizona
Colorado
Connecticut
Hawaii
Idaho
Indiana
Iowa
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
North Dakota
Oregon
Rhode Island
South
Vermont
Wyoming
Guam
Samoa
Virgin Islands
Mississippi
Georgia
Florida
Virginia
North Carolina
Tennessee
Robert M. Ball
Social Security
Medicare
Three Car Crash Kills Irwin Man
An Irwin man LaVerne C. Helman aged 44 died in a three car crash on Route 0 in North Huntingdon Township Westmoreland County. Police say Helman apparently lost control crossed the divider and swerved into oncoming traffic near the town.
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Trwin, Ps
Irwin
Westmoreland County
LaVerne C. Helman
North Huntingdon Township
Irwin Girl, 3, Drowns In Pool
Police report a 3 year old girl Cheryl Schmidt drowned in a plastic backyard pool in Irwin Pennsylvania. The child apparently fell in and was found by her sister Carrie 10. The accident occurred yesterday as the family did not see the child slip into the water.
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Irwen, Pa
Westmoreland County
Irwin
Cheryl Schmidt
Carrie
Jets Strike North Vietnam Fuel Sites Amid Saigon Raid Reports
Helicopters rushed the wounded to hospitals as three F100 Supersabre jets returned to Bien Hoa base after a strike near Saigon. The bomber crew attempted to drop unused bombs into a designated area, but the bombs released only after they pulled away. Today marked the eighth day of raids in two weeks targeting fuel storage facilities in North Vietnam around Hanoi.
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Can
Bien Hoa
Saigon
Ace
Viet Nam
North
Hanoi
Astor Hotel closes as Wilson victory shifts
62 Years, Continued from Page One describes a guest waking believing he was president after early returns favored Hughes. He learns Woodrow Wilson won as the Astor lobby remains busy with last-night check-ins. The piece notes New York has lost 33 hotels in 20 years and the nearby Sheridan East also closes on the same day.
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Charles Evans Hughers
California
Woodrow Wilson
White House
Astor
Schel
New York
Sheraton East
Park Avenue
Bingo profits surge in Erie County and state totals
Erie County bingo from the year ended October 1 1965 shows a net profit of 2837996 with gross receipts 9629884 and prizes 6983712 from 166 licensed operations. Statewide profits reach 21589237, up 15.3 percent, as 1497 licenses operate. A Buffalo case upheld against Immaculate Conception Church society for violations and unregistered callers was resolved after hearings. In Albuquerque all 20 scouts in a Crazy Horse pageant will wear Indian garb, including one Navajo boy as a soldier.
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Albany — Bingo Games Inn
Erie County
N.Y
State
City of
Buffalo
Rosary and Altar Society of Immaculate Conception Church
Albuquerque
Aew
Hot Springs
S.D
John Clewlow
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Copel Co
Frank's
Thomas Meters
Clayton
Nts
LBJ
Murphy’s
Irwin Girl
Eves Sumer
Manhattan
Penelec
Pennsylvania Electric Company
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