Odds and ends in a jittery 1960s mailbag column
A compact sampler notes Valentine card sales at about 400 million next month with women buying more than men, plus trivia on storms under oaks, rhino horn remedies, library thefts, funerals, and prison life. It quotes Joe E. Lewis on aging, cites speed of the cheetah, and ends with a quip from Errol Flynn.
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New York
Sen. Estes Kefauger
America
Publi
Joe E. Lewis
Istanbul
Turkey
Errol Flynn
Tug Battle Clears Two Ships Amid Dangers at Sea
Six ships fought a dangerous tug of war in Spithead Channel to separate the American freighter Santa Alicia and the Norwegian tanker Gorm after a collision. The Santa Alicia listed severely with its forward hold exposed while tugs towed her stern first toward safety as destroyers and a frigate cleared traffic. No casualties reported.
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Spithead
Farker
Southampton
Santa Alicia
iGrace Lines
New York
Southhampton
Daily Review, Inc
Gorm
Enterea
Hayward
Oslo
Ohips
Winton “Ave
Newlywed Goes Wild in Jacksonville Car Chase
A three day groom Leroy Bjorlin of Jacksonville tried to strangle his wife after a motorist cut in front of their car. He chased the other vehicle on foot, then returned and attacked his wife. Passengers separated them and witnesses restrained him until police arrived. He sustained minor injuries when struck by a passing car and was taken to a hospital.
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Jacksonville
Fla
George R. Thomas
Tenry L. Witherspoon
Leroy Bjorlin
Bjorlin
Ten Rescued From Cavern Wells England AP
Ten young cave explorers were rescued after eight hours trapped by flood waters in St Cuthbert's cavern near Priddy Somerset. An underground stream flooded passages in the Swallet cave system as torrential rain trapped them underground. The rescue involved emergency crews and local volunteers.
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Cavern Wells
England
St. Cuthbert’s. Swallet
Somerset
Priddy
Missile Gap Debate Shapes U S Soviet Deterrence
Washington voices clash over missile gap with the Soviet Union through 1963. Secretary Sharp says no overall deterrent gap, stressing posture over raw numbers. Sen Saltonstall and Johnson critique estimates while Adm Rickover calls for more Polaris submarines and Pentagon cuts.
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Washington
Soviet Union
United States
Air Forge
Dudley C. Sharp
Sharp
Neil McElroy
Pentagon
Sen
Leverett Saltonstall
R-Mass
Saltonstall
Senate Armed Services
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Senate
T Thomas S. Gates
Johnson
Gates
Capitol Hill
U.S
Nikita Keushchev
Maurice Stans
Adm
Hyman G. Rickover
Navy
Rickover
Adenauer Returns From Rome Visit
Bonn reports Chancellor Konrad Adenauer returning from a visit to Rome described as very successful. The trip aimed to bolster support for a firm stand on the German question ahead of the East West summit, with Italians generally viewing his trip as backing a strong position.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Rome
Peron Leaves Dominican Republic for Spain
Juan Peron, former Argentine dictator living in exile in the Dominican Republic, departed for Spain by chartered plane. He issued a press statement promising to continue supporting the Peronista movement and said he would return to the Dominican Republic soon after attending to private matters.
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Ciudad Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Juan Peron
Argentina
Spain
Diane
Peron
Peronista Party
Big Graham Opening In Accra Ghana Crusade
ACCRA Ghana AP Billy Graham began his Africa crusade in Accra Stadium drawing a large crowd. He told listeners the Holy Spirit speaks through him while pressing repentance and Christ acceptance. About 750 people moved toward the rostrum for personal guidance from Graham's aides.
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Accra
Ghana
Billy Graham
Graham
Liberia
Africa
Kwame Nkrumah
Jesus Christ
Christ
Rostrum
Greham
Man Identified: California Auto Dealer James Lawson
Oklahoma City AP reports that 31 year old James Dishman Lawson of Glendale California, an auto dealer, was identified as the body found under a bridge on the Will Rogers Turnpike. Lawson was last seen Dec 31 after a bus incident and later connected to an air travel sequence involving Glendale and a naval air station.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
California
Cincinnati
Burea Chivf
Forrest Castle
All Bridge
Will Rogers Turnpike
James Dishman Lawson
Glendale
Calif
Jim Reed
Castle
Lawson
Aue Inpinray Puuul
U.S. Ma
Rine Corps
Desert Castle
Dean Park
Cincin
Weymouth
Shrewsbury
Mass
Gamble Benedict's Father Threatens Legal Action
New York AP report states Dr. James Douglass Sharpe will pursue legal steps to see his daughter Gamble Benedict 19 after she returned from Paris with married chauffeur Andre Porumbeanu. Sharpe claims right to contact, despite daughter’s wish for distance. family dynamics and past estate actions noted.
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New York
James Douglass Sharpe
Gamble Benedict
Sharpe
East Side
Miss Benedict
Katherine Gedes Beneict
Douglas
Benedict
Mex
Remington Typewriter
Porumbeanu
Transatlantic
Mel
Diverse News Roundup From Across Cities
In Leamington Spa seventeen teenagers completed a 24 hour jive marathon despite boredom claims by 19 year old Derick Marriott. In New York a 35 year old parolee robbed a liquor store twice, first for 100 dollars then 83, and was caught on the second try. In London Mariella Capes, 18, was fired for near sightedness and later offered new glasses by co owner Hod Dibben who also proposed. In Sydney a fire truck responding to an alarm caught fire after a record heat wave reached 103 degrees.
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Leamington Spa
Eng
UPI
Derick Marriott
New York
UPN
Polite
James Johnson
London
Mariella Capes
Mariella
Hod Dibhen
Bevan Relapses After Major Operation Update
London AP reports Aneurin Bevan deputy leader of the British Labor party has had a poor night and is not so well following abdominal surgery on December 29. Hospital bulletin notes the 62 year old socialist is not cancerous and no details of the ailment were released. Labour leader Hugh Gaitskell states Bevan is not suffering from cancer.
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London
Aneurin Bevan
British Labor Party
Nevada Governor Responds to Life Magazine Claim
Gov. Grant Sawyer denounces Life magazine for a 1950s article alleging mob plans to capture Nevada's government and siphon funds from Reno and Las Vegas casinos. He dismisses the piece as innuendo, asserts Nevada is run by "good solid citizens," and notes the Gaming Commission and Gaming Control Board would not be bought. He sent a letter to Life publisher Henry Luce asserting no city-wide takeover occurred.
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Carson City
Nev
Grant Sawyer
Life Magazine
Nevada
Apalachin
Nev York
Dase
Reno
Las Vegas
Sawyer
Associated Press
Life
Henry Luce
Gaming Commission
The
Gaming Control Board
Enforcement Agency
Underworld
Luce
Aerial Hunt For Missing Couple In California
SAN FRANCISCO AP Aerial search began today for Dr George B Watson 33 an experienced private pilot and his wife after they departed Oakland Sunday morning in a light plane aiming for Eureka by 12 19 p m They failed to arrive Coast Guard widened search north toward Santa Rosa before darkness Sheriff's deputies checked local airstrips for any unscheduled landings
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San Francisco
Eureka
George B. Watson
Oaklland
Coast Guard
Santa Rosa
Housewife sets underwater record in Pensacola stunt
New York housewife Jane Baldasare spent 100 hours and three minutes in a nine foot deep circular tank to break the 84 hour record. Water was kept at 93 degrees while she endured dishpan hands and weighed down by the effort. Spectators gathered as the publicity stunt supported Pensacola area March of Dimes fundraising.
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Pensacola
Fla
New York
Jane Baldasare
Robert Imzollia
Port Jefferson
N.Y
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Member Audit Bureau Circulation
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Unil
Russ
Adenauer
Steve
Ross
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Castro Valley
Uwe
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Dibben
Sydney
Australia
Macys
Fie
U.S.A
Macy's Watch Repair
155Th Ave
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Yesis
Dale Carnegie
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Agart
Hayward Green
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