Orphans face first Christmas after parents die in crashes
Three Midwest families bereaved in 1965 traffic crashes prepare for Christmas. The Kerrman brood of 25 at a Mott area farm, the Harlow children in Grafton, and the Fuller clan near Burlington share meals, gifts, and aid from donors totaling over $22,000, with guardianship arranged by relatives and community members.
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Bismarck
N.D
Midwest
James C. Kerrman
Molt
Marvin Harlow
Grafton
Joseph Fuller
Burling
John Jay
Glenn Johnson
Hoople
Harlows
Fuller
Gene Fuller
Burlington
Jacqueline
Theodore
Karen
Barbara
Gene
Santa Gets Many Christmas Requests From Across The World
New York AP reports Santa Claus faced varied requests this year from 50,000 diapers to 1,000 pounds of cookies and seeds for soldiers in Vietnam. Donations flowed from Elks clubs, housewives in Port Huron, MI, and US military dependents in Germany. Several communities and churches received gifts and acts of charity, including a stolen church chalice recovered with a note.
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New York
Santa Claus
North Pole
Jolly Old Elf
Tthe Elks Club
Fort Walton Beach
Fla
Port Huron
Chamber of Commerce
Southeast Asia
Holy Cross
Romania Catholic Church
Columbus
Ohio
Richard Francis Dodd
Cheektowaga
Bufffalo
Henderson Named To Law Center In Switzerland
Horace E. Henderson, former Virginia GOP chairman and deputy assistant secretary of state, was named director-general of the World Peace Through Law Center at Geneva. The center, sponsored by the American Bar Association, unites lawyers and scholars from 117 nations to strengthen laws and institutions for settling international disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Horace E. Henderson
McLean
Peace Through Law Center
Geneva
Switzerland
Charles B. Rhyne
Henderson
GOP
American Bar Association
World Peace Through Law Center
Put-Put Patrol scooters patrol illegal parking in Midtown
New York AP report details a novelty police unit nicknamed The Put Put Patrol or Kelley's Killers. Officers ride Italian Vespa scooters to ticket illegally parked cars in Midtown Manhattan, addressing chronic parking gridlock on one way streets and double parking. The city has 30 scooters at $325 each, operating 7 am to 9 pm on weekdays, with additional duty posts in high crime areas and Central Park.
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John Carroll
New York
Kelley
Metropolis
Trail
Manhattan
Arnold Kelley
West 47Th
Fifth Avenue
George Lambiin Jr
Vespa
Central Park
17Th Precinct
East 51St Street
Stephen Raba Jr
Ithe
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da Nang Air Base
George M. Trauthwein
Viet Nam
Fairfield
Kerrmans
Jimmy Down
Mayrath
America
the Twin
Diskay
Riverside Center
Nordan Center
Cheektowaga Kiwanis ClibsThe Times
Vic Weiss
Rendor Mohammedway
Ben Ali
Rscc
Weiss
London
Aio
Ballou Park Shopping Center
Law Center
Ilegal Parkers
Tilson
Schoolfield Bank & Trust CO
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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