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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 24, 1962

Page

6

Boy’s arm severed by freight wheel saved by early care

Everett Knowles Jr., 12, lost his right arm near a Boston rail yard when a freight train wheel severed it. A quick response by bystanders and hospital teams at Massachusetts General Hospital led to an emergency operation and ongoing attempts to reattach the limb. Doctors cited unprecedented potential for reattachment and highlighted the hospital’s research work in vascular and tissue reconnection.

Everett Knowles Jr Annals of Medicine Everett Everett Knowles Handy Card and Paper Co Alice Chmielewski Massachusetts General Hospital Somerville Mass General Robert Shaw Ronald A. Malt Chance Chmielewski Ema Edmunds Matt Shaw John Herrmann Everette Knowles

West Virginia Paradox Emerges in Kennedy Era Insight

The piece analyzes West Virginia as a paradox in the Kennedy era, noting its rugged identity and growing federal attention. It recounts Everett Knowles’s eight hour arm reimplantation, details surgeries, prognosis, and the state’s evolving economy with defense contracts and centennial plans shaping its future.

West Virginia State Commerce Department

How To Make A Criminal Of Young Boy

Editor notes a Michigan context on youth crime, outlining a grim, dehumanizing recipe for turning a normal boy into a criminal. It traces neglectful parenting, unstable home life, poor schooling, and early delinquency toward a path culminating in car theft and juvenile detention.

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Sunday Crossword Puzzle Br Leonora Suseman ACROSS

Puzzle includes clues across many entries with archaic spellings and references to European land Greek market and nautical terms. notes and stray phrases describe crime drama elements and a reporter seeking cause. features a grave reflection on youth crime, parole and a harsh epitaph from a father.

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