Swiss sailor Markwalder sails single handed around the world
Jack Markwalder, a 43-foot ketch owner from Neuchatel, arrives in San Francisco after a year long solo voyage from New Zealand. He claims work is not everything and plans further tropical travels, possibly returning home to Switzerland before building another boat.
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Jack Markwalder
San Francisco Bay
New Zealand
Markwalder
Switzerand
Alps
Morocco
Artevedore
Hawaii
Tahiti
Christmas Island
San Francisco
Kauai
Hawaiian
United States
Switzerland
Tropics
Record Snowfall Shuts Southern Western Germany
Heavy snow blanketed the southern two thirds of Western Germany starting Christmas night. Snow depths reached 13 inches on the plains around Frankfurt and up to 68 inches in the Alpine mountains. The fall continued at midday as weather records show no match since 1849.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Alp
Man Swallows Razor During Fall. Surgeries Remove Bladed Object
New York man Geronimo Torres aged 25 toppled in a chair while biting a razor, swallowed the blade. Bellevue hospital X rays confirmed the razor in his stomach. Surgeons operated early today and removed it. his condition was reported as good.
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New York
Geronimo Torres
Bellevue Hospital
Neighbor on Farm Burglar Trap Shoots Man
In New Bern on Christmas night a Black man was killed by a shotgun rigged by his neighbor as a burglar trap. Coroner Frank Ballard says he is holding William Green, a Black man, for investigation. The incident happened on a farm in the Clarks community.
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New Bern
Frank Ballard
Wiliam Green
Clarks
Purifying Tea Belief Changes Water Use in China
The passage notes a belief among some Chinese people that water is unhealthy. They drink tea instead, thinking the tea leaves purify the water and counteract illness.
Cooking's Fun Weekly Dinner Menu and Fresh News
A mixed page features weekday supper ideas with recipes for Molded Fruit Cocktail Salads Corned Beef and Potato Casserole and Tuna Biscuit Roll plus a brief fatal accident report. Two Concord soldiers, Bobby Cauble and Ronald Roberts, died after their car collided with a train near Kannapolis on Christmas Eve.
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Concord
Kannapolis
Bobby Cauble
Ronald Roberts
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Fred J. Walker
Central Press
Jack Markwolder
Te Hengi
Razor
Frank N. Virgilio
Manchester
Korea
U.S. Navy
Nea-Acme
Cecily Brownstone
Kroger
Valleydale
Old Hickory
Shenk
Valleydale Loaf
Pickle
Jock Sprat
Piedmont
Kroger Queen
Gordon
Armour's Star
Armour
Vienna
Libby
U. S
Camay Soap
Spic & Span
Pers
Duz
Crisp
Calif
Iceberg
Floridas
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