Sails Ketch Total of 13 750 Miles
The Associated Press reports 65 year old Francis Chichester completed a 13 750 mile nonstop solo voyage from Plymouth England to Sydney Australia aboard the Gypsy Moth IV. Adverse winds extended the voyage to 107 days as escort boats and shore crowds welcomed him. Chichester and his wife and son toasted on arriving.
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Associated Press
Sydney
Australia
Sydney Harbor
Plymouth
England
Francis Chichester
Chichester
Habor Entrance
Giles
South America
Cape Horn
Negro Community calendar and obituaries items
The bulletin covers a Vietnam Sponsored Drive by Boy Scout Troop 162 of Verger High School asking for care packages for U.S. service members, with pickup on December 14. It also notes EHC Club meetings with guest remarks from Mr. Ngongi of Africa, and a personal mention of Mrs. Helen Hughes, plus obituaries for Booker T. Hightower and George Franklin among others. It ends with a historical note on the seven day week origin.
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Boy Scout
Verger High School
U.S
Viet Nam
EHC Club
Charlean Moore
Church Hill Extension Homemakers Club
Ellen Smith
Clyde Johnson
Booker T. Hightower
Osby Highy
Tower of Hope
Frieday
Mt. Pleasant C, M. E
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
Hicks Funeral Home, Inc
George Franklin
Nashville Arkansas Hospital
Helen Help Us Teen Advice Column Reflections
A teen advice column outlines questions about class age, dating, and social pressures. It features replies from Helen urging confidence, responsibility, and smart choices to shape a teen’s path despite age and lineage stereotypes.
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Helen
USI
Bars by Walter C Parkes In Old-Timer And Railroads
The piece recalls work as a boredom interlude between vacations and notes railroads ruling wheels during an airline strike. A mother and daughter enjoy shopping while a neighborhood status seeker cites relatives in high places. It mentions window washers in Quebec City as a historical note.
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Third Street
the-Star
LBJ
Fulton
Arkadelphia
Hope
Third
Main Streets
Third and
Shover
Hervey Street
Herevey and
Hervey and
Lehmans, Hope Furniture Co
Ritchie Grocery Co
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Grandison D, Royston, JR
East
St. City
Wayne, Pa
Valley Forge Military Academy
Simeon II
Bulgaria
Temple University of Philadelphia
Ester Wicks
Carrie Chapman Catt
Helen Hughes
J. E. Hughes
Bethel A, M. E. Church
Arkansas Baptist Hospital
Little Rock
Arkansas
W, M Cross
Blevins
Shorter Chapel A. M. E. Church
Shorter Chapel Cemetery
Berry World
Sunset Strip
Helen Bottal
Sis
Ter
Yafi
LA Verne
Penneys
Ten Bottel
King
Walter C. Parkes
Chattanooga
Daughtr
Quebec
Canada
North Ameritt
Penney’s
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