Illinois Public Aid Plans Contraceptives and Divorces
The Illinois Public Aid Commission proposes two welfare programs. One would provide contraceptives to women on relief and the other would finance divorces for some recipients. The move sparks debate over morality, illegitimacy, and state costs while urging stricter support and supervision of families receiving aid.
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Illinois Public Aid Commission
Commission
Illinois
California
Wall Street Journal
Tincis Commission
Christmas in Jail Tale Moves Sheriff and Inmate
San Francisco County Sheriff Matthew Carberry recounts a Christmas story of Isabel and Mabel, a prisoner and a donor. Mabel, now sober and employed, sent gifts to 65 women at San Bromo and Hall of Justice, then 54 others with costume jewelry and candy. She notes the loneliness of jail life and the unknown source of holiday generosity.
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San Francisco
Matthew Carberry
Isabel
Jak No. 4
Eorty
Mabel
Alcoholics Anonymous
San Bromo
Hall of Justice
Bob Hope To EntertainTroops Overseas For Christmas
Bob Hope and a group of movietown entertainers flew to the Orient to perform for US troops during the Christmas holiday. Accompanying Hope were Lana Turner Janis Paige Anita Bryant and Amedee Chabot Miss USA. Hope quipped about whether the GIs would be glad to see him and noted his return from months in London.
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Bob Hope
Orient
Lana Tomer
Janis Paige
Anita Bryant
Amedee Chabot
Hope
Janis
London
Hollywood
Mary Christmas Learns to Live with Her Name
Mary Christmas, 19, a Texas Tech sophomore in Lubbock, says people assume she is always jolly. She describes having bad days like anyone else and spending years proving she is not joking about her name.
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Mary Christmas
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Woman jailed for 18 month campaign against doctor
Iris Veronica Hughes admitted to a sustained harassment of Dr. Bernard Barnett in Bir England. She advertised his house for sale, hounded his home by calls, padlocked his gate, mailed a taunting note to his children, and scattered 2550 thumbtacks on his driveway, provoking arrest and a $112 bond.
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Bir
England
Iris Veronica Hughes
Bernard Barnett
R. B. Dunstant
Dr. Barnett
Hughes
Paris Divorce Bid From Novice Wife of Ex-GI Turned Author
Francois Sagan 27 seeks a divorce from Bob Westhoff 31 in a Paris court. She accuses the Minnesota-born ex-GI of preferring ceramics to home life during their 11-month marriage. Sagan rose to fame with a fortune around 600000 dollars as a novelist on Jov. Gardner plans a Christmas party for the elderly at St Anne's Home in Lancaster Pa despite health issues. Sheriff John Claussen of Napa Calif telegrams Miss Charfine Brown Newton Tex about wedding bells and a 20 pound Christmas project. Otis E Calhoun 40 arrested for DWI, engaged to the sender, parole board approves early release.
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Francois Sagan
Paris
Bob Westheft
Miss Sagan
Westhoff
Mor. Gardner
Lancaster
St Anne's Home
John Claussen
Napa
Calif
Charfine Brown
Newton
Tex
Otis E. Calhoun
Highway Patrol
Claussen
Parole Board
Calhoun
Suit Filed Against Linda Darnell by The Divers Cheb
The Divers' Cheb filed suit Wednesday in New York against actress Linda Darnell alleging she owed them money. The action names Darnell and seeks unspecified damages and payment of alleged debts.
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Cheb
New York
Linda Darnell
Christmas Aid Sought for TB Family in Need
The Sick father, two children and a mother appeal to Volunteers of America for Christmas help. The father has returned to work but is not fully well, needing a dress for the girl, clothes for the boy, books, a doll and accessories, and a model car. The family deems themselves average and hopes for a generous individual or group sponsorship.
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America
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