Jimmie Rodgers Recalls near fatal crash in Glendale
Jimmie Rodgers spoke from Glendale hospital about the December 1 crash on the San Diego Freeway. He described a blinding light that forced him off the road and left him unconscious with a four inch skull fracture. Rodgers asked, Why was I left there, as police recounted stopping his car. Stuart Erwin, film and TV actor, died of heart disease at 64 in Beverly Hills. He leaves a wife and two grown children.
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Glendale Community Hospital
Duffy
San Diego
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Parol
Stuart Erwin
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Erwin
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Bill
Judy
Ervin
Stu Erwin
Cross Rises Texas Furor Over Christmas Cross Display
Atheist Madalyn Murray O Hair joined a protest in Austin against a lighted cross on the federal building during Christmas. Law professor Roy Mersky sparked the dispute by protesting the cross, which officials had rearranged into a Christmas tree before counter protests led to the cross reappearing. O Hair said a Baltimore attorney would file suit over religious symbols on federal property. Other items note pianist Byron Janis discussing a Chopin manuscript and a widow found alive after seven days in her basement, bound and gagged.
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U.S Supreme Court
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Roy M. Mersky
University of Texas
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O'Hair
Baltimore
Lotta Keller
Mrs Keller
Mary Stewart
If You Must Drink Holiday Warning From Secretary Luce
Sacramento UPI report quotes state business and transportation Secretary Gordon C. Luce warning motorists during the holiday weekend to avoid driving after drinking. He urges choosing not to drink and not to drive to prevent deadly accidents.
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Sacramento
UPI
State Business and Transportation
Gordon C. Luce
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Heart transplant patient dies after severe pneumonia
Louis Washkansky, who survived the first human heart transplant, dies from very bad, very extensive double pneumonia. Autopsy by Dr Christian Barnard notes strong pulse until the end with little evidence of organ rejection.
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Louis Washkansky
Tandy
Christian Barnard
Washkansky
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Barnard
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Turbulent Skies Spark Tornadoes Across Midwest
A violent storm system struck Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and Arkansas causing injuries and three deaths in Potosi and damage totaling millions. Fujitive reports noted tornadoes near Booneville and Fort Smith with scattered injuries, while warm spells in the Northeast contrasted with blizzards in the West.
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Ark
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Global unrest and ship damage blend with war updates
News briefs span Saigon harbor incident and B52 airstrikes. An American freighter, the SS Seatrain Texas, sustained a seven foot hole from a waterline charge during darkness near Nha Be Saigon, with no casualties. U S Army tugs aided the ship as combat updates report convoy losses and regional actions across Vietnam Israel and Moscow.
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Saigon
Nha Be
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Star of 20s Wilda Bennett Found Dead in Winnemucca
Wilda Bennett a well known New York musical star of the 1920s was found dead at her Winnemucca home mid week. She was 73 years old and had a storied career in theater and film.
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Wilda Bennett
New York
Winnemucca
New
Independent Phone He Dine Friday Publication Notice
Fragmentary OCR text indicates a public notice from Los Angeles area or Long Beach California involving a second class publication and a county recorder reference C-10553. Details are garbled but imply a legal or statutory posting with dates and locations unreadable. Entities include Long Beach California and Tau Aaluaigelen.
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Sinih
Pike
Long Beach
Calif. Baterad
Sicond Claes Tau Aaluaigelen
Eeuels Ali
Toeageles County
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