Jealous Wife Drives Car Crash Killing Couple in LA
In Los Angeles a woman, Mrs. Robertson, pressed the gas and the car struck a telephone pole at 10 mph, killing her and her husband Arthur Robertson as a survivor, Mrs. Toby Lee Pani, recounted. A police pursuit followed before the crash. Robertson died instantly and Mrs. Robertson died soon after, with Mrs. Porter hospitalized.
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Switchman killed in railroad accident at San Rafael
Elmer E. Pimm, 59, a Northwestern Pacific switchman, was killed Monday when he apparently fell beneath the wheels of an all freight car at San Rafael.
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Gunman Returns Victim's Money After Restaurant Robbery
Hazel Green Wisconsin reports a bakery delivery man, Bill Lyons, walked into a holdup at Wiederhald Restaurant. The gunman ordered him to move to the wall and attempted Lyons’s $25 billfold. When Lyons said he has a wife and children, the robber chose not to take Lyons’s money and instead robbed the cash register.
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VA expands disability insurance for veterans gains riders
More than 1,000 applications weekly pour into the Veterans Administration as it administers the new total disability insurance, effective Nov 1, adding a rider to life policies. The benefit pays $10 monthly per $1,000 of coverage for totally disabled veterans under 60, replacing a $5 per $1,000 cap. Around 83,000 veterans with 5 million eligible must enroll to access this increased protection.
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Non-Partisan Unit Praises Rockefeller and Attacks Nixon
The National Committee for an Effective Congress lauded Nelson Rockefeller as a liberalizing force and criticized Richard Nixon for a return to a hardline stance. The group, a non-partisan body, also called out Lyndon Johnson for omitting civil rights and federal education proposals. It warned Nixon may be blocked in 1960 by Rockefeller’s rising influence and noted Rockefeller haunts both parties as a potential GOP challenge in Albany and Washington. The committee raised over $150,000 for a targeted slate of Democrats and Republicans.
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Reader's Digest Ad Warns of Pervidental Disease
An early 20th century ad warns that peridental disease causes more tooth loss than any other cause and often goes painless until late. It urges readers to learn how PD can be cured or prevented and promotes January Reader's Digest on sale.
42 Years in Bed Measles or Anger in Hamlin West Virginia
George Lacy of Hamlin Lincoln County died after 42 years in bed at age 71. Family accounts cite a sale of a pet calf as a trigger while sister Gertie says measles left him bedbound after a 1926 illness. A 1940s Daily Mail feature drew attention from healers from Georgia.
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Pets Get Cards Joyeux Noel to Pot-Licker
Asbury Park, N J. W J Ripps a veterinarian mails Christmas cards to dogs cats and other pets. The unusual cardist sends greetings to Pluto MacPhail Pot-Licker Netenz Buckshot Rebus Scotch and Soda Carlton Cinderella Prouly Buttons Bauman Mon Kat Rapp and hundreds of others.
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