Blackmarket sale of babies spurs Tennessee adoption reform
In a Memphis byline by John T. Cunniff this first of a series exposes the rise and fall of Georgia Tann, a famed adoption authority whose death preceded public action against a brutal baby black market. The report notes her influence on Tennessee law and the chilling shift in how her legacy is viewed.
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Santa mislaid specs alter Christmas eve tale
Hal Boyle recounts a Christmas Eve mix up where Santa cannot read addresses due to lost spectacles. He delivers by guesswork, upsetting everyone but ultimately proving that Christmas spirit endures as people open others gifts and find joy. The piece shifts to IRS charity deductions and a Tennessee children's home inquiry, detailing misused funds and investigations led by Gov. Gordon Browning and Robert L. Taylor.
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Antarctic Christmas and Moon Water in Science Columns
Science sections discuss Antarctic Christmas remnants from 1922, moon rock water prospects, and space tech ideas. Articles cover Therms on heredity cases with Miss Tann, estate fights, and adoption reform, plus executive decision aids and a planned psychiatric hearing for Pavlick before Kennedy's inauguration.
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One Man Killed As Scaffold Hits Power Line
COURTLAND AP One man was electrocuted and another critically burned when metal scaffolding touched a high tension line at Hancock Peanut Co in Courtland. Robert Bunn of Newsomes was killed. Charles J. Stephens 26 of Branchville in critical condition at a Franklin hospital. William J. Garerdil of Sussex Court House was hospitalized with burns in fair condition. An unidentified fourth man escaped serious injury while moving scaffolds from toe location to another to a 13 000 volt line.
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