Plan to integrate Indians into white life approved
Oklahoma City reports that a program reducing federal controls to integrate American Indians into white society was approved by the Governors' Interstate Council on Indian Affairs. Delegates from 16 states urged better education, medical and welfare services while opposing Indian liquor laws. The council plans to recommend welfare and education shifts to states and Congress.
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Oklahoma City
Governors’ Interstate Council On Indian Affairs
Wisconsin
Congress
Education Committee
Jarle Leirfallom
St. Paul, Minn
Youths Plead Innocent To Abusing U S Flag
Two youths from Ridott near Woodstock pleaded innocent to charges of misuse and contempt of the American flag. Earl E. Kauffman 18 and Frank E. Burk 17 were arrested Oct 29 after citizens complained they dragged the flag from a car. They were released on $500 bond each and a jury trial was set for Jan 23.
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Woodstock
Ill
Earl E. Kauffman
Frank E. Burk
Ridott
Wesley A. Eberle
Stricken Girl Uses Mouth To Write Santa And Wraps Presents
Aurora Illinois reports 11 year old Barbar Lentz paralyzed by polio writes Santa letters with her mouth and paints on objects using teeth held tools. She asks Santa to thank donors who helped fight polio for her brother David and family. The Lenz family moved from a farm near Norman Arkansas to Batavia Illinois after August 1949 illness.
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Santa
Aurora
Ill
Barbar Lentz
Copley Memorial Hospital
Santa Claus
David
Six
Bernard S. Lentz
Norman
Ark
Batavia
Viking Rocket Fizzles in Bid for Altitude Record
At White Sands Proving Ground New Mexico the sixth Navy Viking rocket failed after 65 seconds, short of the 115 mile target. The 114 mile mark previous stood from 1946 by a German V-2, while a Viking in May reached 106.4 miles. Dr Milton Rosen led the project and officials hoped to recover the instrument head for data.
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White Sands Proving Ground
N. M
Viking
mid-Pacific
Milton Rosen
Hokah Pair Unhurt As Car Leaves Road
In Hokah Minnesota a car driven by Paul Bissen skidded off the road breaking fence posts and a telephone pole before stopping. Bissen and passenger La Venne Ender were en route to La Crosse for work and were not injured, continuing to work after the incident.
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Hokah, Minn
Paul Bissen
Bissen
la Venne Ender
la Crosse
Rockefeller Center Dense with Attractions in New York City
The complex hosts 25 eateries, a post office, passport bureau, 12 landscaped sky gardens, 20 concourses and an outdoor skating rink, all located within Rockefeller Center in Manhattan.
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Passport Bureau
Rockefeller Center
New York City
Grant Letters to Sheridan Acquired by Illinois Library
Illinois state historical library received five letters written in 1865 by Gen. Ulysses S. Grant to Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan and three others from Grant to different individuals. The gift came from Chicago collector Foreman H. Lebold. The Sheridan letter dated April 2, 1865, falls a week before Gen. Robert.
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Springfield
Ill
Ulysses S. Grant
Philip H. Sheridan
Illinois State Historical Library
Harry E. Pratt
Grant
Sheridan
Foreman H. Lebold
Chicago
Lebold
Robert
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