Long-married Tennessee couple recalls 9 year old bride
Eunice Winsted Johns wed at 9 to Charlie Johns in 1937 near Treadway Tennessee sparking uproar and state law on minimum marriage age. Now 25th anniversary approaches the couple, with nine children on a 65 acre farm, saying they would do it again and keeping family life private yet content.
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Treadway
Tenn
Charlie Johns
Johns
Eunice Winsted
East Tennessee
Knoxville Journal
Tennessee
Evelyn
John Henry Antrican
Charlie
Eunice
Year of odd crimes across the world in 1961
A survey of unusual thefts and misdeeds from 1961 includes a Grimsby water drainage claim, a 7 by 30 foot fence stolen in Tucson, a car thief in Syracuse, and a man jailed for adding gunpowder to tobacco. Other incidents span Duluth parking tickets, a bank break in Ottawa, locker thefts in Manhattan, and a jailed egg and sausage spree in Ringgold.
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Grimsby
England
River Board
Tuscon
Ariz
Syracuse
N.Y
Duluth
Minn
Lut
Ottawa
Ont
Manhattan
Ringgold
Desparados
Illinois
Nevada
California
Oregon
Sedalia Opens Heart To Foodless Family
Sedalia policemen distributed candy leftover from their Christmas party to children on their beats. An officer found a mother, father and 15 children with no food or Santa visit. News spread and Sedalians donated food and gifts, helping 70 children enjoy a warmer Christmas Day.
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Sedalia
Sedalians
KDRO
Minnesota records two traffic deaths over holiday period
Minnesota recorded two traffic fatalities during the Christmas holiday, despite the national toll surpassing 500. Highway patrol credited advance warnings and Gov. Elmer Andersen's advice to use lights day and night. North Dakota had none, South Dakota one, Iowa one, and Wisconsin reported 15 by midnight Monday.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Elmer L. Andersen
North Dakota
South Dakota
Iowa
Wisconsin
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Maico
Maico-Schei
Hearing Service
Main St
Dial
Vaal
By Meader G. Pattington
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Idaho
Detroit
Mich
San Francisco
Pepper
Genoa
Italy
Poole
Sparta
Wis
Monogram
WAYNE
Quality Supply & Htg
Asta
Penney
Radio-Phono
PHONO
Penney’s Shoe Department
Capehart
la Crosse
Main Street
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