Married at nine 25th anniversary near Treadway Tennessee
Eunice Winsted Johns married at 9 to Charlie Johns in 1937. The couple, now 34 and 25th anniversary, have nine children on a 65 acre farm near Treadway. They faced a national uproar over underage marriage and Tennessee later set 16 as the minimum.
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Treadway
Tenn
Charlie Johns
Johns
Eunice Winsted
East
Tennessee
Knoxville Journal
Evelyn
John Henry Antrican
Charlie
Eunice
Year 1961 Larceny Parade Of Oddball Crimes
A collage of quirky thefts from 1961 worldwide includes the Grimsby water drain theft, a Tuscon backstop missing, a Duluth parking ticket to an Oriental jinrikisha, and a bank vault escapade in Ottawa where a robber shot himself. Also noted are locker thefts in Manhattan, eggs and sausage stolen in Ringgold, and a Spar ta store owner ending a decade of honesty with a counterfeit sting.
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Grimsby
England
River Board
Tuscon
Ariz
Syracuse
N.Y
Duluth
Minn
Ottawa
Ont
Manhattan
Ringgold
Desparados
Sedalia Opens Heart To Foodless Family
Sedalia police distribute candy from the Christmas party to a mother, father and 15 children with no food or Santa visit. A radio story spurred local aid, and Sedalians helped 70 needy children that day, while KDRO noted only its staff faced homemade hunger after Christmas.
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Sedalia
Sedalians
KDRO
Minnesota records two traffic deaths during long Christmas holiday
Minnesota posted only two traffic fatalities over the extended Christmas holiday, with North Dakota reporting none and South Dakota one. Iowa had one death and Wisconsin reported 15 up to midnight Monday. Patrols credited advance warnings and Gov. Anderson's plea to use lights day and night for safety.
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Minnesota
Elmer L. Andersen
North Dakota
South Dakota
Iowa
Wisconsin
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McCulloch
By Meader G. Pattington
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Illinois
Nevada
California
Oregon
Idaho
Detroit
Mich
San Francisco
Pepper
Genoa
Italy
Poole
Sparta
Wis
Quality Supply & Htg
Asia
Mie
Mens Sturdy
Penney’s Shoe Department
The
Associated Press
Radio-Phono
Capehart
Alee
la Crosse
Leithold
Main Street
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