Forced to Close Stands Strike Hits Blind News Dealers Hard
In New York City Washington Heights and Harlem blind news dealers face endless strikes. Victor Kakis 61 and Robert Irving 41 struggle without union benefits or unemployment. Despite losses Kakis and Irving refuse relief preferring independence and back-to-work. Street life and tiny earnings underscore harsh impact on the blind vendors.
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New York
Victor Kakis
Washington Heights
Kakis
Margaret
Piccadilly
Lincoln
New York State Association For the Blind
Robert Irving
Harlem
Uncle Ray’s Corner details World Book award and name origins
A sixth grade class at McKeesport Pa receives a 20 volume World Book Encyclopedia for best questions. The note explains S origins linked to snake hiss, lists top S and T names, and invites readers to submit science history and geography questions. Free leaflets offer five South American Republics with stamped self addressed envelopes.
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McKeesport
Uncle Ray
Car Hits Barricade Killing Worker in Kansas City
A hit-and-run car plowed through a downtown barricade and struck four workmen at Oak and Tru man Road while laying a telephone conduit. Jesse Francis Blankinship, 35, died. Two others were injured but in satisfactory condition. One worker wrestled the driver and helped stop the car before it fled on foot.
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Oak and
Truman Road
Jesse Francis Blankinship
Thomas Williams
Williams
Tito compares Red China to Genghis Khan at youth congress
Belgrade Yugoslavia AP Tito accuses the rulers of Red China of emulating Genghis Khan saying they would risk a nuclear war that could kill 300 million of their 700 million people. He spoke to 1,400 delegates at a Yugoslav youth congress.
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Yugoslavia
Tito
Red China
Genghis Khan
Central Asia
Four Road Contracts Total Two Point Four Five Million
Gov. Reynolds signed four highway contracts totaling 2,454,314 dollars. Three contracts with Joseph D Benness Co cover Highway 24 work in Milwaukee and Waukesha counties amounting to about 2,377,000. Marinette Marine Corp secures 77,200 for a new cable ferry to span the Wisconsin River between Sauk and Columbia counties on Highway 113.
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John W. Reynolds
Joseph D. Benness Co
Wauwatosa
Milwaukee
Waukesha
Marinette Marine Corporation
Wisconsin River
Sauk
Columbia Counties
Schirra Says Rendezvous in Orbit Will Be Easy
Astronaut Wally Schirra Jr. states that rendezvous with another craft in orbit should be fairly simple with proper training. He notes the earth-relative nature of in-space timing, describes the sustainer rocket’s behavior, and praises fly by wire control for delicate maneuvers during his six orbit flight observed last Oct. 3.
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Washington
Astro
Waut
Walter M. Shirra Jr
Schirra
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
John H. Glenn Jr
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
120 Year Old Indian Still Vigorous and Keen
WARROAD Minn AP The 120 year old Chippewa medicine man Ka Kee Ka Keesick lives with his grandson at Buffalo Point near Lake of the Woods. He recalls a long life of healing, running and quiet pride, surrounded by mementoes like a stone peace pipe and hunting knife.
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Minn
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Robert
iKeesick
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Lake of the Woods
Ka Kee Ka
Bijou
Osh Wash
John Angus
Dominion City
Ont
Ka Kee
Fabulous Era special previews Hollywood on TV era
Cynthia Lowry notes ABCs Hollywood The Fabulous Era offered nostalgia from 1927 to near present with Henry Fonda narration. Excerpts from talkies featured John Gilbert Mae West Clark Gable Myrna Loy James Cagney and Edward G Robinson. CBSs Beverly Hillbillies a Ozark Widow and Hillbillies casting stir the fall season.
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Hollywood
al Jolson
ABC
Henry Fonda
John Gilbert
Dick Powell
Ruby Keeler
Mae West
Cary Grant
Clark Gable
Claudette Colbert
William Powell
Communists Kidnap Priest and Three Nuns Near Saigon
Viet Cong guerrillas abducted a Roman Catholic priest and three nuns while driving from a leprosarium about 20 miles northeast of Saigon. The driver and car were released but the four captives fate remains unknown. reports say three American missionaries including a woman doctor were captured in mid 1962 from a leper colony 170 miles northeast of Saigon.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Viet Cong
Toastmasters Dinner Names Top Speaker And Best Evaluator
Albert M. Ryser was chosen best speaker and voted most improved at the Toastmasters Club. William Selby won best evaluator, Earl Hanson led as best table topic speaker, with Merwin Mellor serving as toast master.
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Albert M. Ryser
Toastmasters’ Club
William Selby
Earl Hanson
Merwin Mellor
Princeton Coach Richard Swinnerton Dies After Short Illness
Richard Swinnerton, 68, retired Princeton University athletics coach and Kennedy family childhood swimming teacher, died Wednesday after a brief illness.
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N.J
Richard Swinnerton
Princeton University
Kennedy
Rural People To Get Civil Defense Advice
The Agriculture Department will use winter and spring farm meetings to urge rural residents to prepare for nuclear attack. Emphasis on family shelter, livestock protection, alternate milking power, and minimizing fallout exposure. Bulletins will be distributed through county offices.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Defense Department
Offic of Civil Defense
Office of Civil Defense
Department
JFK Message Deemed Political Hodgepodge by Rep MacGregor
Rep Clark MacGregor challenged President Kennedy's congressional message calling it a political expediency. He accused Kennedy of a confusing blend of tax cut ideas and slashing incentives for home ownership medical care and personal security. He warned the plan would curb private initiative and boost government dependency.
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Minneapolis
Clark MacGregor
R-Minn
Kennedy
Congress
Hopkins Jaycees
MacGregor
Director Named For Peace Corps Project
Washington AP Robert L Gale of Carleton College Northfield Minn has been named director of Peace Corps special projects Sargent Shriver announced Gale 35 has been Carleton s vice president for public relations and development
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Robert L. Gale
Carleton College
Northfield
Minn
Peace Corps
Sargent Shriver
Corps
Gale
Carleton
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