Oddities In The News Unusual So Usual Only The Extraordinary
A roundup of oddities from around the world includes a Copenhagen driver who enlisted a passerby to drive a car after drinking, a San Jose nurse who mislaid a purse with $19,000 and got it back intact, and a Napa bull Prince Domino III cleared of misconduct amid breeding claims. The column also notes a UK man rebuilding his wall after 20 car incidents and a dramatic Los Angeles attempted murder/suicide that failed due to a sash weight misfire.
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New York
Copenhagen
San Jose
Calif
Cain
Hudson River
Prince Domino III
Napa
Bert Lewis
Chippenham
England
Bert
Los Angeles
New Manager Named for Manitowoc Herald Times
Manitowoc Newspapers, Inc. named Jack M. Barenbaum general manager of the Manitowoc Herald-Times. He had served as business manager of the paper since 1947.
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Manitowoc Paper
Manitowoc
Jack M. Barenbaum
Manitowoc Herald-Times
Manitowoc Newspapers, Inc
How to Pick a Mate and Family Sex Beliefs Summary
Question by question excerpt covers advice from a marriage counselor on honesty in courtship, preferences in children by Jeanne Clare and Clyde Kiser studies, and crime statistics citing unsolved murders and misattributed deaths. It references a booklet price and self addressed envelope.
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Jeanne Clare
Clyde Kiser
Public Library Notes Highlights Several New Books
Hans Hass new diving tale Men and Sharks. This Is India dispels myths about the country. Santha Rama Rau clarifies tourist misunderstandings. Jane de Jongh paints Margaret of Austria. Charlemagne biography by Harold Lamb praised. Anne Heywood offers career living advice. Virginia Woolf diary reveals the artist at work. One Generation After Another on parenting. Art of Hungarian Cooking invites culinary exploration. Call 24650 to reserve.
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Hans Hass
Hass
India
Santha Rama Rau
Jlongh
Margaret of
Austria
Jane de Jongh
Anne Heywood
Virginia Woolf
Eva
Charlemagne
Harold Lamb
Lamb
Jane de
James Ellenwood
Paula Bennett
Logan School Reports Perfect Attendance For 1953 54
Sixty five Logan High School students earned perfect attendance for the 1953 54 year announced at year end. Lists show graduates Rosemary Berger and many others in grades seven to twelve with flawless records. Notable underclassmen include Howard Shirley who has not missed a day since enrolling.
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Logan High School
Rosemary Berger
Darlene Ellis
Marion Johnson
Barbara Kilen
Delores Tachumper
Judy Kraft
Gerald Hanson
Raymond Lorenz
Gary Schmidt
Robert Slabach
Arthur Wienke
Nancy Jo Barton
Renee Kibler
Barbara Lund
Carol Lewis
Barbara Nelson
Ethel Sumner
Carol Roraff
Sharon Wapner
Larry Anderson
Duane Johnson
Gordon Luhman
Roger Overson
Orin Wilder
Judy Nichols
Geraldine Pfaff
Nancy Swords
Judy Wells
Ann Willer
Dale Angell
Jack Gerkin
Curtis Gilbert
Richard Hellerade
David Klinger
Jack Lietzow
David Miller
Delores Domstrich
Carol Chicken
Anita Haefner
Sandra Johnson
Joyce Krenz
Shirley Netzer
Pat Nichols
Frances Stoker
Larry Cooper
Lynn Larson
Allen Lee
Norma Dalzell
Peggy Grimslid
Dorothy Ingalls
Dawn Lund
Carol Wolfe
Tom Enghe
Howard Shirley
Diane Collins
Carol Kaiser
Mary Larson
Linda Lehman
Helen Oldenberg
Jean Schultz
Tom Barton
Bob Howard
Robert Rebhan
William Saley
John Schultz
Carole Kaiser
Robert Howard
Bill Saley
Logan
Churchill Receives Garter Honor From Queen
Sir Winston Churchill departs Windsor Castle after Elizabeth II elevates him to the Order of the Garter Britain’s oldest chivalry. The 79 year old wartime leader gains the honor without becoming a peer and exiting the House of Commons.
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Winston Churchill
Great Britain
Windsor Castle
England
Order of the Garter
Britain
House of Commons
London
Driver Killed In Tank Truck Crash Near Dubuque
Leonard F. Popenhagen 31 of Kieler Wisconsin was killed when his tank truck ran out of control south of Dubuque Iowa and overturned in a ditch. The report notes moose attacks on locomotives in Canada that have derailed trains, often fatal for the moose.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Leonard F. Popenhagen
Kieler
Wis
Canada
Bradley Declines Bid for California Senate Candidacy
Retired General Omar I. Bradley said he was approached by unnamed parties to run as the Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate from California but he declined. Bradley, visiting West Los Angeles for a USC fund raising speech, told reporters he spent eight years in Washington and would not return.
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Oakland
Calif
Omar I
Bradley
U.S. Senate
California
West Los Angeles
USC
Chagga Tribe Builds Open School At Kilimanjaro Center
The Chagga of Mt Kilimanjaro's southern slopes build a new commercial school open to whites and Indians. Funded by the Kilimanjaro Native Cooperative Union profits, the 100-student facility follows a 280000 dollar multi race center and a 140000 dollar school plan. English teachers will staff the school.
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Tribe of Africans
Moshi
Tanganyika
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Africa
Kilimanjaro Co-Op
England
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