Blind Girl Draws Christmas Tree for Card
Six year old Vickie Ailer, blind since infancy, colored a crayon tree that was printed as a Delta Gamma alumnae fund Christmas card. Her family from Odessa, Missouri, shares her story of resilience as she awaits first grade and Santa visits the Pre-School for the Visually Handicapped.
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Kansas City
Vickie Ailer
Vickie
Delta Gamma
Gwen Speyer
James Ailer
Odessa
Ronnie
Santa Claus
Daily Market Report and Wall Street Snapshot
Prices for grains and livestock compile from Harwood's Market and regional traders. Cattle Hogs Sheep futures and spot values mix with Wall Street action as the Dow holds near 870, with gains in chemicals oils and industrials offset by mixed bonds and tax trading ahead of Christmas.
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Wall Street
New York
Comsat
Associated Press
American Stock Exchange
U.S
Memorial Hospital Admissions and Dismissals and Births
Memorial Hospital lists admissions for Dennis Findley Sharon Souders John Miller Darrell Cox Wayne Lindille Mrs. Sara Adams Mrs. Edith Busse Albert Harris George Rasely and others. Dismissals include Earl Falkenstein Elizabeth Kappelman and baby boy David Coberly Helen Dardis and baby boy Wilma Base Ruby Gimbler Vida Pence Erma Sterrett and others. Births report Mr and Mrs Allen Kirk welcome a son Tuesday.
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Dennis Findley
Elm
Steven Taylor
Ark
Tone Berger
Barker
Darrell Cox
Wayne Lindille
DeSoto
Sara Adams
Brook
Sharon Souders
Edith Busse
Del
Albert Harris
Oak
John Miller
Eudora
George Rasely
Moline Rest Home
Earl Falkenstien
Elizabeth Kappelman
David Coberly
Mitchell Rd
Helen Dardis
Pawnee
Richard Turner
Tenn
Ray Throop
McLouth
Linda Nicholson
Connie Underwood
Baldwin
Melva Davenport
Lawrence
Loraine Wilson
Pitman Family Gift Behind The Initial Teaching Alphabet
The Initial Teaching Alphabet was developed in England by Sir James Pitman from the theories of his grandfather Sir Isaac Pitman known for shorthand.
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England
Sir James Pitman
Sir Isaac Pitman
White Corn Price Drop Listed on K C Agenda
Kansas City grain traders noted a temporary decline in white corn prices on Tuesday with No 2 white at 1.56 and No 3 white at 1.40 per bushel as 26 cars arrived. Generically poor quality corn spurred the drop, aided by CCC movements from farms in Kansas Nebraska and northern Missouri. Yellow corn remained unchanged.
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K.C. Agenda
Kansas City
Commodity Credit Corp
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
Deaths and funerals two families in Kansas and California
Mrs. Maude Webb 88 of Williamstown died in a Lawrence nursing home the same day her grandson Clinton Ray Henderson native Topekan died in Soulsbyville California after surgery. Webb born 1876 Jefferson County spent all life in Williamstown. Survived by four daughters one son a brother eight grandchildren one great grandchild two great great grandchildren. Funeral Thursday 2 pm Williamstown Assembly of God Church burial Williamstown Cemetery Hampton Funeral Home. Henderson funeral services in Soulsbyville California with burial. Henderson born in Topeka lived there 20 years before moving to California 13 years ago. Survived by parents and three brothers. Specialists seek to learn about life cycle and habits of Arabian oryx.
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Clinton Ray Henderson
Maude Webb
Williamstown
Lawrence
Soulsbyville
Calif
Webb
Jefferson County
Assembly of God Church
Frank Webb
Frances Henderson
Cali
Wilda Pardee
Topeka
Rose Kyle
Kansas City
Kan
Reba Taylor
Orlando Webb
Ben White
Ralph Henderson
Jerry Henderson
Rusk urges unity in South Viet Nam and warns against interference
In a news conference Rusk says no U S detailed blueprint for South Viet Nam government and stresses civilian leadership after military rule. He cites unity over rivalries as key while noting global issues from German reunification to Congo aid and Soviet relations and warns Vietnamese generals of U S support tied to a unified Saigon government. The snowy owl comment appears as a separate natural detail.
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Ent
South Viet Nam
Rusk
United States
Europe
Congo
Southeast Asia
East Europe
Latin America
Johnson
State Department
Saigon
National Unity
Texan Requests Compensation From UAR Over Plane Shootdown
W. Angie Smith of John W. Mecum Co. asks the United Arab Republic for compensation for the families of two dead crewmen after Egyptian MIG fighters downed a Fairchild C82 over the Nile delta during a flight from Amman to Benghazi. The pilots Hoyt Williams and Kjell Grupp were killed. Egypt cites ignored landing instructions, which Smith disputes.
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Cairo
Texas
United Arab Republic
W. Angie Smith
John W. Mecom Co
Houston
Tex
U.A.R. Foreign Ministry
Nile Delta
Amman
Jordan
Benghazi
Libya
Hoyt Williams
Mulberry
Fla
Kjell Grupp
Malmo
Sweden
Smith
U.S
Dynamite Used In Bank Robbery Near Picher Oklahoma
A man and woman robbed the First State Bank of Picher using dynamite to bluff staff. Thirty minutes later deputies arrested another couple near the Missouri Oklahoma line as they approached the scene. Officers recovered $15,343 from the car. Ottawa County Sheriff Bill.
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Shulein
Jim Collins
Barbara Sandoval
Springfield
Miami
W. A. Brewer
Brewer
Picher
Okla
First State Bank of
Missouri-Oklahoma
Ottawa County
Bill
Fund reaches 6636 for patrolman's family in Kansas
A memorial fund for Kansas highway patrolman John B. McMurray, 27, killed in a Dec 6 crash, totalled 6636 today. Donations came from across the state, with 2235 from fellow patrol members. He is survived by his widow and 5 year old daughter Starla. money will be placed in a trust for her.
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Manhattan
Kan
John B. McMurray
Kansas
Highway Patrol
McMurray
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Pagem
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America
Goodrich
Massach
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Hixon Studio
Hopkins Kleen Air
Hopkins Kleen Air Service
Gi Hs
Wright
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Attica
Lawrence Nat'l
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