Christmas Brings Bright Future for Amputee Youth
Ronnie Baker, 16, faced a Christmas shadowed by cancer and an amputated left leg after fleeing home last year. Now 17, he walks with a prosthetic, drives a car, and works part time as a painter. He plans a New Year’s Eve party with friends and aims to study horticulture at Pierce Junior College.
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van Nuys
Calif
Ronnie Baker
Tonmnic
Ronnie
Flagstaff
Ariz
Lois Eisenbeiss
Monroe High School
Pierce Junior College
Canoga Park
Arizona
Polio Bride Sees Christmas Gift In Marriage
In Chapel Hill a 23 year old polio victim, paralyzed from the neck down and on a respirator, married 28 year old Robert Fields after a six year illness. She calls the wedding a wonderful Christmas gift, hopes to move into a state owned home with a respirator transfer, and recalls a nightmare onset on December 1, 1959. The couple, who have a 6 year old daughter, met in 1964 and plan a mobile home life once permission is granted.
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Chapel Hill
N.C
Dorothy Fields
Robert Fields
North Carolina Memorial Hospital
Fields
Robert
Fighting Continues as Truce Nears in Vietnam War
Viet Cong overran two Lac Son outpost positions near Da Nang as the 30 hour Christmas truce loomed. American allied forces prepared for the cease fire while remaining on alert. Vietnamese officers reported heavy Viet Cong casualties and said the guerrillas withdrew at dawn. All units were ordered to fire only in self defense during the truce period.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Lac Son
da Nang
U.S
Kansas City Police Posts Remain Unfilled
Kansas City police jobs stay open as 25 officers were authorized last August but resignations erased gains. Chief C. M. Kelley notes no progress since August amid nationwide recruiting lag and strong area employment. Despite targeted ads for Negro officers, qualified men leave for other jobs.
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Kansas City
Board of Police Commissioners
C. M. Kelley
Kelsey
Speech by NASBE president at Kansas school boards meet
Topeka Kansas January 16 18 1966 Fran cis I Smith of Portland Oregon president of the National Association of State Boards of Education will speak at the Kansas Association of School Boards convention in Topeka.
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Topeka
Kan
Francis I. Smith
Portland
Ore
National
Assciation of State Boards of Education
Kansas Association of School Boards
Mayor Seeks Quick New Board for War on Poverty
Kansas City mayor Ilus W. Davis and Judge Charles E. Curry plan to appoint a new Human Resources Corporation board within days to safeguard 12 war on poverty applications after the old board dissolved over participation disputes. The mayor aims to include strong representation from poverty areas and a Negro viewpoint. Freedom Inc. urged a majority of Negro members on the 27 member panel.
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Kansas City, Mo
Ilus W. Davis
Human Resources Corporation
Kansas City
Davis
Charles E. Curry
Jackson County Court
Freedom Inc
Youngster Killed In Kansas Crash
A year old Oklahoma girl, Sherri Martin of Enid, was killed when a car collided with a pickup at the Kansas 15 and U S 166 intersection near Winfield. In critical condition is David Connell, 28, also of Enid, with severe head lacerations. Several other Enid residents were treated in Kansas hospitals. The crash occurred as Frank Bauman of Maple City, Kansas, left turning onto 15 and struck the Oklahoma car, sending Bauman's pickup off the road into a camper pickup driven by Homer Earl Aker of Pawhuska. Aker was uninjured.
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Winfield
Kan
API
Oklahoma
Kansas 15
U. S. 166
Arkansas City, Kan
David Connell
Enid
Arkansas City Hospital
Dennis L. Martin
Sherri
Myrna Gail Connell
David Martin Jr
Rhonda Martin
Cedar Vale
Marilyn Martin
Kelli
Frank Bauman
Maple City
Kansas Highway Patrol
Bauman
Martins
Connells
Arkansas
Homer Earl Aker
Pawhuska
Okla
Aker
Moccasin Tops 1965 Two-Year-Old Fillies at Claiborne Farm
Moccasin at Claiborne Farm is a full sister to Aidan and Lt. Stevens and is ranked with Priceless Gem as the top two year old fillies of 1965 in horse racing context.
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Claiborne Farm
Moccasin
Aidan
Stevens
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Bill Wilson
Elizabeth Hall
Jesse Trine, Tech
Paul F. Mages
Nelson Hall
Mgr
6Th
Minnesota
Woods Lumber
Louis Peine Lawrence
Vermont
Lawrence Paper CO
6Th& N.H
Sherri Martin
Enid, Okla
Cheon
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