First Family Hopes For Christmas Amid Kennedy Illness
The Kennedy family gathers at Joseph Kennedy’s Palm Beach home for Christmas as the ailing former ambassador battles stroke and pneumonia. President and Mrs Kennedy arrange for Caroline and John Jr to open gifts, with church and a family dinner planned amid updates on his condition.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Ocean Front
Joseph P. Kennedy
Kennedy
Palm Beach
Joseph Kennedy
Peter Lawford
Sargent Shriver
Stephen Smith
Edward M. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
McLean, Va
Salinger
Hospital buys $250000 in gear yearly at LMH
Lawrence Memorial Hospital maintains a vast annual shopping list of medical supplies estimated at $250,000, spanning items from applicators to x-ray film. The article emphasizes buying for health first, economy second, noting disposable syringes save costs and gloves vary in size yet are bought in large quantities.
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St. Nick
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
LMH
Record Cold Grips Britain This Christmas Day
Britain endured record cold with rough seas and gales. Scotland reported icy roads while London saw its coldest Christmas Eve in seven decades and temperatures dropped to 27 degrees this morning.
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London
Britain
Scotland
Mild Agenda For Commission Sets Noncontroversial Items
City commissioners meet at 3 p.m. Tuesday in City Hall to approve four bids for police cars and a fire chief’s car plus a Street department truck. Harold Horn will present the purchasing summary. The boundary is expanded by 29.15 acres. Five ordinances on final reading include street sewers and sidewalk special assessments, a milk shal lance revision to state law, and a parking prohibition on the north side of Stratford Road from Iowa Street to Emery Road.
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Harold Horn
Stratford Road
Iowa Street
Emery Road
General Barnes Dies at 72 Former MacArthur Supply Officer
Maj. Gen. Julian F. Barnes, 72, USA, ret., who served as Gen. MacArthur's supply officer in Australia in 1941, died Sunday after a short illness in Southern Pines North Carolina. He was born in Washington D C.
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Southern Pines
N.C
Julian F. Barnes
USA
MacArthur
Australia
Washington, D.C
Berlin Bears Witness to Christmas Amid Divided World
Berlin churches on both sides of the wall filled as 50,000 electric candles lit 800 trees on the Western side while West Berlin worshipers, including American British and French troops, prayed for peace. Pope John XXIII urged peaceful negotiations, and pilgrims walked from Jerusalem to Bethlehem amid the lingering Arab Israeli conflict.
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Israel
Jordan
Wall
West Berlin
Francis Cardinal ,Spellman
New York
U.S
China
Viet Nam
Korea
America
John Pope
John XXII
Vatican
Holy Land
Jerusalem
Christ's Birthplace
Bethelehem
Alberto Gori
No Man's Land
Armed Services
Laos Princes to Meet Wednesday in Vientiane
Laos three princes plan a coalition talks in Vientiane with Souvanna Phouma and Souphanouvong each to be escorted by 110 soldiers 30 advisers and 10 reporters. ICc planes will transport them. Zurich accord called for a coalition among the three factions.
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Vientiane
Laos
Boun Oum
Souvanna Phouma
Souphanouvong
Postal workers on the ball in Lawrence
Lawrence Post Office crews worked Sunday and today to speed Christmas parcels. Eight trucks delivered morning and early afternoon parcels on Sunday while five trucks were to operate today, with day and night sorting unseen due to weekend and holiday schedules, to resume normal service Tuesday.
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Lawrence
Randy Bogart Home For Christmas After Airlift
Four year old Randy Bogart injured last week after a fall was flown home from Kansas City to Holt Missouri by an army helicopter crew working with amateur radio operators. A snowstorm delayed his parents causing a hopeful Christmas at home. The helicopter from Fort Leavenworth picked him up at Municipal Airport and delivered him to his residence near Holt.
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Kansas City
Randy Bogart
Randy
James L. Bogart
Holt
Weather summary for Northeast Kansas forecast
Rain or snow possible Tuesday afternoon or night with cloudy skies. Overnight low around 25 degrees. Tuesday daytime high in the mid 30s. Union Cab V10-260 advised.
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Kansas
Christmas Day Snow Briefing From Weatherman and Police
The weatherman notes a brief Christmas snow respite with snow returning Tuesday afternoon or night. Temperatures in the 30s and winds 15 to 25 mph accompany partly cloudy skies. Police warn driving will be hazardous with snow and ice on highways and increased traffic Tuesday. Communal relief comes from large church crowds and holiday meals for inmates and county prisoners.
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Lawrence Area
Cer
City Jail
Two New Babies Born Here On Christmas Eve and Day
Christmas Eve brought a daughter to Clyde D. Biggers and wife at Lawrence Memorial Hospital at 1 03 a.m. Christmas Day born to Rubin L. Faulconer and wife at 2 46 a.m. both families of Lawrence.
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Lawrence
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Clyde D. Biguers
M. Y. St
Biggers
Rubin L. Faulconer
Conn. St
Queen Elizabeth Urges Youth in Christmas Message
In a Christmas broadcast to the British Commonwealth, Queen Elizabeth II appeals for the youth to serve humanity. She emphasizes humanity’s need for the selfless energy and vigor of young people to meet global challenges.
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London
Queen Elizabeth H
British Commonwealth
Crepes Suzette creator Henri Charpentier dies in California
Renowned chef Henri Charpentier, famed for inventing crepes Suzette after a kitchen accident for a future king, died of a heart attack in Redondo Beach, California. His career spanned Delmonico's New York and Monte Carlo, ending with a modest but famed Los Angeles restaurant serving intimate dinners and lessons in hospitality.
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Redondo Beach
Calif
Henri Charpentier
Suzette
Monsieur
Henri
Pring de Gaulle
Sivoy
London
Delmonico's
New York
Charpentier
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