Orphaned Survivor of Boat Has Mixed-Up Thanksgiving
Terry Jo Duperrault, 11, the sole survivor of the Bluebelle tragedy, enjoyed a hospital Thanksgiving with a turkey dinner after a 30 day raft ordeal. She faces bereavement for her parents, brother, and sister while recovery continues in Miami. The case also involves captain Julian Harvey, who later died by suicide after learning of the survivor.
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Terry Jo Duperrault
Terry Jo
the Duperraults
Bahamas
Fred Duperrault
Green Bay
Wis
Mercy Hospital
Bluebelle
Duperrault
Mary
Julian Harvey
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Thanksgiving weekend traffic deaths near normal toll
The early Thanks giving holiday saw 45 highway fatalities and three fire deaths including two firemen in Times Tower fire in Times Square. Misty weather affected several areas such as Chicago where six traffic deaths occurred overnight.
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Times
Times Square
Chicago
Max Thomas Speaks At West Junior Thanksgiving Program
Rev. Mar Thomas associate pastor at Plymouth Congregational Church spoke at the West Junior High School Thanksgiving Day assembly. He addressed Getting Out of the Run of Doing What Comes Naturally or Traditionally at Thanksgiving. Alice Crumer introduced him. Brad Stuewe gave the flag salute and Connie Sickles offered the invocation. The ninth grade chorus opened with two religious numbers.
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Brad Stuewe
Connie Sickles
Police Dogs May See Duty At Kansas Missouri Game
Topeka and KU security officials consider bringing two Topeka Police Department canines and handlers to guard goal posts after the Kansas Missouri football game. Final approval hinges on resolving several operational questions.
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Richard Rychalski
Lawrence Considers City Shelter Plans With Survey Due
Civil defense leader Lindley outlines need for a strong local force and possible use of the National Guard in emergencies as world tension rises. He notes interest in fallout shelters grows after nuclear tests and a federal survey is expected in December with a government group visiting Lawrence next month to inspect public buildings.
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United States
Lawrence
All Washed Up
Five year old Deborah Perry answered that pilgrims came across the ocean so they could wash up God in the way they wanted, reflecting a kinder garten class discussion in Carlinville Illinois.
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Deborah Perry
Death of Duck Hunter Triggers Missouri Kansas City Probe
Kansas City police opened a formal inquiry into the death of Donald Lee Smith after an injury at Swann Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Chariton County. He died in a Kansas City hospital from a fractured skull and brain bleeding following an altercation with a federal agent during a goose blind dispute. Detectives questioned A L Homer and Mitchell Burch, cousins of the victim, as prosecutors noted possible transfer of jurisdiction to Kansas City. Ed W Speiser and Sheriff Bart Rice said investigation details were ongoing with coroner H D Garnett declining to call for an inquest.
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Violinist Jaime Laredo Headlines KU Concert Course
Bolivian born violinist Jaime Laredo will be the featured artist on the Kansas University Concert Course at 8 20 p m Wednesday November 29 in University Theatre Murphy Hall.
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Kansas University
University Theatre
Murphy Hall
Balaguer backs plan for civilian military stability junta
Dominican Republic president Joaquin Balaguer announced a provisional civilian military junta to stabilize the country as it continues erasing the Trujillo dictatorship legacy. He named Gen. Pedro Ramon Rodriguez Echavarria as secretary of state of the armed forces and his brother Col. Pedro Santiago Rodriguez Echavarria to lead the air force.
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Joaquin Balaguer
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Rafael L. Trujillo
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Armed Forces
Col
Pedro Santiago Rodriguez Echavarria
District Clerk Lucille Allison Elected Secretary Treasurer
Lucille Allison, clerk of the District Court, was elected secretary treasurer of the Kansas District Clerks Association this week. She and others from here attended the Kansas State Officers Convention in Wichita.
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Two KU Juniors Expelled Over TNE Ties
Two Kansas University juniors were expelled after police found Theta Nu Epsilon signs in a car trunk following a TNE incident. One student faced a stop sign and license charge, but the case remains pending while the other was not charged. Dean Donald Alderson declined to release disciplinary details.
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Kansas University
Theta Nu Epsilon
TNE
Donald Alderson
Too Much Thigh At Freedom High
Freedom Wisconsin AP report says faculty order girls to lower hemlines or go home after a discussion on skirts knee high or above. An observer notes thigh exposure in class while a male teacher calls it a distraction. Mothers receive notes warning knees may show when seated.
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Wis
Freedom High
Taxi drivers clash over parking on Massachusetts Street
Police said an argument occurred among taxi drivers over parking spots on Massachusetts Street. An arrest was made for public intoxication, theft of field glasses at the National Guard Armory was investigated, vandalism cases checked, and a minor hit and run scene noted.
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Fred Broeker
Broeker
Keating to Miss Game in Topeka Yanked by Schedule
Senator Kenneth Keating will not reach Topeka in time for the Kansas Missouri football game in Lawrence. He will pinch hit for Governor Nelson Rockefeller who canceled a fundraising speech to fly to New Guinea and aid in the search for his missing son.
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Kenneth Keating
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Keating
Nelson Rockefeller
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Security Council expected to drop Cuban invasion charge
U N delegates anticipate the Security Council will quietly abandon Cuba's claim that the United States threatens to invade the Dominican Republic. The session will hear the Dominican government before closing the case, amid Cuba and the Soviet Union pressing for a stronger stance that most members will not support.
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Adlai E. Stevenson
Fidel Castro
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Caribbean
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Big Horse Sale Set for Wichita Stockyards
Billed as the Midwest’s biggest sale, a two day auction at the Wichita Union Stockyards begins Saturday. About 600 horses from at least seven states and Canada will be sold with individual prices up to $2000.
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Midwest
Wichita Union Stockyards
Canada
Clear-Cut Policies Set for Reservists
The Defense Department issued a directive clarifying how reservists and National Guardsmen ordered to active duty are handled. It requires those who finished obligations but stayed in reserves to face active duty or resign, and sets uniform rules for medical and dental students deferring service. If not joining a program for early commissioning, they may be transferred to the standby reserve and drafted after training.
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Defense Department
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Roswell L. Gilpatric
KU Names Jack Mitchell Final Football Coach
Lawrence report notes Jack Mitchell ends year four as Kansas head coach after a 1957 Thanksgiving announcement of a three year deal and 15000 starting salary later a lifetime contract raised his pay to 17600. Missouri star Norm Beal is doubtful for the Kansas game with chest injuries. MU reports five regulars out, with Conrad Hitchler injured.
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Kansas University
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Norm Beal
Missouri
Kansas
Conrad Hitchler
Kidnap Suspect Jailed in Oregon
In Corvallis Oregon AP a 45 year old unemployed carpenter J C Wheeler was jailed on a kidnaping charge from last week. The victim eight year old Marjorie Schubert identified him from a lineup after he allegedly grabbed her on a Corvallis street on November 14 and held her for twelve hours in a mountain cabin before she was released unharmed near her home. Marjorie is the daughter of Mr and Mrs John Schubert whose father is an agricultural biochemist at Oregon State University.
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Ore
Marjorie Schubert
J. C. Wheeler
Wheeler
Marjorie
John Schubert
Oregon State University
Leavenworth Youth Dies After Downtown Collision
Warren Allen Seufert eighteen from Leavenworth died after a high speed crash in downtown Leavenworth during Thanksgiving visit. Driver David L Roberts eighteen said he had been drinking, driving sixty to sixty five mph. passenger Barry Rafter eighteen hospitalized. Otto Sparks twenty of Leavenworth led other car and escaped unharmed.
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Kan
Warren Allen Seufert
Seufert
Kansas State University
David L. Roberts
Otto John Sparks
Barry Rafter
Roberts
Seufert Family Ties Mentioned in WWII Era Burial
The paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. George J. Seufert of 2124 Ky.St. The boy's father died during World War II and is buried in Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery.
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Ky.St
Fort. Leavenworth National Cemetery
Thanking Dr Unger and hospital staff at Lawrence Memorial
John Unger thanks his doctor the nurses on the first floor as well as relatives friends and neighbors for every act of kindness shown during his stay at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
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