Prophet of Doom Faces Sanity Fight in Michigan
Dr. Charles Laughead MSC physician once labeled a disaster prophet faced a petition by his sister to commit him and his wife Lillian to a Michigan mental institution. If committed, they would lose custody of their three children Charlyn 18 MSC freshman Jr 17 and Mari. Probate Court action sets a potential sanity hearing pending service of warrants.
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Lansing. Mich
Charles Laughead
Michigan State College
Laughead
Lillian
Michigan
Ingham County
Lansing
Margaret V. Laughead
Des Moines
Iowa
John A. Hannah
Dorothy Martin
Park, Mill
Martin
John McClellan
Oak Park
East Lansing
Auto
Knock on Wood Myth Traced to Ancient Superstition
Tree expert Martin L. Davey Jr. explains that knocking on wood stems from primitive roots where people beat bushes to frighten away demons and tapped trees to seek protection from favorable spirits believed to inhabit wood.
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Kent, CO
Martin L. Davey, Jr
Mike Still Hopes To See Nine Children
CLEARFIELD Utah Mike Katsanevas hopes to learn today if nine children can join him for Christmas in the United States State Department says passports for six children in Athens will be ready tomorrow but none for his wife who has acute amoebiosis The decision rests with the children and they may travel home by Christmas if they choose The lettered obstacles and shifts in help from officials and supporters are noted in Washington and Salt Lake City.
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Clearfield
Utah
Mike Katsanevas
Greece
Mike
Sam
State Department
Washington
Athens
United States
Naval Supply Depot
Salt Lake City
Korea
America
Naval Depot
Arthur V. Watkins
Rutah
Trans World Airlines
Watkins
Katsanevas
French Cyclist Set for Paris Texas Christmas Visit
A 19 year old French cyclist Guy Chassagnard arrives in Paris Texas for Christmas with planned stay at Paris Junior College president Dr J R McLemore. He tours from New York to San Francisco and rode in from Vinita Oklahoma with new cowboy boots.
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Paris
Tex
Guy Chassagnard
Chamber of Commerce
J. R. McLemore
Paris Junior College
Chassagnard
New York
San Francisco
Vinita
Okla
Oklahoma Court Denies Christmas Gift Acquittals for Three Convicts
Oklahoma Criminal Court of Appeals upholds guilt of Haynes H. Whisenhunt, Clarence Edward Smith, and Vernon Heath in separate cases. Whisenhunt gets two years for firing at Cattlemen's Cafe operator. Smith receives three years for stealing a 1951 Oldsmobile. Heath gets three years for stealing a white faced cow. Accomplice Billy Lee Mills received a three year suspended sentence.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Criminal Court of Appeals
Haynes H. Whisenhunt
Bryan County
Clarence Edward Smith
Tulsa
Vernon Heath
Cotton County
Whisenhunt
W. W. Brewer
Cattlemen's
Durant
Brewer
Smith
Billy Lee Mills
Mills
Ponca City
Heath
Floyd Dickson
Randlett
Institute forecasts lifetime earnings of 150000 dollars
The Institute of Life Insurance projects a starting worker today can expect a lifetime income around 150000 dollars. This figure highlights the long term earning potential for new labor entrants.
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The
Institute of Life Insurance
Two State Druggists May Lose Licenses
The state board of pharmacy will hold hearings on January 5 to determine whether to revoke the licenses of two state druggists convicted of narcotics violations. Cecil D. Jay of Pawnee and H. J. Eischeid of Ada sold restricted drugs in excess of the legal limits. Jay received a three year suspended federal sentence in Tulsa and Eischeid was fined $250 in Ada district court. Fred Hansen will represent the board in Oklahoma City, with Charles Switzer as board president. Last April the board revoked Woodard R. Mitchell’s Oklahoma City druggist license for a federal narcotics violation.
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Oklahoma City
State Board of Pharmacy
Cecil D. Jay
Pawnee
H. J. Eischeid
Ada
Jay
Tulsa
Eischeid
Fred Hansen
Charles Switzehf
McAlester
Woodard R. Mitchell
Father Rescues Tot Floating In Harbor
In Long Beach California an 18 month old girl fell into sixty feet of water at the harbor. Her father Donald C Newton 43 a oil well driller dove into the water and swam fifty yards to rescue the child as her sisters watched nearby. The child was floating on her back looking at the sky and not crying.
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Long Beach
Calif
Donald C. Newton
Fog shrouds Utah valley causing delays and crashes
A dense fog settled over the northwestern Utah valleys yesterday grounding aircraft and triggering numerous car accidents. Forecasters warn only a passing storm front can clear the area.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Clock Tower Narrow Escape Makes Pulis Watch The Hour
In Missoula Montana Richard Pulis fled a courthouse climb after a 75 pound hammer struck the bell signaling afternoon. He now delays any ascent until after the hour to avoid repeating the nerve jangling incident during Christmas carol recordings from the tower.
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Missoula, Mont
Richard Pulis
Pulis
Two Girls Admit Helping Escapees
In Norman Oklahoma two teenage girls Aleta McCarroll and Catherine Lester pleaded guilty to aiding two escapees from liverland County jail after smuggling 24 hacksaw blades into the jail. The two men Tony Lee McCarroll and Gerald D. Addington aged 19 each escaped for about an hour before police recaptured them. They escaped by cutting a cell and seizing keys and money. The girls face aiding an escape charges while the escapees face second degree burglary charges.
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Norman, Okla
Iveland County
Bo Lh
Tony Lee McCarroll
Gerald D. Addington
Norman
Billfild
Aleta McCarroll
Tony
Catherine Lester
Hez Bussey
Akihito Celebrates 21st Birthday With Family
Crown Prince Akihito, heir to the oldest throne, marks his 21st birthday with a private family gathering after years separated by court protocol. He enjoys school friends, favors home cooking, avoids tobacco and liquor, and reportedly seeks a partner chosen by his heart. The Asahi notes he mutters about reforming protocol and remains cautious on political topics and tuna safety orders.
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Tokyo
Akihito
Imperial Household Office
Asahi
Grandmother, 34, Has Triplet Girls in Hominy
In Hominy Oklahoma Mrs Cecil Morgan 34 gave birth to triplet girls yesterday increasing the family to nine children. The father a laborer asked what he would do with them. The mother's eldest daughter Mrs C M Vandever 16 is a parent of one child and expects another.
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Hominy, Okla
Cecil Morgan
C. M. Vandever
World zoo birth sets record eight cubs in Leipzig
Berlin reports at Leipzig zoo a lion born eight cubs, five surviving. The radio notes that in capitalist countries lions typically bear three or four cubs at most.
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Berlin
Leipzig
Betty Hutton May Get Divorce Friday
Betty Hutton and Charles O Curran may see a divorce decree granted in Las Vegas tomorrow. Her attorney notes service of papers in New York by Dec 23 with 21 days to answer. default decree possible if he does not respond. Hutton, 33, has retired from show business and previously obtained a California divorce in Santa Monica last July.
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Las Vegas
Betty Hutton
Charles O’curran
William Ruymann
O’curran
New York
Miss Hutton
California
Santa Monica
Alan Livingston
Records Company
Livingston
Calif
Elaine
Air Turns Liquid At Extreme Cryogenic Temp
A report notes air condenses into a liquid when cooled to roughly 235 degrees below zero Fahrenheit, illustrating extreme cryogenic behavior and phase changes in gases under low temperatures.
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