City Man Recalls European Journey With Noted Personalities
Pete Becker described a two month European trip with visits to the Holy Lands and hosting by Billy Graham at a Rotary luncheon. He toured London Beirut Damascus Jericho and Jerusalem with Dr H Tom Wiles and others including Cliff Barrows Grady Wilson and Don Moomaw. Becker showed slides of the House of Lords Athens Rome Florence Zurich and the Dead Sea. The trip ended mid June with illness prompting Mrs Becker’s early return. Alfred Warren Roberts enlisted in the US Marine Corps for four years and will report to San Diego for boot camp after recruiting steps in Lawton.
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Pete Becker
Europe
Billy Graham
Stratford Court Hotel
Holy Land
Rotary Club
C. Vernon Howell
Willard Baker
Proram
Graham
Cliff Barrows
Beverly Shay
Coleen Townsend Evans
Red Harper
Grady Wilson
Lee Fisher
Don Moomaw
UCLA
House of Lords
Becker
London
New York
America
Beirut
Lebanon
Damascus
Amann
Jordan
Paul Geren
Jerusalem
Jericho
River Jordan
Dead Sea
Nazareth
Israel
Athens
Rome
Vatican
Art
Colisium
Forums
Florence
Milan
Zurich
Switzerland
Alfred Roberts
Alfred Warren Roberts
Lillian Ollie Roberts
Summit
U.S. Marine Corps
Lee Laws
USMC
Lawton
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
San Diego
Calif
Marine Corps
Federal Building
West Winning Cold War In Southwest Asia
Charles M. McCann analyzes Soviet minimization of influence in Iran Turkey and Pakistan amid developing oil talks. Iran’s stance on joining Western security pacts remains cautious while Shah Pahlavi backs the West and Zahedi leads oil negotiations with the Anglo Iranian dispute nearing settlement.
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Charles M. McCann
United Press
Southeast Asia
Southwest Asia
West
China
Soviet Russia
Kremlin
Iran
Turkey
Pakistan
Mediterranean
Black
Caspian Seas
Himalaya Mountains
Soviet Union
United States
Russia
Near
Middle East
Shah Mohammed Riza Pahlavi
Fazlollah Zahedi
Western Alliance
Shah
Boy 13 Rescued After Seven Hours In Caved-In Well
HOPEWELL JUNCTION N Y A 13 year old boy named David Rank spent seven hours trapped at the bottom of a 10 foot hole while helping to dig a well. Rescuers propped the hole sides with a barrel and dug a trench under a state highway engineer guidance. He was freed unhurt except for slightly swollen legs.
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Hopewell Junction
N.Y
David Rank
David
Farms with Automobiles Dominate U.S. Agriculture
About seventy percent of all farms in the United States own at least one automobile, reflecting widespread mechanization and mobility in farming. The figure underscores the penetration of motor vehicles in rural operations and could influence farm economics and transportation policy.
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United States
Road from Gore to Cameron college to be rebuilt
Ten year retrospective notes a planned rebuild of the Gore to Cameron college road. Mentions Sgt Graydon Miller Jr. and Pfc Sherman Killian details as era snapshots. References US forces landing on Guam and other local notes including John Dillinger’s death and heat wave mentions.
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Constitution Files
Gore
Cameron College
Graydon R. Miller Jr
Graydon Miller Sr
Guam
Sherman R. Killian
Dave Killian
Saipan
Former Senator Blair Moody Dies in Hospital
Blair Moody former U S senator and Detroit News Washington correspondent died at University Hospital Ann Arbor Mich after a virus pneumonia Moody 52 had been campaigning for the Democratic nomination when he suffered a fatal reversal Doctors said he had been recovering from a lung infection and had resumed campaign preparations Moody is survived by his widow and three sons
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Blair Moody
U.S
Michigan
University Hospital
Cyrus C. Sturgis
Department of Internal Medicine
Moody
Senate
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Patrick V. McNamara
Detroit
Upper Peninsula
Hancock
Washington
Detroit News
Charles E. Potter
Pakistan Military Mission Formed Under Mutual Aid Pact
Washington announces a Pakistan military assistance advisory group to be led by Brig. Gen. William T. Sexton. The mission follows a May 19 mutual aid agreement and will enable dispatch of American supplies and equipment potentially totaling 75 million dollars in the first year.
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Washington
Defense Department
Pakistan
William T. Sexton
6Th Army
San Francisco
Man Heats Snake Out Of His Radio
In Shelby North Carolina J B Jolley found a snake head protruding from a radio He removed the radio to a shed and shook it until the snake would not move He finally attached an extension cord and turned on the set The heat from the tubes forced the snake to exit the cabinet.
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Man
Snake
Shelby
N. C
J. B. Jolley
Jolley
Pearl Worth 2500 Found by Japanese Expedition
A pearl over 25 carats, valued at about 2500 dollars, was found last month in the Arafura Sea between New Guinea and Australia by a Japanese expedition, according to Kyodo news service.
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Tokyo
Arafura Sea
New Guinea
Australia
Kyodo News Service
Hospital blackout coincides with newborn in Middletown
A storm cut a power line causing a blackout at Middletown Hospital during a delivery. Emergency lights came on as a baby boy, son of Chardele and William Smith, was born. Mother and child were reported to be doing fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Ohio
Chardele
William Smith
Redwood Log Safer? Log Sawed To Open Burns Freeway
In Arcata California a large redwood log was sawn in two rather than cut with a ribbon to inaugurate the Burns Freeway project. The log rested on two trucks as part of the ceremony marking the opening of the six and a half million dollar stretch.
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Arcata
Calif
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Oscar H. Jones
W. C. Lancaster
Sterling
Will Austin
Rotary
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Harry Routh
Fred Melton
C Avenue
Everett Thompson
D Avenue
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Bill Atterberry
Automotive Parts Inc
E Ave
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Modern Studio Group
Studio Divan
Chenille
Safeco
Companion Company
General Insurance Company of America
Howard & Howard
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JETS
American MorTors
Earl McKinney
Lee Blvd
Lawton, Oklahoma
GMC Hudson
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