Quadruplets Born to New York Teacher and Attorney
A New York grade school teacher and her attorney husband welcomed a set of quadruplets born by cesarean section. The mother Rhoda Brecker, about 90 pounds, and father Martin Brecker reported the four infants in satisfactory condition and placed in incubators for several days. The firstborn girl weighed four pounds, the boy two pounds 15 ounces, and the two younger girls three pounds 11 ounces and two pounds 12 ounces. Odds of quads are about 1 in 680,000 to 1 in a million.
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New York
UPS
Rhoda Brecker
Columbia- Presbyterian Medical Center
Martin Brecker
Auto Mishaps Leave 4 Dead In Oklahoma
Four people died in Oklahoma traffic crashes this week raising the year toll to 581. Victims include Olene Shipman 36 of Sulphur Alton Beamer 31 of Table, Donald Rutledge 31 of Oklahoma City and Teresa Stovall 15 of Vian.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Olene M. Shipman
Alton Beamer
Donald J. Rutledge
Oklahoma City
Teresa Stovall
Vian
Shipman
Ardmore
U. S. 77
Dorothy J. McSpadden
Lois R. Windham
Davis
Beamer
Tahlequah
Highway Patrol
Army Orders Highlight Promotions and Duty Assignments
Department of the Army issues promotions in Artillery and RA. Officers named include Lt Cols Promoted to Col David E. Foster Harold G. Wilson Moj to Lt Col Laurence K. Hannon Chester R. Metzke Corl F. Roark Morgan L. Weller Jr. Eugene L. Adove David W. Hughes and others. Senior Aviator designations awarded Curtis B. Lee Eddie D. Monroe Francis E. Worth. Various reassignments to destinations such as Washington DC APO 2 San Francisco Korea Managua Vietnam and Germany. Retirements and promotions culminate with retractions and service entries for several officers.
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Department of the Army
Washington, D. C
AAS
David E. Foster
Harold G. Wilson
Moj
Laurence K. Hannon
Chester R. Metzke
Cor! F. Roark
Morgan L. Weller Jr
Eugene L. Adove
David W. Hughes
Leon A. Pierce
Joseph Piserchia
Davis Ciaark
Jose A. Riovo Jr
Ronald B. Stevens
Rennie M. Cory
Gustave O. Benavides Jr
Lawrence M. Bird Jr
Michael G. Eason
Robert Lavcick
George M. Williams
Leonard F. Bergstrom
Charles J. Smith
Ft Bliss
Wallace N. King
Fairchild Afb
Mai
Sterling J. Hall
Waterbury
Fire kills four in California
Predawn blaze in Palm Springs destroyed the master bedroom of Beverly Colbert’s home killing Joan Davis’s mother Nina Mae Davis and Colbert’s two children Guy 7 and Larry 4 along with Colbert herself. Fire officials cited smoking as the fire’s cause.
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Palm Springs
Calif
Joan Davis
Commedienne
Beverly Colbert
Nina Mae Davis
Colbert
Guy
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Gillette Foamy Reg
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