York Civilian Soldier of War Endured Yet Patiently Fights
Pioneering World War I hero Alvin York, once hailed by General Pershing as the greatest civilian soldier, lies bedridden at 72 amid illness and poverty. He faces Social Security pension efforts, medical costs, and a tax dispute over past earnings from a 1940s film. His wife Gracie tends him on their Tennessee farm as the family endures hardship.
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Argonne Forest
France
John J. Pershing
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Owen
Gracie
Yorks
Tennessee
Vic
Plans for UK College of Pharmacy Graduate Program
Lexington UPS reports plans for a University of Kentucky graduate School of Pharmacy. Dean Earl P Slee said current plans are in early stages with demand noted for a graduate program. Dr William S Apple cited staff and facilities as near ready with minor changes, potential cost around $6000 annually, and possible development within a year.
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Lexington
UPS
University of Kentucky
Earl P. Slee
Colege of Pharmacy
William S. Apple
Washington
Seasion
Bork
Slane
de Nowy
Ime Sa Sem
Hospitals Seek 16 Defense Construction Funds
Washington reporters note three congressmen urged the House Appropriations subcommittee to provide construction funds for 16 hospitals, arguing they serve critical defense needs. The hospitals, many in states represented by the lawmakers, include facilities in Huntsville, Anniston, Charleston, Barnwell, and Honolulu among others, with funds previously requested but denied in 1962. If not approved, the authorization could lapse.
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UPI
Congress
Kenneth A. Roberts
Ale
Frank A. Stubblefield
Mendel Rivers
D'S
Alabarma
Sayer
Lucas Faces Life Term
Adrian Michigan Henry Lee Lucas, 23, faced a life term after being found guilty of second degree murder in Lenawee County for the stabbing and beating death of Viola Lucas in Tecumseh. Sentencing was postponed pending a fencing investigation.
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Mich
UPI
Henry iLee Lucas
Ile
Ibe
I Viola Lucas
Blacksburg
Lucas
Lenawee
Opal Jennings
Shother
Adams the Humorist Dies in New York Nursing Home
Franklin P. Adams a famed humorist dies at 78 in a New York nursing home after a long career that included The Conning Tower and Information Please. He left a legacy in poetry prose and sharp wit and is survived by four children from a second marriage. Funeral arrangements planned.
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N.Y
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UPI
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Chicago Journal
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John Kieran
Clifton Pudimnan
Oscar Levant
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Mayer
Pos
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Evers
University of Michigan
Bee
Anthony
Fatty
Persephona
Jonahar
91 Year Old Lifelong Inmate Dies in Rhode Island Prison
The 91 year old Marty Dalton who spent 32 years in Rhode Island State Prison died during his jail term. Dalton, known as the longest serving lifer, never left the prison grounds after requesting to be returned when he briefly faced parole. He had a troubled past including a prior robbery and escape to Germany before returning to the United States.
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Cranston
R.I
Wiliam McKinley
United States
Martin Dalton
Rhode Island
Marty Dalton
New York
Marty
Fall River
Mass
Dalton
Yankee Dan
Anthony & Hoswell
Providence
Haswell
Germany
Ami
Atlanta
George Morgan
Hospital Notes From Middlesboro Hospital and Clinic
Dismissals and admissions listed with visiting hours and patient names. Includes dismissals at Middlesboro Hospital and Clinic and Middlesboro Memorial Hospital, plus births and various patient moves among local towns and cities.
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Hubert Rowland
Tazewell
Terry Chadwell
Joyce Rena Martin
Gty
Frank Turner
Rose Hill
James Scott Williams
Arthur
Ray Parker
City
Verlie Hatfield
Rose
Middlesboro Memorial Hospital
William L. Guy
Diliy Bell
Petp Christopher
Arfay
Claudine Brock
Stoney Fork
Thomas C. Lester
Gertrude Locke
Neiman
A. Standifer
City Admissions
Mattie Lee
Charles Eldridge
Alva
Brenda Daniels
Pathfork
Lonnie Stanley
Garmieda
Henry Davenport
Garritt Kirs
Jean Davis
Elmer Baker
William Hawkins
Williamsburg Men File for Seats in State and Local Races
FRANKFORT Three more candidates filed for office Wednesday with two seeking U.S. House seats. Ralph H. Sherman of Hazard, a Democrat, filed to represent the Tth District while Hoscoll C. Douglas, a Williamsburg Republican, filed for the Sth District. Lester L. Parrott of Crancroft Knox County filed for the unexpired term of Commonwealth's Attorney in the 27th District as a Republican.
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Mmore
U.S
Ralph H. Sherman
Hazard
Hoscoll C. Douglas
Williamsburg
Deaths and Funerals in Middlesboro Area
Luther Shackleford 32 died at home in Middlesboro Route 2 after living in Bell County. Survived by wife Lizzie Evans, and multiple children and relatives. Funeral arrangements by Cargood Funeral Home with burial at Yellowtit Cemetery. ministers Rev. Poore and Rev. Speely. Lewis H Whittle of Pathfork died in Middlesboro Hospital. body at Cawood Funeral Home. arrangements incomplete.
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Bridlesboro
Route 2
Bell County
Pearl and
Mary Miracle Shackleford
Lizzie Evans
Mft. Mary Baptist Church
Hartiwood Wmter Company
Middlesboro
Linie Shackleford
Jesse James
Levi Shackleford
Meoy
Linnie Lee
Danie Lee
William Henley
Eugene Evans
Peatt Shackleford
Tom Jett Shackle
James Miracle
Harlan
Billie Poore
Speely, Powers
Yellow Tit
Cawood Funeral Home
Lewis W. Whittle
Lewis H. Whittle
Pathfork
Midlesboro
Tne
Cawod Wuneral Fame
Middlesboro Man Maurice E Brown Dies at 68
Maurice E Brown 68 died at his Middlesboro home after a heart attack Monday night. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. from Fulton Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Russell Jones and Dr James Coates officiating. Burial in Rose Lawn Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers were nephews and local men. a Trinity Methodist Church quartet provided music. He was a retired bookkeeper and former magistrate known as Squire Brown. Survived by his wife Jessie B Brown a son Walter Brown and other relatives in Bristol and Knoxville. He moved from Knoxville to Middlesboro in 1916 after arriving in the area in 1912.
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Maurice Ti. Brown
Knoxville
Middlesboro
Squire Brown
Jessie B. I
Jestico
Walter Brown
Charles M. Brown
Bristol, Tenn
Earl Francheco
Robert Faucett
Alea McIver
Bristol
Tenn
Martin
Donald Td
Charles Southern
Knoxle
Fulton Furcalifome
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