Cab Driver Bets Life for 50 Dollar Float
Police traced the story of Raymond J Long a Kansas City Maryland taxicab driver who tried to reach New Orleans in a 16 foot aluminum rowboat for 50. He was seen clinging to a capsized craft about 3 am Friday eight hours after the voyage began near Missouri City. A duffel bag with RJ L initials was found ashore along with the boat.
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Kansas City
Raymond J Long
New Orleans
Virgil Ryne
Ryne
Barnitz Bank Report of Condition 1964 Middletown Ohio
Report of condition for the Barnitz Bank of Middletown Ohio dated 1964 shows total assets of 28,118,110.20 and total deposits of 25,614,606. Territorial figures include government obligations, loans, and premises. Signatures: C R Tiemann cashier-comptroller and notary Walter R. Bender.
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Barnitz Bank
United States
Medey Savings
U States
Fearoe Sn Deont Fasc
U. & Government
Jana Trust Department
YWCA Elects President for Second Three-Year Term
Mrs. Archie D. Marvel of Hastings Nebraska was re elected president of the YWCA USA for a new three year term. The announcement closed the organization’s 23rd national convention which drew about 2000 delegates over six days.
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Cleveland
Archie D. Marvel
Hastings
Neb
Young Women’s Christian Association of the
U.S.A
YWCA
Siberian sable prized fur drives interest in marten-like animal
The Russian sable, a small marten-like mammal from Siberia, yields highly valued fur. Its distinctive coat has long fueled trade and fashion demand across regions.
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Siberia
Free Programs Draw Big Crowds At New York World Fair
New York World’s Fair weekend drew sunny crowds with heavy Sunday worship attendance. Attendance reached 765,908 for five days, while long lines built at exhibits including General Motors Ford and the Vatican Pavilion. Seven people were lightly injured when a cart train struck an arch. Princess Christina of Sweden visited the Swedish Pavilion. Swed ish Day highlighted the event as lines stretched at many exhibits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
General Motors
Ford
Christiana of
Sweden
Churches of Christ
Vatican
Michelangelo
Kennedy says Robert Kennedy unlikely to seek 1984 office
Senator Edward M. Kennedy says Robert F. Kennedy will not run for public office in 1984. He notes a possible run by his brother would likely be in Massachusetts and calls the idea premature.
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Robert Kennedy
Brother Avers
Boston
Edward M. Kennedy
D - Mass
Robert F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
WDZ
Conference Opens as Methodists Face Race Challenge
The 1984 General Conference of the Methodist Church opens in Pittsburgh with 900 delegates and a focus on eliminating racial segregation. Bishop Gerald Kennedy urges action to remove the Central Jurisdiction and stresses the creed that all people are equal and of eternal worth. Pickets outside protest segregation as delegates discuss to May 9, with about 10.8 million U.S. members and 1.5 million abroad represented.
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Pittsburgh
The
Methodist Church
Gerald Kennedy
Los Angeles
Kennedy
Council of Bishops
U.S
Known Slayer Suspected In Boy's Disappearance
Humboldt Tennessee police and FBI agents search for Dennis Burke missing since Friday and for Dennis Bryan Jr. of Audubon Park New Jersey an FBI top ten fugitive sought in the slaying of 10 year old John Daniel Robison in Mount Pleasant South Carolina. A dragnet around a square mile of Humboldt was halted but inquiries continue.
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Humboldt, Tenn
FBI
Humboldt
West
Tennessee
Dennis Burke
Joseph Francis Bryan Jr
Audubon Park
N.J
South Carolina
Joe Riding
Bryan
Hum
John Daniel Robison
Mount Pleasant
S.C
Hallandale
Fla
Riding
Burke
Dennis
Richard Burke
Ex-Judge William D. Driscoll wins libel suit
Former Toledo Municipal Court Judge William D. Driscoll is awarded 350000 in a libel suit against the Toledo Blade Co. He sought half a million, was represented by Melvin M. Belli, and argued he was defamed by a Times editorial on November 2, 1960, and a Blade editorial on November 5, 1960 during his re election bid.
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Toledo, Oh
Toledo Municipal Court
William D. Driscoll
Toledo Blade Co
The
Blade Co
Driscoll
Melvin M. Belli
Jack Ruby
Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Times
Blade
Michael Visalle
Southern Presbyterians debate civil rights policy at assembly
Southern Presbyterians debated how to act on civil rights with a general policy favoring the movement. They rejected merging all Negro and white presbyteries and kept future meetings in integrated churches while delaying policy changes for next year due to contracts with Memphis Second Presbyterian. The assembly urged Memphis to drop racial barriers before 1965. Mother's Day gift guidance followed with product picks from local shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
U.S
Second Presbyterian Church
Memphis
Francis Perrin
Huntsville
Ala
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Ohio
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Hauselman
Russ’ TV
Celer & Slack & White TV
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AERIE
Methodists
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Boy
Karl W. Dissley
Montreat
N.C
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Davidson
Magic Secret
Helene Curtis
McAlpin
IRENE
Salon of Beauty
Irving's
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Zenith
Miles Warehouse
Freezer
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