Old Soldier Died Happy After Someone Cared
Wilmer A Summerville a 73 year old WW I veteran blind and jailed died in a private nursing home of a heart ailment in Rome Ga He spent 46 days in Floyd County Jail after being refused government hospital admission Sheriff Joe Adams housed him in jail Dec 20 until Christine Perry operator of Cedartown nursing home offered free care He fell ill and doctors said a heart attack on Thursday He died Friday with a smile saying he knew someone cared Mrs Perry said he was happy at the end
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Rome
Wilmer A. Summerville
Summerville
Floyd County
Joe Adams
Christine Perry
Cedartown
Hijacked Ship Spotted North of Dutch Guiana
A Navy P2V search plane found the hijacked Venezuelan freighter Anzoategui 180 miles north of Surinam Dutch Guiana. The vessel was read as Anzoategui and circling at 12 knots on a 150 degree course moving south southeast. The ship had been seized by a Communist group and was not en route to Cuba.
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Washington
Navy
Anzoategui
Surinam
Dutch Guiana
Defense Department
Jacksonville
Fla
Department
Cuba
Late-Blooming Rose Seeks Mrs America Crown
Mrs Rose L Kent, 90, vies for the Mrs America title at Miami Beach April 22 26. She baked bread for 83 years and married 50 years while raising two now 62 and 59 year old sons. Kent has written articles and poems and even run for state legislature. Contest director Bert Nevins says the event honors homemakers, and Kent qualifies.
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Dorset
Rose L. Kent
Miami Beach
Bert Nevins
Flu Wave Expands Across Midwest From East Coast
A wave of influenza moving west from the Eastern Seaboard has reached the Midwest with Asian type flu confirmed in Illinois Michigan Ohio and Kansas. The first winter cases were reported in Robeson County North Carolina last month and pneumonia influenza deaths have stayed above epidemic levels for five weeks. Hospitals in St Louis report doubled admissions and Great Lakes Naval Training Center saw a peak in cases.
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Chicago
Seaboard
Midwest
Illinois
Michigan
Ohio
Kansas
Robeson County
North Carolina
Kentucky
West Virginia
Missouri
St. Louis
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Tennessee
Memphis
Thant Arrives in Jamaica For Four Day Visit
U N Secretary-General U Thant lands in Kingston Jamaica for a four day trip mixing official business with recreation.
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Kingston
Jamaica
U.N
U Thant
Vaughn’s transfer to new post faces payroll delay
VAUGHN SAYS he reported to Preble County work site but there was no time or payroll sheet. He was moved from Clermont County highway superintendent to engineer aide fourth class and faces a legal dispute with the state personnel board. Attorney Charles W. Jackson says the board refused to hear the case but Vaughn may seek court action.
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Batavia, Ohio
Alex Vaughn
Highway Department
Clermont County
Preble County
Vaughn
Charles W. Jackson
Board of Review of the
Department of State Personnel
Jackson
Review Board
Roaring Blaze At Canton Brick Wall Falls, 4 Firemen Hurt
Four Canton firemen were injured when a brick wall collapsed during a three alarm blaze that swept an old three story building near the business district. The Liberty Supply Co. store allegedly sparked the fire, with damage estimated at 75 000 to 100 000 dollars including the State Theater. The Deney Hotel residents were evacuated as flames raged for over three hours and all Canton fire units responded.
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Canton, Ohio
Canton
Paul Quinn
State Theater
Quinn
Liberty Supply Co
Cocktail Diplomacy K On Party Line
Soviet Premier Khrushchev returns to informal diplomacy at a reception linking China with the Soviet Union as the gravedigger of capitalism. He recalls his earlier party days, comments on French morals and capitalism, and reporters faced censorship shifts as he aged in public view.
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Khrushchev
China
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Moscow
Tass
African students plan exodus from Bulgaria after protests
Hundreds of African students in Bulgaria await funds or transport to join a mass departure. Ghanaian students accuse racist abuse and police violence after seven leaders of the All African Students Union were arrested. The Ghanaian ambassador said about 400 Africans in Sofia would leave if money were available.
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Vienna
Bulgaria
Radio Ghana
Sofia
J. L. Appah Sampong
Amsterdam
Robert Kotey
Kotey
Bitter Cold And Record Snow Hit The Northeast
The eastern two thirds of the nation faced a deep freeze with rain and snow nationwide. New York State bore heavy snow from squalls on Lake Erie and Lake Ontario with 13 inches between Rochester and Oswego, and 10 inches in Syracuse. Cities reported subzero to single digit temperatures as arctic air spread across the Northeast and into the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys.
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New York State
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
Rochester
Oswego
Syracuse
Watertown
N.Y
Massena
New England
Philadelphia
Boston
Washington
New York City
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Smithsonian To Get Glenn space suit
Washington AP says astronaut John H. Glenn Jr will present his space suit to the Smithsonian next Wednesday marking the first anniversary of his orbital flight. He will also donate the tiny American flag carried during the mission to the National Air Museum.
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Smithsonian
Glenn
Washington
John H. Glenn Jr
Smithsonian Institution
Institution
National Air Museum
Kennedy Tax Plan Faces Sharp Crossfire From Critics
President Kennedy's tax program draws fire from AFL CIO Vice President Walter Reuther and House Republican whip Leslie Arends. Reuther proposes a $1.50 weekly tax cut, saying Kennedy's plan is weak and late, while Arends argues against tax cuts that do not reduce government spending.
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Washington
Kennedy
House
Afl-Clo
Walter Reuther
Leslie Arends
Illinois
Reuther
Shakeup At State Harriman To Get New Assignment
Washington AP reports assistant secretary W Averell Harriman may take the undersecretary for political affairs post at State. The change would replace George McGhee who seeks a foreign assignment. President Kennedy aims to tighten operations and may add a new undersecretary to speed foreign policy actions. Harriman, 71, now leads Far Eastern affairs.
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Washington
W. Averell Harriman
State Department
Kennedy
Harriman
Russia
Britain
State
George “. McGhee
McGhee
Department
Dean Rusk
George W. Ball
Scientist crossbreeds potato with sponge for gravy hold
A quirky science joke notes a potato sponge hybrid that can hold a large amount of gravy, blending kitchen whimsy with playful science. The gag features a curious creature of culinary curiosity.
Four Die In Fiery Alabama Crash In Headland
In Dothan Alabama four people died in a late night crash when a propane gas truck collided with an automobile near Headland. Victims identified as Nancy Stokes 17 Mary Lene Oliver 18 Foy Lewis 24 and Herbert McGlown 129 all residents of Headland.
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Dothan
Ala
Wero
Nancy Stokes
Mary Lene Oliver
Foy Lewis
Herbert McGlown
Headland
Dirksen Vlundt Get Top Spots
Washington AP Sen Everett Dirksen Illinois and Sen Karl Mundt South Dakota are set to receive top Republican posts on the Senate committees for the 18th Congress. The GOP Committee on Committees expects to formalize the assignments Monday. In the Democratic camp Sen Frank Moss Utah complains of losing a Space Committee seat amid southern friction over anti filibuster stance while Democratic leader Mike Mansfield assures fair treatment.
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Washington
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Karl E. Mundt
South Dakota
Senate Committee On Committees
Frank E. Moss
Utah
Space Committee
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Dirksen to lead finance panel on Kennedy agenda
Dirksen will take the Republican opening on the Senate Finance Committee to supervise President Kennedy's priority tax and elderly health care legislation. Mundt keeps the lone GOP seat on Foreign Relations, which will review U.S. foreign policy for the next two years. Sentiment favored John Sherman Cooper for the Foreign Relations post, but Mundt's greater seniority prevailed.
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Dirksen
Kennedy
Mundt
Sen
John Sherman Cooper
Kentucky
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