Velvet Throat Band Stockade Annie Visits Fort Campbell
For 17 years Stockade Annie, a little lady in a long black dress and velvet throat band, has visited prisoners at the Fort Campbell stockade and nearby jails, continuing a rare family tradition.
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1960
Page
7
For 17 years Stockade Annie, a little lady in a long black dress and velvet throat band, has visited prisoners at the Fort Campbell stockade and nearby jails, continuing a rare family tradition.
An 83-year-old widow visiting Hopkinsville and Clarksville prisons speaks of a “rare family” with mixed reputations. She calls some inmates robbers or murderers yet asserts all are her children, while noting a nonrestrictive pass and her name on the visitor registry as mother.
VA home loan program for World War II veterans nears expiry with July 25 deadline. Korean War veterans have until 1965. nationwide and southern Ohio data show steep declines in applications and appraisals as funds shrink. Direct loan processing will cap at 500 active applications, with little chance of new loans beyond those on hand.
Medical journals note hypnosis aids in pain control during surgery and childbirth, weight loss, and habit change, while warning against overreliance. Experts cite safe use by trained professionals and expect it to become a lasting medical tool with clear boundaries.
Airman Vernon L. Hasty finished basic training at Lackland Texas and was selected for a technical training course in electronic communications and crypto systems equipment repair. He is a Middletown High School alumnus and the son of William E. and {surname} Hasty of 607 Gideon Road. Also serving aboard the Pacific Fleet storeship USS Zelima is John A. Bowser, machinist's mate second class, son of Carl R. Bowser of Mason Ohio, ranked third in the United States in value of agricultural products.
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