15 Year Old Basham Accused of Killing His Father
Charleston report on 15 year old Jimmy Basham, an East Bank High student, who says he thought he did the right thing after shooting his father Charles Ted Basham, 45, a coal miner, while he slept. The boy pleads innocent as prosecutors pursue the case.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
Jimmy Basham
East Bank High School
Charles Ted Basham
Hansford
Frank L. Taylor
Girl Walks Again After Rare Leg Operation
Marilyn Kay Howard of Charleston Illinois, age 13, who has suffered 22 leg fractures since age two due to osteogenesis imperfecta, is learning to walk after a radical surgery at the University of Illinois research hospital. Surgeons inserted steel rods in her legs by slicing and threading bone segments onto a stainless steel rod. She now uses crutches and braces less, with x ray evidence of thicker bones. doctors foresee possible removal of rods as she grows. She attends Illinois Children's Hospital in Chicago and her mother Marcella Brooks works at Eastern Illinois State College in Charleston.
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Associated Presse
Chicago
Marilyn Kay Howard
Charleston, II
University of Illinois Research Hospital
Marilyn
Dlinois
United States
Tlinois Children’s Hospital
Marcella Brooks
Eastern Illinois State College
Charleston
Decatur
Principal of High School No Longer Has Nervous Stomach
A 1950 Vincent Alabama letter touts HADACOL as a cure for nervous stomach and deficiency symptoms. Principal D B Smith credits relief to the medicine after diet and stress. Ad copy promises vitamins and minerals and money-back guarantee with trial sizes priced at $1.25 and $3.50.
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Tam
Vincent High School
Hadacol
D. B. Smith
Smith
The
LeBlanc Corporation
Telegraph Managers Got a Cut on Race Bets
Investigators reported confidential files seized in a raid on a national betting headquarters showed extensive wagers handled through Western Union managers. Police arrested Sidney Wyman and Steve Montefelice. Wyman called a current kingpin of the gambling fraternity. Western Union offered 25 percent of winnings after expenses.
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Associated Press
St, Louis
Western Union
Sidney Wyman
Steve Montefelice
Stanley Wallach
St. Louis County
Wyman
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
C. J. Rich & Co
New York City
Western Union Telegraph Company
November 11 and unseen trees named by botanists
Under the Roman calendar, November 11 marked the start of winter per Britannica. Many trees remained unnoticed as distinct until botanists discovered and named them.
Beef consumption share in normal times cited
A historical note states that Americans make up under six percent of the global population yet consume at least a quarter of the world’s beef in normal times. The assertion highlights high per capita meat intake and global population share.
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United States
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