Roy O. Disney Dies in California at 78
Roy O. Disney, 78, died of a cerebral hemorrhage late Monday night at St. Joseph's Hospital in Burbank California. He was the chief executive and driving force behind the Disney empire after Walt's death in 1966, overseeing the Orlando Disney World project and maintaining the company’s wholesome image with strong cash flow and bond activity. Roy and Walt, born in Chicago and raised in Missouri, built the studio from a small partnership after initial loans, with Roy later guiding finances and expansion.
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Trainee cannonball test firing offered in Syston fair
Showman Joe Weston Webb advertises a trainee cannonball job at a local fair. The selected person will be paid $54 each time they are shot from a two foot wide six foot long cannon during test firings.
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Kennedy era pullout view fuels Vietnam debate on NBC report
NBC News White Paper on Vietnam hindsight cites Robert Kennedy first to urge total U.S. pullout from Vietnam. Roger Hilsman and Gen Maxwell Taylor are quoted on Kennedy reacting to Diem’s murder and the coup.
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Kidney victim offered help from multiple donors
A 15-year-old girl, Rose Marie Raymond of Tarzana, faces death without a kidney or dialysis. Donations offered include a kidney from Roy Donaldson of San Francisco and dialysis machines from a Stockton man and New York officials, but medical viability remains unclear.
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Newcomerstown Nineteen Year Old Sworn In as Mayor
Ron Hooker aged nineteen was sworn in as mayor of Newcomerstown Ohio. He arrived at city hall in a 1925 Model A Ford and will begin a four year term on January 1. Hooker ran as a non partisan write in candidate and won by a landslide amid bribe offers he declined.
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