Dying girl gives toys to homeless children
Seattle sixteen year old April Fleming facing death from disease asked Make-A-Wish to provide Christmas presents for homeless kids rather than personal gifts. In two days volunteers gathered toys and clothes for twelve children, and a board member dressed as Santa delivered them, bringing the girl to tears.
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Seattle
April Fleming
Make
April
Dean Forbes
Children’s Hospital & Medical Center
Barbara Swenson
Foundation
Santa Claus
Firefighter ties 679 cherry stems for Guinness record
Pensacola firefighter Al Gliniecki has earned a spot in The Guinness Book of Records by tying 679 cherry stems with his tongue. He says he grew up reading the book and expects his feat to stand until the 1996 edition is published.
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Pensacola
Fla
al Gliniecki
Pensacola Naval Air Station
Guinness
Gliniecki
Former officer confesses to 1959 wife murder in Minnesota
Leroy Moonen, a former Glencoe police officer, admitted to shooting his wife Jeanette Moonen in June 1959 during an argument. The death was ruled an accident until 1992 when re examined. Moonen, 60, is jailed on a murder charge after confessing during a polygraph test.
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Glencoe
Minn
Leroy Moonen
Moonen
McLeod County
Michael Junge
Junge
Winsted
McLeod
Minneapolis
Delano
Orville Reinke
Jeanette Moonen
Reinke
Moonens
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A Fleming
Travis Francis
Children’s Hospital and Medical Center
Frame & Fine Art
Is A.M
Giorgio
Beverly Hills
Thwestern Bell Mobile Systems
New Mexico
Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems
Midland Dr
Midland
E. 42Nd St
Odessa
Coors Rd
Hwy
Maindor
Spurrowaiels
Denver Cr
Texas
Denison
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