Four Killed In Fiery Crash Near Abilene
Four persons die in a nighttime wreck at the junction of State Route 43 and U.S. 40 east of Abilene. Two victims are identified as Fort Riley soldiers Wallace F. Markham 23 and Jackie Smith 23 both from Indiana and Independence Kansas. The other two burned occupants are unnamed. Joan Rice 38 of Kansas City driver for Felton Truck Lines says the car veered into his westbound lane after a curve and struck head on. Rice suffers minor injuries.
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Abilene (P
Ft. Riley
Tom Nold
Wallace F. Markham
Diana
Jackie Smith
Independence
Kas
U.S. 40
Here
Joan Rice
Kansas City
Kus
Felton Truck Lines
Nold
Rice
Five U S Presidents who married twice list
The note states five U S Presidents married twice: Tyler, Fillmore, Benjamin Harrison, Theodore Roosevelt, and Wilson. It also mentions the Zambezi River crossing and a boundary, noting the river is 5 580 feet wide at the leap into the cleft.
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Zambezi
Northern Rhodesia
Southern Rhodesia
U. S
Tyler
Fillmore
Benjamin Harrison
Theodore Roosevelt
Wilson
Narrow Escape Near Valley Center Plane Crash
Tommy T. Doyle, 37, of Wichita, narrowly escaped death when his single engine plane struck a 13,000 volt power line two miles north of Valley Center while approaching a small airstrip. The impact damaged the lines but he landed safely. A stray sentence mentions a Spanish custom of presenting new mothers with Sherry after childbirth.
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Valley Center
Kas. P
Tommy T. Doyle
Wichita
Lline
Doyle
Fidelis Club studies sleep and plans doctor appeal
The Fidelis Club met December 1 with Mrs. Harold Bryan to hear a sleep lesson by Mrs. Henry Bernard and heard a report from Mrs. Byron Gray, also voting a gift to the Children's Service League. Members included Mrs. W. B. Poston and Roger Comstock among others. hostesses were Mrs. Bernard and Mrs. Walker. A public meeting to seek a doctor for Quenemo was planned for January with a brochure committee formed.
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Fidelis Club
Harold Bryan
Henry Bernard
Byron Gray
Children’s Service League
Bernard
Walker
Kate Owen
Stormont Vail Hospital
Topeka
W. B. Poston
Gordon Burns
Quenemo
Roger Comstock
Vietta Case
Charlotte
Connie
Earl Whitcher
Larry
Bob Underwood
Sue Underwood
Ottawa
Bessie McCurdy
Albert, Kas
Minnie Townsend
Louisburg
Laura Whitaker
Grace Elder
Ransom Hospital
C. J. Arnold
Independence
G. K. Wilson
Alton
Kansas City
Grand Junction
Colo
Richard Frost
Federated Church
Annex
Harley Cromwell
Fred Unger
Pete Geiler
Pete Johannes
Betty K
Homewood
Lyle Logan
Enid
Okla
Dick Logan
Neighbors Help Polio Couple This Christmas In Ojai
In Ojai California neighbors rally to support Betty and Herb Smith a Nordhoff High School teacher and nursery school teacher both stricken with polio they have lived in iron lungs since October with their two children Debra Susan five and Jody Lyn two while the community and the Ojai Valley Teachers Association mobilize to ease the burden including mortgage payments and child care assistance as the family faces an uncertain holiday season
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Ventura
Calif
Betty
Herb Smith
California
Ojai
Smiths
William H
Spokane
Wash
Nordhoff High School
Debra Susan
Jody Lyn
Herb
Jody
Smith
Ernestine Hix
Ojai Valley
GM Dealer Earns A Million From Dealership Tactics
Washington reports a GM official told senators that one dealer made about a million dollars in under 15 years while a benefit raffle yielded 2200 on a TV giveaway. The piece notes a Nordhoff high school football fundraiser and charity support from March of Dimes. It also cites veteran GM executives and dealer M Yager criticizing management as bullying and coercive regarding sales quotas.
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Washington
General Motors
Senators
William F. Hufstader
M. H. Yager
Pontiac
Albany
N. Y
Yager
Ford
Hufstader
Harlow H. Curtice
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N. Main
Saffron Glass Co
Santa Claus
SEARS
Charles Blum
Edmiston
Spain
Motorola
Fed
Pink! & Care
Tire and Battery Service
Myrtle Walker
Reed Walker
Michigan Valley
Frank Adams
By Marvin Sosna Ventura
Star-Free Press
Nordhoff
Debra
March of Dimes
Santa
Richardson
Penney
Fabulous Values
Coats
GROUP
Ladies
LA Martiniques
Cord
Weer
Weor
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