Book Suggestions For Last Minute Christmas Gifts
A lighthearted column proposes gifting books as a quick thoughtful present. It pairs famous figures with humorous or thematic book titles, suggesting personalized picks like “So Fell the Angels” for the Brooklyn Dodgers and “The Life of the Party” for Dwight D. Eisenhower, among many others.
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Angels
Brooklyn Dodgers
Cleveland Indians
Harold Stassen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
Adlai
Casey Stengel Reflects On Living Every Day
Casey Stengel surveys life in brief maxims and quotes, urging readers to balance self discipline with humor. He frames daily choices as tests of character, citing friendship, love, and personal accountability as guiding stars for a full year.
Special Flights For Hungarians
Christmas parties are planned for military planes carrying Hungarian refugees to the United States. Air Force personnel at Prestwick Scotland are arranging festivities for refugees en route. The Air Force also dropped mail and gifts to remote Arctic outposts and sent an Oregon fir tree to Navy and civilian scientists at the South Pole for Christmas.
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Washington
Air Force
Prestwick
Scotland
Arctic
Navy
South Pole
Unusual Surgery Restores Child Lip After Highway Crash
In Saint Joseph Missouri a five year old boy from Kansas City named David York had his upper lip severed in a highway crash. Surgeons reattached it after rescuers found the missing piece in the wreck. Father Clyde York Jr mother Mildred York and younger brother Clyde were also injured in the ice crash ten miles south of the city. Highway patrol Sgt. Miller Asbury led the search and delivered the lip to the hospital stored in a snowball.
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St, Joseph
David York
Kansas City
U.S. 169
Here
Clyde York Jr
Mildred
Clyde
Miller Asbury
Highway Patrol
David
Gunman Robs Wichita Store
A gunman robbed a Wichita Safeway late Saturday, taking about $2,000 after entering the backroom and delivering a note threatening to shoot to kill. Manager Donald Dickenson described the incident and said the assailant acted with three accomplices.
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Wichita
Safeway
Donald Dickenson
Robbery Suspect Escapes After Demanding Cash
A man brandished a demand for money in a robbery, Dickenson said he saw only one assailant who fled after obtaining funds. Police continued to investigate the incident and reviewed nearby surveillance for clues.
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Lus
Dickenson
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Jess Gilmore
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