Sight Restored After 12 Years
John Howard Griffin, 34, famed author of The Devil Rides Outside, reports his sight unexpectedly returning on his parents' farm near Mansfield Texas after 12 years of blindness from a World War II injury. A doctor confirmed the blockage in circulation had suddenly broken as blood flowed to the optic nerve, yielding disbelief and joy as Griffin identified a blue coat and read a note.
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Mansfield
John Howard Griffin
Griffin
South Pacific
Princeton area notices and ARL meeting report
Community notices list March of Dimes fund drive chairmen and Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic activities in Princeton. The GAR held a regular city hall meeting with Oma Rob erts presiding and officer installation. Numerous social visits and dinners are noted among local families and visitors from Ottawa Lawrence Pawhuska and Leavenworth with several Sunday and New Year gatherings.
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Princeton
March of Dimes
Dale Dieterich
Neil Anderson
Grover Froggatte
Gene Lyons
Dean Martin
Elmer Sutton
Leroy Wasmund
Princeton Circle 38
Grand Army of the Republic
Oma Roberts
Goldie Walden
City Hall
Mmes
Nola Morgan
Effie Marts
Laura Morgan
Marion Schmitt
Pearl Hall
Eva Schmitt
Grace Harms
Cy McGinnis
Bertha Taylor
Bill
R. C. Drummond
Fred Drummond
Pawhuska
Okla
Lucy McGinnis
Lucille
Karen ,Andrews
Jim McCrea
Ottawa
Bill Reekie
Chris
Penny
Homewood
Ella Lantz
Otto Seigele
Emporia
D. E. Dumbauld
Hugh Tarbet
R. E. Hamilton
Jean
Kenneth
Minnie Oswald
Leslie Stevenson
Lawrence
Ralph Hobbs
Stevensons
Charles Weir
Marlin Weis
Weis
McAloon
August Pierce
Raymond Schott
Loy
Dean Knight
Debra
Nancy
Reed Richardson
Carl
Merle Heckman
Wayland Kirkland
Rantoul
Ray Feuerborn
John’ Guy
Jim Bushfield
Jane
Coltrane
Gene Sawyer
Rob Knight
W. Je. ‘Beekie
Larry
Emory. Howell
A. F. Bonskowski
Reed “Richardson Carl
Bob Knight
Roy, Don
A A Johnson’s four children born in distinct cities
A.A. Johnson, former deputy U S Secretary of State for Far eastern Affairs, has four children born in Washington Tokyo Seoul and Rio de Janeiro, each in a different city, tying his family to diverse international locales.
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A.A. Johnson
U.S
Washington
Tokyo
Seoul
Rio de Janeiro
Change In Grading Grain Would Be Loss To Farmers
Kansas City Missouri farmers would lose over 10 million dollars if proposed changes to wheat marketing standards are adopted. Arthur J. Loutch of Missouri says losses could occur in Kansas and elsewhere. The hearing by the Agriculture Department gathered opposition from producers and marketers. The changes aim to ensure cleaner higher grade wheat while raising potential costs for local elevators and grain dealers.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Arthur J. Loutch
St. Louis
Grain and Feed Division
The
Missouri Farmers Assn
Agriculture Department
Kansas
Louth
Cox
Ken Kendrick
Stratford
Tex
National Wheat Growers Assn
Chicago
Minneapolis
Portland
Ore
General Twining's Army Start Marked by Infantry Service
Gen Nathan F. Twining, chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force, began his military career in the infantry, tracing his early service record through ground force assignments and training paths.
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Nathan F. Twining
U. S. Air Force
Infantry
Bike Rider Killed In Joplin Collision
A 14 year old bicycle rider Benton Turner died when he rode into the path of a car driven by Dempsey G Williams 38 of Galena Kansas on a Joplin road. The boy was the son of Mrs Stella Turner of Sarcoxie.
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Joplin, Mo
Benton Turner
Highway Patrol
Dempsey G. Williams
Galena
Kas
Stella Turner
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Art Donart
Fall River
Bob Hamilton
Nevada
Calvin Shaffer
Debbie
Fink
Garnett
Earl Gilliland
Colony
Weir and McAloon
Carrie Hoyle
Charles Peters
Clarence Hetzel
Richmond
Doyle Hetzel
D.C. Guffey
8. R. Knight
Marcia
Centerville
Loy Dean Knight
Clarence Oswald
Bob’ Knight
Duane Montague
Julia
Pomona
Edgar Swanks
Ifamily
Don Ferguson
Boyce Stinson
G. H. Stinson
E. D. Young
Oklahoma City
R. G. Hobbs
Amarillo
Texas
Jerry Hobbs
George Atchison
Robert Lickteig
Josie Atchison
Earl Schmitt
Judy
Pat
Jon
Lee Schmitt and
Allen ofOttawa
Harry Beall
Edna Smith
Mafien
Seediess
America‘s Finest
Vous
Pounas
Swift
Allo
Nin
Kraft
Frank Wessale Lowa
Woodbury New Soap
Arko
Royal Cox
Iola
Kansas Grain and Feed Dealers Assn
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