Jerrie Cobb First Flying Lesson Opens Her Skyward Path
Jerrie Cobb details her first aviation lesson at age 16 in Oklahoma City, under coach J H Conger. She describes the Waco biplane, the training, and her solo as a pivotal moment, with family support and early work to fund flying. The piece previews her ongoing campaign to break barriers in space exploration.
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Jerrie Cobb
Waco
America
J. H. Conger
Classen High School
Oklahoma City
Conger
German escapes across border under fire at Berlin frontier
BERLIN AP A East German border guard fired about 20 shots at a refugee but the man, 20, escaped unharmed to the West today. He dashed through a railroad yard on the border between the French sector and East Berlin seeking freedom.
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Berlin
East Berlin
Senators Tour Proposed Park in Kansas Grasslands
Six U.S. senators toured a vast Kansas prairie region near Manhattan seeking support for a proposed 57,000 acre national grasslands park. Opponents, led by cattlemen including Carl Bellinger, voiced concerns while officials and Gov. Anderson supported park creation. A public hearing at Kansas State University was set, with witnesses from the National Park Service and local landowners observers.
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Manhattan
U.S
Kansas Park
Public Lands
Kansas
Turtle Creek
Carl Bellinger
Stewart Udall
Bellinger
Earl Moyer
Dave Carlson
Kansas State University
National Park Service
John Anderson
Senators
Twin Mounds
City of
Turtle Creek Dam
Sen
Simpson
Bible
Park Service
Kansas State
Jerry Tomnek
Fort Hays
Kansas State College
Congress
Anderson
Bring Your Teddy Bear Too to Hospital Stay
Betty Jo Patterson of Media is to enter Lankenau hospital in Philadelphia for a tonsillectomy this weekend. The hospital advises bringing a pair of pajamas a toothbrush a comic books and your teddy bear for comfort during the stay.
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Media, Pa
Betty Jo Patterson
Media
Lankenau Hospital
Philadelphia
Child Health Notes From Local Parishes and Hospitals
A series of brief items reports a three year old girl Kimberly Kratsberg undergoing plastic surgery at St. Margaret's Hospital to treat injuries from an iron incident five weeks prior. Other notes mention Margaret Orton released after eye removal in St. Louis, Fern Benton breaking a hip, and a birth for Jacqueline Rae Chandler at Anderson County Hospital. Additional visits include Frank Dietrich and Raymond Coleman families in Fayetteville, plus several travelers visiting relatives in St. Louis, Junction City, Chula Vista, and Kewanee.
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Kimberly
Gene Kratsberg
St. Margaret's Hospital
Weeklong visits from relatives span several states
A long list of visitors arrives at local homes, including Mrs. Chris Mersman, Mrs. Nellie Mossburg of Dainsville Missouri, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mossburg and children from Omaha Nebraska visiting Harold Robertson, and additional guests from Indianapolis Joliet Baltimore and Sturgeon. Wayne Riley undergoes surgery at Anderson County Hospital.
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Nellie Mossburg
Dainsville
Robert Mossburg
Omaha
Nebr
Harold Robertson
Jack Palton
Indianapolis
Ind
John Strobel
Katherine Layfield
Ernest Kirk
Pamela
Cheryl
Julio Ann
Joliet
Ill
Arnold Roeckers
Wayne Riley
Anderson County Hospital
Marvin Pickett
Leavenworth
Junior Fagg
el Dorado
Russell Bailey
Lawrence
Everett Pickert
Kansas City
Clifford Briggs
Chris Pickert
W. L. Striplin
Baltimore
Willard Willey
Sturgeon
John Hull
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Jane Rieker
Carolyn
Sheppard Field
Dad
Aeronca
Moore
Prentice-Hall
Peace Food Center
Ottawa
Tecumseh
Ottay
D Garnett
Roa
Senators Tour
Alan Bible
Nevada
Len Jordan
Idaho
Milward Simpson
Wyo
Frank Moss
Utah
Quentin Burdick
N.D
James B. Pearson
Kan
Pearson
Beller
Americas
Child Has
Mabel Cnandler
Margaret Orton
St. Louis Mo
Bill Orton
St. Louis 21
Fern Benton
Sunneymead
Calif
Frank Dietrich
Mrs
Raymond Coleman
Fayetteville, Ark
Bill Chandler
Jacqueline Rae
J. R. Barker
Chula Vista
Darrell Hutchinson
Junction City
Don Clary
St. George
Gene Vining
Robert Eugene Mersman
Kewanee, Ill
Barbara Mersman
Louis Appelhans
St. Louis
Chris Mersman
Oldsmobile
Moore Chevrolet-Olds, Inc
Keefe Brasselle
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Albright's
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