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Newspaper

Ottawa Herald

Location

Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America

Date

May 08, 1957

Page

8

Security Payments Aid Stricken Family After Fire

An explosion at the Cary Poindexter home in Santa Barbara California January 10 left Mrs Poindexter badly burned and dead, leaving seven children. Social Security will provide total payments of 19568 over 16 years, starting 114.10 monthly, then 71.80 after 1973 for the twins Linda and Brenda, under provisions for working mothers. Payments end at death, marriage, or when children reach 18, with dependents defined by insurance and support criteria.

Cary Poindexter Santa Barbara Calif Linda Brenda Social Security

Sparrows Marooned On Oil Rig Grow Restless

More than a dozen sparrows stranded on a Kerr McGee oil rig off the Louisiana shore for seven months show signs of neurosis. Public relations director Ross Cummings says the birds cannot see land and are afraid to fly. They nested on the rig at Pascagoula and remained after it moved to the Gulf of Mexico in the Cameron area last November. Workers feed them scraps.

Oklahoma City Louisiana Ross Cummings Kerr-McGee Oil Industries, Inc Pascagoula Miss Gulf of Mexico Cameron

Topeka Pastor Heads Kansas Council of Churches

Dr Roy Grady of Topeka is elected president of the Kansas Council of Churches announced at the annual banquet. Vice presidents are Rev E B Hicks and Mrs Ernest Tonsing of Topeka, recording secretary Claire Anderson of Hutchinson, treasurer Charles Everett of Wakarusa, with Rev J Russell Throckmorton of Hays named director.

E. B. Hicks Ernest Tonsing Topeka Claire Anderson Hutchinson Charles Everett Wakarusa J. Russell Throckmorton Hays

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