08 Dec 1961
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Newspaper
Portsmouth Herald
Location
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1961
Page
1
Fire enveloped a $100,000 mansion in Portsmouth Friday evening. Owner Thomas R. Farrell and his son were in the home with a housekeeper when flames consumed most of the structure. Fire marshal to investigate the blaze.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk will visit Madrid on December 16 on the way home from a Western forests ministers meeting in Paris. The State Department announced the trip, noting the talks with Generalissimo Franco and his foreign minister. The visit follows an invitation from Spanish Foreign Minister Fernando Maria Casti llay Maiz.
Special dividend checks are in the mail for New Hampshire Korean War veterans holding government insurance policies. VA official Richard F. Welch said about 135,700 dollars will be shared as a Christmas dividend, with eligible policyholders who convert to or exchange to type W plans to receive further letters. World War I veterans are not included, and the distribution comes from the RS fund with no further payments planned.
Hardware store proprietor Albert Abrar ham found a $20 bill in the mail with an unsigned note claiming it paid an un paid bill. His records show no such account and the matter remains unclear and unresolved.
Salm on Falls and Dover area residents appear in hospital and visit notices. Frances Grant of Frankl in St is treated at Wentworth‑Douglass Hospital in Dover. Patrick Duffy and Mrs M A Gruzewski are noted with hospital or travel connections. Several families relocate or visit in and near Dover, Manchester, Warner, Portsmouth, Keene, Winsted, Alden and Pittsburgh.
A malpractice case filed by C. Waterman of West Scarborough against Dr. Norf Meltier was dismissed yesterday in Superior Court by agreement of counsel. Waterman alleged medical errors and a settlement had been discussed prior to dismissal.
Fragmentary report notes wife Geraldine died months after childbirth from phlebitis. The text references Gyhrberg and suggests a delayed connection to the birth, but details are unclear. The piece reads as a local notice or obituary fragment with limited context.
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