Wheelchair Dad Traverses City For Sick Baby
Ted Ramirez, 44, confined to a wheelchair, wheeled eight miles to Ben Taub Hospital with his 14 month old son on his lap after running out of money for transport. It took four hours as his son walked beside him at times to steady the chair. Doctors treated the baby’s ear infection and Ramirez’s blistered hands and gave money for a taxi home. Ramirez, whose knees were damaged in 1973, receives welfare and disability payments for a family of 16.
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Ted Ramirez
An &Fear Old Son
Ben Taub City- County
Ramirez
James Watkins
Richard Hathaway Earns $100 From First Haircut in 145 Years
Richard Hathaway received $100 on a Wednesday in Vancouver for his inaugural haircut in 145 years. Barber Salvi cut long locks that Alfieri will later craft into a wig, while Lasenr Hoto noted the unusual milestone.
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Richard Hathaway
Vancouver
Salvitore Alfieri
Ap Lasenr Hoto
Optimistic Pet Store Trends Signal Economic Upturn
Lewiston shoppers at Downcast Pet Center buy smaller dogs this Christmas, signaling a potential economic upturn. Proprietor Sheldon Segall notes small breeds like Pomeranians and toy poodles sell faster than collies or shepherds, framing dogs as luxury items and mood indicators for the year ahead.
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Lewiston
Maine
APY
Sheldon Segall
Segall
Sinatra sends two $1,000 checks to Kelso center
A letter to the Hose Valley Youth Center in Kelso Washington contained two $1,000 checks from Frank Sinatra. The center had been organizing a celebrity auction with a $1,000 goal and Sinatra's signature was confirmed after the discovery. The donation was reportedly arranged by his financial adviser.
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Kelso, Wash
Nathan Golden
Hose Valley
Frank Sinatra
Sinatra
Graham in India Preaches Across Four States
Billy Graham arrives in Calcutta to preach in four states as part of the Boas in India good news festival. Sponsors link his crusade to relief efforts after recent typhoon devastation in three states.
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Crusade
India
Calcutta
Billy Grahhamis
Graham
Nixon letter fetches record price at New York auction
A December 14 1971 Nixon letter to Brig Gen Thomas A Aldrich sold for 6250 at the Waldorf Astoria auction. Mery Benjamin bought the document, setting a living person letter price record. the prior high was 3000 for a Jacqueline Medy letter in 1967.
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New York
Richard Nixon
Waldorf-Astoria
Charles Hamilton
Nixon
Thomas A. Aldrich
U.S. Air Force
Azores
Mery Benjamin
Walter R. Benjamin, Inc
Hunter
N.C
Jacquelise Medy
Santa in Herald Square Charged After Slip Reveals CourtOrder
In Herald Square a paper slip fell from a Santa suit directing Michiel McBride 20 Manhattan to appear in court last October 96 on an attempted grand larceny charge. Transit Authority officer Eatwin Cassar stopped the scene and McBride was taken to court for failing to answer the original charge.
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New York
Santa Claus
Herald Square
Santa
Michiel McBride
Manhattan
Transit Authority
Eatwin Cassar
McBride
Gas-spill prank drains sewers in Boston early today
About 600 gallons of gasoline spilled from a service station pump into Boston streets and sewers triggering explosions that blew manhole covers and started fires. Fifteen residents evacuated, five treated for smoke inhalation as firefighters flushed sewers along Commonwealth Avenue.
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Boston API
Boston
Brighton
Commonwealth Avenue
Burly
Ex-mayor’s son admits 1963 Albany coed murder
Albany California filed report states ex-mayor’s son, 33, surrendered amid murder investigation into Judith Williamson, Berkeley coed missing since Oct 9 1963. Lawyer says no proof for murder charge. police previously believed him the killer though no conviction. Williamson’s body was found years later with 14 stab wounds.
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Albany
Calif
Berkeley
Mintz
Egenberger
Chicago
Genberger
Joseph A. Egenberger
Jensen
Beenberger
Miss Williamson
Albany High School
Two Bermuda executions after black riot roils island
Two Black Beret Cadres members Erskine Burrows and Larry Tacklyn were hanged at dawn after a night of rioting by black youths. Burrows slain Bermuda governor Sir Richard Sharples and aide Captain Hugh Sayers and Tacklyn involved in police and supermarket killings.
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Bermuda
Erskine Burrows
Larry Tacklyn
New York
Burrows
Tacklyn
Black Beret
Richard Sharples
de Camp
Hugh Sayers
George Duckett
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