Tommy Smith, blind second grader shines at Hamagrael
In Delmar Albany area Tommy Smith, a blind first grader at Hamagrael Elementary, stands out at promotion ceremonies by playing piano, using a specialized typewriter, and making alphabet letters with a peg board. He reads as well as peers, shapes letters with raised cutout books, and learns arithmetic through tactile tools. his mother crafted some of the fur and fabric books.
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Albany
N.Y. Ufi
Tommy Smith
Hamagrael
Delmar
Ale
Tommy
Eight day fawn cared for at Bournemouth shelter
An abandoned eight-day-old fawn is being bottle-fed at a Bournemouth animal shelter where 444-month-old Robert Hughes serves as superintendent's son. The pair, fawn and boy, form an unlikely friendship as caretakers monitor the bottle-feeding routine.
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Fawn
Bournemouth
England
Robert Hughes
Burgess Named NATO Delegate and Other News
President Eisenhower nominated W Randolph Burgess, undersecretary of the Treasury, as the U S permanent representative to NATO. Senate confirmation needed. In Jackson Florida GPW B Saxon reports a stray egg hatched by itself in a nest behind a house, surprising the caretaker who had placed it there for hens to incubate.
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Washington
W — Predentenhower
W. Randolph Burgess
The
Treasury
U.S
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Catmell
Jackson
Fla
B. Saxon
Fire Peril Critical in State
California faces extreme forest fire danger during an early summer heat wave. State and federal foresters urge caution with cigarettes and campfires as drought and lush grass heighten risk. Aerial tankers and smoke jumpers are deployed statewide amid a record 224 brush fires in 24 hours.
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San Francisco
State Forestry Department
California
Cait Nelson
Dires Ral Resources
Charles A. Connaughton
U.S. Forest Service
Connaughton
Los Angeles
Trained by Russians Egyptian crews learn sub tactics
Western observers report Moscow secretly trained Egyptian naval crews at the Polish base in Gdynia for six months to operate Soviet submarines. The move appears tied to a broader campaign to bolster Gamal Abdel Nasser’s standing and pressure refugee talks, with Nasser denouncing Western efforts while Egypt stays briefed on exploratory talks.
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Hevy
Gdynia
Ceret
Egypt
Nasser
Mediterranean
Moscow
United States
Palestine
Jordan
Gaza
Hing Hussein
War Mothers urge freeing of prisoners at convention
Delegates at the national Mothers of World War II convention in Columbus Ohio pressed Congress to act on freeing American prisoners held abroad. In Los Angeles two war mothers urged harsher penalties for narcotics dealers and noted recent cases of prisoners facing long terms. Federal Judge William Patton sentenced two men from South San Gabriel to 15 years each and fined 5000 dollars after undercover agents traced a heroin and marijuana purchase linked to a cartel.
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Columbus
Ohio
Mothers of World
LOS Angeles
Congress
Iunist China
China
William
United Nations
Isadore BR
Iron
Felix
Ortiz
South San Gabriel
Telerach
Mexicall
Patton
Ponder Plea on Scott Trial Order
Los Angeles attorneys for L. Ewing Scott argue over whether to appeal a Superior Court ruling that he must stand trial on murder forgery and grand theft charges. Judge Louis H. Burke set next Tuesday for pleas as defense motions proceed. Scott’s wife Evelyn Throsby Scott vanished in May 1958.
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Los Angeles
L. Ewing
Scott
Louis H. Burke
P. Basil Lambros
Morris Lavine
Evelyn Throsby Scott
Lavine
Juder Burks
Adventist Educators Gather for National Conference
Adventist educators from across the United States assemble in Watsonville for a five day conference starting today. The event brings teachers and administrators together for lectures workshops and networking opportunities within the denomination.
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Watsonville
United States
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