Ex-POW returns home with Christmas clock to mark years apart
Glendon Perkins, freed Air Force pilot, and his wife Kay celebrate a first Christmas together since his seven years as a prisoner of war. A grandfather clock and a plaque note the milestone as their children adjust to the reunion. The family recalls wartime hardship and hopeful reunions amid ongoing MIAs.
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Pat Leisner Orlando
Fla
Glendon Perkins
Kay Perkins
Perkins
Weicker praises Ribicoff amid GOP criticism
Sen. Lowell P. Weicker of Connecticut extols Democrat Sen. Abraham Ribicoff as an active, capable force, denouncing Republican critics including J. Brian Gaffney Thomas J. Meskill and Rep. Robert Steele as ridiculous. The article also notes associated items from Chicago and London concerning unrelated political events.
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Lowell P. Weicker
Abraham Ribicoff
Weicker
J. Brian Gaffney
Thomas J. Meskill
Robert H. Steele
Ribicoff
Names in the News Phrase Echoes Nixon Quote
A historical snippet cites President Nixon's close associate advising depositors that true happiness hinges on a mind rich in thoughts and a heart full of emotion rather than a full wallet. The remark frames a mindset over material wealth in a period context.
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Nixon
Peoria med school campus funding freed for 1976 plan
Governor Daniel Walker announced the release of 125000 dollars as part of a 63 million appropriation to establish a University of Illinois medical campus in downtown Peoria by 1976 on 25 urban renewal acres. The effort follows the school's operations in Peoria area hospitals since 1970. The report also notes the Cohen Girls Fund has surpassed 8000 dollars to aid 15 year old Janis Cohen quadriplegic from a gun accident, with ties to the Cohen and Stone families and local bank support. Police report a missing plane case near Aurora, possibly stolen from Philco Aviation, with a Chicago man named Lee Fletcher identified as renter.
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University of Illinois School of Medicine
Daniel Walker
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Bernard L. Stone
Janis Cohen
Philip Cohen
Gary
Aurora
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Lee Fletcher
Illinois scene recounts a misrepresented rental return
A Philco check uncovered a renter provided false name address and telephone number for a plane supposedly due back in Aurora on December 14. The piece notes Thomas Jefferson’s fondness for pickles with a Virginia day quote about spiced pickles.
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Philco
Thomas Jefferson
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