Smokey Cameron Walks Scenic Roads Sharing Fire Prevention Tales
Smokey Cameron recounts his travels and memories including a silver dollar gift from Teddy Roosevelt at age 12, his water-harsh farmhouse refusals, and walking long distances to promote fire prevention. He notes walking eight years with a 200 pound pack and 50 woods blazes avoided, while joking about Smokey the Bear and his own independence from Sundays.
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Copenhagen
Teddy Roosevelt
Smokey
Smokey Cameron
Smokey the Bear
Washington State
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Northwest
Arizona Veteran Walked 35298 Miles in Eight Years
Smokey Cameron, 69, an Arizona World War I veteran, began walking after personal tragedy in 1947. He has traversed 44 states and parts of South America, resting only to work odd jobs and maintain American Legion dues, aiming toward Washington to visit the National Museum and Mellon Art Gallery. He stopped for breakfast at Jimmy's Tavern near Winchester before continuing toward the District of Columbia.
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Winchester Star
Panama
Smokey Cameron
Winchester
Raymond Jenkins
Jimmy
O'Sullivan Rubber Co
Smokey
Cameron
Arizona
Lexington
Alaska
American Legion
Washington
District of Columbia
National Museum In
Mellon Art
Greyhound Driver Strike Reaches Seventh Week in 10-State Route
Atlantic Greyhound drivers in 10 states enter week seven of the strike after rejecting a proposed raise package. The firm offered 8.12 to 12 percent raises with a later total 10.6 to 15.9 percent and arbitration for disciplinary cases, to take effect after service resumes. The AFL union division 1493 voted the offer inadequate.
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Charleston
W. Va
Atlantic Greyhound
Atlantic Greyha
Division 1493
AFL Motor Coach Employees Union
Daniel V. Maroney, Jr
George S. Engle
Oldest musical instrument found in Indochina
In Indochina in 1954 a road crew unearthed large gray stones that emitted musical tones when struck. The stones form a complete ancient scale and are believed to be relics of a Stone Age instrument about 5,000 years old, later assembled to resemble a xylophone.
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Indochina
Church Head Endorses Woman For Ministry
Dr. Ralph Waldo Lloyd the Presbyterian Church head urged allowing women into ministry and called for nonsegregation at the 167th General Assembly in Los Angeles. The sermon marked his final function as moderator as the body prepares for weeklong sessions and possible action on two issues. Over 3,000 women already serve in the church worldwide.
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Los Angeles
Ralph Waldo Lloyd
Maryville ,Tenn, College
General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church
General Assembly
Dr. Lloyd
Lloyd
Presbyterians Debate Female Ministers and Nonsegregation
A Presbyterian official argues that church life will grow by opening the minister’s office to women and urges congregations to live out their nonsegregation pronouncements, calling for inclusive doors and hours for all seekers of Christ.
Undercover Officer Tipped Las Vegas Mail Robbery Plot
Police disclosed that an undercover officer gave Las Vegas authorities the tip about a planned million dollar mail robbery. The informant, identified as Ed Meagher, was a Henderson, Nevada policeman and former Las Vegas officer.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Ed Meagher
Henderson
Meagher
Henderson Post Office Raid Foiled by Police Sting Showdown
Informant who tipped two weeks early, relayed by Wally Newcomb, reports the tip came from Henderson Public Safety Director. Five people jailed on $15,000 bail each after a staged post office raid by Las Vegas police, postal inspectors, and sheriffs deputies. Arrests include Las Vegas officer George Hayden Anderson and wife Joyce, electrician Robert Schomer, and later Walter Ludwig and Robert Dean Anderson.
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Wally Newcomb
Public Safety
Henderson
Las Vegas
George Hayden Anderson
Joyce
Robert Schomer
Walter Fred Ludwig
Detroit
Robert Dean Anderson
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