Molokan Jumpers Face Persecution and Migration to Australia
In Los Angeles a Molokan group resists mainstream norms and wins a license photo exemption for John E. Shubin. As migration debate grows, eight Molokan families sail toward Australia seeking a less hostile home, with twenty more pondering the voyage next month. The Russian Molokan Christian Jumpers believe in prophesied jumping during worship and view the United States as a temporary destination.
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Los Angeles
Russia
California
John E. Shubin
Australia
Jesus
Quicksand described as loose sand trap in water spill
A description of quicksand noting its grains are loosely packed and cannot support heavy weight. Water among the grains prevents firm cohesion, making it a dangerous trap for animals and humans.
Gay decoration and handy holder pattern 7484
Advertisement for needlecraft patterns from a 1965 catalog. Describes a novel gay themed Dutch doll pot holder design pattern 7484 with transfer directions and mailing costs. Includes offer of free patterns and a deluxe quilt book with 160 complete patterns.
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Alice Brooks
Winchester Evening Star
Needlecraft Dept
P.O
Old Chelsea Station
New York
N. Y
Truman Returns Home After Hospital Stay
Former president Harry S. Truman, age 80, is back in Independence after nine days in a Kansas City hospital for a cut above the eye and two broken ribs from a bathroom fall on October 13. Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli show adds context from entertainment notes.
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Independence, Mo
Harry S. Truman
Independence
Kansas City
Friend orders New Zealand leather saddle for LBJ
Earl Thacker a Hawaiian rancher and Johnson associate ordered a saddle of New Zealand leather for the President. He bought two saddles on a 1960 Auckland visit and liked them. The President's saddle will be flown to Washington next Thursday. The Washington Unity cent for 1783 was the first American coin to bear the word cent.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Earl Thacker
Johnson
Thacker
Washington
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot backs LBJ for president
The Norfolk Virginian-Pilot endorses President Johnson, praising his handling of foreign and domestic crises with care and skill. It contrasts him with Goldwater, commends his wide consultation, and cites issues from Panama to Tonkin, Mississippi, and congressional relations as reasons for support.
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Norfolk
Sen. Goldwater
United States Senate
Johnson
Panama
Cuba
Gulf of Tonkin
Mississippi
Congress
Pilot
Kennedy
Eisenehower
Dewey
Norfolk - Portsmouth Newspapers Inc
Norfolk Ledger - Star
Frank Batten
Bank marks 54th anniversary as robbers take 6000
J H Grinnell of the State Bank of Loretto notes the bank's 54th anniversary with relief that no hold up occurred. Within hours three young gunmen robbed cash drawers of six thousand dollars, fired a shot, and fled in a station wagon.
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Loretto, Minn
J. H. Grinnell
State Bank of Loretto
Mother Held After Body Of Son Found
In Norfolk AP report a mother Helen W. McLaurin 36 was to appear in court on a charge connected to the dead three month old son William McLaurin and a critically ill eighteen month old daughter Vivian McLaurin found in an abandoned apartment. An autopsy was ordered on the boy's body. The girl showed dehydration and malnutrition and was hospitalized.
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Norfolk
Helen W. McLaurin
William McLaurin
Vivian McLaurin
Federal versus state driving license case in Mobile court
In Mobile Alabama a dispute over federal versus state jurisdiction arises after Army Corps of Engineers worker Denton C Hippensteel 23 was cited for driving with a revoked Alabama license. He had a valid U.S. vehicle operator's license in his possession. The case was removed to U.S. District Court after consultations with federal prosecutors.
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U.S. District Court
Army Corps of Engineers
Denton C. Hippensteel
Mobile
Alabama
U.S
Hippensteel
Chinese Can Build Bomb a Month
AP reports nuclear scientist Ralph E. Lapp estimates Red China can produce one nuclear bomb each month based on AEC findings that their first device used uranium-235. Lapp, formerly involved in the A bomb effort, cites a likely forthcoming test.
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Washington
Ralph E. Lapp
Lapp
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Red China
Federal Communications Commission
Johnson
Soviet Union
GOP
FCC
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