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12 A SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16. 1962 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON Cuban Missile Crisis Hated as Top News Story of 1962 New York -IUPII- The crisis Unilcd Press International over Soviet missiles in Cuba The Cuban crisis wag the was rated No. 1 today in the overwhelming choice for first list of "ten biggest news place in the annual poll of cd- stories of 1962" compiled by itors representing hundreds of 4-H Club News Happy Hammers The December meeting of the Happy Hemmers and the Merry Mixers 4-H clubs was held at the home of Mrs. Dean Wilson recently. The meeting was called to order by Shirley Roberts. We exchanged Christmas pres ents. Conny Varncr and Shir ley Roberts furnished refresh ments. The vice presidents of the two clubs will furnish refreshments for the next meeting on the second Satur day in January. The meeting was adjourned and games were played. Sandra Mayficld, Reporter. Pioneer Knitters The first meeting of t h e rionecr'Knitlcrs 4-H club was held at the home of Mrs. Chuck Heffner. It was decid ed that the officers would be elected at the next meeting. Mrs. Klicver, our leader, refreshed our minds on the basic steps of knitting. The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Heffner, 3310 Forest ave. We will start on sweaters. Pam McCay, Reporter CHRISTMAS MESSAGE Washington - (UPD - Presi dent Kennedy Thursday sent a Christmas message to mem bers of the armed forces and expressed the nation's grati tude for their readiness dur ing the Cuban crisis. He de scribed them as "our guardi ans of peace in a world of danger." UPI subscribers in the Unilcd States and Canada. Glenn's Orbit Second Contesting closely for sec ond place were Lt. Col. John H. Glenn's first United Slates Explosion Rips Mine in Germany Mcrkslcln, Germany - (UPD -An explosion ripped through the Adolf coal mine Friday, killing at least six men and injuring many others. Mine officials said that the bodies of six miners killed in the blast had been recovered. They added that seven injured men had been admitted to a hospital by that time. A spokesman for the Esch weiler Bergwerksverein, the mining firm, said a "relative ly small explosion" occurred in the mine at this village near the Belgian border only seven miles north of Aachen, the first German city cap tured by American forces in World War II. earth-orbiting flight and the troop-enforced enrollment of a Negro at the University of Mississippi. The Glenn flight took second, "Old Miss" third. Here is the 1962 list: 1. Cuban Soviet missile crisis. 2. Glenn space flight. 3. "Ole Miss" desegregation. Servicemen GREETS PRESIDENT Army Pfc. Kenneth K. Lari more, son of Dr. L. J. Larl more, 81 South Rogue River highway, Grants Pass, and Mrs. M. L. Larimore, St. Joseph, Mo., was one of the members of the Army Forces Atlantic (ARLANT) who greeted President John F. Kennedy during his recent lour of Homestead Air Force base in southern Florida. Private Larimore entered the Army in October, 1961, and completed basic training at Ft. Ord, Calif. 4. Chinese Reds drive into India. S.Kennedy forces steel price cutback. 6. Stock market's $20.8 bil lion break May 28. 7. Thalidomide - deformed babies. 8. Soviet twin - astranaut feat. 9. Billie Sol Esles scandal. 10. Death of Marilyn Munroe. Runners-up Included two close ones: The midterm elec tions and Telstar, Newiell Year Many editors remarked on their ballots that 1962 seemed the newsiest year since World War II ended. Some said that after choosing the top three stories this year, selection of the others in order of prece dence was of such difficulty that, as one put it, "they might as well be drawn out of a hat." In some cases, one ballot represented the consensus of the news staff of the newspa per. 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