Looking Back

Fifty years ago today, December 26, 1967

Hippie Chaplain

Pvt. Ben L. Osterberg, the “boo hoo” who wants to be a psychedelic chaplain in the Army, says he will plead “not guilty” in court Wednesday to four charges placed against him by Pensacola, Fla., police. Osterberg was arrested with 21 of his hippie followers at an abandoned service station which the primate of the “neo American Church” and his group had converted to a lodge and named “The All Night Harmonica Shop.”

The Day After

She brought back a dress to be shortened two inches. He had gone from a size 38 to a 40 since the last time his wife got him a suit. Wrong sizes, wrong colors, gift certificates and sales all combine to make Dec. 26., traditionally, one of the biggest shopping days of December and of the year.

Stolen Gifts

A car thief stole more than an auto when he made his strike last Friday. The vehicle’s trunk was loaded with a family’s Christmas gifts. Police reported a car driven by John Shirley for business and personal use was stolen between 1:30 and 2:30 Friday while it was parked on First Avenue. In the trunk were Shirley’s Christmas gifts. The car has not been recovered and the report was rebroadcast today.

This story was originally published December 22, 2017 at 4:07 PM with the headline "Looking Back."