Nilsson Rising from Brooklyn to Hollywood Fame
Hollywood profile of Nilsson, a 27 year old Brooklyn native turned musician and composer. He scored the pilot for ABCs The Courtship of Eddies Father and crafted songs for the Beatles protege Mary Hopkin. Nilsson shifted from a bank computer job to recording Pandemonium Shadow Show and Aerial Ballet, with RCA viewing him as a multi million dollar property. He also scored Otto Premingers Skidoo and eyed Midnight Cowboy and a Wright brothers Broadway project.
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Conference Championship Games Highlight CBS Weekend Schedule
The NFL conference title games air on CBS this weekend. Cleveland hosts Dallas Saturday for the Eastern crown while Minnesota visits Baltimore Sunday for the Western championship.
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Dr Collins Elected Cedar Rapids NAACP President 1969
Dr Russell Collins was elected president of the Cedar Rapids NAACP for 1969 at a Sunday meeting. Other officers named include John Ely Jr first vice president Sister Mary Roberta second vice president Mrs John Ely secretary Lorene Harrington corresponding secretary and Mrs Milton Turner treasurer. The branch urged teaching Negro history in all Cedar Rapids public schools and called for curriculum changes and address racial imbalance at Tyler School where 206 of 387 students are Negro.
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John Ely, Jr
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John Ely
Lorene Harrington
Milton Turner
Electoral College Casts Ballots to Count Jan 6
Washington AP reports the electoral college met to formally elect Richard Nixon as the 37th president. Nixon leads Humphrey 302 to 191 with Wallace at 45, and Congress will count votes in joint session on January 6. One elector, Lloyd Bailey of North Carolina, planned to back George Wallace.
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Jewish Chanukah Festival Begins in New York
Chanukah, the eight day Festival of Lights, began at sundown Sunday. Jews worldwide light a candle each evening commemorating the Maccabees victory over the Syrians in 165 B.C.
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No Grade School for Day at Columbus Jct
Heating problems forced Columbus Junction elementary students to miss classes on Monday while high school remained open. Officials aimed to repair the furnace for Tuesday. In Cosgrove the Clear Creek district delayed classes to 10 15 a m due to boiler trouble.
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Escaped Trusty Recaptured After Prisoner Attack
In Hartford, David Mabery, serving a life term for slaying a 15 month old, was recaptured by two officers after escaping with the warden from the Somers prison home. Warden Frederick Reincke was stabbed but in satisfactory condition. Mabery faced charges of aggravated assault and weapon possession.
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Suspension of Assignments at Prisons Pending Reassessment
Report states a suspension of trusty assignments at prison officials' homes is ordered while the inmate classification program undergoes reevaluation. The move aims to review oversight and security procedures during the assessment period.
Myrtle Lane Colesburg Postmaster Dies at 52
Colesburg postmaster Myrtle Lane 52 died Sunday in a Manchester hospital after a 14 year tenure as postmaster and earlier service as postal clerk. Survivors include two daughters Marilyn Lane and Mrs Kenneth Meister, a granddaughter, two brothers Harold and Raymond Klaus, and sister Catherine Klaus. Services Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. at First Methodist Church. Burial Zion Cemetery. Body at Appleton Funeral Home, Edgewood.
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Park Broadcasting Buys Yankton Station
Roy H. Park Broadcasting of the Midwest completed a 2.9 million purchase of WNAX AM Yankton WEBC AM Duluth and KRSI AM FM St Louis Park from Areawide Communications. The new company is wholly owned by Roy H. Park of Ithaca New York.
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Boy narrowly survives Thousand Oaks overpass collapse
Alfred Streit fourteen crossed a six lane overpass under construction when the bridge collapsed. He suffered a broken heel and was treated at a hospital before being released. Authorities blamed unfinished connections and rain soaked structures as possible causes.
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Michigan fires claim 12 lives amid weekend blazes
Twelve people died in Michigan fires over the weekend including ten children. In Kalamazoo a mother and three children perished in a gas explosion that destroyed their home. Detroit saw five child deaths from a Saturday fire. Additional victims were a two year old, Joey Bincsik, who perished after running back into his burning home in Lapeer County, a 14 month old Charlene Downan in Detroit, and Alex Lindquest in Gwin, Upper Peninsula, with a cause in Kalamazoo blamed on a broken gas main and Detroit fire left undetermined while authorities cited a likely cigarette drop.
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