Hope Troupe Performs Secret Vietnam Thailand Tour
Comedian Bob Hope and his USO troupe wowed U S GIs in Thailand after a secret debut in South Vietnam. The act drew thousands at Pleiku and Takli air base, with the king of Thailand and Queen receiving a command performance. Hope quipped on Bangkok traffic and Christmas weather as the troupe travels between war zones.
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Upi
Bob Hope
India
South Vietnam
Hope
1Stair Cavalry Division
4Th Infantry Division
Pleiku
Saigon
U. S
Vietnam War
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Takhli
Bangkok
Rama IX
Les Brown
Town Donates Christmas Visits for Job Corpsmen
Town residents and nearby Warren raised 1600 dollars to send 77 Blue Jay Job Corps center corpsmen home for Christmas. The corpsmen, paid six fifty weekly and lacking government travel funds, will travel home Wednesday and return after New Year.
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Coleman
Western
Pennsylvania
Warren
Blue Jay
Robert Scott
Lebanon
Bigamy case drops as proxy marriage not recorded
Pearl Choate Birch, 59, allegedly married by proxy to Houston Perry in 1965 and to Compton car washer in 1965, was deemed not legally married after Espanita records showed the license was not recorded. California officials say the proxy union was not valid.
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UPI
Pearl Choate Birch
Espanita
Mexico
Compton
Calif
Birch
Albert Birch
Altus
Oklo
Houston Perry
Tijuana
California Attorney General’s Office
Tlaxcala
Direct Dial Wanted Ad Reads New Number
A terse alert instructs readers to use the new direct-dial number 369-1234 to place a person to person Wanted order. The notice emphasizes a change in contact method and directs action to call the specified line.
ECPI graduates earn top honors in class of 13
Fred Barnhouse of Decorah and Mrs Lois Ann Doyle of Walker led the class of 13 at Electronic Computer Programming Institute in Executive Plaza. Other graduates include Anne Baker Blairstown Dale Bue Jow Center Point Paul Duncan Wirfield Allan Hale Monmouth Donald Landa Calmer George Merrifield Cedar Rapids Dawson Miller Arlington Susan Kay Schaefer Luzerne Otis Vigen Marion Carlyle Wilcox Iowa City and David Williams Center Point.
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Fred Barnhouse
Decorah
Lois Ann Doyle
Walker
Electronic Computer Programming Institute
Executive Plaza
Anne Baker
Blairstown
Dale Bue Jow
Center Point
Paul Duncan
Wirfield
Allan Hale
Monmouth
Donald Landa
Calmer
George Merrifield
Cedar Rapids
Dawson Miller
Arlington
Susan Kay Schaefer
Luz
West German Starfighters gain limited flight clearance
The West German defense ministry ordered a partial restart of Starfighter flights after grounding since December 6. Flights will be for testing and workshop delivery, with training flights to resume after Christmas. Ejection-seat changes are planned by January 3 for all planes. The air force operates about 700 Starfighters and the navy about 85, with most using American C-2 seats.
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West German
Defense Ministry
Air Force
Navy
Cedar Rapids Gazette subscription notices and rates
The notice lists established status and address of The Cedar Rapids Gazette, pricing for carrier and mail subscriptions, and states non acceptance of mail subscriptions in towns with Gazette carrier service. It notes AP exclusive rights for republication of local news and AP dispatches.
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