Winners in Marion Christmas lighting contest announced
First place goes to Ronald J. Swanson at 1580 Hillview Drive followed by Mrs Stanely Zrudsky of East Post road and Frank Schmitz of 944 Fourteenth Street. Contest sponsored by the Marion Jaycees and Iowa Electric Light and Power Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald J. Swanson
Hillview Drive
Stanely Zrudsky
East Post Road
Frank Schmitz
Fourteenth Street
The
Marion Jaycees
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
GI Combat in Viet Hits 3 Month Low
In Saigon the U S command says American troops fought less than in the prior three months. South Vietnamese forces report 146 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese killed in four clashes, 49 Viet Cong draftees captured, and a large munition store found. Casualties were nine dead and 33 wounded for the South Vietnamese. Clashes occurred in the Mekong delta and near Da Nang with the heaviest fighting 20 miles southwest of Da Nang where 74 North Vietnamese and seven Rangers were reported killed. Three draftees were captured north of Saigon. the Viet Cong cease-fire held briefly during the search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mekong
da Nang
Dan Nang
South Carolinian first in water to recover Apollo 8 capsule
A sonar technician from Columbia Chester Coggin was named first in the water to recover the Apollo 8 capsule off the Yorktown in the Pacific. He was followed by Lt. Richard Flanagan of Oklahoma City and Donald Schwab of Imperial Beach, as a helicopter piloted by Cmdr. Donald Jones hovered about 50 feet above the capsule.
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Yorktown
Mission ‘Control
Houston
Columbia, S.C
Chester Coggin
Coggin
J.g
Richard Flanagan
Oklahoma City
Donald Schwab
Imperial Beach
Calif
Pacific
Cmdr
Donald Jones
Madison
Wis
Jerome Duraczynski
Christ the King Church
Sioux Falls
S. D
Father Duraczynski
Sioux City
Philadelphia
Common Sense Book of Kitten and Cat Care Arrives at Cedar Rapids Library
Henry Miller’s guide to cat care joins Cedar Rapids Public Library collection. The book covers feeding housebreaking grooming caring for older cats accident breeding and more with major breeds fully illustrated. It can be borrowed for a three week loan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Miller
Cedar Rapids Public Library
Podolak to star in East-West Shrine Game this Saturday
Eddie Podolak appears for the town in the East-West Shrine Game scheduled Saturday at 3 30 p m. The game will be telecast live in color on KCRG TV.
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Linn County Savings and Loan Assn
Seventh Avenue
Eddie Podolak
Kcrg-Tv
Apollo 8 lands. Soviet press pounces with swift reports
Moscow Radio aired Apollo 8 splashdown as first item on 7 p.m. newscasts. Tass, the official agency, confirmed the landing near Christmas Island in the Pacific 4,500 meters from the Yorktown. Western visitors in Moscow congratulated the mission, reflecting broad space interest.
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Moscow
UPI
Moscow Radio
Christmas Island
Pacific
Yorktown
Man with shotgun robs London liquor store on Christmas Day
A man armed with a shotgun burst into a London liquor store on Christmas Day and struck one of three shopkeepers. He fired into the ceiling and fled with a bottle of brandy. A salesman noted the brandy was not of superior quality.
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London
Plane Crashes in Snow No Fatalities Reported
An Ozark Air Lines DC-9 with 62 passengers crashed on takeoff from Sioux City in heavy snow. No deaths or serious injuries occurred as passengers escaped, many in shirtsleeves, with 32 hospitalized for bruises and cuts.
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Sioux City
Ozark Air Lines
Chicago
Reverse English to Keep Those New Year’s Resolutions
A column discusses turning New Year promises on their head by proposing reverse resolutions that failure proves self improvement. It cites Terrence McHale and riffs on public figures, wryly noting how many will abandon goals by Jan 2 and suggesting constructive counterpoints to personal faults.
Czech Cousin Plans Telegram For Lovell After Apollo 8
Dr Frantisek Masek head physician at Pilsen's children hospital said he would cable congratulations to astronaut James Lovell as Apollo 8 returns from the moon. The Masek family, emigrants from near Pilsen, watches the flight on TV and awaits Lovell's safe landing.
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Prague
James Lovell
Frantisek Masek
Children’s Hospital
Pilsen
Tenapanet Svobody Slova
Lovell
Blanka Masek
America
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Swanson House
L. B. Lacock
Marion Police
Marion
Alcoholics Anonymous Group
First Presbyterian Church
Marion TV
Adv
YMCA
Marion Branch
Father and Son
Marion Lions Evening Club
Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
Apollo
C.R. Library
First Ave
New Cochran
Carl
Larry Cornwell
Pender
Neb
Curtis Eng
Flandreau, S.D
Fort Campbell, Ky
Cornwell
Stewart Air Base
Newburgh
N.Y
Asst
Allen Molsko
Jerry Strand
Trudy Roybal
St. Vincent Hospital
Ars
Third Avenue
By Dick West
Washington
Mr. Nixon
Terrence McHale
Flint, Mich
McHale
Jess
Harold Stassen
Iday
Wire Lovell
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
First National Bank of
Marion, Iowa
Philip Morris
Hion
First National Bank
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