Cedar Rapids senior high band festival to feature 260 players
The first annual senior high school band festival brings 260 students from Cedar Rapids three public high schools to Jefferson high school gymnasium. Guest director Frank Piersol will lead the event with an 80 piece Blue Band performing Dvorak and other pieces. The White Band of 180 students will perform selections and both bands will unite for opening and closing numbers.
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Cedar Rapids
Jefferson High School
Hillbrunner
Taylor Music Co
Frank Piersol
University of Iowa
R. L. Moehlmann
Anton Dvorak
Moehlmann
Luman Colton
Howard Ellison
Frank Kluesner
Kennedy
Richard Brickley
Washington
Terrence Carlson
Apollo 9 Set for Feb 28 Launch at Kennedy Space Center
NASA announced Feb 28 at 10 a m Iowa time as the go date for Apollo 9 a 10 day earth orbit mission testing the complete three part spacecraft including the lunar module Astronauts James McDivitt David Scott both Air Force colonels and civilian Russell Schweickart will fly from Florida carrying out the first spacewalk and orbit operations before future lunar missions
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Washington
Space Agency
Iowa
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Kennedy Space Center
Florida
James McDivitt
David Scott
Air Force
Russell Schweickart
Moon
Feather Action A Goose Muscles Feathers Control
A wild goose has about 12000 muscles with roughly 10000 directing feather movement. The statement emphasizes the complex muscular control enabling feather action in flight and display.
Australian Bush Fires Kill Ten Near Melbourne
Smoke shrouds Melbourne as fires devastate Lara and surrounding townships. Reports say at least ten people died with eight bodies seen in Lara and others injured en route to Werribee Hospital. Firefighting deaths and ruined rail lines raise fears of a disaster rivaling 1939 Black Friday.
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Melbourne
Lara
Australian Broadcasting Commission
Werribee Hospital
Ararat
Victoria
Australia
$11 Million Suit Over Sears Debt Sparks Claims of Loss
Clarence Jackson sues Sears Roebuck & Co and its collection agency for $11 million alleging that a $625 debt dispute from 1953 led to a chain of losses. He claims a $200,000 land sale and loss of his estate, ending with a supermarket Carryout job at $1.40 per hour.
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Phoenix
Clarence Jackson
Sears Roebuck & Co
Jackson
Sears
Sword Of Lancelot On Channel 9 Movie Night
Channel 9 presents a color feature this Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. Sword Of Lancelot stars Cornel Wilde, delivering a thousand thrills for television viewers.
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Channel 9
Sword of Lancelot
Cornel Wilde
Northern Ireland orders mass police buildup amid unrest
Britain approves a large police expansion for Northern Ireland as Home Minister William Long signals mobilizing more part time officers. In Londonderry clashes between Roman Catholic demonstrators and Protestant militants injure nearly 200, with damage over a quarter million dollars.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
William Long
Londonderry
Big Britain
Lawmakers Mentioned in Classified Ad Preceding Idaho Legislature
A Boise Idaho classified ad from the Idaho Daily Statesman issued a week before the 1969 legislative session read Five room semi basement apt Close in Clean Legislators or adults preferred. The note highlights lawmakers being singled out in a housing classified, reflecting the political context of the period.
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Boise, Idaho
Idaho Daily Statesman
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Simmons
Kroehler
Naughahyde
Simmons Colonial
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