Boys Town Choir Set for Cedar Rapids Concert November 23
The 35 member Boys Town choir directed by Msgr. Francis P. Schmitt will perform at 8 p.m. in Veterans Memorial Coliseum Cedar Rapids. The Five Star Band club of LaSalle High School sponsors the event with reserved seating $2 $3 and $4. Proceeds fund new band equipment and free shadow seating for blind patrons.
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Boys Town
Msgr
Francis P. Schmitt
Cedar Rapids
Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Five Star Band Club
LaSalle High School
Nebraska State Prison
Edward J. Flanagan
Nebraska
Msgr. Flanagan
Flanagan
Boys Town Choir
Cuba
Japan
Hiltbrunner Music Co
Boddicker School of Music
Memorial Coliseum
LaSalle Band
LaSalle
St. Jude
St. Patrick’s
St. Ludmila’s
Fairfax
Walford
Polk Papers Found In Ancestral Polk Desk In Tennessee
Historians in Columbia Tennessee uncovered a cache of James Polk papers in a bedroom desk. Eight envelopes held categorized letters and notes including private, household, and political correspondence. A note references Dolly Madison and a dinner invitation accepted by John Quincy Adams long ago.
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Columbia, Tenn
James Polk
U. S
Polk
White House
Ritchie
New York
Mr. Brady
Matthew Brady
John Quincy Adams
U. S. House of Representatives
Massachusetts
Duels Defend Honor Prompt New Uruguayan Duel
Sen. Manuel Flores Mora plans another sword duel after recovery to defend his honor following a newspaper editorial calling him traitor and political adventurer. The recent duel with Julio Sanguinetti, Uruguays minister of industry and commerce and managing editor, occurred with only a referee and doctor present.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Manuel Flores Mora
Flores Mora
Julio Sanguinetti
Accion
Question Future of Black Candidates
The defeat of Rev. Andrew Young in Atlanta's fifth district raises questions about black political strategy in the South. Voter turnout and coalition limits prompt talk of all black or independent parties and renewed efforts to mobilize Black voters while Black officeholders increase nationwide.
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Atlanta
Andrew Young
Martin Luther King, Jr
Young
Fletcher Thompson
Mr.Young
South
Maynard Jackson
Board of Aldermen
Julian Bond
John Lewis
Southern Regional Council
Jack Massey
Joint Center For Political Studies
Washington
Mr. Young
Political Studies Center
Bond
United States
National Democratic Party of
Alabama
John Cashin
Huntsville
George Wallace
United Citizens Party
South Carolina
Wedding Rice Tradition and Ancient Fertility Hope
The custom of showering newlyweds with rice or grain traces back to older times when wheat nuts and sweet morsels were used. The act symbolized blessing and fertility, with seeds believed to transfer vigor and abundance to the couple.
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C.R
Francis Schmitt
President Polk
Dolly Madison
James Madison
Madison
Mrs. Polk
Paul Delaney
New York Times Service
Black-White Coalition
Massey
Georgia-Pacific Weather- Seal Division
Nu-Sash of Iowa, Inc
3Rd Ave
Iowa
Nu-Sash
Wlurl
Sun
Pullman
Westinghouse
Shmulekoff
Wm. Rogers
Royal Portable
Royal Mercury Portable
Smulekoff
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