Cadets Hunger Strike Protests Shortened VMI Christmas Break
Virginia Military Institute cadets in Lexington stage a partial hunger strike and boycott the annual Thanksgiving football game with Virginia Tech to protest a shortened Christmas vacation from 14 to 10 days. Seniors vote to skip the game and juniors and sophomores plan similar action. fourth classmen have no vote. Major Gen. Shell notes the timing and notes no major problem.
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Lexington
Virginia Military Institute
Roanoke
Virginia Tech
Cadet Corps
VMI
George R. E. Shell
Shell
Shrine Ceremony in Cedar Rapids Pledges Hospital Support
An El Kahir Shrine ceremonial in Memorial Coliseum Cedar Rapids features pledges to Crippled Children’s hospital and annual shrine gifts. Potentate Richard F. Brisbin announces 7 p.m. program with uniformed units, a band concert, memorial service, entertainment, and a rathskeller dance.
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Iowa
Crippled Children’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Richard F. Brisbin
Mt. Vernon
Memorial Coliseum
Brisbin
el Kahir
Dillon Holcomb
Wyoming
Patrol
Glenn E. Norton
Sam Sheppard Jr says father's acquittal came as no surprise
Sam Chip Sheppard Jr., 19, a Boston University freshman, told reporters he never doubted his father Samuel Sheppard’s innocence after the Cleveland murder verdict. He spoke at Bailey’s Boston law office, saying the verdict was great and he hasn’t been embarrassed by the case in school. The youth was six when his mother was slain.
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Boston
Sam
Chip) Sheppard, Jr
Boston University
Samuel Sheppard
Cleveland
F. Lee Bailey
Sheppard
Young Sheppard
Sam Sheppard
Patrolman Franklin Hicks Appointed to Cedar Rapids Police
Patrolman Franklin Hicks, 28, was appointed to the Cedar Rapids police department on July 26, 1963. A Winterset native, he attended local schools and served in the Marine Corps. He is assigned to the midnight shift, and he and his wife Ellen have a son and a daughter.
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Franklin Hicks
Cedar Rapids
Winterset
Hicks
Marine Corps
Ellen
Michigan student group breaks with University
In Ann Arbor the University of Michigan student government council voted to sever relations with the university administration over demands to participate in decisions. President Hatcher called the action ill advised and serious. The 16 member council had earlier voted to end ties unless a ban on sit ins was lifted.
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ANN Arbor
University of Michigan
Harlan Hatcher
Richard Cutler
University
Office of Student Affairs
University of
House Committee On UN
Viets in Laos Guard Ho Chi Minh Trail Reported
Washington AP reports at least 15 000 North Vietnamese troops and unknown numbers of construction workers are in Laos mainly to guard and maintain the Ho Chi Minh trail in South Vietnam according to officials.
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Washington
Laos
Ho Chi Minh Trail
South Vietnam
First Ace of Jet Age Dies In Car Wreck
Air Force Col. James Jabara the first jet ace is killed in a Florida Turnpike crash. He was 43, riding with his daughter Carol Ann 16, en route to Myrtle Beach for a new assignment. The accident near Delray Beach also injured others and capped a career with WWII and Korean War victories. Funeral plans pending. Jabara, born Muskogee Oklahoma August 10 1923, commanded at Homestead AFB and earned multiple decorations.
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Air Force
James Jabara
Jabara
Myrtle Beach
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Carol Ann
Tical
Homestead Air Force Base
Army Air Corps
Muskogee
Okla
Caral
Jabaras
James
Kathy
Jeanne
UCLA USC Game To Follow North Dakota State Telecast
NCAA football alert announces UCLA and USC face off after the North Dakota State game. Saturday noon kickoff shown in color on KCRG TV Channel 9 with live coverage and local regional interest.
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N. D.mich
Kcrg-Tv
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