Congressional group praises nonreligious Christmas stamp
The American Jewish Congress applauds the nonreligious character of this year’s Christmas postage stamp while reasserting opposition on constitutional grounds. Will Maslow, executive director, commends Postmaster General Blount’s plan to remove sectarian connotations and notes the government began issuing a Christmas stamp in 1962.
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Apollo 12 Quarantine Pranks and Beat Army Flag Sail
Astronauts Conrad and Bean teased Gordon during quarantine aboard the USS Hornet after splashdown. Gordon wore a sign calling him Laney Wag as the trio joked about the equator crossing and the moon mission. Bean asked for the Texas Texas A&M score while the crew toasted Thanksgiving. Navy vs Army football looms as the Beat Army banner travels to the moon.
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Cuban Agricultural Team to Visit Trinidad
PORT OF SPAIN AP reports a Cuban agricultural team of four will visit Trinidad soon. The government announced the trip seen as a possible first step toward closer Cuba Caribbean cooperation, especially in the sugar industry, following a suggestion by Prime Minister Eric Williams.
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FHA Raises Minimums for Insured Notes to 15k and 25k
The Farmers Home Administration will raise the minimum purchase for all government insured loan notes to 25,000 for one and two year paper and to 15,000 for longer term notes, effective December 1. The move aims to channel funds from smaller rural banks into larger, longer term securities to support FHA loans for family farms, housing, and rural projects, with investors typically earning higher rates while the government subsidizes the difference.
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Students Held in Envoy Abduction Incident in Brazil
In Rio de Janeiro AP reports U S authorities sought preventive arrests for students linked to an abduction plot tied to a hostage release deal. District Attorney Eudo Guedes Pereira urged holding them for further questioning after three days in custody. Sweden protests U S consulate closure as cost cutting sparks speculation of political retaliation.
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Ambulance Driver Loses Son in Thanksgiving Crash
In Lode California an ambulance driver Calvin Felwig faced tragedy when en route to a double fatal crash his 19 year old son Jerry Felwig died alongside another victim named Larry Weisser. The report notes Felwig often took his sons on duty.
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Defection by 17 Czechs on Tour
A group of 17 Czechoslovaks defected to Austria while on a state organized tour from Czechoslovakia to Hungary. They disappeared after their bus left Vienna following a short sightseeing trip, police reported Friday. Another item notes Major General Nikolai Boikov, former Soviet secret police official, died after a long illness per Red Star.
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Plan of C R School Picked For Exhibition
The Cedar Rapids elementary school design has been selected for shipping to the 1970 AASA convention in Baltimore City next Feb 14 18. Designed by Associated Architects of Cedar Rapids in collaboration with Brown Healey and Bock Crites and McConnell the Slaw Creek school is among several identical designs featured as examples of modern school architecture.
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