Almanac for December 11 1968 A look back in history
United Press International notes December 11 1968 as the 346th day of the year with 20 to follow. It lists events such as Theodore Roosevelt announcing he would not seek another term in 1907 and King Edward VIII's abdication in 1936. A quip on Lord Macaulay closes the entry.
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United Press International
Mars
Jupiter
Venus
Saturn
Theodore Roosevelt
New York
Bank of the United States
Edward VIII
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Congress
United States
Germany
Italy
Lord MacAulay
CAP Changes Face Local Community Action Programs
Morris Higley notes one CAP outgoing and one CAP incoming. The Community Action Program will hold an organizational meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday at city hall. The Civil Air Patrol may be disbanded if actions are not taken soon, the group owning airfield equipment and an airplane. Mrs L L Baker previously led the CAP readers. Russell Jones offers help to revive CAP activity.
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CAP
Civil Air Patrol
The
Childress
L. L. Baker
Russell Jones
Guide to the Swinging Bachelor TV Hour Review
ABC Tuesday night offered a mixed but lively guide to the swinging bachelor with host Joey Bishop and a lineup including Shelley Berman Noel Harrison Dean Jones Larry Storch and Playboy Playmates. The piece praises Bishop's standup skills while noting some tasteless moments from a Berman Storch sketch and highlights CBS Ann Margret and Miss Teenage America pageant ratings.
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Hollywood
ABC. TV
Joey Bishop
Shelley Berman
Noel Harrison
Dean Jones
Larry Storch
Playboy Magazine
Bishop
Cbs-Tv
Ann-Margret
NBC - TV
Frank Sinatra
Diahann Carroll
5Th Dimension
Quirks in the News and Odd Local Incidents
A Munich ski club cottage was burgled again with a note claiming all rations poisoned by E-605 insecticide. In Cincinnati a burglar alarm man reported his car was looted of 1385 dollars of alarms. In Aurora Ohio 2075 pupils had a surprise holiday after tires were let down on nine school buses. Hartford England residents warned of the world ending on Wednesday December 11 with a religious society ad.
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Cincinnati
UPI
Judson W. Jermon
Atlanta
Aurora
Ohio
News OF the World
Hartford
England
Four Children Die in Liverpool Fire Tragedy
A blaze tore through an apartment house in Liverpool killing four children and wounding none. Five others were saved, one girl hurt after escaping and running back inside to recover her dog.
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Liverpool
England
UPI
FITE Found Dead Near Childress in Trapper’s Traps Case
FITE was discovered yesterday on Wesley Riker farm six miles north of Childress by Gene Dill while driving US 83. The Arkansas native moved to Childress in 1942 and served as county trapper before retiring. He recently worked part time for Parks and Wildlife. Survivors include his wife two sons two daughters one brother three sisters and ten grandchildren.
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Wesley Riker
Childress
Gene Dill
Arkansas
Mr. Fite
Parks and Wildlife and County
Loveless Family Details and Survivors Listed
Services in Santa, California, for Leroy David Claudell Loveless and family members are noted. Oklahoma City relatives include four daughters and two granddaughters, with numerous siblings and extended kin listed among the survivors. The obituary mentions Mrs Doshie Loveless of Lubbock as mother and 25 grandchildren with one great grandchild.
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Santa
Calif
Leroy
David Claudell
Thomas
J.P
Oklahoma City
Juanita Loveless
Los Angeles
Viola Courtney
Joan Terry
Margaret Wiles
Argo Valentine
7 L Marcum
Hereford
Jess Marshbanks
Fast
Abernathy
Earnest
Lubbock
Doshie Loveless
Ambassador Waoner Rules Out Immediate US Run
Madrid report states Robert F. Wagner former New York mayor and U.S. ambassador on Tuesday said he has no immediate plans to seek office in the United States.
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Madrid
Tpl
U.S
Robert F. Waoener
New York
United States
Basques go on trial on arson and terrorism charges
Three Basques faced trial in San Sebastian on arson terrorism pillage illegal possession of explosives and theft of TNT. If convicted they could face death under emergency laws enacted after a summer surge of separatist violence.
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UPI
Fasques
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Harpers Jewelry
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Bill) Heatly
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Mike Heckathorn
David Bradford
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