Viterbo Plans Holiday Event at Music Hall
Viterbo College hosts a Christmas program for students, faculty and guests at 10 a.m. December 18 at Viterbo Music Hall. Miss Ann Roth will introduce the 24 member String Ensemble directed by Sister M Leota, with selections including Go Down Moses and Christmas Concerto. The St Rose Choir directed by Sister M Pierre, and the 60 voice St Rose convent and college choir will perform Deck the Hall and Joy to the World, plus Byrd and Palestrina works. The Viterbo Sinfonietta directed by Sister Leota will perform Hill Billy and Dance of the Hours, featuring 28 faculty and students from the college music department.
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Sinfonietta
Martin Urges Continued Justice Treasury Probes
Rep. Martin, soon to be House speaker, calls for continuing probes of the Justice Department and the Treasury Internal Revenue Bureau into the next Congress while prioritizing a legislative program. He expects bipartisan support for Eisenhower's agenda and notes investigations should target needed areas.
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Tea From Original Boston Cargo Sipped At Anniversary
In Boston a commemorative tea event marks the 189th Boston Tea Party anniversary with 13 Revolutionary War descendants and the British vice consul toasting from 70 year old English teacups. Author Edward Rowe Snow notes the leaves came from Jefferson Haskell Parker who died at 99.9 years. Parker reportedly learned of them from a Tea Party descendant.
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Boy Turned Girl Declines Beauty Contest Bid
Christine Jorgensen formerly known as a Bronx soldier said the New York Press Photographers Association invitation to its annual beauty contest was a big honor but she has no plans to appear in person. She offered permission to use any existing pictures and noted no definite plans for returning to New York while preparing a color film showing tonight in Denmark.
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Birds Return North Males Lead Nest Prep Before Arrival
When migrating birds head north again males typically arrive first and scout sites to prepare nests ahead of their mates. The behavior signals early courtship and territorial establishment as populations resume breeding after winter migrations.
World Bank Report on Postwar Loans and Profits
Eugene R. Black, president of the IBRD, says the World Bank has loaned about 110 billion dollars since World War II and has set aside 100 million in reserve from profits. He notes much of the 1% billion has been repaid and the bank earns roughly 15 to 20 million annually while funding electric, grain storage, farm, and construction projects in war torn and undeveloped regions.
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International Bank For Reconstruction and Development
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Two Medical Students Held For Kidnapping Boy In Peru
Lima police report two medical students and an accountant detained over the kidnapping of Santiago Grana three year old son of a Peruvian congressman. The child was returned unharmed after three days and authorities recovered 294000 soles of the 300000 soles ransom. Names identified by police are Mario Bueno Elias Narvaez and Ricardo Zapater.
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Ricardo Zapater
Messiah Singers in La Crosse Thrill Capacity Audience
La Crosse church choirs combined with La Crosse Music Study Club and Vocational and Adult Schools presented Handel's Messiah in the Vocational Auditorium. Bernard McGhee directed a 120-voice ensemble with eight soloists led by soprano Mrs James Klund Jr and others. The performance featured strong choruses and notable solo artistry, benefiting a music scholarship via the La Crosse Music Award.
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Jule Kriese
Caralee Smith
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Quads Undergo Tonsil Operations In Pittsburgh
The Zavada quadruplets from Latrobe Pa sustained no tonsils after four siblings each had tonsillectomies at St Francis Hospital. The Pittsburgh district’s only quads, children of Mr and Mrs Andrew Zavada, were admitted Friday and will turn five on February 15.
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Aquinas Wins Play Honors in Wisconsin Contest
Aquinas High School students William Coughlin Judy Bruha and Paul Kramer won gold medals from the Wisconsin State Forensic Association at Eau Claire State College for their production of Anton Chekhov’s A Marriage Proposal. The school also received the state plaque for the A placement. Robert H. Schacht Rod McPhee directed the contest with Earl S. Kier coordinating technicals. Ronald Gee and the University of Wisconsin faculty acted as critics.
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Eau Claire State College
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Judy Bruha
Paul Kramer
Wisconsin State Forensic Association
Aquinas
Robert H. Schacht
Rod McPhee
University of Wisconsin
Earl S. Kier
Betty Smith Birthday Note Ties to Brooklyn Roots
Betty Smith born December 15 1904 in Brooklyn as Betty Wehner daughter of an actor. Novelist famed for A Tree Grows in Brooklyn wrote about 70 one act plays. Mother of two from an early marriage she wed Pvt Joe Jones the same month her first book appeared in 1943. The marriage was dissolved in Reno a year earlier.
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Brooklyn
Betty Wehner
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Joe Jones
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Baby Born In Movie Theater As Mother Watches Film
A baby girl was born yesterday in a London movie theater while her mother Mrs. Stella Lawford watched the film Don't Bother to Knock. An usherette acted as emergency midwife.
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Ninety Year Old Woman Baptized By Immersion
In Ipswich England Mrs Kate Berrett aged ninety was baptized by total immersion at Bethesda Baptist Church. Rev George Bird assisted as she walked into a pale blue pool and was gently held under water. She said she had wanted baptism since age nineteen.
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England
Kate Berrett
George Bird
Bethesda Baptist Church
Banana plants battle germs offer new antifungal chemical
British and West Indian scientists report a banana plant defense mechanism that produces natural antibiotic factories. From this discovery a chemical agent is developed to prevent damage from fungi.
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