Several Air Crashes Kill 18 Including 17 Servicemen
At least 18 dead in four crashes as three military planes and a private twin engine craft go down in Denver Reno Pensacola and Evansville. Six air force personnel and five civilians injured with one maid in Denver among the hurt.
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Air Force
Denver
Colo
Tenn
Nev
Lowry Air Force Base
Reno
Pensacola
Miami
Corry Field
Army
Navy
Evansville
Ind
Tullahoma
Dutch Woosters Preserve 109 Years of Historic Figurines
New York December report on the Wooster family in Holland and New York who since 1842 have crafted tiny historic figurines. Earl and August mold, Mrs Wooster sculpts, Clive paints. Clive shows interest in fighting but stays to paint. They produce on order pieces for collectors, including Richard III, and catalog notable sets like Doug Fairbanks with thousands of figurines. Prices reach around 300 for a death scene figure. some $2,500 chess sets exist. orders from oil men in Texas, Southern collectors, and the State Department appear.
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New York
August Wooster
Holland
Woosters
Alexander the Great
Napoleon
Fusiliers
Grant
Blues
David
Dwight Eisenhower
Wooster
Earl
Clive
Elder Wooster
Richard Iti
Hollywood
Doug Fairbanks
Fairbanks
Texas
Oklahoma
State Department
Belinda
Santa Claus
North Pole
Poppy Belinda
Poppy
Carillon Concert Highlight Tonight in Local Hall
A mixed program features a K A Carillon recital titled My Furie in G played by ShonetLa Fat Abie and Ve tnat Valiv. The event notes indicate a dramatic showcase with an 800 pound drum and unique square foot stage design.
Santa and the Magic Mirror by Lucrece Hudgins
Belinda, daughter of a six week seasonal Santa, enjoys a happy Christmas routine until a lonely rich boy, Thomas Lump, reveals their town’s wide disparities. Belinda vows to help, offering to take Thomas to Santa as Christmas approaches, sparking a turn toward charity.
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Santa and the Magic Mirror
Lucrece Hudgins
Belinda
Mr. Lump
Thomas Lump
Santa Claus Lnener
Tommy
Quiet Board Meeting in District 60 Closes Bills and Plans Open House
The Board of Education of district 60 met in December with routine business. Bills totaling 101 548.04 were approved split between general fund 50 772.10 and building fund 50 776.94. An open house for Corley elementary is set for Monday evening December 17. Superintendent Wolfe said no building permit for the 1 600 000 senior high had been received and that efforts continue to secure it. He also noted he had not yet...
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Board of Education of School District 60
New Corley
W. D. Wolfe
Wolfe
High School Names New Journalism Instructor Hopeful
The board seeks a permanent journalism instructor to replace the resigned Bill Morey. Wolfe aims to have a new teacher in place by the second semester’s start. Attendees at yesterday’s meeting included Henry Shenk Mrs Hay Wright Corlett Cotton Deal Six Ralph Pine Dick Wagstaff board members Wolfe and Clerk A E Woestemeyer.
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Bill Morey
Wolfe
Henry Shenk
Hay Wright
Corlett Cotton Deal
Ralph Pine
Dick Wagstaff
A. E. Woestemeyer
Two Will Read Papers At a Language Meeting
Philip M. Mitchell of the University of Kansas and Mrs. Dorothy Van Ghent will read papers at the 66th annual Modern Language Association meeting in Detroit December 27 28 Mitchell acting secretary of the Scandinavian Language and Literature Group will present Holberg Today and Van Ghent will discuss The Window Figure and the Two Children Figure in Wuthering Heights The fragment notes a youthful George Washington swimming on the Rappahannock opposite Fredericksburg Virginia.
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Philip M. Mitchell
University of Kansas
Dorothy van Ghent
K.A
Modern Language Association of America
Detroit
Retary
Holberg
van Ghent
Wuthering Heights
Stonewall Jackson and Abe Lincoln Misdelivery Sparks Outcry
A Wooster shop angered a customer by sending Abe Lincoln instead of Stonewall Jackson in a mistaken order. The customer complained it was a cheap joke and returned the item. A separate tale recalls a client asking for a gorilla head prop, prompting the shop to refuse a vulgar demand. The owner emphasized the seriousness of his business.
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Stonewall Jackson
Wooster
Abe Lincoln
Farm Bureau policy committee meeting in Baldwin
The Douglas County Farm Bureau policy committee will meet Monday December 17 at Deels Cafe in Baldwin from 10 am to 3 pm. Will Hayden vice president will chair the committee which includes a representative from each township and Mrs J M O Connor Route 4 will join as a member representing the Associated Countrywomen of the World.
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Baldwin
Douglas County Farm Bureau Association Policy Committee
Deel’s
Will Hayden
Route 5
County Farm Bureau
J. M. O'Connor
Route 4
Countrywomen
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Ed Sullis
Wdaf-Tv
Channel 4
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