Two Lawrence Families Benefit From Christmas for Children Program
The Jaycees and Salvation Army will host after hours shopping for two Lawrence families. One member from each family will select gifts of clothing and toys at local stores, then Jaycees will wrap and assist with part of the Christmas meal. Lawrence Optimists provide two trees. Gary Thompson and Charles DeCapo lead.
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Lawrence
Jaycees
Salvation Army
Jaycee Jaynes
Lawrence Optimists
Lawrence Business Firms
Gary Thompson
Charles DeCapo
Lawrence High A Cappella Choir Tapes Christmas Program
Members of the Lawrence High School A Cappella Choir taped a Christmas music program for WIBW TV to air at 5 p.m. Tuesday on channel 13 in Topeka. Director Charles Olson leads four numbers including Masters in This Hall Wassail Song Angels We Have Heard on High and Deck the Halls.
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Lawrence High School
WIBW
Topeka
Charles Olson
Parker- Shaw
Vaughn- Williams
Dalai Lama Exiles Seek Refuge Amid Chinese Rule
About 80,000 Tibetans followed the Dalai Lama into exile to escape Chinese Communist rule. Around 600 exiles are reported living in Switzerland with aid from sympathetic Swiss organizations.
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Dalai Lama
Switzerland
Apollo 8 crew see mission as trail for lunar landing
Air Force Col. Frank Borman will command Apollo 8 on a December 21 blastoff for a six day lunar orbit. Crew members Lovell and Anders discuss navigation, mascons, and the mission's goals of testing orbiting and landing procedures while photographing the Sea of Tranquillity region.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Moon
Air Force
Frank Borman
Borman
Navy
James A. Lovell Jr
William A. Anders
Anders
Lovell
Censorinus
Sea of Tranquillity
Earth
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Five Seas
Aristarchus
Garden Center
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Massachusetts
Mattel
Mother Goose
Johnny Toymaker
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