McAuliffe Remembers Bastogne Surrender Reply Nuts
Gen. Anthony C. McAuliffe recalls the Bastogne siege during the Battle of the Bulge twenty years later. German ultimatum demanded surrender within two hours or face German artillery. McAuliffe’s one word reply Nuts became a legend as American forces held Bastogne despite heavy losses and harsh conditions.
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101St Airborne Division
Belgium
MU Student Elected Big Eight Conference President
Harvey Kantor, Missouri University student body president, was chosen as the Big Eight Student Government Association president. Roger Holmes of Colorado University became vice president as delegates at the Kansas University conference elected them Saturday. The former president Ray Edwards of KU remains a senior from Bethesda, Maryland. A business meeting also rescinded a travel bureau bill, ending a shared service. each school will run its own travel office.
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Missouri University
Big Eight
Roger Holmes
Colorado University
Kansas University
Ray Edwards
Bethesda
Kantor to select director for College Bowl finals
The Big Eight schools will submit bids to Kantor who will appoint a director for the College Bowl finals planned for May. The next Big Eight Student Government Association meeting is set for October at MU, with a spring conference led by student body presidents and Kantor determining time and place.
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Polar Air Sweeps Plains Great Lakes With Deep Freeze
A polar air mass drives temperatures below zero across the Plains and Great Lakes while heavy snow snarls the Northwest. Minnesota and North Dakota see as low as minus 20, with Bemidji reaching minus 1. West Yellowstone reports 24 inches, New Mexico endures its coldest night with Red River at 20 below.
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Wisconsin
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Continental Divide
New Mexico
Red River
Hobbs
Eisenhowers Begin Winter Trip to California
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Mamie Eisenhower left their farm home Monday night for a trans continental train journey to a winter vacation in Southern California. Accompanied by Brig. Gen. Robert Schultz, they will reach Palm Desert to occupy a cottage at their longtime vacation retreat.
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Palm Desert
Conrad Leaves Africa Seeks 8300 Mile Nonstop Flight
Max Conrad, 62, departed from Cape Town for New Orleans aiming to fly 8,300 miles nonstop in 65 hours to beat his light plane distance record. He previously set 6,911 miles from Casablanca to El Paso in 1959. Connor is piloting a Piper Twin Comanche.
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America
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Linwood Community Happenings December Notes
A Linwood birth is reported for December 2 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Methodist Ladies plan a 2 p.m. December 16 Christmas party with a missions offering. Mary Ann Bowen celebrated a 15th birthday at a brunch. Gene Rescoe returns from eight months in Germany for a 30 day leave. TOPS Club hosts and their husbands Saturday evening. 4-H Club meeting moved to December 14 at the school. A member will bring fruit for the Melvin Holmes family who lost all possessions in a recent fire. Linwood Grade School Christmas program set for 8 p.m.
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Tops Club
Melvin Holmes
Linwood
Linwood Grade School Students Attend Peter Pan at KU
On December 17 the High School Christmas program moves to 8 p.m. Dec 15 dates corrected. Linwood Grade School lower grades attended Peter Pan at Kansas University, noting venue and date changes.
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