Christmas in Two Worlds Claus and Whale Features
In Moscow Grandfather Frost Polly Alyokhin a theatre actor brings a New Year tradition to Children World store. In Barrow Alaska a Christmas program at Utkegavik church draws 700 with whale meat caribou and gifts airlifted by the Alaska National Guard to St Marys Yukon Delta. Christmas in the north centers on worship and giving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moroz
Grandfather Frost
Pavel Alyokhin
Moscow Young People’s Theater
Alyokhin
Santa Claus
North Pole
Barrow
Alaska
Arctic
Keokuk
Iowa
Tuckahoe
N.Y
Utkegavik Presbyterian Church
Tundra Times
Alaska National Guard
Anchorage
St. Marys
Yukon
Joinin Jamboree Thursday For Pelathe Scouts
Boys ages 8 to 18 are invited to the Joinin Jamboree in the Community Building basement Ith and Vt Streets. The event ties to the GO roundup with a space age theme inspired by John Glenn and marks Cub Scout, Boy Scout, and Explorer Scout participation with special neckerchief slides for attendees with a friend and parent.
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Pelathe
Boy Scouts of America
Ith
Vt. Sts
National Scout Organization
John Glenn
Earth
Glenn
Cuban exiles freed in Miami airlift after invasion failure
Kennedy accepted responsibility for the April 1961 invasion fiasco as freed prisoners arrived at Homestead Air Force Base aboard a plane shortly after 9 30 p m. The evacuees included Jose Perez San Roman Aneido Oliva and Manuel Artime leaders of the volunteer brigade of about 2000. Donovan, who aided Powers Abel exchange, spoke of the toll and moral stakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Homestead Air Force Base
Miami
Freedom
Jose Perez San Roman
Aneido Oliva
Manuel Artime
Cuban Revolutionary Council
Donovan
Air Force
Francis Gary Powers
Rudolph Abel
Toronto Teen Injured in Football Game Sheds Hope on Cards
More than 300 Christmas cards arrive for 21 year old John Ellwood at a Toronto hospital. He has been unconscious for over two years after a football injury. Some cards include money, bringing the fund to 1600 dollars though it often dries up. Monthly medical costs run around 500 dollars.
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Toronto
John Ellwood
Ex-Red's Family Reunited by His Release From Pen
Junius Irving Scales, 42, former leader of the Communist party in Tennessee and the Carolinas, is released from Lewisburg federal prison after a pre Christmas commutation by President Kennedy. The release ends a controversy over a six year sentence that exceeded those given to other party leaders, with Scales claiming disillusionment and wishing others to follow his course out of the party.
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New York
Junius Irving Scales
Scales
Justice Department
Robert F. Kennedy
Federal
Communist Party
Christmas Services Across Local Churches Highlight Season
A Children’s Christmas service filled Immanuel Lutheran Church with a special choir performance by the dren’s group and Rev I M Gjellstad’s talk on The Crib and the Cross. Plymouth Congregational and Trinity Episcopal churches held services and Holy Communion followed Christmas Eve and Christmas Day traditions with multiple programs. St James A M E Church hosted a Sunday School program Monday night, and Trinity Lutheran’s Holy Communion featured a message by Harold E Hamilton.
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Dren
I. M. Gjellstad
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Plymouth Congregational Church
St. James A. M. E
Trinity Episcopal Church
Trinity Lutheran Church
Harold E. Hamilton
Lombardi Selects Davis for Bro Bowl Bonus Choice
Los Angeles AP Lombardi named San Francisco kicker Tommy Davis the bonus pick for the Western Division in the annual Bro Bowl game against the Eastern Division, as chosen by coach Vince Lombardi.
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LOS Angeles
Tommy Davis
San Francisco 49Ers
Vince Lombardi
State youths receive top Kansas University scholarships
Seventy three Kansas high school seniors awarded the university’s top scholarships. Summerfield scholars include Beeson to Topeka and others from Wichita Derby and Shawnee Mission, Watkins scholars from Emporia Winfield and El Dorado, and Honor scholars from Newton Topeka and Prairie Village among 73 recipients.
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Kansas
Kansas University
Lawrence High School
Summerfield
Watkins
Journal-World
Michael Beeson
Topeka
Michael Pallesen
Mark Bickhard
Wichita
Gary Curtis
Robert Mood
Genn Pierce
Derby
John Shapley
Anthony Dean
Hutchinson
Stephen Holford
David Railsback
Langdon
David Diepenbrock
Shawnee Mission
Bruce Longenecker
James Perkins
Prairie Village
Robert Twineham
Merriam
Benjamin Franklin
Kansas City
Robert French
James Dowell
Haviland
Donald Field
Salina
Kenneth Reitz
Jerry Hoffman
Lakin
Rolf Penner
Newton
Philip Scoggan
Pratt
Anna Hegenbart
Emporia
Jean Miles
Winfield
Martha Kopper
Katherine Patterson
Klonda Speer
Clearwater
Kay Orth
el Dorado
Lynn Payer
Betty Seltzer
Manhattan
Karen Allbaugh
Andrea Speer
David Barr
James Cole
Gary Detter
Haven
Paul Bock
Dodge City
Carole Cour
Sherry Payne
Peggy Brehm
Sara Gerling
Bill Hart
Marilyn Hobson
Richard Johnson
Anne Lockhart
Michael McDaniel
James Rhodes
Carol Fielding
Sooners Scheduled to Leave for Florida
Oklahoma's 47 strong Orange Bowl squad was set to depart Will Rogers Field at 1:30 p.m. for Miami to meet Alabama on January 1. The team will fly Braniff charter and arrive at Miami International Airport at 4:30 p.m. CST. Coach Bud Wilkinson said practice begins Wednesday morning at the University of Miami field in Coral Gables.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Will Rogers
Miami
Sooners
Alabama
Braniff
Miami International
Bud Wilkinson
University of Miami
Coral Gables
Well Known Artist Paul Coker Jr Visits Parents
Lawrence native Paul Coker Jr. visiting his KU graduate parents over Christmas. Based in New York City, he works mainly on humorous illustrations for Hallmark and various ad firms, balancing freelance work with a demanding schedule. He credits his beginner status to ongoing growth despite steady success.
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Paul Coker Jr
Lawrence
New York
Paul Coker Sr
Hallmark Cards
Journal-World Photo
Coker
Kansas University
New York City
Hallmark
Ford Motor Co
Cordley School
Maud Ellsworth
Whb-Tv
Kansas City Television
New York Daily
Badgers and Cal Take Rest Today
In Pasadena Wisconsin and Southern California paused Christmas activities before the Rose Bowl on New Year’s Day. Coaches Bruhn and McKay gave players a rest after Monday’s hard drills as Bob Monk led a holiday sing in with co captains Steve Underwood and Richter helping Santa distribute gifts.
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Pasadena
Calif
Wisconsin
Southern California
Milt Bruhn
John McKay
Southern Cal
Bob Monk
Wausau
Wis
Steve Underwood
Richter
Santa
Underwood
Postmaster urges business mail study ahead of rate hike
Postmaster James Parsons urged local businessmen to review mailing practices to save money with upcoming rate increases on Jan 7. He cited higher rates for first class and air mail and urged correct weighing and applying postage, plus use of meters to cut costs and save time.
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James Parsons
Parsons
Post Office Department
Congressman Urges Wirtz to End New York Newspaper Strike
Rep. John Lindsay calls Labor Secretary Wirtz to use full powers to settle the 18 day strike that shut nine New York dailies. ITU Local 6 and Publishers Association talks stalled with 20,000 workers idled. Strike began December 8 affecting Times News Herald Tribune Mirror Post World Telegram Sun Journal American and Long Island papers. Strikers seek 18.45 wage rise over two years plus shorter hours. publishers counter with 8 over two years and an extra vacation week.
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NEW York
W. Willard Wirtz
John V. Lindsay
Manhattan
Wirtz
International Typographical Union Local 6
Publishers Association of New York
ITU
The
Times
News, Herald Tribune
Mirror, Post
the World-Telegram & Sun
Journal- American
Long Island Star-Journal
Long Island Press
Long Island
Primonet ta Daughter of Swaps Posts 1962 Earnings
John W. Galbreath's Primonet ta, offspring of Swaps, earned 119045 dollars in 1962. She won seven of her ten starts, showing strong consistency on the track.
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John W. Galbreath
Swaps
Christmas Brinks Truck Hijack Sparks Multi-State Theft
In Des Plaines Illinois three hooded gunmen robbed a Brink's armored truck of about 100000 dollars after luring driver Frank Neuburger and collector William Link to a bowling alley. Similar holdups occurred in Burnaby Vancouver and San Diego with sums over 100000 and 60000. Police examine footprints and tire tracks for clues.
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Claus
Whale
Moscow
Frost
Ivan
Cub Scouts
Boy Scouts
Explorer Scouts
Red
Pen
Lombardi
Davis
Florida
Mirror
Paper
Coats
Hillcrest Shopping Center
9Th and
Lewa
Badgers
Cal
Fiourines
Friedel
Bavaria
Guitars
Odell's
BELLS
Hillcrest
Fed. Tax
Richelieu
Mel
Jewelers
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