Oberlin Carpenters Aid Mississippi Church Fire Rebuild
White Oberlin College students and Mississippi Negroes unite as Carpenters for Christmas to rebuild Antion Baptist Church near Ripley after a fire. The 26 students plus 6 more planned brick work by Tuesday and framing by Wednesday, aided by professor-mentors and Oberlin fundraisers.
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Ripley
Mississippi
Oberlin College
Oberlin
Ohio
Antioch Baptist Church
Burrell L. Scott
Cleveland
Scott
Memphis
Marcia Aronoff
Oberlin Action For Civil Rights Organization
Middletown
College Preview Night Aims to Show Life After High School
Former Monroe High School graduates now in college will speak about college life at a 7 p.m. event in the High School Chorus Room. The Future Teachers of America club sponsors the informal session for interested students, featuring Becky Houser Dan Landis Richard Barry Laura Schroeder Audrey Beach Gary Griffith and Steve Grundahl from several colleges.
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Leo Sebald
Future Teachers of America Club
Monroe High School
FTA
Sebald
Becky Houser
Dan Landis
University of Wisconsin
Richard Barry
Ripon College
Laura Schroeder
Platteville State University
Audrey Beach
Gary Griffith
Whitewater State University
Steve Grundahl
St. Olaf
Minnesota
Johnson declines 1965 candidacy by Second Ward alderman
O. N. Johnson, Second Ward alderman since 1961 and former chairman of the Board of Public Works and the Finance and Taxation Committee, announced he will not seek re election in spring 1965. He said he steps aside to allow others to serve and thanked voters who elected him in 1961 and 1963.
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O. N. Johnson
Johnson
Board of Public Works
Finance and Taxation Committee
Death Penalty Abolition Bill Seen Passing House
London report says a bill to abolish the death penalty for murder is expected to pass the House of Commons tonight. The measure would replace capital punishment with life imprisonment for such offenses.
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London
House of Commons
Haylift flies hay to stormbound Montana cattle
A Flying Boxcar airlifted five tons of hay toward Malstrom Air Force Base and 65 tons to cover 36 000 square miles in southeastern Montana. Lt Col Richard Barnes and Airman Raymer volunteered, recalling hay hauling from childhood. The region suffers severe losses with 20 000 cattle and 26 000 sheep dead valued at 3.4 million dollars.
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Great Falls
Mont
Malstrom Air Force Base
Montana
Richard Barnes
Seattle
Terry Rymer
Wittenberg
Wis
Raymer
Volmers
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Reuther Released From Detroit Hospital
Walter P. Reuther president of the United Auto Workers left Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit on Sunday two weeks after lung operation. The 57 year old labor leader said the operation was successful and his recovery is assured. He hopes to resume union duties soon.
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Detroit
Walter P. Reuther
United Auto Workers Union
Henry Ford Hospital
Reuther
Three Youths Die In Car Train Crash At Wauwatosa
A Milwaukee suburb crash claimed three youths Joyce Culbertson 16 James Junck 17 and Richard Rausch 17 near a crossing in Wauwatosa. Train engineer Joseph Limberg 60 said the eastbound train hit the 1955 car at 68 mph. The car tore apart, bodies were thrown 30 to 90 feet, with one victim dying hours later. Ice skates found nearby.
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Wauwatosa
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Road
Joyce L. Culbertson
James Junck
Ludwig F. Andraschko
Andraschko
Kathlee Wist
Glendale
Pearl Anne Rettenger
Lansing
Iowa
DeSoto
Vernon County
Margerie Maltz
Watertown
Raymond Bishell
Lancaster
Bishell
Luci Johnson Heads Teens March of Dimes
Luci Baines Johnson, the President’s younger daughter, is the new chairman of the National Foundation March of Dimes teen program. She sent a letter to 2,000 teen leaders urging them to join a campaign to prevent birth defects affecting about 250,000 children annually.
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Washington
Luci Baines Johnson
National Foundation — March of Dimes
Miss Johnson
Santa Discovers Children as Holiday Hazard in Store
An Associated Press reporter portrays as Santa at a Baltimore department store, noting the cost of the costume and the pressure to please shoppers while encountering a needy boy asking for a coat for his mother and a desire for a balloon. The piece highlights the chaotic scene and the responsibilities of playing Santa.
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Associated Press
Santa
James
Four weekend crashes injure two drivers seriously
Four weekend accidents investigated by sheriff deputies and the State Patrol left two motorists injured, one seriously. Roy R. Klitzke, 33, Albany, broke his left collarbone after his car veered off County Trunk EE near Norwegian Settlement and burst into flames, with possible back injuries. Lyle R. Walter, 35, Rockford, suffered a small head cut after his car plunged down a 30-foot embankment on County Trunk T near Green Rock County Line Road, reportedly after falling asleep. A third incident near Belleville involved Mary L. Olstad, 16, who escaped injury when she lost control on Highway 69 and struck a telephone pole. Carole A. Walsh, 23, Janesville, escaped injury after losing control on Highway 11 near the junction with Highway 81 in Spring Grove Township. her car damaged its rear right.
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State Patrol
Roy R. Klitzke
Albany
Ivan Kittleson
Klitzke
Lyle R. Walter
Rockford
Evansville
Green Rock County Line
Brooklyn
Walter
Mary L. Olstad
Belleville
Dane County
William Harvey
Monroe
Carole A. Walsh
Janesville
Brodhead
Spring Grove Township
Harvey
Fire destroys barn on Sparta farm in rural area
A barn measuring 102 by 34 feet on the Robert Christopherson farm five miles west of Sparta burned Sunday. Fifty nine head of livestock were saved. total loss estimated over 25000 dollars, including two silos contents, 5000 bales hay 2500 bales straw and machinery.
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Sparta
Robert Christopherson
Christopherson
Rural hunter killed by shotgun blast near Alma Center
Leo A. Printz, 53, of HumBird rural area, died after a back shot while rabbit hunting with three companions north of Alma Center. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Black River Falls hospital.
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Alma Center
Wis
Leo A. Printz
Humbird
Black River Falls
Edward Flanery Dies at 80 Longtime Argyle Resident
Edward Flanery 80 a native of Jordan Township and resident of Argyle since retirement died at 11 55 a m yesterday in St Clare Hospital after a period of ill health He was born December 14 1884 and married Anne Johnson March 2 1929 Surviving are his wife two brothers three sisters and several siblings Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery with services at 2 p m tomorrow Erickson Funeral Home Argyle Rev Dale Shotts officiating He was a member of the Modern Woodmen of America
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Edward Flanery
Jordan Township
Argyle
St. Clare Hospital
Mr. Flanery
Patrick F
Amanda Poff Flanery
Rat Hollow
Banner
Freeport
Anne Johnson
John T
Patsy
Anna Satterlee
Los Angeles
Calif
Oscar Halvorson
Delia McGrath
Frank
Joe
Kate Scott
Mary Scott
Margaret
Flanery
Modern Woodman of America
Erickson Funeral Home
Dale Shotts
Argyle Methodist Church
Woodlawn
Youth Fellowship Fund Taken at Local Church
A theft at St. John's United Church of Christ saw $110 taken from Rev. Donald Storck's desk during the second service yesterday morning. The funds, earned by the Youth Fellowship from Christmas Card sales, plus a few dollars from the Sunday School room, were urged to be returned with church officials promising no charges if recovered.
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St. John’s United Church of Christ Youth Fellowship
Donald Storck
Youth Fellowship
Oscar Disrud Dies at 74 Retired Blanchardville farmer and businessman
Oscar B. Disrud, 74, of Blanchardville died at 11:30 p.m. after a long illness. He owned the Gamble store for 17 years before retiring in 1957 and previously farmed in Perry Township, Dane County where he was born on November 19, 1890. He married Inga Kittle son on October 1, 1913, and is survived by his wife, five daughters, two sisters, a brother, 17 grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. He was a member of York American Lutheran Church with services at 2 p.m. Wednesday conducted by Rev. Clifford Pederson. burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call at Saether Funeral Home after 10 a.m. tomorrow and at the church after noon Wednesday.
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Blanchardville
Oscar B. Disrud
Gamble
Perry Township
Dane County
Mr. Disrud
Gabriel and
Inger Lund Disrud
Meadow View Rurale
Inga Kittleson
Parnell
Arlene) Hamilton
Robert
Inez) Watrud
Lincoln
Carol) Barber
Herbert
Isabel) Dobson
Julian
Alta) Olson
Barneveld
Henry O. Kittleson
Horeb
William Robb
Saether
Thirty Whites Believed Killed in Congo Hostage Crisis
In Leopoldville the Congo a report says thirty more white missionaries and their families are believed killed by rebels in the northeast. Missing include American Mary Baker of Richmond Virginia last heard at Banalia on November 20. Refugees say fourteen freed at Bafwasende are unsure about others killed.
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Leopoldville
Congo
Mary Baker
Richmond
Banalia
Stanleyville
Bafwasende
Miller says GOP chair Burch should keep job despite slim majority
Representative William E. Miller told reporters after a conference with Senator Barry Goldwater that GOP chairman Dean Burch should retain his post even if he holds only a one vote majority on the 132 member Republican National Committee.
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Washington
William E. Miller
Barry Goldwater
GOP
Dean Burch
National Committee
Gunmen Loot Bank Truck Outside Paterson Church
Three gunmen in Halloween masks hijacked a bank truck outside St. Anthony's church in Paterson New Jersey seizing $511 000 in cash. They held three priests and two guards at the rectory before escaping by car. the alarm failed to trigger and the bank noted the sum was insured.
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Paterson
N.J
St. Anthony’s
Frank Fernandi
John Godley
John Anderson
First National Bank of
Passaic County
Anderson
Fernandi
Godley
William Ludwig
Janesville Population Sees 2200 Increase by Year End
City manager Joseph Lustig estimated Janesville’s population at 40,750 by year end, up 2,200 from 1963. He cited multiple sources and noted the rise is larger than in recent years. The 1960 census recorded 35,164 residents, and 401 new houses were built this year.
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Janesville
Joseph Lustig
Lustig
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N.D
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March of Dimes
By Stephen Broening
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New Jersey
Utah
Ernest Allan
West Virginia
Jim Mazzella
Atlantic City
Francis Nickler
Joe Taffoni
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