Sears Publishes Wanted List of Products in 1969 Catalog
Sears Roebuck and Co released a 1,554 page 1969 Spring-Summer general catalog showing more than half of its 100,000 items developed or improved in the last decade. The list highlights design, styling, convenience and new items such as a four bay unbreakable trash container on wheels and a remote control garage door opener while distributing to over 12 million families.
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Sears, Roebuck and Co
James W. Button
Button
Sears
Neatnik
Santa joins nativity scene at Port Angeles church
In Port Angeles Washington the Queen of Angels Catholic church adds Santa Claus to the nativity display. Pastor Father William Maat says Santa represents how commerce and daily life interlace with faith and Vatican II urges the church to incorporate worldly life into religion. He argues the body and soul are not separate and Santa can symbolize this integration.
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Queen of Angels Catholic Church
Santa Claus
William Maat
Santa
Joseph
Father Maat
Matt
Youths In China Labor On Crops In Kwangtung Provinces
AP reports three million youths from Kwangtung are sent from cities to farms to boost agricultural output. Government workers and factory staff are included in the mass movement, with earlier stages moving large numbers. Among those moved are over 20 000 students from Canton middle and primary schools. Wuhan graduates from 1968 are also being sent to rural areas.
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Hong Kong
Red China
Kwangtung
Canton
Hupeh Radio
Wuhan
China
Twin Cities Christmas Sales Rise Across Stores
Growth in Monroe and expanding industry boost holiday shopping with higher Christmas sales than last year. Penney's electronics and home goods show gains. Kmart up 25 to 30 percent. Palace and Field stores report upticks in quality merchandise and overall activity.
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Twin Cities
Sears
Monroe
Penney
Kmart
Barker
Field’s
Palace
Silverstein’s
Howard Griffin's
Montgomery Ward
Twin City
Two Louisiana Soldiers Killed in Action in Vietnam
The Defense Department released the names of two Louisiana soldiers killed in Vietnam. Spec. 4 Alton D. Kellogg, son of Mrs. Lizzie C Kellogg of 2508 Broadway Dr. Bossier City, and Pfc. Thomas Clark Jr., husband of Mrs. Bessie B. Clark of 2725 Willis Dr., Shreveport.
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Washington
Defense Department
Louisiana
Vietnam
Alton D. Kellogg
Lizzie C Kellogg
Broadway
Bessier City
Pfc
Thomas Clark Jr
Bessie B. Clark
Willis Dr
Shreveport
Double Rites Held Today At Waverly For Wreck Victims
Funeral services for Mrs. Woodrow Graham age 49 and her son Terry Van Graham 18 were held at Waverly Baptist Church. Burial followed at Providence Memorial Cemetery. The pair died in a three car crash on U S 80 near Delhi Saturday afternoon. Wayne Hale 20 of Alamogordo New Mexico also perished. Survivors include husband Woodrow Graham two other sons Archie and Kenneth, mother Mrs Mette Anderson four brothers and four sisters plus grandchildren. Pallbearers were Bradley Tate Terrell Lewis Bilbo Sullivan Golie Coltharp Bink Donald and Willie McCoy.
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N. M
Mrs. Graham
Bradley Tate
Terrell Lewis
Bilbo Sullivan
Golie Coltharp
Bink Donald
Willie McCoy
Franklin opposed bald eagle as national emblem
In New York the statesman Benjamin Franklin criticized adopting the bald eagle as the national emblem. He argued the bird possessed bad moral character and was too lazy to hunt for itself.
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New York
UPI
Benjamin Franklin
New Grand Jury Continues Probe Of Corporation
A 22 member federal grand jury was empaneled in New Orleans to continue examining the financial entanglements of Louisiana Loan & Thrift Corp. LL&T is in bankruptcy. the panel will serve until June 23 under a new broad juror selection law. Foreman Here Daigneault, a Houma banker, is the first non resident to lead.
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New Grand Jury
New Orleans
U.S
James A. Comiskey
Louisiana Loan & Thrift Corp
Ll&t
Daigneault
Houma
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Grill
VT Mee
Port Angeles
Wash
Mary
Jesus
Superior Lumber & Hardware, Co. Inc. “Building Material Specialists
Louisville Ave
George Wood
Twin City Pontiac
Style & Fashion Beauty Salon
Lincoln Rd
Waverly
Franklin
Geran Mpa
Ris
Pogue Atkins Co., Inc
Jack Pogue
Monroe, la
Oren Atkins
Fred McVay
Christ Child
Hixson Bros. Funeral Home
Martin A. Parker
James L. Brooks
Sammy Fordham
Ernest Stocks
James West Clan
Williamson Lee Thomas Ivory Owens
Jackson ST
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