Jazz Band Wins Top Honors at Intercollegiate Festival
In St Louis the Jac Murphy trio of Southern Methodist University was named best combo at the second annual intercollegiate jazz festival. Illinois took top big band honors, Kansas State's Burgundy Street Singers won best vocal group, and outstandingComposer-arrangers Cecil Bridgewater Jim Knapp Ed Elkins were recognized along with instrumentalist Ken Ferrantino.
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ST. Louis
Jac Murphy
Southern Methodist University
University of Ilinois
Burgundy Street Singers
Kansas State University
Cecil Bridgewater
Jim Knapp
University of Illinois
Ed Elkins
Philadelphia Musical Academy
Rock crushes girl in lake tragedy near Grapevine
Sev en people escaped unharmed when a sunbathing rock rolled into Lake Grapevine on Sunday. Bar bra Mooday, a 20 ton stone victim, remained pinned beneath the rock in six feet of water. Mooday, a American Airlines stewardess trainee, was identified as from Sycamore.
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Grapevine, Tex
Lake Grapevine
American Airlines
Barbara Mooday
Sycamore
Keenes Family Visits Highlight Weekend Gatherings
Social notes document a busy Keenes area weekend with visitors including Callie Garrison of Altamont DL Bob Richards of Wayne City Woody Thomason and son Tony from St Louis Mo and Dale Crocker with daughters Delesia Nolene Also referenced are funeral attendance for Richard Geithens Viet Nam casualty and multiple young visiting relatives and friends across nearby towns.
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Noel Thomason
Callie Garrison
Altamont, DL
Bob Richards
Wayne City
Woody Thomason
Tony
St. Louis
Dale Crocker
Delesia
Nolene
Local Social Notes From Kell and Opdyke
Keenes not well this time. Mrs Fred Jones spent Monday night with her mother Annie McFields of Kell. Roger Lane of Opdyke visited Thursday evening with Veil Buchanan. Josie Buchanan, Cor.
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Fred Jones
Annie McFields
Richard Geithens
Vietnam
Darrell
Leslie Withrow
Bluford
Jessie Buchanan
David Clark
A. B. Clark
Wayne City
Lynn Snyder
Norwalk
Calif
Bonnie
Snyder
Walter Haynes
Rayburn Tittle
Crete
Joe Bullard
Bullard
Rose Robertson
Elizabeth
Ella
Glenn Jones
Mike
Patty
Kell
James Hutchcraft
Jim
Steve
Lou Stevens
Schumm Nursing Home
Roger Lane
Opdyke
Veil Buchanan
Josie Buchanan
Soldier Graziani to serve 138 months in Southeast Asia
Graziani, son of Mr and Mrs Roy Lintrap of RR 4 Marion, is slated to spend 138 months of his remaining 18 months stationed in Southeast Asia, reflecting a long term overseas assignment.
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Graziani
Southeast Asia
Roy Lintrap
RR 4
Marion
Lightning Kills Boy Under Tree near Knox
In Knox Indiana an Addison Illinois youth Dennis J. Schwartz, 16, was killed by lightning eight miles east of Knox in Marshall County. State police said he and Arthur and other boys sought shelter under a tree during a rainstorm when the bolt struck.
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Knox, Ind
Addison
Marshall County
Knox
Dennis J. Schwartz
Wesley Musick
Arthur
Quick Quiz on Fissionable Materials
A concise quiz answer states that only three fissionable materials are known currently: uranium 235, uranium 233, and plutonium 239.
Northeast Water Situation Improves With Heavy Spring Rains
May and June downpours ended the threat of water shortage in the Northeast. Hydrologists reported record or near record stream flows in Ohio New Jersey and New York reversing a downward trend. Boston’s Quabbin resevoir stood 48 percent full June 1 with 506.9 feet level on June 18 and officials said water could last four to five years without rain.
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New York
Washington
Ohio
New Jersey
Weather Bureau
Boston
New England
Northeast
New York City
Quabbin
Treasury Department Organized in September 1798
The U S Treasury Department was organized in September 1798 marking the creation of a federal financial governance body. This note highlights the department's formation and its foundational role in overseeing fiscal policy and government revenue.
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U.S. Treasury Department
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al Jazz Band
Ken Ferrantino
University of Illinois Jazz Band
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Barbara Lawrence
Floyd Garners
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Bochum
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American Red Cross
Darrell J. Graziani
Fort Gordon, Ga
Fort Lewis
the Chicken
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Chicken House
Salem
Peter Ustinov
Chichester Festival
England
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Broadway
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Jlungis Power Company
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