Simple gift guide lists books for celebrities and figures
A humorous Christmas piece urges buying books as safe gifts. It itemizes titles associated with well known figures and public figures like Rams, Rockefeller, Nixon, Lindsay, McCarthy, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Bob Hope, Spock, Kennedy, and others, illustrating gift choices and light satire on their personas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles Rams
Hebert
McNamara
Lyndon Johnson
Nelson A. Rockefeller
George Romney
Ronald Reagan
Richard M. Nixon
John
V. Lindsay
Fun City
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Eugene J. McCarthy
Bob Hope
Gold Pride Certificate Presented to Former Conesville Resident
Sergeant Donald K. Johnson of the 28th Weather Squadron in London, England, received the MAC Gold Pride Certificate from Colonel Ralph G. Suggs for reducing errors and improving forecast products at the South Ruislip Weather Support Unit. Johnson, a former Conesville resident, was honored during a tour of European Air Weather Service units. Also, Pvt. Farrel Wiley arrives for leave from Fort Huachuca, and Keith Abbott and wife attend their daughter Candi’s graduation in Minneapolis. Christmas visitors include Jerry Lutz and Philip Carey, with other locals hosting Eva McKee and students Charlene Buser and Vicki McKean. Church services listed for Grace United Church of Christ and Conesville Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conesville
CMN
Donald K. Johnson
28Th
Air Force
London
England
MAC
Ralph G. Suggs
Air Weather Service
Sgt
Johnson
South Ruislip
Suggs
Inajer Air Weather Service
Europe
Jonson
Alden Maxwell
Candi
Northwest Institute of Medical Science and Technique
Jerry Lutz
University of California At Berkeley
Calif
Paul Lutz
Lutz
Philip Carey
Iowa City
Charlene Buser
Charles Buser
Vicki McKean
Lyle McKean
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls
Eva McKee
Whitewater
Wis
Irvin Ry‘erett
Pittsburg
Kan
Alden Bebb
Student Drivers Will Take Home Drinkers Safely
GREELEY COLORADO AP Operation Get em Home Safe runs through January 2 in Greeley. Ned Hanawald director of Weld County Mental Health Center alcohol division led the effort. Twenty high school boys with good driving records staff 24 hour shifts in pairs. A special phone number offers motorists help to go home safely. Alabama cross country expects great things from sophomore Joe Joyce of Jacksonville Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greeley
Colo
Ned Hanawald
Weld County
Louisa Jury Finds Royer Not Guilty
Royer Jr. was found not guilty by a Louisa County district court jury on charges of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Judge George Van Alten presided as the jury deliberated from morning until after 9:30 p.m. Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapello
Curtis Arkell Royer Jr
Royer
Louisa County District Court
George van Alten
Fulton Township Homemakers Hold Christmas Meeting
The Fulton Township Farm Bureau Homemakers met Tuesday at the Crabapple Community Building with Mrs Henry Franzen as hostess and 15 members plus one child present. A Christmas gift exchange and carols followed a business session led by Mrs Ralph Krebs. scholarships and safety topics were discussed and prizes awarded in card games. Next meeting set for January 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ari Leet
Donald Hering
Donald” Hering
Leroy Mortensen
Herbert
Holdorf
Allen Mumm
John Schumaker
Irma Barber
Krebs
Eugene Liebke
Spangler Chapel Christmas Program Held in Bloomington
Bloomington notes the Spangler Chapel Christmas Program Sunday evening with Jackie Kamm welcoming. Tom Brenneman recited I Saw, and children sang The Ten Little Angels Band and Away in a Manger. A film strip Joseph and the Nativity was shown, with prayers and a benediction. Treats and poinsettias were given to attendees and organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Jackie Kamm
Tom Brenneman
Ten Litle Angels
Joseph and the
Steve Nussbaum
Paul Reed
Eric Kautz
Enke
Robert Yedlik
George R. Shield
Kim Luedtke
L. E. Windman
Mike Luedtke
Ed Hogan
Wilma Gray
Richard Shield
Inez Paetz
Columbus Junction UPW Installs Officers Tuesday
United Presbyterian Women at Columbus Junction church held their annual Christmas meeting Tuesday evening. New co presidents Mrs Evelyn Houseal and Mrs Evelyn Duncan were elected along with officers and coordinators for the coming year. Thirty women attended the meeting as reports on furnishings for the new education building were approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
United Presbyterian
Evelyn Houseal
Evelyn Duncan
Nancy Barrick
Anna Robertson
Karen Gorham
Irene Myers
Joan Garrett
Helen Orr
Edith Orr
Helen Howell
Margaret Quigley
Evelyn House
The
Israel
Mra
Alice Cummings
Jocelyn Pedersen
Ford Says GOP Seeks Better U.S. Deal Than Johnson
House Republican Leader Gerald Ford told AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department that the GOP aims to oust President Johnson in 1968. He said the American people deserve a better deal and criticized the Democratic administration for maintaining the status quo on economics crime fighting programs and merchant shipping policy. The Maritime Trades Department, with 38 unions, has long opposed current policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Gerald Ford
Johnson
Betteva
Ford
Michigan
Afl-Cio Maritime Trades Department
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New York
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Benjamin Spock
Sen
Robert F. Kennedy
Phyllis Diller
J. Edgar Hoover
Baltimore Colts
Jackie Gleason
Harold E. Stassen
Green Bay Packers
Ho Chi Minh
King Constantine
Greece
Timothy Leary
Sidney Poitier
Hal
Boyle
Oklahoma City
Local
Council of Churches
Sheila Claborn
Santa Claus
George
Schmelzer
Muscatine
East Ninth ST
Wapello Nursing Home
Highway 61
Noble Parrish
Journal Phots
Ken Neblit
Farrel Wiley
Fort Huachuca
Ariz
Paul Wiley
Keith Abbott
Minneapolis
Minn
Grace United Church of Christ
James A. Reinhard
Conesville Methodist Church
Fred Diefenbacher
Alabama
Joe Joyce
Jacksonville
Fla
Louisa
Lake Park Blvd
Fulton Two
Spangler Chapel
Sears
Sears, Roebuck and Con
West Second St
Diak
UPW
U.S
North American Philips Company, Inc
N.Y
Russell Stover
Merny
Aarth
East Second Street
Carlson's Floral Shop
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