Side Swipes Records Christmas Chimes at First Baptist
The Lee Memorial Chimes at First Baptist Church will be installed early next week with 24 carols recorded for use. Authorities hope Yuletide music will be played at regular hours after Monday’s installation. Meanwhile a lighthearted note from New Delhi reports Maj. and Mrs. John Eisenhower riding an elephant amid a crowd of photographers.
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Lee Memorial
First Baptist Church
New Delhi
Maj
John Eisenhower
Sea Lion Gift to Kennedy Family Gone Missing
Sandy the baby sea lion bought as a Christmas surprise for Robert F. Kennedy and his seven children has disappeared from the Kennedy home in McLean Virginia. The 95 pound animal was flown from San Francisco and placed in a pool cage but vanished Friday prompting a police search and housekeeper Magda Kraxner to report the incident.
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Washington
Sandy
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Senate Rackets Committee
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
San Francisco
McLean
Magda Kraxner
Traffic Toll Topeka AP late 1959 death log
Kansas traffic death log reports 24 hours to 9 am Saturday shows 2 deaths, comparable figures for 1959 and 1958 periods with 543 and 524 fatalities respectively.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather County Forecast Generally fair this weekend
Generally fair this afternoon tonight and Sunday with warmer conditions. Low tonight 25 to 32, high Sunday 50 to 60. Yesterday's high 66, low 29. year ago today high 15, low 2. Record high 65 in 1924 1925. record low minus 8 in 1932. Hourly temps shown. sunrise Monday 7:22, sunset 4:59.
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Kansas
Pennsylvania
New York
United States
Eesree
Labor Official Sees Chance For Rail Agreement Without Strike
Washington AP report cites George E. Leighty predicting a 50-50 chance of settling the railroad labor dispute without a strike. He notes no strike is sought and a stoppage would likely not occur before May 1. Leighty says unions are screening potential emergency-board arbitrators amid a propaganda push by railroads over featherbedding.
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Washington
George E. Leighty
Leighty
Railway Labor Executives Assn
White House
Nehru Calls the Tour Pilgrimage Of Peace
Prime Minister Nehru hails Eisenhower's 11 nation goodwill tour as a pilgrimage of peace with worldwide impact. He praises the visit at this juncture of world events and notes talks and public events have emphasized peace, cooperation and freedom. Eisenhower’s health is described as good by the White House physician after several illnesses.
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New Delhi
India
Nehru
Eisenhower
London
New York
Williamsburg Wildlife Meeting At Le gion Hall
Williamsburg Wildlife hosts a meeting at Le gion Hall in Williamsburg on Monday December 14 at 8 p.m. Advance notices urged attendance.
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Williamsburg
Legion Hall
Vega Rocket Project Out
Washington AP NASA scrapped the 65 million dollar Vega moon rocket in a move costing 17 million. The agency hopes for improved reliability with a new Atlas Agena rocket, ready for first flight about a year from now. Deep space probes will be powered by the Centaur rocket, potentially ready in 1961.
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Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
H M Hayward Dies In Hawaii
Herbert M. Hayward a 54 year old Ottawa native died last night at his Honolulu home from a heart attack. He was born in Oakland Community and educated at Ottawa Academy and Ottawa University. He taught in Hilo for three years and was an official with a Honolulu brokerage firm at death. Survived by wife Gaynelle a son Kelly sister Vida Nesbit and brother in Ottawa. Service and burial will be in Hawaii.
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Herbert M. Hayward
Honolulu
Hawaii
Glen A. Hayward
Ottawa
A. A. Hayward
Oakland Community
Franklin County
Elm Grove
Ottawa Academy
Ottawa University
Hilo
Gaynelle
Kelly
Vida E. Nesbit
Porterville
Calif
Four Lutheran Groups To Merge To Form New Church
Four Lutheran denominations with about three million members announced a tentative merger to create the largest Lutheran church body in the United States. A joint commission named Lutheran Evangelical Church in America as the new entity. The plan, under negotiation since 1956, pairs the American Evangelical Lutheran Church Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church United Lutheran Church in America and the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
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Chicago
United States
Commission On Lutheran Unity
Lutheran Evangelical Church In America
American Evangelical Lutheran Church
Augustana Evangelical Luthheran Church
United Lutheran Church In America
Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church In America
Rescue 68 Held In Black Magic Cult
Swiss police raided the Friedberg estate near Bern breaking up a black magic cult led by Paul Baumann, 42. They found 68 followers in trance, including Baumann’s wife and a 15-year-old girl. Several disciples were sent to mental homes and Baumann was arrested on charges from interference with personal freedom to embezzlement.
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Bern
Switzerland
Paul Baumann
Ernest Spoerri
Friedberg
Mountain of Peace
Linden
Baumann
Theestate
Christmas Vespers at Ottawa University Sunday Afternoon
Ottawa University presents Christmas Vespers at First Baptist Church tomorrow at 4 PM. Director Edgar D. Kerr says more than 100 students will perform choral and instrumental numbers with Christmas songs predominant for the public.
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Ottawa University
First Baptist Church
Edgar D. Kerr
U S Will Buy Treated Fowl
Washington AP The Agriculture Department will buy all stilbestrol treated poultry from producers at market based prices before December 10. The move follows a voluntary withdrawal due to cancer risk found in tests. Caponettes, premium birds, may be affected, but officials say the number and total cost are undetermined.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Secretary of Welfare
Arthur S. Flemming
True D. Morse
Specialized greeting cards in Ottawa drug stores
Ottawa drug stores offer a wide and oddball range of specialized Christmas cards, from Merry Christmas Doctor to For Our Minister and His Family At Christmas, with retailers noting mixed sales. Some clerks report box purchases and church sales impacting general card bestsellers, while others see limited demand for the niche cards and emphasize carryover and stock decisions.
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Ottawa
Gerald Briscoe
Guy Briscoe
Briscoe
John Kaiser
Kaiser Drug Store
Kaiser
Carl Snyder
Snyder Drug Store
Snyder
Lyear
Harry Williams
Raney Rexall Drug
Parole Sparks New Sparring Between Officials
TOPEKA AP A second parole for Mrs Anna May Borserine triggers a fresh clash between Attorney General John Anderson and Governor George Docking. The board of probation and parole voted 4 0 at Lansing to grant the parole. The Republican attorney general says the board’s action confirms his belief the governor has been more active in granting paroles than the public is told.
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Topeka
Anna May Borserine
John Anderson
George Docking
Board of Probation and Parole
Lansing
Borserine
Missouri
Kansas
Anderson
Docking
Paraguayan revolt and Stroessner regime clash near Asuncion
Reports from Asuncion and Buenos Aires describe an invasion by a liberation army of Paraguayans abroad entering Paraguay from Argentina and Brazil. Stroessner mobilized reserves as unrest spread to multiple cities. Conflicting broadcasts claimed uprisings in Asuncion Villarica and Concepcion amid border tensions and flights remaining normal.
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Argentina
Liberation Army
Paraguay
Saporiti
Alfredo .Stroessner
Misiones
Liberatio
Juan Jose Rotella
Mario Steche
Asuncion
Villarica
Concepcion
Stroessner
Fidel Castro
Colorado Party
Ramon Talavera
Uruguary
Talavera
Asurcion
Injured Osage County Farmer Recovering At Topeka Hospital
Clarence F. Schultz, an Osage County farmer, is reported in satisfactory condition at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka after being injured Thursday by a corn picker east of Pomona dam. He lost his right hand and part of his left thumb. neighbor John Ashwell and dam worker Cale West found him. An earlier report misidentified him as Elmer Schultz. He is in room 213.
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Osage County
Stormont Vail
Topeka
Schultz
Pomona Dam
John Ashwell
Cale West
Elmer Schultz
Clarence Schultz
Topeka Hospital
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