Dogs Await Christmas Homes at Ottawa Humane Shelter
Twenty five dogs at Ottawa Humane Shelter on West Seventeenth Street face Christmas without a family. Only five or six puppies have found homes this year, leaving the group of canine youngsters mostly unadopted. Potential adopters can buy a dog for five dollars for males or fifteen dollars for females, a gesture some readers may see as Christmas cheer.
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Santa
Ottawa
Humane Shelter
West Seventeenth Street
Effect Of Gun Law Felt Here
Ottawa dealers report tighter federal gun and ammunition licensing under the Gun Control Act of 1968 will reduce vendors. Managers warn profits drop with $10 license fees while current licensees renew. shoppers face higher prices as dealers adjust to stricter controls.
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Ottawa
E. C. Heathman
Heathman Oil Company
U.S. Internal Revenue Service
United States
IRS, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division
Harry Rybolt
Budge’s Hardware
Thrifty Aberdeen Card Bounces Between Friends
In Chicago, Mollie Wieberg, a Scotswoman, kept a 1938 Christmas card moving across years. She sent it to a suburban friend who returned it the next year, and the now yellowed card has traveled back and forth annually for decades within their circle.
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Chicago
Aberdeen
Scotland
Mollie Wieberg
Weather forecast for the county shifts to snow
Cloudy with light rain or drizzle tonight, then snow and colder Wednesday. Low tonight 30 to 35, high Wednesday in the 30s. Chance of precipitation 50 percent tonight, 30 percent Wednesday. Monday high 43, today’s low 25, compared with last year’s 52 and 32. Record highs and lows for the date shown.
Apollo 8 Practices Right Up To Blastoff
Apollo 8 crews rehearse in a spacecraft trainer as Saturn 5 prepares for the moon flight. Astronauts Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders simulate lunar orbit maneuvers and navigation by stars and landmarks including the Sea of Tranquility feature Mount Marilyn, to refine trajectory and timing before the Christmas Eve to Christmas Day mission.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Air Force
Frank Borman
Navy
James A. Lovell Jr
William A. Anders
Moon
Earth
Anders
Lovell
Sea of Tranquillity
11 Year Old Thrill Killer Given Life Detention
Mary Flora Bell, age 11, convicted in Britain of manslaughter with diminished responsibility for killing two boys in a sensational trial. Norma Joyce Bell found innocent. Mary to undergo prison treatment for a psychopathic disorder before any potential release.
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Newcastle
England
Mary Flora Bell
Britain
Mary
Norma Joyce Bell
Ralph Cusack
Home Secretary
The New Beat Strikes A Tune
Cartoon on the Herald Traveler editorial page shows a long-haired youth singing a letter about a Christmas fund. A 19-year-old college student, David Jackson, donates $250 earned with a rock band to help others. He asks critics to judge not by appearance.
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Boston
Herald Traveler
James Dobbins
David Jackson
Ky Maintains U S Viet Nam Talks Harmony
Paris AP report says Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky of South Vietnam found no disagreements with U S negotiators after a meeting with W Averell Harriman Cyrus R Vance and Pham Dang Lam in Saigon He defended Clifford’s remarks and said no new compromise proposals were discussed on the table shape for the peace conference The North Vietnamese have rejected the allied doughnut table plan after pressing for an undivided round table
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Paris
Nguyen Cao Ky
South Vietnam
U.S
Clark M. Clifford
Washington
Saigon
W. Averell Harriman
Cyrus R. Vance
Clifford
Harriman
Vance
Pham Dang Lam
Indi
Isaiah The Prophet Who Braved War Pacts in Judea
The piece describes Isaiah leading barefoot protests in Jerusalem against a military alliance with Assyria, warning of ruin by arms. It presents Isaiah as a bold political voice who denounced rulers aiding oppression, while offering a future hope seen in the coming of a messianic figure and the birth of a child. It covers his ministry through Ahaz and Hezekiah, his critique of wealth over poverty, and Micah's Bethlehem prophecy as context.
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Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz
Judah
Isaiah
Jesus
Isaish
Ahaz
B.C
Assyria
Israel
Syria
Micah
Morsheth
Jerusalem
God
Bethelem
Ephrathah
Bethlehem
Ottawa area students start Christmas break for 1968
Ottawa University will release 1,014 students after 5 p.m. Friday with many heading east for the holidays. Public schools end the year Friday at 3 p.m. and resume January 2, while Sacred Heart closes after the noon Christmas program and also returns January 2. Dormitories remain closed and university facilities have limited hours during vacation.
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Ottawa
Ottawa University
Nelson Travel Agency
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Union
Sacred Heart School
Personal Property Tax Deadline Approaches in Franklin County
The Franklin County Treasurer announced the personal property tax deadline is this Friday for the first half. If unpaid, the entire assessment becomes due the following Monday with a 10 percent yearly penalty. Those paying on time owe the second half by June 20, 1969, and license tags go on sale Jan 2, 1969. proof of payment is required to obtain or reserve tags, with a Dec 27 deadline to reserve. The treasurer’s office closes at noon Dec 31 for year-end reporting.
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Franklin County
Velma Powers
Edward L. Stingy
Miss Powers
Topeka
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Apollo 8
Santa Claus
Carnegie Library
Don Burroughs
Ottawa Jaycees
P.S. Merry Christmas
the Prophets
George W. Cornell
Jotham
Hezekiah
Maneaseh
Immanuel
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