Fort Scott Revives String Music With Youth Symphony Recording
Fort Scott Kansas becomes a center for string music as the Fort Scott Youth Symphony, led by Carl Clinesmith, records a 45 minute album with an 85 member ensemble. The project marks a rebirth after years of decline, aided by instrument restoration, private lessons, and community support from the Chamber of Commerce.
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Fort Scott
Kansas
Midwest
Carl Clinesmith
Oklahoma City
Clinesmith
Milee
Markwood Holmes
Pittsburg State College
Arleen Purcell
Eugene Ware
Kansas Music Educators Association
Wichita
Clince Smith
Genie Chance’s quake coverage earns Golden Mike award
Anchorage broadcaster Genie Chance covered vast Alaska beat and endured a 59 hour on air marathon during the March 27 1964 Alaskan earthquake. She organized ham radio efforts aided shelters and families and received the Golden Mike from McCalls. CBS boosts Streisand special. NBC Louvre rerun shifted to June 8 for cosmonaut footage.
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Genie Chance
Anchorage
Chance
McCalls
CBS
Old Soldier Receives Medal in Leavenworth
Simpson Mann, 103, received the first of 11 campaign medals awarded to the 11 remaining Army veterans who fought Indians on the western frontier. James F. Haile, director of the Wadsworth Veterans Administration Hospital, praised Mann as the medal was pinned in his room. Mann recalled serving as a private in Troop F, 9th U.S. Cavalry in the late 1880s.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Simpson Mann
James F. Haile
Wadsworth Veterans Administration Hospital
Mann
9Th
U.S. Cavalry
Navy Seeks More Recruits With Lower Aptitude
The Navy said it has recruited a sizable share of men with limited abilities to meet manpower needs. Group IV enlistees, scoring low on qualification tests, were about 27 percent in November and fluctuated in subsequent months. Officials note these men can perform in unskilled technical fields when better-qualified personnel are unavailable or do not volunteer.
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Washington
Navy
Teens Decide Verdict In Arkansas Juvenile Court
In Hot Springs, judge Len Warneke presides as six high school jurors, aged under 21, hear a case with a teenagers jury recommending verdicts and punishments. The judge accepts the teen jury’s verdict and recommendation, marking a novel approach said to reduce juvenile crime locally.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Chicago
St. Louis
Len Warneke
Garland County
Arkansas
David and Churchill kingship and the people
A Sunday School lesson links Churchill's wartime leadership to David the king of Israel. It argues both men reflected faith in God, with David's reign aimed at serving the people, not personal ambition, and stresses government for the people under God. It cites biblical verses and a student example to illustrate duty and humility.
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Israel
David
Churchill
God
Joseph
Egypt
Assyria
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Florida
Debbie Louise Diff
Pendleton
Ore
Debbie
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Cynthia Lowry
AP TV
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Horse
Henne
Interstate Financial House
South Mainterstate Securities Company
Churchill A David
Winston Churchill
Hitler
England
Isaiah
Orelco
Norelco
North American Philips Co., Inc
New York
N.Y
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Budge
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
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