President attends Holt memorial service in Melbourne
President Johnson joins memorial for Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt at St. Pauls Cathedral Melbourne. Seated nearby are South Korea's Chung Hee Park, Philippines President and Mrs. Ferdinand Marcos, and South Vietnam's Nguyen Van Thieu with extended royal attendance.
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Johnson
Harold E. Holt
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Melbourne
Chung Hee Park
South Korea
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Philippines
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Prince Charles
Pony Boy the 47 Year Old Shetland Dies in Texas
Jacksboro Texas AP reports Pony Boy a 47 year old half Shetland and likely one of the oldest horses in the world has died. Special feed rations prepared by B L Martin had kept him alive the last decade. Owner Billy Craft buried Pony Boy Thursday under his favorite shade tree after he died Wednesday.
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Jacksboro
Tex
Pony Boy
Shetland
B. L. Martin
Billy Craft
Deaf couple adopts child for Christmas in California
In Torrance California Wayne and Madeline Christensen celebrate a first Christmas with Scott a two year old hearing child they adopted after a lengthy court fight. The couple long sought to provide a normal home and hope other deaf parents may adopt more easily.
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Gene Handsaker
Associated Press
Torrance
Calif
Wayne
Madeline Christensen
Scott
Christensen
Christensens
County Department of Adoptions
Ivan E. Lawrence
Janett
Los Angeles
Garrett Corp
Air Research
Alto Pass approves student interns and counseling expansion
Alto Pass High School and Grade School boards approve 10 Southern Illinois University student interns for the remaining term. Five will serve at the grade school and five at the high school to counsel students and assist with tests. Grade school hours shift to match high school hours 8 20 to 3 70 with a new part time teacher at 4 per hour. Grade school attendance rises as migrant workers return. The high school plans to buy a 1000 gallon gasoline tank to cut bus fuel costs pending state approval.
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Alto Pass
Southern Illinois University
Samuel Slagel
Slagel
PTA in Mineral Springs funds teachers salaries
The Mineral Springs PTA will provide $2,050 in salary supplements for 12 elementary teachers and the principal next year after voters rejected a county tax Referendum. PTA members will give $150 per teacher and $250 for the principal with $50 Christmas checks for each of the 12 teachers.
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Mineral Springs
N. C
Parent- Teacher Association
PTA
Union County
Harold Funderburk
Ptas
Willie Starnes
Mineral Springs Pta
Funeral Sunday for Mrs Wilson of Hurst
Mrs Flora E Wilson 77 of Hurst dies Thursday in Holden Hospital Carbondale. Funeral services set for 1 30 p m Sunday at First Christian Church Hurst with Rev Kent Hickerson officiating. Eastern Star services 6 30 p m Saturday at Riggin Funeral Home Carterville. Burial in East Lawn Memorial Gardens near Herrin.
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Flora E. Wilson
Hurst
First Christian Church
Kent Hickerson
Eastern Star
Riggin Funeral
Carterville
Buria
East Lawn Memorial Gardens
Herrin
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Carbondale
YUILL
Baldwin
Herrin, Illinois
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Queen Elizabeth II
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Governor General of
Australia
Lady Casey
Merry
Alto
Norma
Sam
Goodayear
Goodyear
North Court
Marion
Ill
Santa
Mrs. Wilson
Pearl
Anna
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Aristmas
Bill & Gene’s Market
North 14Th Street
Murphysboro Lumber Co
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