Christmas concert at Highland Community High School
The Highland Community High School vocal department will present its annual Christmas concert Thursday evening December 18 at 7 30 p m in the high school gymnasium. The mixed chorus will perform Sing We Now of Christmas by Harry Simeone under director Irene Trotter. Public invited with no admission charge.
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Highland Community High School Vocal Music
Harry Simeone
Irene Trotter
Washington High School
Lincoln and Stewart
Raggedy Ann
Raggedy Andy
Camel
Millie Bordwell
Richard Choate
the Horse
Mary Rouse
the Camel
Tim Hotle
Advance Ross to Downgrade Washington Iowa Plant to Warehouse
Advance Ross Corporation announced the Washington Iowa plant will discontinue manufacturing in 1970 and be repurposed as a warehouse. The facility, opened on land at the northeast edge of the city, had employed up to about 600 during peak three shift operation and supported Washington's industrial status since 1957.
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Advance Ross
Washington
Madison Street
Time for Iowa tuition grant applications for private colleges
Iowa high school seniors and returning students can still apply for fall 1970 tuition grants. Deadline to mail applications to the State Higher Education Facilities Commission is January 19, 1970. Grants aid residents who demonstrate financial need to cover private college tuitions, with reapplication required for next year.
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Des Moines
IDPA
Iowa
State Higher Education Facilities Commission
Lloyd Watkins
Iowa Association of Private Colleges and Universities
Watkins
Higher Education Facilities Commission
Bob Hope entertains Nixon White House Christmas party
UPI reports Bob Hope opened his Yuletide troop show at the White House with Nixon in laughter, joking about Agnew and Mrs Mitchell. The East Room audience of 300 included Agnew, Capp, Ford II, Linda Bird Johnson Robb, and Westmorelands among others. Les Brown and his Band of Renown performed with a silver lame dancer and a Hair ballad.
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UPI
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Washington Post
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Brown
Duke University
Congress
al Capp
Henry: Ford II
Christina
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Charles S. Robb
William C. Westmoreland
Pentagon
Eisenhower calls for pistol ownership limits in US
Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower, head of an 18 month violence study, says the nation will eventually have to remove pistols from private citizens. He urges a national city rebuilding plan, stronger law enforcement, reduced television violence, and a shift in gun policy to cut handgun availability. He notes Dissenters favor state control. He blames media, urban poverty, and unemployment for crime and advocates service, higher police and court capacity, and urban renewal. He cautions that violence may persist despite reforms.
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President Nixon update urged by White House ally
WEJ calls on the White House to deliver a substantive update from President Nixon rather than a mere rehash, urging clarity and fresh policy signals in the forthcoming communication. The message stresses accountability and concrete actions over platitudes.
Nixon to Update Viet Nam Plan In Late Address
President Nixon will deliver a brief five minute update on Vietnam tonight at 6 p.m. EST likely outlining plans to withdraw up to 40 000 more troops. The speech follows his November 3 timetable emphasizing South Vietnamese control and continues the push to Vietnamize the war with residual U S forces to support remaining operations.
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UPI
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White House
Vietnam
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Defense
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Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Issues and Answers
ABC
South Vietnam
U.S
Phase Two withdrawal: Nixon backs 35,000 more Vietnam troops
UPI reports U S Command confirms Phase Two has ended with 35 000 more men pulled from Vietnam and 11 500 more leaving quietly awaiting Phase Three. Saigon army reports 193 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese killed in 10 fights while government losses are light. US troops kill at least 72 guerrillas. three Americans die and 27 wounded amid shelling.
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UPI
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Vietnam
Mekong
U.S
Des Moines Woman Shot by Thief Dies in Hospital
A Des Moines woman, 52, died at Lutheran Hospital after being shot in the head by a thief who raided her home Saturday night. Mrs. Harold J. Millard and a daughter-in-law were decorating a Christmas tree when the masked man demanded money and opened fire.
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Des Moines
UPI
Lutheran Hospital
Harold J. Millard
Deloris Millard
British woman gives birth to sextuplets in London
A 23 year old British housewife Rosemary Letts gave birth to sextuplets at University College Hospital after fertility drugs. Five babies survived seven weeks early. one was stillborn. Caesarean delivery began at 2 45 a.m. The births mark a recent European trend of multiple births.
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London
UPI
Rosemary Letts
University College Hospital
Europe
State auditor Smith released from hospital
State Auditor Lloyd Smith was released from Iowa Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines after an attack of high blood pressure. He said he did not have a heart attack as feared and noted there were problems at the statehouse that needed attention.
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Des Moines
UPI
Lloyd Smith
Smith
Iowa Lutheran Hospital
Dee. 6
Statehouse
Largest ship lost as explosion sinks Marpessa
The 104,400 ton super tanker Marpessa, built in Japan and owned by Shell, sank off West Africa after a fire and explosion near Dakar. Two crew members are missing, others were evacuated to a tanker. Lloyds of London notes it is the largest ship ever to sink at sea.
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Chapter
The
Order of the Eastern Star
Elizabethtown
Rotterdam
UPI
Africa
Shell Oil ‘Co
Dakar
Senegal
Lloyd's of London
Iowa Weather Outlook From UPI
Cloudy and slightly warmer with a chance of light snow tonight. Lows range from around 10 in the north to near 20 in the south. Snow chances persist Tuesday with highs in the 20s to 30s.
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United Press International
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