Sounds of Christmas Band Concert at Washington High
Washington high school symphonic band directed by Alan Bergstrom presents its annual holiday concert Thursday at 8 p.m. in the new high school gym. The program features The Sounds of Christmas with well known carols and Handel’s Messiah selections, plus Toy Shop and brass sextet performances by Terry DeVries Dennis Day Rot McFarland Jana McConnell Eddie Day and Vaughn Rinner.
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Jana McConnell
Rob McFarland
Terry DeVries
Die Day
Vaughn Rinner
Dennis Day
Alan Bergstrom
Bob Elliott
Washington
Brass
Rot McFarland
Eddie Day
Senghor Seizes Senegal Power Denounces Dia as Outlaw
President Senghor announces takeover of government in Dakar after gendarmerie clash and Dia's ouster. Army surrounds the national building where Dia hid, while Dia loses political and military control following a censure vote. No bloodshed reported.
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Dakar
Senegal
UPI
Leopold Senghor
Mamadou Dia
Dia
Senghor
Doudou Thiam
National Assembly
Ment
Christmas Programs At Waco Schools Outlined
Christmas programs at all three Waco attendance centers will furnish the December program for the Waco Parent Teacher Association. The events include Crawfordsville on Wednesday December 19 at 1 30 p m Wayland in the afternoon with time to be announced later Olds kindergarten and first grade program at 1 a m and the Olds high school program at 7 30 p m
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Waco
Parent-Teacher Association
Crawfordsville
Wayland
Olds
Rotary YW Christmas Party Brings 165 Guests
The Washington Rotary club and the YWCA hosted their annual Christmas party at the YMCA community room. Rotarians served dinner and gifts were distributed by Santa Claus after the meal, with a Christmas film shown. Willis Jones led the program as high school guests Steve Davis and Dan McClure were introduced by Principal Kelly Schlapkohl.
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Washington Rotary Club
The
YWCA
YMCA
Santa Claus
Kelly Schlapkohl
Steve Davis
Dan McClure
Initiation Held for Thirteen New Letter Club Members
The Letter Club at the local high school initiated thirteen new members Monday evening in the new gym under head football coach Harold Stevens. About 45 varsity letter winners across basketball football wrestling track and golf are members. New initiates include John Mulcahy Lane Jarvis Don Davis Dave Davis Terry Haifley Rich Ballard David Everetts Bob Stalder Dick Snyder Tim Horak Rich Vosika and Joe McCarthy plus Pio Barone Lamago the Italian exchange student who earned a football letter. The Old Gold Singers of the State University of Iowa will perform on WMT-TV at 6:30 p.m. James Morrison, son of Mr. and Mrs. E D Morrison Jr., is a member.
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Harold Stevens
John Mulcahy
Lane Jarvis
Don
Dave Davis
Terry Haifley
Old Gold Singers
State University of Iowa
Wmt-Tv
James Morrison
E.D. Morrison Jr
Hope Castro Will Free Prisoners
New York attorney James B. Donovan and negotiators arrived in Havana to seal a deal with Premier Fidel Castro for the pre Christmas release of 1,113 Cuban invasion prisoners. US freight planes were delivering medicines and foodstuffs to Cuba as ransom terms were arranged. The delegation included Alvaro Sanchez Jr and two Cuban family members.
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Havana
UPI
New York
James B. Donovan
Fidel Castro
Miami
Castro
Donovan
Alvaro Sanchez Jr
Berta Barreto
Virginia Betancourt
Pan American World Airways
PAA
Kennedy
Cuba
Bay of Pigs
Four Men Buried In Rocket Chamber
In Tullahoma Tennessee rescue workers began removing debris from a 250 foot deep rocket testing chamber after a concrete and steel collapse buried four men who are unaccounted for. An Air Force spokesman said there was no sign of life at the shaft bottom as the hardening concrete posed further risks.
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Tullahoma, Tenn
UPI
Air Force
Maude Pardun 81 Dies in Washington Rest Home
Maude Pardun, 81, died this afternoon at The Pines rest home in Washington. The body is at Jones Funeral Home, with funeral arrangements undecided.
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Maude Pardun
Pines Rest Home
Washington
Jones Funeral Home
Meyers adopt nine Baker orphans on Christmas flight
Donald Meyers and his wife welcomed nine Baker siblings into their family during a Christmas arrival at the airport. The adoption, arranged through a St. Cloud welfare agency, kept the siblings together after their parents died in a truck crash near Battle Lake Minnesota. Family, clergy, and airline staff shared tears and joy as the children met their new parents for the first time.
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John Garcia
United Press International
Charlotte
N.C
UPI
Eastern Air Lines
Donald Meyers
Monica
Walter
Regina Baker
Battle Lake
Minn
Pauline
Teresa
Timothy
Loretta
Susan
Jeffrey
Gerald
Philip
State school aid hike dominates budget talks
Des Moines reports the State Department of Public Instruction seeks a 147 percent budget rise to 76 027 960 yearly for 1963-65 to fund property tax relief and equal educational opportunity. The plan introduces a Foundation Program to guarantee 80 per pupil state aid, with local districts funded by statewide valuations and a per pupil minimum.
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Des Moines
UPI
State Department of Public Instruction
Paul Johnston
Harold Hughes
Johnston
Hughes
Goveror
State Department
Foundation
Iowa
Tax Commission
Rites Thursday For Linda Bales Davenport
Funeral services for Linda Bales, who died from injuries after an automobile accident near Davenport, will be held Thursday at 9 a.m. in Holy Family Church. Burial follows at Mt. Calvary Cemetery. A rosary will be held at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Halleck McCabe Funeral Home.
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Linda Bales
Davenport
Holy Family Church
Filmore
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Halleck McCabe
Main
Washington Chamber Delivers Local Info Hub
The Washington Chamber of Commerce secretary Hubert Lohrer handles vast requests for city data. He acts as a community information clearing house and coordinates on local meetings while fielding inquiries about Atlanta distances
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Washington
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Hubert
Cub) Lohrer
Lohrer
Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Kennedy singles out China as the era's top world threat
President Kennedy, in a rare radio TV interview marking two years in office, says Red China is the decade's greatest danger to world peace, beyond Russia, while stressing the need to bolster freedom and oppose both communist powers. He cautions no Khrushchev meeting is needed now due to Cuba and cautions against expecting a nuclear test ban or universal disarmament.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
China
Russia
Nikita Khrushchev
Cuba
Khrushchev
Moscow
Peking
United States
Soviet Union
William H. Lawrence
American Broadcasting Co
George Herman
Columbia Broadcasting System
Sander Vanocur
National Broadcasting Co
Weather Outlook Iowa Fair Skies Then Clouds Turn Colder
United Press International reports Iowa to remain generally fair tonight with mild temperatures. Low around 30, high in the 50s tomorrow, followed by increasing cloudiness Thursday and a turn to colder air with light rain or snow.
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Iowa
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Toy Shop
Rudolph
Osterling
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Dan Coon
Jesus
Bethlehem
Tannenbaum
Playhar the
Messiah
Tle
Zion Hallelujah
Rotary
Rotary Meeting
Willis Jones
Rotary Club
Greater Iowa Association
Kalona
Future Teachers Association
Science Club
Muscatine West Jr. High
Don Lawless
Grappiers
Muscatine
Marvin Selden Jr
Selden
Norman A. Erbe
Atlanta
U.S
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