WHS Christmas Cantata by Vernon Feuerhelm December 22
Washington High School Choir directed by Vernon F. Feuerhelm presents the Christmas Cantata When Love Was Born on Tuesday December 22 at 8 pm. Jacki Schoonover will accompany on piano and Monica McCarthy on organ. The program includes solo and choir pieces with named performers and student ensembles.
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Riverside Methodist Church
Gilbert C. McDowell
W. F. Beckman
Dallas Ninney
Two Men Trapped in Sand Silo Rescued in Clinton
In Clinton Iowa two men Vernon Sullivan and Paul Mills trapped for more than five hours when sand caved in while cleaning a 40 foot silo. Rescue workers formed bucket brigades to remove almost two tons of sand from the silo and free the men. They were in near zero weather and reported in good condition at a local hospital.
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Here
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Clinton
Sullivan
Mills
Judges debate role of Attorney General in grand juries
Seven Fifth Circuit judges examined whether the U S attorney general can override grand jury and federal judges. Mississippi lawyer argued Katzenbach in his office can stall a grand jury. Hauberg defied orders on two perjury indictments.
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5Th Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S
Mississippi
U. S
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Nicholas Katzenbach
Katzenbach
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Hauberg
Cox
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Joe Patterson
L. Arnold Pyle
Pyle
Marshall resigns as civil rights chief at Justice Dept
Washington UPI reports Burke Marshall the administration's top civil rights troubleshooter resigns from his post at the Justice Department. He will be succeeded by his chief aide John Doar in a move affecting civil rights policy at the department.
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Washington
UPI
Burke Marshall
Justice Department
John Doar
Canal replacement eyed as Panama route debate heats up
Two items dominate the page: the death of Norbert Kurtz at 56 after six months illness in Iowa with funeral plans at St. Joseph's East Pleasant Plain and details of a Washington decision to replace the Panama Canal with a sea level waterway. President Johnson pushes a new treaty with Panama and outlines four potential routes in the Americas, stressing modernity, economy, and security in the move toward a sea level canal.
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Pleasant Plain
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Mt. Union
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Robert
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UPI
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Costa Rica
Rusk-Gromyko Luncheon Focusing U.N. Finances
Secretary of State Dean Rusk arranged a luncheon with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko as the United Nations faces a financial crisis. Rusk arrived from Washington to continue talks with foreign ministers during the General Assembly and met Gromyko briefly at a Soviet reception. He planned further meetings with Syria Somalia and Ethiopia on border disputes, with Syria Israel tensions before the Security Council.
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Security Council
Rev King meets LBJ on voting rights push in South
Rev Martin Luther King Jr. returned to Atlanta after a Friday meeting with President Johnson. He said Johnson is determined to secure Negro voting rights and plans to work in Alabama to register voters. King hinted at demonstrations and urged inclusion of Negro leadership in the anti poverty program. He called the talks with Johnson fruitful and friendly.
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Norway
Johnson lights nations Christmas Tree at White House
President Johnson pressed the button to illuminate the 72 foot Christmas tree on the Ellipse behind the White House, as about 7,000 spectators braced for 24 degree weather. He praised hopeful times since Bethlehem and touted human capacities to end war, erase poverty, and conquer disease.
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UPI
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Christ
Bethlehem
White House
U S Army officer killed by sniper near Nha Trang Viet Nam
UPI reports a U S Army officer was killed by a Communist sniper Friday while piloting a HU1B helicopter about 189 miles northeast of Saigon near Nha Trang. The co-pilot landed safely as four crew evacuated. Total U S fatalities in Viet Nam reach 340.
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Columbus
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Public notices today list multiple estate actions
Notice of sale for Jennie E. Hall estate and probate matters for Clara M. Fleener Blanche K. Miller Emma J. Plecker and Earl Hoover estates. Appointments of administrator for O F Crayne estate and appointment of executor for Carl J Jungbluth. Frehete. 2 of pill. Public notices page 6.
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Carl J. Jungbluth
Record presidential returns show Johnson landslide victory
Official returns from almost all states confirm a record 70,683,659 votes for president on November 3. Lyndon B. Johnson led with 43,126,245 votes (61 percent) to Barry Goldwater’s 27,173,894, while unpledged electors in Alabama and minor parties gathered 383,520. Pennsylvania lags in final counts.
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Southeast Iowa Weather: Snow Tonight Then Warmer Lows 20s
United Press International reports Southeast Iowa will see snow and sleet tonight followed by warmer conditions with lows from 20 to 25. Snow should end by Sunday as skies stay cloudy and colder with highs in the upper 20s.
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