Holiday Concert by Washington Community High School Singers
Washington Community High School singers presented a Christmas season concert titled Angels from the Realms of Glory directed by Vernon Feuerhelm. The program featured sacred pieces with soloists Dick Booth and Pat McClure and choral groups including boys and girls glee clubs, a brass sextet, and organ accompaniment by Robert Wilcox.
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Washington Community High School Singers
Vocal
Vernon Feuerhelm
Don Woodruff
Lorene Holden
Dick Booth
Pat McClure
Little Jesus Boy
MacGimsey
Pat
Niles
Robert Wilcox
Brass
Wendell McConnell
George McBee
Cecil Horst
Rob McFarlane
Logan Heilman
Jana McConnell
Pam Thomassen
Mary Kay Duncan
Tom Wright
Lynn Blanchard
Linda
Post Office to Close At Noon on Saturday
Washington post office will close Saturday noon while staff continue delivering Christmas mail. Postmaster O J Brown announced the annual rush, noting mail volume matches recent years and thanking residents for timely mailing.
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Washington
O. J. Brown
Brown
Trucker Halts Garbage Truck Fire Near Station No 9
In Des Moines a garbage truck aroused a blaze behind Fire Station No 9 when firemen signaled the driver Bernard Burch to stop. Premature trash burning was under way and the crew quickly extinguished the flames.
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Des Moines
UPI
Bernard Burch
Ten Die In Midwest Fires In Hartford City And Chicago
A mother and four children were killed in a Hartford City home fire when a gasoline bottle exploded near a gas heater. In Chicago a mother and four children died in a three room basement blaze. fire officials cited suffocation and heat as the cause. The two fathers were at work during the incidents.
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Chicago
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Samuel
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Rosemary
Debra
Agnes Coleman
Marsha
Myron
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Jimmy
Gloria
Ronnie
Albert Jr
Indianapolis
Little Stephen Baltz
New York
Vacation Events at Washington YMCA Holiday Schedule
Washington YMCA closes all day Monday Dec 26 and Monday Jan 2 during Christmas vacation. A special activity schedule runs Dec 27–30 with separate gym and coed swim times for different student groups. College students have special events Tue 7:30–9 pm, Wed 7–9 pm, Sat 2:30–6 pm. An intra-squad swim meet occurs Dec 29 from 7 to 8:30 pm with spectators welcome.
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Washington
YMCA
YWCA
Manuel McKune Dies At His Home Here
Manuel McKune 63 of 508 East Seventh Street died at home 7 30 p m Thursday December 22 1960 after a heart attack Funeral services set for Monday 10 30 a m at Jones Funeral Home with Rev Duane Johnson officiating Burial in Schrock Cemetery He was born March 24 1897 in Eureka Community south of Washington Married Valentine Pratt September 2 1919 Survived by wife two sons Manuel J Jr and Richard of LeClaire two daughters Colene McFarland Washington Imogene Purdy Davenport 16 grandchildren and brother Frank Washington
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East Seventh Street
Jones Funeral Home
Duane Johnson
Schrock Cemetery
Mr. McKune
Eureka
Washington
Marion Franklin
Alice Tucker McKune
Valentine Pratt
Christian Church
Ross Manufacturing Company
Manuel J. Jr
Richard
LeClaire
Colene McFarland
Imogene Purdy
Davenport
Frank
Pope John XXIII Delivers Christmas Messages From Vatican
Pope John XXIII prepares three Christmas Masses in the Vatican with a midnight service in Pauline Chapel, a private Mass in the Pope’s chapel, and a Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica. He will bless the crowd from the main balcony and address the city and world.
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Vatican City
UPI
John XXIII
Vatican
St. Peter's Cathedral
Jesus Christ
St. Peter's Basilica
Sotto Il Monte
College of Cardinals
John
Snow Falls Across Iowa as Temperatures Plunge Briefly
A pre Christmas storm brings a light snow cover to most of Iowa with 1 2 inches in many areas and some counties seeing more from older snow. Record lows including 22 below at Spencer and 20 below at Davenport Moline are reported with a warming trend predicted through Friday night into Saturday.
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Spencer
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
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Schwengel Hosts District Newsmen at Sunset Inn
Newspaper and radio men from the first district gathered with Congressman Fred Schwengel and his wife in Davenport for a dinner near Muscatine. Schwengel spoke, thanked the press for cooperation, and answered questions on the coming Congress session. He completed district visits in Muscatine County after a day in Washington with voters earlier in the week.
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First Congressional District
Fred Schwengel
Davenport
Sunset Inn
Muscatine
Congressman Schwengel
Schwengel
Washington
Stores Open Tonight and Closed Christmas Eve
Washington stores will stay open tonight for Christmas shoppers. Most stores and offices will be closed all day Monday for Christmas Eve and the other holiday when the Evening Journal is not published.
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Washington
Evening Journal
Mrs Gleede Dold of Coppock Dead at Wayland
Mrs. Gleede Dold long time Coppock postmaster and Evening Journal contributor died Thursday night at 8 30 in the Zehr Funeral Home Wayland. She was born June 15 1900 daughter of Harlan and Sadie Evans McCarty survived by husband Gleede and daughter Evelyn. She had family ties in Washington and was educated there. Washington city dump will close Sunday and Monday for Christmas and New Year weekend. city street commissioner Orville Long announced closure of the sanitary landfill for holidays.
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Gleede Dold
Coppock
Evening Journal
Zehr
Lloyd Patton
Burlington
Dold
Harlan
Sadie Evans McCarty
Washington
Evelyn
Orville Long
Minnesota economist Heller named Kennedy's top economic adviser
Alter W. Heller, 45, a Minnesota University economist and former Minnesota University economics department chair, was chosen by President-elect Kennedy to lead the Council of Economic Advisers. Heller described the job as tough and complex, urging flexible tax policy to combat inflation and downturns. Kennedy defended Dillon's independence in Treasury policy amid questions about links to Eisenhower.
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Heller
Kennedy
C. Douglas Dillon
Secretary of the Treasury
Dillon
Eisenhower
Treasury
Living Costs Climb Again in November Across Nation
The government reports cost of living rose 0.1 percent in November to a record high, marking the ninth time this year prices reached new levels. The CPI stood at 127.4, up 1.4 percent from a year earlier, with price gains in foods, movie admissions, and hospitalization insurance.
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Washington
UPN
Labor Department
Christmas Trees Are Real Fire Hazard
The National Board of Fire Underwriters warns of deadly risks during the Christmas holiday from defective lighting and dry trees. Advice includes keeping trees moist, away from heat, using fireproof decorations, inspecting sockets, discarding frayed cords, turning off lights when away, and avoiding electric trains under the tree. Also notes Sunday school classes at the Christian Church will not meet December 25 with worship at 10 am and resume January 1.
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New York
UPI
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Lewis A. Vincent
The
Christian Church
Seaman Stays On Wrecked Pine Ridge Amid Rescue Crane
Seaman John Richart of Wilmington chooses to remain on the stern section of the Pine Ridge 130 miles offshore as 28 shipmates are rescued by Navy helicopters after the tanker broke in half in a winter storm off Cape Hatteras. Capt Clark Snyder and seven others are believed dead in the disaster.
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UPI
John Richart
Wilmington
Del
Clark Snyder
Cape Hatteras
Snyder
Pine Ridge
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Valley Forge
Paul Guetzow
Chicago
Baten
Eaton
Truman MacArthur feud renewed over atomic bomb use
In New York Truman said he voiced an opinion that MacArthur favored atomic bombs in Korea. MacArthur denied the claim and said records show no such discussion. Truman defended his stance and noted history will judge, while both men argued over wartime decisions.
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UPI
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Korea
Japan
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Red China
Russia
Yalu
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
U.N
Gmder
Yalu River
Lost and Found Auction At YMCA December 31
YMCA hosts a lost and found auction at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday December 31 items not claimed by year end will be sold to benefit YMCA World Service unsold items will go to the Salvation Army Minllesby noted the growing collection of lost items prompting the sale.
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YMCA
Bob Gillesby
Ymca World Service
Salvation Army
Minllesby
Weather Iowa Mostly Sunny Then Warmer Weekend Forecast
Partly cloudy and warmer tonight and Saturday. Low tonight 10 to 15 east to 20s west. High Saturday 20s northeast to 30 southwest. Five day forecast shows temperatures through next Wednesday northeast to slightly above normal in the south and west. A warming trend at the start cooling Sunday night or Monday then warmer by Wednesday. Normal 15 to 19 south 6 to 14 north. Normal highs 30 to 35 south 26 to 31 north. Snow tonight and again about Tuesday with about 10 inches of melted iron and falling in the north and wast portions.
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