Diplomats Present Lynda Johnson Robb with Silver Tea Service
At a Georgetown reception diplomats announced a six piece Chantilly silver tea service for Lynda Johnson Robb and Capt. Charles Robb. The group of about 117 missions opted for S Kirk and Son Old Maryland pattern after gifting Luci Johnson in 1966. The diplomats disclosed the price of Luci’s gift was 2300 dollars while a local store’s Chantilly service would cost about 6770 dollars.
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Johnson
Lynda
Charles S. Robb
Guillermo Sevilla-Sasa
Nicaragua
Georgetown
Luci
Gorham
Chantilly
S. Kirk & Son Co’s
Old Maryland
Fire damages dorm lobby at Piedmont State Hospital
A fire in the fire proof nurses dormitory on the third floor of Piedmont State Hospital in Burkeville destroyed lobby furniture and caused smoke damage to most third floor rooms. The lone resident who alerted authorities was not injured.
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Burkeville
Piedmont State Hospital
Misses Pattern 4908 Promises Modern Wardrobe
The notice promotes Printed Pattern 4908 by Anne Adams offering Misses' sizes 10 to 18. It details fabric options blends cotton crepe and stripes, lists size 14 fabric use of 3 yards, and prices 65 cents plus 15 cents mailing. It directs to mail name address size and style number to Winchester Evening Star pattern dept in New York for catalog offers and a free pattern via coupon.
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Anne Adams
Winchester Evening Star
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Heloise Tips and Reader Solutions From Home Front
Readers share practical fix it ideas from hanging pictures to mending sweaters and organizing chores. Tips include aligning frames with a level and pencil mark, using two nails to prevent sway, and reworking sweater sleeves for wear. Plus round robin letters and a jar ring toss game for kids.
Farm Price Outlook Virginia corn and soybeans 1967 review
Virginia Department of Agriculture and Commerce reports corn supplies at a record level 4.7 billion bushels with Virginia production at 36 million bushels up 83 percent from last year Harvesting about 85 percent complete and local prices range across Norfolk Richmond Northern Neck Fredericksburg and Chicago terminal market No 2 yellow corn 1.05 to 1.07 in Norfolk 1.03 to 1.10 in Richmond Soybeans total supply at two billion bushels a new record and less than two months carry over next September about 127 million bushels prices No 1 soybeans 2.43 to 2.48 in Northern Neck 2.45 to 2.47 in Norfolk 2.37 to 2.39 in Richmond 2.61 to 2.63 at Chicago terminal.
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Virginia
Norfolk
Richmond
Neck
Fredericksburg
Chicago
New York Honors Cardinal Spellman With Public Viewings
New York City continued to pay last respects to Cardinal Francis Spellman at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Up to 3,600 people per hour filed past the catafalque as the church was kept open around the clock. Spellman, 78, spiritual leader of the New York archdiocese since 1939, lay in state while memorial Masses were held and thousands of children from 443 archdiocesan schools attended one. Funeral is set for 1 p.m. Thursday with a high pontifical requiem Mass by six cardinals. The burial will follow in a crypt below St Patrick’s high altar, and Pope Paul VI will name Spellman’s successor with no timetable announced.
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New York
New York City
Francis Cardinal Spellman
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Cardinal Spellman
New York Archdiocese
Archdiocesan
United States
St. Patrick’s High Altar
Paul VI
Postmaster Urges Snow and Ice Removal
Postmaster Joseph C. Haines asks residents to clear snow and ice from sidewalks and rural mailboxes to prevent delays during the Christmas rush. He urges use of Air Mail for overseas correspondence and ZIP Codes to help deliver a record nine billion pieces of mail on time.
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Joseph C. Haines
Women Demand End to Polygamy in India
The National Federation of Indian Women urged scrapping of a law permitting polygamy for Muslims in Lucknow. They adopted a resolution lamenting that despite constitutional equality women remain bound to social evils.
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Lucknow
India
National Federation of Indian
Five indicted in slaying of Georgia prosecutor Hoard
Jefferson Ga Five men were indicted on murder charges in the August dynamite slaying of Floyd G Hoard the Piedmont circuit prosecutor. Indicted alongside the sought suspect Worley were Lloyd Seay John Hyman Blackwell and George Douglas Pinion. Arraignment set for Dec 15 with a special term Dec 18 for trial and warrants issued for the four in custody.
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Jefferson, Ga
Floyd G. Hoard
A. C. Cliff’ Park
North Georgia
J. E. Carnes
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
George Irns-Worley
Commerce
Wesley Channell
Hoard
Piedmont Circuit
Worley
Park
Pendergrass
Lloyd George Seay
Dawsonville
John Hyman Blackwell
Ball Ground
George Douglas Pinion
Commerce Area
Jackson County Grand Jury
Superior Court
Mark Donahoe
Popularity Gap: Japan Leads TV Reach Surpassed Only by U.S.
The report notes television is more popular in Japan than in any nation except the United States. It cites about one set for every 16 people in Japan and about one set for every three people in the United States.
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Japan
United States
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