First Women Jet Pilots to Train in Green Flight Suit
Williams Air Force Base prepares to train the nation's first female jet pilots this fall. They will wear the green flight suit, receive extra flight pay, and face the same standards and workload as male pilots. Captain Rogetta Marconi notes the program treats women and men equally in training and duties.
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Air Force
Blue Yonder
Diane Rowland
Associated Press
Williams Air Force Base
Ant
Rogetta Marconi
First Women Pilot Trainees Set for Williams Air Base
The Athens messenger reports Williams Air Base will begin training the first group of female pilots and navigators. Ten officers will start an 11 month course with six navigator slots in March 1977. Training mirrors male entry with daily workouts and ground school, but women cannot fly combat aircraft.
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Marconi
Maj
Robert Lake
Williams Public Information Officer
Lake
Salk Advice On Raising Self Esteem In Teens And Grandparents
Dear Dr Salk advises responsive parenting to build a teenager's self esteem by involving her in decisions such as shopping to validate her judgments. He also condemns baby talk to young children, noting it fosters infantile language and negative reactions, urging adults to use normal speech.
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MR. G.R
DR. Salk
MR. D.D
Duckie
Birdie
Ballie
Duck
Bird
Ball
Extends Six Day Trip To Three Weeks
Dear Abby columns recount family strains and personal dilemmas about marriage separation childcare and wedding plans. The letters cover a husband desertion a busy mother senior citizen scheduling and a bride seeking to wear her gown from ceremony to hotel with Abby offering blunt guidance and humorous tone.
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Abby
California
Maxwell and Brooks families hold multi-town reunions
The Maxwell reunion at the Albany home of Mr and Mrs Lowell Ashcraft drew descendants from Bridgeport Shade Route 1 Xenia Newark and Utica among others with Chip Ashcraft noted as the youngest attendee. The next Maxwell gathering is set for Aug 3 at the same location. The C C Brooks family reunion followed at the Brooks home in Millfield with numerous attendees from Athens Nelsonville New Marshfield and surrounding areas. Howard Harris attended Featherston reunion at Wilson Park, and his name was omitted from an earlier account.
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Maxwell
Lowell Ashcraft
Albany
Jesse Maxwell
Kingston
George
Minnie Maxwell
John
Florence Maxwell
Elsie Snow
Carl
Norma Snow
Gary
Wendy Snow
Bridgeport
Bill
Betty Snow
Tim
Jay Moore
Shade
Bessie Ashley
Marvin Snow
William Ashcraft
Carolyn Wessel
Dan
Evelyn Ashcraft
Jefferson
Mary Delle Harner
Athens
Jerry
Mary
Aker
Xenia
Tom
Buby Brennan
Glenview
Ill
Marian Bricker
Newark
Robert
Nancy Imm
Portsmouth
Louise Maxwell
Utica
Chip Ashcraft
Featherston
Wilson Park
Howard Harris
Woman Opens Haven of Hope for Troubled Residents
Sioux Falls resident Kelli Jo Travers and her husband Red run Haven of Hope a three bedroom home hosting 170 “kids” from babies to a 57 year old man. They provide 24 hour referrals with professionals and emphasize openness and nonjudgmental support, noting most residents struggle with drugs and many return to family life or training programs.
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James W. Kofski
Associated Press
Sioux Falls, S.D
Kelli Jo Travers
Haven
Haven of Hope
South Dakota
Holding the Food Line
Aileen Blair of Pomeroy Route 4 shares a recipe for Crisp Pickle Slices yielding eight pints. Ingredients include cucumbers onions peppers garlic salt sugar vinegar and spices. process jars in boiling water for five minutes after packing with headspace.
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Marian Reeder
Aileen Blair
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Williams
Navy
Capt
Carl G. Bailey
D.D
Dr. Lee
Salk
Millie
Melrose
L.A
Calif
Sateen
C. C. Brooks
Brooks
Wilfred Scurlock
Mary Baker
Robert Brooks
Millfield
Alfred Brooks
Larry Holley
David Gould
Ethel Taylor
Nelsonville
Standly West
Colone Gould
Tanny Browning
Jane Brownning
Jerry Gould
Rhoda Gould
New Marshfield
Charles Perry
Albert Perry
Danny Weisman
W. M. George McGrath
Martha Mae Coakley
George T
Carl Radcliff
Leslie Buck
Gladys Pitts
Olvery Riley
John Lay
Akron
Danny Baker
John Smith
Sharren Myers
Munich
Richland Ave
Ohio
Shelia Grace Young
Detroit
James Lionel Ochowicz
New Berlin
Wisc
Eaby United Methodist Church
Hunter
Sharifs Hachion
St. Court St
Athens and
Logan
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