Time since Pearl Harbor reshapes a generation
A long narrative contrasts a 22 year old Marine recruit Ed O’Neill and a Oklahoma ROTC cadet Frank Sneed with memories of Pearl Harbor and the sudden wartime shift. It traces their families, work, and choices as the nation reaches 25 years after that day. The piece weaves personal questions about fate, duty, and the meaning of middle age amid war.
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National
Charley
Irwin Shaw
Oceans
Lawton
Frank Sneed
Oklahoma U
Coppolino Goes on Trial for Strangling Neighbor
Dr. Carl Coppolino, charged in Florida with his wife’s murder, faces trial in New Jersey for strangling retired Army officer Lt. Col. William Farber, with the state seeking the death penalty amid alleged affair rumors. Bailey represents Coppolino, Keuper prosecutes. prior Florida murder indictments loom.
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Freehold
N.J
Carl Coppolino
Florida
Cappolino
William E. Farber
Monmouth County Superior Court
Elvin R. Simmill
F. Lee Bailey
Samuel H. Sheppard
Five More Die on State Highways
The Associated Press reports Minnesota's highway toll reached 883 for the year with five more deaths on Sunday. Victims include 17-year-old Robert Asp Jr. of Minnetonka in a two car crash on Minn 7 at Shorewood, 19-year-old Bonnie Schwartz of Lester Prairie who drowned after a car left Minn 7, and 19-year-old Richard Sheldon of Belle Fourche killed in Minneapolis. Also dead are 23-year-old Wallace Engler of Currie in a crash on Minn 30 near Slayton and 67-year-old Anna Brown of South St. Paul in a collision at a highway intersection. Hospitalized are the remaining drivers and passengers.
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Minnetonka
Minn
Shorewood
Minneapolis
Highway Patrol
Daniel J. Sauter
Delores Chatterton
Orono
Sauter
Bonnie Lee Schwartz
Lester Prairie
Zumbro Lake
St. Bonifacius
Daryl D. Zellman
Belle Fourche
S.D
Richard Sheldon
Charles Eaves
Sioux Falls
Wallace J. Engler
Currie
Slayton
Virgil N. Lentz
Anna Brown
South St. Paul
James J. Scherbert
Unanimous Ruling Finds Bond Right to Seat Not Denied
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Georgia lawmakers violated Julian Bond's First Amendment rights by disqualifying him for views he expressed. Chief Justice Warren noted legislators must take positions on political questions to inform constituents. Bond, a SNCC official and civil rights advocate, had been barred from the Georgia House for opposing U.S. Viet Nam policy.
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Supreme Court
Georgia
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High Court
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Atlanta
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Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee
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U.S
Viet Nam
Arthur K. Bolton
Leonard B. Bouldin
New York
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Libby Named to Head Fair Group
John F. E. Libby general manager of the Minnesota State Fair was elected president of the International Association of Fairs and Expositions at its annual convention. About 500 fairs belong to the organization, Libby succeeds Clarence Lester of Tulsa and will serve a one year term. He is the fourth Minnesota State Fair manager to lead the group in the past decades.
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Chicago
John FE
Libby
United States
Clarence Lester
Tulsa
Okla
Minnesota
Blank ballots at Jeffers local elections open to write-ins
In Jeffers Minnesota incumbent and hopefuls did not file for mayor trustee treasurer constable or justice of the peace. Ballots will be open to write-in candidates and the town has not yet decided on a plan if no write-ins appear.
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Jeffers, Minn
Union Chiefs to Advise Approval of GE Contract
Union officials are expected to urge members to approve a proposed contract with General Electric Co. reached Sunday in Washington with federal mediators. The development comes as the Supreme Court agrees to hear a New York law allowing electronic eavesdropping under court order. The case involves Ralph Berger, a Chicago PR man convicted of conspiring to bribe Martin C. Epstein, then NY State Liquor Authority chair.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
General Electric Co
Washington
Supreme Court
New York
Ralph Berger
Chicago
Martin C. Epstein
New York State Liquor Authority
Chicago JC teachers vote to end eight jc strike
Striking teachers at Chicago's eight junior colleges voted to return to classrooms after the school board pledged to recognize their union Local 1600 of the American Federation of Teachers. About 300 members approved the settlement by acclamation once the recognition was promised.
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Chicago
American Federation of Teachers
Afl-Cio
Ike to Undergo Gall Bladder Surgery at Walter Reed
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 76, will enter Walter Reed Hospital this week for gall bladder removal. He plans to enter Thursday, Dec 8, and depart for Palm Desert, California after year’s end. No active illness noted. aides canceled post Thursday appointments.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reed Hospital
Eisenhower
Gen. Eisenhower
Walter Reed General Hospital
Palm Desert
Calif
Augusta
Georgia
Walter Reed
Robert Schulz
Johnson Denies Fast Ride to Church on Foggy Day
White House cites Secret Service log showing 25 minutes for 17.4 miles to Fredericksburg with an average 42 mph while fog limited visibility. Newsmen in three cars said they could not keep up speeds of 80 to 90 mph despite following Johnson.
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Ed O’neill
Barnett’s
Pearl Harbor
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Arizona
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Bill D. Moyers
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Rhodesia rejects British plan on 13 month independence crisis
Prime Minister Ian Smith announced Rhodesia will not accept Harold Wilson’s terms ending the rebellion. The cabinet rejected Britain’s proposed constitution and governor controls, sending the dispute to the United Nations for possible sanctions.
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Salisbury
Ian Smith
Britain
Smith
Harold Wilson
Wilson
Humphrey Gibbs
Rhodesian Front Party
United Nations
South Africa
Creek Chief McGhee cites paid $68,000 attorney bill
Embattled Creek Indian Chief Calvin W. McGhee told a mass meeting of the Creek Nation east of the Mississippi on December 4 that former attorney C LeNoir Thompson of Bay Minette Alabama had submitted an expense account of 68000 which had already been paid. Thompson represented the Indians in battles up to the U S Supreme Court seeking a 43 million settlement for lands taken by the federal government over 150 years ago. The meeting was at the Poarch Indian School near Atmore Alabama.
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Mississippi
C. LeNoir Thompson
Bay Minette
Ala
U.S. Supreme Court
Poarch Indian School
Atmore
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