Veterans Remember Bastogne Heroes at Ardennes Anniversary
Washington veterans gathered for the 20th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge. Brig. Gen. Anthony C. McAuliffe attended with officers from the Pentagon, while Belgium’s ambassador Louis Scheyven praised the heroes. A screening of a wartime film followed as veterans recalled brutal cold and courage.
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Belgium
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New York
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Funeral services for Alice Evelyn Gilbert set for Saturday
Mrs. Alice Evelyn Gilbert 88 of Mont Belvieu was killed Thursday in a car-truck collision while en route to the Anahuac courthouse where she worked as a deputy clerk in the county tax office. Funeral at 10 a.m. at Paul A. Lee Funeral Home with Rev. Paul Horton officiating. Burial at Fisher's Chapel Cemetery. Survivors include husband Harry L. Gilbert Jr. and daughters Valerie Jean and Karen Gilbert both of Mont Belvieu. Also surviving are her parents George N. Gazaway of Piedmont Virginia and sister Mrs. P. C. Thompson of Bay City.
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Mont Belvieu
Paul A. Lee
Gilbert
Anahuac
Paul Horton
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Fisher's Chapel
Harry L. Gilbert Jr
Valerie Jean Gilbert
Karen Gilbert
Mont Belview
George N. Gazzaway
Piedmont
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P. C. Thompson
Bay City
Houston Trustee Opposes Religion In Classrooms
A Houston school board candidate elect says she opposes any form of religion in public schools. Her husband opposed canceling a Poe Elementary Christmas pageant. the principal says the event will proceed as scheduled. Superintendent McFarland notes no policy banning Christmas nativity programs.
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Howard Barnstone
Poe
R.E. Doty
Barnstone
John McFarland
United Nations moves to Congo debate over Tshombe charges
The U N Security Council voted 7 4 to open a free debate on Congo after hearings on Tshombe s charges that Moscow aids rebels and claims that African nations ship aid with Russian help The session closed to the public amid sharp exchanges between Soviet and American delegates and will resume after Tshombe arrives to present his case The United States and Belgium defended the paratroop mission as a legal rescue operation.
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Shombe
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Stevenson
Beer License Hearing Set For Dec 29 In City Council
A public hearing on granting a beer license to Sportsman's Inn on North Main will be held at the next City Council meeting on December 29. Twenty residents from the Stewart Heights addition signed a petition protesting the license. Council members question proximity rules and the appropriateness of licenses near homes.
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Stewart Heights
Sportsman's Inn
Kenneth Badgeiti
Seaborn Cravey
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