Audie Murphy Returns Home as War Hero
AP writer William C. Barnard recalls Audie Murphy arriving in San Antonio in 1945 after Europe service. The most decorated U.S. soldier, Murphy earned the Medal of Honor for a lone stand against German forces. He travels to Farmersville the next day with a tight schedule and a wary press corps.
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Texas
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United States
Dallas
Farmersville
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Wreckage Found of Plane Carrying Audie Murphy near Roanoke
The chartered plane carrying Audie Murphy was found on a mountaintop near Roanoke Virginia. State police report six bodies recovered from the wreckage. Murphy, 46, a highly decorated World War II hero, was en route from Atlanta to Martinsville in connection with a possible investment.
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Audie Murphy
America
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Martinsville
Marvin Kent
Brushy Mountain
Charles Burnette
Virginia
Texas
Brush Mountain
Bluefield
Alcoa and United Steelworkers Reach Three Year Contract
Alcoa and the United Steelworkers Union announce a three year contract raising average pay about 30 percent and implying price increases on some products. The agreement comes as major aluminum producers signal similar deals forthcoming.
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the Aluminum Co. of America
United Steelworkers Union
Alcoa
Cubans Still Holding Jet Hijacked From Caracas
Sixty nine aboard a Pan American jet hijacked Saturday remained in Havana’s hands on Memorial Day. Havana Radio, aligned with Fidel Castro, acknowledged the hijacking and said a Venezuelan youth claimed political motives. The State Department, via the Swiss Embassy, said all passengers and crew are reported to be well.
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Pan American Airways
Cuba
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Fidel Castro
State Department
United States
Graves Search Shifts To New Ranch After Mass For 23 Victims
In Yuba City California a broader search for graves along the Feather River moves to the Jack Prindiville Ranch as a special Mass honors 23 transient victims and Juan Corona held on 10 killings. Sheriff Whiteaker leads 25 deputies with metal detectors and trenchers at the 500 acre Sullivan Ranch where 21 bodies were found.
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Roy D. Whiteaker
Jack Prindiville
J.L. Sullivan
Miner in Wyoming Electrocuted at Work Near Steeles
Ronald S. Fuller a 26 year old motorman at Wyoming Mining Company No 2 mine was electrocuted Monday morning at a Steeles area mine. He died on arrival at Welch hospital after contact with a faulty charged battery locomotive. Survivors include his parents Richard and Ruth Rice Fuller of Hanover. Funeral arrangements are pending at Fanning Funeral Home Jaeger.
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Ronald S. Fuller
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Fanning Funeral Home
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Ruth Rice Fuller
Critics press Nixon to set a Vietnam troop withdrawal date
Critics insist President Nixon publicly name a specific date to pull American troops from Vietnam. They may also want to know the exact time of day he envisions implementing any such withdrawal.
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Audie Murphy Dies Victim Of Virginia Plane Crash
Roanoke Virginia authorities report the body of Audie Murphy the most decorated World War II hero among six found on Brush Mountain near Roanoke. The twin engine plane carried Murphy and several business associates en route from Atlanta to Martinsville no flight plan had been filed and recovery teams moved bodies to a Roanoke hospital for identification.
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Murphy Party
Memorial Day Weekend Claims 12 Persons In Mountain State
The memorial weekend through West Virginia claimed at least 11 lives, including six traffic fatalities. Victims ranged from Walter Page Andrews Jr. in Hurricane to Lonnie Mick in Roanoke and Henry Holbert Sr. in Ohio, with multiple accidents and a fatal shooting in McDowell County.
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Ravenswood
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Raysal
McDowell County
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Baileysville
Wyoming County
Elyria
Ohio
Henry H. Holbert Sr
Clendenin
U.S
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Otter Branch
David M. Powell
Ronald L. Cowan
Ashland
Northfork
Richard Allen Smith
Prosperity
Raleigh County
Stephens Lake
Beckley
Spurrier Granted Executive Discharge For Prison Term
Bluefield native World War II hero Spurrier said Gov Arch Moore granted him an executive discharge from a Mercer County sentence for obtaining money under false pretenses. He has been free since 1969 and now runs a Baltimore based television sales and service business near Johns Hopkins Hospital.
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West Virginia
Arch A. Moore Jr
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Bluefield
W. Va
Moore
Mercer County
Tennessee
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Western Union Strike Could Hit Bluefield Offices
Western Union main office in Bluefield and area agencies in Princeton Gary Northfork and Tazewell Va may face a nationwide work stoppage by UTW and CWA unions totaling over 20 000 workers. Talks ended with a wage demand of 31 percent over two years while offers included four percent conditional on tariff changes.
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