Freckled Hero Audie Murphy Homecoming Tale
Associated Press writer William C. Barnard recalls Audie Murphy returning to Texas in 1945 after World War II. The famed Medal of Honor recipient, 20 but looking younger, signs autographs and plans a Farmersville homecoming, while reporters scramble to cover the star's gentle demeanor and bravery.
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Wreckage Found of Plane Carrying Audie Murphy
A chartered plane carrying Audie Murphy was found on a mountaintop near Roanoke Virginia. Six bodies were recovered, including Murphy aged 46, who was en route from Atlanta to Martinsville for a possible investment.
Cubans Still Holding Jet Hijacked Pan Am Flight
Sixty nine people aboard a Pan American jet hijacked Saturday were still held on Memorial Day. Havana Radio acknowledged the hijacking and said a Venezuelan youth claimed political motives. The State Department said the Swiss Embassy reports all passengers and crew are doing well.
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Mass for slain drift workers marks Yuba City search shift
In Yuba City California a special Mass at St Isadore s church honors 23 transients found buried in fruit orchards and the man charged with 10 killings Juan Corona. Sheriff Roy Whiteaker redirects a 25 deputy crew with metal detectors and trench diggers to Jack Princiville Ranch as the search expands south of the 500 acre J L Sullivan Ranch where 21 bodies have been found.
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Miner Electrocuted at Wyoming Mine
Ronald S. Fuller a 26 year old motorman at Wyoming Mining Company's No 2 mine was killed by electrocution at work near Steeles He died en route to Welch hospital Survivors include his parents Richard and Ruth Rice Fuller of Hanover Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Fanning Funeral Home Jaeger
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Nixon urged to set date for troop withdrawal from Vietnam
Critics demand a specific withdrawal date from Vietnam and even the exact time of day Nixon might schedule it.
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Audie Murphy Dies in Virginia Plane Crash
Audie Murphy, America’s most decorated World War II hero, is confirmed among six bodies recovered from a twin-engine plane crash on Brush Mountain near Roanoke Virginia. The party, en route from Atlanta to Martinsville for possible investment with Modular Management, included Murphy and four others with a sixth unconfirmed passenger identified tentatively as Kim Dodey.
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Memorial Day Toll Rises Across Mountain State
The Memorial Day weekend claimed at least 11 West Virginians in violent deaths and traffic wrecks. Victims include Walter Page Andrews Jr. 17 of St. Albans in a head on collision near Hurricane and Virgil N. Back 49 of Leewood Kanawha County. Other deaths occurred near Weston Elyria Ohio Ravenswood Ravenswood McDowell County and Beckley areas.
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West Virginia War Hero Granted Executive Discharge
Spurrier, a World War II hero from Bluefield, WV, said Gov Arch Moore Jr 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 small TV sales and service business in Baltimore after living in Tennessee.
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Western Union Strike Could Disrupt Local Services
Western Union main office in Bluefield and area agencies including Princeton Gary Northfork and Tazewell Va may face a nationwide strike by over 20 000 workers. UTW and CWA rejected a 20 percent two year raise and seek 31 percent, with 18 percent to start June 1 and 13 percent next year.
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