Navy PX in Viet Nam Largest in World Exchange Program
The Viet Nam Navy PX in Cholon is the largest in the world wide exchange system with monthly sales near $2 million. Opened in 1952, it serves servicemen with tax free prices and carries familiar brands, with branches expanding to meet growing demand. Capt. Archie C. Kuntze leads the multimillion dollar operation. One staffer notes three wedding rings are sold weekly to departing soldiers planning marriage back home.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
Navy Exchange Store
Cholon
Navy
U.S
Archie C. Kuntze
Sheboygan
Wis
Daughter Watches Mother Graduate at Vassar
In Poughkeepsie the Rodman family story flipped as Jennifer Rodman, a 1964 Vassar graduate, watched her mother Janice Green Rodman receive an A.B. degree. Janice Rodman, of Pittsburgh, had entered Vassar in 1938 but left after three years to marry, returning in 1963 to study music and finish credits at Chatham College.
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Poughkeepsie
N.Y
Rodman
Vassar College
Jennifer Rodman
Vassar
Janice Green Rodman
Pittsburgh
Graham Gives Legion Citizenship Award at Graham Elementary
The American Legion Citizenship Award at Graham Elementary honors seventh graders Joyce Carol Belcher and Darrell Lee Bailey for honor, courage, scholarship, activity participation, and school service. Presentations were by J. B. Burton Jr. of Post 122. Joyce is the daughter of C. E. Belcher of Bluefield Virginia and Darrell the son of L. P. Bailey.
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Graham
Legion
American Legion
Graham Elementary
Joyce Carol Belcher
Darrell Lee Bailey
J. B. Burton Jr
Post 122
Joyce
C. E. Belcher
Doak St
Bluefield
Darrell
L. P. Bailey
Bluefield- Tazewell Road
NLRB Hearing Set Today In Kanawha
A National Labor Relations Board hearing is scheduled in Charleston on Monday over an unfair labor practice charge against W. W. Akers Coal Co. Inc. of Lens Creek. Willis Milam, a former employee, alleges he was fired for union activity with United Mine Workers, and other charges claim company officials tried to restrain workers from joining the union.
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Charleston
National Labor Relations Board
Kanawha County
NLRB
W. W. Akers Coal Co., Inc
Lens Creek
Willis Milam
Akers
United Mine Workers Union
Brown Panel Presses Imperialist Intervention Claim
The article cites Brown and speakers Morse Morgenthau and Norman Thomas denouncing alleged Communist tactics. It argues these Democrats back interventionist aims, praising Morgenthau as an immigrant who fled oppression and urging unity to combat dictatorship while criticizing Democratic support of democracy’s enemies.
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Morse
Morgenthau
Norman Thomas
United States
Slaying of Circus Star Leads to Arrests in Harlem
A Harlem man Allen Jones and woman Marian De Berry, both 21 to 24, were charged with slaying Ringling circus star Paul Jung during a $40 robbery. They admitted narcotics use and were held without bail after detectives recovered a fire hose nozzle as the weapon. The case, linked to an April 21 murder in a midtown hotel, prompted secrecy over records and pretrial publicity.
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New York
Paul Jung
Jung
Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus
Manhattan
Allen Jones
Marian de Berry
Harlem
Legion Awards At Falls Mills Va Elementary School
The American Legion School Award honors high qualities of courage honor leadership patriotism scholarship and service. Teddi Rae Hubble and James Ray Staples received the American Legion Medal and Certificate during seventh grade graduation presented by Jack Harman and Principal Elizabeth Hedrick.
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American Legion
Falls Mills
Teddi Rae Hubble
James Ray Staples
Jack Harman
Elizabeth Hedrick
Teddi Rae
Fred Hubble
Staples
Eddie Ray Staples
Violence Flares on Banana Plantations in Panama
In Puerto Armuelles Chiriqui Land Co. plantations linked to United Fruit Co. strikers beat three men who refused to join the walkout. The strike began Thursday as two strikers were arrested and four others sought. A packing plant at a plantation was destroyed by fire on Friday.
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Panama
Chiriqui Land Co
United Fruit Co
Puerto Armuelles
Virginia Lacks Funds For High Quality In Education
In Harrisonburg Virginia former Hampden Sydney College president tells Madison College graduates that high quality education cannot come from minimal investment He cites a Virginia ranking 48th in per capita education spending and 38th in state and local expenditures He calls for a sales tax and criticizes reliance on foreign aid from northern foundations.
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Virginia
Harrisonburg, Va
Hampden-Sydny College
Madison College
Robert
North
Strawberries Pick Your Own Now Near School
Pick your own strawberries available 25 cents per quart one mile north of Span ishburg School on Main Highway. Sign along road. Bring your own container. Phone 425 6083.
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Spanishburg School
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Wilson
V. Nam
Warlick
Kanawha
Mnee
Ginia
Joseph C. Robert
University of Richmond
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Phaytine
Slim Jims
Bermuda
Mennen
Playtex
Floor
Val
Calf
Madras
Kheki
Mens
Parkas
Wash & Wear Fabrics
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