Miss Pickett Receives Honor at South Plains College
Rebecca Pickett graduated with honors at South Plains College in a ceremony led by Dr. Glenn E. Barnett who urged graduates to seek education and freedom, use their education in service to family and community, and stay vigilant about information. Other honorees included Sandra Keith and Patsy Rogers. The piece notes 1961 Army Reserve active duty recalls during the Berlin Crisis.
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Glenn E. Barnett
South Plains College
Rebecca Pickett
University of Colorado
Sandra Keith
Morton
Miss Pickett
Patsy Rogers
Patricia Harper
Donna Roberts
Celia Yeary
Levelland
Berlin
Army Reserve
Brownfield
Kit Carson Scout Program aids Marines in Vietnam
The Marine Corps uses a Kit Carson style scout program in I Corps Vietnam begun from the Chieu Hoi effort. Trainees undergo two weeks of boot camp, learn demolitions and English, then serve in two person teams with Marine units.
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Kit Carson
U.S. Army
Marine Corps
Vietnam
I Corps
1St Marine Division
7Th Marine Regiment
da Nan
Denver City Man In Winning Unit
Sergeant Jessie R. Mitchell of Denver City helps the 687th Air Craft Control and Warning Squadron at West Mesa Air Force Station New Mexico win the Aerospace Defense Command A Award for 1967. The radar operator is cited with technical staff for teamwork and sustained proficiency supporting national air defense. He is a Carlsbad High School graduate and married to Doris, a Carlsbad native.
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Jessie R. Mitchell
A. R. Mitchell
Denver City
United States Air Force
West Mesa Air Force Station
N.M
Aerospace Defense Command
ADC
Mitchell
Carlsbad, N.M
Doris
Carlsbad
Giant transformers Installed at Copper Cliff Station
Two transformer units, each as large as a three story building, were installed at the Copper Cliff electrical generator station to support International Nickel’s expanding nickel facilities. A custom railroad car was built to haul them to the site.
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Copper Cliff
Ontario
International Nickel
Refugees Resettle on Cua Viet After Village Eviction
About 2,500 refugees displaced from their home village of My Loc by North Vietnamese forces have settled along the Cua Viet. The移 relocated villagers seek safety and new shelter after months of displacement.
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My Loc
Noncom Schools For Volunteers Train to Earn NCO Ranks
Army recruits volunteering for artillery have chance to advance from corporal to sergeant through an intensive training program. At Fort Sill about 500 candidates study in six courses, taught by decorated officers and NCOs, including radar crewmen and meteorology specialists. Interested men should contact Sergeant Mel Baker at 1010 13th Street, Lubbock.
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U.S. Army
Army
Mel Baker
Sergent
OCS
Fort Sill
Artillery
Field Artillery
Vietnam
Infantry
Armor Centers
Baker
13Th Street
Lubbock
Jack Everetts Visit Relatives
Venezuela visitors Mr and Mrs Jack Everett and their children Mark and Melissa stayed with grandparents Mr and Mrs J W Lucas while Mr Everett and wife plan a longer visit returning to Venezuela in July They had been living in South America for 13 years before the visit
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Jack Everett
Mark
Melissa
Venezuela
J.W. Lucas
Everetts
Mrs. Everett
South American
Bertram Brother of Tokio Woman Buried in Bonham
Funeral services for Bert Bertram brother of Mrs. G T Ledbetter of Tokio were held at 3 p m Sunday at the First Christian Church in Bonham with burial in Memorial Park Bonham. He was a Wes-Tex Foods employee and known in West Texas grocery circles. Survivors include his wife two daughters one son eight grandchildren four great grandchildren two brothers and four sisters.
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Bert
Bertram
G.T. Ledbetter
Tokio
First Christian Church
Bonham
Memorial Park
Wes-Tex Foods
West Texas
Monorail system at HemisFair with ten trains
HemisFair operates a monorail featuring 10 trains each capacity 60 persons for total transport capacity during events.
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HemisFair
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SPC
Cua Viet River
Quang Tri Province
Navy
Paul Grotenhuis
Sheboygan Falls
Wis
Dr. Grotenhuis
1St Amtrac
Boia
Eeets Ev Ae
Copeland
Hank You
Harvey Smeth
Monster Transformers
Noncom Schools
Jack Everetts
Anthony
Pacific
Dacron
DuPont
Shur
Anderson
Jamaica
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