Marines Win Bronze Star and Army Honors in Vietnam News
Marine Gunnery Sgt. Steven W. Taylor earns the Bronze Star for meritorious service during combat in Vietnam, wounded at a guard post in February 1969 as North Vietnamese forces attacked. Pfc. William D. Thorpe receives the Army Commendation Medal for meritorious service in Vietnam. Spec. 4-c Robert R. Bengford also awarded the Army commendation. Several youths enlist or are promoted, with transfers to Ft. Campbell and Lackland AFB for training and promotions to specialist ranks and lieutenant j.g. aboard the USS Forrestal.
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Steven W. Taylor
B. G. Taylor
Fourth Street
Vietnam
North Vietnam
William D. Thorpe
Ralph L. Thorp
Jesup
Vetnam
Army
Robert R. Bengford
Leo E. Bengford
Fourteenth Street
From Nine to Five By Joe Fischer
Army personnel notices list Stephen Heth son of Mr and Mrs Heth of 4402 Lorraine NE as army specialist 4 c in Alaska Donald J Dippel Jr son of Mr and Mrs Dippel of 1353 Fifth Ave Marion to specialist 4 c in Vietnam Pfc Carol Slaton son of Mr and Mrs Slaton of 5410 Ohio SW is home ten days from Camp Pendleton California
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Jack B. Knudson
Debra Knudson
Iowa City
Korea
Mark C. Watson
John C. Watson
Forest Drive
Dennis LeClerc
Edward LeClerc
Twentieth Street
J.g
USS
Forrestal
Ronald D. Clements
Donald M. Clements
Twenty-second Avenue
Stephen H. Heth
Howard Heth
Lorraine Street
Alaska
Donald J. Dippel, Jr
Donald J. Dippel
Fifth Avenue
Marion
Vietnam
Carol Slaton
Basil Slaton
Ohio Street
Camp Pendleton
Calif
San Bernardino Police In Scrap With Snipers
San Bernardino police battled snipers and roving youths in a west side low income district. One bystander 21 was wounded by a police bullet and an officer and a white man were beaten. Ten arrests made amid a four hour spike of violence ending with 50 officers patrolling the area.
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San Bernardino
Calif
Paul Lacey
Lacey
Don Underwood
Wadena Cited As Example of Permissiveness
Republican candidate Cole McMartin denounces the Wadena rock festival as proof of a permissive society. He accuses opponent John Culver of endorsing deficit spending and inflation, urging voters to reject what he calls a lack of future planning.
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Wadena
Cole McMartin
Cedar Rapids
Sertoma Club
Montrose Hotel
John Culver
McMartin
Culver
Seminar at City Hall on New Computer
City hosts a three day NCR training seminar August 19 to 21 at city hall. NCR instructors from Dayton Chicago and Cedar Rapids will train local data processing staff on a new utility billing package for the NCR computer already installed.
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NCR
National Cash Register Co
City Hall
Dayton
Ohio
Cusomer
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Pilot Fought To Save Plane In Peru Crash
Sole survivor Juan Loo said pilot Carlos Caligari struggled to save the four engine aircraft after engine trouble. The Peru disaster killed 101 including 49 American students and 52 others. Ground fatalities were reported at the crash site near San Jeronimo, 11 miles from Cuzco.
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Cuzco
Peru
UPI
Juan Loo
Carlos Caligari
San Jeronimo
Macchu Picchu
U. S
International Fellowship, Inc
Buffalo
N. Y
Inca Empire
Lima
Barbara Dubois
Strayed Checks Turn Up After Disappearing Sack
INDEPENDENCE Missouri AP A mail sack containing 2200 social security checks worth 191400 vanished last week and was later found. The checks were due August 3 but not delivered. A new batch was issued, then the original sack emerged and was sent to Washington. A Kansas City post office spokesman noted heavy mail flow and millions of checks handled monthly.
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Independence
Independence Post Office
U.S. Treasury Department
Washington
Kansas City
Want to rent your garage
A brief want ad invites readers to rent a garage, offering quick placement and low cost with a contact phone number 369 1234 for inquiries.
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C.R. Marine
Ft. Campbell
Kenneth A. Mease
Cedar Drive
Lackland Afd
Texas
Robert D. Peters
Middle Amana
Richard G. Tobin
Dyersville
By Joe Fischer
A. Ballard
Ballard
Fortuna
Whitman
Los Angeles
Lucille Rivers
Kcrg-Tv
Channel 9
Tom Nugent
Guaranty Bank & Trust CO
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
S.E
ST. N.E
Jacolyn DR. N.W
Iowa
Loo
Calgari
Leo
International Fellowship
U. S. East Coast
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Des Moines
Sioux City
The
American Hospital Association
National Association of Blue Shield
Linn County
Robert J. Sedenka
Edward A. Schlatter
Benton County
Cedar and
Jones County
William Reynolds
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