LeMay Remembered in Air Force Tales at SAC Bases
Air Force reminiscences praise General Curtis LeMay as a tough, security minded leader who fought for better pay and conditions, while earning loyalty from SAC crews. The piece recounts his unpredictable alert moments, farewell at Offutt, and a fond base watercolor tribute.
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AIR Force
Curtis LeMay
Strategic Air Command
LeMay
SAC
Washington
Congress
New Mexico
Offutt Air Force Base
Omaha
France Faces Money Crunch at Start of 1958
Paris faces a half billion dollar loan shortfall to avert widespread unemployment and a shift to a leftist popular front. Finance Minister Pflimlin hopes for US aid or European support within months as the European common market launches, risking plant closures if funds are not secured.
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Paris
INS
France
Pflimlin
United States
America
Germany
Finance Ministry
Ee -Vital
Seeing Eye Dog Reunited With Master in New York Reach
Ernest Sanders of Revere Mass and his wife and two children reunite with Judy the seeing eye dog after the animal slipped from a car near Modena New York. A motorist on the New York Thruway spotted the dog north of Newburgh and alerted Sanders.
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Newburgh
N.Y
Sanders
Revere
Mass
Texas lawyers urged to keep decorum in court
State Bar Association President Virgil Seaberry advised new lawyers in Austin to avoid needless fisticuffs and flashy attire. He urged wearing a coat, not yelling at judges, and keeping submissions brief to avoid being mistaken for tinhorn gamblers.
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Austin, Texas
State Bar Association
Virgil Seaberry
Woman Struck by Bullet From Stove in Dallas
Mrs. Rose Parker, 58, while moving, burned live pistol shells in a wood stove. A bullet struck her near the left shoulder in the Dallas kitchen. She was reported in satisfactory condition.
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Dallas
Rose Parker
Census Reductions Prompt Hospital Staff Shortage
Ross notes that since 1954 no month has seen the daily census average 50 at the 53 bed hospital, reflecting ongoing patient shortages and staffing pressures.
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Ross
Tequila and its Big Three Mexican drinks explained
Tequila Mexico in Jalisco is the center of the three national drinks alongside mescal and pulque. The article outlines tequila production from agave hearts to distillation, pulque's sap fermentation process and its six percent alcohol, and mescal as stronger than pulque but weaker than tequila.
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Mexico
Jalisco
Guadalajara
Mexico City
Soldiers Fined in Sale of Cannons at Gordon Barracks
In Chatham England a local court fined Sgt Ernest Tucker and Cpls Ivor Davies and Raymond Redfern for selling two bright bronze ceremonial cannons from Gordon Barracks to a scrap dealer for 30 dollars. Tucker fined 56 dollars and each corporal 10 dollars. They claimed a cash shortage.
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Chatham
England
Ernest Tucker
Ivor Davies
Raymond Redfern
Gordon Barracks
Tucker
Navy Gets Lift From Syracuse Rescue Squad
Syracuse fire department rescue squad led by Lt. J Hess responded to a navy call at Onondaga Lake docks and pumped sinking water from a leaking naval landing craft.
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Syracuse
N. Y
J. Hess
Navy
Onondaga Lake
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Lou Breuer
Bat
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Popular Front
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Maniti
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ST. Johnsbury, Vt
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Brightlock Hospital
Tequila
Sinaloa
Puebla
Hidalgo
Michoacan
Smulekoff
Bassett
Life
Iowa
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