East Iowans at Air Force Academy
The piece follows Phil Sharp a Cedar Rapids Jefferson graduate now a doolie at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. It recounts daily routines training and the path to an officer’s commission while noting the Cedar Rapids area’s representation among 57 Iowans at the academy.
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East Iowans
Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Rampart Mountain Range
Phil Sharp
Cedar Rapids Jefferson High School
Phil
Doolie
United States
Service Academy
Erik Winborn
Williamsburg
Richard Sharp
Avenue NW
Academy
Cedar Rapids
U.S. Air Force Academy
Church Meeting Plans March to Honor Slain Dr. King
Delegates from 33 NCC denominations will march to the Lorraine Motel in Memphis to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at a memorial service. General Secretary R H Espy notes King was a respected figure in the NCC though not an official member. Eulogies will be given by Dr Arthur Flemming and Miss Jean Fairfax before laying a wreath.
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Memphis
National Council of Churches
Lorraine
Martin Luther King
R. H. Espy
King
NCC
Espy
Arthur Flemming
Jean Fairfax
New York
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Solon Takes Over as Lieutenant Governor
Ed Reinecke became California’s 39th lieutenant governor, taking office after resigning from the House. The Republican from Studio City, 45, was appointed by Governor Reagan to succeed Robert Finch in the Nixon administration.
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Sacramento
Calif
Ed Reinecke
Washington
House of Representatives
Reinecke
Studio City
Ronald Reagan
Robert Finch
Health, Education and Welfare
Nixon
Academy Produces Good Men for Officers After Graduation
A source at the academy says flight training follows graduation and that no one is making an air force officer at the academy. They emphasize that military skills are developed after graduation and that graduates become competent officers.
Gazette Area Cadets At USAF
Eleven Gazette area youths enroll at the Air Force Academy this year. The list includes Steven Barnett John A Schockemoehl Marvin D Schroeder Jeffrey C Conklin Klaus C Schafer Gregory Stoddard Erik L Winborn Philip Sharp Brian Peckham Michael Lawson and Terry R Zubrod with their guardians and hometowns in Greene Dyersville Independence Williamsburg Jesup Charles City Brookyn Hiawatha and Charles City respectively.
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Air Force Academy
Phil Sharp
Cedar Rapids
Jefferson High School
Brian Peckham
Hiawatha
Washington High School
John Schockemoehl
Dyersville Xavier High School
Marvin Schroeder
Cedar Rapids Jefferson High School
Steven Barnett
Greene
Barnett
Schockemoehl
Sharp
Peckham
Schroeder
Air Force Reserve
Frank Schneider
Thirty-sixth Street
Wright School
Gazette Area
Iva J. Barnett
John A. Schockemoehl
H. B. Schockemoehl
Dyersville
Marvin D. Schroeder
E. F. Schroeder
Thirteenth Street
Jeffrey C. Conklin
Charles Conklin
Independence
Klaus C. Schafer
Robert A. Church
Rosewood Court
Gregory Stoddard
Gilbert Stoddard
Jesup
Erik L. Winborn
Solveig Winborn
Williamsburg
Philip Sharp
Richard Sharp
O Avenue NW
Arthur Peckham
Michael Lawson
Kathryn Lawson
Brooklyn
Terry R. Zubrod
Harold Zubrod
Charles City
Fire Devastates 150 Saigon Homes Near Market
About 150 tightly packed houses burned near downtown Saigon near the vegetable market. Officials said the fire started from a household accident, with no Viet Cong involvement and no casualties reported.
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Saigon
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Eastern Iowa
Iowa
War Games
Doolies
Wah Tee
The
Air Force
AFA
Dr. King
Solon
Smulekoff
Labor
USAF
3Rd Ave
1St St. SE
Monsanto
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