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Navy Recruiters Win First Place In Iowa Contest
Nineteen men enlist in the armed forces with sailors shipped to San Diego from Mechanicsville and other Iowa towns. The Cedar Rapids navy recruiting station won first in Iowa recruiting in February, awarded by Cmdr. A. J Froggett. Reported home on leave are multiple service members from Iowa with 14 to 21 days of leave from Fort Huachuca, Biloxi, Bainbridge, and other posts. Lt. Richard Lutzelman heads to Vietnam after leave. several air force, army, and navy personnel receive promotions and assignments at bases nationwide.
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San Diego
Navy
Michael G. Hoffman
John J. Gosling
Mechanicsville
Clifford R. Montgomery
Sixth Street SE
Eric C. Wood
Forty-second Street
Richard E. Olswold
Middle
James R. Sharp
Route Three
Marion
Marc F. Davis
Toledo
Clifford T. Cox
North English
Kenneth J. Lekin
Twenty-Ninth Street
Kieth A. Annis
Independence
Steven W. Barrette
Bowling Street
Michael N. Baird
Vinton
Charles A. Kamberling
Eighth Street
Raymond K. Houser
A Avenue
Randy L. Wilkey
Westland Road
Neal Junk
Sioux City
Hal D. Gilchrist
Center Point
Marine Corps
Dennis A. Hammill
Foote Street
Ronald W. Viekovsky
Tenth Street
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Merlin J. Bideaux
Cmdr
A. J Froggett
Des Moines
Steven Frazier
Gerald Frazier
E Avenue
Ft. Huachuca
Ariz
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Gary D. Hansen
Ralph Hansen
Fourteenth Street
Biloxi
Robert C. King
Glenn R. King
Golfview Drive
Paul C. Wagner
Vern Wagner
Rural West Union
Bainbridge
Port Hueneme
Calif
Richard Lutzelman
Robert Lutzelman
Blake Boulevard
Vietnam
Tim Keiper
Elmer Keiper
Atkins
Whiteman Air Force Base
Larry Payn
L. E. Payn
Sixth Avenue SE
Air Force
Grand Forks
N. D
Jerald D. Nicol
Milton Nicol
Oelwein
Army
Fort