Army Green Fashions and Army Life Curiosities
A city column discusses relaxed Army hair and sideburn rules allowing three inch top hair and sideburns to the center of the ear canal. It notes two Army uniforms for summer and winter, plus large textile use. It highlights Omar Bradley memorabilia, general counts, and Army recruitment in Corry with times at the Post Office. It also addresses marriage rules for Women’s Army Corps members and references over 13 600 foreign soldiers related topics.
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SFC
Don Burgess
Army
America
Omar N. Bradley
Carlisle Barracks
Railroads Cautious Won't Pay Dividends
PHILADELPHIA AP A spokesman said quarterly dividends on common stock of the Pittsburgh Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway will not be paid. A $1.75 dividend planned for Oct 1 was canceled due to uncertain continued rental payments from Penn Central Transportation Co Penn Central owns 99.8 percent of the Pittsburgh Fort Wayne and Chicago's stock and is undergoing federal bankruptcy proceedings.
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Philadelphia
Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway
Penn Central Transportation Co
Penn Central Railroad
Penn Central
Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne
Chicago
Scouters Will Not Forget Pennsylvania Scouters
Beaver Falls Pa AP Twenty seven Boy and Girl Scouts headed home to Montreal today after their bus broke down Monday following a visit to Raccoon Park During the 60th Hungarian Scouting Jubilee locals raised funds for a motor and a service station donated labor Center Township fire station housed the group while repairs were made The largest contingents came from Iran and Vietnam with substantial participation from West Germany and others Training occurred in the United States during the last fiscal year New enlistees Terry McCray and Dennis Pless reside on the Corry Elgin Road.
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Beaver Falls
Montreal
Raccoon Park
Center Township
United States
Iran
Vietnam
West Germany
South Korea
Brazil
Canada
Israel
Thailand
Laos
Yugoslavia
Libya
Jordan
Saudi Arabia
Bear Lake Fair Opens with Coronation and Rides
Beginning Friday evening, September 4, Bear Lake hosts its annual Community Fair. The coronation of Miss Bear Lake occurs at 7 30 pm with last year’s queen Miss Marie Oviatt presenting the crown to one of candidates: Janet King, Patty Burch, Linda Beck, Manette Smith, Susan Crosby, or Karen Blankenship. A Friday talent program features Wilbur Hawkins as master of ceremonies. Saturday includes Harmony Riders horse show at 1 pm, pony pull at 7 pm with weigh in at 6 pm, and 50 cent entry fees per event. Labor Day events start with a 10 am parade, 1 pm tractor pull, 3 pm baby show, and 6 pm garden tractor pull, followed by a “tin Lizzie” giveaway just before fireworks. The fair building is open all three days for six hours. entries accepted Thursday 6–8 pm or Friday 9–11 am, due by 11 am Friday. Programs are in a large tent with bleachers. amusements and rides are available, cake decorating demonstrations by Mr. Lucky of Tasty Baking in Warren will be auctioned along with floral arrangements. The baby show is for babies one year old or younger.
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Peggy Osborne
Bear Lake
Marie Oviatt
Janet King
Donald King
Patty Burch
Robert Burch
Linda Beck
James Beck
Manette Smith
Merritt Smith
Susan Crosby
Gerald Crosby
Karen Blankenship
Irene Blakenship
Wilbur Hawkins
Harmony Riders
Lucky
Tasty Baking
Warren
Henry Kofod
Gleason Inwood
Sarasota, Fla
Howard Beebe
Jamestown
Toni Jensen
Westmoreland Pays Courtesy Call On Park In Seoul
Gen. William Westmoreland, U.S. Army Chief of Staff, met with President Chung Hee Park in Seoul for a 40 minute courtesy visit. Westmoreland arrived Tuesday for a four day trip to inspect military installations and not discuss withdrawing 20 thousand of the 62 thousand U.S. troops. Park's aides called the meeting ceremonial at the presidential residence.
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Seoul
William ‘C. Westmoreland
U.S. Army
Chung Hee Park
Westmoreland
U.S
Korea
Park
Agnew Golf Ball A Little Different
Vice President Spiro Agnew says he has a personalized golf ball like President Nixon but with a different touch. The vice president joked that his ball reads you have just been struck by and then I sign it. Also notes Mrs. John Jensen fractured her collar bone after a fall on Saturday and received hospital treatment.
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San Clemente
Calif
Spiro T. Agnew
Nixon
Agnew
John Jensen
Corry Memorial Hospital
Kenneth Knapp
Coppertown
Fern Morton
Federal workers gain ability to join strike rights groups
In Washington the Supreme Court ruled that federal and DC employees may join organizations asserting the right to strike, while a prohibition against strikes remains in another law section. The decision does not grant a general right to strike. The National Association of Letter Carriers brought the suit, and the case was dropped as the government and counsel reached a settlement.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Supreme Court
National Association of Letter Carriers
Erwin N. Griswold
Letter Carriers
John W. Karr
Karr
Civil Service Commission
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The
United States Army
Corry
Post Office
Women's Army Corps
Pennsylvania
Terry
McCray
Dennis Pless
Dennis
Corry- Elgin Road
KitchenAid
C. J. Peterson and Son
First Avenue
New York Film Critics
National Society of Film Critics
Hollywood
Meneco Hougay
Columbia Pictures
Dick van Dyke
Michele Lee
Mickey Rooney
Fis Ber
Dube
Barney's Firestone
Barney
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