Posthumous Medal for Billy L. Lauffer Soldier
Army Secretary presented the Medal of Honor posthumously to Billy L. Lauffer a 20 year old soldier killed in Vietnam in 1966. Lauffer charged an enemy machine gun emplacement to save wounded comrades at the Pentagon ceremony honoring his parents Mr and Mrs Howard W Lauffer of Tucson Aviz
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Billy L. Lauffer
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Lauffer
Howard W. Lauffer
Tucson
Aviz
Pentagon
Lost at Sea in Style Neelys Plan Pacific Crossing
Richard Neely and his wife with two children set sail from Richmond in a small boat named Valhalla. They will rely on a correspondence navigation course while crossing the Pacific, learning as they go from California to Santa Barbara Maui Fiji New Zealand and Australia. The family has sold nearly everything and plans to study en route with Ben 15 and Linda 10 taking classes at each port.
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UPI
Harry L. Neely
Australia
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Pacific
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Furniure
Sante Berlara
Maui
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Fiji
New Zealand
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Linda
State Drug Agent Beaten By Officers
SAN FRANCISCO AP An investigation cleared two Tactical Saved officers who beat a state narcotics agent in Haight Ashbury last dune aiding chief Al Welder says One officer Elbert Boyd was suspended after facing charges of unwarranted beating of youths in Ingleside district Boyd and another tactical squad officer Ray Musanto tried to question Myron A Gilbert who aimed to buy narcotics from a dealer with an informer When Gilbert resisted and reached for his pocket Nelder said Musants grabbed his hand and felt a weapon in his pocket
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al Welder
Elbert Boyd
Ingleside
Boyd
Ray Musanto
Myron A. Gilbert
Gilbert
Nelder
Musants
Mayor Alioto Seeks New Washington Lobbyist
San Francisco mayor Joseph L Alsoty asks the Board of Supervisors to replace the city's D C lobbyist Maurice Shean with the Stanford Research Institute a firm with a 100 man Washington staff to pursue federal grants and contracts. Critics say they prefer continuity and more direct communication with Congress.
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Joseph L. Alsoty
Washington D.C
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Board of Supervisors
Maurice Shean
SRL
Washington
Finance Committee
Dorothy von Beroldingen
Stanford Research Services
Terry A. Francois
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Ten Year Old Faces Custody Decision Amid Court Fight
Nationwide attention centers on 10 year old Mark Falster as California Iowa custody dispute unfolds. Grandparents and mother Jeanna Bannister seek Mark’s choice but Iowa Supreme Court awards custody to his mother, with California placement considered to reflect Mark’s wishes and stability.
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Iowa Supreme Court
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