Decatur Marine Wilburn Fielding Receives Air Medal
Corp Wilburn Wathan Fielding of Decatur was awarded the Marine Corps Air Medal with two gold stars for meritorious aerial achievement. The 23 year old, returning from a 10 month Viet Nam tour with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152 in Da Nang, received the award from Lt Stanley Pomichter at his home. The medal honors duty from Nov 30 1965 to July 9 with a mission to Que Son aboard a C 130 Hercules during which ammunition shortages prompted a combat firing incident.
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Decatur Marine
Marine Corps
Cpl
Wilburn Wathan Fielding
Viet Nam
Fielding
da Nang
Stanley Pomichter
Marine Inspections and Instruction Staff
Birmingham
4Th Ave
Que Son
Wathan
USMC
Bob Bates
Powell Faces House Decision on Seating After Libel Suit
The House leadership debates how to handle seating Powell amid Van Deerlin’s challenge. McCormack and Albert have not commented as they weigh options from immediate vote to committee referral. Powell’s difficulty traces to a 1963 libel judgment against him for $46,500 to a Harlem widow.
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John W. McCormack
Dmass
Carl Albert
D-Okla
van Deerlin
McCormack
Albert
Powell
van. Deerlin
Harlem
Project Sterling Nuclear Test Evacuations Reported
Scientists near Ground Zero noted a minor quake with no surface radiation. Over 100 nearby residents evacuated as a precaution. most returned within an hour. Government spending reached five million dollars for preparation and detonation plus four dollars per adult per six hours away and two dollars per child.
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Ground Zero
Project Sterling
Atomic Energy Commission
Defense Department
Fire damages home on Forest Street in Athens
A fire caused heavy damage to a bathroom and one bedroom in Roy Brooks's residence on Forest Street near McConnell Funeral Home in Athens Friday night. Assistant Fire Chief Larry Mobley said the department was alerted at 8:26 p.m. The report notes Alabama unemployment claims stand at 1.7 percent of the covered workforce per the State Department of Industrial Relations.
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Athens
Roy Brooks
Larry Mobley
Alabama
State Department of Industrial Relations
Paratrooper Fielding Plans Future After Viet Nam Duty
Fielding completed 14 combat jumps in Viet Nam from July 9 to Aug 9 and served in Santo Domingo during April May 1965 riots. A 1962 Decatur High graduate, he joined the USA Corps two weeks after graduation and trained at Camp Lejeune Ft Benning and Ft Lee. He may pursue sky diving and study at Calhoun Tech, living with parents Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Fielding of 601 4th Ave SW.
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Fielding
Viet Nam
Santo Domingo
Decatur High
USA Corps
Camp la Jeune
N.C
Ft.Benning
Ft. Lee
Virginia
Calhoun Tech
Decatur
W. W. Fielding
4Thl Ave
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