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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 17, 1962

Page

3

Trouble in Burma in the Hugh North adventure

Col. Hugh North of U S Army Intelligence and his aide Capt. Pilanung Pokh chase a Red Chinese plot to seize a U S missile nose cone in Burma. They traverse jungles with Madame Bo Lintin Marianne Champeau and a riverboat crew while danger and deceit unfold amid cobra attacks and hidden agendas.

Hugh North U.S. Army Pilanung Pokh Bangkok U.S North Pokh Rangoon Mme Bo Lintin O Nu Rampou Mme. Bo Yuan T’sai Tola Duvaine Yuan Marianne Champeau Tola Col Madame Bo Madame Bo Linthr Marianne Moulein Bo Lintin Madame Bo Lintin

Navy Ensign Barker Commissioned Amid Service News

Herbert C. Barker son of Mrs. Dewey Barker of Athens 2 was commissioned a Navy Ensign on November 6 while serving with a train unit. The report blends field detail with wartime scenes as a diverse group including General Nu Rampou and a Burmese widow Madame Bo navigate jungle camps and strategic movements against a backdrop of danger and resolve.

Herbert C. Barker Dewey Barker Athens 2 North Froufrou Hugh Pokh O Nu Rampou Mandalay Madame Bo Hugh North

Meridian Naval Station Graduate Joins Squadron Nine

A graduate of Athens High School, Barker entered the service in July 1949 and is attached to Squadron Nine at the Naval Auxiliary Air Station in Meridian Mississippi.

Ing Squadron Naval Auxiliary Air Station Meridian, Miss Athens High School Barker

Lenses That Darken in Bright Light and Then Clear

Researchers announce sunglasses with photochromic lenses that instantly darken under bright light and return to clear when light fades. The material responds rapidly, enabling continuous use indoors and outdoors.

Queen conch shell among West Indies mollusk records

The queen conch the largest mollusk in the West Indies has a shell about one foot long. Separately Welsh Scottish and English sheep farmers settled the bleak southern tip of Argentina after 1880.

West Indies Argentina

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