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Pvt Jerry L Putman 19 son of Mr and Mrs James A Putman Athens 2 completed eight weeks of basic training at Ft Knox Kentucky Army Training Center Armor. Maj Leonard W Matthews son of Mr and Mrs Patrick H Matthews Decatur 4 received the Bronze Star Medal at Ft Bragg for meritorious service in Vietnam while serving as group Logistical Officer with HQ 55th Medical Group 12th Support Brigade. Major Matthews is a 1949 Morgan County Training School graduate and earned a BS from Tuskegee Institute in 1956. His wife Ann accompanies him at Ft Bragg.
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Heath struck by ink protestor outside Brussels treaty signing
British Prime Minister Edward Heath doubles over after a woman hurled what seemed to be printer's ink in Brussels as he approached the Egmont Palace to sign the treaty bringing Britain into the European Common Market. The protester Karine Cooper opposed plans to make Covent Garden London's central market an international hub.
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Brussels
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Egmont Palace
Britain
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London
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Nixon borrows Truman playbook in State of the Union
President Nixon imitates Harry S. Truman in tone and strategy as he delivers a 4000 word State of the Union address. Republicans see it as a major campaign move while Democrats promise alternatives and vow to fight the 1972 platform. Senator Edward M. Kennedy signals a Democratic bid with early campaign sparring in Congress.
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International bagpipe museum headed for Newcastle
An international bagpipe museum will open in Newcastle on Tyne next Easter displaying over 100 sets of pipes from England Ireland Scotland Northumberland Europe and Egypt.
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