Molly Pitcher heroine of Monmouth in 1778 battle
Molly Pitcher Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley earned her nickname at Monmouth when she carried water and then manned her husband’s cannon as gunfire raged. She later married again, scrubbed for a living, and earned a pension in 1822 before dying in 1832.
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Molly Pitcher
Monmouth
Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley
Molly
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
John Hays
John
Pennsylvania General Assembly
Agnew portrait shaped by liberal to law and order stance
A close observer portrays Spiro Agnew as an unexamined man whose political rise from a local zoning board post in 1957 to county executive in 1962 and governor in 1966 depended on shifting liberal and conservative support. The book argues he gained backing as a liberal without being one and used a law and order image against civil rights demonstrators.
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Marsh
Miles A. Smith
Associated Press
Weekend visitors and funeral attendances noted in local notices
Danville Mrs Birdie Mae Randolph and Collinsville Mr and Mrs Fred Grissom visited Mr and Mrs Lewis Sims over the weekend along with Huntsville and Florence visitors Miss Mary Martin and Miss Linda Sims. Paul Davis attended Huie Dutton funeral at Corinth Baptist Church. Ada Davis hosted family for Mothers Day. Woods and local moves noted including Leonard Kirby family relocating from Neel area and Barney Snow visiting Cullman. G T Wright mentioned as a former member.
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Fred Grissom
Collinsville
Donald Morris
Mary Martin
Huntsville
Linda Sims
Florence
Lewis Sims
Paul Davis
Huie Dutton
Corinth Baptist Church
Charles Davis
Glenda Hogan
Othello
Memphis
Tenn
Ada Davis
Paul
Corinth
Leonard
Kirby
Neel
Barney Snow
Cullman
Navy Fireman Moyers Serves Aboard Forrestal
Navy Fireman Stephen G. Moyers son of Mr and Mrs Leonard W Moyers of Athens fourth area resident visited here recently. Moyers is aboard the attack aircraft carrier USS Forrestal which is taking part in NATO training exercise Dawn Patrol 71 in the Mediterranean Sea. The exercise includes more than 60 ships and 300 aircraft from the United States Greece Italy Turkey and the United Kingdom. The combined NATO force will practice wartime air strikes anti-submarine warfare air defense surveillance and amphibious operations to test crews and equipment. A separate note predicts 85 percent of American homes may be wired for cable television within a decade.
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Navy
Stephen G.moyers
Leonard W. Moyers
Athens 4
Forrestal
Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Mediterranean Sea
U.S
Greece
Italy
Turkey
United Kingdom
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Knowledge Yearbook
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Ruby Hembree
Milton,Fla
Mrs. O. A. Hogan
Ada, Davis
Carl Ratcliff
Floyd Miles
Decatur
G. T. Wright
Stephen Moyers
Morgan County
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