Patch fixes waste in Army pay and transfers
Uncle Dan reports a Pentagon leak costing 20 million yearly for bringing soldiers home as enlistments expire overseas. A new policy bars transfers to foreign posts if time runs out, claimed to save taxpayers money after 17 years of patching.
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Pentagon
Bug
Congress
Ed Doolittle
Abe Lincoln
Everbody
Commerce Department
United States
Jan
Uncle Sam
Playboy Club
Merry Mermaids
Pleasure Palace
America
Dear Bunny and Mad Tough Advice Column Letter
A reader letters column requests guidance from Jan Webster on relationships and financial choices. Multiple readers share personal stories about marriage, loyalty, debt, and moral conflict, with responses urging independence, work, and caution in partnership.
What's New at Your Chevrolet Dealer's Super Sports
Four distinct models to choose from including bucket-seat convertibles and coupes. Options include 4 speed, Powerglide, Positraction, tachometer, and high performance engines. The Impala SS, Nova SS, Corvair Monza Spyder, and Corvette Sting Rays promise sporty thrills with features like Comfortist steering and up to 425 hp. Optional equipment available at extra cost.
Pacific Fleet Amphibious Force celebrates 21 years of service
Lt Cmdr Painter serving aboard the attack transport USS Magoffin in the Pacific Fleet Amphibious Force which marks its 21st anniversary this month. The force, formed in 1942, landed troops and equipment across the Pacific in amphibious operations. The year’s theme is The Amphibious Force 21 years as Freedom's advance guard.
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Cmdr. Painter
Pacific Fleet Navy
Joel R. Painter
Grace A. Painter
Grand Saline
Magoffin
Pacific Fleet Amphibious Force
Pacific Area
Pacific Theater
Freedom
Local Social and Health Notes From The Area
SAND FLAT residents share visits with relatives in Dallas Plano Mineola and Wills Point. Several families hosted relatives last weekend and a Mineola youth fragmentally suffered a broken arm during football season. Flu cases rise as farmers plow amid pleasant weather driving activity in the community.
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Ferris Darnell
Jimmy Darnell
University of Mexico
Don Edwards
Dallas
Henry Edwards
Virgle Null
Don Griffin
Alvin Mallory
Mineola
P. M. Abrams
Jerry Phillips
Ernest Burges
B. J. Lovverns
Cerral Cameron
Plano
Barry Blakeley
C. C. Hargrove
Wills Point
Earlon Lee
Bob Null
Mesquite
Bill Nulls
Second Saturday Night Musical Invites Musicians and Friends
Mrs J K Burges invites all musicians and lovers of good music to the second Saturday night musical. Visits include Kilgore residents Mr and Mrs Jackson Burnett and Mineola attendee Ophelia Peel. Palestine and Houston visitors also appear among weekend gatherings.
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Jackson Burnett
Kilgore
Lizzie Burges
Ophelia Peel
Billy
Mineola
Jerry Hunt
Palestine
Dee Ray Tunnell
Hunt
Van
Jesse Lee Eason
Houston
Guy Hamm
Friendship
Thanks for Kindness During My Stay at Coats-Brown Clinic
Rubye Ritchie expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors in Tyler for flowers gifts and cards while she was in Coats-Brown Clinic. She notes appreciation for all acts of kindness and asks readers to sell unwanted items through the Sun classified.
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Jan
Medical Center Hospital
Tyler
Garrett
Van
Dick Moody
Campbell
Louie White
Christian Church
Jarvis
Mrs. Ward Burges
Coats-Brown Clinic
Rubye Ritchie
Revolutionary Era Quiz Highlights Student Learnings
Fifth grade section explores the Revolutionary War through biographies and quotes. Students name leaders such as Samuel Adams Patrick Henry George Washington and Benjamin Franklin linking them to freedoms and early U S ideals. The piece notes facts about Lafayette Ethan Allen Paul Revere and John Paul Jones among others.
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Carroll Koonce
Samuel Adams
Great Britain
David Bryant
Thomas Jefferson
Kay Davis
Patrick Henry
Donna Miller
John Adams
George Washington
United States
Linda Barker
Marquis de Lafayette
Ricky Harvey
Ethan Allen
Green Mountain
Vermont
Dennis Teal
Nathan Hale
Judy Russell
Brenda Lunsford
Continental Army
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Sammy Copeland
Israel Putnam
Suzy Null
Benjamin Franklin
Brenda Whatley
Alexander Hamilton
al Campbell
Charles Carroll
Independence
Charlotte Craven
Lafayette
Bobby Phillips
Doyle Campbell
Boston
Bobby Hicks
Joe al Bailey
John Paul Jones
America
Vickie Marshall
Pennsylvania Gazette
Saturday Evening Post
Linda Sullivan
Delaware River
Gerald Carnes
Paul Revere
Icky Rucker
Wayne Sloan
England
Anne Rains
Aaron Burr
Hamilton
Dickey Adkins
Continental Congress
Tommy Higginbotham
Debbie Griffin
Larry Rogers
Jim Bledse
Tony Fontane Story Film to Play at Canton Church Friday
The Assemblies of God Youth 26 churches present The Tony Fontane Story at First Baptist Canton at 8 p.m. March 8. The 80 minute Hollywood color film chronicles how Tony and his wife Kerry Vaughn left entertainment to serve Christian work.
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Assemblies of God
Tony Fontane
First Baptist Church
Sophie Tucker
Patti Page
Tony Martin
Vic Damone
Frankie Laine
Billie Daniels
Memorial thanks for sympathy in Mrs Tipps family
We thank friends and neighbors for flowers and kindness shown after the death of our loved one Sarah P New land God bless all of you from Mrs C E Tipps and family
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Sarah P. Newland
C. E. Tipps
Fam
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