West End Bahama fishing trip amid reef and hotel lore
The narrative follows a long stint at West End Marina on Grand Bahama aboard Away We 70. The crew chases marlin with limited success as reef fish and flying fish swirl around the boat. They dock at Settlement Point, note the British flag, and describe the resort built by Willy Butlin then Jack Tar chain founder Charles Sammons. The voyage includes vivid sea life scenes and a villa stay overlooking the water.
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West End
Grand Bahama
Bill
Armstrong
Lucaya
Freeport
Settlement Point
Great Britain
Palm Beach
Willy Butlin
Charles Sammons
Jack Tar
Kelly
Trieger
Ernest Blank
Islands Phyllis Diller Separates From Husband
Hollywood AP reports comedienne Phyllis Diller has separated from her husband of less than three months, Warde Donovan. Donovan moved out of their West Los Angeles home last week while Diller and her four children from a prior marriage remain there. No reason was given. Diller divorced Sherwood Diller in St. Louis last September after 25 years of marriage. She married Donovan in Columbus earlier this year.
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Hollywood
Phyllis Diller
Warde Donovan
Los Angeles
Miss Diller
Sherwood Diller
St. Louis
Donovan
Christmas Turkey Feast for 400000 Serves Troops Worldwide
Miss Bollman the U S Army subsistence dietitian designed a master Christmas menu costing about 680 000 dollars to feed an estimated 500 000 soldiers and airmen in Saigon and other duty posts. The menu includes traditional items such as shrimp cocktail turkey with giblet gravy corn bread dressing mashed potatoes and pumpkin pies with added fresh fruit. Feedback from departments using the menu shapes annual changes and the 1 36 per meal cost to serve three million pounds of Christmas food across installations.
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Frank S. Joseph
Chicago
Marion ‘Boliman
U.S
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Miss Bollman
U.S. Army Subsistence Center
Air Force
United States
Pacific
Viet Nam
Peace efforts shaken as Dominican clash topples harmony
In the Dominican Republic a six hour battle near Hotel Matum in Santiago left nine army troops and two rebels dead. Civilians and police faced violence in Santo Domingo as U S paratroopers arrived to bolster forces. An explosion struck western Santo Domingo amid ongoing unrest.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Santiago
Ee Ee
Matum
U.S
Inter-American Peace Force
IAPF
Ing
Santiago Hotel
Hector Garcia-Godoy
Juan Lora Fernandez
Texas A&m University
School of Superior Agricultural Studies
Francisco Rivera Caminero
Armed Forces
Jesus de la Rosa
Pickled Pigs Feet Mail Mishap in Saigon Terminal
In Saigon an air terminal handles about 270000 pounds of mail daily. A broken three gallon jar of pickled pigs feet caused a mess among sodden letters and glass shards. M James V. Adams and Capt. Gerald C. Aker direct the operation, including 30000 pounds of letters home and 12000 pounds for troops. The volume has grown from 50000 pounds three months ago.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
M James V. Adams
Pentidl, Ill
Gerald C. Aker
Bellevue
Wash
Air Force
Aker-Adams
South
Viet Nam
Adams
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Kathy Axe
Rita
Susie
Julie
Anna
Axe
Philip D. Axe
Toledo
Ohio
Santa
Kathy
Chuckie
Timmie
Toledo Blade
Turkey
Dominican
U. S
Lowder
Regina
Red Devil
Tere Essnaha
Regina Model
Proctor-Silex
Model
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