Among The 8 301 Among The 8 301
A Seattle Times account from Margraten Netherlands recalls World War II fallen, centered on Sgt Rudolph A Dieffenbach of New Jersey, his brother's tribute, and the Margraten memorial's somber testimony to sacrifice. The piece links the 1st Division Big Red 1 to D-Day and Rhine crossings, honoring those lost and missing with a personal family perspective.
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Rudy
Europe
Mother
North Africa
Sicily
D-Day
Normandy
Rhine
America
New York
Western Union
High Point Debutante Club rules and invites explained
A reader asks how High Point debutantes are chosen and if all local girls can join. The reply describes the club as a private social group where invitations come from the board to daughters of members, often from families known to the group, not open to the public.
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Emerywood
Country Club
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Florence King
Raleigh
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Cleb
Martha Mitchell Dies of Rare Bone Cancer at 57
Martha Mitchell, outspoken wife of former Attorney General John Mitchell, died at Sloan Kettering of multiple myeloma at 57. The Arkansas native helped shape Nixon era politics before Watergate revelations and separation from her husband in 1973. Funeral plans were set for Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
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Martha Mitchell
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Atty
John N. Mitchell
Sloan-Kettering Memorial Cancer Center
Frank E. Campbell
Pine Bluff
Ark
Klaus Mayer
Mitchells
Richard M. Nixon
Martha
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Vietnam
Supreme Court
China
Harry Truman
Washington
John Mitchell
Wedding guests at White House for Tricia Nixon Cox
John and Martha Mitchell arrive with John Mitchell serving as Attorney General in the Nixon cabinet for the June 12, 1971 wedding of Tricia Nixon and Edward Cox at the White House.
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Martha Mitchell
John
White House
Tricia Nixon
Edward Cox
Mitchell
Nixon
Heavy Spending Planned for NC Gubernatorial Summer
North Carolina gubernatorial candidates plan large pre primary ad buys to combat summer political boredom. Expected spending nears the $363 900 legal limit for TV radio and newspaper ads. Candidates hire magus productions and product ive communications linchpins to boost name recognition ahead of August primaries.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Republian
Walter DeVries
George Wood
Charles Dunn
Ed O'Herron
O'Herron
Jim Hunt
Hunt
Magus Productions
Philadelphia
Jimmy Carter
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dminn
David Sawyer
Sawyer
New York
Charles D
Pug) Ravenel
South Carolina
Tom Strickland
Greenville
Q.H. Garris
David Flaherty
Housing Help Request for Disabled Daughter in Greensboro
A Greensboro mother seeks affordable three bedroom housing for a family with a severely disabled 9% daughter. She describes chronic back pain from lifting the child daily and asks for options under $125 rent. The family has sought Housing Authority assistance but reports delays due to Urban Renewal and asks for urgent, concrete housing leads. Please contact with potential options and eligibility.
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Greensboro
Housing Authority
Neve
J.S. A
Arlington Remembrance as Ford Lays Wreath at Tomb
Arlington National Cemetery hosts ceremonies as the Bicentennial observance marks 700000 American war dead. President Ford lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and urges vigilance for liberty. Across the nation, memorials, flag ceremonies and private remembrances cap a three day weekend.
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Arlington National Cemetery
Gerald Ford
Ford
Officials Probe Infraction in Charlotte Student Hiring
Federal officials investigate why several hundred apparently ineligible Charlotte youths were hired in a federally funded job program for poor youths. The DOL says Mecklenburg taxpayers may owe up to 95000 unless eligibility is shown. questioned hires include the daughters of Schools Supt. Roland Jones and Asst. Supt. E. E. Waddell.
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Charlotte
U.S. Department of Labor
DOL
Atlanta
Mecklenburg
Daughters of Schools
Roland Jones
E.E. Waddell
Jones
Waddell
Magna Carta To Be Delivered In Washington
Washington AP report says US congressional leaders who traveled to London to accept the Magna Carta loan will travel to Washington for the delivery ceremony. The Military District of Washington laid out a minute by minute plan beginning at 10 a.m. with key speakers allotted one minute each.
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Congress
London
Mother of Parliaments
U.S. Army
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Hugh Scott
Senate
House
Carl Albert
Britain
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