Hope Star sisters reunite with Bob Hope after 25 years
Two WAAC twin sisters from Hope Arkansas met Bob Hope during his Orlando visit 25 years ago. Last week Maye and Faye Bruce, now at Clark AB, Philippines, reunited with Hope at U-Tapao RTAFB in Thailand. Hope recalled their first meeting with surprise and warmth.
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Hope, Ark
Bob Hope
Women’s Auxiliary Army Crops
WAAC
Maye
Faye Bruce
Orlando Afb
Fla
Clark AB
Bob
Hope
U-Tapao Rtafb
Thailand
Orlando Air Force Base
Air Force Mass
Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps
Boss Hope
Faye Weft
Maye Bruce
Women In the Air Force
WAF
U-Tapao Atafab
TSGT
Faye
MSGT
Air Force
Southeast Asia
Bob Hope visit and crew memories at Clark base
Veteran sergeants recall meeting Bob Hope at Clark Air Base, earning an honorary WAF mascot citation, and missing an Orlando show while the 6200th squadron team enjoyed a delayed Southeast Asia performance. Separate notes cover Soviet orbital bomb tests and U S radar and Sentinel defense options.
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Korat
Bob
Orlando
Air Force
WAF
Clark
Maye
Jan
Hope
Clark AB
U.S. Air Force
Mike Butler
Cigar as Man’s Fiend But Friend in Rigid World
An essay mocks dogs and wives, arguing a cigar offers masculine relief in a woman dominated era. It praises the cigarette as a non demanding companion that does not require care, while comparing it unfavorably to dogs and people, noting its ease of disposal.
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Baghklad Radio
Najaf Kazem Khourshid
Iraq
Baghdad
Lberation
Imad Hannoush Gerge
Christian
Tigris
Baghdad Radio
Calendar of events at Mt Olive and nearby churches in Arkansas
Community calendar items note Mt Olive Baptist Church Perry Town observing its fourth anniversary February 23 1969 with Rev C W Harris and guest Rev Louis Jones Also Lonoke Baptist Church invites all to a February 23 1969 program with Mt Friendship Curtiss and Oaklona as guest speakers, plus Sunday night program. House guests include Miss Bernell McFadden and Mrs Margaret Campbell. Obituaries and funerals listed for Zolly Taylor Barnette Scoggins and Terry Williams Ware with service details and Hicks Funeral Home handling arrangements. Sentinel security discussion mentions orbital bomb attack and Soviet activity hints noting ABM system questions.
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Mt. Olive Baptist Church
Perry Town
Arkansas
C.W. Harris
Louis Jones
Mt. Ephesus
Mt. Zion
Prescott
Lonoke Baptist Church
Visting
Mt. Friendship Church of
Curtiss
Felix West
First Baptist Church of
Oaklona
G.H. Jones
Zolly Taylor
Bethel A.M. E
Giles Cemetery
Hicks Funeral Home, Inc
Barnette Scoggins
Flint
Michigan
Clow Baptist Church
Clow
Cummings Cemetery
Terry Williams Ware
Hempstead County
Sweet Home Baptist Church
Emmet
Bennie Ware
Calvin Ware
Hope
William Ware
Oakland
California
Dorothy Thomas
Darline Johnson
Evansville
Indiana
Carie King
Oxena
Rosie Crofton
Audie Martin
Los Angeles
Betty G. Reed
Tno
Laird
Soviet Union
Pentaon
Bomb Shatters Jerusalem Supermarket
A powerful explosion ripped Jerusalem's largest supermarket as about 200 shoppers stocked up for the Sabbath. Two university students were killed, an Australian major and seven women were wounded, with three in serious condition. Police linked the attack to an Arab guerrilla assault in Zurich. A smaller bomb was found near the British Consulate and detonated in a field.
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Rodney Pinder
Associated Press
Jerusalem
Eliahu Sasson
Zuerich
Switzerland
Yosef Polishuk
King David Hotel
West Jerusalem
Baghdad
Iraq
San Jose State hires first Negro athletic director
SAN JOSE Calif AD Lang Stanley, a top runner a decade ago, becomes the first Negro to hold the job at San Jose State. Pistons push for playoff spot as Hawks beat Detroit 97 87 and Baltimore tops Phoenix 124 121. ABA results Oakland over Dallas 119 109 Minnesota over New York 118 113. Assembly actions include tax exemptions debate and a bill to create a Tax Appeals Board.
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San Josée
San Jose
Calif
Lang Stanley
San Jose State
Pistons
Associated Press
Detroit Pistons
Atlanta Hawks
Baltimore Bullets
Hawks
Hstons
Los Angeles
Detroit
Lakers
Baltimore
Bullets
Phoenix
San Francisco
San Diego
Oakland
Dallas
Minnesota
New York
Atlanta
Lou Hudson
Walt Bellamy
Happy Hartston
John Barnhill
Suns
Trol Board
Bennie Ryburn
Monticello
Ryburn
Can
Jimmie Don McKissack
Star City
Winthrop Rockefeller
McKissack
Walter Day
Blytheville
State Board of Tax Appeals
McClerkin
State College of Arkansas At
Conway
State University of Arkansas
Decathlon star Toomey headlines indoor invitational
Olympic decathlon champion Bill Toomey will lead a four man demi decathlon at Madison Square Garden tonight as the first indoor half decathlon. The events include shot put, 55 meters, long jump, high jump, and 400 meters with fellow Olympians Tom Waddell Rick Sloan and Dave Thoreson among entrants.
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Tom Saladino
Associated Press
New York
Bill Toomey
U.S
Toomey
Madison Square Garden
Nyu
Tom Waddell
Rick Sloan
Dave Thoreson
Santa Barbara
Calif
Wille Davenport
Bob Seagren
Bob Beamon
Poland
Irena Kirstenstein
Madeline Manning
Davenport
Southern University
Seagren
University of Southern California
Beamon
Ralph Boston
Norm Te
Beatmon
Miss Kirstenstein
Mexico City
Barbara Ferrell
Miss Manning
Tennessee State
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ARK
Woes Men's Army Corps
WAC
Russia
Robert S. McNamara
United States
Sentinel
Melvin R. Laird
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Ast
U.S. Trade
Washington
Ester Hicks
Bacon
Jack McFadden
Bernell McFadden
Margaret Campbell
Toledo
Ohio
Boston
Boston Bruins
National Hockey League
Jim Lorentz
Oklahoma City
Derek Sanderson
Lorentz
Sanderson
Honey
Ray S. Smith Jr
Hot Springs
Hechter
Doc
Caldswell
West Memphis
Raymond Black
Mena
Max Howell
Little Rock
Senate
Q. Byrum Huret
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