Sad telegrams renew grief for Vietnam families
In Fayetteville a wave of telegrams reports military deaths. Ei Young and Shirley Isaacs share quiet, public losses while fellow Special Forces wives offer support. Widows adjust to life, raise children, and plan futures near Fort Bragg. Jay helps mow the yard as family routines endure.
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Stephen
Secretary of the Army
Ei Young
Horac Young
Viet Nam
Jesse
Trailertown
Ft. Bragg
Phenix City
Ala
Shirley Isaacs
Royall G. Isaacs Jr
Sherry Terrece
Special Forces
Japan
Fayetteville
Jackie Sawyer
Bob
Veterans Hospital
Missing Tobor the Great Stolen or Escaped Robot
Hollywood AP reports an 82 foot tall Tobor the Great robot from the 1954 film is missing or stolen. The 450 pound aluminum figure vanished from outside John Shiels’s West Hollywood shop after being auctioned for 30 dollars. The case hinges on a suspected theft rather than an escape.
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Hollywood
Tobor the Great
Tobor
John Shiels
West Hollywood
Shiels
Hops Wins Calaveras Frog Jumping Contest Centennial
The 100 year Calaveras Jumping Frog Contest drew over 50 000 spectators as a bullfrog named Hops from Lafayette California won with a 14 foot 9 inch leap earning its co owner a 300 prize The event evokes Mark Twain who popularized the contest a century ago and featured three entries in a high stakes finish.
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Angel
Calif
Calaveras County
Lafayette
Leonard Hall
Mark Twain
Sierra Foothills
Ward misses Indianapolis 500 starting lineup
Rodger Ward, USAC all time point leader, fails to qualify for the 500 mile race at Indianapolis for the first time in 15 years. He is 34th fastest in time trials as only 33 cars gain spots. Ward, long a front runner at the brickyard, reflects on a rare setback amid a storied Indianapolis career.
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Indianapolis
Rodger Ward
U.S. Auto Club
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Ward
Big 2 Mile Speedway
The
Brickyard
Foreign frog contest yields lone winner Impala from South Africa
The event in Angel's Camp drew no shows from Sweden or the Philippines. Impala, a 11 foot 5 inch jumper from Germiston owned by Piem Fourie and T. Botha, won as the only entrant. Local festivities included bands, pageantry, and circuses with frog-owners keeping to masked training secrets.
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South Africa
Piem Fourie
T. Botha
Germiston
Angel’s
Nevada
Grant Sawyer
California
Edmund G. Brown
Ned
Angel's
Isolated Ice Island Arlis II Hosts Scientists and Evacuations
Three years after Jim Pew joined Arlis II in the Arctic north of Siberia, he and 19 others were evacuated from the floating ice camp. Arlis II, an Arctic Research Laboratory ice island 3 square miles in area, rose atop 50 to 70 foot thick ice with rock and silt caps, created by a glacier. Facilities housed young scientists pursuing professional advancement amid extreme conditions.
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Boston
Jim Pew
University of Wisconsin
Arctic Ocean
Siberia
Pew
Obli
Atlantic
Madison
Wis
Instituton
Arlis II
Arctic Research Laboratory
ARL
Ice Station No. 2
United States
Ellesmere Shelf
Evacuation Plans Underway After Arctic Research Station Escape
Caped from the Arctic Ocean, the Navy paid the University of Alaska to run the station and began evacuation planning. Arlis II drifted south in the east Greenland current at over 19 miles daily. The final 20 scientists and camp staff departed last week. Investigators from the Naval Ocean Office Suitland, California US Geological Survey, and universities of Southern California Wisconsin Washington and Hokkaido contributed data. Much of the science adds to knowledge with potential use in submarine navigation.
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Arctic Ocean
Navy
University of Alaska
Greenland
Arlis II
Naval Ocea Office
Suitland
Geological Survey
MenoPark
Calif
Southern California
Wisconsin
Washington
Hokkaido
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AP Women’s
Fayetteville, N.C
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Jackie
Superior Court Clerk’s
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Jay
Daddy
Mommy
Iceberg
Certified Public Accountants
Little Rock
Arkansas
the Board of Directors
City of Hope
City of
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General
Health Department
Airport Fund
Street
Sewer
Firemen’s
City OF Hope, Arkansas
Hope Water and
Fire Department
City Parks & Recreation Health Department
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Bet
Hempstead County Industrial Foundations, Inc
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