MacArthur film crews film at West Point parade
Gregory Peck portraying General MacArthur leads reenactment at West Point as cadets recall the May 12 1962 farewell visit. Only half of the cadet corps participates while 60 year old Peck wears period attire and delivers the famous duty honor country speech on camera.
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West Point
N.Y
U.S. Military Academy
Farwell
Douglas MacArthur
Gregory Peck
MacArthur
Peck
Frank McCarthy
Academy
Korea
Harry S Truman
Hudson
Mess
Maj
Alan Russo
Michael Horstman
Gum factory blast injures 25 workers in Queens
An explosion at the American Chicle gum plant in Long Island City, Queens, injures about 25 workers severely and 55 total, with molten gum and debris blamed on a possible combustible dust spark. Firefighters face a six story site as Warner-Lambert shutters operations and directs 1,600 employees to stay home.
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New York
Chris Boggio
Teddy Orzechowska
Brooklyn
Long Island City
Queens
Warner-Lambert Company
Electric chair model shown at Scarlet Oaks Vocational School
A Scar let Oaks Vocational School student builds an electric chair project for a National Law Enforcement Week display. The chair, wired to a 100000 volt potential, is a pine replica of the state's chair at Lucasville. Students question capital punishment while planning a future project based on a French guillotine concept.
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Cincinnati
Scarlet Oaks Vocational School
Don Holtel
Walter O'Bryant
Nati Bar Association
National Law Enforcement
Dan
O’bryant
Holter
Southern Ohio Correctional Facility
Lucasville
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Henderson State University
Stafford
HSU
Jones
Hope
Robert Polk
McArthur
Vo-Tech
U.S. Supreme Court
O'Bryant
Family Center
DEA
Fire Department
Skennech
Van
T.G
Polict
TGEY
Evel Knievel
Vertibird Air Police
Calico
Bankamericare
Tg&y
Cello
Cioco
Santas Book OF Candy
White
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