Nine Civil War Generals Hail From Galena Illinois
The Galena area produced nine Civil War generals, including Ulysses S. Grant as the most famous. Other Galena commanders were John Smith, Ely S. Parker, Jasper Maltby, John Rawlings, Augustus Chetlain, William Parker, John Rowley, John Dyer, and one more John Smith. Each served in the Union Army with varied postwar careers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jan King
New York
Nana
Lincoln
Galena
Federal Army
John Smith
Ely S. Parker
Jasper Maltby
John Duer
William Rowley
Grand Army of the Republic
Ulysses S. Grant
Grant
West Point
John Smiths
Switzerland
Illinois
45Th
Illinois Volunteers
John Rawlings
Rawlings
White House
Augustus Chetlain
Utah
U.S
Brussels
Chetlain
Chicago
Parker
Rowley
Vicksburg
Maltby
Mississippi
John Dyer
Ulysses Simpson Grant
Monkey earns tax deduction for farm work in Australia
In Victoria a monkey named Johnnie Schmidt on Lindsay Schmidt’s Balmoral area farm earns a tax deduction for eight years of labor including driving a tractor opening gates and aiding sheep shearing. The animal, gifted after aiding a traveling show’s truck fire, was allowed a ninety dollar deduction and spends nights in a hay filled drum with a sheepdog pup named Rusty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Australia
Nana
Victoria
Johnnie Schmidt
Lindsay Schmidt
Balmoral
Melbourne
Johnnie
Farmer Schmidt
Rusty
Draft Robert F Kennedy VP committee files papers in Wisconsin
A committee to draft Robert F Kennedy for vice president filed with Wisconsin officials. Percy Silver of Milwaukee is listed as president of The Draft Robert F Kennedy for Vice President Grass Roots, Ground Swell Committee. Silver says many independents and party members support the Kennedy drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
UPI
U. S
Kennedy
Silver
California
Colorado
Nevada
Illinois
Wisconsin
New Road Through Iron Curtain Opens Linking Bavaria and Sudeten Czech Area
Bonn reports Czechoslovakia will reopen the Furth Vollman road to Germany, linking Furth Im Wald and Vollman. With planned May 15 opening and festive ceremonies, the move aims to boost hard currency tourism and establish trade missions in Prague and Bonn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonn
Czechoslovakia
Furth Im Wald
Bavaria
Vollman
Furth Vollman
Max Fischer
Chamarea
Prague
Fischer
West Germany
Furth-Vollman
Furth
De Gaulle Weighs Asia Trip Amid South Asia Moves
Paris sources report President De Gaulle considering an Asia visit to discuss neutralizing regional informants and seek Soviet mediation. Ex Premier Faure travels to Russia to relay Gaullist ideas to Khrushchev and gauge Soviet openness to a De Gaulle meeting, with Podgorny visiting France for talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
de Gaulle
East Asia
Moscow
Edgar Faure
Russia
de ‘Gaulle
Khrushchev
Faure
N. V. Podgorny
Podgorny
France
Soviet Union
Asia
China
Peking
Formosa
Southeast Asia
Norodom Sihanouk
Mexico
Bonn
de Gaaulle
South Vietnam
Southwest Asia
United States
North Vietnam
Saigon
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East
Charleston
Stan Balduin
Paradise Homes
Championship Stardust
East Desert Inn Road
Maryland Parkway
Paradise
Parkway Mall
Maryland Pkwy
Desert Inn Rd
Paradise Palms
Iron Curtain
Ray Diehl
E. Charleston
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