Truman ran best canteen at Sill's Camp Doniphan
The article recounts Harry S. Truman as regimental canteen officer of Battery F, 129th Field Artillery. He and Eddie Jacobson built a profitable operation, stocking nonissued items, paying back $2,200 with $15,000 dividends, and earning promotion after France service. He also served multiple battery roles and recalled the first French 75 barrage with loss of horses and a shaken crew.
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Eddie Jacobson
Eddie
Oklahoma City
France
Truman
Fort Sill
C.O
Jay M. Lee
129Th Field Artillery
Harry Truman
Vosges
Meuse-Argonne
Sgt
Kansas City
U.S
Warren G. Harding
Andrew Mellon
Treasury
Camp Doniphan
Jim Pendergast
129Th
130Th Field Artillery
Jackson County
Truman Dies at 88 A Life of War Leadership and Policy
Former President Harry S. Truman dies after lengthy illness. Messages of condolence from Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Heath mark a global response. Tributes note his decisive wartime choices, Truman Doctrine era decisions, and postwar leadership. Funeral plans include services in Independence and Washington National Cathedral. He led the United States through World War II and the early Cold War, including the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He rose from Jackson County judge to the presidency, aided by the Pendergast machine and his own political reforms. He dies at 88, leaving Lyndon B. Johnson as the nation’s only living former president.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Austin
Tex
Truman
Elizabeth II
Edward S. Heath
Nixon
Missouri
Warren E. Hearnes
Carson Funeral
Independence
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Hiroshima
White House
Johnson
Soviet Union
Yalta
Russia
Great Britain
Japan
Nagasaki
Jessee
Pendergast
Jim Pendergast
Harry
Notable Oklahoma Officials Reflect on Truman Death
Oklahoma leaders including Atty. Gen. Larry Derryberry and State Senate President pro tempore Jim Hamilton praised Harry S Truman’s presidency and character after his death. U.S. Sen. Henry Bellmon offered condolences, calling his death a distinct national loss and commending his directness and honesty.
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Larry Derryberry
Truman
Derryberry
Harry Truman
State Senate
Jim Hamilton
Poteau
Winston Churchill
U.S
Henry Bellman
Bellman
President Truman
Nicaragua Earthquake Spreads Aid Efforts and Aftermath
President Nixon ordered an all-out relief push for Nicaragua with 700 tons of CARE food stockpiled in New York. U.S. Air Force planes and Army engineers ferried supplies and mobile hospitals to Managua as officials warned of possible epidemics and mass casualties after a violent 6 to 7 magnitude quake.
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Nixon
Nicaragua
New York
American Red Cross
U.S. Air Force
MacDill Air Force Base
Florida
Army
Somoza
Carlos Giron Romero
el Retiro
U.S. Army
Lake
Managua
City plans water source and HUD demolition risk for Evans Apts
Lawton officials debate water supply options as HUD signaling could allow demolition of the Evans Apartment complex. Planning Director Belland cites HUD cautions while contractor Chapman & Co oversees maintenance. City moves to relocate tenants, clear junk, inventory property, and secure vacant buildings. A separate council issue considers extending club closing time and providing untreated water for construction. City engineer Brune notes ongoing efforts to lease a Public Service Co deep well and to locate a large storage tank at Railroad and Gore.
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Walter T. Belland
Lawton Metropolitan Area Planning Commission
Area Housing and Urban Development Office
Evans
HUD
Washington
Belland
Washington Hud
Larry Fountaine
Fountaine
Manville Redman
Paul Brune
Brune
Public Service Co
Coast Guard Finds No Trace of 12 on Crashed Plane
No trace has been found of the 12 occupants of a twin engine French plane that crashed in the eastern Caribbean on a flight from Guadeloupe to St. Maarten, the U.S. Coast Guard says.
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San Juan
P. R
Caribbean
Guadeloupe
St. Maarten
U.S. Coast Guard
Historian Constantine Bastias Dies at 71 in Athens
AP reports Constantine Bastias, renowned journalist writer and historian, died today in Athens from heart failure at age 71. He led literary circles and shaped modern Greek historiography.
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Athens
Constantine Bastias
U S Air Strikes In North Resume As Nixon Seeks Cease Fire
U S air strikes in the north resume hour by hour while President Nixon awaits Hanoi’s readiness to accept his peace terms. Kosygin’s reported talk with North Vietnam's ambassador sparked Moscow speculation about a possible call for immediate bombing halt and a cease-fire agreement.
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Hanoi
Alexei N. Kosygin
Tass
Kosygin
Vo Thue Dong
North Vietnam
Moscow
U.S
Vietnam
Radio
Bac Thai
Thai Nguyen
Ha Bac
Lang Son
Hanoi-Haiphong
South Vietnam
Saigon
Tay Ninh
Cambodia
Truman Remembered As A Great Boss And Founding Figure
Salute House veterans recall President Harry S Truman as a decisive leader who valued history and constitutional issues. He gave orders on Civil War parallels, hosted Aldrich in patience, and earned praise from UN and Jewish leaders. Market exchanges paused for a two minute silence in his memory. The piece blends tributes with wartime updates from Vietnam and Korea showing ongoing conflict and cease fire dynamics.
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Truman
Lincoln
Gen. McClellan
Douglas MacArthur
Hechler
Chase Manhattan Bank
Winthrop Aldrich
United States
War Investigating Committee
New York
Aldrich
United Nations
Kurt Waldheim
General Assembly
David Polish
Central Conference of American Rabbis
Israel
State Department
Warren Hearnes
Missouri
Doctors Favor Preparation H for Hemorrhoidal Pain Relief
In a survey doctors reported using Preparation H to relieve hemorrhoidal pain. It provides prompt temporary relief from pain and itching and can shrink swollen tissues when inflamed. Ointment or suppositories are common forms.
Banks Lift Prime Rates Tied to Money Market Shifts
The lending rates held above market levels risk credit distortions and inflationary pressure. On Friday First National City Bank and Mellon Bank raised their prime rates to 6 percent citing higher short term rates. Citibank and Mellon used floating primes tied to money market movements.
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First National City Bank
Mellon Bank of Pittsburgh
Citibank
Mellon
Syrian Shelling Reported on Golan Heights Patrol
Syrian gunners fired shells at an Israeli army patrol in the occupied Golan Heights. No casualties were reported. It marked the first shelling in 12 days.
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Tel Aviv
Golan Heights
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