Echoes of Nimitz remembered obituary of sea war strategist
The Lima Star editorial reflects on Adm. Chester W. Nimitz’s death at 80, pairing memory of World War II leadership with comparisons to other top commanders. It notes his Pearl Harbor era command, the Coral Sea and Midway campaigns, and his enduring legacy as a foremost naval strategist. Gene Perine offers the fitting epitaph.
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Japan
Pearl Harbor
Gene Perine
Hair Sample Not Powers' Hair Found Not From Suspect
A defense witness in Miami testified that a strand of hair found in the dead hand of multimillionaire Jacques Messier did not come from Melvin Lane Powers. The chemist said the hair differed in color characteristics from Powers' head sample. Powers, 29, faces trial for the murder of his aunt Candace Messier's aging husband in a June 30, 1964 slaying.
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Fla
Jacques Messier
Melvin Lane Powers
Gail William Hartner
Dade County Crime Laboratory
Powers
Candace Messier
Candidacy OKed in Ohio Lieutenant Governor Race
Secretary of State Ted W. Brown upheld William L. Coleman as the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor after a hearing in the state house. Brown rejected claims that Coleman, a Union County Board of Elections member, was ineligible to run.
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Ohio
Ted W. Brown
Wiliam L. Coleman
Brown
Statehouse
Coleman
Union County Board of Elections
U S Contractors Fund Plush Club in Viet Nam and a Mexico Meet
Private builders in South Viet Nam are converting a former villa into the Neptune Officers' Club at Cam Ranh Bay with amenities charged to military construction. A hush hush Mexican conference funded by the National Industrial Conference Board gathered 26 top U.S. executives at Cuernavaca to discuss opposing Mexico's so called socialistic trend.
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Somh Viet Nam
Cam Hanh Bay
Viet Nam Builders
Morrison-Knudsen, Inc
Fancies Officers’ Club
Far East
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Ramparts
Morrison-Knudsen
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Mexico City
National Industrial Conference Board
Mexico
Mexian
Lazaro Cardenas
Las Jacarandas
Cuba
Dean Rusk
Latin America
Fulton Freeman
Swank
Work Week Cut for Massachusetts State Troopers
Massachusetts Public Safety Commissioner Leo L Laughlin announced a reduced work week for state troopers to 84 hours, down from the previous 92 hour period. The change aims to streamline scheduling and efficiency across the force.
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